"Teacher! I'm requesting to withdraw from the special training class!"
"Me too!"
"Knowledge is truly precious, but life's price is higher![1] Let me leave!"
Quite a few students raised their hands, wanting to escape the special training class.
Was this really a place normal people could stay?
Shen Wushuang also had a splitting headache. As the homeroom teacher, he'd done his prep work early and thought he had a thorough understanding of the class.
But now it seemed he'd only seen the tip of the iceberg.
Below, Chen Shu's eyes glazed over—choices had appeared.
【Option 1】: Stand up and say, "As a normal person, I'm the first to quit!" Completion Reward: Disguise Potion
【Option 2】: Stay silent and see what the teacher says. Completion Reward: Medium Beast Taming Power
【Option 3】: Stand up to comfort classmates while using your urea bag to collect the two's belongings. Completion Reward: Skill 'Wind's Breath' +1
Chen Shu sighed and silently pulled a urea bag from his backpack.
"Everyone, don't panic. I can vouch for them—they were just doing summer part-time jobs. They're not the thugs you're imagining."
Chen Shu's voice rang out with conviction, naturally inspiring trust.
The students all turned to look toward the back, wanting to see who was speaking.
There stood Chen Shu with his hands behind his back, nodding with a smile. His grin was sunny, putting everyone at ease.
"Come on, put your things away. Don't cause trouble for the class."
Chen Shu held a urea bag in his hands and stuffed the butcher's knife and psychiatric patient gown inside.
"Why do you carry a urea bag around?!"
"They're all in cahoots! I saw them in the bathroom this morning—all three doing high-altitude squatting!"
"That's them! Insisting it was some new position that relieves constipation."
One brave soul spoke up. "I tried it too. Ended up falling into the pit. My clothes still aren't dry."
Everyone around turned to look, faces filled with horror as they retreated several steps.
"You three, come with me!"
Shen Wushuang took a deep breath. This teaching assignment was turning out to be much harder than he'd anticipated.
He was already considering refunding the money and running.
【Skill 'Wind's Breath' +1】
Chen Shu and the other two obediently followed Shen Wushuang out of the classroom.
"What is going on with you three?!"
Shen Wushuang's face was stern. It wasn't that he'd never seen outrageous students before—he'd just never seen a GROUP of outrageous students!
"A butcher's knife, a psychiatric patient gown, a urea bag! Do you think this is reasonable?"
"Teacher, I was doing a summer job butchering pork!"
"Teacher, I was doing a summer job as a patient at the psychiatric hospital!"
"Teacher, I'm a Beast Tamer!"
The three gave their explanations with complete conviction.
Shen Wushuang felt his brain throbbing. Where the hell did these three crawl out from?
"Listen! I know you're all talented, but could you try to act a bit more normal? At least on the surface? At the very least, don't scare your classmates?"
After half an hour of persuasion, the three finally made their promises.
Watching them return to the classroom, Shen Wushuang shook his head and followed them in.
"Alright, students. Chen Shu and the others were just livening up the atmosphere for the first day of school. Don't take it to heart!"
Shen Wushuang smiled. "There's an opening ceremony later. Everyone go attend. The afternoon will be free time."
"Also, due to the special nature of the training class, every student is required to live in the dorms. Rooms will be assigned this afternoon—prepare your belongings accordingly."
As soon as Shen Wushuang finished speaking, the students below broke into murmurs.
Quite a few were day students who hadn't expected the special training class to have mandatory boarding.
"Additionally, tomorrow there will be a class beast taming competition! This will determine initial rankings! Rankings affect the resources you'll receive, so be prepared!"
When Chen Shu heard about the class competition, his heart stirred. He was quite looking forward to seeing how powerful his slime had become.
"Everyone, go attend the opening ceremony!"
All the students headed toward the field, but Chen Shu and his two companions made their way to the school's artificial lake instead.
"Never would've guessed we'd all end up in the same class."
Chen Shu held an ice-cold can of cola, drinking contentedly.
Xu Xingxing spoke up. "I didn't expect it either."
"By the way, Little Xu, which school were you at before?"
"Me? Nanjiang Fourth High. I was actually first in my grade."
"Damn, the school leadership is ruthless—directly poaching the number one student! And they actually succeeded!"
Chen Shu was impressed. Then his gaze shifted to Xie Sunan. "What about you, Old Xie?"
"Me? I never went to school." Xie Sunan shook his head.
"No way, your family was that poor?"
Chen Shu raised an eyebrow, ready to return part of yesterday's payment to him.
"No, the stuff teachers teach is too basic. Not interested."
"..." Chen Shu gave a dry laugh. So I was overthinking it?
"With the college entrance exam coming up, I figured I'd come to Nanjiang Second High. Since I have a support-type contract spirit, I got into the special training class."
Chen Shu nodded. According to the exam system, support-type contract spirits received bonus points.
These days, Beast Tamers were everywhere, but support-type spirits remained rare.
"What are you two going to do about tomorrow's competition? Neither of you has any combat ability."
"Can't win, but we can still mess with them."
Xie Sunan smiled meaningfully.
Xu Xingxing nodded too, flashing that bashful smile of his.
"Speaking of which, is it really okay for us to skip the opening ceremony?"
"What's the problem? We're just three people missing—Old Shen won't even notice!"
In reality, forget twenty students—even with a thousand, Shen Wushuang would spot the three of them at a glance.
Some people are just like that. Just standing there, they can throw everyone off...