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Chapter 301 - 288: Wearing the Helmet (Happy New Year, everyone!)

Chapter 301: Chapter 288: Wearing the Helmet (Happy New Year, everyone!)

The appearance of the girl at the classroom door caused the noisy students of Class Nine to suddenly fall silent.

In Shengshui Middle School, if you were to say who was the most famous currently, it would definitely be Qiao Sang.

Just yesterday, Qiao Sang had joined the senior high school team, and by evening, all the boarding students had received the news.

When such a central figure suddenly appeared at the classroom doorway, it really stunned everyone.

"You know Qiao Sang?" a boy beside Liu Qijia asked gossipingly, "Why have you never mentioned it?"

Liu Qijia glanced at him: "Not really acquainted, we only both participated in the tile-breaking by hand at the last sports meet."

"Don’t believe it, if you didn’t know each other would she come looking for you?" the boy made a face as if he was being taken for a fool: "Dai Shushu kept saying she knows Qiao Sang, but I’ve never seen Qiao Sang come specifically to our class to look for her."

"Believe it or not," Liu Qijia dropped the comment and walked toward the classroom door.

Those still in the classroom all turned their heads to look.

Liu Qijia walked with a breeze in his step.

Despite appearing quite composed, he still felt a bit of exhilaration inside, but soon, that feeling of exhilaration wilted.

"Is the Golden Glove ready?" Qiao Sang asked.

Liu Qijia replied weakly, "I asked, but there isn’t enough money."

Qiao Sang just looked at him silently.

Amid the silence, Liu Qijia felt like he was being tormented.

He couldn’t help but start to explain: "I recently spent quite a bit on energy powder to prepare for the sports meet, so I really don’t have much money left."

Qiao Sang was somewhat understanding of this.

While gold may not be the mainstream investment of today’s society, it is still universally recognized as a circulating metal currency, and its price is not much different from the past life.

Although after becoming a Beast Tamer, the pocket money given by one’s family usually doubles or even triples, most of it has to be spent on Pet Beasts, leaving not much behind.

The other person was just a high school student, so it was indeed difficult for him to buy a golden glove as big as her hand.

After some thought, Qiao Sang decided to be kindhearted.

She was just about to say something, letting Xiao Xunbao show itself and its short claws, so Liu Qijia could buy the Golden Glove according to that size.

Right at that moment, Liu Qijia spoke up: "I’ve also talked to my parents about this, but my dad just doesn’t believe it, thinking I’m trying to trick him out of money."

As he said this, he suddenly became agitated: "Or how about you come with me to prove it to him?"

Qiao Sang asked, "Prove what?"

"Prove that the Treasure-seeking Demon really can break tiles!" Liu Qijia exclaimed, "My dad said that if I really lost to a tile-breaking Treasure-seeking Demon, he would never beat me again, not in this life, not in the next, nor the life after that."

Qiao Sang: "..."

"And your Golden Glove! He’ll pay for it," Liu Qijia added on.

It seemed not entirely unreasonable. A trip in exchange for a larger Golden Glove; the deal was tempting... Qiao Sang thought for a while and then said, "You’re a boarding student, right? How about we do it this weekend?"

Boarding students at Shengshui Middle School were allowed to go out on weekends, as long as they returned by the set time in the evening.

Liu Qijia chuckled twice and said, "Why wait for the weekend? Let’s go over today."

Qiao Sang was taken aback: "Aren’t you a boarding student?"

"Yeah," Liu Qijia said with meaningful emphasis, "but that doesn’t stop me from going out."

Qiao Sang: "???"

"Wait a second," Liu Qijia said and then shouted towards a certain direction in the classroom: "Xiang Chengfei, come on out!"

A brisk male voice responded, "Coming!"

Following the direction of the voice, Qiao Sang saw a boy whose skin was fairer than most girls’, and sitting next to him was a familiar face.

Qiao Sang wasn’t surprised to see Dai Shushu in Class Nine.

Dai Shushu’s grades were more than adequate for staying in the Beast Heavy Class, but ever since the assistant principal took over the school team at Shengshui Middle School, the Beast Heavy Class admitted one or two more special admission students each year.

