Beast Tamer: The pet is just to help me build a bond

Chapter 143 Magical Lottery [Subscription Request]

On June 4th, the weather was fine.

In the morning light, Phoenix Nest, one of the top ten contemporary buildings in China, looks exceptionally beautiful.

In the auditorium, the audience who arrived early in the morning sat down, waiting for the upcoming opening ceremony.

Today, Phoenix Nest is open to the public free of charge. Anyone can enter after a simple security check, so there are quite a few spectators on site.

After a while, the host's voice sounded.

"Ladies and gentlemen, please keep quiet! From now on, I hope everyone will consciously abide by the rules of the venue. The opening ceremony is about to begin.

I am Wang Lang, the host of this opening ceremony. I will host the ceremony for you guys from now on..."

Wang Lang's voice was gentle yet powerful, clear and loud. He quickly mastered the rhythm of the entire venue, quickly introduced the guests and leaders attending the opening ceremony, and then slowly announced the names of the 64 participating schools.

"The High School Affiliated to Kyoto University, the High School Affiliated to Magic City University, Zhenhai High School, the High School Affiliated to South China Normal University... Shudu No. 7 High School, Qinghe No. 1 High School... Hengshui High School...

This competition has a total of 64 participating high schools and 640 contestants. They are all the best new generation Beast Tamers in the country. Some of them will surely become powerful figures in the future and become the pillars of the motherland.

Now, let's welcome these future pillars of our country to the stage with applause."

As soon as the host finished speaking, there was warm applause in the audience, and then Gao Dewei from Kyoto University walked into the venue holding the school flag.

The student teams from other schools immediately tensed up and stood in neat rows.

In front of the team of Qinghe No. 1 Middle School, Yang Wenhan stood straight, holding the flagpole embroidered with the school emblem of Qinghe No. 1 Middle School with both hands.

Yang Wenhan had previously asked Chen Wen if he wanted to be captain, and he was willing to give up the position of captain.

Chen Wen refused.

Although his strength has surpassed Yang Wenhan, Chen Wen feels that Yang Wenhan is a competent captain who helps everyone a lot in daily training and life.

Besides, he doesn't lack the attention that comes with the captain position, nor does he need to use the position of school team captain to increase his chances of being admitted to college.

After a while, the team from Qinghe No. 1 Middle School also walked out of the passage.

When the team passed in front of the rostrum, Yang Wenhan waved the flagpole in his hand forward vigorously.

Suddenly, the flag drew an arc in the air and swung away. The four big words "Qinghe No. 1 Middle School" appeared in front of all the leaders on the blue flag and were also captured by the camera lens.

"The team that's coming up now is the Qinghe No. 1 Middle School team. They're from Xichuan Province, the land of abundance. They came in second place in last year's preliminaries and qualified for the national competition..."

Listening to the host's introduction, the audience gave Chen Wen and others warm applause and cheers. At the same time, the people of Xichuan who were watching the live broadcast online also sent them their blessings.

Listening to the endless applause and facing the flashing cameras, Chen Wen and others followed Yang Wenhan and finally arrived at the position where they should stand.

After that, the leader spoke, then another leader spoke, and finally the big leader spoke...

When the leader said, "I wish this competition a complete success," the students in the venue and the audience in the auditorium all applauded and cheered hard, fearing that the leader would say something else.

Because, if I say two more points, it will really be two o'clock...

Wang Lang also spoke at the right time: "Thank you for the leaders' speech. Now, please invite Deputy Minister of Education Gao Song and Vice President of the Beast Tamer Association Xu Shou to continue to host the lottery for everyone!"

There are two important tasks in the opening ceremony. The first is the entrance and introduction of the participating teams, and the second is to draw the matchups for all the participating teams.

The operation of drawing lots is very simple. The guests only need to shout "start" and "stop", and the voice-controlled device will automatically start and stop drawing lots, and then quickly get a result.

