A Second Life, A New Power

"That might not be the case." Maria raised an eyebrow unhappily, but she felt rather guilty. She didn't know how to climb trees.
Besides, she believed that Demi didn't know how to do that either. After all, Demi didn't seem like a mischievous child who would climb trees in the
past.
Little did Maria know that Demi even knew sword-flying. So, climbing a tree would be very easy for her.
"Do you know how to climb trees, Demi?" Maria tugged Demi's sleeve.
"Yes," Demi said gently.
All at once, Maria was relieved.
...
In the end, Maria picked the first lot, which was the tallest and oldest tree.
Meanwhile, George looked at Matt. "Mr. Hahn, can I exchange my tree with another person? I want to switch with the two girls."
He had picked the second lot. His tree was tall, but it was shorter than Maria's tree and had many walnuts.
"That's right. Friendship comes first, and the competition comes second." Chad nodded.
"Alright." Matt nodded.
Before he could continue talking, Demi replied, "It's fine. We can do it."
"Think about it clearly." Matt pointed to the first tree and motioned for her to look at it.
"We can switch trees with Demi and Ms. Dane," Thomas said hurriedly.
"It's alright. Thank you, Mr. Hahn, Mr. Lenon, and Mr. Musk." Demi shook her head and smiled.
She had thanked everyone except Thomas.
As such, the atmosphere on set became a little awkward.

A netizen asked, "What grudge do they have? Vicious gal is pretty friendly to the others. Why is she so rude to Ana and Thomas?"

Someone replied, "I'm curious."
Another said, "I'm curious too!"
The netizens were dying to find out the truth.
"Mr. Yale, do you want to switch with me?" Thomas looked at Nigel.
Thomas' tree was the shortest and had the most walnuts. He thought, "Nigel is in his 40s, so he can't climb that high."
"It's fine. Thank you, Thomas." The latter waved his arms dismissively.
Though he was 40 years old, he had his dignity to keep. Besides, he didn't think he was so weak that he had to take advantage of a young person.
This caused Thomas to feel awkward.
"Alright, then. Let's start. First, let us invite the villagers to give a demonstration," Matt declared.
Like digging potatoes, the actions for cracking walnuts were simple. They just had to climb the trees and wave the sticks around. However, it was
difficult to do it.
They had to climb trees and maintain their balance on them.
Yet, when everyone saw how experienced Demi was, they realized that she could climb trees very well, so she didn't need to switch trees with
anyone.
"You're amazing!" Maria excitedly gave her a thumbs up.
Then, a few loud noises were heard.
Demi climbed the tree like a nimble monkey, while George's climbing technique made him seem like a large gorilla.
Though he looked ungraceful, one could see that he knew how to climb trees.
Though Thomas couldn't be compared with him, he was slightly more agile than Nigel.
"Don't climb too high. Your safety is the most important thing!" Matt yelled into his loudspeaker.
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A Second Life, A New Power
Chapter 36 Demi Can Climb Trees
Meanwhile, Benedict watched the livestream in Mountain Villa.
"So, this young lady makes a living by cracking walnuts. I didn't know she was so agile. She has such good balance when she cracks walnuts.
"Back then, I climbed trees like a monkey too. I would pluck walnuts from the trees and eat them. Fresh walnuts were so delicious. Alas, I'm too old
now! I can only reminisce."
Benedict sighed as he looked at the livestream.
"Mr. West Senior, should I ask someone to plant a few walnut trees in your courtyard too?" Sean asked.
"Am I going to climb them?" Benedict questioned crossly.
"You could always look at them. And if you want to, you can pluck a few walnuts and eat them," Sean explained.
"Forget it." Waving his hands dismissively, Benedict asked, "Do you think I miss the taste of walnuts? No, I miss my healthy body and hands when I
was young."
...
Since the tree that Demi was climbing had sparse walnuts, she couldn't reach her goal of 160 pounds of walnuts even after cracking all the walnuts at
the bottom. So, she continued climbing up the tree.
"Be careful, Demi! Just come down when you're ready," Matt yelled through his loudspeaker.
At the same time, Maria shouted, "Demi, don't climb up anymore. We have a lot of ingredients left from yesterday!"
"I got it."
Though Demi said that, she continued climbing up.
In the end, she reached the top of the tree, which was 14 feet tall.
Everyone was stunned. They exclaimed, "Demi is awesome! She's an all-rounder!"
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