An Ostentatious Entrance

"Two thousand!?" someone exclaimed. "The strongest among those taking the selection in our class is Feng Changming, and he only has twelve hundred. Yang Yuxin's class probably wasn't much higher either. Isn't this just bullying the young with age?"

"Exactly. I bet whoever came this time is about as strong as Yang Yuxin. Damn it, just don't let me get assigned to the same group as him."

"Fuck! There were barely any slots to begin with, and now these well-connected backdoor applicants are taking some of them too! I hate people who pull strings the most!"

Bai Ye nodded solemnly. "I hate people who pull strings too. I also hate people who won't let me pull strings."

The student beside him burst out laughing. "Classmate, there's nothing wrong with what you said. If people could pull strings, who wouldn't want to?"

"Exactly. Excuse me, make way. I'm going to pull some strings now." Bai Ye laughed brazenly as he pushed through the packed crowd.

The people around him froze in astonishment and turned to look at the young man before them. He wore a wine-red suit, flamboyantly dressed, with equally flamboyant features.

"Who is he? Why haven't I seen him before?"

"Isn't it obvious? He's the one who came here to pull strings. Didn't he admit it himself?"

"Look at the three stars on his clothes! I saw that outfit in an advertisement. It's Starlight Corporation's latest model. One outfit costs two hundred thousand!"

"Holy shit! Really? Two hundred thousand for one outfit?" a commoner student cried out.

"Of course it's real. I saw the advertisement on Azurecloud Road just two days ago."

"Azurecloud Road? Isn't that a poor district? How could they put up an advertisement for clothes that expensive there? The people there can't afford them. It has