“First: you cannot belong to any guild in the game.
If you currently belong to one, you must be willing to leave it and join mine,” the unnamed girl said.
Cheng Fei nodded.
“No problem.”
“I suppose no one really objects to that.”
The girl rubbed her forehead, seemingly feeling that she had asked something pointless.
“Second: you must have participated in at least one server-first boss kill.”
“Forgive me for asking, but have you?”
“I’m the one questioning you.”
“Fine.
Twice.”
Seeing how casually Cheng Fei answered, the girl studied him deeply.
“Claiming it isn’t enough.
I’ll verify the records.”
Cheng Fei shrugged.
“Third: you must rank within the top ten in the grade on the most recent monthly exam.
Top fifty may be considered depending on circumstances.”
For reference, Sakura High’s first-year class contained nearly a thousand students.
“So it really is like that…”
“If you don’t qualify, leave.
Like I said, I don’t welcome people who think with their lower bodies.”
“The gaming requirement I can understand, but why do members also need outstanding grades?”
“Did you forget the club’s name the moment you walked through the door?
What kind of fish-brain memory is that?”
“I didn’t forget.
I still don’t understand why playing a game requires good grades.
Also, the idea that fish have seven-second memories is a myth.”
“Playing?”
The girl emphasized the word.
“Mind your terminology.
This is research.
If you merely want to play, go to the gaming club.
And I’m aware fish remember things longer than seven seconds.
It’s simply that another part of you also resembles a fish.”
“What part?”
“Your eyes.”
“Are you calling me dead-eyed?”
“You said it yourself.”
“Tch.
Can we get back to the point?”
The girl rubbed between her brows.
“Very well.
The answer is obvious.
Research requires people with functioning brains, not a mob of idiots.
Academic performance is the simplest proof.
Understand?”
“You need top fifty just to join a gaming club.
Is it really necessary to be this serious?”
“Remember, top fifty merely qualifies you for consideration.”
“Fine.
I ranked second in the grade last month.”
Cheng Fei expected that proud face to show at least a little surprise.
Instead, the girl gave him a mocking smile.
“Second?
Acceptable.
You can barely be considered intelligent.
Congratulations, you meet the membership requirements.”
Cheng Fei felt annoyed.
He had always been modest.
But he had satisfied both her absurd gaming requirement and her brutal academic threshold, yet this was still how she rated him?
Naturally, his pride was pricked.
“Second place is only ‘acceptable’?
May I ask if you happen to be first?”
“As expected of the second-ranked student.”
The girl clearly noticed his dissatisfaction.
She rested one hand lightly against her cheek, looking down upon him with supreme indifference as she enunciated each word in a deliberately flat tone.
“Correct.
Very impressive.”
“?!”
Cheng Fei refused to accept this.
He immediately used the Scanner on her.
[Game ID: @!AA_A#123{;return false;}]
[Name: Shen Xi]
[Strength: 3 — Poor]
[Perception: 7 — Outstanding]
[Stamina: 2 — Terrible]
[Charm: 9 — Transcendent]
[Intelligence: 9 — Transcendent]
[Agility: 3 — Poor]
[Luck: 7 — Outstanding]
[Currently in an online relationship.]
[Check-in duration → 30 days]
Cheng Fei’s vision went black.
She was Shen Xi.
More importantly, a heaven-chosen monster with two Transcendent attributes actually existed.
Damn it.
The world was unbelievably unfair!
“You still need to fill out a membership application.”
Naturally, the girl could not hear Cheng Fei screaming internally.
She pulled a printed sheet from the desk.
“Write your game ID in the self-introduction section.”
“Fine.”
Completely deflated, Cheng Fei pulled over a steel chair and started filling it out.
When finished, he handed the form to the girl named Shen Xi.
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll leave.”
Cheng Fei decided he needed to go home and study harder.
The ancients said diligence could compensate for dullness.
An Intelligence of 8 might not necessarily be incapable of defeating a 9.
Cheng Fei reached the door.
Behind him came Shen Xi’s cool voice.
“Stop.”
“What?”
“Are you sure this is your game ID?
Where’s My System#2887.”
“Yeah.
Problem?”
“You know who I am?”
