As was our unspoken agreement, people in extreme tension cannot sleep. And if one cannot sleep in the middle of the night, they must find something to do to distract themselves and get through the long night.
Of course, we say that someone as carefree as Xia Huanao rarely feels tension, but that didn't stop him from encountering someone just as sleepless as he was in the middle of the night.
It was 12:37 AM. Unable to sleep, Xia Huanao wandered aimlessly along the road. As he walked, he found himself at the middle school he had visited that day. Xia Huanao glanced around and was startled: "Huh? How did I end up here?"
He checked his watch again. He had left home around ten and had been wandering the streets for over two hours. What kind of boredom could lead to such a thing? Just as Xia Huanao was thinking of turning back, he saw a figure slowly approaching him from under the streetlight ahead. Although Xia Huanao had seen his share of hardships, a chance encounter in the middle of the night was a first.
Xia Huanao walked forward and saw that the guy on the other side seemed to have spotted him and, startled, turned and ran.
"Damn it, if you've got nothing to hide, what are you afraid of? Stop!"
Xia Huanao took off in pursuit. The two ran back and forth on the road, quickly covering several hundred meters. Xia Huanao stood with his hands on his hips, looking at the empty intersection: "Where did they go? Vanished. They ran fast."
Unable to catch the person who had fled, Xia Huanao turned to leave: "I know too well what kind of thoughts one has wandering outside the examination hall so late at night. See you tomorrow. At least there's some fun."
...
Hours later, Xia Huanao was lying on a recliner in a classroom. Logically, such a thing wouldn't be found in a college entrance examination hall, but Xia Huanao was part of the privileged class.
The teacher supervising with Xia Huanao was in his early thirties and was a fan of his. Seeing Xia Huanao lying there, the teacher said, "Boss Xia, it's truly an honor to supervise with you."
Xia Huanao, still lying down, didn't reply, merely giving a thumbs-up. The teacher glanced at his watch: "It's almost time. Boss Xia, stop lying down. I can't manage by myself."
Xia Huanao got up from the recliner and walked out of the classroom to look outside: "Indeed, they've all arrived. I wonder if there are any smart ones this time."
The candidates began to enter. Although Xia Huanao and the teacher beside him checked students for prohibited items, it was obvious to anyone with eyes that Xia Huanao was just going through the motions. Even the metal detector was merely waved around casually; some students even suspected that Xia Huanao's detector wasn't even turned on.
After all the students had been let in, Xia Huanao stood on the podium and said, "Everyone, there's still some time before the exam officially begins. You still have a chance to get rid of anything I intentionally let in. I'll start catching people once the exam begins, and you'll be done for if you're caught."
Despite Xia Huanao's words, the candidates in the hall made no move, as if they were all law-abiding model students. Xia Huanao spread his hands: "Alright then, as you wish."
The exam officially began. The teacher supervising with Xia Huanao came to his side: "Are you really going to catch anyone cheating?" Xia Huanao shook his head: "No, just trying to scare them. At least in this session, they're still good students."
Xia Huanao and the supervising teacher watched everyone take the exam from the podium. Time flew by, and soon the first candidate handed in their paper and left. Xia Huanao took the paper, glanced at it, and then placed it back on the desk.
"How was it, Boss Xia?"
Xia Huanao replied, "The questions? If it were about Pokémon, I could handle it, but for Chinese, I'm a bit out of my depth."
The first subject exam ended quickly. After all the papers were sealed, Xia Huanao took out his phone to see what people were saying online. As expected, students from his examination hall were posting accounts of Xia Huanao's supervision. Hearing that Xia Huanao's supervision was perfunctory, netizens lamented, "Why didn't we get a supervisor like Xia Huanao!" 138 Reading Network
But Xia Huanao knew that his supervision was outwardly lax but inwardly strict. Not only were he and another teacher present, but the surveillance cameras were also being monitored. Furthermore, all examination rooms had three supervisors. The reason for such a large operation was the sheer number of people...
The sheer number of people was such that Xia Huanao didn't have lunch with Shen Yu at noon. Instead, he was on the rooftop of the examination site, chatting with a newly formed special supervision team.
"How is it? Did you catch anyone particularly outrageous?"
A young man, who looked to be only in his early twenties, pointed to a building nearby: "Over there, at that location, I believe there are big fish to be caught."
