A Guide for Background Characters to Survive in a Manga - Chapter 356 : Chapter 356

Chapter 356

Hearing this, Su Bei’s lips twitched.

What could I say? As expected of a reader, this question was really… classic.

Su Bei himself also read manga, so I naturally knew that in every manga, readers would always discuss related questions. Who had the best relationship with whom, who had the highest combat power… I also often pondered these questions.

However, I never expected to be asked face-to-face one day, and with such a delicate question at that.

For a moment, Su Bei couldn’t help but feel fortunate. Fortunately, he had listened to the short-haired girl’s advice and not let her ask this question in front of his classmates; otherwise, it would have been difficult to resolve.

Now that it was just the two of them, I could naturally answer whatever I wanted. “They’re all about the same. I’ve always treated my classmates equally.”

Obviously, I wasn’t telling the truth. It was impossible to treat everyone equally; I wasn’t a saint. I couldn’t choose the one with the best relationship, but I could still pick out a few with whom my relationship was average.

This answer clearly did not satisfy the short-haired girl. She pouted, but although she couldn’t tell if Su Bei was answering sincerely, she could see that he would not change his answer.

So she was smart enough not to waste time on this question and continued to ask the next one. “That day… that day when you sacrificed yourself to save others, what was your state of mind?”

After saying that, she quickly added, “If you feel offended, you don’t have to answer this question.”

“Actually, I think the last question was more offensive,” Su Bei replied with a light laugh, then said nonchalantly, “No particular state of mind, I just sacrificed an item.”

Even if the item unexpectedly failed, I could use the forum to guide the readers’ public opinion to resurrect myself. Even if that didn’t succeed, I could still accept the “Manga Consciousness”’s previous suggestion and change my identity to be resurrected.

Although Su Bei didn’t really like this method, it was indeed a way out. And it was a way out that, under his various safety guarantees, had almost no chance of being used.

So for Su Bei, I really hadn’t sacrificed anything; at most, it was just an item. To exchange one item for the survival of others and my own freedom was simply a great deal.

The short-haired girl was in a daze for a while before she heard Su Bei ask, “Any more questions? If not, I’m going back.”

“There’s more, there’s more!” She immediately regained her spirit and raised a finger. “Last question, if you were a……”

Just as she was halfway through her sentence, her expression suddenly changed.

Su Bei could hear the “Manga Consciousness”’s warning: “Beep beep, please do not reveal the manga world to the character. First warning, a second warning will result in the reader being directly removed from the world.”

The short-haired girl didn’t want to waste the opportunity she had worked so hard to get to enter the manga world, only to be kicked out for this reason. So she quickly nodded and then changed the way she asked the question. “If you transmigrated into a novel world, what kind of character do you think you would be?”

As soon as she said this, Su Bei immediately guessed what her original question was. It was probably, “If the world you are in is a manga world, what kind of role do you think you play in it?”

“Since I’ve already transmigrated……” Su Bei’s answer was one he would give no matter which question it was, “I would of course be the protagonist!”

Unfortunately, the short-haired girl did not hear his hidden meaning. She thought Su Bei didn’t understand her words and only thought he was the protagonist because he was a transmigrator.

So she quickly shook her head, thought for a moment, and then changed her question again. “If the story of your…… class was turned into a novel, what kind of role do you think you would be in it?”

As she spoke, she thought smugly to herself, This way, it doesn’t count as a violation. I’m really a master at finding loopholes.

Su Bei found it a little funny, but he still answered the question seriously. “The protagonist. I will only be the protagonist.”

Everyone is the protagonist of their own story; he had always firmly believed this.

Watching her favorite character in front of her say so resolutely that he would be the protagonist, the short-haired girl couldn’t help but be in a bit of a daze.

Some people say that when a person likes a character, it is often because that is what she most wants to be.

What was Su Bei like in her heart? Powerful, mysterious, both righteous and evil…… these together formed his unparalleled confidence.

Originally, she had been dismissive of this, thinking that she liked Su Bei just because she was attracted to the strong. It was not until this moment that she truly recognized this statement. It seemed she really liked Su Bei because she wanted to be like him, so confident and strong, firmly believing that she was the protagonist.

Don’t be fooled by her usual carefree and cheerful appearance. Only the short-haired girl herself knew that she was actually a little bit insecure. If only she could become like Su Bei, a person who could be strong and confident without a good family background.

Arriving at the meeting room, Si Zhaohua immediately asked Su Bei as soon as he saw him, “What did she ask you?”

“Some interesting little questions.” Of course, Su Bei couldn’t say it out loud and decisively changed the subject. “When does the meeting start?”

Si Zhaohua could naturally see that he was changing the subject, but he could only sigh and honestly reply, “Soon. Qi Huang is getting ready.”

“Is she hosting the meeting?” Su Bei was a little surprised. When the short-haired girl and the others came to inform them just now, it was obvious that Qi Huang had not been informed in advance.

Knowing what he was puzzled about, Si Zhaohua explained, “Because she is the current student council president, she has to say a few opening remarks first.”

