Chapter 068 Holding Hands
I can’t learn anything.
"I'm sorry, teacher. I can't recite..."
Chen Xiao'er opened her eyes painfully - Oh, it was just a dream.
She just breathed a sigh of relief, looked at the [5:40] on her phone, and fainted again.
"Ah~ I've only memorized four pieces, I hate you, classical Chinese..." Xiao Ai muttered to herself as she pressed the screen of her phone and found a text message from Sister Lan.
[Lan: Come to the school gate this afternoon. I have something to tell you.]
【Xiao Ai: Okay~ What's up? 】
She lay on the bed and waited for a while, but Sister Lan didn't reply, so she had to get up and wash up first.
It was already 6 o'clock when I came back from the bathroom and changed my clothes. Lin Lang and Zheng Lu were not there. They should be exercising in the gym. The senior sister also——
"Senior!" Chen Xiao'er was startled by the figure on the upper bunk, and ran over and patted the stairs.
The silver-white hair slid down from above, Ling slightly curved her lips, and the morning light outlined her beautiful face.
"Good morning, Xiao'e."
"Good... good morning, Ling." Chen Xiao'er blinked, and a smile gradually filled her eyes.
She stood by the bed, watching her senior jump down with such ease. Then she scurried over to the side like a cat and asked, "Let's go have breakfast together?"
"I have eaten. I had a big meal last night."
"I've recharged, and I still have a lot of energy left from yesterday." The senior student pulled out an energy bar from her bosom and handed it to me. "Are you hungry? You can have this."
"No, no, I'll just have a snack later."
The senior student didn't seem to want to eat in the cafeteria, so Chen Xiao'er immediately gave up her plan to go to the cafeteria.
Anyway, the food in the canteen is more delicious. There are also several semi-hidden snack bars in the corners of the teaching area. The food there is super delicious and tastes fresh.
She pulled a box of cookies from a drawer, tore open the package, and held it to the senior's lips. "Try it. Do you like chocolate flavor?"
Zero lowered his head slightly, his irises scanning across several lines of data streams.
Judging from the composition, these foods are normal carbohydrates, but the school does not sell cookies of this quality, so they must be the product of Chen Xiao'er's alienation through super powers.
She took the cookie and took a light bite. The moment the food entered her mouth, it was devoured by special energy and simultaneously transmitted to all the living apostles on standby in the [Nest] for a round of collective analysis.
It is harmless, causes no abnormal reactions, can provide basic energy, and is almost the same as ordinary cookies.
Ling raised his head and was about to return the remaining cookies to Chen Xiao'er when he saw the light flickering in her eyes.
"Is it delicious?" The black-haired girl lifted her hair unconsciously. That bit of tension somehow touched the apostle Wu Bo's heart.
“It’s delicious.”
Even though the concept of "delicious" had faded from her mind, she still bit the cookies into pieces and swallowed them all.
"~" Xiao Ai pursed her lips and smiled happily. "As long as Senior likes it~"
"Um."
There was no smile in Zero's eyes, but the corners of her lips were tinged with a bright girlish smile.
Last night's report mentioned that I need to establish a closer working relationship with Chen Xiao'e. Her superpowers have evolved to the point where she can influence demons—even upgraded demons—and are crucial to future plans.
The apostle walked up to the girl, maintaining a safe distance of about half a meter.
This distance not only makes it convenient for her to continue analyzing Chen Xiao'er's abilities, but also facilitates cooperation and protection.
"Xiao Ai."
Zero walked towards the door and calmly suggested, "Your gym performance is quite problematic. Let's go to the gym first. At least do some fitness tests to see how you're doing before training."
"You're lacking in physical ability. Let's go to the sports center first. Before starting targeted training, we need to do a full-body test to determine your current physical fitness."
Uh, yes.
Chen Xiao'er's heart skipped a beat. She studied in the study room until very late last night and only slept for 5 hours.
If you think about it carefully, Lin Lang also said that the baseline test is divided into a comprehensive test and a physical test. It would be terrible if you fail either of the two.
However, I can cram for the cultural exam by memorizing before the exam, but there is only one week left for the physical test, so it is too late no matter how I think about it.
She blinked and asked honestly, "Senior, there's only a week left until the physical education exam. I don't think I'm going to catch up in time."
"Catch up on the progress?"
Zero slowed down his pace, matching her stride length. "You don't need to rush. Just give it your all."
"But...can I really be in the same class with Lin Lang and the others?"
Chen Xiao'er followed with a somewhat depressed tone. A big reason why she studied so hard yesterday was that she wanted to go to Class A with everyone else.
She knew her own business. Although maybe for [some reasons], she was always with the good students who were scheduled to go to Class A, she was not the best student at all.
From a fairness perspective, if she performed badly in the placement test, she would be embarrassed to report to Class A.
But——I really want to be with you all.
Not only Lin Lang and Zheng Lu who were in the same dormitory, but also... Chen Xiao'er couldn't help but smile whenever she thought of her classmates stumblingly singing songs from their hometown for her on the bus.
I want to be your companion, very much.
"I definitely will." Ling answered without turning his head.
"But the grades... Could it be..." Chen Xiao'er paused, finding it difficult to speak. She couldn't bring herself to ask, no matter what, she couldn't bring herself to ask, "Did Mom get some backdoor?"
