Disdain (Second Update)

Chapter 159: Disdain (Second Update)

During the days he spent studying that piece of living flesh, Xu Yue often appeared in the real world as well, steadily completing his "second" and "third" missions.

He further reinforced the outsiders’ impression of his Medical Ninjutsu, appearing to have made quite a decent haul.

With superb throwing techniques for offense, a Chakra Scalpel at close range, and the Mystical Palm Technique for healing, he fully demonstrated the strength of a Genin with these three skills at his core. Moreover, he was a Genin with healing and support abilities—the most sought-after kind.

In an instant, the attention on him seemed to have risen quite a bit again.

Rong Tian, the guard assigned by the army to teach Xu Yue from experience, and Chu Yingxiong, who dropped by from time to time, had both been constantly urging Xu Yue that it was about time for him to form a team…

"Come on, you’ve gone through two missions alone. You should fully understand how unfriendly Mission Space is toward solo players by now, right? Without teammates to help you, your gains from those two missions should have been much greater!"

Chu Yingxiong looked heartbroken, as though he found it deeply unfair for Xu Yue.

"No, I think going solo is great. I’m free and unrestrained, without any shackles, and I can blend in among the plot characters alone to pick up missions."

Xu Yue’s answer, however, made Chu Yingxiong realize that there really was a gap between people.

This guy could actually thrive in the space all by himself. He was an existence utterly suited to it!

No wonder Marshal Yu had chosen him.

"Fine, you’re impressive. But rookie Promotion Missions are different. There’s a kill requirement. If you work together, then as long as your luck isn’t too bad, most elite teams can all make it through."

Chu Yingxiong changed his tone somewhat, but he still emphasized the Promotion Mission to Xu Yue.

"Oh, Promotion Missions are announced in advance? I got one of those…"

Xu Yue then revealed the information about his next mission.

(Note: The protagonist had also known about his Promotion Mission well in advance before entering it. This was explained earlier.)

As an old hand, although Chu Yingxiong had never entered that Mission Space, the information he had gathered allowed him to identify it as soon as he heard the description.

"A super-high-technology plane? If it’s a Promotion Mission, then I remember that space should be a battlefield for several factions. Planes like that are troublesome. Technological weapons don’t suffer any reduction in power—maybe even an ordinary soldier could pull out a weapon capable of threatening us."

Chu Yingxiong frowned upon hearing this.

In the first mission, Xu Yue would be an official Reincarnator, while the others would be quasi-official Reincarnators undertaking their Promotion Mission. Theoretically, Xu Yue would be the one at greatest risk of exposure.

Originally, Xu Yue had intended to complete it first under his "personal" identity. Once he had secured his status as an official Reincarnator, he would interact with the Beiyang Army a little more, especially since his interval period was right there.

For normal Reincarnators, reaching Lieutenant within four missions made one outstanding. Reaching Captain made one an absolute elite among elites.

Given his performance in the first mission, it would be easy enough for him to fool them.

But after fully understanding how army squads coordinated with one another, Xu Yue felt that borrowing the promotion progress of some Reincarnators undergoing advancement would be a good choice if he wanted to achieve his goal in this mission.

He only needed to send a Wood Clone to mingle with them while he handled his primary objective himself. Theoretically, he would not need to fight at full strength in that space.

The Beiyang Army had plenty of people, and rookies were eliminated especially quickly. The odds of encountering peers who were entering that Mission Space to complete their Promotion Missions should not be low…

"Miss Sun, Xu Yue is a medical ninja. His close-combat ability isn’t weak either, and more importantly, his throwing techniques are simply extraordinary. If he works with you to enter this Promotion Mission, he’ll definitely be of tremendous help."

Chu Yingxiong spoke to a cold and aloof woman in her early twenties. Her features were lovely, and the light makeup she wore made her even more beautiful.

After learning about Xu Yue’s mission, Chu Yingxiong had gone around asking on his behalf.

At last, he found a promotion team among the direct faction’s forces that was about to head to the world of "Holy Brita" to complete its mission.

However, although they belonged to the same direct faction, this team’s status was somewhat special. Their leader, Sun Lin, was the younger sister of a genius being cultivated as a core member of the direct faction.

That core member was appreciated by both Feng Guozhang, the direct faction’s leader, and Cao Kun, its second-in-command. Both sides had even tried to recruit him. Even Wu Pei was Cao Kun’s subordinate!

Naturally, the younger sister of such a future super-potential asset enjoyed many privileges. Even she received far more attention than Xu Yue.

Thus, a team-up that normally could have been arranged directly now had to be discussed first.

"Him?"

Sun Lin’s icy expression did not soften in the slightest. She cast Xu Yue a sidelong glance, looking cold and stunning, too lazy to even say another word.

Instead, a resolute man with the bearing of a soldier who had been following closely behind her stepped forward and spoke in an even tone.

"Sorry. Although his medical abilities are quite good, he has never entered a super-technology plane before. He won’t be able to keep up with our rhythm and pace. He’ll probably need to spend a great deal of time just adapting to the world."

"If it were an ordinary mission, it wouldn’t matter if we brought him along. But a rookie Promotion Mission is not something to be careless about. If an official Reincarnator fails to advance to veteran status, they merely lose Reincarnation Points, have skills randomly downgraded, receive a lower potential evaluation, lose military rank, and still have opportunities to make up for it. But the penalty for our first rookie Promotion Mission is execution…"

Once those words of refusal were spoken, the others on the team began voicing their opinions as well.

A somewhat roguish-looking man, wearing his military uniform in a sloppy manner and only recently recruited into the army, also spoke with mockery.

"I’ve heard of this guy. Seems like he got angry and chose to go solo for two missions. So why not keep going solo?"

He had only joined the army after the previous mission. Seeing someone who had entered the army in his very first mission, as though born with a golden key in his mouth, actually throw away opportunities from two missions made him so jealous he nearly coughed up blood. If those opportunities had been given to him, he would have become even stronger!

"Super-technology planes are different from other planes. Even learning some general basic knowledge from those planes costs Reincarnation Points, and the information tax is steep as well. We can’t give him too much explanation."

Another woman with delicate features, wearing glasses and holding a book, also explained the reason.

The real world’s technological development still appeared "normal" for now, yet mechs had already emerged. This alone showed that items from Reincarnation Space could possibly be brought back to the real world and used, while technology itself seemingly could not be brought over.

It should have been because of that strict information tax system. In a super-technological civilization, trying to learn technology from the basics was nearly impossible.

At most, one could pay some points to understand how to use certain items.

"Hmph, he doesn’t even know how to use the most basic wireless communications. There’s no way he can fit into our team."

It was still that somewhat roguish man. He patted the radio set on his back, the kind carried by signalmen during the Second Ninja War, his face full of pride.

Xu Yue was left speechless. I really don’t know how to use that thing. Do you have to crank it by hand…

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Today’s second update, the first guaranteed update~ There’ll be another one later.