Chapter 721: The New Student Competition (Kidnapping) Begins!
In the somewhat empty house, a figure sat on the sofa and turned on the TV in the living room.
Once upon a time, he didn’t even have the right to decide when this TV would be turned on, but now… he could watch it whenever he wanted.
Perhaps this is the freedom he once longed for…
However, today, many free channels on the TV had switched to uniform programming, and the paid channels… the home membership had expired.
Because today was a very important day.
Yang Yunhan also rarely had the patience to watch world news that he had never been interested in before.
Watching the two neatly dressed hosts speaking in standard universal language and reporting today’s important events with a calm yet passionate voice.
“With the nervous and expectant wait, the 1146 college entrance examination results have finally been announced today. Candidates around the world are checking their scores with excitement through various official channels. For many families, this moment represents the culmination of years of hard study and preparation, as well as the starting point of a new journey in life…”
Listening to the content being broadcasted on the TV, Yang Yunhan picked up his newly purchased phone and began to log in to check his scores.
He didn’t know why, but he suddenly felt a bit dazed about his experience during the college entrance examination, as if everything had happened too unrealistically.
Clearly, during the examination, every subject and every question were things he had written himself, but it felt as if all that had nothing to do with him.
It was as if the scores of the entrance examination reflected not one’s own ability, but some unknown luck.
As Yang Yunhan waited for his slow internet connection to load, the content on the TV continued.
“According to the timetable officially released by multiple schools, the score inquiry portals for the college entrance examination across various regions are opening one after another. Candidates can input their candidate ID and password on official platforms to check their scores. After the scores are released, candidates will begin to fill out their applications based on their scores and interests, choosing their desired academies.”
“This year’s college entrance examination score lines have also been announced, with the score lines for each extraordinary academy determined based on exam difficulty, number of applicants, enrollment plans, and other factors. Candidates, after understanding the score lines, will seriously research their application strategies in the hope of entering their ideal extraordinary academy for further studies.”
Looking at his still loading phone, Yang Yunhan stood up and walked to the study, where… there was a new computer that he had purchased with the money from the card. This was the most willful spending he had done during the holiday.
Originally, he didn’t plan to spend money on this, until he saw the exaggerated number when checking the balance in the bank…
He could no longer restrain his hand.
He really liked these things; he had basically taken on all the bad habits of the gaming community. His parents had promised to let him tinker with these things after the college entrance examination, but even before he could take the exam, his parents were already gone.
No one was there to fulfill their promise…
In the empty house, only these things could provide him with a bit of comfort.
However, this time, he opened the computer not to play games, but to check scores and fill out applications.
Right, there was no need to check the score lines, because in recent days, his phone was about to be bombarded by the admissions offices or instructors of various academies.
And as he left, the TV in the living room continued to play.
“In the process of filling out applications, candidates not only need to consider their personal interests and the prospects of the academy but also pay attention to the recruitment plans of various academies and the historical admission score lines. Many candidates and parents expressed that although filling out applications is a complicated task, through multiple consultations and careful research, they are confident that they can make the best choice for themselves…”
However, this news report had none of the negative comparisons from previous years.
After all, every year around this time, the Witch Academy would emphasize its own superiority and remind candidates to beware of witches recruiting students.
Some things always reveal themselves in inconspicuous places. When the Witch Academy no longer allowed other extraordinary academies to intervene, even their negative comparisons directed at ordinary people would go unspoken.
This is the external manifestation of the current status change of the Witch Academy in the Main World; the past indulgence was merely witches’ unwillingness to care.
At this moment, Yang Yunhan, seeing even his top-spec computer stuck in loading, fell into silence.
How many people were checking their scores right now?
Just as he complained to himself, he suddenly found that his webpage had successfully jumped!
“Bang bang bang!”
“Huh? Who is it?”
Yang Yunhan instinctively turned his head and responded.
The series of sounds just now were knocks at the door. He subconsciously looked at the screen, but just this glance froze him in place.
Because he found that his score was unexpectedly high!
In the college entrance examination with a total score of 750, he actually scored something starting with a seven!
But before he could feel excited, a more urgent knock at the door interrupted him from admiring his score.
He could barely see his score was in the 710s before a loud boom forcefully interrupted him!
“Boom—!”
