He suddenly remembered the question Henry Carter had asked him that morning: “Hey, do you think if someone falls from the top of the teaching building, is it certain death?”

Nora Grant’s hair stood on end in an instant! Damn it! No way, right?! As he dragged his chubby body up the stairs, he shouted, “Henry Carter! Don’t do anything stupid! Whatever you do, don’t jump!”

His shout caused a commotion—not that Henry Carter heard him, since he’d already run far ahead—but it immediately made everyone turn their heads. The students exploded: “What?! That Henry Carter from Class 2, Grade 9 is going to jump?!”

“No way! For real?!”

“Hurry, go upstairs and check!”

“Don’t go up, go downstairs and watch!”

As a result, while Henry Carter was running upstairs, there were already hundreds of teachers and students gathering below the teaching building to watch!

Henry Carter ran faster and faster up the stairs, and the courage in his heart grew stronger and stronger. He could feel his blood pumping faster, his heartbeat pounding, adrenaline surging—Henry Carter was completely exhilarated.

In his previous life, someone had once asked him: If the world were to end in five minutes, what would you do?

Henry Carter thought for five minutes before answering: I’d like to risk my life once.

If there were only five minutes left to live, then he’d go all out. Restlessness was in his blood and genes; he’d fantasized more than once about flying.

In this life, there was no apocalypse, but there was the Heaven’s Punishment System—if he failed in a month, he’d be erased. That was no different from the end of the world. But right now, Henry Carter didn’t feel fear—he felt excitement!

He really liked a saying: Because we are ordinary, we are all wrong.

In this life, he was destined to be extraordinary!

Henry Carter had already rushed to the rooftop, charging toward the edge of the terrace like a gust of wind.

But he wasn’t alone up there—there was also the couple he’d seen earlier when he came to scout the place. The couple, who had been making out, had run away shyly before, but this time they didn’t even have time to run. The boy just stared blankly at Henry Carter’s back and muttered, “Damn…”

Then Henry Carter lowered his body, raised his right leg, and forcefully pushed off the ground with his left. The sound of that push was unforgettable—a resounding thud, like the tremor of life itself.

The veins on Henry Carter’s neck bulged. He had done his best—now it was up to fate!

Countless people below were craning their necks, waiting. Suddenly, someone cried out, “Look, he jumped!”

“He’s not jumping down—he’s jumping toward the opposite building!”

“Is he crazy?!”

“Holy crap…”

The morning sun was blazing. Henry Carter’s figure in midair overlapped perfectly with the sun. In that moment, it felt like a classic movie scene—everyone believed they’d never forget this for the rest of their lives!

Henry Carter’s body stretched out in the air, both feet already preparing for landing. He even had time to glance to the side, and suddenly saw a girl in a white dress at the school gate, carrying a clean backpack, walking into the campus with her parent. As he looked at the girl, she looked up at him—their gazes seemed to meet in midair.

At that very moment, under the sunlight, at the school gate, this girl planted a blazing, vibrant flower in Henry Carter’s heart!

Right after, because he was distracted for that split second, Henry Carter landed sprawled out on the rooftop of the opposite building: “Damn, that hurts like hell!”

The couple on the rooftop where Henry Carter had jumped from were completely stunned, standing there not knowing what to do. The boy hugged the girl: “Don’t be scared, don’t be scared, he’s not dead…”

The girl trembled as she said, “Stop shaking…”

At that moment, the chubby Nora Grant came running up, shouting all the way: “Henry Carter! Henry Carter! Are you okay, Henry Carter! Henry Carter, where are you?! Please, don’t jump!”

By now, Henry Carter had already gotten up from the ground and laughed heartily: “This is what they call ‘a blessing after surviving a great disaster’! Just wait, fatty, I’ll take you to eat and drink the best stuff!”

“You’re still in the mood to joke?!” Nora Grant yelled, exasperated. “Are you trying to get yourself killed?!”

“Let’s not talk about that,” Henry Carter waved his hand. “I’m fine. Wait a sec, I’ll jump back and talk to you.”

After that jump, Henry Carter suddenly fell in love with the thrill of risking his life. In that moment, before he saw the girl at the school gate, he’d been thinking—he finally dared to risk it all, and even if he died right then, it wouldn’t matter!

It was freaking exhilarating!

Honestly, he suddenly started looking forward to the next mission!

But when Nora Grant heard he was going to jump back, he nearly peed himself: “Bro, let’s talk this out, okay? Just come back down the stairs like a normal person! The whole school is watching! The teachers will be up here any minute—if you jump again, you’ll be expelled for sure!”

Henry Carter glanced down at the dense crowd below and shrugged. “Fine, you go back to class and wait for me!” As for being expelled, he wasn’t worried at all.

In the blink of an eye, only the couple still hugging each other were left on the rooftop…

Chapter 11: What’s Your Name