Seeing Leo's unpleasant expression, the vice-principal, who hadn't said a word, quickly stood up to smooth things over.
"Leo, don't get upset. We, of course, respect the students' right to choose their teammates. Director Robert is just making a suggestion. If you don't accept it, then your ideas will definitely take precedence!"
Hearing this, Leo said calmly, "Please don't call me over for things like this in the future. I think it's a waste of time."
These words made Director Robert even more embarrassed. It wasn't that Leo deliberately wanted to be unforgiving, but he knew very well that he had to make his strong stance clear to prevent these people from constantly scheming.
The vice-principal immediately said with a smile, "Okay, we definitely won't bother you with this kind of thing in the future."
"If there's nothing else, I'll go train first," Leo said.
Seeing his strong resistance, the vice-principal didn't want to discuss the topic anymore and immediately said, "Okay, Leo, go train! Pay attention to rest, training should be a combination of work and relaxation!"
...
After Leo left, the atmosphere in the meeting room seemed a bit awkward. Director Robert was restless, wishing he could leave immediately. In his heart, he was actually very angry. He clearly had good intentions, but that Leo was simply ignorant.
In the end, it was the vice-principal who first broke the silence.
"Since Leo is so resistant to the matter of changing teammates, then we should not offer any opinions about his teammates in the future."
Everyone nodded in agreement. To be honest, everyone didn't expect Leo's attitude to be so firm.
It would be fine if he were an ordinary student, as the school leaders would have ways to manipulate a student. But Leo was different!
The current Leo was a hot commodity. Countless transcendent universities outside wanted to poach him! In front of Leo, their authority as school leaders simply didn't exist...
"What about class assignments?" Director Robert asked unwillingly, "Are we really going to put that kid named Ben into Class A too?"
The vice-principal thought for a moment and said, "Everything should be done according to the rules and regulations. As long as his conditions are met, then let him enter Class A!"
...
That night, Leo's name topped the trending news searches nationwide. Even the most important news media in the country, People's Daily, used the front-page headline to report on this matter.
"Warmly celebrate our country's genius transcendents Leo and Ben, who obtained a perfect mission evaluation, SSS-rank! in the first layer of the Spirit Realm, breaking the world record, and it is an unprecedented record…"
"It is reported that Leo and Ben are both freshmen at the well-known domestic transcendent university 'Chicago University'…"
Major media outlets across the country were vying to report. Countless netizens were also discussing it:
"Holy crap! This is awesome!"
"SSS-rank? Damn! This is the first time I've heard that mission evaluations in the Spirit Realm have this kind of perfect level?"
"Who isn't hearing about it for the first time? I used to think that the highest mission evaluation was S-rank."
"No matter what step these two college students can take in the future, at least in the entire history of transcendence, their names will definitely be left forever."
"Good heavens, are they going down in history already?"
"That's not right! Spirit Realm teams usually have four people, right? How come there are only two? Also, how come I only found out that Leo is a Flare-Flare Fruit user? What is the talent ability of the other one named Ben?"
"Haha, these two were already famous throughout the country a month ago. Have you forgotten the news from last month about a certain super simp who gave away the Flare-Flare Fruit to win a beauty's smile?"
"Holy crap? So it's them! Awesome."
…
For a time, the names Leo and Ben became famous throughout the country. Even many foreign media outlets were reporting, and the two could be considered a worldwide sensation this time.
Subsequently, the past events of the two were dug out by all-powerful netizens. Learning that they were the protagonists of the Flare-Flare Fruit exchange incident, the internet was even more sensational!
Regarding Leo, netizens naturally praised him! Everyone unanimously believed that although this girl took Ben's Flare-Flare Fruit, she didn't actively betray him after crossing the river. She would rather not form a team than bring Ben along… Such character is very solid!
As for Ben, netizens' evaluations were a bit complicated. There were praises and criticisms. Among them, the most outrageous were the comments from certain XXN:
"I think that Ben has already given the Flare-Flare Fruit to Leo. Since he loves Leo so much, then he should consciously stay away from Leo. Doesn't he know that his trash talent will only hold Leo back if he teams up with her?"
"Letting Leo team up with more outstanding boys and silently wishing her well is the best choice."
Such idiotic remarks made countless upright netizens unable to stand it anymore, and they retorted one after another, starting a flame war with XXN.
The positive netizens said: The Flare-Flare Fruit originally belonged to Ben's transcendent opportunity, and only Ben's concession could allow Leo to have her current achievements.
The opposing XXN said: After Leo possessed the Flare-Flare Fruit, she was able to achieve such great achievements in the Spirit Realm, proving that this natural-type devil fruit should belong to her. If Ben ate it, it might be a waste…
The two sides fought endlessly, and finally, the forum administrator had to personally step in and ban a group of rhythm-leading accounts before it stopped.
And the protagonists in the flame war between the two sides: Leo and Ben, didn't care at all…
...
The next day, Ben set an alarm clock and woke up early from the sunbathing instrument cabin. The first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to open his attribute panel:
Race: Human.
Constitution: 310
Spirit: 101
Strength: 310
Agility: 310
Talent: Kryptonian Bloodline.
Spiritual Energy Points: 350
…
Seeing the changes on the attribute panel, Ben was very satisfied. As for the 350 spiritual energy points, he hadn't figured out a distribution plan yet, so he temporarily left them there.
Anyway, he can now increase attribute points by sunbathing every day, and his strength is growing rapidly, so he doesn't lack attributes for the time being.
Afterwards, Ben quickly got up, washed up, and then rushed to school. Today is an important day for the official class assignments, so it's best not to be late.
When Ben arrived at the school's playground, the other students had already been waiting for a long time. His arrival instantly attracted a lot of attention. These gazes were full of envy and jealousy. Obviously, in the eyes of the students, Ben was able to achieve such achievements entirely because of Leo.
After a while, the teachers arrived on time, holding thick stacks of paper. Also coming was Director Robert from the Academic Affairs Office.
"Please line up to receive your report cards. The class assignment results are on the report cards."
Hearing this, everyone lined up to receive them.
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