Qin Rongrong, Undercover Extraordinaire

Two days later.

On the day Shrek opened for enrollment, Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Chang Gong Miao arrived at the gates of Shrek Academy as promised to register.

Calling it a school gate was generous. In reality, it was simply the entrance to a village of a little over a hundred households.

A somewhat shabby plaque hung from the wooden archway at the village entrance, bearing five simple words: Shrek Academy. Before those five words was the image of a Shrek monster.

Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar had arrived early to wait at the entrance. They were there to welcome the remaining members of the Seven Monsters in their hearts: Tang San, Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Qing.

But to Tang San and Chang Gong Miao's surprise, this enrollment drive, which had attracted over a hundred applicants in the original story, was now so deserted. Aside from them, there were only a handful of people.

After Chang Gong Miao paid the thirty Gold Soul Coin registration fee, the three of them passed the first round of assessment, meeting the requirements of being under thirteen years old and possessing Soul Power above level twenty-one.

Tang San walked up to Dai Mubai, swept his gaze over the few extras registering nearby, and voiced his doubts. "Mubai, why are there so few applicants this year? There's barely anyone."

Dai Mubai sighed softly, an indignant look appearing on his face. "It's not that there are so few applicants this year. It's been like this every year."

"What exactly is going on?" Tang San frowned.

Ma Hongjun cursed from the side, "Isn't it all because of those bastards from Spirit Hall? Ever since that so-called new Pope took office, they launched some Continental Academy Inspection, saying they wanted to rank middle- and