People bring their own maids to the training camp

Next up was Fanbo, but unfortunately he didn't throw a 6.

"It seems that rolling a 6 in one go is quite difficult." Honami wasn't discouraged and smiled at Chihaya. "But it's good, we can observe what challenges the starting grid will present."

“That’s right, Ryuen was clearly conserving his energy just now,” Chihaya said. “I didn’t expect him to be so cautious.”

"Is this a tactic? Being too fast might not be a good thing. If you rely on expending energy to move forward quickly, you might be at a disadvantage in the duel after catching up with the other classes' pieces."

"I also think it's better to take a steady and solid approach."

Next up was Rinne, who successfully rolled a 6, and then decided to take on the challenge with a second roll of the dice.

After rolling several times, the die stopped at 5.

"5 points. The challenge is to answer the question incorrectly. You need to answer it five times in a row. If you answer it all correctly, you will get 1 point next time. If you fail three times, you will lose 1 point next time."

Get all five questions right, get +1; get one wrong, get nothing; get two or more wrong, get -1. It's a very simple rule. It tests your reaction speed and adaptability.

"Ayanokouji-san, you should be alright, right?"

"My reaction time is average. If I try hard, I might be able to do 30 push-ups."

"...Then do your best." Rinne refrained from exposing Ayanokouji's true colors—let alone 30, even 50, Ayanokouji could accomplish it!

The person in charge of the chess game area, Nagumo, approached Ayanokouji with a card in hand, ready to read the puzzle aloud.

“The five questions will be asked consecutively, and you will only have 3 seconds for each question,” Nan Yun said. “So, please listen to the question—what is your favorite food?”

"red."

What's in the classroom?

"rain."

What kinds of mammals are there?

"green."

What can you buy at a convenience store?

"blue."

"Name a color of the rainbow."

"Yellow... ah."

"One mistake, neither added nor subtracted."

"That Ayanokouji is quite the actor," Chihaya thought to herself, switching to Ayanokouji's perspective.

This kind of reaction test might not work for Sudo, who might genuinely struggle to react, but Ayanokouji was clearly doing it on purpose to avoid being noticed. After all, three seconds is practically no reaction time, and mentally preparing an answer is perfectly normal; as long as the question wasn't related to color, his answer would be considered reasonable.

"Chihaya, it's your turn. Good luck!"

"Hmm." Chihaya Asahina smiled and then walked to the center.

Chihaya picked up the dice and felt its weight briefly, then threw it using the technique he had practiced many times.

6 points.

Successfully launched.

On the second roll of the dice, Chihaya rolled a 1.

In other words, Kanzaki's challenge is push-ups.

"Kanzaki-kun, can you do 30?" Chihaya asked Kanzaki for his opinion.

"I think there shouldn't be any problem."

131. Flying Chess Battle (3)

Kanzaki completed 30 push-ups relatively easily, which improved Chihaya's assessment of Kanzaki.

Judging from appearances alone, Chihaya thought that among the boys in Class B, Shibata, a member of the soccer club, was probably the most physically strong. Kanzaki was more of a balanced type, meaning he was not weak in any area and had no weaknesses, but his strengths were not particularly outstanding either.

Many people can do 30 push-ups, but there are some differences in the details.

Kanzaki's breathing remained largely unchanged after finishing, and his posture was quite standard. This was slightly better than Chihaya had anticipated.

However, that's only a small part of it. After all, according to Chihaya's observation, even if Kanzaki is hiding something, he's only barely a Tier 1 player. Even if several Kanzakis were grouped together, they wouldn't pose much of a threat to him. Moreover, Kanzaki's sense of participation in class affairs is quite strong; he's very proactive, but he doesn't try to seize control. Instead, he's willing to assist Honami—this is something Chihaya finds somewhat strange.

While Chihaya was pondering, the two groups behind her also completed their throws. The Nishikawa Katsuragi and Kushida Hirata duo both successfully started and completed the challenge, earning a bonus of one point.

In the second round, the Sakayanagi team successfully started and completed the challenge.

The Longyuan team pitched 5 points and is still in the lead.

Fanbo failed to throw a 6 again, and the ball kept spinning in place, to which the girl could only smile helplessly. Throwing a 6 to start does indeed require a bit of luck.

"We haven't been able to set off again. But it seems like we'll be overtaken by Ryuen-kun very soon, won't we?" Honami sighed.

"If it's a duel, Shibata-kun should be fine against Ibuki-kun, right?"

"The problem is, we don't even know what the duel will entail..."

The game is still ongoing.

Shiina, who failed to start in the first round, successfully started in this round. However, the black exchange student reacted too slowly and will have his score reduced in the next round.

The ringtone group moved forward 3 spaces.

