The Hunter Association evaluation hall was louder than a battlefield.
Names were being called one after another, each followed by cheers or sighs. Some candidates celebrated, others stared blankly at the floor.
Xiao Li stood at the back, hands in his pockets, calm on the surface.
Inside, the system screen floated quietly.
[Hidden Evaluation: Complete]
[Combat Efficiency: S+]
[Threat Level: Classified]
No one noticed it.
"Next," the examiner said loudly.
"Xiao Li."
The hall went silent for a brief second.
Then laughter broke out.
"That bullied kid from East District High?"
"He even survived till now?"
Xiao Li walked forward without reacting.
His eyes scanned the room—not arrogantly, not nervously. Just… observant.
The examiner frowned as he checked the data crystal.
"…Rank… provisional B?"
Murmurs exploded.
"That's impossible!"
"He didn't even join a guild!"
"Did the system glitch?"
From the VIP seats above, several guild representatives leaned forward.
One of them narrowed his eyes.
"That kid… his data feels wrong."
Xiao Li felt it too.
Attention had found him.
And once it did, it never let go.