Chapter 40: Zuo Rou: He’s Actually Always Been Quite The Talker
“Pika~chu~, Pika~chu~, Pika~~chu~~~~~”
Electric Mouse said, Zuo Hang listened.
The memo still had not a single word written on it.
He had some impression of his own words, and a slight reminder would make him remember.
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Monday morning.
Every first year high school class was doing one thing at the same time.
—Class Committee Member election.
Three more people were added to the back row of Class A’s classroom.
Student Council President, Student Council Vice President, Student Council Secretary.
Except for Heichuan Nagi, probably everyone in Class A knew these three, the White Dragon High School face of the recruitment posters and various Tieba forums—Vice President Jiang Xia, Secretary Huohuo.
The remaining one was even more famous, although not often appearing in public view, but at last year’s Nine School League, this person shone brightly, with editing videos of Pokémon battles having tens of millions of playback volume on Bilibili, Douyin, and other places, with a faint trend of exceeding 100 million, and even after a year, the popularity had not diminished.
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Teacher Xi Ran pulled open the blackboard, and on the screen hidden inside were written 【Class Committee Member Evaluation】 four big words.
“On Friday’s first class, I asked you if you had any questions about the class committee member evaluation, but no one asked me, so I guess none of you prepared a PPT. If someone heard a bit of news from other classes and prepared a PPT, then I might have to congratulate you in advance—you’ve most likely already won at the starting line.”
“Alright, I won’t say much more. The first one, whoever wants to run for class monitor, lead the way.”
One second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds
After the eerie silence, everyone turned their gazes toward Zuo Hang in unison.
“Pika??”
!!!
Zuo Hang and Electric Mouse were both stunned at the same time.
What does this mean?
Why are they looking at me with eyes that say “the first one to run for class monitor has to be you”?
Is this moral blackmail??
Why does it feel like I have to be the first one to go up??
Am I that awesome in your hearts??
Zuo Hang swallowed and felt that things were not simple.
Under everyone’s gaze, Zuo Hang walked up to the podium. Teacher Xi Ran stepped aside, leaving the podium empty. Huohuo in the back of the classroom seemed to be holding back laughter, Jiang Xia had a look like he wanted to see him make a fool of himself, and the Student Council President still had that unchanging deadpan face.
“Cough.” Zuo Hang cleared his throat dryly.
“Let me introduce myself. I’m Zuo Hang. I don’t know why you’re all looking at me. Does this mean you’ve defaulted to me being the class monitor? Then let me ask—those who disagree with me being class monitor, raise your hand.”
In other classes, this line might be just right as an icebreaker, but in Class A… except for Xingye in the second-to-last row humbly raising his hand to play along, no one else showed any expression.
Zuo Hang didn’t feel embarrassed by the silence. He chuckled lightly and said, “As everyone knows, I’ve done quite a few things this week.”
“The first public screen solo after school started, Darkrai VS Riolu, tying with the teacher rumored to be number one in White Dragon body technique, and inexplicably taking the blame for the vicious incident on Sports Field Number One.”
“I think as Class A class monitor, strength is definitely the top priority, so…”
As he said those words, Zuo Hang’s terminal had already connected to Bluetooth. He pulled up the battle power test system and projected a set of data onto the screen behind him.
【Darkrai】
Attack: 257
Defense: 200
Special Attack: 332
Special Defense: 230
Speed: 309
Intelligence: 9（Normal human is 10）
Charm: 15（Normal human is 5）
Overall Combat Power: S
Combat Power Evaluation: One man army!
This was Darkrai’s combat power data. In White Dragon High School, personal Pokémon data was encrypted; besides the owner, no one else’s battle power test system could detect it. That meant, to know someone’s Pokémon’s specific data, you could only test with their own terminal, or the terminal holder directly discloses the data!
—Overall Combat Power S!
As soon as the data appeared, there was an uproar below the stage. These guys who usually had no expressions finally showed abnormal emotions like normal people.
Shock, envy, hostility…
Mostly negative.
Zuo Hang, who was naturally sensitive to gazes, easily guessed what this group was thinking.
“Some might doubt whether this Darkrai is really my Pokémon. After all, in White Dragon High School, it’s not uncommon to bring a big shot’s Pokémon from home to school, so…”
Zuo Hang took out the Dusk Ball from his waist. With a flash of red light, Darkrai appeared at his side.
“Everyone should have used the terminal’s intimacy test, right? The Black Terminal’s data is White Dragon’s absolute authority.”
With that, Zuo Hang aimed the camera at himself and the Nightmare God.
Text appeared on the screen connected to the terminal.
【Intimacy test in progress…】
【1s2s10s】
【Intimacy: 66】
【Intimacy Evaluation: Inseparable】
“Now… doubts cleared?” Zuo Hang asked the audience.
He didn’t wait for an answer, knowing this group probably wouldn’t respond.
“Some of you might envy, be shocked, feel you’re too weak… But I want to say, no one’s achievements come out of thin air. When I was six, I ventured in and out of danger zones alone, surviving for months in the ecologically dense rainforest by myself…”
“To become an elite, become an Elite Four, become a champion, just effort isn’t enough—you must learn to go all out!”
“I really hate those sayings on some music app… like ‘if you didn’t have something when you were born, you’ll never have it in this lifetime!’… To put it bluntly, it’s all bullshit!”
The camera swept between Zuo Hang and Pikachu, and their intimacy data appeared on the screen behind.
The four words “until death do us part” gave a huge visual impact to the audience below, including the deadpan-faced Student Council President, Jiang Xia, and Huohuo.
Zuo Hang said, “When I was born, I wasn’t a trainer. I didn’t have an until-death-do-us-part bond with Pikachu, nor did I become partners with Darkrai. But now, I’m standing right in front of you… Just because you didn’t have it at birth, doesn’t mean you can’t have it in the future!”
“.”
“That’s all. I’m running for Class A class monitor. I hope everyone can cast your precious vote for me.”
Brief silence.
“Clap~clap~~” Only the last row of the classroom rang with applause.
The one clapping was Heichuan Nagi.
She didn’t understand anything, just felt Zuo Hang spoke well.
Once the applause started, the others in the class followed suit.
If someone else gave this speech, it might just be dismissed as empty talk by these people.
But Zuo Hang was different.
The overwhelming strength he demonstrated this week, and the data just shown on the blackboard, were powerful proof for those words.
Data doesn’t lie, and it’s also extremely convincing.
About five seconds later, the applause subsided.
Teacher Xi Ran returned to the podium.
“Alright, the second person who wants to run for class monitor can come up.”
Ten seconds later
No one came up.
From the moment everyone turned their gazes to Zuo Hang, the result was already set.
In terms of strength, no one in the class could compete with Zuo Hang for class monitor.
And that speech just now completely killed off the ambitions of a few people below who had ideas about the “class monitor” position.
“Only one? Teacher Xi Ran said expressionlessly. “Very well… You’re truly the worst Class A I’ve ever taught. Besides class monitor, those running for other positions can come up. You have ten seconds to consider. After ten seconds, it’s automatic forfeit.”
（ps: The human limit is 4000!! So… I won’t do it!!）
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