Ignoring Ya Wang's man-eating gaze, Mochizuki and Asuna rummaged through their backpacks, checking their spoils.
The remaining players on the field also watched the two with envy and jealousy, curious about what the reward would be.
In the blink of an eye, Mochizuki and Asuna each had a cape added to their bodies.
One was black, and the other was white, replacing their original black cloaks.
At the same time, the two also found that this cape brought them many attribute boosts.
It currently seemed that the two were far ahead.
"How enviable!"
"Yeah..."
After seeing the cool capes, players whose curiosity was satisfied began to run towards the entrance of the second floor, trying to get ahead.
The remaining players also quickly reacted, realizing that the reward on the first floor had already been claimed by others, so it might as well be better to go to the second floor earlier, right?
However, some players still lingered in place.
"Let's hurry to the second floor too."
Mochizuki suggested, because the people who hadn't left yet had been staring at the two of them from just now until now, likely with ill intentions in their hearts.
"Mm, you're right."
Asuna responded, she also felt the covetous gazes of the remaining players, which truly made her uncomfortable.
Just like that, Mochizuki and Asuna stepped into the entrance of the second floor together.
After seeing the two leave, eventually, the remaining players could only follow dispiritedly, heading to the second floor.
It seemed that no one wanted to be the first to stick their neck out for now.
After entering the second floor, players clearly felt the changes compared to the first floor.
The map was more expansive, the gameplay more diverse, the items more powerful...
This made them even more confident in the game.
As for Mochizuki and Asuna, the two had no desire to continue exploring.
"I hope we can team up again next time."
Asuna extended her hand and spoke, she had to leave quickly, it would be bad if her family found out.
"Mm-hmm, me too."
Mochizuki gently held Asuna's hand and then released it, he was also preparing to go offline.
....Back to reality... Back to school...
Today was the day the midterm exam results were released.
When Mochizuki walked up the stairs, he found that many students were already gathered in the hallway checking their results.
Seeing this, Mochizuki walked forward with his school bag, he wasn't in a hurry about his own results.
He was just more curious about who was in first place...
And he wondered how Miku and May's tutoring had gone.
Following the crowd, Mochizuki was passively squeezed forward.
Looking at the top positions on the ranking list, Mochizuki rubbed his chin and subconsciously spoke.
"Yukinoshita is in first place, I thought..."
"Oh? It seems that me taking first place is quite surprising to Wangyue Member."
A sudden voice startled Mochizuki, it turned out Yukinoshita was right beside him.
Yukinoshita, with her arms crossed, looked at him coldly, seemingly dissatisfied with his remark.
"Ahem... How could that be?"
"Mochizuki-kun..."
A slightly gentle voice came, Mochizuki turned his head, it was Shiina Mahiru.
This made Mochizuki quickly check the ranking list again to see Shiina Mahiru's rank.
As expected, it was second place.
However, when looking at the total scores, Mochizuki found that Shiina Mahiru and Yukinoshita had the same total score.
Ah, tied for first again...
He didn't know what the school's reasoning was, putting Yukinoshita's rank ahead again.
Both Yukino Yukinoshita and Shiina Mahiru were not very satisfied with this result.
Both of them hoped to be in first place themselves, not tied.
"Shiina, your results are also very good."
"Mm... Mochizuki-kun, your math is also really impressive, it's a perfect score."
Shiina Mahiru spoke with admiration.
Indeed, Mochizuki's math score was perfect this time, in this subject, neither Shiina Mahiru nor Yukinoshita scored higher than him.
Mochizuki wasn't very surprised by this result.
His math had already become masterful during the process of tutoring May.
"So Mochizuki student, Yukinoshita Student, and Shiina Student have such a good relationship."
In the crowd, someone said such a sentence.
As soon as these words were spoken, many people's gazes turned towards Mochizuki, especially the male students.
Mochizuki's mouth twitched, who was trying to put him to death!
"I'm done looking, everyone take your time..."
As the words fell, Mochizuki also had no further interest in looking at the rankings and prepared to slip away respectfully.
"Why does it feel like the temperature suddenly dropped?"
A student whispered.
However, with the departure of Mochizuki, Yukinoshita, and Shiina Mahiru, things returned to normal.
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