Chicago.
With Adam coordinating things, Sheldon made his appearance as the grand finale.
Under everyone's gaze, he tightened his bow tie, lifted his chin, and proudly walked up.
That was right!
How could an occasion like this be without the handsomest, most formal, never-out-of-style bow tie?
As long as there weren't enough people to trample him to death.
He feared no occasion.
Emmm.
Of course, that was limited to intellectual exchanges.
The moment muscles got involved, he could only run.
"Thanks, Doctor Strange. I'll take it from here."
Sheldon took the microphone from Adam. The moment he spoke, it was obvious he was hyped up. "All right, are you guys ready for some genuinely fun entertainment?"
As he said this, he pointed at Adam. "It's not that Adam's speech was bad, but most of his jokes were aimed below the belt. A little too vulgar.
Who are we?
We are genius scientists.
If we're going to make jokes, they should be interesting and profound..."
Adam did not mind at all. He simply sat back down and happily watched the Cooper stand-up show.
"Why have we gathered here today?"
Sheldon swept his gaze across the crowd. "Because we are all geniuses. That's what the organizers said, anyway, though I reserve judgment..."
At that, he raised his chin toward the staff. "I've already emailed the MacArthur Foundation my detailed evaluation of every past MacArthur Genius Grant recipient. You should take a look and make corrections~"
"..."
The staff member looked utterly bewildered, yet maintained a professional smile. Of course we'll look at it, and of course we'll make corrections. In the future, we'll just block troublemakers like you outright.
"Excellent."
Seeing the staff member smile pleasantly, Sheldon took that as agreement. Only then did he turn back with a flourish and refocus