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Chapter 32: Let You Fall from the Altar

Chapter 32: Let You Fall from the Altar
Why did you specifically challenge Todo Kirin?
This question is actually a bit redundant.

"You are ranked first." Aize smiled as if it was a matter of course: "In the academy, who doesn't want to take the first place and sit in it themselves?"

This is not only about reputation and status, but also about practical interests.

To put it simply, those who rank high have privileges in the academy. The privileges of the first twelve are particularly exaggerated, not to mention the privileges of the number one. The special bonuses issued every month alone are enough to make people worry-free about food and clothing. Who wouldn't be tempted?

In the long run, those who rank higher can more or less enjoy some favorable conditions when participating in world-class competitions such as the Star Martial Festival, and their exposure rate will also be greatly increased. The benefits that can be tapped here are so great that ordinary people can hardly imagine, especially for a school ranked first.

Therefore, everyone would want to challenge the number one position, and there are many reasons to challenge it.

As the person who actually sits in this position, how could Todo Kirin not understand this?

only……

"Senior doesn't care about these, does he?"

Toudou Qilin said this with extreme seriousness.

"Oh?" Aize raised his eyebrows and asked with interest: "Why do you think so?"

"Because the senior is not that kind of person."

Toudou Qilin's tone was rarely full of affirmation.

"You are quite confident in this regard."

I don't know if Aize was joking or not, but it made Toudou Qilin feel a little embarrassed.

"Because the senior said something like that."

Toudou Qilin muttered in a low voice.

"What did I say?"

Aize asked.

Toudou Qilin hesitated for a while before speaking in a soft voice: "Senior said that if you can beat me, my expression won't be so heavy..."

Obviously, Todo Qilin has always kept these words in mind.

In fact, what Toto Qilin really wanted to ask Aize was not why he specifically challenged her, but why the other party said such words.

This undoubtedly gave Todo Qilin an illusion.

She had the illusion that the other party was challenging her specifically for her own sake.

In response, Aize did not deny it. He smiled faintly and continued walking forward.

Toudou Qilin quickly caught up and walked beside Aize, all the while trying to observe his expression.

The little girl was very patient, or perhaps she had run out of courage and did not dare to ask a second time.

Under such circumstances, Aize walked forward on his own, looking ahead.

"I actually know a little about your affairs."

Aize seemed to be talking to himself and said something that made Toudou Qilin's body stiffen.

Aize seemed not to notice all this and continued talking.

"Your uncle is Toudou Koichirō, and he is an employee of the integrated corporate consortium Ginga, which operates the Seidoukan Academy."

"He is the director of the Seventh Teaching and Research Office of the Integrated Entertainment Headquarters, responsible for the human resources-related departments in the Far East Region."

"The Teaching and Research Office is the unit that actually manages the human resources agents of the Seidoukan Academy. It is also closely related to the results of the Seibu Festival. Therefore, its authority is quite high."

"But he is not satisfied with this and wants to get a higher status."

"So, he tried his best to take advantage of you."

Ignoring Toudou Kirin's increasingly shaken expression, Aize continued speaking.

"The Integrated Entertainment Division is also a department that is highly valued by the Supreme Executive Department in the Galaxy. If Toto Koichirō, who is a senior executive of this department, can train a Star Warrior Festival contestant who is worthy of being recorded in history, then he may have the opportunity to become a senior executive of the headquarters."

"For this purpose, he took advantage of you. When you entered school, he arranged a duel for you, making you one of the Twelve of the First Page, and in the first month's official ranking battle, he specifically challenged the old number one, allowing you to defeat the opponent and reach the top of the Star Guide Hall Academy."

"After that, almost all of your duels and schedules will be managed by Toto Koichiro. In order to keep you in the top spot, he will constantly devise strategies for you and provide you with intelligence on your opponents, all in order to make you the unprecedented number one and keep his evaluation rising."

"That is to say, you didn't choose the top spot willingly." Aize didn't stop, but turned his gaze back to Toudou Qilin and said, "Am I right?"

Toudou Qilin was silent.

"…It seems that Senior already knows a lot about me."

Toudou Qilin spoke in a low voice with a gloomy look on her face.

"Not really." Aize said, "At least, I don't know why you should obey him."

This is a lie. Aize actually knows better than anyone why Toudou Qilin is willing to obey her uncle who is so harsh on her, even hates her and controls her.

Because Toudou Qilin wants to save her father.

“…My father went to jail for committing a crime when I was eight years old.”

Toudou Qilin's lips trembled slightly, and she easily revealed her secret to Aize's surprised expression.

"At that time, my father took me to a store, where we ran into robbers."

"I...I was caught by the robbers because of my carelessness and became their hostage."

"In order to save me, my father gave the other person to..."

Toudou Qilin's voice became smaller and smaller, so that almost no one could hear the word "kill", and it was easily drowned out by the noisy voices around.

"I want to rescue my father."

This was the only sentence that Toudou Qilin said with exceptional clarity and firmness.

"For this purpose, I came here, to this city."

This is the place closest to Toudou Qilin's wish.

"My uncle is amazing. He suppressed my father's case by himself. As long as his status can be improved and he gets more power, he can help my father get out of prison."

This is not wishful thinking.

Aize knew very well that being able to manipulate laws, control power, and confuse right and wrong in the blink of an eye was common in previous lives, let alone in this world.

Because of the arrival of the falling star shower, the existing system of this world has long collapsed, and it has been replaced by emerging economies such as integrated corporate consortiums.

In other words, the integrated corporate conglomerate is the ruler of this world.

It is precisely because the world's rulers have become an economic entity such as the "consortium" that the world's economic development can rapidly revive.

But on the other hand, in order to stimulate economic development, these integrated business conglomerates will do everything they can.

The Star Martial Festival was created to stimulate economic development and is a means for integrated corporate conglomerates to make huge profits.

For the Star Martial Festival and for their own development, they built this city, gathering Star Vein Generations from all over the world and letting them fight to the death on this stage.

In order to attract the Star Vein Generation, they also promised various benefits, the most attractive of which was the Star Martial Festival.

They promised that any contestant who could win the Star Martial Festival could make a wish to them.

The six major integrated corporate conglomerates will all contribute to help each other realize this wish.

In view of this, the competition among the six university campuses is so fierce, and even shady behaviors such as sneak attacks, calculations, and murders occur.

If Toto Koichirō could become an executive of the integrated corporate consortium Ginga, it would be easy for him to bail someone out of prison.

For this reason, Toudou Kirin obeys Toudou Koichiro.

only……

"He has a very bad attitude towards you, his niece who can help him get to the top." Aize said lightly: "I heard that he seems to beat and scold you at every turn. The same thing happened to Her Royal Highness the Princess at that time. Because you helped her, he must have scolded you quite badly, right?"

Otherwise, Todo Kirin's condition wouldn't have been so bad during those days.

“…There’s nothing we can do about it.”

Toudou Qilin lowered her head and said these words.

Who made her disobedient?
Who asked her to help her competitor?
"Yeah, there's nothing we can do about it."

Aize's expression was calm.

Then, he said this.

"Then I did the right thing by challenging you by name."

Aize's words made Toudou Qilin raise his head again.

"Senior...?"

Toudou Qilin stared at Aize blankly.

Looking at Todo Qilin like this, Aize smiled.

"Wait, then."