The Gorgeous Trainee Is Absolutely Explosive

I heard MK signed a pretty-boy trainee.

He’s gorgeous but useless, cares about nothing but his looks, and stops to check himself out anywhere there’s a mirror.

He’s a lost cause.

There’s no saving him.

He’s definitely been taken advantage of.

That’s what his teammates and fans had to say.

Then one day, the Infected invaded. A prism blazed behind the pretty boy, and every mirror he touched shone with dazzling light, taking out the Infected in an instant.

His teammates were stunned.

The pretty boy picked up his beloved mirror. “I was just hiding a tiny bit of my strength, that’s all~”

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Everyone said Mu Sirui was a fragile pretty-boy flower vase.

But nobody knew his secret.

He was an ability user.

His sweet, pretty, delicate demeanor was all an act. How could you fight monsters without a fiery temper?

While on a mission, Mu Sirui fell in love at first sight with the movie star Lu Zhuo.

Lu Zhuo was a three-time Golden Award-winning actor, at the top of the entertainment industry’s hierarchy: a gentle, refined, and considerate gentleman.

Around the movie star, Mu Sirui hid his fiery nature and tried even harder to play the role of a sweet, soft, quiet, and well-behaved little flower vase.

Mu Sirui also had a nemesis who could infuriate him to the point of vomiting blood. They were both ability users, and since ability users addressed each other by code names and weren’t allowed to reveal their real identities, he had no idea who his nemesis really was.

They disagreed on everything, their personalities clashed, and neither could stand the other. With their secret identities between them, they just couldn’t get on the same wavelength. Whenever they met, they argued, then started flinging their abilities at each other and fighting.

Then one day, Mu Sirui was assigned to a mission with his nemesis.

Mu Sirui: “…”

Luckily, things were going very well between Mu Sirui and the movie star around that time. By day, he and his nemesis fought tooth and nail. At night, he would sneak into the movie star Lu Zhuo’s room and kiss him senseless.

Mu Sirui’s take: Heh.

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Lu Zhuo.

On the surface, he was a three-time Golden Award-winning actor. In reality, he was a powerful ability user hiding his identity.

He was pursuing a trainee.

Recently, things had taken a big step forward between him and the trainee.

They secretly held each other at night, kissed in dark rooms, and held hands in corners where nobody could see them.

The trainee was so sweet, with fair, flawless skin, so well-behaved and innocent. The slightest touch made his cheeks flush, and he would obediently wait at home while Lu Zhuo went out on missions.

Heaven knew how fast Lu Zhuo’s heart raced when he opened the door and saw the bright look in his beloved trainee’s eyes!

If only his mission partner weren’t that nemesis who picked fights with him every single day, he’d be even happier (clenches fist).

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That day, Mu Sirui was appearing on a variety show with Lu Zhuo when disaster struck without warning.

The Infected invaded the set. Eggs burst open, fluids spread everywhere, and black tentacles wreathed in dark mist emerged from the eggs. It was a soft-bodied genetic Infected, there to lay eggs!

Mu Sirui: Oh no! Lu Zhuo is an ordinary person!

Lu Zhuo: Oh no! Mu Sirui is an ordinary person!

The situation was dire! Mu Sirui had no time to hide his identity and had to reveal his ability in front of Lu Zhuo.

Just as Mu Sirui activated his ability, red light flared all around him. He turned around

Lu Zhuo had grown sharp horns and was covered in scales, a pair of crimson-black wings spread behind him, his eyes blood red.

Meanwhile, a prism appeared out of thin air beside Mu Sirui, reflecting blinding light as his weapon unfolded behind him.

Mu Sirui: “…”

Lu Zhuo: “…”

Mu Sirui was dumbfounded.

How had his gentle, mild-mannered, considerate dream man turned into that sharp-tongued, obnoxious nemesis who infuriated him to the point of vomiting blood every day?!

Lu Zhuo was stunned too.

How had his thoughtful, sweet, quiet little darling, who occasionally even acted spoiled, turned into his unreasonable, hot-tempered archenemy?!

Bonus scene:

Later, Mu Sirui dug up his old chat history with Lu Zhuo (secret identity version).

[What brand of trash bag is your boyfriend? One big enough to hold even you?]

[Even the Great Wall would be ashamed to stand beside you. Your skin’s thicker than its walls.]

[Do you live in a cave? You’ve got a whole set of cave paintings ready to go.]

Lu Zhuo opened his old chat history of flame wars with Mu Sirui (secret identity version).

[May your true love live forever, and may you collect a pile of marriage certificates.]

[You must’ve grown up by the sea and loved eating fish. You’re a real expert at picking out the bones.]

[If you’re sick, see a vet. I can’t help you.]

Mu Sirui: [Did your boyfriend fall for you because your photo could ward off evil spirits at home?]

Lu Zhuo: [Your partner must have a great sense of humor. They’re dating a joke.]

Mu Sirui: …

Lu Zhuo: …

Lu Zhuo: “Well, no point saying anything else. Let’s start by hating each other.”

Hot-tempered, big bad demon with his secret identity on / sweet, gentle little darling without it / shou × hair-trigger, shameless old rascal with his secret identity on / warm and charming gentleman without it / gong

Reader’s Guide:

1. This blurb will have to do. I really can’t write one.

2. The author’s chuunibyou is acting up.

3. Blurb and title pending, subject to change at any time. Previous blurb: [Blurb from 2022.11.19] [New blurb from 2024.2.2]

Theme: We must hold fast to who we are through hardship, stay true to our convictions, fear no difficulty, and keep moving forward.