The Strongest Is the Winner

Could water superfunction possessors fight?

It must be a joke. Not just Wang Guoan and all the superfunction possessors here, even Mo Wenyang, Xing Feng, as well as Gu Mingxuan, Ye Xingchen, and Jiang Shang reflexly thought that he was joking. But after their first reaction to what Yun Che said, whispers then started to spread among those who knew Yun Che well. "Can water really fight?"

"We're sure that you and your squad are mighty, Captain Yun, but don't you think you just went too far on your brag? It's not cool to fool people around, we…"

"Stop!"

Wang Guoan collected himself and teased Yun Che. Before he even finished, Yun Che raised his hand to cut him off. "I thought you were a man of few words but I just realize you're quite noisy. Your yammers just give me headaches. Keep your persona, will you?"

He wouldn't have been Yun Che if he had played by the rules. Wang Guoan just got himself ruthlessly mocked once again. Without knowing what Yun Che's purpose was, Wang Guoan had to tell himself to stay calm, reminding himself of the lesson that he just learned from Lin Xian's misery.

"You got one thing right though, Major General Wang, which is you shall find out who's better in a fight. You're military guys and military guys only submit to the strong ones. We're superfunction possessors, we, too, believe that violence is the solution. You might win someone in an argument but at the end of the day, the strong ones are always the winner. So after all that's been said, would you like to be the first one to taste the power of water superfunction?"

Yun Che wasn't planning to leave him any chance to say no, he just gave Wang Guoan a option that he must choose. If he said yes, Yun Che would instruct Mo Wenyang to crush him with water superfunction; if he didn't, well, everyone here would be witnesses of Wang Army being afraid to accept the challenge from a water superfunction possessor. All the people in this room were the top superfunction possessors of the base except for the delegations of the authorities. Wang Army sure would lose something more important than the leadership if this got spread through the base.

"I'm fine if Major General Mo uses water superfunction."

It turned out that our Major General Wang wasn't an idiot after all. He said yes, but he emphasized the word water. He was setting a restriction on the type of superfunction that Mo was allowed to use.

"Well, well, I'd say you're the cheekiest man on this planet. Major General Mo is a fire/water superfunction possessor and you only allow him to use water? If water had no use in a fight, you would hurt Major General Mo real bad."

Wang Guoan thought people might not capture what he implied, but Yun Che mercilessly unmasked the man. The look on Wang Guoan's face gloomed. Right before he tried to talk back, Yun Che preempted him, "The good thing is, a water superfunction possessor is capable of fighting on his own. So water it is, then. If Major General Mo wins you with both of his attributes, you'll deny the fact that he's better than you with every excuse you can come up with. The conference has been on for almost one hour, we've pretty much gone through everything that we need to talk about. The only thing that hasn't been finalized is who gets the leadership. Wei Army has chosen to withdraw from the competition, apparently, so the leadership goes to either Wang Army or Mo Army. You two are the delegates of your armies, how about you have a duel and let the winner be the commander for this quest?"

One minute ago, Yun Che was being sarcastic, and now he was all serious again. The change of expression was so rapid as if he was in an opera. Lin Xian and his men felt like taking a hit after hearing what Yun Che said. "Did we choose to withdraw from it? Were we given an option?" If it wasn't for Yun Che, they wouldn't have been the first one to lose their place in the competition.

Mo Wenyang and Wang Guoan also frowned because it wasn't a small thing. Once they said yes, there was no way back unless they didn't care about their reputation in the base anymore. It wasn't that Mo Wenyang didn't trust Yun Che. Yes, he did call Yun Che a home-guarding beast, but he did have faith in his ability and Mo was sure that Yun Che meant no harm to him because of the relationship between him and Xing Feng. The reality was, it'd been tested and proven that water wasn't combat superfunction. Neither did people hear anyone actually fought with water superfunction. What troubled Mo was that Yun Che said yes to water-only, which really made Mo unsure of himself.

