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Chapter 25: Downstream Maple

  Playboy Academy

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  He seemed to notice that my face was a bit pale, and he elegantly put the violin on the stone chair by the pool and slowly walked in front of me. His voice was soft and warm: "It's okay, I won't tell anyone, you... can sit with me for a while?" His last sentence was spoken very lightly, like gauze covering my body, not like a request, not like an order, nor like the conversation between friends... It was another kind of deep voice, clearly so gentle, yet making people unconsciously follow his requirements.

  Sit with him on the grass by the pool of water lilies, lotus flowers, books and libraries?

  He gently stroked the small violin on the stone chair beside him, and said to himself, or perhaps to me: "I like music... more than I like my own life..."

  I'm sitting here with a twitching mouth corner, you're leaning in and I don't care about your music, what are you talking about? If I wasn't afraid you'd spill my secrets, I wouldn't be bothered to sit here listening to your nonsense.

  Although I thought so in my heart, I still suppressed my anger and said "oh" in the softest voice.

  "I think music is like a bird flying in the sky, although I grasp it tightly, yet... I can never quite catch it... It's so close to me, within reach of my outstretched hand, yet I can't grasp it, forever distant from me..." He continued speaking, but I was about to yawn and my stomach started growling.

  "Hey, I'm saying, you think music is like something then it's like that, you can't grasp it then you can't grasp it, what's the point of telling me so much."

  "What kind of music do you like?" He suddenly asked out of nowhere.

  I thought for a moment and said, "Any music is fine as long as I like listening to it." That's just the way it is. Some songs are noisy but have a great rhythm, and I love them; some songs are too slow but sound warm and cozy, and I love them too; some songs are very upbeat, and I love those as well; some songs are very powerful, and I love those too... No matter what kind of song it is, if it sounds comfortable to me, I'll like it. There's no need to categorize music into types. However, if I had to choose a favorite song, there is one that comes to mind - maybe it's not even a song, just a tune that doesn't fit into any category: not soft, not upbeat, not powerful, not noisy... but with a hint of something ancient and mysterious.

  Hehe...... I was very young when I first heard it, and I don't remember who hummed it to me, or if I secretly heard someone else humming it, or if I heard it on TV... anyway... that gentle melody, I still remember. No lyrics, just la la la humming, very light and warm...

  La, la la la la la, la, la la la la... La, la la la la la, la, la la la la...

  He slightly paused, looking at me with a subtle change in his eyes... Is that so? As long as it's something I like to listen to, it's fine? But... some music... isn't allowed to be liked, is it? My mentor and Maple said that only music that matches our status is acceptable... Those lower-class songs don't belong to us...

  "Hey, I still have something to do and need to leave first." I really don't have the energy to keep messing around with this guy anymore. If I continue to mess around, I'll go crazy. He's always talking about music, melody, and stuff that makes me dizzy. It's better if he talks about fighting or something, it's all so suffocating, speechless.

  Just as I stood up, my hand was suddenly grabbed by someone. Lowering my head, I saw that gentle youth's face turn bright red as he grasped me, his voice soft and delicate: "Wait a minute... I'll pay you money, please stay with me..."

  Umm... give me money... ask me to stay... geez, I'm not really a gigolo!!!!! What's the meaning of this, giving me money and asking me to stay?! Ahhh... mom, mom, your daughter has really become a gigolo, t_t!

  "Sorry, I came here to do something. If you want someone to listen to your... talk (author: I believe what he actually wanted to say was 'nonsense') in the future, you can come find me at our college. I'm a freshman (deliberately not saying which class). Let's have tea sometime." I forced a smile and stretched out my hand to pull away his grasp on mine...

  He slightly hesitated, then lowered his head and asked me: "You... came here, is it for Feng?"

  Huh? Maple? Is he talking about that guy named Xiaoyue or something? Is his name Xiaoyue Maple? Uh... I think that's the name. Ah, nowadays even a one-on-one fight has to be done secretly, if it were in the past, I would definitely stick a note on someone's forehead and say: "Three o'clock at midnight, basketball court, come alone or bring your gang."

