"Thud."
"The notice board over there is set up, so parents won't get lost when they co in this weekend."
"Got it, President."
"Make sure the live broadcast is set up properly too. So parents are overseas and will be touring the school online."
"The lines have already been tested, President. There are no problems. The links have been attached and sent out via email."
Friday morning.
In fact, there were no more classes leading up to Friday before the Club War finals. Everyone still at the school was a volunteer helping the Student Council set up the venue for the finals.
Yan Huan wore a sun-protection jacket and sunglasses. He ran around the school with a notebook in hand, having almost finished coordinating everything according to plan.
At this mont, standing inside the spacious Athletics Field, Yan Huan took one last look at the setup. After confirming everything was correct, he closed his notebook and addressed the volunteers in front of him.
"Alright, we are done. Everyone can take a break."
"Hooray!"
"Thanks for your hard work too, President! See you the day after tomorrow!!"
The surrounding volunteers cheered, then grabbed their belongings and waved goodbye to Yan Huan.
anwhile, Yan Huan took a bottle of mineral water from a cardboard box on the ground, twisted off the cap, and took a drink.
It was still spring, but it felt like temperatures in Linn had already started to rise recently.
Then again, this region was naturally at a low latitude, so the heat always arrived early.
Just like at this mont in Linn, under a cloudless sky, the sun climbed high, its scorching rays dazzling the eyes.
Therefore, Yan Huan had the experience to prepare and wear a sun-protection jacket in advance to avoid being roasted uncomfortably.
"Phew... phew..."
These past few days had truly been the most comfortable days he had experienced since the sester began.
Ye Shiyu was banned, Sakuramiya Hitomi was staying ho to accompany her visiting mother, Bai Yi had work after being discharged from the hospital, and An Le was currently hospitalized.
This gave Yan Huan the illusion that he had played "Clock That Turns Backwards" a thousand tis in his previous life, and had now returned to the good old days before the Modifiers invaded.
Right at that mont, the sound of light footsteps and panting from the adjacent track caught Yan Huan's attention.
He took a sip of water and looked toward the blonde girl on the synthetic track.
She was wearing a short-sleeved sportswear set. The scorching yet bright sunlight hit her blonde hair and fair skin, making her look as if she were glowing. She was incredibly eye-catching and extrely beautiful.
It was Aria Spencer.
White people from other continents had a habit of tanning, intentionally exposing their bodies to the sun to darken their skin tone, considering it a mark of beauty.
Yan Huan didn't judge other people's aesthetics and habits, but personally, he preferred how they looked before getting tanned or sunburned.
A preference for fair and clean skin might just be a liking carved into the very bones of Easterners.
"..."
Yan Huan didn't know the answer. He simply stared at Spencer's untanned skin as he drained a five-hundred-milliliter bottle of water in two or three gulps.
Still feeling parched after finishing it, he opened another bottle.
Yan Huan didn't just stare at Spencer for nothing; he grabbed a bottle of water for her as well.
"Oh, thanks..."
Spencer took the water, twisted off the cap, and took a sip.
Speaking of which, although Friday was their agreed-upon day to go to Universal Studios, Yan Huan and Spencer had actually seen each other every single day lately.
Yan Huan had to lead people to set up the venue for the weekend's Club War finals in advance, and Spencer ca to the Athletics Field every day to train, so naturally, they bumped into each other.
Sotis she was alone, and other tis she would drag the other mbers of the Doujinshi Society along.
She was able to stick with it, but she pushed those two boys to the point of sheer agony.
So-called endurance was actually just cardiopulmonary function, the efficiency of which could be enhanced through exercise.
Spencer herself used to exercise frequently, and generally speaking, soone with regular workout habits wouldn't have poor endurance.
The problem could only stem from the Modifier that had massively enhanced her physical attributes.
It was likely that her body had not yet fully adapted to the attributes enhanced by the Modifier, easily leading to an overloaded sense of fatigue.
