Lu Li pretended not to hear and hurried across the street, only to find himself in the school district.
Yes, the schools in this area were right beside the red-light district, and the district was enormous. By comparison, it had everything from elementary schools to universities.
This was also the part Lu Li found the most bizarre. When Aizen had told him about it, he had found it hard to believe.
There was actually such a massive educational institution in a godforsaken place like this. He had no idea what they could possibly be teaching.
Lu Li arrived at the school admissions office and found it extravagantly built and tastefully decorated, completely unlike the gaudy, chaotic scene outside. For a moment, he caught the fresh scent of civilization.
But the person receiving him quickly shattered that illusion.
Perhaps for the same reason as the fiery woman earlier, his respectable clothes and lack of modifications made people assume he was wealthy. The receptionist therefore attended to him with great enthusiasm.
Lu Li lied that he had four children, conveniently covering every age group. He said he wanted to transfer them from another school district and asked about the education here and the tuition fees.
To Lu Li's surprise, the presentable male receptionist explained that the schools here genuinely taught children knowledge.
Thinking about it, that made sense. The people running modification shops on the streets could not possibly work without any theoretical knowledge of machinery. Even operating certain stores required a basic education, so their owners must have received schooling.
However, advanced knowledge was generally not taught until university, and sending a child all the way to university required an astronomical amount of money.
At the elementary schools in this district, annual tuition cost 50 Soul Coins. Middle and high school