After watching the Remnant Star Society President's clone walk toward the end that surely awaited him, Mo Bai knew he had to keep moving forward too.
His own goal from here on was already clear.
After everything he had been through, the former shut-in had to keep going.
If he simply stayed at Star Torch Academy, all the growth he had undergone along the way would feel like a joke.
Plop.
With that thought, Mo Bai stepped into the pitch-black Shadow Space beneath his feet.
Whoosh.
When he returned to reality, Mo Bai did not go looking for Rover right away.
He went to a high point on campus, beside the Label Department's Holographic Challenge pods.
From there, he could take in the entire Academy at a glance.
Should he try the holograms again, for old times' sake?
At this point, going in there would almost be bullying the data-generated Tacet Discords.
And after a glance at the new leaderboard, even his last urge to set a record-breaking score as a memento vanished.
[First place: Flying Snow Velvet Score: 66666666 (⸝⸝•‧̫•⸝⸝)]
That girl...
Never mind the absurd number. Mo Bai had never seen an emoticon tacked onto anyone else's score like the one after Aemeath's name.
Clearly, Aemeath had used her abilities to alter her own score.
Then again, with her ability to digitize things, she could enter whatever score she wanted.
And because she had spent so long in digital form, she was also exceptionally good at tampering with programs.
Besides, the Holographic Challenge's scoring system was only there for entertainment.
The Academy had never invested much in it.
As a result, the student assigned to maintain its data could not undo the numbers Aemeath had made up.
Well, looked at that way, she really was a