"Teaching Assistant"

"She came with a bang, she left without a sound, not taking a single cloud with her..."

The boy with a penchant for the Red Queen sighed like a lovesick fool.

Just as the crowd had yet to recover from the shock of the Red Queen, three people walked into the classroom one after another.

Three people: two men and one woman. The woman had average features but an excellent figure, the type that grows on you the more you look at her. She wore a casual, well-fitted tracksuit and stood in the center. A tall man and a short man stood on either side of her. The one on the left was nearly two meters tall, with broad shoulders and a wide back, looking like a polar bear with a pair of very sharp, spirited eyes. The one on the right was actually not that short, around 170 centimeters, but he was thin, with a pale, unkempt face like an otaku.

"Are these three the Teaching Assistants?"

The crowd was puzzled.

The woman in the middle answered their questions. She stepped forward and said, "Let me introduce myself. My name is Ji Wen, and I am one of your Teaching Assistants."

"Xiong Ba!"

The person lived up to his name, possessing the domineering aura of a bear.

"Hello everyone, my name is Otaku."

Whispers began to rise from below, and the previously silent classroom became somewhat noisy.

Xiong Ba swept his cold gaze over the crowd and let out a cold snort. "You had better keep your mouths shut, or I will tear them apart with my hands." As he spoke, he licked his lips, seemingly impatient. "As 'Teaching Assistants,' although I cannot kill you, I can certainly give you some punishment... and I don't have to pay for the medical bills. Hehe."

"Tch! Just a lowly Teaching Assistant, yet you dare to spout such nonsense. Hmph, even if the Headmaster of this so-called university came here, he would have to obediently call me Young Master Qin. What are you?" A boy who seemed to have been suppressed for long enough slammed his desk and stood up, pointing angrily at Xiong Ba.

The three Teaching Assistants couldn't help but exchange glances.

Their expressions were quite strange—a mix of pity, amusement, anger, and schadenfreude.

Yin Kuang, Li Shuangmu, and the others sitting at their desks watched with suspicion, filled with doubt.

"What do you think?" Xiong Ba asked Otaku, ignoring the others as if they weren't there. He didn't take the clamoring boy seriously at all.

Otaku shrugged. "Up to you."

Ji Wen said, "Just don't kill him."

Xiong Ba chuckled, revealing a mouthful of bright white teeth. Then, he walked toward the arrogant boy.

It was at this moment that Yin Kuang suddenly smelled a very, very strong scent... it was the smell of blood. He had helped slaughter pigs before, so he was all too familiar with the scent of blood. But... why did he smell such a thick, bloody stench coming from Xiong Ba!?

It wasn't just him; the expressions of many people changed, turning strange, fearful, disgusted, and pale.

"Danger!" Li Shuangmu said.

The arrogant boy's expression also changed. "You... what are you doing?"

Xiong Ba chuckled. "Nothing, just giving you an unforgettable lesson." Then, he reached out with his fan-like hand and picked the arrogant boy up like a chick. "Kid, remember this: be polite to your seniors in the future. Otherwise, I will kill you. Looking at you, you probably have at most fifty or sixty years of life left. I'll kill you six times and see if you die! Remember that."

Then, he grabbed the arrogant boy's arm. "Hehe, enjoy this pain. I hope you don't get addicted to it..."

The next moment, the arrogant boy let out a shrill, miserable scream!!

Both of his arms were torn off by Xiong Ba as if it were nothing, blood spraying everywhere! The two severed arms were tossed onto the ground by Xiong Ba like trash.

"Ah!!"

It wasn't just the arrogant boy screaming; the entire class was screaming too.

"Murder!!"

"Call the police... hurry and call the police..."

"Blood, blood!"

Everyone looked at Xiong Ba with eyes full of fear and dread. Some even wanted to rush out of the classroom, but they found that the classroom door wouldn't open no matter what. Others were so scared they lost control of their bladders.

At this moment, the Red Queen's words echoed in everyone's minds: "You had better be polite to your Teaching Assistants."

These weren't Teaching Assistants at all; they were cold-blooded, murderous devils!

