Mystery: Emerging From Knowledge Moor

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After having breakfast at home, Leyton arrived at the Executor Squad. The squad was still quiet today, and including Leyton, there were only four people, one of whom was Captain Icanton.

"Good morning, Leyton! Joseph told me you've already been promoted to Detective?" Josie immediately came over and asked when she saw Leyton walk into the office.

"That's right. Does the Church of the knowledge still require an exam for Beyonder advancement?" Leyton asked the question that was on his mind.

Yesterday, when the raven, which was an angel's avatar, said he owed three advancement exams from Sequence 9 to Sequence 7, Leyton really wanted to ask this question, but unfortunately, the other party didn't give Leyton a chance to ask.

"Yes, otherwise, why do you think Joseph has been stuck on advancing to Sequence 8 for so long?" Josie nodded as if it were obvious.

Leyton felt a bit unaccustomed to the atmosphere of the Church of the knowledge; exams were too annoying!

"Are these Sequence advancement exams very difficult?" Leyton asked with some trepidation.

"They're alright. It's not like you absolutely have to pass the exam to advance. You can also pre-advance with the Beyonder potion and then make up the exam within a certain period. As long as you pass, it's fine, just like you and Joseph," Josie mused.

"But you should have directly accrued three advancement exams, right?" Josie asked curiously.

Leyton's face instantly fell: "Probably, I guess, that's how it is."

"Then you're in trouble. With so many exams owed, the Church will likely make you make them all up in the next two days. After all, if you don't make them up soon, the year will be over," Josie sighed.

No sooner had Josie finished her sympathetic words than Captain Icanton came over and called Leyton into his office.

"Captain! Good morning!" Leyton greeted him with a forced smile.

His intuition told Leyton that the captain calling him to the office at this time was very likely about the exams.

"The Beyonder materials you applied for yesterday have arrived. Do you have the money ready?" Captain Icanton said.

"Ah? That fast? Can I go back at noon to get the money?" Leyton was stunned, not expecting the captain to call him for Beyonder materials.

"You can," Captain Icanton nodded indifferently.

He then took out a stack of papers with densely written content from his desk drawer and handed them to Leyton.

"These are this year's year-end exam questions. Take them out and share them with Josie and Joseph. Just fill them out casually. It's fine as long as they're written," Captain Icanton said very casually.

Leyton paused for a moment before reaching out to take the stack of papers, which could barely be called an exam paper, that the captain handed him.

"Just write casually? Can I look up answers in books?" Leyton's eyes lit up as he asked.

Captain Icanton didn't expect Leyton to ask this question and hesitated for a while before saying, "Yes, no one will care about that. As long as you can ensure you remember the content, that's fine. The purpose of the exam is also to verify your mastery of knowledge."

Leyton breathed a sigh of relief. He hadn't expected the Church's year-end exam to be open-book, which made things much simpler. As for remembering the content he saw, that was no problem at all for a Beyonder of the Reader Pathway.

"Perhaps that's also why the Church agrees to open-book exams," Leyton mused to himself.

"Okay, Captain! When should I hand them in?" Leyton asked in a relaxed tone.

"Anytime today is fine. Although this shouldn't be a problem for you, you still need to write seriously. If you fail, you'll have to retake it until you pass," Captain Icanton warned.

"Don't worry, Captain!" Leyton patted his chest and guaranteed.

"You also owe three advancement exams. I will have you make them up gradually over the coming period. Read more books recently, especially that list Cos gave you. If you don't do well on the exam, your salary will be deducted, and it will also affect your future advancements," Icanton reminded Leyton.

"Ah? Are the advancement exams very difficult? Can't they be open-book like this one?" Leyton asked, raising the hand holding the exam paper.

"No! Your proctor isn't me, it's someone else. You probably won't be able to fool them," Captain Icanton shook his head.

Leyton was very curious about who the proctor the captain mentioned was, someone he couldn't fool? It couldn't be Bishop Angman · King from Madan's side, could it!

"Alright, go out and prepare for the exam with Josie and the others. I also need to complete my own exam paper," Captain Icanton urged.

"Ah? Captain, do you still need to take an exam?" Leyton asked, full of curiosity.

"Of course, everyone in the Church of the knowledge needs to, even Archbishops and His Holiness the Pope, all have corresponding exams," Captain Icanton answered very seriously.

"Uh, I'll go do the questions with Josie and the others," Leyton replied dryly.

Leyton was now very sure that joining the Church of the knowledge was a mistake. Compared to the Church of the knowledge, which was obsessed with exams and reading, the Church of the Earth Mother was simply heaven! Leyton regretted why he hadn't encountered the Church of the Earth Mother sooner.

"It's painful! I want to cry! I really want to drag all those Outer Deity remnants that Klein will release in the future into the Church of the knowledge, and let them all relive their happy high school days!" Leyton felt like he was about to turn evil.

The idea of dragging others down was too far in the future. Leyton shook his head, shaking off the unreliable thoughts in his mind, and left the captain's office.

After dividing the exam questions the captain gave him into three parts and handing one to Josie and Joseph, Leyton returned to his seat, frowning as he stared at the book list Mr. Kosith had given him earlier.

Ever since the Reader's Beyonder characteristic was digested due to an accident, Leyton hadn't read much. Leyton hadn't even finished the books on one page of the stack Mr. Kosith had given him.

"It's a long and arduous journey! With so many books, even if the Hidden Sage instilled all the knowledge into me, it would still be a considerable undertaking, impossible to do in a short time." Leyton felt that thinking about how to cheat was more useful than thinking about how to pass the exam.

Leyton reached out and tugged at Bugs Bunny, who was sprawled out like a salted fish on the desk: "You don't have to look at those materials first today."

"Really?" Bugs Bunny immediately perked up, looking at Leyton with shining eyes as he asked.

"Really. You help me finish the exam today first!" Leyton nodded, raising the stack of exam papers in his hand.

Upon hearing this, Bugs Bunny sprawled back onto the desk like a salted fish, his grey fur looking even greyer.

"Hurry up and move, otherwise you'll have to look at that pile of materials in the room all by yourself!" Leyton poked Bugs Bunny's soft belly with his finger.

"But Boss, this is your own exam! Isn't it cheating if I help you?" Bugs Bunny argued.

"You already know the word 'cheating', it seems to be very effective. It's fine, this exam is open-book anyway. As a Beyonder of the Reader Pathway, as long as I've done these questions once, I'll naturally master this knowledge," Leyton found a reasonable explanation for his cheating.

Bugs Bunny always felt that his boss was trying to fool him, but he couldn't figure out what was wrong with his boss's words. He could only shake his rabbit head and reluctantly looked at the exam questions with Leyton.

"Boss! Where do I find the answers for you?" Bugs Bunny asked confusedly after looking at the exam questions for a while.

Leyton tilted his head, shifting his gaze to Josie and Joseph, who were sitting at their desks looking at the exam questions, then turned back and gave Bugs Bunny an encouraging look.

Bugs Bunny's wide eyes were full of confusion. He had originally thought his boss wanted him to help him flip through books to find answers, but it turned out his boss wanted him to peek at his colleagues' answers and then tell him.

"Boss is so shameless!" Bugs Bunny silently complained in his mind.

Leyton was completely unaware that his fat rabbit was complaining about him in his mind. Of course, even if he knew, he wouldn't care, he would only retort, "This is called wisdom!" and then secretly add more tasks for the fat rabbit.

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