"Don't be so selfish. Haven't you heard 'sharing is caring'?" Yong Heng spoke righteously.
"Share my foot!I know you think their class monitor is good-looking, and you want to impress her."
"Um...thank you!" Xin Hui thanked them awkwardly, then quickly signaled with her eyes for us to leave the activity room immediately.
We arrived at Class 3-6. The whiteboard in the classroom had "Cultural Gala Organizing Committee" written in large letters, with chairs arranged in neat rows. It seemed Yong Heng hadn't deceived Xin Hui.
"Hello,my name is Sin Qhing. I'm Xin Qin's twin sister. Are you the prefects sent by the Prefect Corps to help my sister look for her things?" asked a female NPC with twin braids, standing in front of the only desk in the classroom.
This time, Xin Hui and Zi Qian let me try accepting the quest.
I used my ballpoint pen to click the"Accept Quest" text, and the desktop immediately responded with "Class 5-1 has accepted the quest."
"My sister is the secretary of the Cultural Gala Organizing Committee and is also responsible for a piano solo and a drama cameo. She must have been too busy, which is why she lost her important things. You must quickly help my sister find that lost white paper bag," the NPC Sin Qhing said.
The three of us split up to gather information from the NPCs in the classroom. After filtering out some information unrelated to the quest, we finally learned that the NPC Xin Qin was currently at the auditorium for drama rehearsal.
"We are the robots, specialized in punishing students who break the rules."
On our way to the auditorium, we encountered robots again.
Since I was on the front line,I eliminated most of the robots.
Just as we were about to reach the auditorium, three more robots appeared. Being at the front, I quickly took care of two. The remaining robot actually had the nerve to turn and run away.
"Don't chase it," Zi Qian stopped me from going back. "Let's keep heading to the auditorium."
But we hadn't taken more than a few steps when that cowardly robot showed up again, this time bringing the Assistant Discipline Teacher with it.
"You cowardly robot! Can't win a fight, so you go get backup!" Zi Qian activated his lightsaber, complained a bit, then said to me, "If we answer incorrectly, I'll try my best to hold off the Assistant Discipline Teacher. You take Xin Hui and leave."
"Recently, many people have been breaking school rules." The Assistant Discipline Teacher still wore that smile. "According to School Rule 2, Article 8, what is the punishment for leaving school without permission or skipping class?"
"A minor demerit," I said without thinking.
"That serious? A minor demerit?" Zi Qian was shocked.
"Completely correct!" The Assistant Discipline Teacher nodded with satisfaction. "To reward your thorough knowledge of school rules and punishments, I'll make an exception and tell you this: 556517 is a world-famous song that both you and I can sing."
After finishing, the Assistant Discipline Teacher left with that cowardly robot.
"What is 556517? A student ID? That's long." Zi Qian scratched his head, then looked at me with suspicion. "Were you a prefect before? I heard they have to memorize all the school rules in the student handbook."
"No," I waved my hand. "I've never been a prefect."
"Then how do you explain that you remember these rules?" Not getting a satisfactory answer, Zi Qian pressed on, "Did you memorize the entire student handbook?"
"No, why would I spend time on something like that?" I looked at the skeptical eyes of both Zi Qian and Xin Hui. "There are five levels of disciplinary standards in the rules: 1. Formal warning; 2. Minor demerit; 3. Major demerit; 4. Suspension; 5. Expulsion. Under each level in the student handbook, the specific rule violations are listed..."
"Oh, so that's it."
Xin Hui already understood what I meant, but Zi Qian was still confused. "So? What exactly is the trick?"
"You don't need to know which specific rule the Assistant Discipline Teacher is asking about in the second part of his question. You just need to listen carefully to the first part, 'According to School Rule... , Article...'to answer.'" Xin Hui, who had been looking at Zi Qian, turned to me. "That's what you meant, right?"
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