High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 412: Chapter 81: Hunting Team Manager_1

”The Karen family, the Zhongshan’s Jia family, and Tang sect in Shuzhong are all deeply rooted wizard families. No doubt the members of their families can easily blend into that circle...So, it would be most fitting if Matthew Karen, Jiang Yu, and Tang Dun could serve as our Hunting Team Manager.”

”Even though behind Li Meng and Elena are also long-established wizarding clans, the life habits of these two individuals, or rather slight flaws in their characters, make them ill-suited for the position of a Manager.”

”While Liu Fei Fei comes from an unremarkable background, as the top student in Jiuyou Academy this year, she has sufficient qualifications to mingle with those members of esteemed clans.”

Xiao Xiao was slowly explaining each candidate as he held his notebook.

The long list was passed around, circulating through each hand in the dorm room.

Each person pondered, furrowed brows, or nodded, or shook their heads, responses varied greatly.

”That’s the general situation...Everyone is free to express their opinions now.” Xiao Xiao closed his notebook, his gaze sweeping over everyone’s face.

”Li Meng is too young, she can’t handle the responsibility.” Lin Guo raised his hand, seriously voiced his opposition: ”Her impulsive nature will definitely have us drawn a bad lot...”.

Immediately, the dorm room rang out with a burst of light laughter.

The young wizard’s clean face turned slightly red, he loudly added: ”This is a fact!”

”Spoken with reason.” Xiao Xiao shook his head, smiled, didn’t oppose Lin Guo’s opinion, just retrieved the list, and crossed out Li Meng’s name.

”Liu Fei Fei probably doesn’t have time.” Zheng Qing weighed in in, envy slightly present in his tone: ”Outside of class, she spends almost all her time in the library...Has anyone ever seen her participate in club activities?”

Everyone shook their heads.

”And, she should be dating Nicolas recently.” The young scholarship student added in: ”I heard that a witch’s IQ falls when in love...”

”You’re making speculative assumptions.” Xiao Xiao snorted, he didn’t oppose Zheng Qing’s opinion, only circled Liu Fei Fei’s name with his pen.

”Tang Dun won’t accept our invitation.” Zhang Ji Xin also spoke, dismissing another name.

Seemingly aware of the puzzled gazes of the others, he paused before explaining: ”A few days ago, Tang Dun invited me to join his hunting team, but I didn’t agree... He has already recruited several experienced freshmen from other academies, it seems he intends to compete for the champion of the newcomer competition.”

”Why didn’t you tell us about this?” Xin Fat Man glanced at the red-faced wizard with a tilted eye.

”You never asked.” Zhang Ji Xin tentatively waved his hands, explaining with a hint of embarrassment: ”I thought he also approached you...”

Xiao Xiao shook his head and crossed Tang Dun’s name off the list.

Then he paused, pen in hand, and continued with the crossout.

”It would probably be impossible to invite Matthew as well.” As he said this, he sighed: ”Seeing the subtle relationship existing to a certain extent between many in our club and Matthew’s cousin... I think we better not make things worse.”

”Who’s Matthew’s cousin?” Lin Guo, with a blank face, looked towards Zheng Qing: ”Who among you had a fight with him?”

”Sir Friedman from Alpha Academy.” Zheng Qing lazily responded: ”Not only us... but also you; in fact, the conflict with him was caused by you.”

”Oh, that bad guy.” Lin Guo had an epiphany, then waved his fist ferociously: ”Wait for me to grow up, I will definitely beat him up, to avenge you all!”

”We appreciate the sentiment.” Blue Bird put his hand on Lin Guo’s head, stopping him from saying anything more reckless.

”Despite this, I still think it is worth trying.” Zheng Qing suddenly turned his head, looking at Xiao Xiao: ”Do you still remember Matthew challenging that little wolf cub from the Taylor family in Practice class? You also acknowledged him as a true gentleman of the moonlight.”

”So he values honor more than anything else.” Xiao Xiao played with the brush in his hand, answering nonchalantly: ”During Practice class, Andrew’s ’attack’ on you affected the class’s honor, so Matthew stepped in... This does not mean our relationship with him has improved any. You must know, we originally affected the honor of Sir Friedman.”