Su Bei understood and didn’t ask any more questions.

Not long after, he heard the voices of the short-haired girl and the others not far away. They probably didn’t understand the abilities of Ability users yet and thought they were speaking in a low voice, but in reality, everyone could hear them.

“There should be a bonus scene later, right?” the fatty asked with an excited expression. “I heard from a little bird that it seems to be related to the third season.”

The girl with glasses pushed up her glasses and nodded. “The old scoundrel is quite sincere; he didn’t let us spend our money for nothing. If we can know the plot of the third season in advance, it will be more than worth it.”

The others in the meeting room didn’t react much when they heard what they said, only thinking they were talking about some manga or game. Only Su Bei raised an eyebrow and began to look forward to the content of this meeting.

I didn’t expect that it had only been less than two weeks since the start of school, and the Author was already starting to lay the groundwork for the plot of the third season. This made Su Bei realize something: the start of the third season would probably not be too far away; otherwise, there would be no need to reveal clues so early.

Thinking of this, he sighed softly. The peaceful days had not officially begun, and they had already been declared over. This was truly a distressing piece of news.

The meeting didn’t keep them waiting for long and started soon. After Qi Huang said a string of opening remarks, the homeroom teacher of Class A walked in from outside the door and began to narrate the content of this meeting.

The beginning was some of the student council’s future work arrangements, including but not limited to organizing cultural class competitions, participating in the planning of the first-year monthly exams, choosing a location for a study tour, and so on.

By the time these trivial matters were finished, an hour had already passed. The homeroom teacher of Class A announced the end of the meeting but asked the third-year students to stay behind for the next meeting.

“Recently, a space-type Ability user discovered a strange phenomenon. The space on our planet seems to be constantly fluctuating, like flowing water, very unstable.” After the other irrelevant personnel left, the homeroom teacher of Class A said bluntly, “Out of concern for this phenomenon, we asked student Feng Lan to perform a [Prophecy].”

As soon as he said this, everyone immediately turned their gazes to Feng Lan.

The homeroom teacher of Class A did not mean for Feng Lan to speak. He coughed to attract everyone’s attention back and then continued, “His prophecy is not optimistic. The future will once again fall into chaos.”

Everyone subconsciously frowned.

Su Bei looked at Feng Lan and asked with his eyes if he had a more specific prophecy. This kind of prophecy about the future falling into chaos was too broad; it was impossible to see what they would encounter in the future.

In the past, Feng Lan’s [Prophecy] was not so vague; at least it would reveal some specific information.

However, Feng Lan just shook his head and then lowered his head to send him a message on his phone: “The future is shrouded in fog, I can’t see clearly either.”

For a moment, Su Bei didn’t know if this fog was from the manga itself or if some character had created it with an Ability. But either way, it was impossible for him to get information in advance.

The only thing he could know was the spatial fluctuation.

Suddenly, Jiang Tianming raised his hand. “Teacher, isn’t it a bit too early for us to start increasing the number of cultural classes? What if there’s really another long-term crisis? Students who lack training will definitely not be able to cope.”

What he said made sense, but his worry was a bit superfluous. The academy had naturally considered this aspect. “The biggest increase in cultural classes is actually only for your third-year high school. The first and second years are just using cultural classes to divide the reduced Nightmare Beast classes. The specific reason for the spatial fluctuations is not yet clear. When the reason is found, if there is really a big problem, the curriculum will be adjusted again.”

Hearing him say that, everyone immediately had no objections……

No objections my ass! Why were they the only unlucky ones!

“No, why?” Others didn’t say anything, but Zhao Xiaoyu’s defenses broke first. Firstly, her grades were actually average. Although she used to be an ordinary person, she didn’t have the idea of going to university like Su Bei.

For most ordinary people, going to university was just for the convenience of finding a job. Her job had long been settled, so naturally, there was no need to make things difficult for herself.

Perhaps only someone like Su Bei, who had a heart to return to the ordinary world, and who had absolutely no pressure in his studies, and who was confident of getting into a good university even if he had to repeat a year, would choose to go to university.

Therefore, Zhao Xiaoyu, who did not intend to go to university, felt very broken about the fact that they had to take so many cultural classes. If the whole school was like this, it would be one thing, but it turned out that only the third year of high school was like this. Who did they offend!

Su Bei couldn’t help but burst out laughing, then held back his laughter and said in a serious tone, “Can’t you see? This is urging you to return to the ordinary world.”

The teacher on the podium quickly denied it, glaring at Su Bei. “Su Bei, you brat, don’t talk nonsense. We just want to provide more choices for the graduates.”

Su Bei blinked, glanced meaningfully at the short-haired girl and the others, then turned his head and said with a smile, “Then at least withdraw the cultural classes for Class S, right? They don’t have that many choices.”

As the main character group, they definitely had to stay in the Ability world. Unless 《King of Abilities》 ended right after they graduated, there was no second possibility.

As for himself, who was not in the main character group, he had fewer worries and could go wherever he wanted. This was also the reason why Su Bei insisted on going to university. Anyway, he was idle.