The strongest high school student in Japan

They walked up to the podium, where there were small podiums on both sides, and the referee sat in the middle.

After Mogami Jun sat down, he looked at the podium opposite and found that Umemiya Natsuki and the other girls were already sitting there.

All his attention instantly fell on Meigong Xia Fei.

This is the main general of the opposing team, and obviously a powerful enemy.

At this moment, there was no expression on her calm face, as peaceful as a still pond.

My mentality is very stable.

He withdrew his gaze, he knew he couldn't show any weakness now.

Soon, the judges announced the topic and the pros and cons of the debate.

The affirmative side’s argument is “Times create heroes.”

The opposing side’s argument is “Heroes create the times.”

The Ogiyuan Girls' High School team is the affirmative side, while the Kita Akabane Academy team is naturally the negative side.

As soon as he saw the topic of the debate and the arrangements for the pros and cons, Jun Mogami immediately frowned.

Oops, aren’t we at a disadvantage right from the start?

Although the topic seems fair, it is obvious that the difficulty of the debate is different. After all, "heroes create the times" can easily fall into the heroic historical view, while personal heroism is difficult to convince the public.

So it is obvious that it is easier for the affirmative side to debate.

Unexpectedly encountering bad luck at the most critical moment... Jun Mogami could only smile bitterly.

But now is obviously not the time to be discouraged. Jun Mogami quickly adjusted his mindset and began to discuss countermeasures with his teammates.

Amid the whispers between the two parties, the one-hour preparation time was quickly over.

The debate officially begins.

According to the debate rules, each side has five minutes to present their arguments.

Umemiya Xia Fei, who had always had a calm expression, stood up at this time and bowed slightly to the people present.

"Hello, judges and opposing debaters. I am very happy to represent the Diyuan Girls' High School Debate Team to present the viewpoint: Times create heroes."

Umemiya Natsuki looked at Mogami Jun with confidence, and then began her speech in clear and fluent English that was definitely no less than Mogami Jun's.

"First of all, we should be clear about what a hero is. In human society, military strategists, politicians, writers and even scientists can all be considered heroes. To put it more intuitively, we can think of heroes as a group of elites with outstanding personal talents and skills, as well as charismatic personality. These people have made great contributions to human civilization and society, and have been remembered by people. I have sincere respect for heroes. But..."

Umemiya Xia Fei changed the subject and entered her formal dialectic, "We can use pilots as an example - some pilots are very clumsy and can cause planes to crash and people to die if they are not careful; some pilots are very mediocre and just fly back and forth on fixed routes, wasting their time; and some pilots are incredibly talented and can become one with their planes, manipulating them to perform all kinds of amazing flying performances. They are the undisputed best among pilots. However - unfortunately, no matter how talented these three types of people are, the plane has a limitation after all, that is, the maximum altitude that the plane can rise to is determined by the material and strength of the fuselage. No matter how talented a person is, he cannot fly the plane to a height beyond the limit, otherwise the plane will split as a group and the pilot himself will inevitably die. No matter how gorgeous the performance is, this result cannot be avoided.

So, just as the strength of the material of an airplane determines how high it can rise, the entire social environment, the height of science and technology, determines the height of the so-called "heroes". All their ups and downs are just performances within this height limit. They cannot break free of the shackles, as if they were cursed. "

Umemiya Natsuki continued in a low voice.

"Speaking of this, please allow me to cite a famous example - that is the indigenous people of the New World. When Columbus crossed the Atlantic Ocean and discovered the New World, it was not an uninhabited wilderness. On the contrary, there was a huge human society. That ancient civilization had a huge empire, brilliant epics, and emperors who conquered vast territories and countless tribes. Even in modern times, who dares to laugh and say that there are no heroes among them?

However, after the Spanish set foot on this land, all of these turned to ashes in just a dozen years. People can only rely on the artifacts excavated from the ruins to understand their past history, and all their heroic epics seem to be just a sad joke - people already know that they have no war horses, no metal weapons and armor, and have never seen the power of gunpowder. All their heroic epics were built with sticks and stones and relying on human brute force. All their heroes combined could not defeat the ordinary army of the Old World... Their achievements could only go so far.

