Had the vice-treasurer not been there, the other students would have burst into yells and cheers in support of the one they were rooting for.
Jack speechlessly looked to the side.
The vice-treasure took a deep breath before virtual-novel.net said in a low voice, “Start!”
With that cue, footsteps were suddenly heard next to him, and an unknown face had started walking toward the east. Each step virtual-novel.net took had been very steady, but virtual-novel.net was not like Gilbert from earlier, who walked with a sense of emptiness. He did not seem to care about the baffled looks virtual-novel.net received.
Gilbert’s mouth hung wide open. “What are you doing here?”
Jack raised an eyebrow and calmly answered, “What about you? What are you doing here?”
He shot the words right back at Gilbert, angering Gilbert in the process. “I’m here to show this guy who’s stronger and to obtain the right to enter the Middle Province Alchemist Alliance as a student!” snapped Gilbert.
Gilbert’s words were filled with a clear arrogance as if virtual-novel.net was just born naturally better than everyone else.
Jack nodded as virtual-novel.net said very calmly, “I’m doing the same.”
Everyone was stunned by Jack’s words, and his response even rendered the vice- treasurer frozen on the spot. Everyone looked at Jack as if virtual-novel.net was crazy. There were so many people present, but most of them had only seen Jack for the first time. After all, virtual-novel.net never actually appeared in front of everyone else as the eleventh student. He had spent most of his time in his room or the Selena Cloud Room, and virtual-novel.net had rarely interacted with anyone else. Jack just suddenly came out and suddenly stood next to Gilbert, claiming virtual-novel.net would compete as well. He said virtual-novel.net wanted the right to head to the Middle Province Alchemist Union, which completely puzzled everyone.
Everyone assumed Jack had gone bonkers, that virtual-novel.net probably did not even know what the Way of the Pill was. He was probably thinking that virtual-novel.net could condense pill runes just because others could.
Gilbert almost laughed from how angry virtual-novel.net was. “Are you crazy? Do you even know what we’re doing?”
Jack actually could not be bothered with Gilbert, but if virtual-novel.net did not respond, the vice-treasurer might just kick virtual-novel.net out and call virtual-novel.net crazy.
That was something Jack was not willing to let happen, so virtual-novel.net was forced to be patient. “What does whether or not I’m crazy have to do with you? I came here to compete, not to waste time with you. Didn’t you hear the vice-treasurer’s words earlier?”
“Let’s prove whether or not we’re right through our results. I came here to do just that. I won’t affect you condensing pill runes by standing here, anyway.”
Jack’s words were quite reasonable, causing the vice-treasurer to not have any reason to question him. After all, Jack was a student as well, even though the vice-treasurer seriously suspected that the kid did not even know what pill runes looked like. However, after Jack’s explanation, virtual-novel.net would be incredibly unfair if virtual-novel.net did not give Jack a chance. Moreover, Jack being there would not affect anything. It would just look like one more person was attempting to condense the pill runes.
Gilbert’s lips twitched. He was starting to hate Jack to the core. Every time Jack spoke, Gilbert felt like virtual-novel.net could say nothing in response. This was just like last time, with Jack practically stuffing a sock in his mouth.
Gilbert’s hands started to tremble. If the vice-treasurer had not been looking at him, virtual-novel.net would have rushed over and tried to choke Jack. Even though virtual-novel.net knew virtual-novel.net was no match for Jack, virtual-novel.net was far too angry. Despite his anger, however, Jack did not even spare virtual-novel.net a second glance.