"I... I want to drop out! I'm not studying here anymore. Mom... I want my mom..." the girl who had lost control of her bladder cried out.

"Tch!" Xiong Ba snorted coldly. "Everyone shut up! What are you crying for? So annoying. Everyone sit back in your seats. Now, immediately!!"

No one dared to defy him anymore. After experiencing his cruelty and coldness, everyone became as docile as sheep.

"Kid, if you scream again, I'll kill you!"

The arrogant boy, now missing both arms, could no longer be arrogant. Although the pain of his severed arms made him nearly collapse, the fear of Xiong Ba overcame everything else, and he obediently shut his mouth.

"Don't worry, if you have money on you, immediately chant 'Heal.' 'It' will reattach them for you. Of course, if you don't have any money, then you're done for. You won't die, but you'll be in pain for a while."

"I... have... Heal! Heal, ahhh!!"

The arrogant boy screamed hysterically. Suddenly, he felt a strange voice appear in his mind: "Scanning body... Class F injury... severed arms... estimated cost 100 'Study Points'... detected student Xiao Zhang is carrying 10,000 yuan in cash, convertible to 100 'Study Points'... 'Rookie Student' title effect activated... healing cost halved... healing in progress..."

And so, the terrified crowd witnessed a scene that left them dumbfounded: the two severed arms on the floor suddenly flew up, automatically reattaching to the man's shoulders, and the blood all over the floor surged back into his wounds like a tide—the scene was like watching a video of spilled water being played in reverse.

"No matter what incredible things you see, do not be surprised."

The Red Queen's words echoed in everyone's minds once again.

"Fuck! What kind of hellish place is this!!" the boy with the queen-complex couldn't help but roar in a low voice.

Ji Wen looked at everyone's reactions and said, "Alright, is it finally completely quiet now?"

No one dared to speak again.

"Now, take out your admission letters. Silently visualize them transforming into a watch, a ring, glasses, or some other object. It is best to choose something small and easy to carry. Do it now!"

Everyone obeyed the order without question.

Yin Kuang looked at the North Xia University admission letter in his hand, his mind a complete blank, until he finally sighed, "Watch."

With a "poof," the admission letter suddenly erupted into a ball of flames. A moment later, the fire extinguished, and a plain, ordinary digital watch appeared on Yin Kuang's wrist.

Looking at the others, it was the same; some had watches, others rings or bracelets, and one person even transformed theirs into an iPhone.

"Next, pick up the transformed item and silently recite 'Personal Attributes'."

Everyone followed the instructions mechanically. Then, the entire classroom fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone was staring straight ahead, but the problem was that there was nothing in front of them at all. Yet, they were focused intently, their expressions shifting constantly.

"Do you want to see their attribute data?" the Otaku suddenly asked with a grin.

"Not interested," Ji Wen replied curtly.

Xiong Ba said, "Forget it... I know what you want to do. But these things are not something we can get involved in... otherwise, the 'seniors' won't be happy when they find out."

"Alright then... hehe, the taste of being a Teaching Assistant is really quite good. I imagine our Teaching Assistant last year was just like us now. Back then, they were so arrogant, their tails were practically in the sky. I remember that Lone Wolf even slapped me once. It's a pity that before I could get my revenge, he had already exhausted his 'lifespan' and died. It was really too easy on him..."

Xiong Ba chuckled and said, "That's true. I didn't expect the title of 'Teaching Assistant' to have such powerful effects; you don't lose 'lifespan' upon death, and you can even earn 50 credits. Plus, the 'freshman' 'curriculum' is so simple, we might be able to reap quite a few benefits. The only trouble is that if a new student dies, we actually lose 1 point of 'Comprehensive Evaluation' and 5 points of 'F-grade Evaluation'."

Ji Wen also sighed, "Indeed. We only get 2 points of basic 'Comprehensive Evaluation' for every 'scenario' we experience. In other words, if just two people die, we've essentially wasted an entire 'scenario' for nothing. Obtaining 'grade evaluations' is even harder. 'It' is not so easily fooled; in this 'university', there is absolutely no such thing as a free lunch falling onto your head. Let's just do our jobs well and be good nannies for this group of rookies."