"I wonder who will become the next Lei Zhe."
Fatty Xin sat by the desk, scratching his head over an article for the school newspaper while lamenting his fate. He only regretted arriving a year too late. According to First University's rules, only second-year students and above were eligible to become Lei Zhe.
"Even if you'd arrived two years earlier, Lei Zhe wouldn't have a copper coin's worth of connection to you." Xiao Xiao hugged his notebook and busied himself with something on it as he snarked, "If the elder had said that, I might have believed it."
The elder was Zhang Jixin, born into the famous Wizarding Families' Zhang clan. The younger generation often became leaders of school clubs. For example, Zhang Jixin's brother, Zhang Shuzhi, was currently the vice-leader of Sacred Will, the vice-captain of First University's School Hunt Team, and one of the students' privately chosen "Will Trinity."
Zheng Qing knew the other two members of the "Trinity" as well.
One was Erwin Hoffman, a Seeker Hunter of the Judgement Hunting Team and the previous School Hunting Meet Best Hunter; the other was Zhao Qiao, captain of Jiu You Academy's academy hunting team, whom Zheng Qing had met at a meeting convened by the school hunt competition committee.
These three were the students most likely to take over the title of "Lei Zhe."
At present, the three had nearly identical odds with the betting agencies, while their support rates in the questionnaires distributed by the school newspaper were also evenly matched, making it impossible to tell them apart.
Because of Zhang Jixin, Youzui and the students of Astronomy 08-1 all strongly supported Zhang Shuzhi succeeding as "Lei Zhe." For the same reason, Zhang Jixin had been rather busy lately, helping his brother canvass for votes everywhere.
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