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.

who had just been

properly for the first time. Small face, wide doe eyes, soft looking

inwardly,

here, he

didn’t even mask the condescension on his face as

Arthur’s fingers twitched.

That boy wasn’t just underestimating Nnenna, he was

Arthur thought

in the crowd, the muttering

"Kai’s so lucky!"

this round with

girl from

but that was strategy. This is martial arts.

"Poor girl..."

would she risk

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

politely, voice smooth and

with a clarity that cut through the background

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

lowered his arms, the earlier confidence in his stance

"I think

rippling

with forced gentleness. "I don’t hate women. I just—" he shook his head, avoiding her gaze. "This isn’t the path

guard by the

he drew her name? Who told his

her head, her expression neutral

you," she said evenly, her voice not rising an inch. "It’s necessary for me to skip

there

Then

that like she’s asking

is her voice giving

sounds so calm. Scary

"Shouldn’t she be afraid?"

doesn’t even sound

deepened. His voice rose

to give you a way out,"

to frustrated. "Don’t you get it? Not only

rippled through