Poking a hornet's nest

After he saw his score, better than average but still wasn't good to attract these cunning merchants, he was very satisfied. This score assured that he wouldn't be forced by these arrogant second-generation boys that wished to gain power. Neither too low that people would despise him because of his score. 450/500 in an easy test like General Graduation Final Exam meant that this person was pretty intelligent.

For the slummers, the marks in the Final Exam didn't change anything. Top 10 was a long dream to many and they feared that all their hard work would crumble at Top11-12. It wasn't that slummers were stupid, it was just because they didn't have the time, money, and materials to study.

Unfortunately, because of it, slummers were known to be stupid and weak in the entire city (even though most of the citizens were from the slums).

It wasn't his problem anyway. The money he gained from Buo Dong would be money used for Investissement and capital. His dream to become powerful and let his sister enjoy her life, this will only start from the capital he will have.

As he felt easy, he then heard a laugh, this was strangely familiar...

"Hahaha! You're here Brother Tang. I'm so happy to see you"

Oh shit! It's this gay-fat-guy who self-proclaimed as his brother(though he agreed), Buo Dong!

"Oh. Hello Brother Buo Dong..." said Tang Ling.

Fatty Dong was standing here with a disgusting smile on his face, well his intentions were pure but his face... Ah!

"Yo Brother Tang. I need to congratulate you on being at 16th place: 352 in 400! It's a lot. I only had 300/400 being at 100th and something..." Fatty Dong muttered it was evident that he was unhappy.

"It's normal! A 16th is pretty good after all, even in slums ranking it is still better than being at 100th and something..." Seeing the Fatty depressed, Tang Ling couldn't resist teasing him a little bit.

But surprisingly Buo Dong didn't seem hurt or anything, he happily responded: "Hehehe... At least, my bro is very smart! Bro, I'll rely on you in the future"

Hearing this reply, Tang Ling only had one thing in his head: Extremely shameless!

Then as they walked, he saw a group of crowd chattering with each other.

"Hey, did you hear? The Flower Plucker had again harassed a new girl !" said Student A

"Ehhhh? Again? This damn lecher doesn't know his limit !" said another student.

"Shhhh, don't you know that the Flower Plucker is Kan Hugu, he wields incredible influence in the city. If he catches you spreading the truth-rumors, you won't be able to live here again !"

Kan Hugu! Kan Hugu was the son of Kan Kishu, a merchant that gained 80 credits in a day. While he wasn't the most influential person in Boa Feng City, he was good enough to have his son enter the 'noble' section of BaoFeng school.

The 'Other' section of the school is not to be offended at any cost. It was also why the rich students could beat other slum people without any problems; they knew that most of them wouldn't report it and if it is, it would be treated as 'garbage' no one would listen to the victim's story.

It wasn't his problem, he was just here to accompany his sister home.

After entering his sister's class, he could see Tang Fuxi waiting for him. She had glasses on her eyes and had a serious expression.

"Sis, let's go home" Tang Ling sincerely said.

"Um," Tang Fuxi nodded and began to pack up her things.

Then a voice came out: "Ah, that's a beautiful girl in here. Mind share ?"

It was a 15-year boy who had rich clothes. There was a fellow girl classmate who looked terrified at him. As he was 15, he shouldn't be here, at least, he would normally be in universities or working at his father's company or something.

"Hehehehe... You could 'share' your sister with me... Or else" the boy approached him with a malevolent expression on his face.

Tang Ling had encountered many incidents like that; many guys in the slums were so desperate that they chose an underaged girl to do indecent things, he would beat them up shortly after. But this time was a different situation: the lecher was a rich son who had terrifying influence.

He was certainly the Flower Picker that Classmate A B talked about.

Then a hand tapped the shoulder of the lecher, it was Buo Dong. His smile looked very dangerous.

"Hey~, don't you think that messing with girls is not good? Being a pedophile is a crime ya know ?"

Scary.

"Buo Dong !! Why are you here ?" seeing Fatty Dong, Kan Hugu cried.

The latter shrugged: "Hey, my brother's here so may as well follow up. But I, I just saw you... "

Before Buo Dong finished his phrase, Kan Hugu immediately ran away.

"Why did he run away ?" muttered Buo Dong as he looked depressed.

'Because you're scary'. thought Tang Ling

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Kan Hugu ran as fast as he could and only stopped when he felt safe. 5 kilometers, was a distance that he never walked before being transported in his father's car. But today, he did it with his running speed. He felt tired, extremely tired but was somehow happy.

Unexpectedly, the adrenaline rush was somehow activated by the current stress.

Why did he hide? Because Buo Dong is infamous in the school sectors! Many playboys, gangsters, or people who offended him had a misfortune happens. Buo Dong had a great influence, gaining a hundred credits per day without working. His influence was great in the city and his father, CEO of the Great Wind Hotel. He had offended Buo Dong for running away but it was still better than staying here.

"Damn it! This dog-family, they deserve to die !" Kan Hugu cursed before calling someone...

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At school,

Tang Ling thanked Buo Dong again for his help. Kan Hugu had a small influence, a nouveau-rich in the city but a nobody like him who only gained 2-5 coins a day would have days of sufferings. The wrath of the upper classes is difficult to bear so Tang Ling decided to remember the favor in his mind.

After 20 minutes, Tang Ling and Tang Fuxi came back to their home.

"Go rest a bit, big brother will go buy some food," said Tang Ling. With his few hundred credits, even though he didn't invest, they could still afford some higher grade food.

Tang Ling went to the Little Variety Grocery (you know, where he was knocked unconscious) and bought a few white pieces of bread for a credit and a half each.

Then as he returned home, he felt something was wrong. Innately, Tang Ling could feel danger. When he was a child, he mainly relied on his intuition to escape danger from the slums. With Game Console (stats), he was more clear than everything.

-Omni Spirit Eyes: A uncommon talent that allows one to see more precise details. Maybe you should become a detective or a worker?

Omni Spirit Eyes not only increased the effectiveness of the eyes but gave an 'intuition' of danger or not. It wasn't as powerful or effective as a pure detection talent but still gave off a weaker effect of it. Or it wouldn't be called a talent for detectives.

He was almost 3 times stronger than normal humans (1.1 to 0.4) and his intuition was clearer when the danger was less than his strength. It meant that the less detailed, the more powerful the danger, the more detailed, the weaker. He could feel the details so it meant that it was under control.

The source of the danger is him! He could sense a person hiding in the corner wearing a coat!

When Tang Ling stopped, the man immediately started to rush and took out a gun and readied at him before shooting.

Swoosh! Tang Ling instantly moved and dodged the bullet; after all, even if he was 3x agile than a normal man, he couldn't dodge a bullet much less resist it.

Mortal flesh couldn't block the explosiveness of a bullet, so with a quick calculation, he moved before the man aimed and completely missed the target before he would attack him.

Tang Ling retrieved his Lone Dawn Dagger from his inventory before taking Baji-Horse Stance and stabbed the dagger in the enemy's heart. Although he was only at a low-level understanding of the arts and that it was incompatible with Baiji, it was still better than nothing!

"You, you !" the assassin pointed at him terrified. It wasn't the description that this bastard of employer gave him! A fake! A wolf disguising as a pig!

With a quick palm strike on the head after the stab, the enemy died and it solved the danger.

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