This caused some objections from the teachers of Class Nine.

Although Class Nine was not the Beast Heavy Class, it still maintained decent university admission rates every year, thanks to the advantage of having special admission students.

If there were some outstanding special admission students, getting into top universities wasn’t out of the question.

But now, with only a handful of special recruits each year, some have been assigned to the "Elite Class," which means there’s no guarantee for college entrance rates, and naturally, the teachers of Class Nine aren’t happy about it.

Therefore, in recent years, there have been cases where students who were either guaranteed admission or ranked in the top few in the school on the middle school exams were selected for Class Nine.

Having attended Shengshui Middle School for over a month, Qiao Sang was naturally aware of this.

Dai Shushu held a book in her hand.

She appeared to be reading, but if someone observed closely, they would have noticed that since she saw Qiao Sang appear at the classroom door, she hadn’t turned a page.

Qiao Sang, of course, didn’t know that Dai Shushu couldn’t concentrate on her reading because of her; she glanced over and then withdrew her gaze.

Even though she might not match Dai Shushu in academic scores, she now had no inclination whatsoever to consider Dai Shushu a rival.

People have different horizons, so naturally, they have different goals.

Qiao Sang now only wanted to win first place in the national campus Beast Tamer competition for seniors and secure a spot as an Intergalactic Exchange Student.

At that moment, the boy named Xiang Chengfei ran out and asked Liu Qijia, "What did you call me for?"

Liu Qijia put a hand on his shoulder and spoke in a low voice, "I’m going out tonight, how about the usual rate?"

Qiao Sang raised her eyebrows as she overheard.

It looked like they were planning to use a special channel to get out.

"Are you going out with Qiao the Great?" Xiang Chengfei, while speaking, sneaked a glance at Qiao Sang standing nearby and quickly averted his eyes when he saw her looking his way.

"Yeah." Liu Qijia said, "Just tell me yes or no."

Xiang Chengfei replied quickly, "Yes, of course."

...

At 7:33 PM.

As soon as the training session for the senior school team ended, Qiao Sang arrived at the agreed spot.

The wall behind the school’s storage room.

Liu Qijia and Xiang Chengfei had already been waiting there for about ten minutes.

Seeing Qiao Sang coming, Liu Qijia said eagerly, "Let’s get going now."

"Okay," Qiao Sang nodded.

"Hurry up and summon your Gatekeeper!" Liu Qijia turned to Xiang Chengfei and said, "I have to get back before roll call!"

"What’s the rush?" Xiang Chengfei said nonchalantly, though his hands moved swiftly.

Under the white Star Array, a Pet Beast roughly 30 centimeters tall with a brown, hemispherical shell and four little paws appeared.

Qiao Sang was familiar with this Pet Beast.

Gatekeeper Helmet, a Ground Type Pet Beast, possessed the unique trait of creating gates; by pressing itself against an object, it could turn that object into a doorway, allowing free movement through it.

Once the Gatekeeper Helmet detached from the object, the area that was opened would revert to normal, leaving no trace behind.

It was ideal for theft, no, for locksmiths who preferred to contract with such Pet Beasts. She had seen it used a few times in everyday life.

"Gatekeeper, attach," Xiang Chengfei spoke to the Gatekeeper Helmet, bending down.

"Gate gate."

The Gatekeeper Helmet nodded and scuttled over to the wall. Then it expertly lifted its front paws and sprawled against it.

"Hurry up, I’ve still got to get back and continue with evening self-study," Xiang Chengfei urged while pushing the Gatekeeper Helmet against the wall.

The solid wall instantly opened like a door, and the shape of the passage was an exact match for the outline of the Gatekeeper Helmet.

"Don’t worry, I will be back quickly," Liu Qijia said while crouching down and crawling through the Gatekeeper Helmet-shaped door.

His movements were indistinguishable from someone squeezing through a dog flap.

Once Liu Qijia was outside, he poked his head through the door, which was only about 30 centimeters tall, and called out, "Qiao Sang, come on out quickly."

After a long silence, Qiao Sang said, "No need, I’ll use the main entrance."

Liu Qijia: "???"