Those who had awakened abilities all wore expressions of excitement, some more than others. Meanwhile, those who hadn’t awakened were staring longingly at the playground from the windows.
Quite a few people in the school had awakened abilities. Even if it wasn’t quite fifty percent, it wasn’t far off.
In the future, as the spiritual energy took effect, more and more people would awaken abilities.
Bai Xuan was standing next to Sun Qiang right now. Sun Qiang’s face was expressionless, and he gave off an air of “keep your distance,” which made him stand out among the mostly excited crowd on the playground.
But those who knew the situation wouldn’t find it strange; they’d just find it funny.
Take Bai Xuan, for example. Whenever he saw Sun Qiang, he couldn’t help but think of his “magic show” in the classroom, and an expression would appear on his face—a strange mix of wanting to laugh but not quite daring to.
“Stare…”
Sun Qiang turned his head and looked at Bai Xuan, his eyes full of resentment.
“Xiao Bai, did I look really funny back in the classroom?”
“You can change that rhetorical question into a statement. It’s not a question of whether it was funny or not; it was a complete joke.”
“Hahahaha.”
Bai Xuan couldn’t hold it in anymore and burst out laughing.
“How did you manage to awaken an ability and immediately think you were the protagonist?”
“Did you really think you were the only one in the whole world who awakened?”
“At least test the waters a little. Post an anonymous thread online or something.”
“Or check foreign websites. Their countries are different from ours. If someone there awakened an ability, they’d definitely post about it to show off.”
“Even setting that aside, you tried to show off in front of Le Le under the guise of a magic trick?”
“Don’t you think your classmates, who’ve known you for three years, know what you’re like? If you really knew magic, you would’ve performed it long ago.”
“Picking the day right after the seven stars alignment? The timing was way too obvious.”
“And besides, can’t you be a little more low-key? Your telekinesis can barely make a pen float shakily. If someone found out, what would you use to defend yourself?”
“Honestly.”
Speaking of this, Bai Xuan couldn’t stop himself from ranting.
Truly, still too young. When he was that age in his past life, if a classmate had awakened an ability, even if that classmate was the only one, Bai Xuan could have guessed something based on his understanding of them.
There was no helping it; they knew each other too well. And besides, Bai Xuan had read a lot of novels back then.
When someone’s behavior deviated drastically from their usual, Bai Xuan would become suspicious.
Being called out like that by Bai Xuan, Sun Qiang’s face darkened.
Even though everything you said is true, couldn’t you at least save me some face?
Just as he was about to say something, Zhang Weiyang, who had appeared beside him at some point, patted him on the shoulder.
“Wanting to be the protagonist is understandable. Who doesn’t want to be the protagonist, right?”
“But we have to know our limits. I’m not saying a protagonist has to be handsome, but he definitely can’t be ugly. And you already fail that one.”
“Also, even if a protagonist doesn’t have twenty, he should at least have eighteen. You don’t have that either.”
Sun Qiang was a bit confused when he heard this.
“I do have eighteen?”
“I’m not talking about age.”
Zhang Weiyang gave him an indifferent look and said calmly.
“…”
“I have that too! Shut up, you!”
After realizing what Zhang Weiyang was talking about, Sun Qiang’s face changed from black to red to green, and finally, he just told Zhang Weiyang to shut up.
Making dirty jokes in broad daylight!
Do you even have a driver’s license? Driving without a license is illegal.
It wasn’t just Sun Qiang. Other students from different classes who heard Zhang Weiyang’s words also thought of the same thing, coughed a couple of times, and looked at Zhang Weiyang with slightly unfriendly eyes.
“What are you looking at? Those of you looking at me, does that mean you don’t have it?”
Zhang Weiyang glared back at each of them. With that comment, if anyone kept looking, they’d be admitting it. One by one, they turned their heads away.
“Tch.”
“I really want to hit him.”
“Not just you. I want to too.”
“But look at his face. It’s just so punchable.”
Putting aside everything else, the expression on Zhang Weiyang’s face right now was almost exactly like a certain meme. It was the kind of face that made you irrationally angry.
“Forget it. See the guy next to him?”
“He used to be on the school basketball team. I heard he’s also trained in combat sports. His muscles are rock hard.”
“Your wind ability would barely tickle him.”
Someone pointed at Bai Xuan next to Zhang Weiyang and whispered.
Because he had consciously trained his body since being reborn, Bai Xuan’s physical fitness was unusually good.
At least in high school, he was in a league of his own.
The wind ability that the other person had just awakened, at best, could float an eraser like Le Le could.
There’s no way he’d be a match for Bai Xuan.
Using his ability would probably just make Bai Xuan feel a bit cooler.
Hmm…
They sized up Bai Xuan, then sized up themselves.
Okay, I think you make a good point.
Bai Xuan noticed their looks and felt a bit speechless. How did this get connected to him again?
And Zhang Weiyang, of all things to bring up, why did you have to bring that up? Twenty or eighteen? How many people in all of China have that length?
That’s too exaggerated.
But Bai Xuan was still too young. The next second, Zhang Weiyang turned his gaze to him and said with great interest:
“If you ask me, if any of us is the protagonist, there’s an eighty percent chance it’s Bai Xuan.”
Hmm?
If you’re talking about that, then I’m not sleepy at all.
They were eager to hear why Zhang Weiyang thought Bai Xuan could be the protagonist.
“First, looks. Back when he was on the basketball team, which girl who came to watch wasn’t there for Bai Xuan?”
“His family is rich. He’s a rich second-generation.”
“His studies go without saying. He’s in the top ten of the whole grade. Even if he’s not number one, anyone who knows understands how hard those top few study, both in terms of talent and attitude.”
“Bai Xuan is different. This guy goes to bed at ten o’clock every night. Neither the top students nor the slackers can do that.”
“Good-looking, good at studying, rich, physically fit. And here’s the key, guys: Bai Xuan’s seat is in the back row by the window.”
“Back row by the window, the king’s hometown.”
That’s the protagonist’s exclusive seat.
In theory, high school classes rotate seats periodically. No one person can sit in the same spot for a long time.
But Bai Xuan’s homeroom teacher, since the first year of high school, made it clear that seats were determined by grades. You can sit wherever you want, with whoever you want.
But you have to show the corresponding grades.
So…
It’s not that there weren’t students with better grades than Bai Xuan in his class, but they all chose seats in the front. Over time, that seat became Bai Xuan’s exclusive spot.
