Working Records in a Weird World - 85

 

| WRIAWW | Lord of Guiyi City | 85

All in all, Zong Le felt his attendance at the Taikang Yongle Group's annual meeting had been quite fruitful.

Though he hadn’t accomplished much, at least he’d made himself known among Guiyi City’s strongest weirds. If he ever had to confront them in the future, it wouldn’t be considered impolite, he’d already introduced himself.

Moreover, during the meeting, Zong Le had gathered plenty of information.

For instance, the weirds of Guiyi City weren’t entirely unaware of the survivors arriving to complete missions. However, thanks to the Main System’s memory wipe before and after missions, they only vaguely sensed that many "outsiders" had recently appeared in the city.

"For the time being, we don't know the purpose of these outsiders."

"Indeed, the last monitoring detected that outsiders were concentrated in the East District, and now they have appeared in the South District. It seems that we still need to be vigilant to prevent the group from causing adverse effects."

"Agreed." The deputy immediately made the decision. "In times like these, the existence of the city’s only neutral organization becomes crucial. After the meeting, I’ll have the secretary file a report with the Central Court to ensure these sudden outsiders don’t disturb the Lord’s slumber."

"Seconded."

"Agreed."

What these people don't know is that there is person in the meeting who has taken into account the identity of both a local and an outsider. He nodded along in his seat to blend in.

The most important piece of information was undoubtedly the mysterious "Lord of Guiyi City." Rumored to be the most powerful and terrifying weird in the city, he was also the backbone of the Taikang Yongle Group. 

Once awakened, the entire city would descend into a living hell, overturning all existing rules and order as he ascended to the throne.

Of course, the words used was, "living hell" was no derogatory term, it was the highest form of praise.

Zong Le quietly committed this existence to memory. If he ever planned to reform Guiyi City, this weird will definitely be an obstacle that cannot be avoided.

"Still... if the Lord of Guiyi City is on the same level as these meeting directors, he shouldn’t be much of a threat."

Zong Le had always been carefree, and these thoughts merely flitted through his mind before being swiftly discarded.

With some free time today, he strolled out to inspect the prison.

Under supervision, the inmates were dutifully performing their compulsory labor.

Bluebeard, the newest S-level survivor and the strongest in physical strength, single-handedly took on the workload of three men, earning praise from the prison guards.

The brainwashing done by Number Five was extremely effective, it didn't erase all their memories and turn them into idiots, he made sure to preserved their survival instincts along with an innate respect for the warden. He also implanted a deep-seated prohibition against escaping.

Even Number Five himself admitted that as a support-type weird, he rarely had opportunities to shine when facing combat-capable weirds. If left to him alone, he'd probably be instantly defeated the moment he encountered Bluebeard.

But fortunately, his formidable boss could beat opponents into submission before handing them over for brainwashing, allowing his abilities to be utilized to their fullest potential. He never knew happiness could be this simple.

Ever since Joshua pointed out Jiang Chou's disappearance, Zong Le had been paying special attention to the survivor's forum. Surprisingly, after Bluebeard vanished, not a single post appeared about it.

At least Jiang Chou still had friends that are still posting about his whereabouts, whereas Bluebeard was completely ignored, a telling sign of his interpersonal relationships.

"You don't have to work every day in prison. You can chat with the other prisoners more and make some friends."

"Yes, boss!"

Watching Bluebeard's expression of pure, simple-minded obedience, Zong Le felt quite pleased.

He was very satisfied with Ankang Prison's development. Previously, they could only capture weirds, but now they could also deal with survivors that have committed crimes.

Not only had this opened new opportunities, but it also ensured these scumbags received their deserved punishment, it was a true win-win situation.

Just then, a phone rang.

Ding ling ling—

Puzzled, Zong Le picked up his phone and answered.

Survivors couldn't make phone calls, they could only communicate through the system app built into their phones. So this call had to be from a local resident of Guiyi City.

"Hello, is this Mr. Zong?"

A fawning voice came through: "We're teachers from Sunshine Experimental Elementary School. The midterm exams have just ended, and according to school tradition, we'll be distributing report cards while holding a parent-teacher meeting at noon the day after tomorrow. We require all parents to attend. Will you be available?"

"Yes, the day after tomorrow at noon, right? Okay, I'll be there."

After hanging up, Zong Le checked his schedule.

Fortunately, he hadn't rushed to accept another mission after completing the matchmaker mission, or he might have missed the meeting.

The Butcher was busy running the cafeteria everyday, and Liu Rouya was stationed at the hospital, leaving only Zong Le with free time.

"But now that I think about it, it's only been about a month since Xiao Fu started school. And he transferred mid-semester... I hope he didn't do too poorly on this midterm exam."

Zong Le remembered that during parent-teacher meetings, grades were announced publicly. If Xiao Fu scored extremely low, he wouldn't mind the embarrassment, but wouldn't it crush Xiao Fu's confidence?

With this in mind, he opened the survivors forum to check—

Of course, the forum didn't discuss such trivial matters. Who in the Infinite Space had their families with them? Except for that Qin father-son pair.