The civilization of the Native Americans is an exaggerated example, but similarly, any society has the limits of its technological strength, and the "heroes" among them, no matter how powerful they are, are destined to wander within this limit and see in despair what is beyond their reach.

The level of technology is of course part of the so-called situation. When using the situation, we inevitably have to take into account the level of social development. Therefore, we can believe that it is the situation that determines what achievements a hero can create and how much he can achieve. "

The deadline is approaching.

After delivering this defense with poetic emphasis, she took a deep breath and ended her statement.

"I'm done. Thank you."

So amazing——

At the same moment she sat down, Shota Matsushima, Kaoru Okabe and Jun Mogami exchanged glances at the same time.

There are almost no shortcomings to be found.

The voice is clean, the spirit is high, the attitude is confident, and most importantly, the speech is eloquent and well-reasoned, making it difficult to refute.

Jun Mogami clearly noticed that his two teammates were a little shaken.

Such an opponent already makes them feel difficult to defeat.

If he hadn't already had some idea in his mind, even he would have been shaken when he heard a student from a girls' school say such things.

But now he can steady himself.

Because he found a little direction.

He knew the other party's possible weaknesses.

Just yesterday, after Asana's unintentional reminder, he already knew that although students like Umemiya Natsuki and others were indeed smart, even extremely intelligent, they also had their weaknesses.

That is, they have blind spots in knowledge.

Because of its church background, this prestigious girls' school rejects biological concepts such as the theory of evolution and does not focus on teaching students knowledge that others regard as common sense.

Since they have never studied the theory of evolution, it is even more impossible for them to learn about knowledge such as ancient human migrations and ethnic evolution. As long as Jun Mogami mentioned something similar, they would be at a loss for words and would not know how to respond. The best they could do was pretend they didn't hear it and change the subject.

Although this tactic is a bit unreasonable, it's fine as long as it works.

After all, when fighting, isn't it all about finding the opponent's weaknesses and then attacking hard?

Yes, it's my turn to make my statement.

No matter what, you have to lead the topic in that direction, and then take advantage of the other party's blind spots in knowledge and attack them continuously.

He also took a deep breath and stood up.

"Hello, judges and opposing debaters. I am very happy to represent the private Kita Akabane High School debate team to present the point of view: heroes create the times."

Then, he deliberately amplified his voice and strengthened his own point. "First of all, I admire the generous speech of the other debater very much. I think some of her words are very reasonable. But I also think that we should not mechanically understand the so-called height of society, exaggerating the inevitability and ignoring the contingency.

Throughout history, there have been many accidental moments that determined the fate of an army, a country, or even a nation. Some decisions made by one or some people in a short period of time, and some events that broke out, changed the direction of the entire society.

Most of the time, society does have inertia, moving forward slowly according to the existing order and rules, appearing mediocre. It does not need the guidance of any heroes, prophets or mentors to stay on its proper track, and time passes slowly like flowing water.

But at certain subtle moments, the long river suddenly accelerates and turns into a turbulent torrent, and in just a few years, the world will be turned upside down!

Japan was once a small, closed, poor and even ignorant archipelago. It was sleepy under the rule of the shogunate and stubbornly adhered to the policy of isolation from the outside world until the dream was shattered by the warships of foreigners. However, in a short period of time after the Meiji Restoration, under the forced leadership of a group of people, the country entered the cause of modernization. The entire structure, business system, laws, astronomical calendar, and even people's clothing were completely changed according to the appearance of outsiders - is it that some gods have destined Japan to take this path? No, all of this is the choice made by this group of people for the 30 million people at that time!

It was their choice that changed Japan's destiny, taking it onto a completely different path. The country was plunged into a turbulent world and ultimately became what it is today.

Didn't they, at some turbulent time, accidentally create such a situation? Does anyone dare to say that if a group of people were replaced, the situation would continue in the same way?

After talking about Japan, let me give an example of an even older time, so old that it had no history at all.

As we all know, our ancestors were primitive people who came out of Africa 100,000 years ago. They were not the first group of humans to come out. There were several groups of predecessors before them, some of whom even spread to far away places on the continent. However, these predecessors became extinct one after another.

