The first thing that appeared on TV... Was a woman dramatically getting scolded by an old woman which Xander assumed was her mother, or perhaps her mother-in-law, could be her boss too.
Seeing this, Mimi was infuriated, commenting righteously, "Damn that old witch! Yulina was clearly not the perpetrator, but she insisted that she was just so she could put her to shame so that her son would end up with that scheming slut Heta! Hmph, you think your son is as shameless and greedy as you are?! I believe that the love between Yulina and Tebas would never falter in the face of you two-faced, lying harlots!"
His mother was chattering incessantly, even smashing the sofa's armrest when the old woman slapped the woman. Xander was utterly flabbergasted.
Turns out, it was his mother's drama.
She even forgot to feed him the porridge, too immersed in the drama to care. Xander curiously watched the drama and became more and more speechless as the episode went on.
What kind of plot is this? The son's mother forced him, who was married, to marry another woman just for the sake of reputation? Damn it, you're not even from a reputed family!
The only reason you could live so lavishly was because of your son's successful business, which was the result of his own struggle!
And damn it! What's wrong with this woman! Is her back bone made out of wool? Wait, does she even have one?! Why did she just lay there pitifully when she was slapped and schemed against!
Counterattack! Fight back! Show the old woman who's the boss!
Xander was somewhat engrossed that he became exhausted by the plot. In the end, he really couldn't bear it any longer, so he left his mother's lap and laid down on the sofa.
It wasn't until a dramatic 『To be continued』materialized that his mother stopped being all dramatic, though it was clear that she was infuriated by the drama.
"Damn old witch, just you wait! Your son will kick you out of that house sooner or later! What filial piety? Damn it all!!!"
Mimi slapped her thigh in frustration. However, she soon noticed the cold porridge on the table and slapped her forehead once again, "Oh no! I forgot to feed Little Xan."
"Little Xan, sorry that Mommy neglected you!" She continued hurriedly, her eyes darting left and right. Fortunately, Little Xan was not indignant, lying peacefully on the sofa. She sighed in relief and hugged her baby.
"Good boy!"
Finally, after the painful episode of his mother's drama, she finally changed the channel, replacing that damned drama with a reporter solemnly reciting the news today.
Xander began to pay attention to the TV as Mimi attentively fed him the porridge. Actually, he wanted to feed himself before, but thinking that it was too dramatic of a change, he decided to gradually showcase his 'extraordinariness' to his parents.
It was clear that he was a perfectly normal baby from the way his mother treated him, but thankfully he had always been a rather quiet calmer baby, so his act was considered seamlessly normal for his parents.
"At exactly 4 PM, the firefighters faced an extraordinary case of a continuously exploding lightbulb. The witnesses confessed that the accident happened right after a technician visited to fix the broken wires that had been cut off due to the immigrating rats from the Southern Vegetation, which had been burned by irresponsible apparatuses. This issue was magnified by the case of several foreigners suspected to be involved with the culprits of this accident..."
Mimi rolled her eyes, "The same case again. Those damn irresponsible officials, what the hell are those eyes for? Clearly these people are up to no good, causing unrest using their illegal abilities. Tsk, always those lawless foreigners."
Xander watched in awe as the TV showed the so-called continuously exploding lightbulb. The lightbulb was not a small one usually used by households, but a massive one, obviously used to light up a massive plaza.
The lightbulb was covered in a mysterious, intelligible piping red-hot vapor, and it would explode every ten seconds, causing its surroundings to turn black charcoal. The firefighters also used various methods, with none of them having no Abilities that his mother had spoken of.
A man in a thick red firefighter suit solemnly enclosed the lightbulb with his hands at a safe distance, climbing towards the level of the lightbulb with the help of his earth-manipulator mate, and a layer of thin water began to encase the lightbulb. Magically, the space inside the enclosed area began to fill itself with water.
