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Chapter 374: Switching Opponents
Chapter 374: Switching Opponents
Qiao Sang froze for a moment. Had she just heard something significant?
It turned out that facing Ruan Yunwen was a special arrangement?
Qiao Sang took a shallow breath and gave Treasure Seeker a meaningful glance.
Treasure Seeker understood immediately, quickly covering his mouth with his paw and nodding.
A younger-sounding man spoke calmly, "It was your own intelligence that was off. You were the one who suggested pairing them together. I only handled the arrangements; the rest isn't my concern."
The middle-aged man fell silent for a moment, then his tone softened, "It was my mistake. I hope you can arrange for Qiao Sang to face Liang Yuan from Jiangyang High School tomorrow."
Liang Yuan from Jiangyang High School?
Qiao Sang thought for a moment and quickly recalled who he was.
Teacher Sun had introduced him before coming to Kainan City. His combat style was rather conventional, nothing out of the ordinary, but his two familiars were a different story. One was a Shadow Void Branch, possessing the Shadow Step trait that could counter Treasure Seeker's teleportation, while the other, a Purple Voltmouse, was an electric familiar that could effectively counter Lulu's attributes.
"Liang Yuan?" the young man asked.
The middle-aged man nodded, "His familiars can somewhat counter Qiao Sang's."
The young man sneered, "Counter? How exactly? Attributes? Even Ruan Yunwen lost. Do you really think a student with just attribute advantages can win?"
"Even if she can't win, forcing her to reveal more of her trump cards would be beneficial", the middle-aged man said in a low voice. "Like today, though the outcome was different from what I expected, it did reveal the Xunbao Substitute and Spatial Shift techniques."
The sound of a chair moving was followed by the sound of a computer being turned on.
Qiao Sang didn't dare move, afraid of making any noise.
Anyone who could manipulate things in the National Campus Beastmaster League must be a Beastmaster, and likely one who had undergone replenishment. After her own replenishment, her hearing had become almost superhuman.
A few seconds later, the young man's voice, accompanied by the sound of typing, rang out, "Did you come to me without Principal Huang's knowledge?"
Principal Huang? Qiao Sang's spirits lifted, and she perked up her ears.
"Principal Huang?" The middle-aged man laughed coldly. "He's still hoping that Ding Yanjing will reveal the Valley Tail Sun during his match with Qiao Sang to secure the Potential Award."
"He's so naive at his age. One is a Junior Year student who cultivated a High-Class Beast Companion in the first half of the year, which is rare but happens every year nationwide. The other is a Sophomore Year student who developed three pages of the Beastmaster Codex and bonded with three extremely rare familiars in the first half of the year."
"Even ignoring our Zhehai Province, there has never been such a talented student nationwide. Anyone with eyes can see who should get the Potential Award."
"It would be better to follow my suggestion and have Qiao Sang stop at the top four."
So, it was Litan Beastmaster High School. But they were just after the Potential Award? The prize was supposed to be just an A-Class Potential Enhancer, right? Was it really worth it... Qiao Sang was puzzled.
The young man said indifferently, "Looks like he doesn't know."
Outside, silence fell again.
After a while, the middle-aged man spoke, "It doesn't matter whether he knows or not. If you want a recommendation for this election, I can help you."
The sound of typing stopped, and the young man slowly said, "I still have high hopes for Qiao Sang. I'll only help you with this year's National Campus Beastmaster League." He then changed the subject, "I've already arranged the match for tomorrow. I hope you can provide the information on your end as soon as possible."
Already arranged? So quickly? It sounded like he had just done it on the computer... Qiao Sang's face remained calm as she thought about it.
Qiao Sang had heard about the use of the Shadow Veil in competitions, especially in large, highly publicized events. To win, many people would resort to underhanded tactics.
Recently, there was a case exposed online where Yongchang Zhu, who placed sixth in the previous Lianbo Regional Competition, used dirty tricks before the match to ensure his victory. He found out where his opponent was staying and arranged a series of disturbances, such as setting off fireworks, having a drunkard knock on the wrong door, and a couple in the neighboring room fighting, to keep his opponent awake all night. This resulted in the opponent performing poorly during the competition, allowing Zhu to win unfairly.
Qiao Sang never expected to encounter such a situation during her student days.
However, just being assigned a specific opponent wasn't a big deal to her. Qiao Sang wasn't the least bit worried.
After hearing what she needed to hear, she didn't immediately leave with Treasure Seeker. Instead, she patiently waited until the sound of footsteps and the door closing faded away.
After confirming that no one else was in the house, Qiao Sang opened the door and walked into the outer room.
The entrance was a spacious hall with a high-end sofa set, a coffee table, a large desk by the window, and a computer on the desk.
Qiao Sang sat down at the desk and pressed the power button on the computer, which was already turned off.
"What do I want to do most?"
Sure enough, it required a password... Qiao Sang made a hand sign and summoned Fangy.
"Yah!"
Fangy called out as soon as he appeared, eager to train and evolve quickly.
"Wait with the training for now", Qiao Sang said. "First, use your Sensitivity to sense how the person who just left operated the computer."
"Fangy"
Fangy obediently placed his paw on the computer.
With Sensitivity, a skill almost like a detective's superpower, Qiao Sang quickly found the password:
"Take down the leader, become the leader"
This person had quite the ambition... Qiao Sang thought to herself.
The computer operations were complex, and Fangy, who had never used a computer before, could only sense one step at a time. It took Qiao Sang most of the day to open the system that manipulated the match-up list.
It was too devious. How could someone do such a despicable thing? Assigning opponents directly, where was the fairness and justice? Fortunately, the person assigned was her. If it had been someone else, they might have fallen for it... Qiao Sang muttered as she changed Liang Yuan's name to Ding Yanjing on the computer.
Reporting this would be pointless. As someone who wasn't part of the Artifacts body, she had no direct evidence. While an investigation was possible, it would waste a lot of time, and Qiao Sang didn't have the energy for it. The simplest and most direct response was to change the opponent.
...
The next day.
At the Kainan Familiar Battle Arena.
Qiao Sang sat down in her seat under the watchful eyes of the crowd.
She glanced at the leadership area, trying to see who matched the description of the two people from yesterday.
"What are you looking at?" Xu Yixuan asked, following her gaze curiously.
"Trying to figure out who looks more sinister", Qiao Sang replied.
"Why are you doing that?" Xu Yixuan asked, puzzled.
Before Qiao Sang could answer, Xu Yixuan leaned in and whispered, "By the way, there's a rumor online that Flame Listener has evolved. Did someone see your Blazing Star Hound?"
Qiao Sang nodded. "It's fine if it's exposed."
After today, she wouldn't hide it anymore.
"It's fine", Xu Yixuan said, suddenly smiling. "You haven't seen the comments; no one believes it."
Just then, He Datao turned around and said, "Look at you grinning. You didn't believe it at first either."
Xu Yixuan: "..."
Five minutes later, a man with an Echo Squirrel on his shoulder entered the arena and announced something briefly.
Soon, four large holographic screens displayed the match-up list. Due to the number of participants being halved after yesterday's matches, the screens didn't need to scroll to show all the matchups.
[Shidu No. 9 High School, Xue Miao vs. Xiangshi Beastmaster High School, Tang Xiangyu]
[Fufang International Beastmaster High School, Xu Xing vs. Kainan No. 1 High School, Yu Yang]
[Jiangyang High School, Liang Yuan vs. Suchong Beastmaster High School, Zhang Yifan]
...
[Litan Beastmaster High School, Ding Yanjing vs. Holy Water High School, Qiao Sang]
(End of Chapter)
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