Soon, the first school team was drawn out and was born.

"Team No. 1, Hengshui Middle School!"

"Hengshui Middle School is from Hebei. They are frequent participants in national competitions. They have never missed any of the three national competitions and achieved a good result of reaching the top eight in the last competition..."

Soon after, the second team came out.

"Team No. 2, Guangsha Middle School!"

"Guangsha Middle School is from Fuzhou. They have entered the national competition twice, but were eliminated in the top 16 last time. It looks like the first game will be very intense..."

Listening to the host's introduction, the faces of the teachers and students of Hengshui Middle School and Guangsha Middle School were not very good. The teachers and students of other schools that had not been drawn also had solemn expressions.

There are no so-called seeded teams in the national competition. The draw has a great impact on the team's performance. Unless the team is the strongest among all the participating teams, it may be eliminated in the first round if it is unlucky. Some people have criticized this rule, believing that it will make the competition less exciting, but the rules of the competition have never been changed.

Some people have speculated that the reason for this setting is mainly to let the new generation of beastmasters know that life is a battle of encounter, and you never know who your opponent will be.

If you don't have strong enough strength, you may fail at any time.

In order to ensure the fairness of the competition, the guests for the lottery draw are senior officials from the Ministry of Education and the Beast Tamer Association.

While ensuring the fairness of the draw, it also shows the importance of high school animal tamer training, killing two birds with one stone.

Under the worried and expectant gazes of the crowd, the names of schools were drawn one by one.

"Number 7, Kyoto University High School!"

As last year's runner-up, Beijing University High School had everyone praying as soon as they were drawn. Even the students from Magic University High School did not want to meet them in the first round.

Chen Wen also prayed secretly that under the standard playing rules for high school students, Qinghe No. 1 Middle School would be eliminated in the first round when facing Peking University Affiliated Middle School.

Under the watchful eyes of the public, students from Wuli No. 1 Middle School in JX Province sacrificed themselves for the sake of everyone.

"..."

"No. 14, High School Affiliated to Magic City University!"

Just as everyone was breathing a sigh of relief, the previous champion, Magic University Affiliated High School, was also drawn out.

"..."

Seeing the rising lottery result, even the host on the scene was silent for a moment.

Only fourteen teams have been drawn so far, and the upper half already has the previous champion, runner-up, and two quarterfinalists, almost catching all the strong teams.

The audience who watched the opening ceremony through the Internet platform and Kyoto TV were also stunned.

"The national competition draw is so exciting. The champion and runner-up are both in the upper half. Now we can watch the finals in advance!"

"The top half is so crazy that they're going to go home if they're not careful."

"That's too bad. There are still 18 spots left in the upper half. I wonder who will be the unlucky ones who get picked."

"..."

At this moment, all the remaining teams hoped not to be drawn into the upper half, and they all thought about it in their hearts.

“Don’t go to the upper half!”

“Don’t go to the upper half!”

"..."

However, it is impossible for 18 positions in the upper half to be vacant.

After a while, with the "start" and "stop" of Gao Song, the Deputy Minister of Education, and Xu Shou, the Vice President of the Beast Tamer Association, the unlucky teams were drawn out one after another.

"No. 32, Donglin No. Middle School!"

As the name of the last school team in the upper half was read out, all the remaining teams breathed a sigh of relief.

Most of the strong teams in the upper half have been taken away, so the lower half is much easier.

Soon, all the draws were completed and Qinghe No. 1 Middle School's opponents were also drawn.

Qianyang No. 1 Middle School from Guizhou Province was among the top 32 in the last session.

Everyone at Qinghe No. 1 Middle School was very happy.

Everyone at Qianyang No. 1 Middle School was also in a good mood.

Although Qinghe No. 1 Middle School was among the top 16 in the last session, its good luck in the draw was a big reason for that.

They were eliminated in the round of 32 simply because they had bad luck in meeting Peking University High School.

(End of this chapter)