Faking an Injury for Compensation, Not a Penny Less!
"Hey? Sizzle..."
After the microphone test, Tennoji Hiroshi, the principal of Toyo High School, stood under the spotlight.
The old man was wearing a custom-made silver-gray suit and had his hair slicked back today.
His face was radiant with a serene peace that seemed to have the words "compassionate heart" etched onto his forehead.
"Students! The essence of education is love! It is inclusiveness! It is selfless dedication..."
Tennoji Hiroshi held the microphone with both hands, speaking with deep emotion:
"Seeing the gradual improvement in the school spirit of our Toyo High School thanks to everyone's recent efforts, I, as the principal, am deeply gratified..."
The applause from the audience was sparse.
Sing Sing, with his hands in his pockets, yawned while nestled in the Class 3-D line.
"It's a waste of Old Deng's talent that he's not selling miracle cures."
Sing Sing nudged Ichirai Hisako with his elbow, "Do you think he could be behind those people who attacked us last time?"
Ichirai Hisako didn't know, so she simply didn't respond. She felt that the air in the auditorium was unusually oppressive, making her uneasy.
The front hall was peaceful and serene, while the backstage area of the auditorium presented a completely different scene.
In the shadows, a few people stood silently against the wall; they were Cornelius's private medical team.
As for their leader, Cornelius himself was currently holed up in the monitoring room, staring at the screen, a close-up shot fixed on the girl in the very middle of the first row, motionless.
Kobayashi Amiko
"Come on! Come on! Let me see what treasures are hidden in this girl's blood... Logan, oh Logan... I've missed you so much..."
The old madman muttered incoherently, occasionally letting out a chilling laugh.
Traumatic stress test?
Test my ass!
As soon as that lump of iron comes crashing down and Amiko is smashed to pieces, if even the slightest bit of Healing Factor emerges within her, the medical team will immediately swarm to her aid.
Drawing blood was the least of it; Cornelius practically wanted to grab a straw and suck on it right there.
Danger is looming over everyone's heads.
Inside the equipment room in the auditorium's dome, a red remote indicator light flashed on a dusty control box.
"Crack! Sizzle~"
A slight noise was heard, and the load-bearing pin that secured the giant Crystal chandelier was slowly being pulled outwards.
Most of the students below were dozing off as the principal bragged; who would pay attention to the noise above them?
But Sing Sing will.
"Damn it! These beasts in suits!"
The latch came off completely, the Crystal chandelier lost its pulling force, and it just fell straight down.
Target: Kobayashi Amiko!
Death has come knocking on the door!
The group, who had been dozing off, suddenly erupted in chaos.
Mitsuhashi Takashi was sitting in the back row guarding the goal, reacted quickly. The blond delinquent was dozing off and drooling just a second ago. When he heard the noise, he and his chair flipped backward and crashed to the ground with a "bang".
"Earthquake! Run!"
Mitsuhashi grabbed Ito Shinji's thigh with both hands and feet, burying his head directly under Ito's crotch.
Ito screamed as he desperately tried to pull away, "Let go! You may not care about your reputation, but I do! Open the door now!"
Unaware of what was happening, Amiko instinctively looked up, only three words remaining in her mind: She's doomed.
A close call!
"Crack~ Bang!"
The wooden floorboards beneath Sing Sing's feet were completely crushed by his footsteps.
Everyone felt a strange wind sweep past them, Sing Sing turned into a blur, his toes stomping several times on the backs of the chairs in front of him.
This speed is ten times faster than grandmas grabbing discounted eggs at the supermarket.
Wherever he stepped, the plastic chair back shattered into pieces on the spot.
The sharp metal spike at the very bottom of the Crystal chandelier was less than half a meter away from Amiko's forehead!
Sing Sing has arrived.
No nonsense, no hesitation.
He reached out his left hand and grabbed Amiko by the back of her collar.
"Take off!"
His arm muscles bulged, and like pulling up a radish, he swung himself and his clothes behind him.
Amiko flew in an arc, soaring over a dozen rows of seats before crashing into Ito Shinji and Mitsuhashi Takashi.
The person was saved, but this metal lump didn't stop!
Facing the ton of scrap metal that was crashing down, Sing Sing steadied himself in a horse stance and lifted one hand towards the sky.
"!!!"
Several students who were nearby were so shocked that they fell to the ground.
Smoke and dust billowed up, and the entire auditorium trembled three times.
Sing Sing's eyes darted around, and before the smoke and dust had completely cleared, he quickly found a suitable gap to lie down in.
After picking up shards of glass and cutting himself and other parts of his body, Old Zhou hesitated for a moment before abandoning his plan to create wounds on his face.
That handsome face can't be ruined.
The purpose of doing this was simple: he had to "break down."
Wounded heroes are the ones no one dares to touch.
He was given hormones.
"Star One!"
Ichirai Hisako rushed over in a hurry.
She was truly panicked. She had finally found a man who could save her; she couldn't die!
Ichirai Hisako squatted down and saw that there was a bloody cut on his right palm, and blood was dripping from between his fingers.
"It's nothing, just a superficial wound."
Sing Sing Chow gave her a look, but his voice was barely audible.
Ichirai Hisako understood, and between punching him and continuing the act, she chose the latter, bursting into tears.
"Make way! Make way! Everyone make way!"
Teacher Xiaomei hurriedly went forward to check, and then called Hayashida Megumi, Ito Shinji and others to help move the lamp stand away.
Seeing that Sing Sing Chow was positioned where there was a gap under the light, Kumiko Yamaguchi helped Sing Sing up. "Hoshino! Can you still stand up?"
Sing Sing then pressed most of his weight down on it, causing Chow to wince in pain.
"Hiss~ Teacher Xiaomei, my life is over..."
Kumiko Yamaguchi helped him walk out, calling out without turning back, "Health Committee Member! First Aid Kit! Open the Medical Room Door!"
Two girls nervously grabbed the first-aid kit and ran after them, while passing students spontaneously made way for them.
On stage, Tennoji Hiroshi feigned concern, his expression ambiguous.
The head of academic affairs approached, sweat beading on his forehead. "Principal, this..."
"An accident has occurred! Immediately contact the facilities maintenance company to obtain an inspection report! A comprehensive safety inspection of all lighting equipment on campus will begin today!"
"In addition, a school-wide commendation notice will be drafted for Hoshino, and it will be read out tomorrow."
The head of student affairs was dumbfounded. Just a few days ago, he had confronted this student with a voluntary withdrawal application, and today he was going to give him an honorary certificate?
Medical room.
Speaking of which, the testing equipment at Toyo High School is quite comprehensive; they checked Comrade Old Zhou from head to toe.
In reality, he was perfectly fine, but the doctor considered it very serious.
Sing Sing was pressed down on the examination bed, his right palm covered in a yellowish iodine solution.
The school doctor, a short, stout man in his fifties, was using tweezers to pick out shards of glass.
"You're lucky you didn't injure your tendon," the school doctor said, tossing the last fragment into a tray. "It'll take at least a week to heal."
Ligament sprain?
Laugh at skr people.
"Ouch~ Gently, gently..."
Sing Sing's facial expressions are on par with those of an Oscar-winning actor.
Kumiko Yamaguchi stood by the bed, finding Sing Sing's face, which was scrunched up like a bun, rather amusing.
"Teacher Xiaomei ~"
Sing Sing pitifully stretched out his right hand, which was wrapped in bandages. "Does this count as a work injury? Does the school have accident insurance? Who will reimburse my medical expenses?"
"You're in this state and you're still thinking about money?"
"Money is a hero's medal, Teacher Xiaomei! I can't lose a single penny that's rightfully mine!"