Chapter 272 - The Battle of Snatching!
Chapter 272: The Battle of Snatching!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
The students around the bulletin board engaged in a heated discussion when a tall, handsome boy appeared. His tiger-like eyes were particularly attention-grabbing. A few men and women dressed in uniform were to his left and right.
When they appeared, everyone immediately recognized them, especially once the crowd saw the red, black, and fire-embroidered uniforms.
“Isn’t that President Aubrey of the Fire Dance Combat Club?”
“Isn’t that club one of the strongest in Kyoto Institute?”
“That’s for sure. The club had just entered the campus to recruit new members on report day. However, I heard the club’s entrance requirements are pretty strict.”
“Aubrey is the number one martial artist among the third-year students, so the entrance requirements aren’t high enough to stop the students’ fervor.”
“You’re right. Since too many students want to join, the club carries out its first selection on the same day. The club will carry out its second selection two days later.”
“So, why is President Aubrey here today?”
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Amidst the students’ heated discussions and guesses, Aubrey arrived before Moss. Just as Moss was about to speak, Aubrey took the initiative to greet him, “Hello, Moss. I’m Aubrey, the president of the Fire Dance Combat Club.
Just as Moss was about to speak, Aubrey took the initiative to greet moss. “Hello, Moss. I’m Aubrey, the President of Fire Dance’s Combat Club.”
His eyes sparkled as he spoke. He sincerely smiled and extended his hand to shake Moss’s hand. Aubrey took the initiative to look for Moss because he wanted to recruit Moss into the club as soon as possible.
To be honest, Aubrey almost rejected Moss when he first applied for the freshmen selection. However, he could no longer hold it in when he learned about Moss’s results in the freshmen entrance test through his connections.
Although he had not seen Moss’s true strength, the test results would not lie, especially after taking the freshmen entrance test and answering 11 questions. He could feel Moss’s strength, who had completed 13 questions.
How could Aubrey not take the initiative to recruit such an outstanding student like Moss? He could not miss out on a student like Moss for his club’s future development.
After shaking Moss’s hand and sensing his potent spiritual power, he was sure Moss was a genius.
“Hello, Senior Aubrey. Were you looking for me?” Although he could sense Aubrey’s sincerity, he could not understand why Aubrey would come looking for him.
“I looked for you today to invite you to join the Fire Dance Combat Club.”
The excited first-year students heard Aubrey’s words and felt extremely surprised. They exploded into an uproar.
“Am I hallucinating? President Aubrey took the initiative to invite Moss to his club?!”
“Weren’t there supposed to be the second round of selections? Why are they directly allowing Moss to join them?”
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Moss did not mind the other students’ discussions. However, his heart jolted when he heard Aubrey’s words.
After asking for Falcon’s advice, he went straight to Kyoto Institute. He registered when he saw the Fire Dance Combat Club recruiting new members. When he learned there was a second round of selections, he made ample preparations. Moss felt sudden happiness but was not quite used to it.
Since Moss remained silent, Aubrey continued, “There’s another benefit of joining the club. Suppose you perform well in the club activities. In that case, I can use the club’s influence to recommend you to the school to participate in the national first- and second-year student exchange competition.
“With your current level and the club’s recommendations, I’m confident you can enter the exchange competition’s preliminary list.”
The first-year students grew even more furious when they heard these words.
“Wow! I didn’t know the combat club had such benefits!”
“President Aubrey thinks too highly of Moss!”
“What level is Moss to make President Aubrey acknowledge him so much?!”
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Morales was standing beside Moss as he revealed admiration and envy in his eyes. The first thing he did was nudge Moss with his arm gently. Then he said lowly, “President Aubrey came to you personally, Boss Moss. It’s such a good opportunity. Join him!”
Indeed, Moss was ecstatic when he heard Aubrey’s offer. According to Kyoto Institute’s past practice, he knew one had to go through the school’s selection competition to enter the national first- and second-year student exchange competition’s preliminary list.
Moreover, only a limited number of people could enter the preliminary list. There were only three to four spots left for the first-year students. However, as Moss was about to agree, a loud voice sounded from behind the Fire Dance Combat Club members.
“Wait a moment, Moss! Please allow me to say a few words before you decide.”
A tall and sturdy senior student with a delicate appearance and a full beard appeared before Moss.
Moss recognized this person as he was, Alves, the president of Kyoto’s development club. He had signed up for the Fire Dance Combat Club on his enrollment day. He had also signed up for the development club out of personal interest.
“Why are you here?!” Aubrey coldly glared at Alves as he snapped.
Alves noticed all sorts of gazes on him, but he did not mind. He spoke rather quickly, “Moss, the other day, you said you were interested in finding the missing map of humanity. If you’re willing to help the development club, I can promise you that you can form a team and do as you please after becoming familiar with us.”
Alves was shocked when he learned about Moss’s results in the freshman entrance test. He quickly gathered information about Moss and learned about his defenses through the test video. Alves felt like he had just found a treasure.
One knew that defenses were vital when exploring an unknown map. After learning about that, Alves rushed to Moss as soon as possible. Fortunately, he arrived in time. Otherwise, Moss would have joined the Fire Dance Combat Club.
Since another president from Kyoto’s strongest clubs had personally come to recruit Moss, it caused more students to gather and continue discussing the situation.
“Just what did Moss do to make two of the three strongest clubs in Kyoto personally come to recruit him?!”
“I feel like I’m hallucinating!”
“It’s truly puzzling that two presidents have personally come to recruit a knight!”
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The surrounding students were fervently discussing when Moss spoke, “President Aubrey, President Alves, is it okay if I join both clubs?”
This question caused another round of discussions.
“Moss has lost his mind! Does he even know who those two are?!”
“Is this a joke? A person has limited time and energy. He might be unable to handle one club’s activities even if he poured all his spare time into them, let alone two clubs!”
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Many onlookers thought it was a ridiculous matter. The crowd also felt that the two presidents might think Moss was arrogant and choose to ignore him. However, the slap to their faces came too quickly.
The two presidents answered almost in unison, “Yes, you can!”