Chapter 97: Macho Man Loves Pink
"Are you ready?" I asked Xiang Zhong Mengfan.
"Of course!" He said and subconsciously took a deep breath, revealing his current nervousness.
We entered the superhero headquarters together and saw the black waiter again. He waved to us and said, "Daredevil, Link, long time no see."
Zhong Mengfan said, "Hello, Mr. Black Waiter."
I nodded to him. "It seems that this exam will also require the use of your ability to teleport."
Black Waiter: "Yes. There are five C-class heroes taking the promotion test today, and there will be five A-class heroes serving as invigilators."
"Who are the invigilators?" I asked.
"A-rank hero Feitun, Starlight Knight, Ice Princess... Uh, her name's suffix is a bit long, so I'll just use the first four characters. There's also Burning Hunter and Sweetheart Warrior."
Hearing the familiar name, Zhong Mengfan immediately said, "Wow, there's Starlight Knight! Can I get his autograph?"
The Black Waiter explained, "The five A-rank heroes have all entered their respective exam locations through the portal. You can only meet one of them, and who will be your invigilator is completely random."
Zhong Mengfan nodded, indicating understanding. "I see. It would be great if I could draw Starlight Knight. Hmm, Blazing Hunter would be good too. And there's that hero Flying Escape that's been really popular lately. I'm also curious about what kind of powerful superhero he is."
Seeing that I had remained silent, Zhong Mengfan turned to me and asked, "Is there any other A-rank hero here that you know?"
I replied, “I guess we’ve all met before.”
Then he asked the black waiter, "Cutie Warrior..."
I just mentioned the name, and the black waiter immediately understood, "Ah, he volunteered to be the invigilator for this promotion exam, and headquarters agreed. It's a chance for him to make amends. After all, we can't keep him locked up forever."
I pondered for a moment and then subtly suggested, "Well, wouldn't it be better for the exam room he's in charge of this time to just arrange for the female heroes to take the exam without randomly drawing lots?"
The black waiter spread his hands and said, "While that makes sense, unfortunately, all five candidates this time are male."
"Night Demon, Mr. Black Waiter, what are you talking about?" Zhong Mengfan asked, who didn't understand at all.
I shook my head. "Nothing, nothing important."
Professional heroes possess a wide variety of abilities and personalities. Some are difficult to handle and a source of headaches, yet are too powerful to ignore, like one of today's invigilators, Honey Honey.
As for the reason, don't talk to Zhong Mengfan in detail about topics that may affect his mood before the exam. Besides, there are 5 exam locations and you may not meet them all.
Then, after all five candidates arrived, the black attendant opened five portals at once, seemingly demonstrating his growing power. He announced, "This promotion exam has five different trial sites. Choose your portal, enter, and the exam will begin."
A C-class hero asked, "Where will we be transported to after entering the portal?"
Black Waiter: "I'm sorry, I can't tell you the specific content of this exam."
Zhong Mengfan and I arrived at another place through the portal.
"Tsk." The pink-haired head in front of me, which was impossible to ignore and had a strong presence, made me frown and curl my lips.
It seemed like it was the first time he heard me make such a sound, Zhong Mengfan asked, "What's wrong, Night Demon?"
I was just trying to figure out how to phrase it when a man with short pink hair turned around and, upon seeing us, shouted enthusiastically in our direction, "Yo! Night Demon! And Night Demon's apprentice, today's candidate, Link~~~"
The man was handsome and tall, with well-proportioned and strong limbs. When he waved his arms at us, his powerful muscles were revealed.
If that were all, his appearance would be very consistent with the male protagonists in those early superhero comics published on the market, but unfortunately he has very poor aesthetic taste.
He held a pink heart-shaped scepter in his hand, and was not wearing the most popular contrasting color combat uniform. Instead, he was wearing a more exaggerated, even dazzling, all-pink combat uniform with red heart elements.
"Wow..." Zhong Mengfan opened his mouth and uttered a single sound, as if he didn't know how to evaluate the male A-level hero in front of him who looked like a ball of pink.
"A-class hero Sweetheart Warrior, one of the most powerful healing superheroes." I introduced him to Zhong Mengfan.
"Oh, I always thought the name Sweetheart Warrior was the alias of a female psychic. Does the healing ability only work with the Scepter of Love in her hand?"
