Chapter 33: The Sensation of One’s Heart Being Gripped
“Why? It’s not fair! We have to give speeches and fight in the competition, but she just gets to be the class leader the moment she arrives. What gives?” Luko shouted loudly at the stage, her face dark.
Looking at Su Jiu on the stage, who seemed unfazed, Luko felt like her lungs were about to explode. The Exorcist Team Leader not only didn’t lecture Su Jiu, that street punk, but even directly gave her the position of class leader.
It was known that the team leader received the lion’s share of the team rewards, with potential bonuses in the tens of thousands. Even though her father was a Law Enforcement Hall Elder, this large sum of money was very attractive to her, a high school student.
Soon, Luko’s voice resonated with the students. Her words truly expressed their inner thoughts – “Yeah, why should a failing student be allowed to lead us?”
“Su Jiu skips class every day and has never shown any outstanding results. Where did you Exorcists get the idea that she can be our class leader?”
“Heh, why? Because someone’s father is the Mayor?”
“I can’t believe the semi-official organization of the Adventurer’s Guild has also fallen for power.”
They began to clamor. When faced with someone superior to them, they would envy and accept it. But when faced with someone at their own level, they were unwilling to hand over what they felt was theirs.
Although most of them were not qualified to compete in the first place, this did not stop them from objecting. This was just human nature.
Su Jiu watched the commotion below with boredom, but she had no desire to argue with them. Her status was different now.
“How can a sparrow understand the ambition of a swan?”
However, Liu Hong did not have such good temper. With her Fiery Leopard Bloodline and being questioned by a bunch of students from their ivory towers, she felt her face flush with embarrassment.
“Shut up, all of you! If you have any complaints, wait until you all have finished competing for the vice class leader positions, and then you can challenge Su Jiu yourselves!”
As Liu Hong spoke, faint, ethereal flames emerged from her body. She stomped her foot hard, and a gust of wind imbued with heat spread out from her as the center, the air waves spreading indiscriminately.
Except for the most outstanding students of Class A, who could barely resist in place, the surrounding students were pushed back by the strong wind. They covered their eyes with their arms.
A moment later, the fierce wind subsided, and the surrounding students looked up with pale faces.
It was only then that they remembered that the ones training them were not mere teachers, but Exorcists who fought monsters day in and day out.
“As expected of the top students in Class A. They can even withstand the internal energy of the Exorcists without a ripple. Then Su Jiu is likely…”
One by one, they quieted down. While marveling at how Class A students could withstand the fierce wind, they looked back at the stage and found Su Jiu casually holding a lollipop, even playing on her phone, completely unconcerned.
At this point, some thoughtful students began to feel that Su Jiu might not be so simple. However, they still believed that even if she was hiding her strength, she shouldn’t have been given this opportunity so arbitrarily. Nevertheless, they didn’t say anything further.
“Everyone, for the next part, why don’t we quietly watch them compete for the class leader position?”
At this moment, the seemingly gentle Exorcist girl, Huang Sisi, spoke. A faint green light emanated from her hands and gently pulsed towards the sky. It began to rain lightly over the entire sports field.
When the students touched the rainwater, their faces seemed to improve, and their discontent lessened. They became quiet for a while.
Looking at Huang Sisi’s quite beautiful face, their restless hearts instantly calmed down. Some boys even harbored some infatuated thoughts.
“Concentration technique, Spring Bloom Technique, she’s also an Advanced Stage Warrior…”
Su Jiu glanced at Huang Sisi, then at Liu Hong’s smug expression, and thought to herself, “As expected, old ginger is spicier. One plays the tough cop, and the other plays the good cop.”
And so, the training session that day turned into a series of battles. Some of the school leaders and teachers also came to observe the fights.
Unlike them who were chatting and laughing, Su Jiu was playing with her phone in a corner of the stage. She had absolutely no interest in the fights of those children.
They were full of flaws, and could be beheaded in an instant.
“Ding dong!” After browsing anime for a short while, a message popped up.
Clicking on the QQ account signed by “Dad,” Su Jiu quietly read the text:
[Recently, Huayang City has been turbulent. Don’t wander around carelessly, and keep Xiao Yu with you… I’m afraid someone will use you to make a fuss, and it will affect very important matters then.]
If it were an ordinary high school girl, she would definitely feel dissatisfied with her father’s words, thinking, “Why don’t you care about me but care about the citizens?” But Su Jiu thought more deeply.
“Use us to make a fuss? But there’s no such scene in the original work. If it’s a revenge action by the Ancient God Sect, that doesn’t make sense either…”
“Have the butterfly’s wings already accelerated the events?”
“It seems that a Bishop-level figure appeared in the attack on Huayang City. That’s an elite among the War General Level, comparable to a Dragon Hunter of the same level.”
Su Jiu sighed and typed softly:
[Don’t worry, old man. We’ll be fine. You just handle your official duties properly… You should also take care of yourself.]
Looking up at the students who were shouting and cheering, Su Jiu silently put away her phone.
She took out a small bottle containing egg liquid from her pocket and quickly drank it. Hiding in the corner, she quietly started cultivating. Occasionally, the sound of bone dislocation would be heard, and the pain made her beautiful eyes tremble.
“I need to increase my strength as soon as possible!”
“I’m too weak. Bishop-level figures are like the bright moon in the sky to me. Once they appear, I’ll have no power to resist.”
“If the Ancient God Sect’s attack really comes early, Dad, licking-dog brother, and Little White… they might all turn to ashes under the bloodshed.”
“Just like that girl in the alley before, killed without any power to resist, toyed with and died.”
Dusk soon fell upon the stage, as if declaring the end of the training and selection of the class leaders.
“I announce that the competition has ended. Bai Qianyu, Luko, Liu Lin, Hua Yu, and Xu Jiu have become the class leaders for this session. Please give them a round of applause.” Huang Sisi’s sweet voice rang out again, and enthusiastic applause erupted from the audience.
Hearing the applause, Su Jiu gently opened her eyes and slowly stood up. Her bones crackled, like popping beans. If any Warrior above the Advanced Stage saw this, they would surely smile and say, “This is already a sign of half the bones being set correctly!”
“Instructor, I want to challenge Su Jiu now. May I?” Luko’s voice was like pouring cold water into a sizzling oil pan, and the scene instantly became even more heated.
The audience was already eagerly anticipating Luko showing her power and crushing Su Jiu, the one who got the position through connections.
“This… alright, but be careful. Classmate Su Jiu is very powerful.”
Huang Sisi looked at Liu Hong, who was watching with the leaders in the center. After seeing her nod, she let out a sigh and said with a smile.
Before she could finish, she thought, “So powerful that you can’t even imagine.”
Luko stood with her arms crossed, looking provocatively at Su Jiu in the corner of the stage. For some reason, obscured by the corner, Su Jiu’s figure seemed inexplicably familiar to her.
As her gaze slowly moved up and met Su Jiu’s, she felt as if those deep eyes were like a sharp blade piercing her heart, and her heart inexplicably clenched.
“Come on.”
Only after Su Jiu chuckled softly did this strange feeling disappear. Luko suddenly clutched her chest and gasped for air. Her legs trembled uncontrollably.
Just now, she felt like she saw her great-grandmother smiling at her…
