People bring their own maids to the training camp

"I'm sorry, Princess, I couldn't win."

"It's alright, Kanzaki-san did expend some energy earlier."

However, Chihaya was a little surprised—Ayanokouji's expression clearly indicated that he intended to work up a sweat rather than just participate.

132. Flying Chess Battle (4)

In the other matches, Kito easily defeated Shibata, leaving the latter looking at his hand in surprise, wondering how this guy who looked a bit like a haunted house staff member could be so strong.

The Shiina team versus the Nishikawa team, with Yamada Albert and Katsuragi arm wrestling.

If it were any other opponent, Katsuragi might have had a chance, but against the imposing and powerful black exchange students, it was essentially a crushing defeat. Therefore, the Shiina team won easily.

Finally, the match between Ryuen and Hirata took place. Hirata originally had a considerable advantage against Ibuki, but it was hard to say who would win against Ryuen.

However, he did not resort to any underhanded tactics when facing Hirata Ryuen, but instead took him down openly and honestly.

Thus, the Ichinose Group, Himegami Group, Nishikawa Group, and Kushida Group lost their duel, and their "HP" decreased by one.

Both groups in Class B lost, while both groups in Class C won.

"We've had some bad luck," Honami said to Chihaya. "There should have been duels that focused on reaction speed, but we didn't draw any."

"There's no other way. If we have a forced duel every two rounds, we might not even need to consider the distance between us."

"Thinking about it that way, Class C really bet on both sides," Honami remarked. "Shiina's group used the traditional method, but Ryuen's group won by surprise. They were really bold, exchanging pieces and players. It wouldn't make any sense for me to use them."

In terms of reaction speed, Shibata is definitely no less capable than her, and there's no need to discuss sports. As for academic ability, there's no relevant information yet.

The third round begins, starting with Sakayanagi. The girl raises her hand, indicating that she wants to use her item card.

"Ignore distance and force a duel against any group."

“I choose Ichinose-kun,” Sakayanagi said to Horikita.

Honami gave Chihaya a helpless look. Even more awkward was that Honami hadn't left the starting point yet; if he lost another duel, his situation would be extremely dangerous.

In the previous round of forced duels, Honami faced Uesaka Yanagi, and Shibata, on whom Class B had placed high hopes, was defeated by Kito. Presumably, Uesaka Yanagi realized this, which is why he initiated another duel.

Actually, this is not a good time, because there is only one duel, and it cannot be determined that the duel will only involve physical strength. In addition, it is not wise to reveal your item card too early.

However, Chihaya probably understands Sakayanagi's tactics—the other party isn't pursuing the optimal solution, but simply trying to "evade taxes."

Thus began the second duel between the Ichinose Group and the Sakayanagi Group.

The duel event was sumo wrestling.

Although it's called sumo, it's actually similar to wrestling, a simple contest of strength, and other moves are not allowed.

If he couldn't beat Kito in an arm wrestling match, he had even less chance of winning in sumo.

However, Shibata still resolutely challenged Kito to a duel—the result was self-evident: the Homami-Shibata duo didn't even leave the starting point before their HP was reduced to only 1 point.

"It seems that the hopes of Class B are in your hands, Chihaya."

"It's too early to say these things now, Honami." Chihaya thought it was too early to draw conclusions. "There might be a reply later."

"Then I have to throw out a 6 first."

Since the starting point is located on a blank square on the map, staying there has no effect. Therefore, if Fanbo cannot roll a 6, he can only stand still and wait for another group to initiate a duel.

Longyuan threw out a 6 again, which brought the two sets of pieces very close together.

The Shiina group progressed normally.

The Ichinose group's second attempt failed.

The Horikita group is progressing normally.

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

At 6 o'clock, the distance between them and Class A's Nishikawa group was also reduced.

However, the Nishikawa team only threw out 1 point.

"Nishikawa Katsuragi Group Challenge: The game involves competing against the group closest to you. The winner receives a buff, while the loser is suspended for one turn in the next round."

"The competition will be the triple jump."

During the competition, after the run-up, the athlete should make three different types of jumps. The first jump is a single-leg hop, landing on the take-off leg; the second jump is a step jump, landing on the swing leg; and the third jump is a jump, in which the athlete must land on both feet in the sandpit.

Katsuragi and Kanzaki arrived near the sandpit.

"You must not step on the white springboard during your final jump, otherwise it will be considered an invalid score. Each person has 3 chances, starting with Katsuragi," Nagumo said.

"Has Kanzaki-san ever done a triple jump?" Chihaya asked through her earpiece.

"Rather than experience, it's more like I've never tried it so formally before," Kanzaki replied. "But I do have a lot of experience with the standing long jump; I can jump over 2.3 meters."

"I think it's better to be on the safe side and get a good score on the first jump, which is what many professional competitions do."

"can."

Kanzaki naturally emerged victorious, jumping more than a meter higher than Katsuragi. This result was clearly achieved by jumping first and then improving upon Katsuragi's performance.