After awakening, some psychics will simultaneously develop their own companion weapons. Even if the weapon is destroyed or lost in battle, it will eventually return to its owner. Upon the owner's death, the companion weapon may be reduced to ashes along with the owner, or it may become a magical item due to the owner's last will, belief, or wish.
I shook my head and said, "His healing ability does not need to be released through the Scepter of Love."
Zhong Mengfan asked, "Then, is the scepter a very powerful weapon?"
"The heart-shaped scepter is just an ordinary ornament, and that pink combat uniform is simply because he has a unique aesthetic and likes to dress like that. If the Super Hero Headquarters hadn't rejected his first draft of the combat uniform, what you see now would probably be a tall and strong man in a pink tutu. Although you don't see pink tutu skirts now, the pink tights-style combat uniform is still very eye-catching. Even his pink hair is dyed, it didn't naturally turn into this color because of awakening his superpowers."
I paused and added, "Of course, when it comes to different aesthetic preferences, we just need to respect and understand them." Then I walked away.
Because I spoke a long paragraph in a row about my abnormal behavior of evaluating Sweetheart Warrior, Zhong Mengfan blinked and asked in confusion, "...Xia Ye, you were just complaining, right?"
Watching the pink ball getting closer and closer to us, I finally patted Zhong Mengfan on the shoulder and said, "Come on."
"Night Demon, I'm so glad to meet you today~" Sweetheart Warrior said to me, then turned to look at Zhong Mengfan, "And Link, I'm also very happy to be your invigilator today~~"
I nodded slightly indifferently.
Zhong Mengfan, who had no idea what was going on, nodded to Sweetheart Warrior and said politely, "Hello, Mr. Sweetheart Warrior, the invigilator."
"Don't be so formal, Link. Call me by my name—Honey Honey."
"Yes, Sweetheart."
Sweetheart Warrior took the initiative to get closer to Link, and said in a familiar tone, "Dark Demon and I are both A-class heroes. Among the A-class heroes..."
Before he could finish, I interrupted him, "You are you, and I am me. Don't mix them up."
"Don't be so distant." Sweetheart Warrior said to me, then looked at Zhong Mengfan who was showing curiosity and said, "Do you want to know, Link?"
"Uh..." Because I interrupted him first, Zhong Mengfan uttered a single sound without expressing his opinion.
Sweetheart laughed and continued to talk to herself, "Ha~ Night Demon and I are the strongest A-class heroes together."
"Wow~" Hearing the word "strongest", Zhong Mengfan opened his mouth and exclaimed.
When I heard Honey Honey use the word 'we' to describe him and me, I felt a little uncomfortable, but I didn't say anything to correct him.
He simply said, "My abilities aren't S-level, unlike yours. After all, only your abilities can play the greatest role in a fierce battle and turn the tide of battle."
The strongest A-class hero is both a compliment and an irony.
Because my abilities are psychic, I'm stuck at A-rank. Compared to psychic types like me, healing-type espers are more effective support superheroes in combat. But Sweetheart's continued A-rank is the result of a joint boycott by several S-rank superheroes above him. This boycott is certainly related to his own actions.
Of course, Honey Honey doesn't care about this boycott.
Sweetheart Warrior said with a disdainful tone, "I really don't understand what those S-rank guys are so proud of. They have weird personalities and none of them want to show their faces."
Then, she twirled the heart-shaped scepter in her hand and said in a rather disgusting tone, "A-class heroes are still the cutest~~~ There are many handsome little brothers, such as the Star Knight and the Green Forest Elves."
At this time, he still dared to mention the name of the Green Forest Elf. I had a new understanding of Sweetheart Warrior's shamelessness. After all, the reason why he was put in solitary confinement was because of the Green Forest Elf.
Shameless people often do things that go beyond the bounds of common sense, so I took a small step back to distance myself from him.
Sweetheart Warrior looked at Zhong Mengfan again and said, "Night Demon's disciple, Link, seems to be a sunny and enthusiastic young man. I am very much looking forward to meeting you in the A-level hero work group."
"Ah, ha, thank you for the compliment..." Zhong Mengfan, who was a little confused about the situation, replied with a dry laugh.
Then, Sweetheart Warrior pointed the Love Scepter at Zhong Mengfan and asked, "So, C-class hero Link, the exam is about to begin, are you ready?"
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