Don't ask why they became extinct, because extinction is too easy. At that time, they had no means of defense against the entire nature. A snowstorm, an epidemic, or even just an accident could destroy these populations. It can be said that we are the descendants of our ancient ancestors who have gone through countless hardships and dangers and finally survived.

At that time, death was inevitable, and survival was just an accident! The few primitive people who created this "accident", even if they made the right choice unintentionally and survived in the cruel nature, then they also created unparalleled achievements for us, so no matter from any standard, they are considered "heroes", right? After all, they defeated their own kind and the extremely cruel nature!

If they had not found food and caves to shelter from the cold in the snow and ice, it is certain that there would not be seven billion humans on Earth today, and there might not even be seven million - which means that at this point in time, we, all of us present here, might not exist.

Of course, this doesn’t matter to the earth or even to human beings. If the group of humans that our ancestors belonged to became extinct, sooner or later another group of humans would emerge from Africa and eventually occupy the entire earth like our ancestors did.

But humans can wait for 10,000 or even 100,000 years, but we can’t. None of us can wait for a hundred years! So for us, these people are the miracles that made us exist. Their chance created us, and they controlled our destiny.

Therefore, it is ridiculous to attribute major events in history to chance and luck, or to the conspiracy of a few people, but it is equally lazy to think that what has happened is equal to what will inevitably happen. In fact, at critical moments like stormy waves, some heroes won the right to continue to survive for their groups, their tribes, and their countries, and won the glory of development and growth. Then they created the times, and no matter how pitiful and humble such times may seem, their achievements must not be erased. "

Jun Mogami concluded his speech.

"I'm done."

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"I'm done."

Following this elegant conclusion, Mogami Jun sat down again.

The moment he sat down, the girls from his opponents looked at him with surprise and admiration, just like how he had just looked at Umemiya Xia Fei.

He knew he spoke well.

Although he had never participated in any debate competitions before, he was quite clear about the nature of debate. He could judge for himself whether his speech was good or not without asking others.

This is almost a full performance, and the results are even more satisfactory than when I rehearsed with my teammates.

Sure enough, a strong opponent aroused my competitive spirit and made me go all out...

But that alone is not enough.

Umemiya Natsuki would not be defeated so easily, and Mogami Jun knew this.

But it doesn’t matter. The game has just begun. It’s like a boxing match. If one punch doesn’t work, then punch again and again until you overwhelm your opponent.

After both sides finished their arguments, they entered the rebuttal stage. The girls began to whisper to each other. Judging from their solemn expressions, Mogami Jun's speech dealt a great blow to their confidence. They who had originally believed that they would win now hesitated.

The boys also started discussing and refuting the argument.

"Mogami, you said it very well." Okabe Kaoru looked at Mogami Jun happily, "You have defeated that woman's arrogance! What should we do next?"

The rebuttal phase was for the second debaters of both teams to speak. The second debater on Jun Mogami's side was Kaoru Okabe, so he took the initiative to ask Jun Mogami for advice on tactics.

"I just mentioned the ancient migration of mankind on purpose," Mogami Jun replied in a low voice. "This girls' school avoids teaching similar content because they reject biological theories such as evolution... As long as we force our way in, it will be difficult for them to respond."

Mogami Jun explained what he had learned from Asana.

"Ah?! So that's how it is!" After listening to Mogami Jun's explanation, Okabe Kaoru was overjoyed and cheered in a low voice. "I understand... Since this is their weakness, I will continue to attack!"

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It is obvious that no matter how eloquent Mei Gong Xia Fei is, she can only find the basis for the debate based on her own knowledge. She has no way to refute things beyond her knowledge.

Therefore, after knowing where her blind spots in knowledge are, he only needs to show his trump card at the critical moment and attack the other party's blind spots in knowledge, which will make it difficult for her to resist.

This is not her fault, it is the school's fault. Even in the 21st century, they are still clinging to old traditions and rejecting common sense, which is harming the students.

Soon, the discussion time for both sides ended and they officially began to engage in rebuttal.

Naturally, the first to start was the girls' school representing the affirmative side, which began to refute Mogami Jun's argument.

The other side’s second debater was sophomore student Masako Makino. She stood up slowly and spoke seriously.

