Silly up-manship can be constructive. I cannot be more specific because all those diactric marks make it very hard to remember names. Green boy twice in a raw prevented MC from doing something by doing it himself, stopped the match when MC team was ahead and administered whipping to the nasty...
The hotel lacks sturdy construction, don't they have earthquakes in China? This is what you get when gangs interfere with construction (actually, true in many countries, Mexico seems to have the worst combination of gangs and earthquakes).
Esteemed translator,
this lord understand the mortal limitations and appreciates sincerity of your efforts and nobility of your spirit. Take good care of your mortal shell.
The idols in the alternate China are super amazing. Kidnapped, hogtied, transported like a sack of grain, and she stills keeps her slippers on! Not even an immortal could make Miss Murong barefoot.
(And why the street so empty at noon? Considering she's an idol, shouldn't there some papparazi there?) <-- Perhaps they do not have free press in the alternative China, so no parapazzi.
"Why are all authority figures on the alliance side such massive dickheads?"
If because of that premise you plan to have a romantic exploration, you may have a bitter disappointment,
I love the perfectly balanced membership of the special class: "Four boys, four girls and a trap". It even makes a good title, say, of Volume I of "Busted"/