Continuous training might help smooth out this maladaptation, but Yan Huan wasn't sure how effective it would be.
Anyway, seeing her train whenever she had a mont of free ti made him suspect she probably ran a few miles on the treadmill the mont she got ho.
"Looks like it's about ti!"
After taking a sip of water, Spencer glanced at the ti. Her eyes lit up slightly, and she hurriedly screwed the cap back on.
"I'm going to the Changing Room to take a shower and change clothes. Then we can call them over to head to that Universal Studios place!"
"Is there a need to be this excited?"
Yan Huan glanced at the excitent on her face, completely unsure of where it was coming from.
Ever since his past life, he had never been very interested in the parks like Universal Studios or Disney. If forced to choose, he much preferred visiting quieter places to enjoy natural scenery.
However, since he had already agreed to go, and it was a free trip anyway, he couldn't exactly complain.
Unexpectedly, upon hearing Yan Huan's question, Spencer mysteriously pulled her Mobile Phone out of her pocket, quickly unlocked it, and shoved the Phone Screen right in front of his face.
"!!"
This Zero-Fra Activation startled Yan Huan. He hurriedly gasped in shock, throwing his hands up defensively and taking a step back.
'Wait, sister, are you trying to copy Ye Shiyu?!'
'Did she magically pass her powers on to you after getting banned?'
"What are you doing? Why are you so scared... Here, look for yourself!"
Hearing this, Yan Huan raised his eyes and glanced at her Phone Screen.
Fortunately, there was no swirling purple vortex on it. It was just a promotional Poster for Universal Studios.
On the Poster, a chibi version of the Golden Bomb Pig stood proudly in the center, looking haughtily at the audience.
"...An Angry Little Pigs thed night parade?"
Yan Huan scanned the text before looking away, shifting his gaze to Spencer, who was eagerly holding her phone beside him.
"Yeah, yeah! This is exactly what I'm going for!"
"...Not to criticize you, but why are you so excited when you've been playing Angry Little Pigs forever and still haven't beaten it?"
"Hah?! I've already made it to level 4-1, okay? You say that as if you..."
In the very next second, Yan Huan also executed a Zero-Fra Activation, whipping out his own phone and pointing it at Spencer.
Spencer's voice faltered slightly as her azure eyes drifted to his phone.
On the screen, the level 5-4 was glaringly obvious.
Spencer's expression froze. Her gaze flickered back and forth between the phone screen and Yan Huan's face.
"..."
After a mont of silence, Spencer stroked her chin in deep thought before finally coming to a conclusion.
"Are you hacking?"
Hearing this, Yan Huan's face instantly darkened.
"I'll hack your head off..."
If soone accused you of hacking in any other competitive ga, it usually just ant your skills were genuinely top-tier.
It wouldn't be an Insult; instead, it would be an acknowledgnt and a complint to your skills.
But being accused of hacking in such a crappy ga...
That felt even worse than being accused of using a cracked version to farm premium currency in a decade-old ga.
"Forget it. The fact that I'm comparing progress in this ga with you makes
a Divine Person..."
"Hmph."
Spencer withdrew her gaze indignantly, drinking her water as she walked toward the Changing Room.
However, as she walked, she suddenly realized sothing and asked Yan Huan,
"Wait a minute, why did you suddenly start playing this ga too?"
"..."
Hiss...
'Hold on, has this girl gotten smarter recently?'
'How is she keeping up with my thought process so often and spotting these blind spots?'
Caught off guard by the question, Yan Huan didn't answer imdiately. Instead, he looked at Spencer in front of him with a trace of surprise.
Pausing for a second, he pretended to reply calmly,
"Watching you play brought back childhood mories, so I picked it up for fun."
"..."
Spencer narrowed her eyes and sized him up, then let out a light snort and said,
"Liar."
Not only had she gotten smarter, but she was also as sharp as ever.
"Damn, Spencer, tell , what score did you get on your class's Mathematics weekly quiz this week?"
"S-Sixty-six points, what about it?"
