Seeing Clara blocking him,
Ben was slightly stunned.
He didn't know what this girl was trying to do.
"Ben... I heard from my bestie that you also like me and even secretly wrote me love letters. Is that true?"
Clara asked, her eyes fixed intently on the crystal box in Ben's hand.
Before Ben could answer, she continued, "If you can give me the Flare-Flare Fruit, I... I will agree to be your girlfriend!"
Hearing this, Ben froze.
Not from joy.
But from sheer shock!
How narcissistic did this girl have to be to say something like that?
Did she think her place was inlaid with diamonds?
Seeing that Ben hadn't spoken for a long time, Clara reluctantly moved her gaze away from the crystal box and looked at Ben with a puzzled expression.
"Ben? Why aren't you saying anything?"
"Are you too stunned to believe it?"
"I'm serious. If you are willing to give me the Flare-Flare Fruit, then I'll be your girlfriend now. You can take me out to dinner, buy me gifts..."
Towards the end, Clara deliberately put on a shy expression.
But in her heart, she was filled with disgust.
Because Ben didn't match her ideal image of a boyfriend. She had only said those words to scam the Flare-Flare Fruit from him.
Clara had already made her plan: after getting the Flare-Flare Fruit, she would pretend to be sweet for a few days and then find an excuse to dump Ben.
She believed that no one would blame her.
She was a little fairy, right? Wasting a few days playing around with Ben was already a great favor!
As for whether the plan would fail?
Impossible!
Clara was extremely confident in her looks.
In the past, whenever she acted coquettishly, the simps around her would practically beg to pluck stars from the sky for her...
At this moment, Ben finally spoke.
"Go get treatment if you're sick."
After throwing this sentence out coldly, he didn't even look at Clara and simply flashed away.
For a person so full of herself, Ben felt even saying one extra word was a complete waste of life!
He had even wanted to yell "Get lost," but given that they were surrounded by students and teachers—and the TV camera was still pointed at him—he restrained himself to maintain some decorum.
Even without cursing, his words left Clara dumbfounded, a look of disbelief frozen on her pretty face.
He... rejected her?
That wasn't right!
In her god-level thinking, the script should have gone completely differently!
She had dropped the hint so clearly—shouldn't Ben, as a hopeless simp, have been so thrilled that he offered her the Flare-Flare Fruit with both hands?
Why was reality so completely different from what she had imagined?
What went wrong?
For a long moment, Clara stood there in a daze, not knowing what to do...
When Ben returned to his team, all kinds of voices surrounded him.
"Damn! Ben, you're awesome! Rejecting her so cleanly? If I were you, I'd have at least played along and taken advantage!"
"Heh heh, Rogers, that's the difference between you and Brother Ben! What Ben's holding is a Natural Logia Devil Fruit! Once he eats it, what kind of woman can't he get?"
"Brother Ben is truly about to soar! Ridiculous that someone actually thought they could scam away his Flare-Flare Fruit with just a few sweet words?"
"No way around it. Clara is just like that, always thinking the world revolves around her."
"Hehe! Clara's shocked expression just now was hilarious..."
The students whispered among themselves.
Some even started calling him "Brother Ben" flatteringly.
Ben sighed in his heart.
The power of a Natural Logia Devil Fruit was indeed extraordinary.
He hadn't even eaten it yet, and he was already the focus of everyone's attention.
On the stage, the Holy Land test continued.
At this time, the vice-principal called another name:
"Next, Leo Henry!"
As soon as the name was announced, all the students from Class 2 were energized.
The image of this person immediately popped into Ben's mind.
Top student!
Super top student!!
In terms of academic performance, Leo Henry crushed the entire grade—always ranking first in every exam.
In addition, Leo Henry's appearance was stunning, even more dazzling than Clara's.
Good grades and amazing looks meant that Leo Henry had always been the brightest star in the class.
Many girls lived under her shadow.
It was said that the Henry family background was exceptional too...
If there was one flaw about her, it was that she was extremely cold.
Leo Henry's demeanor was like ice.
She rarely smiled, making her seem very unapproachable.
Many students thought about it and realized they had never seen Leo Henry smile once in three years.
As a result, jealous classmates often gossiped behind her back, calling her "pretentious."
Ironically, this coldness also made many boys with a crush on her give up, and Clara became more popular.
Because Clara wasn't cold.
Instead, she often smiled and acted sweetly, giving the simps around her endless hope...
Soon, Leo Henry walked up to the high platform and stepped into the Holy Land.
All the students stared intently.
They wanted to see if this ice-cold beauty would receive any kind of blessing.
A few seconds later, Leo Henry walked out of the Holy Land, carrying a crystal box.
The vice-principal beside her immediately asked, "Student Leo, what is in your crystal box?"
Hearing the question, Leo Henry stayed silent.
No joy could be seen on her beautiful face—only sadness and disappointment.
Clearly, she hadn't drawn anything good.
After a moment, she calmed herself and spoke crisply:
"It's a Kryptonian bloodline card."
Her voice was clean and clear, very pleasant to hear.
But at that moment, no one cared about the sound of her voice.
The audience erupted into stunned silence.
Then came a wave of uproar.
"A Kryptonian bloodline?! Should we call that lucky or unlucky?"
"Yeah! The Kryptonian bloodline is extremely rare, but... it's useless for a Transcendent."
"Wait, wait, is the Kryptonian bloodline really that bad?"
"What, you don't know? The legendary Kryptonian bloodline appears super rarely—only twice in the past century. It's even rarer than a Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit! But despite its rarity, it has no actual powers. That's why it's called the most bizarre, useless bloodline."
, that's too harsh. The Holy Land's rules say that the rarer the Transcendent opportunity, the stronger it should be. Some experts and professors still believe that the Kryptonian bloodline must have hidden potential, but no one has unlocked it yet."
"Hah! Believe those experts if you want! They just don't want to admit it's a dud!"
Everyone had heard of the Kryptonian bloodline.
Even the teachers on stage looked disappointed.
But the students had mixed reactions:
Surprise, sympathy, amusement, regret...
Especially the girls of Class 2—many had schadenfreude written all over their faces.
It wasn't that Leo Henry had bad relationships.
It was simply because she was too good, stirring jealousy and resentment.
Even some boys who had secretly admired Leo were now laughing in their hearts.
Now that they saw her pull a "trash" opportunity, they couldn't hide their glee.
Among the crowd, however, Ben's expression was different.
At this moment, his eyes were wide open, his face full of disbelief!
What did he just hear?
Kryptonian bloodline?!
Isn't that... Superman???
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