A terrifying force made the entire house tremble as if an earthquake was occurring.
And on a level he could not see, countless Threads of Fortune centered around him, weaving into a huge net involving several extraordinary academies.
“Sure enough, it’s here, hehe.”
Accompanied by such violent commotion, the front door of the house was broken in, a cloud of dust rising outside the study. Such a sudden situation made Yang Yunhan’s scalp tingle.
“You! Who are you!”
“Let me introduce myself, I am a senior from Witch Academy, Yang Yunhan, right? I’ve come to take you for enrollment~”
“Y-you are from Witch Academy?” Yang Yunhan looked at the girl in front of him, a little disbelief, but he quickly realized, “What about my brother… no, my sister? She said she would come to find me when my scores came out!”
“Your sister? You must be talking about Yang Yuelan, right? I regret to inform you of something: your sister, Yang Yuelan, is dead. Unfortunately, you cannot see her again. To make up for this regret, I’ll take you to the Witch Academy!”
“What?!” Upon hearing this, Yang Yunhan fell into an ice pit, “What do you mean she’s dead?”
“Dead is dead; she was just too dazzling, to the point that too many people couldn’t breathe, so she was killed by other extraordinary academies together, just that simple.”
“Wait! I haven’t finished asking!” Yang Yunhan instinctively reached out to stop her, but how could an ordinary person like him resist a senior from the Witch Academy?
“It’s okay, it’s okay~ If you want to know anything, come back to the Witch Academy with me. Once we arrive, I’ll tell you everything. Rest assured, I won’t harm you; there’s even a great opportunity waiting for you to inherit.”
She stretched out her hand, casting a binding spell on Yang Yunhan to prevent him from moving and to make it easier for her to take him away.
After all, she could see that he didn’t want to cooperate, and a bit of appropriate violence was very necessary.
But when she took Yang Yunhan out of the house, she found she couldn’t leave.
Because standing in front of her was an Elf from Aphhemia Academy!
“Didn’t expect that you people from the Witch Academy would act so fast, hehe, really lacking in manners. Didn’t your teachers teach you that you should knock before visiting others?” The Elf tilted their head to glance at the violently broken door behind her, mocking.
“I don’t need you to tell me what to do!”
Accompanied by the sound of the door being destroyed, many people instinctively stepped out to see what was happening.
But upon seeing the confrontation between the two extraordinary students, they turned around and went back home.
Safety first!
Some people just realized that it was that time of year again for extraordinary academies to recruit.
Although some neighbors were shocked that a genius was being sought after by multiple academies, witnessing extraordinary beings fighting… was dangerous!
Besides, something had happened here not long ago, and the Security Bureau had surrounded the area…
This place was truly a time of trouble.
At this moment, many households were considering whether to move.
“What I do is my business, but I can’t ignore that boy you’re holding.”
“Tch— if you want to snatch him, just say it! Bye bye~”
The senior from the Witch Academy emitted a disdainful sound, pulled out a Flying Broomstick, and directly took the helpless Yang Yunhan into the sky.
But before she could accelerate, “Whoosh—!” an arrow pierced through her hair; had she not instinctively dodged, that arrow might have come for her life!
So after barely avoiding it, she turned aside and cursed; if she hadn’t reacted quickly, she might have fallen!
And that Elf was equally unyielding, but they didn’t have the means to fly directly. However, the magic of the Elf blessed them with wind grace; with just a light leap, they jumped onto the roof and pursued like the wind along the ridge.
She didn’t want to give up that easily.
However, clearly, the development of the situation couldn’t be this smooth. When it came to ambushes, who didn’t have that awareness?
Thus, as the senior from the Witch Academy took off with Yang Yunhan, figures began to appear quickly from multiple directions.
Not only from Aphhemia Academy, but also from Wizard Academy and Holy Angel Academy; in just a short moment, the number of people waiting in ambush had reached dozens!
That doesn’t count those who hadn’t revealed themselves yet…
However, even though there were many, their characteristics were quite uniform.
This was a battle for top academies to compete over; other academies had no right to interfere in this struggle.
“I knew it wouldn’t be that simple…”
The first senior to take Yang Yunhan saw the rapidly changing situation and muttered to herself in frustration.
But to say they were afraid?
The Witch Academy wouldn’t have any such notion when it came to snatching people!
