readsfreenovel Chapter 80 Dark Horse
Chapter 80 Dark Horse
"...Zhang Mengmeng, Tu Leqi, and Jin Xiaoyue will enter through Gate 8. That's the order of entry for everyone. To reiterate, the scoring will end 10 minutes after the first person scores 100 points." Huo Xuan assigned the 56 students to the eight entrances of the venue, corresponding to the eight endpoints of the intersecting lines.
Jin Xiaoyue and Chu Deng looked at each other, neither saying which door Chu Deng was going to.
Meng Qiuhe raised his hand again, "Instructor, which gate are Meng Qiuhe and Pei Hanxing in?"
Huo Xuan glanced at him and continued, "The four people whose names I call, please stay behind: Chu Deng, Meng Qiuhe, Pei Hanxing, and Tang Zhen. The rest of you can go to the designated entrance to prepare for the test."
Chu Deng waved goodbye to Jin Xiaoyue and the other two, then glanced at the other three, guessing it was probably related to the medical examination results.
"The four of you will enter through the main gate, with an initial score of -10," Huo Xuan announced, sticking a black device onto each of their device cards.
"Huh?" Meng Qiuhe scratched his head. "Is it because we're too strong?"
Pei Hanxing's heart skipped a beat. He knew his own special status, so he chose to wait and see.
"Why?! This isn't fair!" Tang Zhen exclaimed indignantly.
"This is precisely for the sake of fairness. Your physical examination reports show that your physical fitness is stronger than others, so we've increased the difficulty for you individually. Aren't you happy?" Huo Xuan wasn't angry. Why get angry at a bunch of brats? He even tried his best to be humorous.
Meng Qiuhe chimed in enthusiastically, "If you say that, Instructor, I'm really motivated! I'll definitely get in the top three!"
"Top three isn't enough. I think you can take first place." Huo Xuan rubbed the kid's head and said.
"Hehe, I can't compare to Chu Deng." Meng Qiuhe didn't dare to exaggerate, and after saying that, he glanced at Chu Deng.
Chu Deng immediately knew that Huo Xuan was plotting against her. Her medical report values were similar to Jin Xiaoyue's. Jin Xiaoyue was fine, but she was the one who was in trouble.
But she couldn't question Huo Xuan, because asking would reveal that she knew everything about the medical report, and that was a trap she had to fall into.
However, Chu Deng never intended to show off. As a level four ability user, competing in physical strength with a group of ordinary people was like putting a wolf in a flock of sheep. If she caused trouble, it would be an unfair victory.
Getting an 80-something point is fine. Anyway, she's already maxed out her competition score, so her physical fitness score won't have much of an impact on her. Besides, whether she can go to university later on is another matter, since she'll be joining the ranks of superhumans.
Chu Deng, who had studied diligently for twelve years and was now going through compulsory education all over again, couldn't help but feel a pang of heartache when she thought about this.
"The first session starts at eight o'clock this morning. You can all enter through the main gate at eight o'clock. The four of you can keep an eye on each other. I won't be watching you anymore." Huo Xuan said and left, leaving the four of them looking at each other in bewilderment.
Seeing that it was still early, only 7:30, with half an hour to go, Chu Deng moved to sit down by the green flower bed at the main entrance.
Meng Qiuhe was puzzled and muttered to her friend, "Which test showed that we are both of good quality? I can understand Chu Deng, but how can you, who only recently started exercising, have made such rapid progress?"
Pei Hanxing couldn't bear to hear this. He paused, then buried his head and sat down on the other side of the flower bed.
Meng Qiuhe followed and sat down next to him, completely blocking her friend's view, and continued her analysis: "I just had a physical exam before the New Year, and the doctor said I was a little calcium deficient and told me to take calcium supplements to grow taller..."
Pei Hanxing: "".
He listened silently to Meng Qiuhe's complaints, understanding that the other person was a little excited because he suddenly learned about his medical examination results, but that was not a reason for Meng Qiuhe to stick to him and talk.
"Do you know your monthly exam results?" Pei Hanxing asked, trying to change the subject as he drifted off-topic.
Shanghai No. 3 High School has exams at the end of each month, and they just finished their mock exam on March 31st.
