University Management
Oxford
Seeing that Natalie Russell looked unhappy.
The vice principal, who had been silent the whole time, quickly stood up to smooth things over.
"Student Natalie, don't be upset yet. We certainly respect students' right to choose their teammates. Director Wallace is just making a suggestion. If you don't accept it, then your opinion will definitely prevail!"
Hearing this, Natalie Russell said calmly, "Next time, if something like this happens, please don't call me over. I think it's a waste of time."
This made Director Wallace even more embarrassed.
It's not that Natalie Russell deliberately wanted to be unreasonable. Still, she knew she had to show her uncompromising attitude in this kind of situation to prevent these people from having any bad ideas in the future.
The vice principal immediately smiled and said, "Okay, I will definitely not bother you about this kind of thing next time."
"If there's nothing else, I'll go to training first," Natalie said.
Seeing her strong resistance, the vice principal didn't want to discuss the topic anymore and said, "Okay, Miss Russell, go ahead and train! But remember to rest. Training should be a combination of work and rest!"
…
After Natalie Russell left.
The atmosphere in the meeting room became a little awkward.
Director Wallace was so embarrassed that he wanted to leave immediately.
He was actually furious in his heart. He clearly meant well, but Natalie Russell was entirely out of her mind.
In the end, it was the vice principal who broke the silence first.
"Since Natalie Russell is so opposed to changing her teammates, we should not raise any objections regarding her teammates in the future."
Everyone nodded.
To be honest, no one expected Natalie Russell's attitude to be so uncompromising.
If it were just an ordinary student, it would be fine. As a college management team, there were plenty of ways to control a student.
But Natalie Russell was different!
Natalie Russell was very popular now. There were so many extraordinary universities eager to poach her!
In front of Natalie Russell, their authority as the college management team simply didn't exist.
"What about the class assignments?" Director Wallace asked desperately, "Will that kid named Matthew Atkinson also be assigned to Class A?"
The vice-principal thought for a moment and said, "Everything should be done according to the rules and regulations. As long as he meets the requirements, let him enter Class A!"
…
That night.
The name Natalie Russell made headlines across the country.
Even the country's most important media outlet, the People's Daily, reported this incident on its front page.
[We warmly congratulate our nation's talented supernaturals, Natalie Russell and Matthew Atkinson, for achieving a perfect mission evaluation of SSS Grade in the first level of the Supernatural Realm! This is a world record, and an unprecedented one...]
[It is reported that both Natalie Russell and Matthew Atkinson are freshmen at the renowned supernatural university "University of Oxford" in the United Kingdom...]
Major media outlets across the country rushed to report on the event.
Countless netizens are also discussing it:
"Holy crap! This is so awesome!"
"SSS Grade? Damn! This is the first time I've heard that there's such a perfect grade in the Supernatural Realm mission evaluation?"
"Who wouldn't know this for the first time? I used to think the highest mission rating was S-rank."
"I don't know how far these two college students can go in the future, but at least their names will be recorded forever in the entire history of the supernatural."
"Wow, is this going to go down in history?"
"That's not right! Aren't Supernatural Realm teams usually made up of four people? Why are there only two? Also, why did I only find out that Natalie Russell is the user of the Flame-Flame Fruit? What kind of innate ability does the other one, Matthew Atkinson, have?"
"Haha, these two were all over the news a month ago. Have you forgotten the news last month about a super simp giving away the Flame-Flame Fruit just to make a beautiful woman smile?"
"What the hell? It turned out to be them! That's amazing."
…
For a while.
The names Natalie Russell and Matthew Atkinson were popular nationwide.
Even many foreign media outlets were reporting on this, and the two of them have caused a sensation worldwide.
Afterwards, the past of the two was dug out by the omnipotent netizens.
When people learned that the two of them were the protagonists of the Flame-Flame Fruit exchange incident, it caused an even bigger sensation on the Internet!
About Natalie Russell, netizens naturally praised her!
Everyone agreed that, even though this girl had taken Matthew Atkinson's Flame-Flame Fruit, she hadn't taken the initiative to destroy the bridge after crossing it. She would rather not have a teammate than not bring Matthew Atkinson along.
Such a character is very hard to find!
However, netizens' comments on Matthew Atkinson are a bit complicated.
There were both praise and criticism.
The most outrageous ones were some Chirper Forum comments:
"I think Matthew Atkinson has already given the Flame-Flame Fruit to Natalie Russell. Since he loves Natalie Russell so much, he should consciously avoid her. Doesn't he know that his useless talent will only drag Natalie Russell down if he teams up with her?"
"The best option is to let Natalie Russell team up with more outstanding boys and then silently bless them."
There were many similar absurd and extreme comments.
This made countless upright netizens unable to stand it, who refuted it one after another and finally started a war of words within Chirper.
The netizens on the affirmative side said: "The Flame-Flame Fruit was originally a supernatural opportunity that belonged to Matthew Atkinson. It was Matthew Atkinson who gave it up, which allowed Natalie Russell to achieve what she has today."
On the opposing side, other Chirper users said: "After Natalie Russell possessed the Flame-Flame Fruit, she was able to achieve such great success in the Supernatural Realm, proving that this Nature-type Devil Fruit should belong to her. If Matthew Atkinson had eaten it, it might have been wasted..."
The two sides engaged in a war of words that lasted until the forum administrator was forced to personally intervene and block several accounts causing trouble, which brought the situation to a halt.
The protagonists of the verbal battle between the two sides, Natalie Russell and Matthew Atkinson, didn't care at all.
…
The next day.
Matthew Atkinson woke up early to the alarm sound while he was still inside the sunbathing equipment.
The first thing he did when he opened his eyes was to open his attribute panel:
.........
Race: Human
Constitution: 310 (↑10)
Mental: 101 (↑3)
Strength: 310 (↑10)
Agility: 310 (↑10)
Ability: Kryptonian Bloodline
Attribute Points: 350 (↑350)
.........
Matthew was delighted to see the changes on the attribute panel.
As for the 350 unused attribute points, he had not yet figured out a distribution plan, so he kept them for the time being.
Anyway, he could increase his attributes by basking in the sun every day, and his strength was growing rapidly. For the time being, he has no shortage of attributes.
Afterwards, Matthew quickly got up, washed, and rushed to college.
Today was an important day for formal class division, so it's best not to be late.
When Matthew arrived at the college training ground, other students had already been waiting for a long time.
His arrival instantly attracted a lot of attention.
These eyes were full of envy and jealousy. Obviously, in his classmates' eyes, Matthew Atkinson's achievements were all due to Natalie Russell.
A moment later.
The teachers arrived on time, holding thick piles of papers. Also, Director Wallace came from the Academic Affairs Office.
"Please line up to receive your documents, which will contain your class assignments."
Upon hearing this, everyone lined up to receive it.
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