Mo couldn't make up his mind. He raised his head and looked right at Xing Feng. Xing just nodded at him. At last, Mo Wenyang braced himself up. "OK, let's do it!"

Mo Wenyang believed in what Xing Feng believed. Since his cousin trusted Yun Che, he might as well take a gamble. Worst-case scenario, he'd lose the fight and Wang Army would take over Superfunction Association. But so what? Wang Army wouldn't have total control over the association without Peak and Chaoyang's approval.

Wang Guoan mulled it over as well. He didn't believe that Mo Wenyang would defeat him with water superfunction, he just wasn't sure if it was another trap that Yun Che set. From the moment Yun Che and Xing Feng stepped into the conference room to now, the authorities had made multiple concessions. Yun Che's proposition seemed to be in Wang Guoan's favor but Wang Guoan was sure that Yun Che had no intention to help him. Major General Wang refused to believe that it wasn't a set-up.

But just because Yun Che had already made the rule in favor of Wang Guoan, he had less reason to say no, especially now that Mo Wenyang had said yes.

"OK."

Wang Guoan nodded in the end after a long-time thinking, though he still hadn't figured out what Yun Che wanted exactly. Wang Guoan had to order himself to be careful and play it smart.

"OK. Yes from both parties. Mr. Jiang, can you find a place for a duel please?"

After doing his part, Yun Che turned to Jiang Wanshan with a snigger on his face, which made our Head of Base Defense incredibly uncomfortable. "There's a drilling ground in Base Defense office building. You can duel there if you don't mind."

No one could stop the duel from happening at this point anymore.

"Sure. Let's get going."

Yun Che left his seat after another stretch. He walked past Xing Feng to Mo Wenyang who didn't want to be near Yun Che for a single second, and then put one arm around his shoulder. "Major General Mo, I find us congenial. How about we go there together?"

If anyone did this to a major general, he'd be considered an ass-kisser. But this was Yun Che. On the one hand, he was close to Xing Feng, so it was natural that he tried to get on with his cousin. On the other hand, Peak showed support for Mo Wenyang several times. It was nothing wrong with them getting to know each other seeing that Yun Che proposed the duel.

Wang Guo, however, knitted his eyebrows harder when seeing this. He just didn't have a clue at all. But again, anyone would have had the same feeling.

"Ye, what does Captain Yun have up his sleeves this time? We're all a bit confused."

"Yeah, you should know something, right, Ye? Just spill the beans to us."

"Our squad would become stronger if water was combat superfunction."

"Right. But don't get your hopes too high. You know Captain Yun, you can never know the authenticity of his words."

"I disagree. Indeed, Captain Yun likes to play pranks, but tell me, when did he ever break his promises?"

After the people from three armies and the government left, those who were close to Peak all gathered around Ye Xingchen and Jiang Shang. Jiang Shang was ignored like he always would be, though. Everybody straight-up talked to Ye Xingchen. And those who weren't that close to Peak just started chatting to each other. What concerned them at the moment wasn't who got to command the troops but whether or not water was a combat attribute. People weren't stupid, they could tell from the previous back-and-forthing between Mo Wenyang and Major General Wang that both of them were good commanders. People didn't care who the winner was because it wouldn't matter either way.

"I don't know. I would be the captain of Peak if I knew what's on Che's mind."

With a smile on the face, Ye Xingchen replied to the crowd in a witty tone of voice. Jiang Shang, the one who never talked much outside the house, kept up with Ye in case they got separated by the crowd. He grabbed Ye's hand altogether, giving no damn about what people thought of him. His heart belonged to only one person——Ye Xingchen.

"Chief, is water really a combat attribute?"

The crowd started leaving the conference for the drilling ground. Gu Mingxuan, the last person to get up from the seat, stepped up to Xing Feng and asked in a low voice. He would have sniffed at anyone who said water was a combat attribute, but the person who made the statement was Yun Che. Those who knew Yun Che well was sure that he wouldn't mess around on a serious occasion like this.

"You know the answer, don't you? We've prepared so much for today, do you think Che would let Wang Guoan ruin all the efforts we made?"

