Boil Otaku into Soup: “You don’t have a problem down there, do you, Brother Madara?”
Ultimate Dance King of the Uchiha: “Shut up! You’re the one with the problem!”
Ultimate Dance King of the Uchiha: “This is slander against me! That’s not the reason at all!”
Ultimate Dance King of the Uchiha: “I’m going to look at the memory copies right now.”
Ultimate Dance King of the Uchiha: “Any possibility exists except that one! Absolutely not!!!!”
After saying that, Madara Uchiha went off to look at the memory copies.
He wasn’t even this angry when he heard the news that Black Zetsu had betrayed him!
Child of Nature: “Shrug.jpg”
Child of Nature: “I’m logging off too. I have to register over here.”
Child of Nature: “The chat group’s timeline is really strange. When my abilities awakened, we hadn’t chatted for long and it was already ten o’clock. Now we’ve been chatting for a while, and only a few minutes have passed.”
Bai Xuan couldn’t figure out how the chat group’s timeline worked. He shook his head and logged out of the group.
Hearing Zhang Weiyang, Sun Qiang, and the others still chatting next to him, he was about to lift his head and say something when suddenly he felt a bit uneasy. His gaze quickly shot toward the horizon.
A large, fiery red bird, like a moving fireball, was rapidly flying toward them.
“What is that thing?”
“A Vermilion Bird? A Phoenix? A flamingo?”
“No matter which one it is, it shouldn’t be a species that exists right now.”
Bai Xuan frowned. He could sense that it was coming for him. The feeling of being stared at with murderous intent was extremely uncomfortable.
“Holy crap, what is that thing? Did the sun turn into a spirit?”
Sun Qiang, who had been bragging with Zhang Weiyang, saw Bai Xuan frowning and staring at the horizon. He instinctively followed Bai Xuan’s gaze.
His eyes widened, and he let out a string of profanities.
“What ‘sun turned into a spirit’? That’s a Golden Crow.”
“Are you all colorblind? The sun is orange. This thing is fiery red. It’s definitely a phoenix!”
“A phoenix? Why not say it’s a Vermilion Bird? It’s just a small fireball. Probably just a mutated firebird.”
“Normal, normal. We’ve awakened abilities, so it’s normal for a firebird to show up.”
A group of people, alerted by Sun Qiang’s exclamation, also spotted the firebird on the horizon and started discussing it excitedly.
But as the discussion went on, their topic seemed to shift a bit?
“In novels, those mythical beasts always seem to be delicious. I wonder about this bird…”
“Hiss~~~, Watson, you’ve found the blind spot.”
“I’m from Bashu originally. This thing looks spicy. You guys probably can’t handle it. Let me give it a try.”
“Bashu? Bashu is nothing. I’m from Nanchong (Yunnan). When it comes to eating spicy food, I’m the best.”
“Bashu? Nanchong? No way, no way. Can those places even eat spicy food? I’m from Jiujiang. I’d like to say something!”
A few students from provinces known for their spicy food started arguing, their heads practically touching. If you wanted to compete in anything else, they wouldn’t care, but when it comes to eating spicy food?
Who’s afraid of who?
“Um… isn’t it a bit early to be discussing this? Setting aside whether the government wants to capture it for research, shouldn’t we be taking cover right now?”
“Look at its direction. It seems to be heading straight for us.”
A guy next to Sun Qiang said hesitantly. He was met with looks of disdain from the others.
“Run? With so many of us, we’re afraid of one bird?”
“Don’t forget, we’ve all awakened abilities!”
“We’ve all just awakened. Who’s afraid of who!”
It wasn’t just Bai Xuan and his group who noticed. Several other classes on the playground, including the officials registering people at the front, also saw it.
The principal opened his mouth to try and calm the situation, but before he could speak, the mutated bird had already flown over to the playground. Its crimson eyes were locked onto Bai Xuan, who was in the middle of the crowd.
“Screech!”
Without hesitation, a torrent of searing hot flames shot from its mouth, aimed directly at the crowd. Everyone’s faces changed, and they scrambled backward, shouting curses:
“Whoa! It really is a firebird! It’s actually breathing fire!”
“Damn, why are its flames so big? We all awakened at the same time. Why are mine only the size of a lighter flame, and its are so huge?”
“Bullshit, obviously you’re just not as good. Otherwise, why are your grades so much worse when you have the same teacher?”
“Alright, alright, shut up. The most important thing now is to take it down. This beast actually dares to attack people. It’s like it doesn’t consider humans at all.”
“But the gap in power is a bit big. Maybe we should wait for the military to handle it?”
“…”
While they were arguing, a young man with a clear, handsome face, wearing his school uniform like a cape, walked to the front of the group and said proudly:
“With the spiritual energy revival and abilities awakening, everyone has the chance to change their fate.”
“But that doesn’t mean humans become equal. It might even mean a greater class difference than before.”
“What determines this difference is talent!”
“Watch closely. This is the power that sets me apart from the mediocre from the very beginning of the revival. My, Lei Fei’s, path to the top starts today!”
“Lightning—Gather!”
“Crackle~~!”
As his voice fell, blue-purple electric arcs gathered in his right hand. He took a step forward and, with speed barely visible to the naked eye, charged straight at the firebird.
His lightning-wrapped fist landed directly on the firebird’s wing, leaving faint scorch marks.
But…
The firebird’s crimson eyes looked at the human in front of it, then at the few black spots on its feathers. It tilted its head.
It seemed to be saying, “That’s it?”
“Thump!”
It casually flapped its wings, sending him flying. He traced a beautiful arc through the sky before landing heavily on the ground.
The crowd’s gaze toward him went from “Who’s this guy? He’s so full of himself” to “It looks like he might actually have something. That visible lightning in his hand, that lightning-fast speed… this guy is terrifyingly strong!” to “You talked all that, and that’s it? I could do that too.”
“Stop looking, stop looking. His bones are broken.”
“Hiss, hiss, hiss. That really hurts.”
“If I knew that firebird was this strong, I wouldn’t have shown off.”
“And it’s way too powerful. Are you sure it’s not cheating?”
Lei Fei lay on the ground, groaning and complaining. He had been observing all morning and found that everyone else’s abilities were far weaker than his. He thought he was a genius.
And then he got one-shotted by a firebird!
Getting one-shotted wasn’t even the worst part. The worst part was failing to show off and getting crushed!
Social death!
This is total social death!
The surrounding students hesitated, unsure whether they should help. In this age of short videos, they knew that moving an injured person could make things worse.
The best thing to do was to wait for an ambulance. But given the situation…
