Ninth class citizen

Chapter 31: Freshman Assessment of the Club
The robot blinked, ignored her and scurried into the room: "President, the newcomer you were going to interview today got on board by mistake and is already waiting outside the door!"

The room was silent for a moment. The president's voice was weak: "Let her go back first. Forget it, come in."

The robot turned around quickly and opened the door for Nan Rong.

The door of the room is really not big, but inside is a hall of over a thousand square meters. In one corner there are various tool tables, metal knives and various parts, as well as a large number of material boxes.

Not only that, the floor height here is even more astonishing, estimated to be more than 3 meters. Several mechas stand on one side of the hall, ranging from 20-meter-high micro mechas to -meter-high medium-sized mechas.

In comparison, the five people wearing masks of various colors sitting around a workbench seemed much smaller.

When a few people saw Nan Rong, their expressions remained normal.

"You got on a pirate ship by mistake, didn't you?" A woman in red with a rose gold flower-shaped mask and a long ponytail stood up, grabbed Nan Rong's right hand, and introduced enthusiastically:

"My name is Goldfinger, the general manager of the club, responsible for logistics. This is our president."

"General Manager Jin." The president, who was wearing a dark blue armor-like mask, raised his hand to interrupt her:
"Let's introduce her to him after she officially joins the club." He didn't even look at Nan Rong, his mind was immersed in the terminal interface, reviewing the electronic drawings provided by the minister.

"But President, the window for recruiting new employees is about to end." Gold Finger reminded him, "And your review this year is too strict. The pass rate is less than 1%. If this continues, there will be no one working in our company!"

Nan Rong blinked, feeling as if he heard something different.

The president didn't open his eyes until then. He glanced coldly at Nan Rong from behind the mask. He paused for a moment on the mask she was wearing, then pointed at a wide metal ring in the middle of the table and said:

"Your admission test is to find out why this extraordinary item has failed."

Nan Rong walked forward, picked up the item, observed it repeatedly, then put it on his wrist to feel it carefully, and did not speak for a long time.

The General Manager Jin said anxiously: "President, this test is a bit too difficult. Xiaowu is still a newcomer!"

"Talent." The president tapped the table with his fingers. "Our club only recruits the most talented component engineers. We would rather have a shortage than hire the unqualified. This is the principle we all set together. You won't forget it, right?"

"But." General Manager Jin looked at Nan Rong, his eyes revealing embarrassment.

"General Manager Jin, don't be so anxious." Vice President Ji pulled her aside and said, "The president must have a deep purpose in what he does. Shouldn't our company get rid of the dross and retain the essence, and only absorb the best blood? If we accept everyone like before, then how can we talk about promotion!"

The tall man sitting across the table, wearing a black totem mask, snorted, "You are so cunning and calculating. It's rare for you to have a correct self-awareness. Since we're talking about getting rid of the dross and keeping the essence, why not start by clearing yourself out and freeing up a spot for the truly talented."

"Baibian, I have tolerated you for a long time." Vice President Ji leaned on the table with both hands: "If it weren't for the face of the president and General Manager Jin, I would..."

"A fight on campus will be fined 5000 Cowans." Minister Bai sneered, "If you don't mind, I'll accompany you!"

"I found the reason." Nan Rong's voice suddenly rang out, interrupting the tense situation in the hall.

In an instant, all eyes in the room turned to Nan Rong. "Really?" General Manager Jin was the first to break the silence: "Don't be nervous, just say a few words, even if it's just a little bit related, it will be considered passed. Right, President?"

The president rolled his eyes at her and rubbed his temples: "Tell me first. As long as your ideas are correct, I can make a break for you."

Minister Bai, Vice President Ji, and even the smallest Vice Minister Shen who said nothing from beginning to end, all sneered in their hearts.

For a newbie, no matter how talented he is, it is rare for him to recognize what this second-level extraordinary item is. As for explaining its structure in detail, it is simply a pipe dream.

It is even more difficult to find the problems in the composition design. Even the instructor of the Component College has to use auxiliary instruments to conduct repeated research before making a judgment. Therefore, the president's request itself is equivalent to sentencing this person to death.

After all, 70% of the confiscated membership fees are handed over to the school, and 30% can be retained by the club. The more it retains, the more funds it can use for club activities.

Therefore, in the past two years, many people have signed up to join the company, but the number of new people actually recruited has become fewer and fewer. This year, and even until now, only one person has been recruited.

That is to say, Goldfinger is a girl with a sentimental personality, and is willing to be kind from time to time.

Nan Rong had already noticed the two metal bracelets on the table. Compared to the thick one she was observing now, the thin one was more familiar to her.

It was such a coincidence that there were so many extraordinary items in the world that Nan Rong didn't know about, but the one in front of her was the one she had owned before.

Its full name is the Extraordinary Ability Enhancement Bracelet. She and her comrades who are also extraordinary people once owned one each.

The enhancement bracelets that the Star Alliance brought out at that time were all fine products made by famous craftsmen. Whether in terms of material appearance or actual effectiveness, they were not comparable to the simple stuff in front of them.

Of course, if the thin one is just crude, then the one that is four fingers thick can only be described as shoddy.

As soon as Nan Rong got started, he immediately found the problem.

She didn't have any extraordinary abilities, but the mental power she could project outward was enough to make up for this shortcoming and even make it more convenient.

Her mental force followed the sensing soft metal into the bracelet, and the patterns drawn with superconducting materials gradually appeared in her mind.

This pattern was so simple that even a layman like Nan Rong could recognize it. It was just a double wave pattern set, which could only provide a 50% increase in supernatural power at most. Compared with the % increase she had before, there was a huge difference.

Not only that, the patterns are also carved quite roughly, the strokes are of different thicknesses, and they stop from time to time, which is not smooth at all. This is also a major problem that affects the transmission of extraordinary abilities.

However, the most crucial point is that the drawing was wrong from the very beginning.

Nan Rong directly stated the problem he had discovered: "For the double wave pattern group, the first stroke must be downward, not upward."

"Impossible!" The vice president of the company was the first to jump up. "I've used this kind of wave pattern group in many small items I designed. I've never heard of you saying this!"

(End of this chapter)