Collapse of iron, but I am the Supreme Strange

She thought for a moment and then added, "If you go there now, you can still watch Brother Luca's game?"

"Luka?" Dan Heng asked, "Who is Luka?"

"Hey, Brother Luca is the fighting champion of Panyan Town! He has won the title for many consecutive years... um... for many years!" Hook introduced excitedly: "I heard that Brother Luca just came back a few days ago, and in the recent few days of competitions, no one has been able to beat him in the ring!"

So Dan Heng and An Yi looked at each other, and then took a step forward at the same time.

"Oh, Brother An Yi is leaving?"

Hook asked with her two friends in the back.

"I'm going to win a championship." An Yi waved his hand: "Let them see how powerful the new members of the Mole Party are!"

"Hey? Brother An Yi...are you going to participate in the competition?"

In response to them, An Yi gave them a thumbs up.

An Yi and Dan Heng walked side by side along the street, so he also asked Dan Heng:

"I can't believe, Dan Heng, that a spearman like you would be interested in fighting?"

"It's just to gather intelligence." Dan Heng replied: "It's easy to hear the information you want in a crowded place... And I should be the one asking you this question, right? An Yi, as a magician, are you interested in fighting?"

"You don't understand magicians." An Yi said, "You don't understand fighting either."

"...Do magicians still have melee combat ability assessments?"

"Actually, in the place where I learned magic..." An Yi thought for a moment and then answered, "Yes, it is. My teacher is a martial arts master. No matter what kind of enemy she encounters, she will try a few close combat moves first."

"Your teacher?" Dan Heng showed a rare hint of curiosity: "Hmm... So someone like you also has a teacher?"

"Of course, what else do you think I am? ...A natural born magic saint?"

An Yi looked up at the huge rock formation on the lower level, and his consciousness returned to the past a little: "She is... the woman who can become my mother."

“What a strange description.”

"Well, anyway - I was actually raised by my teacher. My biological parents died when I was very young."

"……Feel sorry."

"It's nothing, Dan Heng." An Yi shook his head. "This happened so long ago that I almost forgot. I was nine years old at that time... or was it eight? Actually, I was about the same age as Hook."

An Yi took a breath, and then continued: "My teacher taught me a lot. If it weren't for what happened later... well, anyway, growing up in a place where mystic mages gather is not a happy thing for a child. I hope the children of this universe can live a happier life."

"..." Dan Heng looked at An Yi's profile for a while, then asked, "What's your impression of the lower level area?"

“…Zero points.”

“How merciless.”

"It's terrible." An Yi said, "The children here are living in dire straits. This is not an exaggeration. If no changes are made, an entire generation - or even all future children - will be deprived of the sky from the moment they are born."

An Yi suddenly stopped and looked at Dan Heng, so Dan Heng also stopped.

"Remember when I told you that I asked the kids in the upper class about their dreams?"

"I remember." Dan Heng nodded: "Their answers are very interesting."

"Do you want to know what the three children from the lower city answered?" An Yi's expression was a little serious. "They are no longer as imaginative as the children from the upper city. Their only wish is to look at the sky and the sunshine on Beloberg. Even... the little girl named Alina told me shyly that she just wanted a new pair of shoes."

“…” Dan Heng frowned.

"You know, Danheng, but there was a little boy in Uptown who told me that he wanted a big, luxurious, top-of-the-line car."

“It’s really a huge gap.”

"That's right - the living standards of upper and lower urban areas are too unequal, and this inequality eventually leads to inequality in psychological demands. In my opinion, that pair of new shoes may be as far away from children as a luxury car - it's so sad that two children of the same age can have such a huge gap in their dreams."

An Yi sighed, and after a while he slowly said: "This is their life, an unbalanced life... Regional imbalance, psychological imbalance, and finally even unbalanced dreams... Dreams are everyone's innate wealth and everyone's last hope. Even if everything is gone, as long as there is still a dream, you can make a comeback. But their dreams today have lost balance."

"...I understand." Dan Heng nodded, turned around and continued to walk forward: "So you are going to take action, right? Great Magician?"

"Of course." An Yi said, "I have a plan now - a plan that will make the people in the lower city dare to resist and have the power to resist Cocolia."

"Oh, the plan..."

Dan Heng frowned: "Few of your plans are reliable."

“Obviously the results are pretty good.”

"You mean the attack on the Great Guardian in Crippleburg?"

"This one……"

"Or are you going to leave us behind and let us fight our way out?"

"At least... I got the exact coordinates of the star core." An Yi spread his hands: "Anyway, the result is good."

"Have you found the location of the star core? Where is it?"

"Don't worry, Dan Heng, don't worry--" An Yi said, "Wait for Sanyueqi and Xing to come over, and I'll tell you after the train crew is resurrected. Now--look, how about we have a thrilling fight first?"

An Yi walked to a building and stopped, so Dan Heng also stopped beside him. Cheers like "Luka! Luka! Luka!" could be heard from the building from time to time. It seemed that the fight club that Hook mentioned was here.

"That champion is quite popular." said An Yi.

"We are here to gather intelligence where there are many people... You are not really interested in fighting, are you?"

"Ha...don't you think it's interesting?" An Yi raised his eyebrows and spoke with a smile.

