Chapter 547: Dragon Gate?
Once emotions were running high, it was only natural that someone started thinking about a name for their society.
“Bro Qiang, I’ve already got a name picked out—Burial Love Clan. How badass is that? And so melancholic! It really fits our vibe. We’ll be the number one nobles of University City.”
“Burial Love? What does that even mean? Sounds weird as hell. I think War Hall sounds way tougher!”
“What the hell do you know? It’s called being trendy! Burial Love, as in burying romance to focus on our careers! Get it? Can you even write Martian script?”
“Shorty Wang, have you been playing too many damn games? What kind of idiot uses a gaming clan name for a real society?”
“…….”
Bro Qiang raised a hand to quiet them down, stopping the naming session before it turned into an internal brawl.
“Everyone settle down. We can debate the name later. The key thing is we need the guts to do this! Think about it—if those Grain Economics freshmen can make something of themselves, why can’t we? Our vocational college is full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. Who here wasn’t someone back in their hometown?”
“Like Chicken—he was top dog at his old school!”
“Ox—the reigning champ at County Third Middle!”
“And you, and you, and you…I can tell, none of you are meant for small ponds!”
Having stroked their egos with such high praise, these eighteen- and nineteen-year-old non-mainstream youths felt their blood surge, instantly sensing they’d found their tribe.
“Bro Qiang flatters us!”
“Bro Qiang is absolutely right!”
“If we unite, we’ll be unstoppable!”
“Crush the vocational college, conquer University City!”
“Grow bigger, stronger, create brilliance again!”
Seeing the moment was ripe, Bro Qiang spoke again to finalize the society’s name.
“Therefore, I propose we officially establish our society today! We’ll call it Dragon Gate Society! It symbolizes the carp leaping over the dragon gate. Us dragons will eventually leap over everyone and dominate University City!”
“What do you brothers think?”
“Dragon Gate? That name works!”
“Great! That name is fierce!”
“I also think this name is way better than those in novels—Wanlong, Black Dragon, Nine Dragons. Those are just dragons, but we’re the Dragon Gate that leaps over them. Obviously way cooler!”
“I approve! Bro Qiang knows how to name things.”
“I approve too!”
“From now on, we’re Dragon Gate Society!”
“……….”
With the name settled, next came outlining the general direction for the society.
On this point, Bro Qiang already had ideas.
“Step one, we consolidate the vocational college’s freshman forces. Once that’s done, we’ll take down the upperclassmen. If they won’t submit, we’ll beat them until they do! Step two, we suppress those Grain Economics freshmen. Can’t let them rise up. Need to show them who the real freshman bosses of University City are! Step three, naturally we’ll take down all the other schools—Tech University, Finance University…in short, when any school hears Dragon Gate Society’s name, they’ll tremble with fear!”
“Once these three steps are stable, we can eat anywhere on Snack Street, play at any internet café. If we don’t like someone, we’ll use our fists to reason with them!”
“At that time, we’ll be the rulers of University City’s underground! Those bullshit seniors, those thugs, they’ll all be trash! We’ll do whatever we want!”
Such domineering words instantly pushed the group’s emotions to their peak.
“Dragon Gate Society is awesome!”
“Bro Qiang is awesome!”
“Crush University City!!!”
“……….”
With their new society announced, these vocational college freshmen suddenly felt emboldened, instantly inflated, as if they were second only to heaven itself.
The security guards at the school gate, along with passing seniors, watched these freshmen shouting slogans so arrogantly. After a moment of surprise, strange expressions appeared on their faces.
Indeed, the young are fearless.
These freshmen really thought they could just form a group and dominate the school, dominate University City?
They should really ask around about why, in University City—even in Pearl City—aside from Righteous Alliance Society, there isn’t a single proper society left.
It’s because of Wanlong Society!
And Wanlong Society’s headquarters is not far from University City.
These upperclassmen could almost foresee the fate awaiting these freshmen, yet not a single one stepped forward to warn them.
Partly because they wanted to watch the show.
Partly because they knew kids this age are young and prone to inflated egos—plus, they weren’t fond of these freshmen anyway.
Let them run into a brick wall. Otherwise, they’ll never know how high the sky is, how deep the earth is.
These freshmen also noticed the strange looks from passing upperclassmen and couldn’t help but ask, “Why are those old-timers looking at us like that? Why does it feel like they’re laughing at us?”
The Chicken brother beside them flicked his bangs and answered first, “Pfft! Don’t you get it? They’re jealous! They must’ve wanted to do this back in their day—start a society—but didn’t have the balls. Now that they see us establishing ourselves, it pisses them off!”
“Chicken’s right. We accomplished what they couldn’t. Of course they’re pissed and don’t like us.”
They’d been enrolled for almost a month and had done some asking around. Like how none of the upperclassmen at their school had societies, and the same was true at other schools—no one had them.
So they drew a conclusion: those upperclassmen weren’t united enough, weren’t ambitious enough, or didn’t have a leader who could rally them, so they were scattered and didn’t share a common purpose.
Without unity, how could they form societies?
The truth was, it wasn’t that the upperclassmen didn’t want societies—it was that some woman had forcefully dismantled them all.
Plus, so much time had passed that University City had barely seen any gang fights since then. People gradually got used to this way of life and rarely mentioned Wanlong Society’s past exploits anymore.
After all, what’s the point of constantly bringing up old news?
This led to the freshmen having no clue about University City’s real situation.
They might’ve heard of Wanlong Society, but probably thought it was just that Wanlong Supermarket in University City.
A proper… supermarket, in their view.
In any case, they were happy with this situation, at least thinking it was very favorable for them. If those upperclassmen already had societies, this group of freshmen would’ve had a much harder time coming together.
Heaven was helping them, giving them a chance to grow bigger and stronger!
“Don’t worry about what they think. We’ll do our own thing.”
“Once we’ve consolidated the vocational college, crushed Grain Economics, and swept through all other universities, Dragon Gate Society will be the only top dog in University City!”
“We’ll show those upperclassmen one fact: the times have changed! What they didn’t dare do, Dragon Gate Society will do! The banner they didn’t dare raise, Dragon Gate Society will raise!…Fight hard, dare to struggle—this is Dragon Gate Society!”
“Dragon Gate Society is awesome!”
“Dragon Gate Society is awesome!”
“………”