Chapter 167 - Can You Teach Me?
Unlike those young people, Zero had a completely different way of thinking. If humanity could all become stronger, whether they awakened a useless ability or a powerful one, what would it mean?
It meant that humanity’s overall strength would increase dramatically. At that point, could monsters still be considered a threat?
But Zero was smart enough to understand that such a serious disruption to the balance of order would definitely make hell react strongly.
Zero didn’t know how strong a cultivator could become, but he knew a few secrets about hell.
Hell could not be destroyed, and demons could not truly be killed. If everything wasn’t restricted by the rules, any random demon would be enough to wipe out all of humanity.
"You... are you serious?"
Bell’s eyelids twitched. He really couldn’t imagine that an S-rank hunter would actually be interested in cultivation.
For hunters who had learned to take death lightly early on, living a long life wasn’t that important. As long as they were alive, they just had to do their best.
It wasn’t just him. Draven and everyone else who was eavesdropping were also surprised. They had known for a long time that Nyx had a strange personality, but they didn’t expect her to be this strange.
"Why are you all staring at me so intensely? Is there something on my face?"
Nyx understood what they were thinking, but she deliberately responded in such a clueless way so they would get the hint and stop rambling.
Everyone stopped looking at her and instead paid attention to when Zero would invite them outside to make their speeches.
"Very spirited. You all saw that, right? Even though Mark is only an F-rank hunter, he still has such a strong desire to improve. So everyone here should not let their guard down and indulge in pleasure while neglecting what truly matters.
Now, please welcome the next speaker. She is one of the three S-rank hunters of this generation in America."
As soon as Zero finished speaking, Nyx flew onto the podium. The moment she appeared in the hall, it instantly became noisy, as if an idol had just appeared.
Nyx had a very distinctive style, and her personality was unlike anyone else’s, so she was very easy to notice. Of course, she could only attract attention because she was an S-rank. Otherwise, she would be almost useless.
Taking the microphone, Nyx lightly tapped it a few times before taking out a stack of papers printed with QR codes and throwing them away. She used a little trick with energy to make the sheets fly farther and spread throughout the area.
"I’m Nyx. I’m really lazy when it comes to making money. Just scan the QR code and transfer some money to me. Transfer a lot, and I might notice you."
The moment she started speaking, she openly begged for money with absolutely no shame. Zero stood at the podium in a daze because this was completely outside any of the scripts he had thought of.
This unexpected scene caused the plaza, which had just been buzzing, to immediately fall into a very strange silence.
"Are you kidding me? Earlier, when I said I wanted to give you money, you wouldn’t take it. And now look at you. The moment you open your mouth, you’re asking everyone for money."
Nyx’s unconventional behavior made the corner of Draven’s mouth twitch. At first, he had invited her to join the Gold guild, but she refused. Later, he wanted to use money to make friends with her, but she still refused.
Draven was smart enough to understand that Nyx was just ’drawing a pie’ here. With her personality, it was impossible for someone to transfer enough money to actually get her attention.
When one of Nyx’s QR code papers fell into someone’s hands, the atmosphere in the plaza instantly exploded.
"It’s mine!"
"No, it’s mine!"
"Shut up! What’s the point of fighting over one piece of paper? If you’re good enough, let’s see who can transfer more."
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Nyx’s phone was practically vibrating nonstop as money poured in. Most of the students here were wealthy. To get a chance to impress an S-rank hunter, quite a few people threw in huge amounts of money. Within a minute, Nyx went from having no money on her to becoming a millionaire.
The corner of Mark’s mouth twitched as he turned to look at Nyx. Were all S-rank hunters this mentally unstable? Compared to her and Bell, even with their grudge, Mark still felt that Bell was much more normal than her.
If he weren’t the principal, Zero would have cursed out loud long ago. The American Hunter Academy had been established for decades, but no crazy person had ever come here to openly beg for money like Nyx.
Nyx wasn’t idle either. She was looking around to see if there was anyone unusual among these thousands of people.
Unlike everyone’s enthusiastic reaction, Nexus and Lailah’s indifference immediately caught her attention. The two of them had chosen a spot under a tree some distance away, so they weren’t too hard to spot.
At a glance, Lailah seemed to be as weak as an ordinary person. As for Nexus, there was no way for her to see through him.
"Hehe, found you."
Nyx curled the corner of her mouth into a smile and muttered. She was certain that the young man she had spotted had to be Nexus.
When her gaze fell on Lailah, Nyx’s eyes suddenly became focused. That blue plush slime made her feel extremely strange, yet it suited her perfectly. The moment she saw it, she wanted to have the system be her pillow.
At the same time, Nexus looked at her and smiled. It wasn’t the arrogant smile he had shown when looking at Zero, but a very interesting one.
"You guessed right, mortal."
The sudden voice that rang out in her mind made Nyx’s pupils shrink. She hadn’t expected anyone to be able to easily send a voice directly into her mind like this.
"What a strange kind of power, but I’m sure this is something that can be learned. Can you teach me? I really like being able to talk without opening my mouth."
Nyx used her thoughts to communicate with Nexus. Although it felt a little strange knowing that someone could read her mind, or at least part of it, Nyx was more interested than uncomfortable.
"Mark is my disciple. Go ask him carefully, then decide whether you want to become my disciple or not."