Baixar aplicativo
2.4% Absolute Choice / Chapter 14: Why did I agree

Capítulo 14: Why did I agree

Shi Xiaobai looked at the two choices in front of him and felt that there was a deep sense of malevolence. If he chose to directly give up, then he would receive zero points for the ability test. If he chose to close his eyes and only shoot once, then it would be highly probable that he would receive zero points, with a minuscule probability of him receiving one point.

Regardless of his choice, Shi Xiaobai's result for his ability test would be terrible. It could be said that there was not much difference between the two choices. However, the latter was a D-level reward, while the former was a E-level reward. Logically speaking, Shi Xiaobai's best choice was to directly give up and receive a D-level reward.

However, he had just promised Riko that he would not receive zero points. As such, one point and zero points had a qualitative difference to him. The only thing was that this one point was not easily obtainable.

On one side was the better D-level reward, while the other side was a slim chance of getting more than zero points. What should Shi Xiaobai choose?

"Hai, a King's promise is more important than anything else. Besides, This King has reincarnated thousands of times and has never obtained zero points before. How can such a precious first be sacrificed for a mere D-level reward? If it was a C-level reward, that would be more like it..."

Shi Xiaobai vexed over it all day before finally choosing—[ Choice 1: During the test, only one shot can be made without opening your eyes (E-level reward) ].

...

Against a randomly appearing target without any fixed time interval that he had to shoot blindly—in one shot—was no doubt a ginormous test, but Shi Xiaobai did not mind it at all.

"This King will adopt the necessary measures depending on the situation."

Shi Xiaobai slowly closed his eyes as his vision turned black. However, the light that reflected off the metallic wall continued projecting a fuzzy layer of light above the darkness. He was still not used to it.

The elder gave Shi Xiaobai a glance, and thought he was closing his eyes to focus. The elder paid great attention to the child with dual S talents. Regardless of Shi Xiaobai's personality, he was destined to be a very important rookie in [Gaia] the next few years. As long as he did not receive zero points in the ability test, he would naturally be evaluated as an S Class rookie.

Over the past few years, [Gaia]'s ranking did not move much in China, but it was in an awkward position. Internationally, it had already dropped out of the top ranks into the mediocre. This year, the fresh blood that had been injected into [Gaia] was not too bad, and if an S Class rookie was added, it might let [Gaia] experience a new spring. As such, the elder placed a lot of anticipation on Shi Xiaobai.

"Natural endowment and ability is the most important evaluation standards for rookies in [Gaia]. Do not be dismayed because of a low natural endowment, but make sure not to lose your head because of having a higher natural endowment." The elder exhorted one last time.

Noticing that the four rookies were ready, he announced, "Let the ability test begin!"

The moment he finished speaking, other than Shi Xiaobai still having his eyes closed, the other three were fully focused on the snow-white screen in front of them. In this kind of competition by count of targets struck for points, victory was not determined in a second, but in milliseconds. Despite being nervous, they still held the guns firmly in their hands. This was because reaction speed was not everything, shooting accuracy was equally important. On this point, even the four-year-old little loli, Zhong Yue'er, put on a proper demeanor. For the three, all coming from a family with Heroes, the basic skills of a Hero was something they had honed since they were young.

The gigantic screen looked like a vertical white plane. It was white, without any colors on it. Suddenly, a tiny black dot appeared like a lotus blooming!

"Peng! Peng! Peng!"

Three beams of different colors shot out at nearly the same instant. They hit a tiny black dot at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

"First point. Blue!"

A cold, machine-like voice echoed from a speaker embedded behind the metallic wall. Following that, the number on the top-left corner—beside Yang Yang's name—changed from "0" to "1".

The four rookies used laser guns of different colors. Shi Xiaobai was red, Kevin was yellow, Yang Yang was blue, and Zhong Yue'er was purple. It was used to determine who hit the target first. The first shot was clearly obtained by Yang Yang.

Nearly everyone realized that one laser beam was missing. However, it was just the first shot, so they did not pay much attention to it.

However, very quickly, ten targets had been hit, but Shi Xiaobai had yet to even shoot once.

The elder gave Shi Xiaobai a glance and immediately exclaimed, "Shi Xiaobai, why are you still closing your eyes?"

The moment this was said, everyone in the room was stunned. Shi Xiaobai had been closing his eyes all this while?

Kevin and Mu Hongli felt delighted at this news. From having no chance at victory, they could now see a glimmer of hope. If Shi Xiaobai's ability test received zero points, he would be evaluated as a "Useless Person". It would greatly affect his evaluation, and if that happened, Kevin would have a chance to overturn the disadvantage he received in the natural endowment test.

Yang Yang's heart sank, but he quickly recovered. As he was still in the midst of a test, he had to maintain an ethereal state of mind. He had lost too much dignity during the natural endowment test, so in the ability test that he was best at, he had to defend his remaining dignity.

Yang Yang's calmness gave him the most direct returns. In the dozens of shots that followed, he maintained first place and was opening up a gap. He displayed an extraordinary shooting ability.

By the seats, Riko was already about to cry from anxiousness. She hoarsened her throat by yelling incessantly.

