"Bang!"
The solid-wood double doors of the principal's office were violently slammed open.
The balding old teacher hired from Metropolis at great expense stormed in. He trembled all over, clutching a stack of crumpled resignation letters, with half a piece of chalk bizarrely stuck to his forehead.
"I quit! This isn't a school!" The old man slammed the resignation letters onto Yang Ming's desk, spittle flying.
"Class 021 gambles during math! That circus brat in Class 022 throws ballpoint pens at my blackboard like throwing knives! These Gotham sewer rats are impossible to teach!"
Yang Ming leaned back in his leather chair. Without looking at the old man, he picked up the black coffee beside him and took a sip.
"Jessica." Yang Ming set down his cup.
Jessica yawned and rose from the sofa. With one hand, she grabbed the still-bellowing old teacher by the back of his collar and carried him out like a chick. The door shut again with a bang.
Yang Ming glanced at the resignation letters on his desk.
He picked up the stack and casually tossed it into the pure titanium alloy trash can beside him.
"Want to live like pampered young masters?" Yang Ming adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses, a cruel smile curling his lips. "Dream on."
He reached out and pressed the red button for the School-Wide Broadcast on his desk.
A piercing crackle of static instantly reached every corner of Gotham Hope Academy. On the field, in the hallways, and inside the classrooms, three thousand students covered their ears at once.
"Everyone, stop whatever monkey business you're up to."
Yang Ming's voice was cold as ice.
"Next Friday, we'll hold the school's first monthly exam. The lowest-ranked class will face punishment."
"The names of everyone in the class with the lowest total score