  "You're here because you received an order to find Feng, right?" The gentle youth slowly stood up from the lawn, his gaze shifting towards the beautiful pond... sparkling like stars, misty like clouds... What a lovely place: "Is it because of your King of Incense that you've come to find him?"

  "Yes, I'm here to find him." As long as I can win the first round, I'll be fine. To get this ring, even if it means taking on a group, I'll do it. I don't want to walk around in this world wearing such an eye-catching ring.

  "Maple knows you guys, so no matter what you do, it's impossible for him to listen to your orders." The gentle-looking young man continued...

  "It doesn't matter, I'm not asking him to follow my orders. I came to find him in order to conquer him. As long as I can conquer him, I'll be able to complete the mission and return. No matter what kind of person he is, whether he's a devil or a god, I just need to conquer him, and the task will be done. What happens to him afterwards has nothing to do with me.

  I only care about myself... other people have nothing to do with me. Hmm... except for Yashiro, he's my nightmare!!! Every time I see him, it reminds me of my mom!!"

  That gentle youth slowly shifted his gaze from the pool in front of me, and his expression suddenly underwent a strange change. The smile that was originally as warm as water instantly became so overbearing and dazzling: "Hehe, then... come conquer me, I'd like to see how you'll conquer me, people of the Fragrant Flower Public Department..."

  Huh?!! I'm sweating bullets! My eyes are wide with shock: "You... you're that What's-his-name Akatsuki from next month?!"

  "Hehe," he smiled slightly: "Yes, but... although my real name is Xiaoyue Feng, ordinary people usually call me Mo. I always switch identities with him. So in this academy, people who see me call me Mo, and those who see my friend... call him Feng. Then... how do you plan to conquer me... huh? What will you use to conquer me?"

  Completely... broken down... this guy is actually Xiaoyue next month?! He, he, he... shouldn't be very resilient, right? Mingyue didn't say that Xia sent many people to deal with him but couldn't take him down? I think it's just two punches and he'll fall! Hmm... and what's with the identity swap... could it be that the one who offended Xiao isn't this guy in front of me but another one?! Spitting blood, and swapping his nickname with someone else's, putting someone else's on his own... what kind of messed up thoughts are going through these rich people's minds?! So suffocating!

  Uh... never mind, I'm really hungry, let's hurry up and settle this so we can go back to school for lunch.

  I patted the dust off myself and said to the young man in front of me, "So... since you're Xia Yue, please give me more guidance..."

  "Shh, stop making noise, the music is about to start." Just as I was about to speak, a cold voice suddenly came from behind me... I mechanically turned my head around...

  Uh... perhaps, this is what it means to be truly cold-blooded. The pale blue eyes had no hint of emotion, the brown hair fluttering in the wind... even the facial muscles were stiff and unchanging... I could see those muscles screaming in agony: Master, let us move a little, let us move a little, or else we'll cramp up!

  The muscles at the corners of my mouth are about to cramp, and there really are such people in this world. Looking at his expression, it's even colder than an ice sculpture. Just standing next to him makes me want to freeze to death. Fortunately, I'm originally quite cold-resistant, or else I'd have turned into a popsicle by now.

  "Uh..." The gentle youth who was originally standing beside me took a few steps forward and grabbed the ice sculpture in front of him: "Feng, someone said they want to conquer me, huh? Huanhua finally sent an interesting person this time. Oh right... I forgot to introduce you..." He shifted his gaze towards me: "He's Wei Chi Mo, heh heh, uh, Ruo Zhe Cha, are you going to conquer me or him? The one who originally angered the king of Huanhua wasn't me, it was him."

  Absolutely... absolutely ridiculous!!!!!! How can the investigation work of the Fragrance Department be so terrible?!?! Do I have to figure out this kind of thing first before coming here?!?! Which one should I chop now?!?! Or should I chop both together?!?! (Author: Little Tea!!!! You need to calm down, and pay attention to the measure words too! How can you use "only" to describe people?!?! Are you worthy of your language teacher?!?!?!)

