A Scientific Urban Detective.

Chapter 985 Parent-Teacher Meeting and Cheerleading Squad

The principal is not wrong. There is not much comparability between junior high school and high school. Even the majority of the competition events are different. In the end, what can be compared is just the school's total score.

But to be honest, apart from the top five universities, very few people actually pay attention to the overall score of a school.

Most students are more concerned about the individual scores of the red and white teams. If Tokiwadai Middle School and a certain high school are assigned to the same color, the competition will be much less intense, even if they want to compete.

Although the high school is now qualified to compete for a higher overall ranking, it is ultimately not strong enough; so the principal casually dismissed the matter as if it were just a trivial matter.

Moreover, judging from the expressions of the teachers present, they did not seem to take this "duel" too seriously.

In fact, apart from the overall school rankings, such "private duels" between schools are not uncommon at the annual Daihasei Festival.

However, in most cases, it's just a way to increase the atmosphere of the competition and boost the morale of the students; they don't actually gamble anything.

The reason this "duel" is so noteworthy is simply because the two sides are Tokiwadai Middle School and a certain high school.

Since the school has already made mental preparations and intends to treat the situation with a normal attitude and not be obsessed with winning or losing, then there is naturally nothing to worry about.

"Then let's decide on this matter, Lin Wuming," the principal said, looking at the two Level 5s in front of him, "and Accelerator. Just do your best and don't worry too much about winning or losing the match."

That being said, as long as these two Level 5s are involved in a project, they will undoubtedly win, right?

"Then let's move on to the next topic," the principal continued with mixed feelings. "In fact, this is what we really need your help with."

After a brief pause, the principal continued, "Lin Wuming and Accelerator, I know that you both declined the invitation to become student representatives for the Daihasei Festival, which is fine. However, I hope that you two will not decline the position of student representative for our school again."

As he spoke, the principal also revealed a helpless smile: "Besides, apart from you two level 5 superpowered individuals, it would be illegitimate to choose other students as student representatives."

"A student representative from a high school?" Lin Wuming asked. "What kind of position is that? Is it necessary?"

“It’s absolutely necessary!” the principal said with certainty. “But don’t worry, our school’s student representatives don’t need to do anything extra in the competition.”

“In fact,” the principal explained, “that role was created specifically for ‘parent-teacher meetings’.”

In short, it is a "role model" to showcase the school's strength and achievements to parents of students who visit Academy City during the Daihasei Festival.

There's nothing more convincing than two Level 5s standing there!
Because Academy City implements strict entry and exit controls, even students' parents normally find it difficult to enter the city, and naturally have few opportunities to witness their children's lives here.

The extensive open events during the Daihasei Festival offer students and parents a rare opportunity to directly enter Academy City and witness their children's learning and life firsthand!
For schools, this is a rare opportunity to gather most of the students' parents, so some schools will seize this opportunity to hold "parent-teacher meetings".

As a high school that prepares students for university entrance exams, this school also has the custom of holding "parent-teacher meetings" on the occasion.

Of course, compared to ordinary schools outside, the "parent-teacher meetings" held during the Daihasei Festival are relatively less formal. Considering the atmosphere of the event, teachers generally only report good news and not bad news; and in addition to basic communication between home and school, the more important purpose of the so-called "parent-teacher meetings" is actually to organize parents of students in the same class or even the same school to act as cheerleaders and cheer for their students in group events.

This is also the most stable channel for most schools to obtain cheerleading members.

After all, the Daihasei Festival is a large-scale collective event in which all schools in Academy City participate. This means that each school is a separate participant, and the other schools are naturally competitors.

Therefore, apart from a very few particularly famous or popular schools, it is difficult for ordinary schools to get cheerleading support from outside their own students.

Individual or group competitions are fine, as students who don't need to participate can go and cheer them on; but for group events involving the entire class or even the whole grade, it's sometimes difficult to gather a cheering squad with enough volume.

It's unclear which school came up with the idea of ​​organizing parents who would be visiting their children in Academy City during the Daihasei Festival into a "parents' cheering squad."

Since then, similar "parent cheerleading squads" have become a common practice, and almost every school with the resources will organize and mobilize in the same way.

Ultimately, for sports festivals like the Daihasei Festival, the sense of participation and atmosphere are often more important than the competition results.

The high school was no exception. As you can tell from its name, before Lin Wuming and Yifatong came to study there, this school was almost synonymous with "ordinary". Therefore, it naturally had the tradition of "parents cheering".

On the other hand, now that the school already has two Level 5 superpowered individuals, the school is naturally happy to introduce their ace to the parents.

Thus, the current principal extended an invitation.

"So, you mean—Principal/Teacher, you want the two of us to attend the parent-teacher conference?" Lin Wuming pointed to himself and Accelerator next to him.

"It's just a simple appearance at the parents' meeting," the principal quickly said. "Please don't refuse!"

"Parents..." Lin Wuming suddenly asked Accelerator beside him in a low voice, "By the way, do you have any family?"

Accelerator rolled his eyes: "Hmph, I've always been alone... What about you, Nameless?"

"It's no secret that I came from an orphanage."

Hearing their conversation, the teachers, including the principal, looked embarrassed—they were so focused on introducing their school's star students to the parents that they forgot both Level 5 students were "orphans"!

They even got two orphans to attend a parent-teacher meeting... it was definitely a hellish situation.

Just then, Huang Quanchuan Aihui stepped forward and lightly tapped Lin Wuming on the forehead with a chop to the head: "What nonsense are you thinking? The orphanage is a thing of the past! Aren't I here now?"

(End of this chapter)