Chang Kong City, Qianyu Academy.
Familiar places, familiar people.
The protagonist was still the same protagonist, but the people around him were not the same as before.
Bai Hao rested his chin on one hand, looking out the window. His seat was in the last row, by the window.
Based on Bai Hao's grades, he shouldn't have been in this seat, but he had specifically requested it. What was his reason?
At the time, Bai Hao had said, with a serious expression, "If I sit in the front, I'll put too much pressure on the other classmates. After all, people as excellent as me are quite rare."
Such a narcissistic statement made the top students in the class quite indignant.
So, Bai Hao gave them a problem to test them. The result, naturally, was that the few kids scratched their heads, thinking hard for half an hour, and finally, at the shout of a female classmate, surrendered!
That female classmate asked him to solve the problem. Bai Hao smiled at this. Why did he smile? Because he couldn't solve it either.
This was a problem that Mei had researched herself after becoming a postdoctoral fellow; even Mobius had thought about it for a while.
Not to mention Bai Hao and Kevin, who hadn't even finished high school. Of course, excluding Su.
But what kind of person was Bai Hao? A problem from the Previous Civilization! You've never even seen it, so if I can't solve it, can't I just fake it? Anyway, no one has ever seen this problem.
And so, a group of teachers and top students, presented with a wrong answer, scratched their heads, trying to find a solution.
The scene was like going to feed pigeons with no food in your hand, but you clench your fist tightly, and a flock of pigeons tries to figure out how to get the food.
Just as Bai Hao was lost in thought, the classroom suddenly became noisy.
"Have you heard? The president of ME Corp was arrested by the police for defrauding a lot of money through fake financing."
"Really? So, all the money Raiden Mei used was obtained through fraud?"
"Exactly! They say 'like father, like son,' and I don't think Raiden Mei is an exception."
The classmates, who had originally been friendly, became aggressive because of her father's affairs. Some even posted her photos on the school website.
Listening to the increasingly excessive words of her classmates, Raiden Mei just silently lowered her head. She believed her father was framed, and that was indeed the truth.
The person who framed Raiden Ryoma was Cocolia, that woman who was very good to her daughter but would stop at nothing to succeed.
Raiden Mei listened to the words around her, her head down, looking wronged. She wanted to defend her father, but without evidence, everything was futile.
"What's all this noise about?! Do you all enjoy gossiping about others so much?! If you have this much free time, you should mind your own business! The teacher is going to check on your studies today, you know."
Bai Hao's voice shone on Raiden Mei like a light, making her unable to resist looking up at the genius student by the window, whose reputation had spread throughout the school.
And the other students, seeing Bai Hao intervene, stopped talking and lowered their heads to review the knowledge they had learned yesterday.
After all, Bai Hao was right; the teacher was going to check on their studies. Qianyu Academy was a top academy, and it wasn't easy to get in, so who would want to cause trouble here?
"Hi~ Raiden Mei (classmate), this must be the first time I've greeted you. Hello, my name is Bai Hao."
"Hello, Bai Hao (classmate), just now, thank you..."
"It's nothing. I can't stand the way these people act. When you're successful, they bow and scrape, but when you're down, they can't wait to kick you a few more times. Such people are usually twisted inside, showing their jealousy of others."
Bai Hao's words were utterly undisguised, his voice audible throughout the entire class. Instantly, the whole class fell silent, as if their sore spot had been poked.
Seeing that everyone else had quieted down, Bai Hao blinked, asking curiously, "Huh? Why is everyone so quiet? It's fine, you all talk among yourselves. Don't worry about Mei (classmate) not hearing clearly; I have a very loud voice."
Bai Hao watched these kids lower their heads in silence, secretly scoffing, "Little brats, trying to contend with me? You're five thousand years too early. When I was playing mind games, you weren't even cells."
Raiden Mei couldn't help but let out a soft laugh at Bai Hao's audacious move. Though the sound wasn't loud, the room was quiet, so everyone heard it.
Raiden Mei, who was already exceptionally beautiful, smiled like a hundred flowers blooming.
Bai Hao looked at her familiar yet unfamiliar face and couldn't help but sigh, "Two people with the same appearance have different personalities, and their smiles are indeed different."
Raiden Mei paused, then, driven by curiosity, asked, "What do you mean? Bai Hao (classmate), have you met someone who looks like me?"
Bai Hao nodded and said, "That's right. She's the girlfriend of an old friend of mine. She looks a lot like you, but also not like you."
They were similar in appearance, but different in personality.
One was serious and strict, the other gentle and elegant.
Bai Hao expressed that he still preferred the latter, after all, who wouldn't love a gentle and caring girlfriend?
"So that's how it is."
"Mei, is it okay if I call you that?"
Raiden Mei waved her hand and said, "Of course, it's fine. We're friends."
Bai Hao was stunned for a moment. They became friends so easily? It seemed the words and actions of those around her had quite an impact on her.
"Hmm, Mei, if one day you gained a powerful force, how would you choose?"
Bai Hao left his seat and leaned close to Mei's ear, asking softly. Mei felt the warmth in her ear, and her pretty face instantly flushed red.
"I, I don't know, but if I really had to choose, I would want to use this power to protect everyone around me."
Then Bai Hao asked another crucial question: "Then, do you also want to protect those who kicked you while you were down?"
Mei looked up at her classmates, who were reviewing with their heads down in the classroom, then slowly nodded.
"Why?"
"Because I want to protect them. They were at least, once my friends."
Mei's eyes became firm. Bai Hao stood up straight, looked at the determined Raiden Mei, smiled, and returned to his seat to look out the window.
This series of questions was not without purpose. Bai Hao's questions were testing Raiden Mei's current mental state.
Those with unstable minds or dark psychological tendencies are easily controlled by the Will of Honkai, becoming its puppets.
So, what Bai Hao needed was a Herrscher who could control herself, such as the Herrscher of Reason, Walter Yang.
Another purpose was to seize the opportunity to activate the Herrscher of the End's plunder ability, successfully plundering a portion of energy and gaining the authority of the Herrscher of Thunder.
As for where the Herrscher of the End's core came from, after Bai Hao unleashed his final attack fifty thousand years ago, his life entered a countdown. Who knew that the stone, originally wrapped in bronze, was sprinkled with Bai Hao's blood.
At that time, the bronze on the stone fell off, turning into a gem that merged into Bai Hao's body, and caused Bai Hao to enter the Sea of Quanta and fall into a deep sleep.
After waking up, Bai Hao, with the explanation of the Will of Honkai, learned that this gem was the core of the Herrscher of the End.
"Mei, being too kind is not necessarily a good thing. The Herrscher of Thunder's core, what I wanted, I have already obtained. The Herrscher of the End project can be activated. Next target, Kiana Kaslana."】}
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