Looking sideways at Gu, Xing Feng was super cool about it even though he was clueless, too. It was all because he had trust in Yun Che.

"Touche. Che wouldn't. He most likely has set Wang up with this duel."

Gu Mingxuan habitually pushed the glasses up his nose but he halted his finger midway as Yun Che's mock at glasses suddenly came to his mind. Gu Mingxuan chose to take off his glasses and put them into his pocket. "The master stinks, so does the pet. I know why Heiyu is such a jerk."

"Hehe!"

Xing Feng chuckled as he knew exactly what Gu was talking about. Che was exceptionally naughty today, Xing Feng even had urges to create opportunities for him to set people up several times. It was kind of fun, but of course, the victims must be their antagonists.

"But if water is a combat attribute, we'll have another squad."

Gu Mingxuan got serious when he re-focused on the serious topic. He actually started thinking about who would lead the new squad.

"You'll have to let Che tell us how a water superfunction possessor fights first."

Although Yun Che taught it to Mo Wenyang, it didn't necessarily mean that he would tell everyone. Xing Feng knew his man, he wouldn't share the information so easily.

"Uh, how about you trade yourself for the intelligence?"

Gu Ming suggested with a wry look on his face, though he wasn't optimistic about it at all.

"I don't mind that but the problem is, he can easily subdue me with just one flirtatious wink. Do you think I'm the right man for the job?"

Xing Feng was actually quite frank about the fact. Gu Mingxuan, however, wished to taunt him with every mean word in his vocabulary.

Yun Che still had his arm around Mo Wenyang's shoulder. He didn't avoid the crowd, instead, he walked with the three armies and the government. But no one heard their conversation because Yun Che was an air superfunction possessor. He got one cheating tool which was his air membrane which was the perfect sound insulation substance. People around him and Mo Wenyang wouldn't be able to hear them as long as they didn't yell.

"Holy crap, really? Are you sure you're not bullshitting me?"

After hearing Yun Che's instruction, Mo Wenyang opened up his eyes in amazement despite the nickname that Mo Wenyang himself gave to Yun Che. His eyes were filled with disbelief, surprise, and doubt. After all, what Yun Che said was really shocking.

"Why would I bullshit you? But don't you get cocky, I have told you the method, you'll still need to be savvy enough to grasp it. Don't squander the efforts we made."

Yun Che lit a cigarette for himself after rolling his eyes at Mo Wenyang. With two hands in the trousers pocket and cigarette in his mouth, Yun Che looked like a hooligan.

"Don't look down on me. I'm not as good as your man, but I'm not an idiot."

Looking askance at Yun Che, Mo Wenyang retorted.

"Oh, really? I look forward to your show."

Yun Che kept his indifferent attitude. Mo Wenyang was pissed off. "Hey! Give me a little credit, OK? This is hurtful! I'm going to war!"

"A one-on-one fight is war to you? Are you joking?"

Yun Che didn't mean to be contemptuous, but this would be called a solo at the most. If every battle had been this easy, Yun Che would have become the King of Doomsday already and life wouldn't have been this hard.

"Why not? A solo isn't a game."

Even Mo Wenyang himself wasn't very confident about his argument, but he didn't care because he was Mo Wenyang the shameless.

"Fine, fine. Whatever, you shameless dude! You just do your best, OK? Just don't forget our agreement that you won't tell anyone the way of using water superfunction."

"No problem. Hey, wait, who do you call shameless?"

They jeered at each other like a pair of old pals. Could you believe that Mo Wenyang kept away from Yun Che like he was some sort of a monster before the conference and Yun Che just met Mo for the third time? Some people were bound to grow into friends. Yes, they might not seem like friends, but at key moments, they'd trust one another unconditionally. Mo Wenyang and Yun Che were friends of that kind.

People could see their moves but couldn't hear them, so they just assumed that those two were really close friends. The assumption unsettled the delegates of the other two armies and the government, especially Major General Wang who was going to duel with Mo Wenyang.