“Shen Xi.”
“My game ID?”
“…”
“You don’t know?”
The girl narrowed her eyes suspiciously.
“Who could recognize that mess of garbage characters?”
As soon as he said it, Shen Xi’s expression turned cold.
She looked like someone who had realized she had been toyed with and was now becoming furious from embarrassment.
“You doxxed me?”
“Nothing that dramatic.
Coincidence.”
“You think I’ll believe that?”
“We’re online lovers, you know.
Shouldn’t lovers have at least this much trust?”
Seeing she had misunderstood, Cheng Fei turned back to explain and casually shut the door.
Unfortunately, that action appeared to deepen the misunderstanding.
“What are you trying to do?”
Shen Xi raised one arm protectively across her chest.
“I’m warning you.
Academy City has zero tolerance for students who break the law.”
“Come on.
We’re classmates.
What do you think I’m going to do?”
Cheng Fei pointed at his Sakura High uniform.
Shen Xi flinched and reached toward the pen holder on the desk, apparently preparing to use it as a weapon if necessary.
“You stole a uniform and snuck in?”
“You have a very active imagination.
I told you, today was a coincidence.”
“Then how did you know my game ID?”
“School rumors.” Cheng Fei curled his lip.
“Impossible.
No one in real life knows my game ID.”
Shen Xi stared at him.
“Sorry.
I didn’t realize you had literally zero friends in real life.”
Cheng Fei silently mourned for her.
“Cut the nonsense.
I suggest you abandon whatever disgusting thoughts you have.
Think about your family.
If you go to prison, imagine how devastated they’ll be.”
Cheng Fei finally realized she was actually nervous.
He smiled.
“Fortunately, I’m an orphan.”
Shen Xi stopped talking.
Her lips pressed together as she rose from her chair.
Her gaze repeatedly drifted toward the window as though evaluating an escape route.
Cheng Fei worried she might genuinely panic and climb through it.
Outside was just the flat rooftop, but with her mighty Agility of 3, she might still somehow fall over and hurt herself.
He raised both hands to show he meant no harm.
“Believe whatever you want.
I’m leaving.
Oh, and from now on, I’m applying to leave club activities early on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Please approve it, President.
That’s all.”
With that, Cheng Fei ignored Shen Xi’s rapidly changing expression and simply turned around and left the sweltering room.
…
Wednesday.
Cheng Fei went to work after school.
Whether Shen Xi had approved his early-departure request, he had no idea.
If she refused, Cheng Fei simply had no reason to remain in the club, so he didn’t care.
Thursday.
Cheng Fei remained in the classroom doing math problems.
He had carelessly lost five points on the last monthly exam.
If he recovered those five points next time, his chances of defeating Shen Xi would rise considerably.
Woman.
I will make you swallow the bitter fruit of your arrogance…
“Yo, Cheng Fei.
How’d the club thing go?”
Chen Hao performed an imaginary jump shot as he bounced over.
Cheng Fei didn’t look up.
“I joined.”
“As expected of you.”
Chen Hao waggled his eyebrows obscenely.
“Well?
I wasn’t lying, right?
Top-tier beauty for a club president.”
“Beyond her appearance, I decline to comment.”
“Sharp tongue?”
“You knew?”
“Of course.
That’s why I didn’t dare go.
Heard she verbally slaughtered the people who tried before.
Hahaha.”
Chen Hao laughed with obvious schadenfreude, then rubbed his chin and examined Cheng Fei.
“But you…
you’re reasonably handsome, and your grades are great.
She still wasn’t satisfied?”
“Well, she’s the number-one student in our grade.”
“Huh?”
Chen Hao’s mouth opened wide enough to swallow a lightbulb.
“Looks like your intelligence network isn’t very good.
You actually missed that.”
Chen Hao smacked his lips.
“Whatever.
At least you found a club.”
“Hard to say.
I might be expelled tomorrow.”
Cheng Fei recalled Shen Xi’s unstable expression when he left.
Maybe their online relationship would be terminated as well.
If that happened, he would just have to try his luck with the girl from the gaming club.
His only hope was that the dating fee was non-refundable.
“Who’s expelling you?”
A cold female voice suddenly came from behind them.
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