Spencer scratched her cheek in slight embarrassnt, but then looked stubbornly at Yan Huan beside her.
She had been on guard, expecting this guy to reveal a mocking expression. To her surprise, what Spencer saw was a look of complete relief returning to his face.
"Nothing. I'm relieved to hear that."
"??" Spencer puffed out her cheeks. She couldn't shake the feeling that this guy was secretly mocking her, but she couldn't find any concrete proof at the mont.
She secretly mumbled a few quiet complaints at Yan Huan before running off alone toward the Changing Room.
"They'll be here soon. Once I've changed, we'll head out!"
"...They?"
Yan Huan raised an eyebrow. He seed to have a pretty good idea of who the "they" Spencer ntioned were.
Who else could Spencer possibly know?
Wasn't it just that bunch from the Doujinshi Society?
Thinking this, Yan Huan simply stopped walking and waited there for the others to arrive.
"Yurianna, why are you here too?!"
"Ehehe, President."
A huge shock right out of the gate.
He had spoken too soon earlier about "having a pretty good idea." He had only thought of the Doujinshi Society mbers, excluding An Le.
At the very worst, she might have invited their faculty advisor, Lin Wanwan, right?
As for the rest of the school, people either hated Spencer or feared her. Aside from himself, basically everyone else took a wide detour when they saw her coming.
Who would have thought a wild card like this would suddenly pop out?
Yan Huan's face darkened slightly as he looked over at Spencer, who had changed into another outfit, silently demanding an explanation.
Before Spencer could even open her mouth, Yurianna suddenly hugged her and giggled.
"Hehe, Spencer said she wanted to make up for snatching my Cara before, so she invited
and Senior Ouyang from the news agency. Senior Ouyang had sothing else to do and couldn't make it, so I ca!"
Being in such close contact with soone all of a sudden made Spencer's body stiffen slightly. She rarely interacted with people, so naturally, she wasn't used to the physical affection common among girls.
Generally speaking, anyone who got close to her only received a swift iron fist for their troubles.
But after turning her head to look at Yurianna and seeing her distorted form resembling a chibi piglet, she didn't resist. Instead, she just reached up and scratched her cheek, feeling a bit unaccustod to it all.
"..."
Yurianna was the type to act like an old friend right away. Yan Huan was already used to it, though he didn't know if Spencer was.
However, at this mont, seeing Spencer's bashful deanor, Yan Huan couldn't help but take an extra glance.
Spencer didn't like wearing dresses; the clothes she usually wore always had an athletic vibe.
From sports T-shirts to track pants or shorts, she simply wore whatever was comfortable and lightweight, without any consideration for girly aesthetics.
However, she was truly blessed with natural beauty. Never mind sporty outfits—she would still look gorgeous even in n's clothing.
Caucasians typically had prominent facial features, and Spencer's face not only boasted this advantage but was also incredibly refined.
Such striking beauty could captivate people without her even striking a pose, but paired with her crystal-clear azure eyes, it gave her a truly unique aura.
That was putting it politely.
Still, Yan Huan was genuinely a bit curious about what Spencer was trying to do.
Not only had she completely written off her remaining chances to forcefully take him away, but she had also actually invited Yurianna and the others—the very people she had robbed before—out to play.
Was she planning to get along well with the people at school after the Club War ended?
But was she really that confident she could win the Club War?
Spencer could never hide her emotions on her face, making her the easiest Modifier Host to read.
Yet right now, Yan Huan couldn't pinpoint a single reason for her behavior, so he could only reply,
"Alright."
Intuition told Yan Huan that Yurianna's arrival ant nothing good.
Her Idiot Halo silently influenced everyone around her, and Spencer herself was already an idiot.
Idiot on top of idiot—Yan Huan dreaded to imagine what kind of earth-shattering ideas they might cook up.
Compared to these two heavyweights, the rest of the group seed utterly ordinary.
Senior Jiang Yun, and their faculty advisor, Lin Wanwan.
