As for Fatty, he was so stunned that his triple-layered chin almost touched the ground. To not keep him waiting he quickly gathered himself.
'I never knew I could be this fluent. I should try to be a minister in my next life.
Hais! This mouth of mine also landed me in trouble. If only I could be that polite I would probably reincarnate as a high human or something. But on a serious note that Defoe was way too ugly. Like who does that? If my future self said I should watch my mouth I would probably still diss Defoe. Words cannot define his ugliness. His creator was probably frustrated. As Vincent was in the dark.
Come on. Talk to me, I don't have all day. Stop smiling like a fool. I don't have all day. There are other victims to convince,' Vincent was lost in thought whilst waiting for Fatty to gather himself together.
With that, he calmly waited for Fatty who was still organising his thoughts not wiping away his smile.
"Little brother, this Senior goes by the name Hakim," Hakim introduce himself
As soon as Vincent heard Hakim referring to him as a little brother, he automatically tuned his mind out whilst nodding mechanically.
'This ass I am older than him. To sound polite I intentionally called him little brother but he's taking it too far.'
'This Fatty reads too much Xianxia. Who in this era still reads Xianxia and refers to a stranger as a little brother? Bro probably thinks he's roleplaying as Mo Fan. Tsk! Let's just play along and get over with this. At least I know we'll all lose our memories so even if I scam others to go through the monster route. They won't remember it was me.'As Vincent schemed his evil machinations, he didn't know that this would come back to bite him in his next life.
"Brother, this little one would like to discuss something of utmost importance with you."
"Go on little brother. Feel free, I'm listening."
'Fuck, this guy is too absorbed in this little brother, senior brother shit'.
" Brother Hakim, it seems the stars align in your favour. With the first round in the bag, you just need to kill the second round and then your dreams become a reality. I have a suggestion to make you push yourself as a hero. Why don't you reincarnate as a monster?
"Little brother, this joke isn't funny. Are you…"
"Now hear me out Hakim before you ramble on. Vincent cut him off before he could continue.
As a hero, your goal is to fight for justice. Now between monsters and humans who face more injustice."
"Well it's monsters but..", Hakim tried to continue but was shut down.
" Enough. As you said, monsters face more injustice than heroes. Especially when they evolve to their humanoid form. Hakim when I see you, you remind me of a tsunami. Do you know what you remind me of? A Tsunami.
'More like a bouncy castle.'
'What the fuck am I even saying '
"Your eyes, the glint of determination reminds me of a tsunami. It says a lot that nothing will stop you from accomplishing your goal.
I have a dream.
'No, I don't. Except for maybe wives or something
" My dream is to see monsters flourish not just any monsters but those with intellect.
'Tch! I'm forced to reincarnate as a monster, so automatically I'm on their side. '
"Though I may falter. Though I may fall. I will surely accomplish my dream. With my blood as a sacrifice. With my future on the line. With happiness as a cost. I'll see my dream through."
'Bullshit. Utter crap which idiot will believe this nonsense.'
As Hakim heard Vincent he felt something resonating within him and before he could grasp this feeling. His thoughts were interrupted.
"And who the hell would believe this shit. This guy is clearly a scammer. How the hell did he even get a second chance at life?", a bald man with a muscular build said. His muscles tightened around his clothes with veins running around his arms. His head was bald and a scar ran from his forehead to his chin. Even his head had veins running through. The scar looked burned in addition to the cut which looked extremely horrifying to look at. His nose was big resembling that of a walrus.
" Well excuse me Squidward. But how dare you intrude into our conversation and even have the gall to sully my reputation? Do I know or do you know me?"Vincent faked mock anger whilst saying.
"This little brother is right. It isn't polite to interrupt someone's conversation and take jabs at him. Even if you were to be acquaintances it won't be right unless you guys have that thing going between you. Please apologise so that things can start on a smoother note," Hakim also inputted his opinion in a soft-spoken manner.
Before they could speak or anyone else for that matter they were interrupted by Defoe.
"Alright. Time's up for the next test.
For this test, the theme is the test of intelligence. This test will test how fast you can adapt to a scenario. All you have to do is listen to my question and answer it in your head. But there's a catch. There's always a catch. If you answer with your mind it would be broadcasted to everyone as if you spoke with your mouth.
The reason for this is that though I would have liked to go with the process of raising your arms to answer, that's just a waste of time. The other subsets are done and have already chosen their perks. The perks are limited so if you want to waste time by raising your hand to answer we can do that. But if you get the chance to receive a perk and all you see are leftovers, blame yourself for wasting your own time. Any questions?"
"NO!!!"They answered in unison.
'If you had told us earlier, do you really think we would have wasted time? I for one wouldn't have even taken that break. No use crying over spilt milk,'Vincent was disgruntled at the supervisor who clearly wanted to make their life difficult.
" It seems everyone is ready. Then let's start.
For the first question."