  Scene change... Lancelot's First Men's Noble Academy Cultural District Art Building 66th floor... A dignified young man gently pushed up the glasses on his nose and asked the person behind him, "How is that child (referring to a certain tea)?"

  "He seems to have discovered that Xiaoyue and Wei Mo swapped identities next month, and also knows that the one you met was Wei Mo... so now he can't figure out who to deal with." someone said.

  "Hehe, so... how will he do it?" I'd like to see... how he'll do it, that interesting person, surely won't take what I said as a challenge to fight? If that's the case... it would be even more interesting. (Author: I'm honored to tell you, a certain tea indeed took your conquest as a fight and even planned to chop two at once...)

  Standing there foolishly, I watched as the two... uh, two young men slowly left my line of sight, one with a smile on his face and the other icy cold. What just happened is really hard for me to accept. Originally, I thought that as long as I found Xiaoyue Feng and stuck a note on his forehead saying "I want to duel you", it would be enough. Who would have thought that two of them would appear, one of whom was the real Xiaoyue Feng? But he had never provoked Xiao before, and maybe Xiao's target was actually that guy with the surname Ji or Mo... Ah, whatever, even if I'm at a disadvantage, I'll just take on both of them together.

  I stood there alone for half a day, thinking, and when I finally lifted my head, those two guys had already disappeared. Cough, my mom, they flashed away faster than an airplane, depressing.

  He sighed and followed for a few steps, after turning several times, he finally turned out of this place again. Hmm, originally wanted to find someone to ask where the music festival they mentioned was, but as soon as I came out, I met Mingyue who had been looking for me everywhere. As soon as she saw me, she rushed over like a madman and grabbed my hand: "Where did you run off to? You made me look for you for so long..."

  I raised an eyebrow and glanced at him: "What are you looking for me for? I'm completing my task, just take care of yourself."

  "Wow, what did you use to complete your task? Without my guidance, how would you conquer Xiaoyue Feng? Ah, I'll teach you. To deal with Xiaoyue Feng's cold character, you should use a move that combines being clingy and weak, while pretending to be cute and pitiful. People like him must have strong masculine instincts, so they will definitely have a protective desire for those who appear weak and pitiful. As long as you pretend to be that way, you'll definitely get his sympathy, and then he..."

  "Hey, do you know where the concert will be held?" I interrupted his tedious long-winded talk, waving my hand (author: intending to start a fight) while picking up the nearby Mingyue and asking.

  He thought for a moment and told me, "A concert, it must be held in the music hall, right? If the aristocratic academy holds a concert next month, it will definitely only be held in its own academy's music hall. Unless it's after graduation, students are basically not allowed to hold concerts outside."

  "Okay, thank you. I'll leave first and when I come back later, just meet me at the entrance of the school." He directly solved the problem and left immediately. Of course... I didn't say I was going to smash the place, I just said... I can wait at the door for them to come out and then knock them down to the ground and step on their heads and ask them: "Do you admit defeat?! Do you admit defeat?! Hahaha..." (Author's note: completely in my own imagination)

  I asked several students before I finally found out the location of the concert, and Mingyue that idiot refused to leave, desperately following behind me to see what I would do.

  I didn't go to the concert, I just stood at the door and waited, because I wasn't very interested in music to begin with, let alone a national-level music series. Except for Beethoven's "Moonlight" and "Ave Maria", nothing else left me with any special feelings.

  After waiting outside for about half an hour, a chaotic noise suddenly came from inside, and then a group of people rushed out, screaming and running away...

  What's going on? I was taken aback and had originally planned to go in and take a look, but because there were too many people coming out, it was basically impossible to squeeze inside. Mingyue grabbed hold of a male student and asked him something before turning around to tell me: "The big chandelier on the music hall stage fell down and apparently injured a lot of people. And maybe Xiaoyue Feng was also hurt."

  Huh... Is it really possible for something so strange to happen? For the big chandelier in the famous music hall of a noble academy to just suddenly fall down on its own? Or is it... that someone has already made their move before us?

