wavenovel Chapter 56 Lingbo Becomes Famous
Chapter 56 Lingbo Becomes Famous
Shen Zixin and Noah arrived at the classroom quite early, so there weren't many people there yet.
Shen Zixin naturally sat in his usual spot in the last row, and Noah sat next to him.
"This spot is definitely the best." Noah stretched. "Sitting here again... I miss it a little."
"You should know very well that I'm sitting in this position just to slack off."
"Of course, these classes are really boring."
As the two were chatting, a figure approached.
"Old Shen!"
It's Sun Ming.
He had also signed up for this class, so it was quite normal for him to be here. Sun Ming glanced at Noah, who was sitting next to Shen Zixin, and gave her a meaningful look.
Unlike many required courses, the classrooms for these elective courses are far from full; it's quite normal for the classroom to be only one-third full.
Theoretically, given a large number of empty seats, opposite-sex individuals who are not in a romantic relationship would never sit so close together like this. Sun Ming could roughly guess that their relationship was unusual.
"And this is—"
"Hello, senior." Noah nodded and smiled. "I'm a freshman and a friend of senior Shen Zixin."
"Oh, you're a freshman! Hello, hello!" Sun Ming responded warmly. "But did you also sign up for this course, freshman? Shouldn't it be a required course?"
"Actually, I didn't register for this course. I just came to audit it because I wanted to be with Senior Shen Zixin." Noah said something quite unexpected.
"Well, you're something else, Lao Shen. You've already started targeting those innocent and cute freshmen?" Sun Ming teased, then quietly walked over to Shen Zixin and whispered, "Hey, did you and your childhood sweetheart break up?"
"...You're overthinking it." Shen Zixin was too lazy to explain to him.
"Fine, I'm not getting involved in your business anymore—" Sun Ming stood up, took out his phone, and gave him a knowing look. "I won't disturb your sweet time. I'll go find a seat over there—"
Just as Sun Ming was about to leave, Shen Zixin's gaze was drawn to the back of the phone case in his hand—
"What is this?"
The phone case seems to have a picture of someone very familiar printed on it—
Silver short hair, a red and white Lolita dress, a petite figure, and that... expressionless face, as if she had no interest in anything in the world.
—Isn't this just "Ayanami"?!
The background of the photo is the same messy school building corridor from yesterday. It looks like the female reporter probably snapped a picture from somewhere while she was doing her interview yesterday.
"...Where did you get this phone case?"
"This?" Sun Ming proudly waved his phone. "The guys from the school's anime club finished it yesterday afternoon. I had to go through a lot of trouble to get my hands on it!"
"It's not just phone cases, but also keychains, mouse pads, and other merchandise—they're releasing items at lightning speed!"
"You probably know about Magical Girl Rei, right? The magical girl who suddenly appeared at our school yesterday and protected the teachers and students!"
Not only do I know, but I'm right here in front of you.
He completely failed to notice Shen Zixin's ghost-like expression and continued speaking to himself:
"Rinne's popularity at our school is absolutely off the charts right now! Such a tiny little magical girl, she stood up to fight the monsters and protect us students, even though she knew she was outmatched—"
"And look at her expression," Sun Ming pointed to the photo on her phone case, "fearless in the face of danger, calm and collected, she's as mature as an adult!"
"Although on the internet, Rei is just a new magical girl who has just emerged from among many magical girls, and she mainly attracts those who are into lolis, she's already a big star at our school!"
"After all, many people observed her up close and she saved many students' lives, so their feelings are definitely different! Her name is all over our school's forum!"
"..."
Shen Zixin expressionlessly took out her phone, silently opened the school forum, and immediately saw the pinned post on the homepage—
[Interview video with Magical Girl Rei Ayanami!]
The video has been viewed 37 times.
Since this video uses an external link, this view count should be the sum of all views across the entire internet.
But this is already a huge amount of buzz, considering that less than a day has passed.
Shen Zixin clicked on the video. In the video, the little "self" was giving an interview with a calm and perfunctory expression.
The comments section below presents a completely different scene—
I was in the building where I witnessed Lingbo being swatted away twice by the monster, and she could barely stand up in the end. It broke my heart...
[Such a young child, yet so calm, even with such severe injuries, still trying to defend the ordinary bystanders... Truly, she's worthy of being a magical girl!]
[Waaaaah, brave, cute, and calm—what a perfect emotionless loli!]
[Ayanami-chan is the kind of woman who could be my mother!]
[I hereby declare Rei Ayanami to be my wife!]
[Shhh, everyone in the comments section, keep it down! Lingbo-chan looks like she's only in third or fourth grade at most, right? Stop your nonsense, I'm calling the police!]
Shen Zixin silently left the forum, one hand supporting her forehead.
I initially thought it was just a routine interview to appease the public... but unexpectedly... it was quite popular?
However, becoming famous in this way left Shen Zixin with mixed feelings.
"But wasn't it magical girl Ji Xia who really saved the day?" Shen Zixin tried to remain calm. "When Ling Bo was dealing with that monster, she was basically being unilaterally crushed, right?"
"Old Shen, you're being ungrateful," Sun Ming said, his face clearly showing displeasure, as if Shen Zixin's words had insulted his goddess. "If Ling Bo hadn't stepped forward before Lord Ji Xia arrived, delaying him for several dozen seconds, who knows how many people in that building would have been killed or injured."
"Besides, Lady Jixia mentioned in her interview that Lingbo disregarded the Civil Defense Bureau's order prohibiting combat and took action. Isn't that courage—knowing she couldn't win but still going into battle—admirable enough?"
Hearing Sun Ming's rebuttal, Shen Zixin fell silent.
What he said... definitely makes a lot of sense!
Although this praise of Rei Ayanami was acknowledged by Rei Ayanami herself, it seems to have an element of self-praise.