Ace of the Dragon Division

Chapter 368: Sparring (Part Two)

Those trainees all stopped what they were doing, came over, and gathered around.

Luo Yi introduced, “This is my bro, he’s in the 54 cards now.”

He also showed off that mental illness certificate Xu Cheng had, and those trainees all looked over at Xu Cheng with envy and worship and began calling him Senior Brother, making it super awkward for Xu Cheng.

It seemed like the certificate he got was something super glorious to have, and Xu Cheng really wanted to ask what was going on with this world.

In fact, it wasn’t too surprising why these guys were so enthusiastic. They were pretty curious as to what kind of missions the 54 cards got to go on, but normally, those senior brothers wouldn’t come here to communicate with them, and most of them didn’t even know who the 54 cards were. Although they had many questions, they also didn’t know who to ask. So, Luo Yi was pretty proud when he brought Xu Cheng over.

Being surrounded, Xu Cheng felt quite awkward so he could only smile.

“Senior Brother, are there a lot of powerful masters outside of this country?’

Xu Cheng thought for a second and said, “Yeah, but I haven’t met any yet. Those powerful masters of different countries are probably hiding. Unless there’s something major, normally it’s very hard to run into a master.”

“Senior Brother, what kind of mission have you done?”

Xu Cheng smiled and said, “That’s confidential. All of the missions executed by the 54 cards are confidential.”
The trainees nodded in understanding. It was just like how they were cut from the outside world after they came in to train. Nothing in here could be leaked to the outside world.

“Senior Brother, what’s your card?” then, a trainee asked curiously.

Xu Cheng said, “2 of Diamonds.”

Just then, someone said, “I heard the Diamond Division is the weakest of the four, and 2 is the smallest. Senior Brother, don’t be mad, I’m not looking down on you, but can I spar with you? Since the 2 of Diamonds is the smallest of the 54, I just want to see how far away I am to being able to join the ranks.”

The others all nodded and agreed, “Senior Brother, please advise.”

“Uhh… that’s not necessary, right?” Xu Cheng felt it would be a little overkill.
Li Wei and Luo Yi all looked at him pleadingly and said, “Big Brother Cheng, we just want to spar and see how far away we are from the official Dragon Division ranks. These guys have all been here for a long time, and they are all making progress everyday. However, they don’t know when they will be able to enter the 54 cards. In the past, they also haven’t seen any senior brothers fight, let alone spar with them. They couldn’t make any comparison at all and don’t know when they would be qualified to join. You are the first senior brother that came in and are willing to talk to us, so the opportunity is really rare for us.”

Xu Cheng also saw that these people didn’t look down at him at all, or else they wouldn’t be calling him Senior Brother so enthusiastically. Just then, Bei Shan came back and saw Xu Cheng being surrounded by the newbies. He immediately summoned the 5 of Diamonds not far away from him and said, “How about I get your 5 of Diamonds Senior Brother to come and spar?”

The 5 of Diamonds smiled, walked over with Bei Shan, and said, “Come on, I will spar with you guys.”

Everyone looked at the 5 of Diamonds. It was 3 numbers higher, and in the 54 cards, each number gap actually had quite a significant difference, so they became a bit hesitant and said, “I think we will pass on that… No matter how confident we are, the gap is still way too big, just let Senior Brother 2 of Diamonds spar with us…”

Xu Cheng stood on the side, and he really wanted to kill himself seeing how Luo Yi and Li Wei were holding his mental patient certificate, playing with and adoring it like it was some kind of treasure.

It was just a certificate saying that you were mental, yet Xu Cheng just couldn’t accept the scene of two elite soldiers looking so intoxicated yearning for one.

He asked Bei Shan, “This was also thought of by that old man?”

“Besides his beautiful mind, who else?” Bei Shan smiled.

“I will stay and chat with these two, can I see the other people some other time?” Xu Cheng said to Bei Shan.

Bei Shan nodded. “Up to you. After all, the old man was just like a shop owner that didn’t do much and just let the employees handle everything. Your temper’s pretty much like his, so I will just do whatever I can do for you. In the future, I will be your personal secretary.”

“I know.” Xu Cheng had a dirty smile. “If there’s things to do, the secretary will do. If there’s nothing to do, there’s the secretary I can do. I understand.” (TL Note: it’s a saying in China, that the boss would let the secretary do the work, and do the secretary when there’s no work)

Bei Shan gave Xu Cheng a middle finger and walked away.

Xu Cheng smiled at his two friends and laughed. “Alright, just stop obsessing over it, it’s nothing.”

Luo Yi and Li Wei bitterly smiled. “We’ve been here for two years now, and we had stayed in the trainee camp. You don’t know how fierce the competition is for the 54 cards. If we want to replace the original cards, we have to challenge them and win, or else we will stay in the trainee camp forever. We’ve been enduring, and it’s rare to have such a big scale of casualties so we obviously had to train super hard to grab a place.”
Luo Yi curiously asked Xu Cheng, “Oh right, Big Brother Cheng, did you enter the 54-card rank yet?”

Xu Cheng didn’t hide and nodded.

Luo Yi immediately asked, “What card?’

“2 of Diamonds,” Xu Cheng said.

Li Wei nodded. “Although it is the smallest of the 54, it’s good enough that you are in. At least you aren’t like us, we came to the trainee camp a long time ago yet we didn’t make good progress. *Sigh, our talent is really limited.”

Xu Cheng laughed and said, “It’s not that you guys aren’t talented, but the others are more like monsters. In the future, the people that the Dragon Division recruit will be even more powerful.”
Luo Yi patted Xu Cheng on the shoulder and said in excitement, “Wait, that means, Big Brother Cheng, your power has recovered?”

Xu Cheng nodded and smiled. “Yeah, pretty much.”

Luo Yi backed up a few steps, smacked both hands together a few times, and said, “Come on, us bros haven’t sparred in a while. Big Brother Cheng, let me see how much you have improved over the two years. Although my power isn’t enough to compete for the 54 cards yet, but I improved quite a lot. Come, let’s spar.”

Xu Cheng awkwardly laughed and said, “Maybe next time?”

Luo Yi: “What next time! Just like old times, don’t you remember? We always spar with the head instructor and each other whenever we have time. Come on, there’s a training field over there, we can practice for a bit. After we are done, we can go and grab a drink.”

Li Wei directly dragged Xu Cheng by the arm and went over. They haven’t seen each other in a long time, so he definitely wouldn’t let Xu Cheng go easily.

Xu Cheng had no choice but to follow the two of them to the training ground, and over there, there were at least 20 or so trainees all working hard. From hand-to-hand combat to science-based training, from shooting accuracy to speed, explosive strength and reflex, they were all training under the supervision of many experts. Everyone seemed very busy.

After Li Wei brought Xu Cheng to the training ground, Luo Yi clapped his hands and said loudly, “Everyone, gather around, I’ve convinced our senior to come over.”