The five boys carried on chatting about what had happened yesterday. Especially Hobz, Hanz and Hayden, they wanted to know what allowed Sato to live. When they heard that Gray came and save Sato in the nick of time, all of them blinked in admiration.
"This Gray person you're talking about, you're saying that he managed to use his Riposte Counter to block all the attacks??" Hobz was in awe as he listened to the story.
"You also got the chance to partner up with the GODs Guild??" Hanz chipped in with his twin brother. They both looked identically surprised.
"Yeah. It was quite surreal." Even Sato couldn't believe that he got such good opportunity.
"How about you guys and Laia? Did you survive till the very end of the war?"
"Yep! Thanks to Hayden, we got to stay in a group with the other non-alliance players. By banding together, we survived and even got top 100 for the rankings!"
"Oh That's good news!"
"Yeah! It wouldn't have been possible if it were not for you saving us then. So thank you again!" The three boys thanked Sato properly. Even Hayden who was really shy in real life, said his pleasantries.
"No problem. No problem." Sato rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. "It was my fault that you got dragged into my conflict with Tyron. So, it was only right for me to get you out of that situation."
...
"Senior Sato, what is your major?" After talking about ROL, Hobz asked about Sato's life.
"I'm majoring in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science, a double degree program." Sato replied honestly.
"Mechanical Engineering? Hayden, Hayden! Could Sato be the student that Professor Hobskin always talk about?" Hobz shook Hayden in excitement.
"Professor Hobskin? My Mathematics professor from year 1? Are you his students?"
"Yes! Hayden and I are both Mechanical Engineering Majors. We have to take the compulsory Calculus course like everyone else." Hobz explained for Hayden and himself.
"Oh wow! What a coincidence! How about Hanz?"
"I major in Political Science, unlike those two smart-alex that could enter that course." Hanz studied in a course that wasn't as popular as Mechanical Engineering. In fact, University Z was the number 1 school for Mechanical Engineering and so it required students to have close to perfect grades to enter the major.
"Anyways anyways, let me carry on my story!" Hobz cut in front of his brother. He truly enthusiastic right now. "So there's this one story that Professor Hobskin would bring up everytime we do a test and we get the results back."
"But first, we need to get our facts straight! By no means is our class stupid in any way. I mean, we managed to get into this course and so, our level of intellect is definitely there!" Hobz continued to blabber on non-stop, making Ming who had not experience this before, feel rather awkward.
" Anyways back to the story. As everyone here knows, including Hanz that would hear me complain everytime, Professor Hobskin's tests are not a joke! Heck! If anyone of my classmates get above a 50% on a test, we would be the top 10% of the class!"
"Yet, time and time again, Professor Hobskin would say 'Oh why is it my class this year is under-performing on their tests? There's this student from last year, his name is Sato, without fail, he would score a 100% on my tests. Why is it that no one here can even come close to his grades?'. "Hobz made sure to say Professor Hobskin's words in the old man's voice. Hayden nodded in agreement with what Hobz had said.
When Sato and Ming heard their story, they laughed out loud.
"Does he really bring that up everytime?" Sato asked Hobz, refusing to believe it.
"Yes! Without fail!" Hobz assured his senior.
"Well, Hobz, Professor Hobskin wasn't wrong when he said Sato got a perfect score for all his tests. However, he did not tell you that only Sato was able to achieve that feat. Everyone else was scoring below 50%. The dumbest part was, after each test, the next one would get harder and harder! The professor refused to believe that he couldn't make Sato lose a single mark. It got the point where there was once our average score, after excluding Sato, was a 25%! In the end, our school had to moderate and create a seperate examination criteria to calculate our GPA (grade point average) for the course!" Ming told the true story to Hobz and Hayden.
"Are you serious? I guess we should just count ourselves lucky, right Hayden?" Hayden nodded to Hobz's question after hearing the story. Both of the engineering students looked at Sato in a new light. How devastatingly smart was their senior?
Sato could only sit there quietly with Hanz as they conversed. The three of them had experienced the pains of not being a total genius like him.
"Oh no, look at the time, Ming. Its almost 2pm. Sorry guys, we got to go for tutorial now." Sato reminded Ming of their schedule. Before leaving, they didn't forget to exchange their numbers so as to keep in contact. In addition, when they are in the game, they would add each other there.
...
At 5pm, Sato came out of the school grounds to see that Butler Hank was already waiting for him. Man he truly is a professional butler, thought Sato.
When Sato got into the car, Butler Hank asked. "Mr. Sato, where would you like to go now?"
Thinking about all that has happened, there was one place that he had been wanting to visit for the longest time. I guess it is time to visit them again!
"Butler Hank, take me to this address."