"Shi Xiaobai, stop fooling around!"

Shi Xiaobai, I'll really get mad!"

"Shi Xiaobai, if you don't open your eyes, don't blame me for not sparing my fists or kicks!"

"Shi Xiaobai, don't you screw things up at the crucial moment!"

"Shi Xiaobai, I'm begging you. Hurry up and open your eyes!"

"Shi Xiaobai, I... Nice Sister Riko will not hit you ever again. Can you open your eyes, please?"

"..."

It was as if Shi Xiaobai did not hear Riko's yelling. He still had his eyes closed and looked completely unconcerned. By the side, the three older people were also advising Shi Xiaobai to obtain at least one point, telling him that it would affect his becoming of an S Class rookie. However, Shi Xiaobai's eyebrows did not even flinch.

It was as if Shi Xiaobai had fallen asleep. He remained motionless like a sculpture.

What had happened? What was wrong with Shi Xiaobai? Did some mental problem happen? Was it a vision problem? Or was he so inapt at shooting that he was avoiding it?

These questions hounded the minds of everyone as the test began to come to an end.

"Ninety-third point. Blue!"

As of this moment, Yang Yang had 50 points, Kevin had 31 points, while Zhong Yue'er had 12 points. As for Shi Xiaobai, he was still at 0 points.

Mu Hongli's anxious heart soothed. She did not give up the opportunity and sneered at Riko. "Don't you forget our bet. I hope I'll hear news of you voluntarily resigning your post as Pontus."

Riko had yelled so much that she was going hoarse. If not for her being disallowed from interrupting the ability test midway, she would probably have charged over to brutally beat Shi Xiaobai up. Upon hearing Mu Hongli mocking her, she immediately felt more disheartened and turned even more anxious.

"Shi Xiaobai! Hurry up and open your eyes to score one point! As long as you obtain one point, I'll agree to anything you want!"

Riko was so flustered that she no longer knew what she was saying.

However, the moment she said that, a miracle happened. Shi Xiaobai's body suddenly moved.

"Girl, will you really agree to anything This King wants?"

  1. Ye Jiaquan (叶家拳) translates to Ye Family Fist.

Capítulo 15: Perception of God

"What you can't see with your eyes, use your mind to capture its trajectory and feel its emotions. From that, 'see' its existence."

Shi Xiaobai always remembered this line. Although he forgot where this line came from, maybe it was a novel or an animation, or it could have been fabricated by himself, Shi Xiaobai believed in one thing—one's mind could see everything.

This was one of the reasons Shi Xiaobai eventually made this choice. Shi Xiaobai believed he could use his mind's power to capture the target's location, and from that complete the feat of shooting blind.

"There is nothing This King can't do."

This was Shi Xiaobai's current maxim.

The belief of being able to implement this personal maxim made Shi Xiaobai attempt to sense the energy in his mind after he closed his eyes. Regardless of how chaotic the external world was, he remained calm in his inner mind.

However, what made Shi Xiaobai disappointed was that after more than ninety targets went by, he still failed to sense a hint of his mind's energy. The world he saw after closing his eyes was still that dark world with that layer of illumination.

But just as Shi Xiaobai was about to abandon his belief, the voice of the Violent Girl resounded in his ears—"Shi Xiaobai! Hurry up and open your eyes to score one point! As long as you obtain one point, I'll agreed to anything you want!"

Agree to anything, doesn't that mean...

Shi Xiaobai could no longer hold on any further. He knew that he could not stay silent anymore. He rushed to confirm if Violent Girl's promise would truly be effective as he hurriedly asked, "Girl, will you really agree to anything This King wants?"

These were the words Shi Xiaobai suddenly said after a prolonged period of silence. However, the more calm and tranquil it was before, the more out of the blue it was!

Everyone was dumbfounded from shock. Their conversation sounded too bizarre, with an inexplicable strange flavor to it.

Riko was also dumbfounded from shock. Although she knew Shi Xiaobai would not suggest any 'creepy uncle' requests, there was no guarantees a thirteen-year-old boy would suddenly have curiosities that arose from puberty, doing some understandably "naughty things". In short, Riko whiffed a dangerous scent from his words.

Just as Riko was in a dilemma, a cold machine-like voice echoed—"Ninety-eighth point. Blue!"

"Holy shit, it's nearly too late. I'll agree first. If that darn kid suggests anything scummy, I'll at most disavow everything and serve him a good beating as a side dish!"

Riko quickly made up her mind and hurriedly screamed at the top of her voice, "I'll agree to anything. Quick shoot!

At the same time, the cold machine-like voice echoed: "Ninety-nine points. Blue!"

The next target was the last one left! There was no more time left!

Upon hearing Riko's voice, Shi Xiaobai, who was considering when to shoot, how to shoot and where to shoot, suddenly came to a realization that there wasn't enough time left. However, the powers of the mind he was hoping for did not appear. The world in front of his eyes was still black!

"It seems like there are things This King can't do. Sometimes, some things won't work out. However, one should enjoy life when there is prosperity. When it's time to shoot, there must not be any hesitation! Here goes, I'll let all of you see This King's Shot of Fate!"

