"Do you know what my name is?"
"… Huai, Huai Shi?"
"What about gender?"
"Male …"
"Age?"
"I heard … I'm eighteen years old …"
"Occupation?"
"Sky, Astronomy Society … Supervisor in Xin Hai."
In the messy office, there was only the sound of breathing mixed with nervousness and fear in the smell of gunpowder that had not dissipated.
Behind the desk, the old man who could not breathe under the pressure of the sword and axe lowered his head and answered the question of the uninvited guest. Then he shivered in the coldness that assaulted his face.
On the opposite side of the table, the young man lowered his head and casually flipped through his phone. He looked at the comments of the idiotic netizens and asked absent-mindedly, "Anything else?"
"Yes, yes …"
The old man's lips trembled. He felt the sharp coldness that was gradually pressing down on his neck. He could not help but gulp. He did not know how to answer, and he did not know what the young man wanted to hear.
How should he answer?
Before this, this lunatic in front of him didn't even ask him anything. He just barged in. He had been managing his forces at the border for so long, but all his subordinates were chopped up like vegetables. Only his head was left.
At that time, they had used all the methods they could think of to communicate with him, but he did not speak.
Now, he finally opened his mouth to speak, but he did not know how to answer.
The old man's mind turned quickly. He pondered over the meaning of Huai Shi's words. He only hoped that he would not be beheaded like those brothers from a few days ago.
Huai Shi, seventeen years old, Supervisor in Xin Hai, Beheading King of Jinling, Astronomy Society's most famous executioner in Asia, King of Killers.
What did he want to hear?
No, it should be something that he could give, right?
"I … I understand." He was stunned for a moment. He looked at the safe behind the hanging painting beside him and finally understood. "I, I'm new here, and I'm not familiar with the local rules. Please be magnanimous … Please, please allow me to show some of my sincerity."
Losing money to avoid disaster.
These border smugglers, even if they looked rich and powerful, were insufferably arrogant, in fact, compared to the truly tyrannical people, they were just like dogs.
Even if Huai Shi had barged in today and killed him like how he had killed a chicken a few days ago, he would have written a report and added a black letter. No one would have dared to complain for him.
If he wanted to live long, he had to bribe everyone.
Originally, there should not have been such an oversight, but the problem was that this inspector had risen too quickly. He was cold and unapproachable, and had never paid any attention to unrelated invitations.
They couldn't get in touch with him, and they didn't have time to test whether this big brother was as ruthless and unreasonable as the rumors said. In the end, disaster struck.
Now that Huai Shi had asked him a question, he was not surprised but delighted.
It was just a matter of spending some money. It would be great if he could buy his life.
But right after that, he felt the saber and axe on his neck suddenly press down a little. It was bone-chilling cold.
The young man sitting opposite him rolled his eyes. When he raised his eyes, his expression turned cold.
"Am I asking you this?"
Huai Shi asked coldly, "Do you think that a Xinhai inspector can't deal with you, or that a seventeen-year-old kid is easy to fool? Or do you just think that I cut down all your subordinates, rushed into your nest, pressed you in front of the axe, and asked you questions for fun? "
In this room that was shrouded in darkness, it was as if winter had arrived.
It was clearly summer, but that gloomy murderous intent was like a cold wind, freezing people in place and making them shiver.
The young man lowered his head to look at him and asked word by word,
"Do you know what time it is now?"
"…"
The old man was stunned on the spot. His lips were humming. He wanted to beg for mercy, but he could not speak. He racked his brains to recall when it was recently, but no matter how hard he tried, it was difficult to think of anything wrong.
This was just an ordinary May. As usual, there was no problem at all. Even the astronomical meeting to crack down on smuggling was at the end of the year and the beginning of the year …
But in an instant, he suddenly realized. "Could, could it be … your birthday?"
"Birthday, my ass!"
Huai Shi was furious. "My birthday is in April. It's already over. Do you really think I care about your little money? Do you f * cking know that today is already May 29th? "
"Huh?" The old man was dumbfounded.
Huai Shi was furious. He slammed his hand on the table and shouted angrily, "Do you know that I'm going to take the college entrance exam in a week?!"
What the hell?
The old man could not react.
"You know that I'm Huai Shi. You know that I'm seventeen years old this year. Don't you know that I'm still a high school student and have been busy with exams recently?"
Huai Shi pulled out the sacrificial knife and stabbed it in front of the old man's face. He stared into his eyes. "Do you know what it's like when you're revising before the exam and someone suddenly sends you a text message saying that it's time for you to f * cking work, and then they come out under the hot sun to chop you smugglers?"
"Uh …"
In a long daze, the old man couldn't believe it. "Just … just because of this?"
More than a dozen border smugglers, all of their hard work and savings, a total of more than four hundred people's heads, and dozens of routes that added up to more than one billion yuan every month …
Just because you're going to take the college entrance exam and plan to study hard, it's all gone?
His face turned red.
He didn't know where he got the courage to ask the Jinling Guillotine King in front of him, "Is there something wrong with you?"
"Of course!" Huai Shi asked solemnly, "Is your stupid business more important than my studies?!"
