Chapter 140: Zuo Hang’s New School Rule
The examiner’s identification.
A black booklet identical to that of an investigator.
Only the red certification stamp had changed from Feiao City Investigation Office to Imperial Capital League Headquarters.
Merely a change in the stamp, yet the gap between the two identifications was like a chasm.
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“Ah yes, you didn’t hear wrong. It’s the opportunity to become reserve investigators. This will be a school rule implemented only during my tenure.”
He had anticipated in his mind what he would look like during the speech.
Even when facing the end of the world, he could remain calm as usual, but now looking at the school auditorium with merely a thousand people, his heart was beating somewhat uneasily.
As soon as these words were spoken.
There was no imagined exclamation.
Whispers began under the stage.
The projection behind displayed Zuo Hang’s examiner identification.
Most students were in a dazed state, only a few people had completely changed the way they looked at Zuo Hang, including several current cadres of the Student Union and the teacher listening in near the back door.
“Xingye, is this the bombshell that little brother mentioned? It doesn’t seem to have much effect.” Zuo Rou, sitting in the front row, nudged Xingye with her elbow.
Xingye waved his hand and said, “To be fair, I think it really doesn’t have much effect.”
“Not necessarily.” Lin Ping interrupted Xingye with an affirmative tone.
“It’s definitely different for you! With your background, being an investigator must be tempting for someone like you, but not so much for ordinary students. Investigators have many unexpected privileges, but this job is very dangerous! Look at your parents…”
These words directly sent Lin Ping away.
“Although I know you meant no harm, I still want to slap you.”
“—Slap~!” Xingye slapped himself in the face.
“I was wrong, Pingzi Ge. I have a foul mouth.”
How the Student Union reacted couldn’t be seen during the speech; they had to wait until after everyone voted and the votes were tallied to draw conclusions.
“Many people have misunderstandings about investigators. I need to correct that here. Investigators aren’t as dangerous as imagined. Indeed, there are often news online about investigators sacrificing in high-risk zones, but this is a peaceful era. There won’t be that many missions requiring high-risk zones, and besides…”
“People who can enter high-risk zones must at least be full-star elites. Before you graduate, reaching that level is still very difficult, so if you become investigators, most of you will just enjoy the benefits of investigators. After graduation, those who want to continue employment can stay, those who don’t can just resign.”
Zuo Hang’s purpose was to make them understand the benefits of being investigators; as for continuing employment or not…
Sorry, being an investigator isn’t a job you can join or leave at will. What happens to this group later was not within Zuo Hang’s considerations. He only cared about whether he could become president.
After finishing the speech, Zuo Hang returned backstage. Xingye had run over from the stands at some point. As soon as Zuo Hang came down, Xingye hurriedly handed him a bottle of water and said:
“Well spoken, Hangzi Ge! Especially that last part—it was like Bulbasaur eating Pringles, simply brilliant!”
“zhaozi??” Backstage, some officer’s Bulbasaur called out, feeling offended.
“Is that examiner’s identification real?” Huohuo suddenly came over and asked.
Zuo Hang said, “It’s real. Why? Want to give it a try?”
“I used to think about becoming an investigator, but… I know my own strength well. Right now, I’m not yet qualified to hold that identification.”
Huohuo blinked, hiding her emotions well.
Zuo Hang smiled and said, “If you’re ready, you’re welcome to come find me.”
“Definitely.”
The Student Council President’s speech was scheduled first among the many positions in the Student Union.
Although Zuo Hang had a week of empty scores, he was still first in hard scores among all the candidates for president.
The speech order wasn’t drawn by lots; it was directly by scores. After Zuo Hang was that second-year senior student.
Vice Class Leader of High 2D.
Her appearance was just as in the poster—a sweet and lovely senior student.
“So… I hope everyone can cast your precious vote for me!”
It was a standard speech. Except for the senior student’s well-known fans, there wasn’t much reaction under the stage.
“Oh, a pretty senior student.” After the speech, the crowd probably only remembered the impression “the girl is quite pretty.”
The third speaker was Wang Wenchuan.
He and Riolu went up on stage together.
Both man and Pokémon had ashen faces.
Not only that, Wang Wenchuan’s steps were somewhat unsteady, his legs seeming to tremble.
The few people standing backstage saw this scene clearly.
The senior student who had just finished her speech couldn’t help but cover her mouth and chuckle. “Is he… nervous??”
“Probably.” Out of politeness, Zuo Hang responded.
Wang Wenchuan stood at the podium, pretending to adjust the microphone, then tapped it with his hand and coughed a few times.
Looking at the more than nine hundred faces under the stage, cold sweat uncontrollably dripped from his forehead.
He wanted to speak, but felt the words stuck in his throat, unable to come out.
“Go for it, Brother Chuan!!”
“Stay steady, Brother Chuan!!”
“Brother Chuan is awesome!!!!（voice cracking）!”
The little brothers under the stage cheered for Wang Wenchuan one after another, especially piercing in the now quiet auditorium.
The already subtle atmosphere became even more awkward.
Wang Wenchuan fiercely glared at the little brothers under the stage.
The few with good relationships with Wang Wenchuan immediately shut up, their faces showing a bit of grievance.
He cleared his throat.
Wang Wenchuan pulled out a white paper from his pocket—this was the speech manuscript he had written the night before.
Under the gaze of numerous students, he began to speak.
“Respected teachers, dear classmates, good afternoon everyone. Before enrollment, I was already wondering what the high school Student Union would be like…”
Oh this
Oh this
The audience erupted in an uproar.
It instantly had that vibe!
“Brother Chuan! What are you doing, Brother Chuan!!!”
“No way someone really copied the first Baidu speech manuscript verbatim, right? No way, no way!! Really no way!!”
“Brother Chuan, stop reading! Come down! We won’t embarrass ourselves like this!”
“Brother Chuan!!!!”
This speech directly sent the little brothers under the stage away.
Xingye backstage was laughing so hard he was bending over.
“Haha damn! xswl!! This is it??? What a waste of his bunch of little brothers recording so many videos for him.”
Baidu’s first manuscript—if it were at another high school, reading it would be fine, but at White Dragon… you’d just become a laughingstock.
Wang Wenchuan was truly a person with great composure.
Even as the people under the stage began discussing, whispering, and mocking, he still finished reading his 3500-word manuscript copied overnight.
This was probably the drawback of being uneducated.
“Brother Chuan…”
The little brothers under the stage were already tearing up.
That’s right! Their boss they followed was just like this! If Wang Wenchuan could speak eloquently like Zuo Hang today, they would instead find it strange.
