Rags to Riches: The Rise of a Dual-Talent Prodigy
Chapter 49: Usually don’t have many hobbies, just like watching beautiful streamers.

Chapter 49: Chapter 49: Usually don’t have many hobbies, just like watching beautiful streamers.

Beast Square.

The doors opened early today, and after unlocking the square, Uncle Sun felt the echoes of yesterday’s competition’s clamor still lingering in his ears, unable to dissipate.

Looking again at the empty Beast Square, the stark contrast made Uncle Sun sigh.

"Ah, I wonder when it’ll be lively again."

Uncle Sun put away the key chain, pulled out a redwood deck chair from the duty room, lay down and gently swayed, leisurely basking in the sun.

A while back, the old guys had been clamoring to gather, but he and Old Li were busy with work, so it had been postponed.

Coincidentally, Qian Qi wanted to hold a contest at Beast Square, so he invited the old guys to come and watch the excitement.

Unexpectedly, it was worth the trip. Yesterday, she amazed those old fogies, though the D-level Defense Fruit was useless for these A-level powerhouses, Qian Qi’s socially awkward behavior left them clicking their tongues in wonder.

Yesterday, Beast Square had at least 3,000 students present. Despite her young age, she dared to challenge D-level Guardian Beasts that even experienced Awakeners shunned, and she orderly commanded the entire contest and auction. Such courage and demeanor are rare among the young.

However, there used to be quite a few such young people.

Back then, instances had been appearing for years, Demons were rampant, and the world was filled with crises. A group of brave and passionate young people, to protect the last pure land of humanity, inspired countless ordinary youths and young Awakeners with speeches and actions, forming numerous youth death squads to accomplish one impossible task after another for their predecessors.

They fearlessly fought against the Magic Beasts, carving a bloody path, only to end forever at that beautiful age.

In Qian Qi, he saw their shadow.

However, Qian Qi was much craftier than them. No one knew what kind of bizarre plans she had with just a blink of her lovely eyes.

Uncle Sun shook his fan, ready to take a nap when suddenly he heard the sound of flip-flops slapping the ground from afar.

He tilted his head and saw a girl in a white tank top, trotting in, carrying several bags of oranges. Upon spotting him watching, she lifted her hands and waved, "Uncle! I’ve come to see you!".

Uncle Sun squinted his eyes; she surely bought these oranges sincerely, carrying several large bags lifted with her slender arms...

Wow, this girl is surprisingly strong.

"Uncle, up pretty early!" Qian Qi placed the bags of oranges in the duty room, then popped her head out, "Where are your friends? Didn’t they come today?"

She thought those uncles might be dorm managers or security guards from other departments. There were so many students at the square yesterday, and even a young person like her was exhausted. Yet, these uncles were willing to help Uncle Sun.

Considering this, Uncle Sun’s connections seem quite good.

Seeing the innocent look on Qian Qi’s face, Uncle Sun laughed heartily, "Their arms and legs aren’t so good; they tire out easily. I’ll take the oranges to them later."

"Alright~" Qian Qi nodded, then opened her Light Brain and pulled up yesterday’s earnings, "Earned quite a bit yesterday, giving you a 10% share, which is 145,307."

Qian Qi transferred the money to Uncle Sun and then started probing subtly, "Uncle Sun, are you well acquainted with Uncle Li who manages the Magic Beast Storage Room? Do you know if they need any staff there?"

Qian Qi showed her muscle strength, "I want to take a part-time job~ like feeding them or cleaning up poop or something."

"Oh?" Uncle Sun chuckled, What kind of quirky idea is this girl up to now?

"I remember that they indeed lack people." Uncle Sun prepared to join the fun, pulling out a bag of oranges from the duty room, and said to Qian Qi, "Just in time, I was about to take some oranges to Old Li. Want to come along?"

Qian Qi beamed with joy, "That’s great!"

Indeed, entering the Beast Taming Department from Uncle Sun’s connections was the right choice!!!

...

Magic Beast Storage Room could be considered a major spectacle of Awakener University.

A perfectly white cylindrical building a hundred meters tall, looked magnificent and grand. The walls were incredibly smooth and tightly joined. No sound of the roaring Magic Beasts inside could be heard, only a human-sized door for entry and exit, requiring an iris scan for employees to pass through.

"Despite the impressive construction of the Magic Beast Storage Room, the Beasts inside are all E-level and D-level, with a few C-levels."

Uncle Sun swiped his face at the door, leading Qian Qi inside, "B-level and A-level living beasts are hidden elsewhere, guarded by Advanced Awakeners, whereas for S-Class beasts..."

Uncle Sun paused, then chuckled, "A few appeared back then, it cost tens of thousands of A-level and thousands of S-level Awakeners to completely kill them."

As for lower-level Awakeners, they couldn’t even be counted.

This is also why there are so few Advanced Awakeners now because the generation that could potentially produce new strong Awakeners sacrificed themselves for humanity.

And those Awakener families enjoying the highest power... hmph, not worth mentioning.

Walking through the door, Uncle Sun stood beside a section of the white wall by the entrance, patting a protruding surveillance speaker, "Old Li~ Look who I brought~"

Uncle Li, who was drinking tea in the duty room, instantly jumped up upon hearing this, opened the perfectly flush door with the wall, and joyously said, "Oh my, isn’t this Little Qian! What brings you to my storage room?"

He glanced at the oranges in Uncle Sun’s hands, "Oh, you didn’t have to bring gifts!"

Then he promptly snatched the bag of oranges from Uncle Sun’s hands.

Uncle Sun: ... If you’re so capable, don’t take them! I was planning to eat a few more!

"Come on in, have a seat." Uncle Li pulled out two small stools from behind the desk, handing them to Qian Qi and Uncle Sun, "Are you... planning another contest?"

Yesterday’s contest, he had a great time watching from the duty room. Oh my, it was much more engaging than those streamers tackling lower-level instances and slaying E-level beasts.

Uncle Li usually doesn’t have many hobbies. When not busy at work, he enjoys watching some beautiful streamers’ live broadcasts and videos of slaying Magic Beasts, and then tipping them a bit of small change.

And during Qian Qi’s battle against the D-level magical beast yesterday, although she was being beaten quite badly, the entertainment value was high, and he couldn’t stop laughing.

After returning home from work, he couldn’t help but laugh thinking of Qian Qi sticking out her middle finger and cursing while riding a bike.

Even his butler said it had been a long time since seeing the old master laugh so happily.