Are You an Awakener Too?

After the principal's speech concluded, the entire conference room burst into an uproar.

Since the arrival of the portal from another world five days ago, awakeners had entered the public eye after a period of fermentation.

On TikTok, numerous videos about awakeners could easily be found.

However, they were still a rare sight in reality, leaving the students eagerly anticipating.

At the back of the conference room, John had no intention of going first. He wasn't one to seek the limelight, while his roommates beside him were excitedly discussing.

Dino said with anticipation, "My god, today we'll finally get to see an awakener in person."

"It sounds so cool, fighting monsters and protecting the human world, just like a superhero." Enzo also looked forward but then sighed, "Ah, if only I were an awakener…"

"John, do you think there's an awakener in our class?" Ritchie turned to John, who was sitting in the back.

John smiled slightly, "Maybe there should be?"

Enzo countered, "Impossible, it's been five days. If there were any, we would've known by now. I don't believe someone could become an awakener and keep it a secret."

"Oh really?" John looked at Enzo, wanting to tease the chubby boy, "Wanna bet on it?"

Enzo agreed readily, "Sure, we bet on whether our class has an awakener. If there isn't, you're buying us dinner. If there is, I'll treat you guys!"

Ritchie seemed to sense something and curiously asked, "John, do you know something?"

Dino was also puzzled, "Enzo, you're in trouble. Don't you know John? He wouldn't bet if he wasn't sure."

Enzo remained skeptical, "Let's just wait and see. I don't believe it."

Enzo had his analysis too. Nowadays, any video about awakeners on TikTok could instantly top the trending list.

A few days ago, Jill, a small internet celebrity who admitted to being an Awakened One, posted a video and her video immediately became a hot search topic.

She gained hundreds of millions of views and over three million new followers overnight.

From a minor influencer with tens of thousands of followers, she quickly became a hot topic and saw a massive surge in popularity.

Many awakeners began to follow Jill's example, also gaining significant attention and followers just by posting a video.

Enzo chuckled, "You guys must not spend any time on TikTok, right?"

"Jill did a live stream last night, attracting millions of viewers. She showed off her abilities slightly, and the virtual gifts in her live stream exploded. I conservatively estimate she made over five million!" Enzo continued, "Now, awakeners just need to post a video, and it's like picking up money online. I don't believe anyone could resist that."

John nodded earnestly, "Well, I think you make some sense."

At this moment, the first awakener took the stage.

Amidst the noise, the attention of John and his roommates was still captured by the figure on the stage.

It was a large-framed guy wearing a tank top.

John remembered him. His name was Peter, the president of the university's boxing club, and his awakened profession was a fighter.

The principal, with a smile, patted his shoulder. After a brief exchange, Peter took over the microphone.

"Hello, everyone. I'm Peter. I know you're all curious about awakeners, so let me show you what I can do." he said, and gestured towards the audience.

As if prepared in advance, two members of the boxing club carried a standing punching bag onto the stage.

After setting it up, they stepped aside.

Under the watchful eyes of the audience, Peter approached the punching bag and flexed his wrists slightly.

Then, he activated his skill.

[Crushing Fist]

Peter's right arm, charged with power, unleashed a punch towards the bag, resembling a cannonball.

The bag exploded with a "boom!", punched straight through.

Cheers erupted throughout the venue, everyone shocked by the awakener's formidable strength, and applause followed.

Peter, having successfully shown off, lifted his chin in pride. His vanity greatly satisfied.

Below the stage, Ritchie said disdainfully, "Seriously, that show-off became an awakener?"

"And he even prepared a punching bag ahead of time. What a clown." Enzo mocked as well.

John could only offer a helpless smile. Their dorm had a bad relationship with Peter's, with some past grievances, even leading to a fight in their freshman year.

Dino, the dorm head, sighed helplessly, "Well, we can't afford to offend him now. Better steer clear of Peter from now on…"

Now that Peter had become an awakener, the rest felt their days wouldn't be easy anymore.

On stage, three more awakeners appeared one after another, but the students weren't as excited as before.

That changed with the arrival of another person, reigniting the enthusiasm of the entire school.

The stunningly beautiful Victoria rose from her seat and elegantly walked towards the stage.

The president of Star Medical University's student council, the unchallenged school beauty for three years, and the provincial fencing champion.

Any single one of Victoria's titles would have been impressive enough on its own.

Now, she had become an awakener!

An unexpected scene unfolded. Victoria didn't head straight for the stage but stopped at the area designated for the Pharmaceutical Chemistry class.

All eyes turned to Victoria, curious about her intentions.

She looked towards John, who was among the crowd, and softly asked, "John, aren't you planning to go on stage?"

With her words, all eyes in the venue once again shifted towards John.

John smiled slightly, stood up, and said to his roommates Ritchie and Dino, "Excuse me, I need to get through."

His roommates were completely stunned, taking a moment before numbly standing up to let John pass.

John turned back to Enzo, who was sitting further in, and reminded him, "Enzo, remember to treat the whole dorm to dinner tonight."

Only when John walked onto the stage did his three roommates snap back to reality.

"Holy shit!" they exclaimed in unison.

Dino was visibly shocked, "John is an awakener too! He kept that hidden deep, huh?"

Ritchie laughed heartily, "Enzo got played hard. Hahaha..."

"Look, I accept losing the bet. But that's not even the most shocking part, right?" Enzo said with a grave expression, extremely serious. "Aren't you guys curious? Since when did John know our school's beauty, Victoria?"

Dino and Ritchie suddenly snapped to attention.

Right! This fact was even more surprising than John being an awakener.

Victoria, the school beauty, had actually come over to call John, indicating that they both knew about each other's status as awakeners for some time. It seemed their relationship was quite special!

Dino cracked a smile, "How much more is John hiding from us..."

On stage, Victoria held the microphone, briefly reporting on her awakened profession.

"My awakened profession is a swordsman." Victoria's cool voice echoed.

After speaking, she passed the microphone to John, who then announced, "I'm John, and my profession is a pharmacist."

Hearing John's profession as a pharmacist, the principal, out of curiosity, asked, "Student, is a pharmacist a profession for healing teammates?"

"Yes, principal." John nodded in response.

"Very good. You're the only pharmacist in our university... In the future, strive to apply the knowledge you've learned in school to real-life situations and bring fame to our university." the principal said, patting John's shoulder with a smile.

Peter, who was not far away, glanced at John and couldn't help but snort upon hearing he was a pharmacist.

Aren't you very good at fighting? How is a pharmacist??

In their freshman year, Peter's dorm was initially across from John's. Peter's dorm would often play games loudly at night. When Dino knocked on their door asking them to keep it down, Peter outright cursed at him.

The conflict escalated from there, leading to a fight involving all eight from the two dorms.