”In fact, he is not really part of our circle,” Xin Fat Man chimed in: ”Apart from Tang Dun and Jiang Yu, who else do you think he talks to in class?”

Zheng Qing sighed, turned his head back, and no longer insisted.

Because of this, he did not notice Zhang Ji Xin silently mouthing the name ’Elena’ and Xin Fat Man making an enlightened face in response.

”So, we are left with two choices.” Xiao Xiao coughed, picked up the piece of paper in his hand, shook it, and glanced meaningfully at Zheng Qing: ”Jiang Yu and Elena... um, clan leader, do you have any opinions?”

All the other boys in the dormitory looked at Zheng Qing in unison, holding their breath in anticipation.

It was as if his choice would indicate something.

The orange cat in Xin Fat Man’s arms detected the tense atmosphere in the room. The cat involuntarily flattened its ears and coiled its tail even tighter.

”I choose Jiang Yu,” Zheng Qing, oblivious to the strange atmosphere in the room, declared his choice without hesitating.

So when he made his own selection, it caused a stir in the dormitory.

This made the young scholar feel rather perplexed.

”I thought you’d choose Elena!” Xin Fat Man, still holding the orange cat, fell back onto his bed, crying out, ”I can’t believe you have a change of heart!”

”Tsk, tsk, tsk,” Zhang Ji Xin had a malicious grin on his face, shaking his head in disappointment.

Xiao Xiao raised an eyebrow in surprise.

”What are they talking about?” Lin Guo, sitting next to Zheng Qing, seemed even more baffled. He turned to Blue Bird, with a puzzled expression, ”Why can’t I understand what they’re saying all of a sudden?”

Blue Bird sighed, extended two hands and covered the young wizard’s ears.

Lin Guo immediately frowned with disappointment.

Zheng Qing quickly figured out what the others in the room were fussing about.

”It’s not what you guys are thinking!” He blushed and shouted loudly, ”Shut up! Let me speak!”

The dormitory slowly fell quiet.

”I chose Jiang Yu,” Zheng Qing cleared his throat and stressed, ”because Elena has been quite busy recently ... she seems to be deciphering an ancient sealing array, so she’s been engrossed with those cryptic talismans. Haven’t you guys noticed her frequent absence from classes?”

Zhang Ji Xin and Xin Fat Man looked at each other and nodded.

”Speaking of this, I always thought the Gypsy Witch Coven gave her a task,” Xiao Xiao leaned on his hand, pondering with interest, ”Transfer students usually have certain diplomatic duties... The school is usually more lenient to them for this reason.”

”Maybe,” Zheng Qing responded vaguely as his eyes skimmed over the list in Xiao Xiao’s hand.

There was only one name left on it.

”So,” Xiao Xiao lifted the list with the tip of his brush and dropped it into Zheng Qing’s lap, ”the rest is up to you.”

”What?” The young scholar looked stunned.

”There’s still half a slot on the list,” Xiao Xiao pointed to something, indicating, ”Jiang Yu and Liu Fei Fei... You need to communicate with them as soon as possible and pick one to join our hunting team as our team manager.”

”You have three days left.” Zhang Ji Xin lifted his wrist and glanced at his watch theatrically, ”The opening ceremony of the school hunting competition is on Thursday, we have to submit a complete list before that.”

”Why does it have to be me!”

”Because you’re the captain, duh.” Zhang Ji Xin shrugged helplessly and laughed insincerely.

”And you’re also our club president.” Xin Fat Man waved one of Tuan Tuan’s paws.

”So, this glorious and formidable task is handed over to you.” Xiao Xiao stretched lazily, then lifted his head and added, ”And if you can’t find a suitable team manager, you won’t be needing to come back to the dorm for the next few days...”

”Thanks for your hard work,” Lin Guo said solemnly, sending a polite bow to Zheng Qing.

Blue Bird didn’t say anything but observed this scene with a look of amusement.

”What the!?” Zheng Qing felt like he was being set up.

”Let’s leave it at that!”, Zhang Ji Xin clapped his hands, ”Let’s move on to the next topic... about training and coaches.”