Matthew Atkinson & Natalie Russell
Oxford
After class ended, Matthew left the classroom and went straight back to his apartment to catch up on sleep.
At the same time, in Class A, Natalie was called to Professor Isabel Grant's office after the class.
"Natalie, the second layer of the supernatural realm is very dangerous."
Professor Grant carefully chose her tone and said gently, "Are you going with Matthew Atkinson alone again?"
It wasn't without reason that she was so kind to Natalie.
On one hand, she genuinely believed in Natalie's potential.
On the other hand, she had heard that Director Wallace of the Academic Affairs Office had been dismissed and transferred to the warehouse department.
And the main reason for that transfer was this beautiful girl in front of her.
Seeing that Natalie had already frowned, Professor Grant quickly said, "I don't mean to interfere with your team formation. I suggest you add two more teammates this time to form a full team. That way, you'll have more people to look after each other in the Supernatural Realm."
Hearing this, Natalie knew that Professor Grant meant well and calmly said, "Professor, I can't make the decision about the team's formation. I have to ask Matthew first."
Professor Grant: "..."
"Natalie, are you doing this to make up for Matthew Atkinson?" Professor Grant couldn't help but ask, "If you want to make up for him, taking him to the Supernatural Realm is more than enough. There's no need to hand over the team's leadership to him as well. That could very well harm both of you."
Natalie did not refute these words, but calmly said. "Professor, you can't understand! This is between Matthew and me."
Natalie believed that Matthew may be hiding a huge secret.
Otherwise, she would never have achieved such a record-breaking result with her power alone in the first layer of the supernatural realm.
However, in Professor Grant's opinion, this silly child has clearly fallen in love to the point of no return.
This gave Professor Grant a real headache.
Because people with this kind of "obsessed love" mentality are simply impossible to persuade.
Only when she suffers the consequences herself might she have a chance to realize her mistake.
-Sigh
"As long as you don't regret it in the future." Professor Grant sighed and said nothing more.
...
After leaving Professor Grant's office and thinking for a moment, Natalie dialed Matthew's number.
On the other side, in his apartment, Matthew, who was just about to take a nap, was surprised to see Natalie calling on his phone.
Although the two had each other's contact information for a long time, they rarely called each other.
"Hello?" Matthew answered the phone. "Natalie?"
Natalie's voice came through the phone. "Matthew, Professor Grant just talked to me. She suggested adding two more people to the team to complete it. What do you think?"
The girl was as direct as ever, getting straight to the point.
The fact that she mentioned this to Matthew indicates that she largely agreed with Professor Grant's suggestion. She simply didn't know Matthew's situation or thoughts, which was why she called to inquire.
Matthew understood what the girl meant.
He mentally went through all the classmates he knew and realized that he wasn't very familiar with them, let alone trust them.
After hesitating for a moment, Matthew said, "I think the most important thing when forming a team is trust! Let's just have the two of us for now! We can add other trustworthy people later."
Upon hearing Matthew's words, Natalie agreed without much thought, "Okay!"
"So decisive?" Matthew said with a smile, "Natalie, do you trust me that much?"
"Yes! Just like when you trusted me and gave me the Flame-Flame Fruit!"
These words stunned Matthew, and he felt a little ashamed.
After all, his exchange of the Flame-Flame Fruit for Kryptonian Bloodline wasn't out of trust for Natalie, but rather because of his own agenda.
"I'm going to train now." Natalie's voice rang out. "If there's nothing else, I'll hang up."
"Okay, you can go ahead and train!"
The call ended.
Matthew held his phone, lost in thought.
Natalie was working so hard, and he was still planning to go back to sleep. Isn't that a bit much?
But… What should he do?
Training was impossible. It wouldn't help Matthew. It wouldn't increase his attributes, and it was exhausting. He could only improve in the sunlight.
"Never mind, let's go to sleep!"
Matthew threw down his phone and went straight to sleep.
...
Meanwhile, as soon as Natalie arrived at the training hall, someone walked towards her.
"Natalie, I'm sorry about what happened last time. I didn't mean to say those things. I wasn't thinking clearly at the time."
This was the training ground where Natalie came regularly.
The other party seemed to know that Natalie would come every day and was waiting for her here.
In response to Filip Walker's apology, Natalie calmly said, "I didn't take it to heart."
This was true. In the girl's eyes, Filip Walker's behavior was too childish, and since he didn't say anything particularly harsh, she couldn't be bothered to argue with him.
"That's good!"
Filip Walker finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"Excuse me, I need to get to training," Natalie said again.
"Wait a minute!"
Filip Walker quickly said, "Natalie, this second layer of the supernatural realm is extremely dangerous. I suggest you team up with us so we can look out for each other."
Natalie paused for a moment, then, remembering Matthew's decision, immediately refused.
"No need."
Filip Walker thought Natalie had misunderstood, so he quickly said. "Don't misunderstand, I'm not asking you to abandon Matthew and join us. What I mean is, how about the four of us—me, Denis Read, you, and Matthew—form a team, with you as the captain?"
That was a really good suggestion.
If Natalie could make the decision, she might actually agree.
After all, Filip Walker and Denis Read have excellent talents and abilities, and they received an A-level rating in the first layer of the Supernatural Realm.
"You guys go and persuade Matthew first. Once he agrees, I am also okay with."
After saying that, Natalie walked towards the training room.
...
In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.
On the morning of July 1st.
More than 200 freshmen gathered on the college training ground.
Today was the opening day of the Supernatural Realm, and they gathered here to wait to enter it.
Besides the students, many teaching and university staff members also came.
However, it wasn't as grand as the first layer of the supernatural realm.
At least the vice principal didn't come.
Most of the other student teams were at full capacity, which was four-person teams.
Matthew and Natalie's team had the fewest members, with just the two of them standing there all alone.
"I saw Natalie and Matthew. This time it's a two-person team again."
The expressions on everyone's faces were quite complicated.
"They're actually teaming up again this time. And just two of them. They're really daring!"
"Isn't Natalie being a bit too confident?"
"Heh, if someone dares to play like this in Plundering Supernatural Layer, it means they are just committing suicide!"
"I wonder what kind of results they will achieve this time? Will they be able to break the records again?"
"Records? It's already good enough that they came back alive. Their previous results were just due to luck. Did you really think they could break records one after another?"
"I also think it was luck, but luck doesn't come every time. Maybe they'll have to pay a heavy price for their recklessness this time."
"That's hard to say! If they not only come back but also get good results again, that would be amazing."
"Heh! If they get good results this time, I'll eat shit live on stream!"
"Wait, bro, I remember you. You said the same thing last time, 'Didn't you get enough?'"
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