Chapter 165 - I’m Not Trash!
At the square, the messy crowd was rearranged by the school staff, making everything more orderly. At first, everyone’s random heights and outfits caused quite a few people to have their view blocked, but things were much better now.
In previous years, this never happened because everyone here had far superior eyesight than ordinary people, but this year, because of Nexus’s presence, the academy officials decided they couldn’t let everything become too disorderly.
Through their observations, they could see that Nexus didn’t care about how everyone behaved. But just because he didn’t care didn’t mean the students wouldn’t show him the proper respect.
"Haha, these mortals are actually quite sensible, huh? Although they still look pretty awful, it’s still better than doing nothing at all."
Everything everyone did fell into Nexus’s eyes, making him laugh. He also never expected that even though he was like an invisible person, they would still pay so much attention to him.
All this time, he had been talking to Lailah in this arrogant tone, looking down on mortals like this, so why did no one pay attention to him?
Of course, the answer was that no one else could hear it. To hear the great Nexus’s voice, they also needed his permission. Otherwise, no matter how carefully they listened, they would only see him opening his mouth without hearing any sound.
"Isn’t that good? They have this kind of attitude, and they don’t take the initiative to bother you, so wouldn’t you have the best experience?"
Lailah said while sucking on a lollipop. This box of lollipops had just been bought by Nexus in a very special way, making the candy store owner nearly suffer a heart attack.
The noisy square suddenly became strangely quiet. It wasn’t that everyone had suddenly run out of things to talk about, but Zero had appeared.
"Hello, new students. I am Zero, the principal of the American Hunter Academy. Everyone here is a rare talent among humanity. I hope that while you’re in the academy, you should know your limits because everywhere in this place is filled with talented people."
Just after greeting everyone, Zero immediately delivered a warning to these young people. It was normal for young people to be arrogant, but putting a bunch of powerful and arrogant people together like this could easily lead to trouble.
Zero wasn’t worried about them fighting to the death because they weren’t stupid enough to do that, but their strength was huge. If they happened to start fighting and just stretched their limbs a little, a building could collapse. Rebuilding would take a lot of time, so Zero didn’t want to see any brawls in the academy.
Looking around, Zero saw that the students were quite quiet, so he was rather satisfied. But when he looked toward a tree, he clearly saw Nexus smirking at him, which startled him.
Couldn’t he just smile normally? Why did he have to act like some fierce and domineering guy who looked down on everything just to scare people?
Fortunately, Zero had a strong mentality. Otherwise, upon seeing that smile, the first thing he would have done was increase the safe distance.
"There is no need to be too nervous about this. As long as you don’t smash things up and fight all over the place, the academy won’t care what you want to do. I also don’t want to waste everyone’s time any longer."
Zero didn’t like making long speeches because almost everyone below already knew the academy’s rules and curriculum too well.
"This year is a very special year for our academy, as some very unusual students have appeared. Next, I would like to invite each of them to step onto the stage and give a speech."
"First is the weakest student this year. An F-rank hunter who was lucky enough to be selected by the academy for an experimental project."
As soon as Zero finished speaking, the entire square erupted into an uproar. This sudden piece of information left them stunned because it completely went against common sense.
They were extremely curious about which lucky bastard had managed to get admitted to the academy with only F-rank strength.
Mark slowly walked over to stand beside Zero. His trembling appearance was extremely obvious, causing many people to laugh at him with contempt.
As expected, an F-rank hunter was still trash no matter where he was.
Almost everyone had the same thought. This was common knowledge in this world, something even a child could answer right away.
What the hell is this?! What experimental project? Clearly, they had been ’convinced’ by Master’s or White’s power, so they had no choice but to agree unconditionally to let me enroll.
Mark couldn’t stop cursing in his heart. He wasn’t cursing at anyone, but at this damn situation.
Had an F-rank like him ever stood in front of this many people to give a speech? Even though Nexus had once designed an extremely perverted lesson where he was forced to dance naked in the middle of the street, he didn’t need to say a single word back then.
With his heart pounding from nervousness because of the crowd, and with no idea what to say, Mark stood there with his trembling legs for thirty seconds.
"Hahaha..."
The laughter from below grew louder and louder. The humiliating words that showed no concern whatsoever for Mark’s dignity made him grit his teeth.
"I’m not trash!"
Mark’s full-powered scream into the microphone made everyone freeze. It wasn’t because of any profound reasoning, let alone some intimidating presence. They were simply stunned because the academy’s speakers amplified the sound a little too much, making their ears uncomfortable.
"Damn, he actually dared to yell? I thought he’d just stand there trembling and faint."
Draven grinned as if he had just witnessed some rare and amusing spectacle.
"What are you laughing about?"
Nyx clearly wasn’t happy. The sudden noise didn’t affect her ears at all, but it still made her feel annoyed.
"Nexus isn’t blind. Mark’s awakened ability really is garbage, but his willpower is decent, so there’s no need to actually treat him like garbage."
Even though she wasn’t friends with Mark or anything, Bell still gave a fair assessment. The main reason was to avoid the two of them thinking that Nexus was an idiot for taking Mark as his disciple.