With this thought in mind, Shi Xiaobai no longer hesitated. Immediately he raised his right hand and pointed in a random spot and pulled the trigger. Immediately, a laser beam shot out!

In an instant, the cold machine-like voice echoed—"Hundredth point. Red!"

Red?

Who was red?

Wasn't red fucking Shi Xiaobai!?

At this moment, everyone was momentarily at a loss, including Shi Xiaobai.

...

Other than Shi Xiaobai, everyone else went into a state of utter confusion. Not only had Shi Xiaobai shot with his eyes closed, he had shot before the target point appeared, not after it appeared!

At the instant Shi Xiaobai pulled the trigger, while the laser beam was flying towards the white screen at the speed of light, the target point suddenly appeared and was then immediately hit!

It could be said that this shot was anticipatory, and there was no mistake to it at all! Be it the location or the timing, there was not the slightest deviation!

How the fuck did he do that? And he had his eyes closed?

It must have been a wild attempt, right!?

Everyone immediately determined that Shi Xiaobai's shot had been a wild, but lucky attempt. However, they quickly overthrew their judgment the next second, because they suddenly recalled the various anomalies that had happened during the ability test!

Why was Shi Xiaobai closing his eyes the entire time?

Why did Shi Xiaobai retort with a question "will you really agree to anything This King wants?" after Riko Minamiya made such a promise?

Why did Shi Xiaobai immediately hit the target after receiving a definite answer?

This was because everything was self-written, self-directed and self-acted by Shi Xiaobai!

Shi Xiaobai knew about the bet between Riko Minamiya and Mu Hongli, hence, he knew that Riko Minamiya was afraid that he would receive zero points! That was why he purposely closed his eyes to pretend like he had given up, so as to force Riko Minamiya into a desperate situation. From that, he received Riko Minamiya's promise to "agree to anything"! And the crux of the problem was that Shi Xiaobai had to hit the target in his final shoot, if not, all the work he had done before would have been in vain. But with such a grandiose scheme, he definitely could not risk it on the last shot, yet he had shot out an anticipatory shot. Clearly, it was not a wild attempt, but because he had sufficient confidence and conviction!

Everyone present was clever, so they quickly deduced the truth and drew a gasp in unison! Under that silly exterior of Shi Xiaobai hid such a dark and scheming heart?

And the crux of the issue was, how did he do it with that anticipatory shot at the very last moment?

The first person who thought of the answer was the most experienced elder. After the astonishment from having been enlightened, he shouted, "I know! This is one of the Six Senses of God!"

The eyes of the middle-aged man beside him lit up, and he immediately added, "Humans have six senses. They are the sense of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch as well as perception! And for some very talented people, their sixth sense can reach a God-like state. As such, it is called the Six Senses of God!"

The middle-aged woman recovered from her daze and lauded, "Perception is also termed the sixth sense. It is the most mysterious sense. If it's the Perception of God from the Six Senses of God, then it would be completely reasonably to be able to anticipate the location of the target!"

The three older people revealed the truth in a few sentences.

The elder took a deep breath and looked at Shi Xiaobai, asking, "Shi Xiaobai, do you really have the Perception of God?"

Shi Xiaobai was still in a dazed state, unable to believe that he had managed to hit the target with a wild attempt! Upon hearing the elder's question, Shi Xiaobai's furrowed his eyebrows before relaxing them moments later.

"This King was once a member of the race of God. Since the Perception of God has the word God in it, then This King definitely has it!"

With this thought in mind, Shi Xiaobai nodded at the elder and said, "Of course!"

The elder smiled with relief as he sighed, saying, "The Six Senses of God are so rare that it's comparable to a Psyker at A Class and above, let alone that you have the strongest Perception of God out of the Six Senses of God. Dual S Class talent, coupled with Perception of God. Child, your future is beyond measure!"

At this moment, everyone looked at Shi Xiaobai with complicated expressions, as if they were seeing a humanoid monster!

  1. Ye Jiaquan (叶家拳) translates to Ye Family Fist.

Load failed, please RETRY

Presentes

Presente -- Presente recebido

    Status de energia semanal

    Capítulos de desbloqueio em lote

    Índice

    Opções de exibição

    Fundo

    Fonte

    Tamanho

    Comentários do capítulo

    Escreva uma avaliação Status de leitura: C14
    Falha ao postar. Tente novamente
    • Qualidade da Tradução
    • Estabilidade das atualizações
    • Desenvolvimento de Histórias
    • Design de Personagens
    • Antecedentes do mundo

    O escore total 0.0

    Resenha postada com sucesso! Leia mais resenhas
    Vote com Power Stone
    Rank 200+ Ranking de Potência
    Stone 16 Pedra de Poder
    Denunciar conteúdo impróprio
    Dica de erro

    Denunciar abuso

    Comentários do parágrafo

    Login

    tip Comentário de parágrafo

    O comentário de parágrafo agora está disponível na Web! Passe o mouse sobre qualquer parágrafo e clique no ícone para adicionar seu comentário.

    Além disso, você sempre pode desativá-lo/ativá-lo em Configurações.

    Entendi