On the first day of the competition, Ichiko High won the championship by an overwhelming margin.
Then came the second day's "Ball Scramble".
The rules of "Ball Scramble" were somewhat similar to those in tennis, except that the ball was served by a machine. Both sides needed to hit the ball into the opponent's court with magic to win. Unlike tennis and badminton, the number of balls fired by the machine would gradually increase. One ball would be added every twenty seconds, up to a maximum of nine balls.
Therefore, this competition was a competition of magic control, accuracy, and speed. Whoever could use magic to control the most balls into the opponent's court would win.
Naturally, the outcome was obvious.
In front of Fangzheng, no matter how hard the opponent tried, none of the balls they hit could cross half of the court, let alone hit Fangzheng's court. On the other hand, when Fangzheng waved his hand, the balls seemed to vanish into thin air. They reappeared in the opponent's court, bounced back, and were then hit by Fangzheng again …
Therefore, it was reasonable for a number like 100: 0 to appear.
Therefore, in the "Ball Scramble" the next day, Fangzheng and Mayumi Shicao won the championship and swept the entire competition.
This time, the other schools could no longer sit still. They all went to the tournament committee to protest. This time, they were not protesting against Fangzheng's cheating, but they were asking the committee to ban Fangzheng from participating in the newcomer's tournament!
These schools had good reasons. Even their second and third-year students were beaten like dogs by Fangzheng in the regular season. Wouldn't he be beating their first-year students in the newcomer's tournament?! Was that reasonable?
This made the tournament committee very depressed. When they first formulated the rules, they never thought that something like this would happen.
After all, a person's energy was limited. When the rules were formulated, no staff member could have imagined the existence of a player as abnormal as Fangzheng.
However, it was impossible to change the rules at the last minute. It would only make people doubt the fairness of the competition. So, the staff had no choice but to ask Mayumi Shichinose to convince Fangzheng. After all, if the contestant forfeited, there would be no problem.
However, Fangzheng naturally rejected this suggestion.
"Don't even think about it, Guild Leader. You should know very well that their true goal isn't to call for fairness or anything like that. Instead, they want to stop us from creating an unprecedented record. After all, after this time, the Chairman will definitely change the rules to prevent similar things from happening again. In this way, a grand slam like this will probably never happen again. "
"But Haruhino-kun, your current performance is already quite outstanding...."
"This is different."
Fangzheng waved his hand in response to Mayumi's question.
"Listen up, Guild Leader. Only things written in black and white will be recognized. In this way, even after a few years, a decade, or even decades, they will still have to face this reality. But if I forfeit, it'll be different. Of course, the audience this year may understand, but what about in a few years? The newcomers after me won't think that I'm strong, but that it's simply the result of good luck. So, we must win fair and square, so that we and the newcomers will have nothing to say! "
Faced with Fangzheng's rebuttal, Mayumi Shichinose had nothing to say. She could only go back and apologize.
After getting an answer, the tournament committee had no choice but to hold a meeting to discuss the matter. In the end, they decided to limit the number of matches that contestants could participate in at the start of the next Nine Schools Tournament. At the same time, contestants who had participated in the regular season would not be allowed to participate in similar matches in the newcomer's tournament.
As for this year's tournament … well, you guys can just pinch your noses and accept it.
After receiving the final decision from the committee, the other high schools immediately held meetings to prepare countermeasures.
Even No.3 High School was no exception.
"I didn't expect such a monster to appear in Yizhong High this year."
The contestants from No.3 High School looked very depressed at the conference table. Before the tournament, No.3 High School was regarded as the only hope to challenge Yizhong High School, but now it seemed that … there was no hope left.
"But we can't just give up."
At that moment, Ichijō Ichijō spoke up.
"Everyone, it's true that Harukino is extraordinarily strong and almost unbeatable, but that doesn't mean we have no other goal."
"Is there anything else? With such a monster, Yizhong High School has already won, right? "
Hearing Ichijō Ichijō's words, the others asked in confusion, but Ichijō Ichijō Ichijō High School just shook his head.
"No, we have another goal — to stop Yizhong High School from winning the grand slam!"
"… Ah!!!!"