"…"
"I don't care how you deal with your illegal activities. Today, I'm telling you, I want you to tell everyone you know —"
Huai Shi unsheathed the Sword of Virtue and placed it on his neck. "Seven days before the exam, three days during the exam, and ten days during the exam, stop all smuggling and whatever other business you're involved in!" She spat out, "I want you to f * cking stop!
If I receive a text message after I enter the exam room, and someone says to me, 'Sorry, there are a few idiots who smuggled in here selling illegal drugs. You should go and check it out now … I don't need to say more about the consequences, right?'
"I don't care who your backer is, who's behind you, and what kind of bastard you are working for. Whoever dares to cause trouble during my exam, I'll teach them a lesson. Do you understand?"
The old man screamed involuntarily.
Because the Sword of Virtue had been nailed into the back of his hand on the table, burning the wound and making a sizzling sound.
"I, I understand!" He screamed, "I understand everything."
"Very good."
Huai Shi nodded, pulled out the Sword of Virtue, and looked at him one last time. "Then I wish you good health and good luck."
With a wave of his hand, he called back the ghost.
He turned and left with the gradually thinning darkness, leaving the old man sitting in the office with the smell of blood still lingering.
As he politely closed the door softly, the ravaged solid wood desk instantly collapsed, shattered, and fell to the ground.
In the silence, only the dull old man was trembling.
He was still immersed in this unreasonable nightmare.
Outside the door, the scorching sun shone, illuminating the young man's slightly pale face.
"Summer is coming …"
He sighed and looked up at the clear sky. Then, he walked into the crowd on the street and disappeared.
.
At three o 'clock in the afternoon, Huai Shi returned to school. As expected, he saw Fu Yi feeding the dog in his piano room.
"Ah, you're late again?" Fu Yi looked back at him, not surprised.
Then the dog skillfully walked to the corner when she wasn't paying attention, and raised its leg …
Huai Shi immediately sent a kick flying, but in the end, she kicked nothing but air. The lousy dog had already hidden behind Fu Yi, and was grinning at her proudly.
"Why are you urinating everywhere again?!"
Fu Yi looked down at it angrily.
"The dog is disobedient, most likely it's pretending," Huai Shi stood next to her and suggested, "Castrate it. Do you need my help?"
"It's just a dog. You don't have to care about it, right? “
Fu Yi rolled her eyes and kicked it. The dog wasn't angry. Instead, it glanced at Huai Shi proudly, as if Huai Shi would be very envious. After taking a few breaths, it shrank into the nest under the air conditioner and continued to sleep.
"This dog is f * cking awesome."
Huai Shi scratched his head, deeply feeling Elder Fu's grief and helplessness.
It was said that the conflict between the dog and Director Fu had intensified in the past two days, and Director Fu was about to deploy a sniper. The reason was that the dog ate Elder Fu's gun for the third time. This time, it didn't even leave him a bullet.
Elder Fu couldn't take it anymore, so Fu Yi could only put him in Huai Shi's piano room. As a result, it was Huai Shi's turn to have a headache.
What kind of sin had he committed to be tormented by this beast?
"Why don't you give it to me? I think this dog is destined to be with me." Huai Shi didn't know how many times he had suggested, "I have a relative at the border. The place is big. It can go there and bite whatever it wants. It will be very happy."
Well, he had already bought the recipe for the Abyss Dog Meat Pot. All the seasonings were ready, and he only needed a dog.
The dog raised its eyes and glanced at him. It snorted from its nostrils, as if it was sneering disdainfully. It didn't want to talk to him at all.
"Tsk …"
Huai Shi pulled out the sacrificial knife from his back and considered going there at night.
"Okay, stop fooling around." Fu Yi shook her head, "Teacher Wu just came to look for you."
"Just tell her that I went to revise." Huai Shi replied without any shame. He told the truth, "I just performed a cello piece. Everyone who heard it said it was good."
"Everyone has to be present for the disaster drill class," Fu Yi said. "You've already missed three classes. You can't explain it to the Academic Affairs Office."
Huai Shi walked to the window and looked down. He saw the students lined up neatly on the field, listening to the teachings of the foreign teachers. They were all talking about emergency evacuation and response strategies in the event of a disaster. In the end, it was just the same old stuff.
Among the teachers who claimed to be from the Fire Department, there were a few familiar faces from the Social Security Bureau.
There had been a lot of strange things happening recently. Because of the increase in the activity of Origin Substances in the Realm, trouble had appeared in many areas.
For example, a tree that was dozens of meters tall suddenly grew under the floorboards of their homes overnight, but they lived on the twelfth floor. There were epidemics of influenza, rising sea levels, and earthquakes. When they opened their eyes in the middle of the night, they saw the old man next door who had been dead for a long time standing at their bedside … …
Some of them were just rumors, some of them were normal geological movements, and some of them were really strange things. For the most part, it was because there wasn't enough time to adjust the index on the inside of the framework.
There were also people who thought that it was time for the Spirit Qi to recover. They bought two cultivation manuals and practiced until they were hospitalized … …
In short, the entire secret department in the Realm had been overloaded recently. It was only natural that the Social Security Bureau had been so busy that they couldn't care about anything else. Otherwise, Director Fu would have already fought that lousy dog to the death.
