High School of Demon Hunting

Chapter 534: Chapter 203: Seed Hunting Team and its Members_1

When the music in the stands paused, the familiar yet tedious analysis voice came out again from the speaker flowers.

”...As the last round-robin game before the official start of the ’Campus Cup’, the ten participating hunting teams will compete for the final spot in the finals...among the participating teams, we can see our classmate Commander who won the outstanding student union executive at Alpha Academy; Joan, the recipient of the Diligent Scholarship from Jiuyou Academy; as well as Nicholas Dunnigan, who received the title of ’Devout’ from Atlas Academy...”

”...Each hunting team has its own characteristics on the field... Any team has the potential to win...”

”Despite this, we must admit that the Queen of Hearts Q hunting team, which has been established for less than two years, has a greater advantage compared to other teams. Reliable sources claim that this team has received special training from the top university hunting team.”

”Given this, in today’s commentary, we will prioritize the Hearts Q as the seeded hunting team for analysis...”

Listening to the righteous voice in the speaker flowers, Xin Fat Man snorted disdainfully.

He clutched his notebook, rapidly writing his news while mumbling to himself: ”This brazenly sycophantic praise of Lei Zhe, it’s a shame to be in the same class with him!”

The target of his complaints was Tang Dun, who was the announcer speaking in the speaker flower. As an announcer chosen from freshmen, Tang Dun often had to take on more commentary tasks than his seniors. Therefore, in the past week, his deep and magnetic voice often echoed over the hunting ground.

But as an announcer with a non-professional background, Tang Dun was not so competent because he often added many subjective opinions when commenting. Just like during the Hunting Meeting where he highly praised the umpire hunting team, in today’s final round-robin game, he also lavishly praised the Hearts Q hunting team, which has deep ’Jiuyou colors’.

”It reeks of sour grapes.” Zheng Qing described Xin Fat Man’s complaint as such.

He even gestured towards him, fanning the air in front of his nose as if he was being suffocated by the sour smell emitted from the Fat Man.

Xin Fat Man ’snapped’ and broke the quill in his hand.

The young public-benefit student saw this and quickly turned his head and looked at Doctor Xiao with appeasement.

”I say, Doctor... You were introducing Queen of Hearts Q earlier, wasn’t it unfinished, right?” He seemed to just remember this, urging repeatedly, ”Hurry up and talk about the other people, like the auxiliary hunters, and wandering hunters, who are they? What are their special skills?”

Xiao Xiao glanced sideways at the chatty wizard next to him.

”Weren’t you chatting?” He sounded very unhappy, ”Keep chatting then?”

Zheng Qing looked at Xin Fat Man with difficulty.

The new campus newspaper journalist silently pulled out a brand new quill from behind his ear. Muttering to himself, faintly articulated words like ’...bloody pact...next year...you’ll see...’ could be heard.

The young public-benefit student rubbed his nose and decided to be magnanimous, forgetting Fat Man’s threat.

Xiao Xiao sighed, held the handle of the brush, and poked the stamen of the speaker flower not far in front of him.

The speaker flower seemed to have received some kind of signal, its petals curled up and silently shrank into a ball, retracting back into the leafy shrubs.

The surroundings suddenly became much quieter.

”The materials at hand are not much more than what the Hunting Committee and Lǜèyǎnér gave you.” Xiao Xiao opened his notebook and said sluggishly, ”So, if there’s redundant content, feel free to skip...don’t interrupt me!”

Zheng Qing quickly nodded in agreement.

Behind him in the row of seats, Lin Guo, who had originally been sitting and watching the game with Blue Bird and Dylan, seemed to have overheard what Xiao Xiao was saying and couldn’t help but join him.

”Why are you squeezing over here?” Zheng Qing cocked his head and gave the young wizard a glance.

”Both of them are surrounded by girls... It’s boring to watch alone.” Lin Guo sighed deeply.

Upon hearing this, Zheng Qing leaned forward to look.

Indeed, Blue Bird and Dylan were surrounded by chatty female wizards - including but not limited to those from Jiuyou Academy - they seemed to have endless questions that they kept throwing at the two handsome blue-robed wizards, and each answer would bring about a round of whispers or screams.

”Indeed, it looks a bit crowded over there.” Zheng Qing murmured, sounding envious.

Ignoring the daydreaming scholarship student, Xiao Xiao went straight on with his explanation:

”I’ve already introduced you guys to some information about the ’Queen’, so I won’t repeat it here... The only thing I need to add is that, as Tang Dun just mentioned, Joan once received Jiuyou Academy’s annual diligence scholarship for the 07-08 academic year. This scholarship is not as pedestrian as its name suggests. You should know that diligence is the greatest virtue at Jiuyou Academy. To be nominated, one not only needs perfect attendance and Book Mountain Library’s recommended books, but also must rank in the top 5% of the annual ranking. It can be said to be quite challenging.”

”The two auxiliary hunters of the hunting team are both from Jiuyou Academy.”

”The Left Auxiliary is Luke from Astronomy 07-1 class in the same year, codenamed ’Moon Face’, who is good at talismans and formations. It is said that he has mastered the 365 basic runes required for a registered wizard... Don’t give me that doubtful look! Not everyone has mastered all 1,296 runes like you have!”

The Doctor cut off Zheng Qing’s questioning gaze, looking a bit irritable.

The scholarship student drooped his eyelids in hurt.

’I didn’t say a word though!’ he screamed silently.

”The Right Aide is Zhan Shichen from Jiuyou Academy’s Divination 07-1 Class, codenamed ’Sharp Fork’. It is said that he is a close relative of the student council’s pet partner management committee member, who we all know as Pet Park’s watchman, Zhan Yuchen. This piece of information has not been confirmed by either of them.”

”Both auxiliary hunters also ranked in the top 10% of Jiuyou Academy’s annual ranking for the 07-08 academic year, and can definitely be said to be the elite students of Jiuyou Academy’s sophomore year.”

”The wandering hunter is Peter Greenspan from Alpha Academy’s Class of 2007, codenamed ’Insect Tail’. He comes from the Greenspan family in New York, which is a long-standing director of the wizarding world’s largest bank, Sam’s Pass. Peter is good at social relations and has a good understanding of curses and potions... This is also my current curiosity.”

”From any angle, he does not seem suitable to be a wandering hunter, but rather, an auxiliary hunter - even Luke seems more suitable to be a wandering hunter...”

”I know about this.” Zhang Ji Xin suddenly interrupted, adding, ”The Greenspan family bought him a ’sniffer’. In July, when he visited our house with Old Greenspan, that sniffer dug out my elder brother’s private stash of money, causing his wife to ignore him for a whole month...”

”It’s quite clear now.” Xiao Xiao cut off Zhang Ji Xin’s digression and continued,

”The final wandering hunter is Ani Black from Starry Sky Academy’s Class of 2007... Yes, the same Black family you’re thinking of. Like Jiang Yu, he’s also one of the ’unexpected names on the roster’, not included into the Alpha Academy, which is the orthodoxy of wizarding nobility, but chose Starry Sky Academy instead.”

”Ani Black is skilled in almost all forms of combat arts, including various weapons. In the 07-08 academic year, he set a new student record of 18 weeks on Starry Sky Academy’s unrestricted fighting platform... In other words, he successfully defended the title for 18 consecutive weeks.”

”His code name in the Queen of Hearts Q is ’Big Footboard’.”

Finally, Zheng Qing couldn’t help but raise his hand, interrupting Xiao Xiao’s analysis.