It was Chihaya's turn to roll the dice again.

Therefore, he had already successfully started, so there was no need to continue throwing 6. However, according to Chihaya's idea, he should still try to get first place if possible. In the second round, he threw 5. Counting the points from Kanzaki's successful challenge, he could advance seven squares.

"Destiny selection: a blind choice of one out of three."

Then three cards face down appeared in front of Chihaya.

Chihaya randomly picked up one of the middle cards and glanced at its contents.

"You can choose to move your side forward 3 squares or your opponent move backward 3 squares." Chihaya read out the message on her hand. "What do you think, Kanzaki-kun?"

“How about moving forward? To retreat from our opponent now would undoubtedly make enemies, that’s what I think,” Kanzaki replied.

“That makes sense, move forward 3 spaces,” Chihaya said to Horikita Manabu.

Meanwhile, Kanzaki on the other side of the field also moved forward 3 squares.

"Emergency Grid: The piece must complete 200 jump ropes within 2 minutes, otherwise it will stop moving for one round."

The president and vice president on both sides simultaneously conveyed the message to the two individuals.

Left with no other choice, Kanzaki had to take the jump rope and start jumping.

Two minutes to do 200 jumps is not difficult—unless you have poor cardiovascular fitness or can't jump rope.

Kanzaki still completed the mission beautifully.

"Thank you for your hard work, Kanzaki-kun."

"nothing."

The change in breathing wasn't obvious, Chihaya thought. Some things can be faked, but changes in breathing aren't so easily faked.

Both groups then completed their throws, marking the end of the second round.

Just when everyone thought the third round was about to begin, Horikita Manabu did not signal Sakayanagi, who was first in line, to come forward and roll the dice.

"The second round is over. Everyone will be forced to participate in a duel." Horikita Manabu suddenly announced, "The duels for all four groups are the same. The opponents will be randomly selected by the system. You will not be dueling with another group from your class."

This announcement surprised all the groups, since each group had its own starting point, and if they didn't meet in the short term, there would be no opportunity for a duel. And without the opportunity for a duel, everyone was at full strength.

Therefore, there is a possibility that the match could end without any duels taking place among all participants.

Soon, the matchup diagram appeared on the screens of the eight groups.

Sakayanagi vs. Ichinose

Ryuen vs Kushida

Shiina vs Nishikawa

Princess Consort vs. Horikita

The screen then continued scrolling through random duels.

Everyone held their breath and waited, and soon the result was revealed: an arm wrestling match.

This situation is a mixed bag of joy and sorrow. For example, Katsuragi, who is about to face off against the black exchange students, is not happy at this moment.

"I'm going to activate the item card." Ryuen suddenly raised his hand.

“Okay.” Horikita nodded. “The item card held by the Ryuen team has the effect of swapping the identities of the pieces and the player during a duel. In other words, if a duel is encountered, the entire Ryuen team will be represented by the player Ryuen.”

"How could it have such an effect!" Fanbo exclaimed in shock. "Could this have been part of his plan?"

“That’s impossible, it’s probably just a coincidence,” Chihaya replied.

"This way, Ibuki-san, who's a pawn, can save her energy for the duel. She's so lucky..."

“Apart from the Dragon Garden group, all the players are girls. If this card is in someone else's hand, it won't be as effective.”

On the field, Ryuen had already left the room to go to another court for his solo match with Hirata.

Apart from this group, the other groups are also ready to begin.

"Our opponent is Ayanokouji from Class D. I wonder how strong he is," Kanzaki asked Chihaya on the other end of the earpiece.

"In short, don't let your guard down," Chihaya said. Because he didn't know Ayanokouji's purpose, he wasn't sure if Ayanokouji would exert a little more effort—after all, Kanzaki's strength was far too weak compared to Ayanokouji's, and Ayanokouji could "win with difficulty" by exerting only a little effort.

"Ayanokouji-san, nice to meet you."

"Yes, nice to meet you, Kanzaki-kun."

The two men held hands and began to exert force after the referee signaled the start.

Kanzaki initially felt that his opponent was strong, but he was confident that he could win. However, after he gained a slight advantage on the field, the strength coming from his opponent seemed to increase, and it was not a sudden increase, but a gradual increase.

Despite not gaining much advantage, Kanzaki found himself gradually losing his edge and was eventually defeated by Ayanokouji.

"If Kanzaki-san hadn't done those push-ups and jump rope, I probably wouldn't have been able to beat you," Ayanoji said after her victory. "Although I've been working out my muscles, I didn't really burn any calories beforehand."

"Is that so?" Kanzaki had doubts, but a loss is a loss, and there was nothing he could do about it.

After they parted ways, Kanzaki apologized to Chihaya through the earpiece.