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Chapter 25 - Selfish and greedy (1)

Classroom 1-6 was completely empty. There were no teachers, no students, not even a single desk or chair. Only one male NPC stood with his back to us in the center of the classroom, looking at a red card in his hand.

"How did you know I was here?" The male NPC slowly turned around. Suddenly, his gaze fixed on the student ID in Cheng Hongjie's hand. "It seems I was careless, actually dropping my student ID in the library. The librarian told you my whereabouts, I presume?"

"His name is Boon Fong. He's the boss for this mission," Xin Hui said, pointing at the male NPC after we entered the classroom.

This boss named Boon Fong had delicate, refined features and fair skin. Not very tall, he had a neat student haircut, and his crisply ironed white shirt was neatly tucked into his school trousers. He looked polite, well-mannered, and every bit the good student.

"Robots are moving around everywhere on campus, constantly attacking students, causing chaos throughout the school."

Boon Fong spoke with expressive facial expressions, and his eyes kept shifting between me, Xin Hui, and Zi Qian.

"At this critical moment, the Head Discipline Teacher suddenly announced that students are forbidden from entering her office. So we, the prefects from the Discipline Office, had to take up the responsibility, risking our lives to fight against these robots and protect the safety of our fellow students."

Boon Fong raised the red card in his hand high. "The robots are incredibly powerful. Many prefects were seriously injured while fighting them. Our squad nearly lost our lives several times in multiple encounters with them. I swore I must obtain great power to protect myself, protect my teammates, and protect the other students... and then I found it."

"This is an energy card with mysterious power. It not only grants me immense strength but also allows me to control the school's robots. The energy card understood my plight, knew that I've always been physically weak, that my performance couldn't match the other prefects. It said that as long as I hid it, it would give me great power... But then, the squad leader discovered the existence of the energy card. He called all the squad members to go to the library to search for it, saying he would hand the energy card over to the Prefect Corps Captain."

Boon Fong's emotions grew increasingly agitated, and his voice gradually rose.

"The energy card is mine! The power contained within it belongs to me alone! Why should I hand the card over to someone else? I didn't mean to hurt them; they were the ones who tried to snatch my energy card first. I was just defending myself!"

"Why? Why did they want to give my energy card to the Prefect Corps Captain? If only I gained that great power, I could also protect everyone, lead everyone to defeat the robots!" Boon Fong roared loudly.

"He's coming," Zi Qian said, pulling a light blue ballpoint pen from his pocket. He clicked the pen body twice with his index finger, and the pen transformed into a light blue lightsaber.

I looked at Xin Hui; she was already holding a light blue lightsaber identical to Zi Qian's.

I also activated my dark blue lightsaber, ready for battle.

Boon Fong glared at us, threw the red card upwards, and shouted, "Energy Card, please grant me power!"

The card burst into brilliant red sparks like a lit firework. A terrifying, heavy voice then filled the classroom: "I admire your selfishness and greed. I shall grant you power accordingly."

Boon Fong took out a silver ballpoint pen. The pen emitted a dazzling silver light and then transformed into a long sword—a white hilt, a broad, triangular blade, and a serrated silver edge. The entire long sword was surrounded by a silver glow, emitting waves of freezing cold air...

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