"How did it go?"
"10.32. It's a little delicate, meow."
"The General Department was around 21 points last year, right? Competition's even fiercer this year. A Mao, this isn't delicate—you might as well go home, wash up, and sleep."
Lu PingAn was as blunt as ever. Even face-to-face, he showed no mercy whatsoever.
"Heh, that's only if I didn't have those 3 bonus points, meow."
Cat Cat planted her hands on her hips, smugly pleased. Those seemingly insignificant 3 points before the exam had now become crucial.
In a sense, although he had bullied her terribly, she was still very grateful to the person before her.
Without that bastard's help, it was unlikely she could have broken through to become a Tier 1 Runner before the exam and earned those precious 2 bonus points.
Not to mention having time to polish her second profession, Beast Tamer, plan out her path, and fight for a high interview score.
That was how things were when competition became this extreme. A tiny breakthrough or lead would be magnified again and again as things progressed.
If Cat Cat had still been stuck trying to break through as a Tier 1 Runner, she would not have had time to prepare for anything else. By now, she could probably have declared herself completely finished.
"...Thanks, meow."
"Those 2 bonus points? No need to thank me. You paid for them. Besides, I just remembered that I also have 3 bonus points. So I'm at around 16.5? Uh, I think the Logistics Department passed with 18 points last year. Looks like I can take a nice long vacation."
Cat Cat shot him an irritated glare. Judging by the results, he was actually a pretty decent person.
Not only was he reliable and righteous in certain situations—the bullying incident,