Dan Heng looked at An Yi's expression and felt a little uneasy - every time he showed this kind of smile, something outrageous would happen afterwards.

"And—" An Yi shouted, "That champion is called Luca! Don't you really want to challenge him?"

"So what?"

"I wonder if his name is wrong... If he knows how to fight, he should be called Rugal! Haven't you ever played The King of Fighters?!"

(The King of Fighters is... never mind, why would I introduce such a classic game?)

“……” Dan Heng was silent for a while.

"Don't forget your work." That was all he could say.

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I have to stay up late to revise my paper tonight, I'm really sorry everyone, but I will be done with everything tomorrow and I can resume updating tomorrow!

Fan Ma and his son, right?

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Chapter 4 Xier, if you don’t hit me, I will! (5k)

"Friends! Guys! Audience!"

Inside the "Fight Club", a host wearing small round glasses was shouting into a worn-out microphone.

“Is there anyone who dares to challenge the most invincible——defending champion Luca?!!”

Standing in the center of the boxing ring was a young man with red hair. His right hand and upper arm were equipped with a huge red steel glove, and his left arm was tied with a red cloth strip, like some kind of symbol.

He raised his hand high, and the fight club audience cheered—

"Luca! Luca! Luca!"

They shouted the winner's name loudly, and the loser could only cover his chest and limp off the stage.

卢卡

"Oh--"

Luca waved to the audience. When his eyes swept across the audience, he was stunned for a moment as if he saw something interesting, and excitement flickered in his eyes.

The mechanical boxing gloves made a clicking sound, and Luca walked to the edge of the ring, pressed the wire mesh around the octagonal cage, and looked out.

His eyes fell on the crowd and stopped on a young girl:

"Xie'er!"

He shouted, "So you're watching too! How do you feel?"

The girl he called Xier had long dark blue hair with lavender highlights on the inside. She was wearing shorts and boots, and looked uninhibited and unrestrained.

Xier

The girl raised her head and looked at Luca in the ring: "Not bad!"

She said, "I knew you could win before I came here, and it seems to be true."

“Thank you for your compliment, hahaha!” Luca laughed loudly, then raised his eyebrows, squatted down, and said excitedly: “In that case, how about we have a competition?!”

"……what?"

Luca’s words made Xier a little stunned.

"What are you talking about? Luca, you are such a pervert!"

After hearing Xier's words, Luca excitedly waved his fist: "Come on! Xier! Don't be such a spoiler!"

"I do not want it."

Xier put her hands on her hips and turned her head away.

"I've heard about it a long time ago! Miss Xi'er is extremely skilled!" Luca shouted, "This is a rare opportunity. I've wanted to fight you for a long time!"

When Luca finished saying this, the entire Fight Club was in high spirits:

"Luca and Xi'er?!"

"I've long wanted to know which of these two is more powerful!"

"I've argued this with my brother before! Luca is definitely stronger!"

"Who said that? I guess you've never seen Xi'er take action!"

"Luka is the champion! What champion is Xier?"

"Luka won the championship only because Xi'er didn't participate!"

The whispers from the audience grew louder and louder, and then, as if speaking in unison, they all shouted:

"Come on! Come on! Come on! Come on!"

Listening to the cheers around her, Xier frowned, her face turned dark, and she felt very uncomfortable.

The host on the stage naturally smiled when he saw the enthusiasm of the audience - if he could successfully persuade Xier to go on stage and fight Luca, then regardless of whether they won or lost, it would be a hot topic.

So he picked up the microphone and shouted like he was fanning the flames: "Miss Xier! Is Miss Xier afraid of fighting?!"

"..."

The corner of Xier's mouth twitched and she looked at the host with displeasure.

"Uh - no, I didn't expect that!" The host met Xi'er's eyes, his voice trembling a little, but he still spoke bravely: "Our champion contestant Luca, the first time he asked to fight someone by name, he was ruthlessly rejected -"

"Xier..." Luca looked at Xier in the audience and touched his head helplessly.

"Oh my! Could it be that Xier doesn't take Luca seriously? It seems that Miss Xier feels that champion Luca is not worthy of being her opponent!"

"……whispering sound."

Xi'er smacked her lips and then glared at the host:

“I… I didn’t sign up for the competition!” she said. “How can you join an opponent midway? Luca defeated all the contestants in this competition, so he is the champion—what does this have to do with me?!”

"What?!" The host raised the microphone and refuted Xi'er: "If you don't sign up for the competition, can you not fight on stage? No - fighting rules are not so inconvenient!"

"you--"

Xier frowned.

"Come and compete with me!" Luca also said to Xier: "Look, the audience is looking forward to it. Just think of it as doing me a favor!"

"Luka—" Xier walked up to him and looked at him through the wire mesh: "What are you thinking about? You and I are both cadres of the "Underground Fire"! Two members of the Underground Fire fighting each other in the ring, what do you call this? When the time comes, Boss Oleg will definitely scold us to death!"

"Hey? Master won't be angry about something like this, right?"

Luca was stunned for a moment. He felt that what Xier said seemed to make some sense.

"Anyway, I won't fight with you!" Xier turned around and crossed her arms: "Don't even think about it--"

"I come!"

A bald man suddenly emerged from the crowd... uh no, a young man.