Zero walked diagonally in front of him, his slightly swaying back appearing incredibly tall and straight. "You've consistently performed exceptionally well since you entered school."
Could my performance be considered outstanding? Only the treasure I obtained in the script-killing arena could be considered good enough. But that also meant ignoring Sinaya's disruption.
Xiao Ai lowered her head hesitantly and said softly, "This performance is totally inadequate."
“…”
A stream of data passed through Ling's eyes as she tried to gauge Chen Xiao'er's intentions and emotions at the moment.
Ever since becoming a living apostle, his human emotions have been withdrawn.
However, she was so close to Chen Xiao'er that she was somewhat affected by her superpowers. For example... she cared very much about Chen Xiao'er's thoughts and wanted to know how to respond.
Sitting in the nest, I cannot respond to me.
She followed efficiency and directly called the direct bishop who was already online.
[Zero: Professor Miroku, are you here? I have a question for you. The situation is as follows.]
[…In summary, how should I respond to Chen Xiao'er? Please clarify.]
Time passed minute by minute, and the girl beside him remained silent, obviously depressed.
Zero finally received a reply from the professor, but it was not a direct answer like last time, but a sentence.
I suggest you speak your honest thoughts.
[Zero: This approach might affect Chen Xiao'er's mood and delay the progress of the cooperation.]
The professor responded swiftly, "You should be able to have a certain degree of intuitive thinking within three meters of her. This is also part of the test."
Since it is a test, you should do it.
After calculating thousands of times, Zero slowly spoke: "Except for you, I cannot study with anyone other than the Student Council."
[“Except for you, I cannot cooperate with anyone other than the Apostles.”]
"Well,"
Seeing Xiao'er's stunned expression, Ling emphasized again: "You are special, Xiao'er."
Most of her brain capacity is now used to quickly communicate and exchange information with other apostles to ensure the correctness of this answer.
Chen Xiao'er could see a slight light flashing in her senior sister's ice-blue eyes, but she didn't know whether it was tears or an illusion.
Boom, boom, boom.
My heartbeat suddenly became very fast.
Chen Xiao'er's cheeks flushed and her legs began to weaken. "Senior Sister, is this what I imagined?"
Now all the tests and studies were put aside for the time being. She just wanted to know if there was any deeper meaning behind what her senior said.
No, don't be so self-indulgent, it's too far-fetched!
If they hadn't been walking on the street, Chen Xiao'er would have slapped herself: The senior student just said that I was special and was more willing to communicate with me than others, and she didn't mean to confess her love at all.
Even if we take a step back, even if there is a little bit of emotional factor, it is very likely that the senior student has a normal liking for the junior student.
Stop imagining things! If I find out later that my senior has a brilliant fiancé or something, I'll be such a clown.
Chen Xiao'er bit her tongue and found that she had fallen behind by several steps.
Although the senior student didn't look back, she stood there and waited quietly.
She quickly quickened her pace and caught up.
"Sorry, I was just daydreaming for a while~hehe." Xiao'er stretched out her hand and naturally hooked her senior sister's wrist.
The girl smiled sheepishly, her soft fingers brushing lightly across Zero's palm.
…
Beep, beep, beep—
The apostles in the nest opened their eyes one after another.
A large amount of data streams surged in the bright blue, light blue, silver, ice blue, and pale gold eyes.
[No. 1: Alarm cleared. The emotional module was activated by Chen Xiao'er's superpowers. No other abnormal factors.]
Three seconds later, No. 1 terminated the abnormal alarm.
Pair after pair of eyes slowly closed, and the gestation pool fell into a dead silence again.
…
The abnormal area near Taoli College - the core area.
A pale giant walked slowly, and all unconscious anomalies were automatically drawn in wherever he passed.
This behavior was very familiar to the devils; it was the hunting behavior of the Abyss Lord. However, this was outside the Abyss, and it was rare to see a large creature that could devour like this.
It has been hunting here for a long time, and any abnormal creature with a little consciousness knows to avoid it.
This pale giant of light was seriously injured just two weeks ago. After all, he was a body of pure energy, and after a long period of hunting, his wounds had almost healed.
The nightmare of the anomalies has not yet ended. The giant had just left when another terrifying figure appeared.
"Chen...Xiao'er." Xinnaya murmured to herself as she watched the receding figure.
She originally thought that it was one of Chen Xiao'er's original bodies, but now it seems that their connection is not as close as she imagined.
Could it be that you two are two separate entities that can be separated, so you missed the previous raid?
However, their soul fluctuations are highly consistent. Even if they are not the original bodies, they are definitely inseparable, at least at the level of clones.
Even if we don't meet in the next two days, we can always catch up by waiting for a few more days.
You and I - a fight to the death.
Xinnaya stared coldly at the Taoli College campus. That is the human stronghold and the place where you depend on for survival.
Chen Xiao'er, you stand on the side of humans and act as if you don't care about me.
Well, let me see whether you really don’t care or you’re just pretending - what expression will you make when I crush the people around you.
Gurgle…
The devil covered his stomach: To adapt to the human body... is it necessary to materialize the stomach?
Never mind, I have to eat anyway.
She cast her gaze towards the anomaly roaming nearby and licked her lips.
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