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Quan City.

Lu Wu had spent an extremely fulfilling and happy half-month at the Professional Center, reaping many benefits.

However, life had not been so good for the people in Quan City.

Li Ruyu and Dudu.

Although Lu Wu had informed them before his phone died and had generally explained the situation, they were still a bit worried since they hadn't seen Lu Wu for almost half a month.

Especially Dudu.

Since meeting Lu Wu, she had never been away from him for more than three days. This half-month separation was unprecedented.

So much so that she had lost her appetite during this time, only eating three big bowls per meal and seeming to have slimmed down considerably, much to Dudu's Dad's distress.

But Dudu's situation was still better compared to Hao Zhijian's.

Yes, indeed, the most pained by Lu Wu's disappearance was none other than Hao Zhijian.

It wasn't about love!

Mainly, Hao Zhijian had pinned great ambitions on the Quancheng Cup.

He saw the Quancheng Cup as his chance for redemption, his opportunity for fame, his chance to slap Ye Qingxue in the face.

He had even scripted it all in his mind.

He would lead Lu Wu and their team, crush all competition, and with an overwhelming advantage, slap Ye Qingxue's ace team in the face and easily claim the championship of the Quancheng Cup, becoming the star of Quan City.

Hmm, and if given the chance, he'd also love to slap that pretty boy Lu Wu.

He wanted to prove to everyone that he, Hao Zhijian, was the strongest of them all!

But the script was written, and the key actor had run off.

With Lu Wu missing, he couldn't even think about crushing Ye Qingxue, let alone becoming the star of Quan City.

Without Lu Wu, their team couldn't even participate in the competition, and this was driving Hao Zhijian crazy, making him nearly bald at his young age.

It wasn't just Hao Zhijian who was going bald, but also the organizers of the Quancheng Cup.

After all, Team 233 was a major highlight of this edition of the Quancheng Cup.

For this highlight, for this gimmick, the efforts made by the organizers were known to no one.

They had prepared all sorts of underhand tactics and had a complete contingency plan ready for any situation, except they hadn't anticipated, or rather hadn't expected, that Lu Wu would actually run off.

Even about Lu Wu's departure, they only found out four days after he had gone to Fucheng when they were arranging the next opponent for Team 233.

This was truly a mess!

Left with no choice, the organizers had to contact Team 233 while revising their plans.

After learning from Dudu that Lu Wu had gone to Fucheng and might not return for about a week.

The organizers immediately played their dirty tricks.

They let Team 233 advance by default.

And they released information that Team 233 was undergoing special training and that this team would soon make a triumphant return as kings.

With this, the organizers had truly intervened, controlling the team and the competition.

It was actually against the rules, but the organizers didn't care. All they cared about was whether they could capitalize on this hot topic and ensure the imminent profits didn't slip away.

Besides, as long as Lu Wu could return before the next match, everything would be fine.

But the problem was, it seemed Lu Wu might not be able to come back before the next match!

As the time for the next match approached, Lu Wu had completely lost contact.

Having no other options, the organizers could only contact Team 233, hoping that the team could find a new member in Lu Wu's absence, or that the organizers would provide a substitute member to compete in the meantime.

But then something even more troubling happened.

Dudu firmly stated, "No!"

Lu Wu had said that if he couldn't make it back, they might as well forfeit the Quancheng Cup.

Dudu remembered his words.

So she was adamant; she wouldn't compete without Lu Wu.

Pleading with her, threatening her, nothing worked, she just wouldn't compete.

Faced with this situation, the organizers were at their wits' end. They couldn't very well force the issue either, as bringing this to light would reflect poorly on everyone involved.

Hao Zhijian was beside himself with rage.

He cursed Lu Wu for cowardice and burdening his teammates.

When Hao Zhijian cursed him, a lightbulb went off for the person in charge on the organizer's side.

Why should they keep fixating on Lu Wu and Pang Duddu? They still had Hao Zhijian, didn't they?

Since the whole thing had started with Hao Zhijian and he was the center of attention all this time, with Lu Wu out of reach and Pang Duddu unwilling to partake, they might as well kick out Lu Wu and Pang Duddu.

They could just form a new team centered around Hao Zhijian, taking over this hot issue and their fate battle with Ye Qingxue, right?

They had been worried the 233 squad was too weak, that the final battle of fate would end in an ugly loss without any highlights.

Now, seizing the opportunity, setting up Hao Zhijian with a strong team seemed like a good move.

With this in mind, the organizers approached Hao Zhijian and the two hit it off right away.

They quickly teamed up.

Thus, without even knowing it himself, Lu Wu was expelled by his own teammates.

On his twelfth day in Fucheng, under the organizers' orchestration, Hao Zhijian formed a new 233 squad and made their debut at the Quancheng Cup.

They fought their debut battle.

How to put it? With strong new teammates and some behind-the-scenes manipulation by the organizers, they did put on quite a show.

However, the appearance of this new 233 squad couldn't quite win the audience over.

That was mainly because of the promotional strategies the organizers had used earlier.

They had publicized that the 233 squad was undergoing brutal training and would soon make a victorious return.

Indeed, they returned and seemed stronger, but the team was no longer the same.

This dissatisfaction included many fans loyal to Lu Wu, giving the organizers a real headache.

However, they quickly found a solution.

First was shifting the blame, immediately pinning the 233 squad's reformation on Lu Wu.

Hints everywhere suggested that it was because of Lu Wu that the team had to be reformed.

Well, it wasn't exactly shifting the blame, as the reformation of the 233 squad was indeed due to Lu Wu.

But when Hao Zhijian talked about it, it was all criticisms towards Lu Wu.

He already had a new team now, and the organizers had promised this team would accompany him in the high school league; he wasn't afraid of Lu Wu anymore.

As for Li Kai, the organizers also helped dig up information on him. It turned out he wasn't a Professional Cultivator at all, but an amateur who had failed to pass the examination for five consecutive years.

When the truth came out, the Hao Family was so enraged they wanted to dig Li Kai out and make him return the money.

In such a scenario, why would Hao Zhijian still fear Lu Wu?

Besides shifting the blame, to further fuel the hype, the organizers arranged a new opponent for the new 233 squad.

This new opponent was a team from Ye Qingxue's special class.

Of course, it wasn't the ace team, just an Ordinary team.

The plan was to use this Ordinary team to warm up the crowd, and coincidentally, the night before their match was to start, Lu Wu returned to Quan City…

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