In the background, the reporter continued, "It was suspected that the perpetrators used the abilities 'Compression' and 'Temperature Manipulation' hence the continuous explosion resulted from the compressed air along with the existing heat that resides within the space in the compressed area. The firefighters are trying to pacify the phenomenon by dissolving the heat through heat dilution using the ability Water Manipulation held by one of the firefighters present."
The procedure looked magical and effortless, but one could see from the incessant sweats of the firefighter involved that it was by no means a simple procedure. After a few minutes, the lightbulb was fully enclosed with a water ball, with its red vapor cleansed by the existing water.
The water-manipulator firefighter sighed in relief, and if it wasn't for the support of his two mates, he would've collapsed there.
"Fortunately, the Tesilia County's Firefighter Team has successfully controlled the manipulated lightbulb, preventing the commotion to cause further chaos..."
Xander wanted to see the conclusion, but unfortunately, his mother has long been impatient and switched to another news channel.
This time it was a hostess, appearing upbeat and cheerful, clearly delivering popular and viral news that targeted idle and curious housewives.
The studio was also furnished in a way that exuded comfort and vibrancy, very pleasing to look at.
"Welcome to your daily Affectionate Seekers! Mwah~!" The hostess, a curvaceous, blonde tall woman playfully blowed a kiss, drawing laughs and jeers from the crowd.
"Today we will welcome the Rising Star of the last National Great Exam. He was number 34 out of millions of participants! Can you guess who?"
To be honest, Xander was truly uninterested in this kind of show, but clearly his mother was absolutely engrossed in it, her eyes unmoved. If not for the important information he could get out of it, he really just wanted to go to the backyard and search for some bugs to experiment with...
Well, that sounded quite psychotic, wasn't it?
"...So Malecis Harlmer, what do you think about this photo? Could you tell us about it? Ohoho~ what a spicy take here!"
Mimi, who was laughing just now due to the hostess's joke that was clearly targeted towards housewives, scoffed, "What else could it be? This guy obviously had a scrumptious relationship with the woman in the photo."
As Xander watched the show with his mother, he truly couldn't understand how his mother just spent an hour watching this. It was a show woven with gossip, odd jokes, and celebrities.
Midway, he really couldn't take it anymore, so he just faced his mother and idly leaned on her. Only when core information such as abilities and institute were issued would he begin to listen.
Fortunately, he got quite a lot of information from the show.
First, in this world, there existed a worldwide excitement among the younger generation called National Great Exam, where every single person ranged from 18 to 20 would be tested in three categories: paper exam, field test, and debate clash.
Clearly, the College Examination here was fiercer. The students were imposed to excel not only academically, but also emotionally, mentally and socially.
But that's not the crucial information he had heard. The thing is, youths with abilities have their own examination. Even college is divided into two categories: Academic and Extraordinary.
The former was no different than the college formulated for high-school graduates, but the latter was what made him pay attention.
Extraordinary Universities! Specifically built and founded in order to guide students with abilities.
It's too bad that he was currently just a baby, and had no access towards the history of the world. It was very important to understand this world. Xander pondered briefly before he yawned.
As a baby, even doing nothing is tiring, not to mention thinking deeply.
He felt it clearly. From the moment he was awake to now, it was just a couple of hours filled with baby leisure, yet just by being in a momentary deep thought, he was already very exhausted mentally.
Even if this was an Extraordinary World, babies are still within the categorization of normal, not like in those fiction works where babies could run freely. Only when one could awaken a sufficient ability and develop it thoroughly would one truly enter the world of the Extraordinary.
Social disparity in this world is hundreds of times worse than in his previous world. This could be seen from the fact that most celebrities that appeared are either exceptional Extraordinary Universities students or famous ability users. Those without one, no matter how good looking or talented, couldn't even compete in this world's entertainment industry.
Even the playful blonde woman in that gossip-themed show is a powerful ability user, evident from how she moved the bean couch with ease just by a gesture of her hand.
As his mother's chatter kept resounding in the background, Xander closed his eyes and fell asleep.