The newspaper that Zheng Qing received from Xin Fat Man wasn't the campus paper but the Beta Town Post. Checking the issue date, it was Monday, December 14th, the day after the Winter Hunt had just ended, and all members of the Absolution Hunting Team were undergoing health assessments in a secret laboratory arranged by the school.
Perhaps this is why Xin Fat Man referred to it as "old news"?
The young scholarship student, slightly unsure of himself, cautiously unfolded the newspaper.
