"Are you sure?" Samantha looked serious under her glasses.
Wang Tong ignored her, "Ma 'am, there's a saying that goes' don't do porcelain work if you don't have a diamond in the rough '. Instead of embarrassing the school, I'd rather work hard and repay you in the future."
Samantha didn't expect Wang Tong to be so determined, "You're right, let's put this aside for now."
"If there's nothing else, I'll take my leave."
Samantha nodded as she watched Wang Tong leave. The youngest principal of an A-Ranked academy in history was pissed off.
"Pretentious, huh? Very well, how dare you try to play tricks on me!"
Wang Tong felt a chill down his spine, but after weighing the pros and cons, he decided to take a step back. The so-called "exchange between academies" was all for the sake of fame, he wouldn't be able to learn anything, but it would be a waste of time. His main goal right now was to practice his Tactics of the Blade, the more powerful he became, the more confident he would be. As for actual combat experience, it was much better than TPA, since they wouldn't know each other, and he wouldn't have to worry about the consequences.
Fighting for fame and fortune was a pastime for the rich and powerful, but Wang Tong didn't have the time to do that.
Wang Tong hadn't given up on Charcoal's resurrection plan. The prices in the shopping malls were always expensive, and he wanted to see if some of the smaller shops on the street would be able to save up enough money. Wang Tong didn't want to give up on Charcoal's resurrection plan, but he didn't know when he would be able to save up enough money.
Wang Tong began to search for small shops in the corners of the city. Shopping malls weren't the only things that existed in this world, there were also many unlicensed shops. Wang Tong had learned about this since he was young. Old Fart wasn't a good person, and he didn't even have a proper job. These places might not be legal, but they would try their best to fulfill their customers' requests.
Wang Tong frequented this grocery store because Old Fart used to ask him to pawn some things here. Actually, this grocery store didn't sell groceries in the usual sense. Instead, everything could be bought and sold in this store.
The owner of the store was an old man who was even older than Old Fart. He was wearing a pair of presbyopic glasses. Eye surgery didn't cost a lot, but Old Fart wasn't interested in it.
"Hey, Little Dong, long time no see." The old man smiled at Wang Tong, revealing a set of yellowish teeth.
"Old Gu, let's see if this can be fixed."
Old Gu looked at Charcoal. "This is a C-type robot. It's been out of production for a long time. It's very troublesome to repair."
Wang Tong felt a headache coming on. "It doesn't have to be exactly the same, I just want him to recover."
"That's possible. A low core cannot adapt to a high configuration, but it's still possible to find a low configuration. After all, it's still an AI robot. I happen to have a cleaning robot here. What do you think?"
The old man quickly moved out a meter-tall antique robot sweeping the floor. This was much worse than the Model C. The robot's joints were not 360-degree, and it was not as flexible as the AI robots.
But when he remembered that Charcoal could be resurrected, he decided to make do for now. He pretended not to care and asked, "How much does Old Gu want?"
"You're a regular customer of mine, so I won't lie to you. This thing isn't worth much, but the labor costs are very expensive. How about this, I'll give you a 20% discount, 13,000 yuan, and another 20% discount, so it'll be 8,000 yuan. I'll give you this robot body for free!"
Wang Tong shook his head and held up two fingers.
Old Gu looked like a rabbit whose tail had been stepped on. "You're too much! No way, Old Gu, show me five fingers!"
Wang Tong shook his head when he saw that Old Gu had reduced the price by 3,000 yuan, which meant that the profit was still high. "Two thousand and eight hundred yuan, we'll pay it together. You know I'm a poor man, so I won't repair it anymore."
"Good boy, you're trying to rip me off as soon as you get back. Fine, I'll leave it at that. I don't want people to say that I'm bullying a kid. The assembly will take about an hour. Do you want to wait here or come back tomorrow?"
"I'll wait here."
"Alright. Fortunately, the core is well protected. Otherwise, it would be hopeless. Come with me."
Old Gu led Wang Tong into the house. It wasn't a big room, but it was filled with all kinds of stuff. Old Gu pushed the stuff aside and pressed his palm on the wall. A bright light flashed, and a wall rose up, revealing a whole new world behind it.
Old Gu began to work as if there was no one else around. He didn't look like an old man who had one foot in the grave anymore. Instead, he began to repair the machine energetically.
Old Gu's Soul Energy wasn't strong, and he was also using the Eight Node Tactics of the Blade. However, his control was very precise, and he didn't need too much GN Force to repair the machine.
Wang Tong was engrossed in his work. Even though he couldn't understand what was going on, he felt that his movements were smooth and comfortable. It was a feeling that no matter what class one was in, as long as one had reached a certain level, one would be able to do it smoothly.
An hour had passed, and Old Gu had finished his work. Finally, Charcoal was loaded into the machine. "Hehe, done!"
Click … click … Pop …
Finally, the dim eyes lit up, but then they went out again …
"Ah, that's impossible!"
Old Gu checked the circuit again and confirmed that there were no mistakes, but it still couldn't be started. "Looks like there's something wrong with the core. This is going to be troublesome, there's nothing I can do about it. Even if you go to the big shops, only the research center would be able to solve the problem of the core. Plus, they wouldn't waste their time on a C-type, so I think you should just throw it away."
"No way!" Wang Tong said without hesitation, "Help me get it off, but be careful!"
"Don't worry about it, it's just a piece of junk. Young people these days are really weird." Old Gu said as he removed the black box and handed it to Wang Tong.
Wang Tong had no choice but to put the black box away in disappointment. If there was something wrong with the core, then it would be hard for it to remain intact. However, as long as there was still a glimmer of hope, he wouldn't give up.
Wang Tong didn't feel happy even though the exam was over. He was so close to success, but it was all gone in an instant.
Just like Wang Tong, Miao Xiu had been very irritable lately. Luv Ma knew that Miao Xiu had been waiting for Einherjar Wannabe every day, but Einherjar Wannabe seemed to have disappeared without a trace, and Miao Xiu had no chance to make a comeback.
Miao Xiu was infuriated to the point that he was like a Buddha that ascended to the heavens. The thing he hated the most was someone who disappeared after beating someone up. Miao Xiu was very angry. He had beaten up a lot of people during this period of time, but he had to get back up from where he fell.
He put his hands in his pockets and walked back to the school carelessly.
"Yo, isn't that Miao Xiu, the genius of the first year? What happened to your TPA? You look miserable."
A few of the second year students laughed. Miao Xiu was too arrogant, he had been causing trouble ever since he came to school, and he didn't show any respect to the seniors, which made him an eyesore.
"F * ck off!"
Miao Xiu only had one word for them.
Perhaps it was because they had more people, the five of them immediately surrounded him. "Say that again!"
Miao Xiu shook his head, "Why are you guys so stupid? I'm pissed off today, and you guys are asking for it!"
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