It's Me (Part 2)

However, Gary was not an easy person to talk to, so she didn't bother arguing with him.

After a few minutes, the people who had disembarked from the Brellurker at the north gate came into the field and lined up for identity verification.

The girl with the bobbed haircut wearing a headband was the first to finish her verification. She glanced around and then sat down next to Riley. She then struck up a conversation as if they were old friends, "Are you here for the exam too? Why didn't you come with us?"

She discreetly cast a glance at Fire Dog next to him.

A formidable opponent, indeed.

Riley was puzzled, "Why should I come with you? Do I know you?"

The girl with the bobbed haircut was surprised, "Haven't you seen the messages in the group?"

Riley was even more baffled, "What group? What messages?"

"The group under the official website of St. Angela High School for all special admission students. Weren't we supposed to meet up at Earth Street intersection at the specified time?" the girl with the bobbed haircut explained, "We arranged this in the group, didn't we?"

Riley remained silent for a moment and then said, "I didn't join..."

The girl with the bobbed haircut sighed, "..."

"Wait a minute, in the group, there were supposed to be 9 special admission students. If you're not one of them, who else is there?" the girl with the bobbed haircut questioned in confusion.

Initially, someone in the group had said that the best ones come last, and then one by one, they all started claiming they'd be the last to arrive.

Alexander, the tall boy among the group, later proposed that they should all meet up and arrive together shortly before the exam.

All the people in the group had independently awakened.

There were only 5 special admission slots for St. Angela High School this time, and there was no guarantee they would be the one who get this slots, but who know maybe they would lucky enough to get the quota and become classmate. So Getting to know each other in advance and building relationships seemed like a reasonable idea.

So they all agreed to Alexander's proposal.

Now, there's only 1 minute left until 9:20 AM, and there are exactly 9 people in front of them. Everyone should be present.

Could it be that there are actually 10 people who join special admission this time?

The girl with the bobbed haircut was about to say something when a chilling cry suddenly echoed from behind.

Turning around, they saw a four-legged creature with a long, slender tail. Most of its body was blue, while its wings were gray-black, and its whole body was covered in thick armor. This flying-type Spirit Beast was hovering about 3 to 4 meters above the ground.

It was a Gladyphon, an advanced level Spirit Beast.

Looking at this Gary frowned.

Their St. Angela High School didn't allow outside Spirit Beasts to enter. He was about to approach when he saw a figure leap from the Gladyphon's back.

"Dad, you can go ahead," the young man who had just jumped down waved.

The man riding the Gladyphon nodded, and the Gladyphon took flight and left.

"Teacher, I'm not late, am I?" the young man asked as he approached the group of teachers.

"Alexander, right? You're the last one. You timed it quite well. If you were a couple of seconds late, it would've been too late," Gary mocked.

Alexander just smiled and didn't say anything, glancing unconsciously at the other examinees.

Except for Riley, the others all understood his intention.

How about that? The best one always enter last!

The group collectively thought: Darn it! He tricked us!

Brian clapped his hands to gather everyone and said, "Now that everyone is here, let's start the exam."

"Do you all know the rules of the exam? I'll explain it here once more."

"Ten people, paired into five groups. The first five winners will rest, and the other five losers will compete to determine one winner. Together with the original five winners, there will be a total of six people."

"These six people will be divided into three groups. The top three winners will secure the special admission, while the bottom three will compete to eliminate one. In the end, the remaining five will earn the special admission to our St. Angela High School."

Understood.

In simple terms, it's a matter of luck.

If you're paired with strong opponents at the beginning, it's just bad luck, considering that four out of the initial five losers will be eliminated.

"For the sake of fairness, we'll draw lots to decide. Numbers 1 to 5 are represented twice. If you draw the same number, you're automatically paired," Minston said, taking out a wooden box.

Quickly, everyone drew their lots.

"Let's start with number 1. Who drew number 1?" Minston asked.

"It's me." Alexander raised an eyebrow and showed his paper slip.

"Who is the other number 1?" Minston continued.

At this moment, a pale hand was raised on the side.

"It's me."

It was Riley.