The weakest martial artist? One punch and he's leveled up a whole realm!

No one thought of it.

A student unexpectedly became the temporary principal.

and.

Ye Xiao, who has been at the center of a media storm since the first day of school!

In an instant.

Many teachers and students in the school looked surprised.

Clearly, they expressed complete bewilderment regarding this matter.

How can a school be managed by a single student?

This is completely a childish matter!

And from this moment on...

Ye Xiao was acutely aware of the pressure and difficulties he would face in the next 15 days.

.......

The classroom of the gifted class.

Everyone's eyes turned to Ye Xiao.

Wang Hou exclaimed in shock, "Brother Xiao, you've actually become the temporary principal?"

"How could the school let you do something like this?"

You should know that Wang Hou didn't think this was a good thing.

During this special period.

Sending Ye Xiao such a heavy responsibility is tantamount to pushing him into a fire pit!

Su Muyun, standing to the side, had a worried look on her face.

"Wasn't the school's action a bit too sudden?"

"Appointing a student as the temporary principal is like putting you in a very difficult position."

"Can't the school find a dean or a teacher to serve as interim principal?"

Su Muyun's words were even more direct.

He pointed out the core of the matter right to their face.

But Ye Xiao's expression remained calm.

He smiled faintly: "I already knew about this, and I've given it considerable thought."

"I believe I'll be fine, and I hope everyone can support me."

The words fell.

Su Muyun was the first to express her support: "I support you."

Immediately afterwards, Wang Hou also spoke.

"Since it's your decision, Brother Xiao, and I believe the school leaders wouldn't make a decision haphazardly."

"I strongly support Brother Xiao as the interim principal!"

Zhao Xiuxiu and Wu Xiaorui followed closely behind.

They immediately expressed their support.

But apart from them.

The other students in the gifted class remained silent and indifferent.

The first challenge facing Ye Xiao has arrived.

He did this before he could win over all the freshmen, sophomores, and juniors.

He must first prove that he has the ability to win over this group of gifted students.

A quiet classroom, an environment where no one speaks.

This made Wang Hou somewhat uneasy.

He anxiously asked the others, "Don't any of you trust Brother Xiao?"

And this time.

One student spoke up: "Yes, I'll be frank. We trust the principal, the dean, and the teachers, but we will never trust students like us."

Once the first person spoke up, others quickly followed suit, offering their own thoughts.

"That's right, Ye Xiao is indeed very strong, that's true! But, to become the temporary principal and manage the school well, that's not something that can be done by force alone."

"We can't trust Ye Xiao to guarantee our safety, or whether he'll lead us into a fire pit."

"After all, anyone who isn't stupid can see the current situation clearly: the demons of the Crimson Abyss have launched a massive invasion, war has broken out outside Jiang City, our army is fighting against the demons of the Crimson Abyss, and I've heard that the school is going to send all the deans, plus the senior students, to take the initiative to carry out a certain mission."

"In this situation, the school's high-level combat force is definitely depleted, leaving only us lower-grade students. What if something unexpected happens, and monsters attack us?"

"One or two is manageable, but what if the number increases?"

"Yes! In this situation, I would rather leave school and go home than stay in school any longer."

"......"

A barrage of questions from the other students in the gifted program.

In fact, they all point directly to the essential problems of the present moment.

Safety and survival!

If Ye Xiao cannot guarantee everyone's safety and survival.

Then none of these people will trust him.

but.

Ye Xiao is not the kind of person who would compromise.

He listened to the students' questions from the audience.

He simply rose calmly from his seat and walked to the podium.

The moment Ye Xiao stood on the podium.

Everyone noticed.

This boy seems different.

A certain aura began to accumulate around him.

His aura was enough to draw everyone's attention to him.

Ye Xiao paused.

Then he said, "No problem!"

"Students who want to go home, you can go home!"

"The school will absolutely not stop us."

"However, I can guarantee one thing: as long as you're within this school, it's definitely safer than anywhere else you'd go!"

These words were spoken.

Laughter immediately filled the classroom.

Many students immediately showed ridicule and disdain.

"Everyone knows that there are currently only two places in our country where cracked explosions have occurred."

"One is Jiang City, and the other is the North China Plain. My home is not in either of these places, but in a city to the east. As long as I leave Jiang City sooner, I will be safe."

"......."

Quite a few people have this idea and say it.

Ye Xiao was neither angry nor in a hurry to refute.

He simply stood quietly on the podium, his gaze calmly sweeping over the faces of those below who were talking loudly, some even with mocking smiles.

As the sounds gradually subsided, he slowly spoke, his voice not loud, but clearly reaching everyone's ears.

"If you want to go home, I won't stop you. That's your freedom."

He paused, then gently tapped the edge of the podium with his fingers.

"But I want you to think about one thing clearly—why are you running away?"

The classroom fell silent for a moment.

A bespectacled boy frowned and said, "Is that even a question? Monsters are attacking the city, the school is short of high-level combat power, are we just going to stay and wait to die?"

"Wait to die?"

Ye Xiao repeated the two words, his lips slightly upturned, but it wasn't a smile; rather, it was an indescribable chill.

"You're sitting in a genius class classroom, eating school cafeteria food, using training resources provided by the school, and living in a dormitory with a protective barrier, and you're telling me you're waiting to die?"

His voice suddenly rose an octave.

"You call this waiting to die? Then tell me, what do you call running away? Seeking survival?"

The boy with glasses opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything for a moment.

Ye Xiao stopped looking at him and instead turned her gaze to the entire classroom.

"I heard everything you just said!"

"Some people say that since their homes are in cities to the east, they are safe once they leave Jiang City; some people say that the school is a target right now, and there's no need for them to share the burden; and some people think that as a student, Ye Xiao, I have neither the right nor the ability to guarantee your safety."

"Are all these things true? From your own perspective, they are certainly true."

He changed the subject, his voice becoming somber.

"But have you ever thought about this question?"

"If everyone thinks like that, then who will defend Jiang City?"