Other academies had ambushes and support; did the Witch Academy not have any?
Of course they did! So just after one encounter, those pursuing figures were blocked by even more figures.
All of these people belonged to the Witch Academy, or rather… were part of Xiao Han’s support group and other club members coming to provide backup.
This year didn’t have the so-called perfect score valedictorian; even the highest scorer’s score paled in comparison to this gathering of fortune.
This was a continuation of the distribution of luck after the college entrance examination results, and it was also a conflict that was destined to happen, revolving around the battle between “gambling” and “qualification”…
Soon, the Witch Academy’s senior, even while riding the broom, came to a stop because her path was blocked by a birdman from Holy Angel Academy.
“Wait, are the bird people from Holy Angel Academy also getting involved in this?”
“First of all, let’s make it clear; don’t call us bird people!”
“Secondly, we strongly oppose your Witch Academy’s despicable abduction behavior! The boy you’re holding is the Missionary Angel from our Holy Angel Academy who made contact first! Even if he wants to enter an extraordinary academy, he should enter our Holy Angel Academy!”
“Witch Academy should stop harassing young men!”
After this declaration of righteousness from the Holy Angels, the senior from the Witch Academy, while carrying a person, ultimately found herself outnumbered.
“Yang Yunhan, are you alright? Did that girl do anything to you?”
After taking down the Witch Academy student, the Holy Angel Academy people quickly released Yang Yunhan from his bindings, asking with concern.
“N-no…”
After a bout of heavy coughing, Yang Yunhan calmed himself down and gave a brief response.
He hadn’t expected that simply filling out applications could involve such terrifying events far beyond his comprehension!
Last year, their family was approached by someone from Inferior Demon Academy, scaring him half to d*ath.
But this year it was his turn, and he never expected it would trigger an even more horrifying turmoil!
And he was the central figure of all this…
Although he had just been restrained and silenced, he took a quick look around and saw many different people: the girl claiming to be a witch, the archer Elf, and the angel before him with a halo and wings…
All of these… came to fight over him?!
For a moment, he felt a bit lost; why? Why was this happening?
No… wait!
He had scored over 700 on his college entrance exam!
What does that mean?
When he realized this, his mindset changed significantly.
He scored over 700!
The full score was only 750 after all.
He was not some so-called useless person! Nor was he a mere accessory living in the shadow of his brother!
He scored over 700; those academies must also know this… his value came from himself, not from his brother… no, sister.
At that moment, he looked at the sun in the sky; originally, he found it a bit blazing, but now… he only felt it was the dawn of his life!
He proved his worth! His score… he had never scored so high even in his practice tests…
Plus, he had been told his sister… was dead, meaning that the shadow that had always oppressed him had finally fallen!
“Yang Yunhan? Yang Yunhan, are you okay? What’s wrong with you?”
The Holy Angels looked at Yang Yunhan, who was staring blankly with a silly smile, momentarily unsure of the situation.
But time was of the essence; they needed to quickly take him away. If they waited until the others were caught in the struggle, and if the others united, they would find themselves in a tough battle.
So, they didn’t care about Yang Yunhan who was still dazed, directly lifting his arms; the angelic wings’ divine art blossomed, transforming into a flow of light, ready to escort him away.
Not long after, as they expected, when other academies saw the Holy Angels picking fruit, they didn’t infight anymore but joined forces to pursue the flow of light created by the Holy Angels.
“Watch out!”
Just as the Holy Angels urged their divine art to escape at the fastest speed, one of the Holy Angels immediately noticed something unusual.
“Get down!”
But this warning came too late.
That foreign object accurately smashed into one of the Holy Angels’ faces, but the heavy injuries they had imagined did not occur.
The “foreign object” shattered, and its fragments affected many Holy Angels.
However, the Holy Angels who reacted had already raised their protective shields of divine art.
After the Holy Angels were forced to halt, they finally saw what those fragments were.
That was… red velvet cake crumbs and cream.
“It’s… red velvet cake! Be careful!”
“What?” At that moment, the confused Holy Angels hadn’t quite grasped the situation, but another female voice rang out.
“Just in time; this is truly a fateful relationship… Holy Angels, hehe… I’ve hated you bird people the most in my life! d*e for me!”
“It’s Shali! Be careful of this girl!”