After browsing for a while, Zong Le couldn't find any suggestions. 　

Even so, Zong Le rarely visited the forum or browsed for information, but occasionally scrolled through posts where survivors passionately debated the flavors of braised pork knuckles served at various Infinite Space restaurants was quite entertaining.

Whether it's soy-braised, red-cooked, or steamed, these discussions could spark eight hundred replies, far surpassing any gossip or rumors.

As he browsed, Zong Le opened his mission list.

Then he suddenly noticed that Sunshine Experimental Primary School was prominently listed.

[Sunshine Experimental Primary School of Guiyi City Recruiting Temporary Parents]

[Mission Level: S]

[Description: Sunshine Experimental Primary School is recognized as the best primary school in Guiyi City. Recently, the school has just completed midterm exams and is preparing to hold a parent-teacher conference. 

Coincidentally, the school has received sudden instructions from the higher education department of Guiyi City to conduct a large-scale inspection. To prepare for this inspection, the school has decided to recruit temporary staff to act as parents for the children, in order to deal with the inspection.]

"Wow, I never thought attending a parent-teacher meeting could also help me complete a mission."

After reading the mission description, Zong Le happily chose to accept it.

Thanks to his perfect performance in the previous A-level mission, his level had already risen from C to B.

B-level survivors were considered the backbone of the Infinite Space, at least he would no longer be subject to whispers like "that C-level newbie". Although Zong Le didn’t care about such things anyway.

After accepting the mission, Zong Le tossed his phone aside and headed to the kitchen to cook.

Little did he know how much psychological trauma this decision would inflict on Xiao Fu.

In Classroom A of the second grade at Sunshine Experimental Primary School, forty desks and chairs were neatly arranged.

It was currently lunch break, and Xiao Fu, dressed in his school uniform, sat idly on a desk, legs crossed, enjoying a foot massage from one of his underlings.

The stupid phone watch on the wrist of the younger brother who was holding a snack plate rang, so he quickly put down the snacks and answered it.

"Oh, your not coming to the parent-teacher meeting? Okay, Dad."

After hanging up, Xiao Fu frowned. "What parent-teacher meeting?"

"You don't know? There’s always a parent-teacher meeting after midterms. Our report cards will be handed out then."

Though he had only been enrolled for a month, Xiao Fu had already secured his position as the school’s top bully.

It couldn’t be helped.

Although many parents of children in Sunshine Experimental Primary School are well-known in Guiyi City, and there are even some high ranking weirds, there are very few weirds of such a young age.

After all, whether one can become a weird or not does not depend on whether the parents are weird, but on the child's themselves. No matter how crazy Guiyi City is, they wouldn’t send children to their deaths. 

The wealthier and more powerful the family, the more they protected their children, which ironically left most kids powerless.

Only families with real strength would try to give their children a head start, but at seven or eight years old, the most they could achieve was a D-level. It was nowhere near Xiao Fu’s B-level.

Thus, the moment he enrolled, Xiao Fu dominated the entire school with his level, and lived like a tyrant. In addition, Zong Le’s status as the dean of Taikang Yongle Hospital is there. The faculty were practically falling over themselves to curry favor with Xiao Fu, never daring to reprimand him.

His life couldn’t have been more comfortable, he was practically a little emperor.

The downside? He hadn’t paid much attention in class. For the midterms, he had to rely on his underlings tossing him cheat sheets, but even then, his grades probably wouldn’t be great.

"Are parents usually invited to these meetings?" Xiao Fu suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.

It didn't matter to him whether the Butcher or Liu Rouya came.

After all, their happy family had an alliance. As the household's strategic mastermind, Xiao Fu held an exceptionally high status, even scoring zero on a test wouldn't invite criticism.

But what he truly feared was the arrival of the boss... Especially since both the Butcher and Liu Rouya were currently tied up with urgent matters and extremely busy.

At this thought, Xiao Fu broke out in a cold sweat.

"Yeah, but most parents are too busy, and only a few can make time to come. We might have to hire temporary parents for the occasion," the well-informed underling quickly added. "I heard the education bureau is coming to inspect this year, so the school came up with this idea."

Hearing this, Xiao Fu lay back down.

The boss was swamped with endless tasks, he would surely too busy to spare any time. He just needed to wait for a temporary parent.

Sure enough, during afternoon class, the teacher announced the news with a smile.

"Tomorrow at noon, the school will hold a parent-teacher meeting. After the meeting, there will be a three-day holiday. We’ve called every student’s parents, some will attend as scheduled, while others are tied up with urgent matters and can’t make it. The school has specially hired temporary parents for those cases. Remember, don’t slip up in front of the education bureau inspectors."

Giggles erupted sporadically across the classroom, the children obviously understood this set of procedures.

No one took it seriously.

So when Xiao Fu spotted his boss at the school gate, he was dumbfounded.

It was over. How was he supposed to show off his report card with an average score barely scraping double digits?!

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