"We do not agree with the argument just made by the other party. We believe that there is a condition implied in his argument - that is, the definition of a hero is blurred, and the sudden change of society and the times is attributed to the guidance of a small group of people. In fact, this is a wrong conclusion. All major events and major changes in history are not sudden, but have signs to follow. After years of accumulation, they were detonated one day. Any war, revolution and sudden change of social thought are the result of such social accumulation.

The so-called Meiji era he used as an example was like this - at the end of the Edo period, the ruling power of the shogunate had been greatly weakened. After the invasion of Westerners, it fell into an irreversible decline. Overthrowing the rule of the shogunate has become a consensus among knowledgeable people. The next step is just to continue along this path. As for the so-called Westernization... This is not the first time that Japan has comprehensively learned from an advanced country. As early as a thousand years ago, our ancestors had comprehensively learned from the Tang Dynasty, from military to culture, to calendar and even clothing, and comprehensively transformed their own country. The Meiji era just did the same thing. It is not unimaginable, and it is definitely not the whimsical ideas of a few people! This just shows that it was the times that determined what path the heroes of the Meiji era chose to take. So we think that the other party’s argument is wrong. I’m done. "

Jun Mogami had to admit that the other party's argument was indeed reasonable and well-founded.

Being able to come up with a plausible rebuttal so quickly, it seems that these girls' school students are not usually absent-minded during their national history class.

But it wasn't enough, because it was obvious that the girls avoided another example he gave.

They were indeed exposed to a blind spot in their knowledge, so they wisely chose to avoid talking about the issue of human mass migration.

The test was successful!

He and Okabe Kaoru exchanged glances, and neither of them concealed the joy that flashed in their eyes.

Next it was Okabe Fumio's turn, and he was responsible for the rest of the defense.

So Jun Mogami just needed to sit upright in his seat and listen to the lecture.

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"We do not agree with the argument made by the other party." Okabe Fumio stood up calmly and began his speech. "The omissions in the other party's argument have actually been made very clear by our chief speaker - that is, they only emphasize the limiting factors of the environment, but ignore the far-reaching impact and consequences of people's own choices. First of all, we must admit that people have different talents, knowledge and skills, so this determines that some things are only suitable for a small group of people to do, including those that are vital to a country's life and death. No one can deny this fact.

The other party's main debater just used pilots as an analogy, so let's use pilots as an analogy. If a country spends countless money and human resources to research and develop a cutting-edge fighter jet, pinning the country's hopes on defending its own territory, will it hand these planes over to mediocre or poor pilots? Absolutely impossible. It will definitely hand them over to its most elite and outstanding pilots, because only in this way can this aircraft play its due effectiveness and achieve the purpose of manufacturing it.

Similarly, the formulation of national strategies and the command of a large army can only be entrusted to those who are most suitable for the job. Even a small tribe can only give the command to a very small number of leaders, and then others obey the orders passed down by their superiors. From ancient times to the present, human society has always been in the shape of a pyramid. Why? Because otherwise a group can do nothing. Wars between countries, in the final analysis, are the collisions between pyramids. There is a loud bang in the collision, and countless rubble, that is, countless lives, disappear.

The indigenous people of America were easily crushed in the collision, and the entire civilization perished. This can only be explained by the objective factors that caused them to be weak, but it cannot deny the role played by heroes. In fact, if Columbus had not been so stubborn, would the Spanish have been able to discover the New World first? There is no evidence to prove this.

It is not that we deny the limitations brought about by the objective environment, but it is also an obvious fact that different individual performances can determine the different destinies of an army or a country. The same country can perform in completely different ways under a brilliant commander and a poor commander, which in turn determines the development of the situation.

I'm done. "

This argument was discussed by Mogami Jun and Okabe Kaoru just now. It can not only refute the loopholes in the opponent's argument, but also be comprehensive and leave some room to withstand any artillery attack from the opponent.

Just after Okabe Fumio finished his speech, the rebuttal phase for both sides ended.

Although on the surface they still refused to give in to each other, Mogami Jun had already vaguely seen a slight wavering in the other party's position. At least they were not as confident as before.

The boys' performance was probably beyond their expectations.

By this time, everyone had already thrown themselves into the game, racking their brains to overwhelm the opponent in momentum.

The competition then entered the question-and-answer stage.