Xia Huanao glanced in the direction the young man pointed: "Excellent. We'll go fishing this afternoon. I just don't know which one will be there. Could it be that one falls into my hands?"
"You don't need to guess. If you hadn't marked these spots on the map, how would we have caught these fish?"
...
Thus, after meticulous arrangements, Xia Huanao welcomed the second exam he was supervising.
Again, before the exam began, Xia Huanao stood on the podium and looked at the students in the hall: "Your propaganda skills are quite good. But I warn you, if you're caught in this session, last session's results will be canceled as well. Also, everyone should try their best to answer the questions. When I catch someone, my voice will be quite loud, so I hope you can concentrate."
After speaking, Xia Huanao looked at everyone in the hall: "Alright, I understand."
The exam began. Xia Huanao still sat in the recliner in the examination hall, but his eyes and ears were already everywhere. Forty minutes after the exam started, Xia Huanao gently put down the book in his hand and then took a Poké Ball from his pocket.
The Poké Ball landed lightly on the ground, and a Pokémon jumped out. Xia Huanao also reached out and threw a small shuriken.
Two shurikens sliced through the air, as well as a row of students in the examination hall, lodging into the wall behind them. Xia Huanao stood up from his chair: "I warned you. Why did you have to?"
Where the Flying Water Shuriken had struck, a Kecleon revealed itself. Xia Huanao walked over and picked up the Kecleon. He also patted the shoulder of a student whose right hand was trembling: "Come on, classmate, you'll have to come with me."
The student still wanted to argue, or rather, struggle, but Xia Huanao's words extinguished all his hopes: "That's enough. Did you think I didn't notice in the first session? But you dared to do this again in the second session, which is truly... Teacher Zhao, please keep an eye on things for a moment."
Xia Huanao left with the first cheater he had caught. The remaining students, although still answering their papers, were inwardly shaken.
"Boss Xia is so amazing! He can see a Kecleon in its camouflage state and kill it with a single Flying Water Shuriken. Is this genius?"
As Xia Huanao escorted the first cheater out and was on his way back to the classroom, he saw a young man walking towards him. As they passed each other, the young man said, "The opponent has made a move. We have already acted. The target is not in your examination hall."
"Thanks. Then I'll be going back."
Xia Huanao returned to the examination hall and asked in a low voice, "How is it, Teacher Zhao? Anything new?"
Teacher Zhao shook his head: "No, after catching the first example, everyone has been much more honest. But is this okay? There hasn't been such a precedent before."
Xia Huanao naturally understood what Teacher Zhao meant. Although cheating students had been caught before, there had never been a precedent for Xia Huanao directly intervening to expose them. Xia Huanao reassured him: "Don't worry. If I didn't have permission from above, do you think I'd dare to do this? This is also counted as part of the psychological examination's score. It's just an optional item."
Hearing Xia Huanao say that someone was backing him up, Teacher Zhao stopped questioning and they continued supervising in the examination hall. However, after Xia Huanao left his recliner and walked around for a bit, he didn't intend to lie down anymore. He simply put his hands behind his back and walked to the classroom window, looking out at the scenery.
The classroom Xia Huanao was in was on the third floor. From the window, he could clearly see the building they had identified on the rooftop earlier.
And on top of that building, Xia Huanao vaguely saw a few figures. Xia Huanao's eyes darted, and he came up with many more mischievous ideas.
While Xia Huanao was plotting, someone in the examination hall had already handed in their paper. Xia Huanao looked at the person handing in the paper and felt a sense of familiarity. The person handing in the paper seemed a bit uncomfortable being stared at by Xia Huanao, and hurriedly grabbed their phone from the doorway and left.
Xia Huanao stroked his chin: "That's strange. When did I ever see him? This physique, these clothes... it's right there in my mind, but I can't remember who it is."
"You forgot. Last night when you were playing road warrior..."
Just as the system finished speaking, Xia Huanao suddenly remembered: "So that's it. This is too interesting. But speaking of which, who the hell is playing road warrior..."
Xia Huanao bantered with the system as he continued to supervise. The candidates who left Xia Huanao's examination hall quickly stirred up a new storm online.
Xia Huanao, still in the examination hall, was unaware of this storm. However, Meng Tianya, far away at the Alliance Headquarters, saw it and smiled slightly: "Very good. Let this fire burn even brighter."