Chương 15: Hazing?

On this day Jin Lin finally had an understanding of the proverb 'a bad penny always turns up' and in his case, the bad penny would be his mother. He was so annoyed that when he sat through the questioning session at Star Horizon he was like a stiff block of wood that had the recruiter feeling unsettled.

If this was a job interview, Jin Lin would have received a notice of rejection before he even reached the door at the end of the session. One might say, 'well, that's excessive,' but faced with an aloof expressionless person giving off an icy aura it would be the appropriate response even when he had the skill set.

Lucky for him, this wasn't an interview. He had to answer questions about his personal life in detail which would have other people suspicious. He was asked everything from what he ate last night to what colour of underwear he usually wears.

Okay, they didn't ask him that kind of question but they might as well have. That's how incredibly personal this session was. At the end of the session, the recruiter gave him a hundred-page contract finally invoking a response from him.

Jin Lin's brows furrowed looking at the contract that closely resembled a phone book from the 80s. Oh, that's right, it's called a telephone directory which most Gen Zs aren't familiar with. Anyway, this phone book-sized contract set off the alarm bells in his head. This right here was one of the signs that something was seriously wrong.

"I will be back in an hour to pick up the contract, okay?" said the recruiter and he stood up to leave. Just as he turned on his heels Jin Lin let out a scoff unable to comprehend what a crappy day he was having.

The recruiter stared at him with a sardonic expression on his face. "Is there a problem?" he asked swaggering towards Jin Lin in an imposing manner. He placed his hands on the table leaning in a little closer. Jin Lin leaned backwards his blank expression unchanged.

"Because if there is.... then you might as well walk out. No one is forcing you to be here," continued the recruiter feeling somewhat annoyed.

Jin Lin stared back at him stubbornly refusing to back down. His scoff earlier had nothing to do with the recruiter but it seemed he involuntarily touched the man's sore spot.

The stare down barely lasted a minute with the recruiter backing down first. This kid's soulless dark eyes sent a nervous chill all over his body urging him to run away as fast as possible.

With the recruiter gone, Jin Lin was left alone to read this thicker than an encyclopedia contract. He wasn't the type good with words and now he was expected to familiarize himself with this contract in less than an hour.

Who was he kidding? Even Stephen Hawking would be like 'what the fuck' if he was in this situation. Jin Lin was about to take his cellphone out and text SOS to Fen Hao when he recalled their cellphones were confiscated upon entry.

If that's not a sign that something fishy is going on then it's safe to say unicorns exist. If he didn't have a goal in mind, he would have simply walked out of here but he had been working towards this exact opportunity for the past five years.

Even if god himself descended from heaven and convinced him not to sign the contract he would still sign it. That's how important this was to him.

He barely read it before signing his signature without a second thought. By the time the recruiter came back, he had already grown mushrooms on his head sitting there.

Jin Lin pushed the signed contract over in silence. The recruiter took the contract with his probing gaze on the young man sitting across from him.

Unable to win this staredown he skimmed through the places that needed to be signed before asking, "Any questions?" while internally chanting, 'please don't, please don't, please don't frickin ask me anything.'

But his mantras was the least bit effective as he heard the guy with a stiff face like he owed him money ask, "Where do we go next?" with his arms crossed on his chest.

Recruiter, "...."

'Very enthusiastic, aren't we?' said the recruiter to himself as he put on a fake smile. He led Jin Lin down a narrow passageway with white walls before stopping in front of a door with the number 250 which translates to idiot in number slang but whose counting?

Jin Lin knew it was entirely on purpose but the recruiter could go choke on a muffin for all he cared. As long as it didn't have a negative impact on him being here.

"There is a hospital gown inside. You can change into it and go down the corridor as soon as you are done," said the recruiter before walking away in a hurry.

Jin Lin resisted the urge to roll his eyes at this childish recruiter. What he didn't realise was the extent of this man's childishness as he discovered five minutes later.

He followed the written instructions stripping down to his skivvies for the examination but as soon as he walked into the medical examiner's office he realised he had been played.

Everyone else including Fen Hao had their underwear on visible from the open slit at the back of the hospital gown. Jin Lin was the only one who went full commando and had to endure awkwardly walking down the hall while clenching the slit at the back of his hospital gown to cover up his bottom.

"You! Come in front," said the very same recruiter who got him into this unfortunate situation. He was glaring daggers at him but that was ineffective as the recruiter had found confidence in numbers.

Four other players and Fen Hao were confused but soon understood what was going on. They could now understand why the recruiters were laughing. It turned out Jin Lin had fallen victim to a good old fashioned hazing.

"Lin-ge I don't think they do body cavity searches here. You don't need to be completely naked," whispered Fen Hao with good intentions but who would have thought his act of kindness would earn him a slap upside his head.

But as the saying goes 'karma is indeed a bitch'. Jin Lin had smacked him with the hand he was using to cover his tooshie which meant he presented his butt for all to see.

"Oh my. How interesting," said the female doctor who had just walked in to begin the physical examination causing Jin Lin to jolt in fright before rushing back to the previous room to grab his skivvies.

There is only one thing left to say. What a shitty day he was having.

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