Everyone was stunned for a moment when they heard Ichijō Ichijō Ichijō Ichijō's words. Previously, because Fangzheng was in the limelight, they had focused all their attention on this monster. As a result, many of them had overlooked a problem, and that was — Mayumi Shicusa, who had also won the championship with Fangzheng two days ago, was also a contestant from Yizhong High School!
It was true that Fangzheng was amazing. No one could match him in this tournament, but he was a man after all, so he could only participate in the men's tournament. He could not participate in the women's tournament. Therefore, the other schools could still compete in this aspect. No matter what, they could not allow Yizhong High School to win all the championships in this year's Nine School Tournament!
If that was the case, the other eight schools might as well just close down and disband!
Thinking of this, the contestants who had originally planned to lie back and let Yizhong High School become nervous again. Indeed, failure was not something to be afraid of. Yizhong High School had won the championship seven times. It was not shameful to lose to them once or twice.
However, if the No.1 High School won the championship in all the events, it wouldn't be a matter of losing face for these contestants. Instead, it would be the No.1 High School beating the other eight schools. In that case, not only would they lose face, but their self-esteem and glory would also be completely shattered.
"So, are we going to focus on the women's tournament next?"
"But even if it's just the women's tournament, Yizhong High School's standard is still far above that."
At this point, everyone became dejected. Indeed, Mayumi Shichikusa didn't need to be mentioned. Watanabe Moli, who was going to participate in the "Surfboard Competition," and Chiyoda Hanayin, who was going to participate in the "Icicle Attack and Defense," were also going to be difficult opponents. This was why Yizhong High School was the favorite to win the championship before the tournament began. Even without the bug that was Fangzheng, it was quite possible for Yizhong High School to win the championship with just these contestants.
"In that case, I'm afraid we can only fight for the newcomer tournament … AHHHH!!!"
Suddenly, one of the contestants shouted as if he had thought of something.
"By the way, now that you mention it, that monster seems to be the technician in charge of the CAD for the girls' group in the newcomer tournament!"
"AHHHH!!!"
Hearing this, the others also remembered that when they first heard of Fangzheng, it was because he not only signed up for both the regular tournament and the newcomer tournament, but was also in charge of the technical adjustments for the CAD. It was because it was rare to see a person who could take on multiple jobs at the same time. Otherwise, they would not have paid so much attention to Fangzheng from the beginning.
At that time, they just thought that this person had nothing better to do and was looking for trouble for himself, but now that they looked at the situation in front of them …
"… That monster couldn't have predicted this, could it?"
It was summer, but the contestants in the conference room felt a chill run down their spines.
"That can't be. He's already freakishly strong enough in magic, but he can't possibly be as good at CAD optimization design …"
Everyone looked at each other and unconsciously lowered their voices. Rather than refuting, it was better to say that they were trying to convince themselves.
After all, even if the CAD technical ability Fangzheng showed was only half of his current strength … .it would probably be unimaginably difficult for the female contestants.
Seeing the cowering faces of the contestants in front of him, Ichijō Shoki frowned and remained silent.
For Ichijō Shoki, this was not just a simple tournament. As the eldest son of one of the "Ten Teachers Clan", the highest level in the Japanese magic world, Ichijō Shoki had even been determined to become the leader of the new generation of the Ten Teachers Clan. This tournament was also a way for him to show off his strength and gain reputation.
To put it bluntly, he was here to gild his name so that he could ascend to the throne of the Ten Teachers Clan in the future.
But what Ichijō Shoki did not expect was that such an unimaginable opponent would appear out of nowhere. Even now, he could not forget the way the other party looked at him at the banquet. It was not hatred, nor was it contempt or hostility. On the contrary, it was like a cat looking at a mouse. It was complete racial suppression.
Under the gaze of the other party, Ichijō Shoki did not even dare to breathe loudly. He felt an unprecedented fear.
Who the hell is that man?
Although he did hire people to investigate, the information he obtained was very simple and seemed to have no problems.
But that was the biggest problem. Such a talent could not have appeared out of nowhere. As the leader of the magic world, the Ten Teachers Clan would certainly not turn a blind eye to such a talent.
But that was not important. The biggest question now was – could he really beat him?
For Ichijō Shoki, this was a question he could not find an answer to.
(End of this chapter)
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