Meng Qiuhe was taken aback, then his interest was piqued. He suddenly moved closer to Pei Hanxing, looking like he was stealing a glance, and deliberately lowered his voice to ask, "How much is the Chu Lantern?"
"...First place, 832 points." Pei Hanxing answered his gossipy best friend's question.
"My star, my star!" Meng Qiuhe suddenly started to cry, "Will I be able to see you get first place again before I graduate?"
As he continued wailing, Meng Qiuhe chuckled to himself: "How many? I bet you're second, it's an old tradition."
Meng Qiuhe spoke in a clearly joking tone. The full score was 850 points, and the subjects were 3+4: three main subjects and four minor subjects. Apart from the mandatory choice of current affairs and politics, Chu Deng and Pei Hanxing chose the traditional physics, chemistry, and biology subjects, which were previously known as science subjects.
The two were neck and neck in these objective subjects, both getting full marks. The only difference between them was that they had more subjective questions in Chinese and current affairs.
Pei Hanxing always fails because of her scores in current affairs and politics, and her Chinese language scores also occasionally drag her down.
Compared to him, Chu Deng was like a seven-sided war god.
“I’m third,” Pei Hanxing suddenly said.
"I know which number you are?" Meng Qiuhe stared at him with wide eyes.
“Are you surprised? I’m third with 825 points, and the second place is 829 points,” Pei Hanxing said, raising an eyebrow.
Meng Qiuhe was puzzled: "No? Who stole your perennial second place?" He was also a little curious and excited. It was too rare! The ever-changing ranking list of Haishi No.1 High School had changed. It was definitely big news. He thought that not only would his classmates be surprised, but the teachers would probably have to go through the second place's paper overnight to savor the results of this dark horse.
“You know him, his name is Shi Kan.” Pei Hanxing said a name that surprised Meng Qiuhe.
Chu Deng's eyes flickered when she heard the name, and she looked at the two oblivious people. "The surname is Shi?"
I wonder if it has anything to do with the command of the code-named clock?
Chu Deng recalled her memories of Shi Kan. He wasn't from Class 1 or 2; he was a boy from Class 9. She remembered that he seemed to be an art student; she had seen him before in Jin Xiaoyue's music club, and he was quite handsome and had a great presence.
Are you talking about Shi Kan?
The three looked at the speaker. Tang Zhen bit her lower lip. "What's wrong with Shi Kan?"
“Oh, he got second place in the monthly exam,” Meng Qiuhe replied.
"Impossible! How could an art student score so high? He must have cheated!" Tang Zhen exclaimed.
The three of them frowned and simultaneously looked at the distraught Tang Zhen.
Tang Zhen ignored them and turned to walk towards the gate.
Chu Deng glanced at the time; it was only 7:48, not yet 8:00.
Meng Qiuhe was speechless. "No, Instructor Huo said the four of us can only enter at eight o'clock!"
Without turning his head, Tang Zhen said, "The signal just disappeared. The others have already started the exam. I'm going in to ask Instructor Huo about the situation."
After saying that, he went through the main gate and disappeared shortly afterward.
"How come I never noticed he was so neurotic before?" Meng Qiuhe laughed in exasperation. He turned to Chu Deng and asked, "Is he like this in class too?"
"I haven't paid attention to it," Chu Deng shook her head.
Aside from deliberately signing her up for the long-distance race at the sports meet, Tang Zhen only made some minor mistakes during training games, which were insignificant to Chu Deng, so she didn't pay much attention to Tang Zhen.
After hearing this, Pei Hanxing suddenly asked, "Did you see him drink a blue potion?"
Blue potion?
Chu Deng remembered the blue potion she had left in the dormitory, a potion given to her by Fire Butterfly that could enhance supernatural abilities.
Could it be the same one that Pei Hanxing mentioned?
What happens if an ordinary person drinks a power-enhancing potion?
She searched through her memories of Tang Zhen, but found no related scenes.
But why did Pei Hanxing suddenly ask that question?
Chu Deng met Pei Hanxing's eyes and fell silent for a moment. Pei Hanxing looked away first, staring at the pattern on the floor as if lost in thought.