  I naturally retreated to the side of the concert hall, flipped my hand up onto the windowsill and went in from the fastest place.

  Inside, there were still some people desperately squeezing out, and some older teachers had already fallen to the ground with twitching mouths... I raised my eyes to look at the stage, only to see a mess on top, a blood-soaked youth standing on the stage... The originally gentle smile didn't know why it became abnormally seductive, his blooming smile almost made the entire concert hall shine... Lightly opening his lips, emitting a tyrannical and cruel beauty He smiled faintly: "Hmph... I'll make you pay the price, people hiding in the dark."

  In the depths of darkness? I was taken aback, and suddenly my mind seemed to be stimulated by something, immediately lifting my head and shifting my gaze upwards towards the top of the stage.

  The equipment of the aristocratic academy is absolutely impossible to make mistakes, every time a concert is held, it should be checked, so if you want to take action, unless after checking. However, such an academy attaches absolute importance to safety, and checks are definitely not just once, so they can only take action when the concert starts!!!!

  "Moonless, save him!" I immediately gave orders to Moonless who was following behind me.

  He completely responded with a conditioned reflex: "Yes!" Only after responding did he suddenly realize... uh, why did I respond to him?!?!

  With a light leap, I jumped down from the window and landed on the stage with my toes. I looked at that blood-soaked youth and burst into my first smile since coming to this academy (author's note: completely because of secretly rejoicing in being able to solve the first trial): "Hey! ∧_∧ Next month what...what was it, I'll help you deal with the people in the dark depths, can you guys surrender to me?"

  The blood-soaked youth was almost completely stunned by the smile of the boy (who was actually a girl) in front of him... For the first time, he saw such a smile... In such a situation, chaotic, painful, tragic, screaming... Amidst all this, his smile seemed as calm and peaceful as seeing one's own dog in the morning (Author: —_—!! Umm... The description is a bit... off)... Without a single ripple.

  "I...". The blood-soaked youth's transparent lips parted slightly: "I can submit to you...... But, Feng, I don't know." (The 'Feng' he spoke of was Yu Wei Mo)

  "Alright, alright, no problem, I'll handle that one myself!" I said, taking a few steps back and grabbing the huge curtain. With a burst of strength, I leaped quickly onto the upper part of the stage... Because the big chandelier was extinguished, and the other small lights seemed to be turned off, it was indeed pitch black above. I closed my eyes slightly... and sensed that there were four or five people's presences on the opposite side...

  Hehe, just four or five people... Alright then... Let's start the game...

  In the dark, I've been through countless battles, almost entirely relying on my instincts to find the enemy's position. If I had relied on my eyes, I would have been killed by the opponent in the time it took for my vision to adapt to the environment.

  There was once a fight at an underground casino... Well, of course, it was because that idiot Mito got taken away by the casino owner's daughter. At the time, Mito and his family were having dinner at our place, but he snuck out alone to buy beer and never came back. My mom even told me to bring him back before dinner, which was really frustrating. If I had known he was taken by the casino owner's daughter, I wouldn't have gone to find him even if it killed me.

  I ended up facing off against the entire casino's thugs alone, and barely managed to bring him back in one piece just in time for dinner. Thinking back on that real-life gunfight is still terrifying... especially when the casino owner's daughter intentionally turned off the lights to prevent us from leaving, and those thugs showed up with night vision goggles and guns.

  Luckily, I was using my instincts to judge the positions of those people... Ugh, I'm telling you, a person fears being famous, just like a pig fears being strong. Now that Mito is so well-known, it's causing all these women to crazily pursue him, and every time they do, I have to help him clean up after himself. It's really annoying.

  Uh... This isn't the time to think about that, there are still a few guys in front of me to deal with. To take off the ring on my hand...... Uh? Ring?! Damn it!!! The ring is reflecting light, my position has been spotted by those people!

  I took a deep breath... I never wore this kind of glowing thing before, and now that it's been put on me, I completely forgot about it.