After observing, Chihaya concluded that Kanzaki still had some strength left, while Shibata had not held back at all.

Taking into account both his intelligence and physical abilities, Kanzaki should indeed be the strongest boy in Class B.

While Chihaya was pondering, Horikita Manabu announced the results.

"The Himegami Kanzaki team gains the right to choose one duel item from three randomly drawn items for their next duel. This can be used in any duel. The Nishikawa Katsuragi team will remain in place for one turn next round."

"Kanzaki-kun is in amazing form!" Chihaya praised. "Keep it up!"

"You flatter me, Princess. It was just a lucky break. I could only admit defeat when I ran into Kito Yamada and his gang."

Kanzaki is quite aware of his own abilities. Even if he went all out, he might not be a match for these two. However, neither of them are obviously brainy players. Kanzaki's advantage lies in his intellect, which is a rare talent.

The use of thugs is not as extensive as that of strategists, after all, it is a school rather than a battlefield.

Kanzaki was unaware that his partner was "testing" him, preoccupied with whether he could "KO" the Nishikawa-Katsuki group again if they encountered them next, and how to deal with the Sakayanagi-Kitou group, with whom he would most likely meet later.

Furthermore, due to Ichinose's two losses, they are on the verge of elimination, so they also need to consider Ryuen, who may catch up later.

Surrounded by enemies, Kanzaki felt the situation was dire, but he didn't share his thoughts with Chihaya, fearing it would put pressure on her. Little did he know, Chihaya felt no pressure whatsoever; instead, she saw her opponents as utterly insignificant.

Kushida then threw two points, landing on the Fate square that was four squares back—the distance to the Sakayanagi team was reduced.

133. Flying Chess Battle (5)

(Patch: Item card cooldowns will refresh after a duel victory)

The third round has ended, and we are now entering the fourth round.

Because the map wasn't designed to be particularly large, the groups that moved the fastest were already very close to the groups ahead of them.

For example, the Sakayanagi group, which is gradually approaching the Kushida group, will next run into the Ryuen group of the Ichinose group, and the Himegami group, which is approaching Nishikawa.

The Sakayanagi team proceeded normally and completed the challenge.

The Ryuen Group and the Ichinose Group meet.

“Initiate the duel,” Ryuen said.

Although the cooldown of item cards refreshes, the player selected for the duel depends on the duel's event; in any case, the rule is that item cards can be used at any time.

The duel event was quickly decided: the 800-meter race.

Fanbo visibly breathed a sigh of relief. She still trusted Shibata a lot in terms of running, not to mention that there was still a gap between men and women in sports.

The only question is whether Longyuan will choose to use a substitute player.

However, Ryuen remained silent, so it became a race between Shibata and Ibuki.

Ultimately, Shibata emerged victorious, but the process was far from simple. Ibuki also sprinted with all her might, which kept Shibata on his toes. Only after securing her absolute lead did she slow down a bit.

The Ichinose team won the duel.

Suddenly, Long Yuan snorted in the arena, a disdainful smile on his face, as if victory was assured.

"..." Fanbo ignored Longyuan and stepped forward to throw the dice: this time a 6 appeared, and he successfully reached the first challenge square.

However, Honami's smile quickly faded: because Shibata's challenge was again 800 meters.

Then it was Shiina's turn to act, and the girl gestured to use the item card.

Shiina's item card is the same as Sakayanagi's; it's a forced duel, and the chosen opponent is the Ichinose group.

Because of the time limit, after discussion, Shibata ran the lowest possible time and then prepared to face the Shiina group's duel.

"I want to use an item card too." Fanbo raised his hand firmly. "The effect is a choice of one of three buffs."

1. Reply with a little HP

The number on the 2 dice changes to 355579

3. Exchange positions with the opponent

For Honami, only the first option was available, since Shiina's forced duel ignored distance, so she had no other choice.

Shibata, who had run two 800-meter races in a row, still maintained a relatively normal condition.

"Don't worry, Ichinose-kun, 1600 meters is no big problem for a member of the soccer club like me." Despite saying that, Shibata was still a little nervous looking at the tall and strong Albert Yamada.

"I believe you! Go for it, Shibata-kun!"

The duel between the Ichinose team and the Shiina team was: shot put, with each person having three chances.

Fanbo fell silent again, but the duel did not allow for forfeiting, meaning that the duel had to be completed.

Shibata suffered a crushing defeat in this round, but because Honami used an item card, he still has one more chance to fail.

However, at this point, Honami and Shibata could basically be declared out of the game, as Ryuen would soon catch up, and Shiina's cooldown was refreshed due to his duel victory, allowing him to launch another duel in the next round.

In addition, it is unknown whether another all-out duel will be forced at the end of the fourth round.

The Horikita group is progressing normally.

The concubine group is proceeding normally.

Nishikawa paused for one round.

The Kushida group is advancing normally.