They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 533: Senior Kai... You Talk Too Much

A few Fs made the crowd wince.

"Did you see that girl on yellow?" someone murmured. "She got tossed like a doll, then stood up like nothing happened."

"She’s got heart."

"But no coordination."

Even parents were reacting.

In the front row, a mother covered her face after her son got slammed and scored a 49.

"He’ll hear from me later," she muttered.

Nnenna sat quietly, her eyes focused on the matches before her. She wasn’t nervous anymore. Not overconfident either. Just still. A calm kind of alertness.

Her gaze didn’t just follow the movements of the fighters, it studied them. The stances, the footwork, the over extensions, the weak guards. She was learning.

One match ended with a hard thud, and then the referee called out, "Next contestants: Student Nnenna and Student Kai."

A buzz passed through the crowd.

"Who?"

"Finally the match I’ve been waiting for!"

"That’s the girl skipping to year four, right?"

"Isn’t she too soft for martial arts?"

Nnenna stood up, exhaled, and made her way to the arena stage. Her steps were light but sure. Her face calm. As she stepped into the ring, a few spectators murmured, surprised by how young and delicate she looked under the harsh arena lights.

"She looks like she should be in a bakery decorating cupcakes," someone whispered.

"I feel like she would cry if she breaks a nail," another chuckled.

But Arthur didn’t laugh. From his seat at the center of the judges’ panel, his cold eyes narrowed as he observed the boy stepping up opposite Nnenna.

Kai.

Arthur’s gaze sharpened.

had the look of someone who had just been handed a

study his opponent properly for the first time. Small face, wide doe eyes, soft looking limbs. She looked

inwardly,

here, he thought. What is she even

mask the condescension on his face

Arthur’s fingers twitched.

he was staring. A little too long. With too

Arthur

in the crowd, the muttering

"Kai’s so lucky!"

going to win this round

girl from

was strategy. This is martial

"Poor girl..."

would she risk everything

lingering stare made Nnenna shift slightly where she stood. She didn’t frown, but her calm eyes narrowed just

she called out politely, voice smooth

with a clarity

of his neck awkwardly. Her voice... so soft, so polite, it made him feel like he was about to kick a puppy in

lowered his arms, the earlier confidence in his stance visibly

a limit," he said, hesitating. "I think you should surrender. It’s the

began rippling through the

added with forced gentleness. "I don’t hate women. I just—"

blinked, caught off guard

Kai who had laughed loudly earlier when he drew her

her head, her expression

want to fight you," she said evenly, her voice not rising

a moment, there

Then

just say that like she’s asking for

her voice giving me

sounds so calm. Scary

"Shouldn’t she be afraid?"

sound

rose slightly, edged with growing

give you a way out," he said, brows furrowing.

you get it? Not only will you fail this match, but you’ll also

rippled through the