  Sweat on my forehead has started to flow down slowly... I must not move, absolutely cannot move. If they have guns or something similar, if I make a single move, I'm done for. Although my movements are fast, compared to bullets... haha, of course, it's impossible to compare, so... now I absolutely cannot move. If I make a slight movement before they make their move, all my weaknesses will be exposed! Now I must calm down, must... calm down...

  Breathing in the darkness has become slow and heavy, my line of sight seems to be getting used to the darkness in front of me, all the subtle sounds have become extremely clear in my ears... I think there are already two or three people who have started acting, when they act, I must hide, but what about that other person, or those other two people? Will they act before I make a move? Then... will I get hurt?

  It's okay to get hurt, as long as no one dies... At least, before I take off this ring, I have to stay alive. Before I can see Mito safely, before I can see my mom happy and smiling, I have to stay alive... Ugh, I'm not dead yet, what's with all the sentimental nonsense here? It's suffocating me.

  His fingers had slowly moved to his waist, and the moment his fingertips replaced each other, the three people in front of him who were hiding in the dark had already fired their guns... Although they were silencers... But when firing, there would definitely be a slight muffled sound... Heh heh, so... The direction is over there?

  With a leap, the coins (RMB, it was RMB, I just took out RMB) between his fingers were shot out, and all that could be heard were several suppressed light hums, then several things fell down...

  Huu... I'm injured after all. From the transfer student to now, it seems like this is my first injury. But that's okay, from the moment I was grazed by the bullet earlier... I already know where the remaining people are. If nothing unexpected happens (like some people hiding in the shadows without making a move), there should only be one person standing 20 meters to my left. Hehe... That jump just now changed my position and also concealed the glare from that damn ring, so this match... I've won for sure!

  The last coin in my pocket was gone when I had already jumped onto the stage calmly.

  Mingyue's skills seem to be pretty good, at least during my brief fight earlier I was able to clear the stage of wolf-like creatures while rescuing people and also estimating whether there were any giant humanoid objects falling from above.

  "Xiao Cha? Are you hurt?" He saw me when my entire arm was already soaked in blood.

  "It's nothing, just a graze from the bullet. Those people seem to be professional killers, haha... This school, I don't like it." I smiled slightly, and that last sentence was true. In our school, although there are many vicious students, and some students in the art building who are even a bit psychologically abnormal... but at least they wouldn't actually kill anyone, haha... this school... I don't like it.

  In the blink of an eye, it was as thin as a needle tip... A bullet?! The person above moved with a real gun?! Just now, Xiaocha was fighting with a professional killer who had a real gun on top?! Although I have fought with some people before... And sometimes I would encounter some thugs... But a professional killer... How could it be so easy? Earlier, when they fell from above, there seemed to be four or five people... Did she win by relying solely on herself?

  "Hey, you continue to rescue people, it seems like there are still a few people trapped behind." I saw Mingyue stunned and quickly reminded him. He just reacted and hurriedly went to rescue again. By the time they finally rescued everyone, half a day had already passed. The guy who swapped identities with Yuchi Mo and Xia Yuefeng seemed to have been seriously injured, lying motionless in a pool of blood... But his icy blue eyes still maintained an air of aloofness.

  I took a few steps forward and wanted to help him up, but he stubbornly pushed me away...

  I was a bit angry and pulled his arm: "I'm not pitying you... I'm pitying your parents. They raised you with such difficulty, if you die it would be really not worth it."

  He slightly furrowed his brow, but I didn't care whether he was willing or not and directly knocked him out with a hand chop and dragged him out...

  The ambulances from the school were parked outside the concert hall, taking all the injured people to the school hospital for emergency treatment. Originally, the real Xiaoyue Feng should have been taken away for emergency treatment long ago, but no matter how many teachers and classmates went up to persuade him, he refused to leave... until I rescued everyone.

  "Ah...... this time...... thank you...... I'll make up for my loss, and settle the score." That blood-soaked youth was still so dazzling...... so...... dazzling.

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