Huai Shi was quite looking forward to such a scene.
When the time came, no matter who won or lost, it would be quite pleasant … …
As for the disaster drill class, it was just a matter of being prepared for any eventuality. Huai Shi, who was an Ascender, still had to learn. That would put a lot of pressure on the people teaching.
Let me tell a joke: Jinling's Beheading King is here to listen to you teach him how to properly deal with disasters … …
Instead of worrying about this, it was better to worry about his most shitty math class.
The most important thing was that Huai Shi didn't know how to do it … … There weren't many people in the Book of Destiny fragments who knew how to do it. After Huai Shi killed someone, what fragments he could collect was purely based on luck. It was like drawing cards.
But none of those guys who licked blood on the tip of a knife were good at math. Otherwise, they could have tutored him. This was actually very normal. If one was really good at studying, had the ability, and had the brains, who would need to break the law to make money?
Seeing that the college entrance examination was approaching day by day, Huai Shi couldn't help but pinch his chin and start to think, Why don't I try to kill a few math teachers tomorrow?
"Speaking of which, since you're not going to Vienna … what are you going to apply for in the college entrance examination?"
Fu Yi, who was stroking the dog with her back to Huai Shi, suddenly asked by the window.
"Um … … I haven't thought about it yet." Huai Shi scratched his head. "What about you?"
"I haven't thought about it either," Fu Yi said. "My mom wants me to go to Rome, and my dad plans to send me to Jixia … … There are some connections on both sides."
"Jixia?"
Huai Shi scratched his head.
Although Jixia University wasn't well-known to ordinary people, in fact, it was secretly a surface affiliate of the largest scholar organization in the entire Dongxia Country.
In addition to the ascendants of Dongxia and members of the Social Security Bureau, it was also a place dedicated to cultivating related talents. It was probably the same in Rome.
No matter which place it was, they probably wouldn't expect a guy with an astronomical background to come here.
Even if he went there, he would still be treated with respect, but he wouldn't be able to enter the core organization. He would just stay in the periphery for four years and get his diploma.
Filling in the application form was indeed a problem.
Should he just go to Jinling University of Science and Technology?
Until night time, Huai Shi was still thinking about this problem, but he still didn't have an answer.
Soon, he heard a cooing sound coming from outside the window.
He looked up and saw a gray pigeon landing by the window, looking at Huai Shi through the window.
Suddenly, it asked, "Is Mr. Huai Shi home?"
"What?"
Huai Shi was stunned for a long time before he could tell that this was the border abyss tribe unique to the Grey Bank border. Because of their talent and ability, they often served as messengers between the borders.
He heard that after the Grey Bank earthquake a few days ago, the entire area was about to be scrapped, and this messenger tribe migrated to somewhere unknown. He didn't expect one to suddenly appear in front of his door today.
"I am." Huai Shi opened the window, "What can I do for you?"
"There is a letter for you, please scan this code … Also, give me a five-star rating, thank you."
The gray pigeon spread its wings and shook. Suddenly, a letter larger than its body fell on the table. Then, it skillfully turned around and scanned the QR code on its back for Huai Shi.
After a five-star rating, the pigeon politely said goodbye and left. Before leaving, it asked if he wanted to throw him a piece of trash … It could only be said that the service was thorough.
Huai Shi leaned back in his chair and looked at the letter that named him. He scratched his head and didn't know who sent it.
Old Liu? No, this guy said it on WeChat.
Then … Sister Xian? She did send it, but it was usually postcards and souvenirs from all over the world. She wouldn't even leave her name unwritten.
Lily?
No, since last time, she seemed to be angry and didn't talk to him anymore … She didn't even reply to his text messages. It was confusing.
Could it be … a bomb?
Huai Shi's persecuted PTSD was suddenly activated. He instantly shrank to the other side of the room and waited.
Just as he was on guard, the envelope that Huai Shi touched suddenly vibrated.
As if it recognized Huai Shi's characteristics, the envelope stamped with alchemy fire wax opened by itself, revealing an exquisite letter and a thick stack of vouchers and bills.
At the top, there was a very exquisite letter paper branded with gold edges. It was really pure gold. Huai Shi could feel that there were at least a few grams on it.
When Huai Shi picked up the letter and read it carefully, he fell into a long daze.
Dear Mr. Huai Shi,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been hired by the university department of the Ivory Tower and have obtained the position of 'Abyss Botany Assistant' and 'Classical Music Appreciation Lecturer'.
A list of required books and equipment is attached. The semester is scheduled to begin on September 1st. We will be waiting for your arrival at the White City Pier on August 31st.
Sincerely, Ophelia Griffin, Deputy Director of School Affairs.
[Uniform] Requires · None.
[Textbook] Requires · None.
[Other Equipment] Requires · None.
"What the hell is this?"
Huai Shi touched his head and looked at the keywords again and again.
He froze in place.
The Ivory Tower, University, Hiring? Assistant? Lecturer?
What is this?
— I haven't even touched the edge of university, why am I suddenly going to work?
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