Along with Zuo Chuan Da Zai and Nino, who stood silently and awkwardly to the side.
With that, this seven-person Universal Studios sightseeing tour group was finally assembled and ready to set off.
"Senior Jiang, should us girls all sit together?"
"Ah, I'll pass. If possible, I'd like to take the passenger seat by myself."
"It's fine, you go ahead and sit there. I'll just squeeze in with them."
The vehicle that arrived to pick them up was a black MPV ordered by Spencer, very similar to the one they had taken to the Sakuramiya residence previously.
Lin Wanwan drove, while Jiang Yun took the front passenger seat.
In the back, Spencer and Yurianna sat together, while Yan Huan sat with Nino and Zuo Chuan Da Zai.
"Teacher Lin, are you sure you're okay driving this car?"
"No problem at all! My Driving Skills are excellent."
Inside the car, Lin Wanwan buckled her seatbelt and spoke up.
"My college roommate actually taught
how to drive. She was a really good driver."
"College... Oh, Teacher Lin, you went to college in Linn, right?"
"I sure did."
Lin Wanwan turned her head back and smiled slightly, looking at Spencer.
"She was a Dragon Country Person who was a lot like you, Spencer."
"Huh? Like ?"
"Yeah. Well, she was a bit viol— I an, she had excellent physical attributes and occasionally ca up with so wild, imaginative ideas..."
Lin Wanwan hesitated for a mont before saying so.
High Emotional Intelligence: Excellent physical attributes, occasionally cos up with wild, imaginative ideas.
Low Emotional Intelligence: All brawn and no brains, an idea machine who was dumb as a rock.
"Really? I'm actually pretty curious about soone who's a lot like ."
See? Idiots could never hear the hidden aning behind a teacher's remarks of high emotional intelligence.
Moreover, listening closely, Yan Huan couldn't help but feel that this description perfectly matched a certain soone he knew.
"Haha, but I haven't been in touch with her for a long ti. Who knows where she's off getting rich right now..."
"Oh, well, there's a high chance we'll never et anyway."
Spencer blinked. Suddenly thinking of sothing, she turned her head to look out the window.
As a result, the mont she turned around, she nearly bumped right into Yurianna's face, which was leaning in extrely close.
"..."
She had completely forgotten that Yurianna was sitting right beside her.
"Spencer, do you want to join my secret investigation?"
"What secret investigation?"
Yurianna leaned in close to Spencer's ear and whispered mysteriously,
"I'm investigating who the President actually likes. Do you want in?"
"Huh? Isn't it..."
Spencer originally had an answer in mind, but she carefully thought back through everything that had happened.
At first, she thought he liked Sakuramiya Hitomi, but after she exposed Sakuramiya Hitomi's dark side, that didn't seem to be the case anymore.
Then was it Ye Shiyu, or Bai Yi?
Having gotten closer to the situation, Spencer had also noticed that whenever he smiled and talked to them, Yan Huan's peacock appearance never changed one bit.
In other words, he was constantly lying to them.
Although Spencer didn't entirely understand what romantic liking was either, in her eyes, constantly lying to soone definitely wasn't it.
Looking at it this way, if he didn't like any of those three, his peacock appearance would actually only change when he was in front of An Le.
Which ant...
'Wouldn't An Le end up together with Yan Huan in the end, even without my help?'
"..."
Thinking this, the Guilty Conscience originally lingering on Spencer's face finally faded away bit by bit.
She could put her mind at ease regarding An Le, and then she could properly compensate the people she felt she owed.
Whether it was Yan Huan, or Yurianna.
And then there were her companions from the Doujinshi Society beside her—she could bring them all out for a fun trip together.
That way, after the Club War concluded, she would have no lingering attachnts when she left Far Moon Academy.
"..."
With these thoughts in mind, Spencer gazed at the scenery of Linn outside, the corners of her lips curling up slightly.
She temporarily cast aside all the burdens weighing on her heart, finally allowing herself to properly enjoy today's trip to Universal Studios.
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