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Chapter 4 - Chapter 4: A New Ranker!

Qiu Li stood shocked by the unsuspected outburst. He and Aiyun were surrounded by a crowd of strangers after all, or so he thought. A woman around her 30's or even 40's walk up to Qiu Li, she grabbed his hands. 'You've grown up so much since I last saw you!'   Qiu Li didn't know who this woman was, then it hit him. She was the nice lady who always gave him candy for being "too irresistible." Her name was Ji Ah, she was born and raised in Korea. She used to comfort Qiu Li when other kids would pick on him for being a "half-breed" Ji Ah also experienced it as a child, her father was Korean but her mother was German, and because of that, her family was cast aside as outcasts. Qiu Li used to listen to all of her stories when she would come over to visit them. Because Qiu Li never had siblings of his own, she would tell him about all the crazy things she and her siblings used to do! She had a total of 10 siblings, 4 girls, and 5 boys, not including her. Qiu Li always wanted siblings, but never got any. 

'I have been wanting to catch up... Let's catch!'

He slammed his fist into the palm of his right hand, 'Jih Ahh..' raspy and unclear Ji Ah understood, a smile formed on her face. Four other people walked up to Qiu Li and Ji Ah.

'Sorry to bother you but we need to run a test, you see we are registering you as a ranker under our guild, we will have to run a series of tests on you to get an accurate result for your rank and class. I know it might be a bother but can you come with us!?'

Aiyun asks them to wait. Due to her sneaking Qiu Li out of the house early in the morning, Qiu Li didn't shower nor brush his teeth. The room grows silent... then she explained. Aiyun and Ji Ah escorted Qiu Li to the washroom, they hand him two face towels, one body towels, and soap. Women's soap. Rose scented daily silk. They then placed his toothbrush and some toothpaste on the counter. 

Qiu Li stands in the comforting shower, the tiles on the walls are the same color as the soap. A rose gold-peach mixture... "what about being a ranker.. why am I so required?" Qiu Li questions his ability and potential rank. Qiu Li did always notice his insane potential, but Qiu Li's father never wanted to let him explore his athletic potential.

「Potential System added」

A voice appeared in Qiu Li's head, he pulled the shower curtains and glanced around the room. He attempts to listen if there was someone outside the door, but he couldn't hear anything other than the water.

「Enhanced Hearing added」

Once again Qiu Li hears a sweet gentle voice, this time he made out what the voice said. 

".. Enhanced hearing? what does that mean.? My hearing doesn't sound any different."

Is he hallucinating? Questions like this flood his mind. He wonders if he's going crazy or if he's someone's playing mind tricks… then he hears it again.

「Mind Resistance added」

Qiu Li's become slightly paranoid, he never had to deal with pranks. Even though he views it as a prank, in the back of his head he sees it as he's going crazy. 

Qiu Li was raised in a protected household, so how will he become a good ranker? He was always good at school, so his father wanted him to become a scholar. If Qiu Li do something like sports or participate in gym class he would take his bed... Or even hit him until he finally got too bruised. Qiu Li slept on the floor countless times after his mother supposedly died. After her death he raised Qiu Li his way, he knew if Qiu Li trained then he could defend himself. With that much, he used brute force to keep him away from that.

「Quick Healing added」

Taking a shower, Qiu Li splashes soap and water in his eye. In pain, he can't yell because his throat wouldn't allow it. Instead, he crouched down and covered his eye groaning in pain.

「Increased Eyesight added」

Qiu Li decided to ignore the voice until it said something about the eyes. How did they know.? Was there a camera someone near. He already clean but he wanted to stay in the shower a little longer, but that became untrustworthy. He stepped out of the shower and tripped off the water on the floor falling bumping the back of his head on the railing.

Qiu Li was knocked unconscious on the floor with blood spewing from the back of his head. Is he going...to die. Qiu Li can't shake the fear of death. He knew if he lost enough blood he was going to die. Then suddenly he thought, dying couldn't be the answer... But he couldn't move, his body was shut down. 

「Pain Resistance added. Blood Increased added. Anti-Paralyzing added. Grip increase added. Stats System added. Emotion Control added. Potential Stat Boost added. Quick Reading added. Prodigy mindset added. *New abilities will be added later.*」

Qiu Li awakens on the floor. He stands and glances down to find not even a drop of blood, Qiu Li rubs the back of his head, but the only thing he found was hair. He pushes the hair from his forehead and the only thing he sees is the scar he got as a child. A long scar extending to each side of his forehead, the memory of how he got it is still blurred to him but he could never forget it.

He puts the clothes they left neatly folded on, a white long sleeve shirt with "Newcomer" printed in the middle of the shirt. And charcoal grey shorts with Nike written on the bottom. He brushed his teeth and threw a mint in his mouth and left.

Qiu Li walks out into the hallway, he finds them all speaking. He located his mother and Ji Ah, when he walks up to them he gets cut off by a man in a white suit. 'Sir, I must take you to the testing area.' The man caught Ji Ah and Aiyun's attention, they walk over to Qiu Li. 'Already, he didn't eat.' Aiyun told him. He only responded with "that's the best time to do it." 

The man insisted on taking Qiu Li to the testing room, arguing with Aiyun and Ji Ah the man turned around to ignore them. But what he finds is an empty spot where Qiu Li. They glance around the room, and when they finally locate him he's already standing in front of the test room. The man tightens his tie, and saunter to Qiu Li.