Chapter 317: A Bet (1/2)
”I want you to hold a group battle. Just once more,” said Laura with a serious expression.
”Ho?!” Kai tried to see the hidden meaning behind this, but he couldn't come up with anything because he didn't really entangle himself with the matter in school.
”How are you going to do that? Don't tell me it will be us fighting a few groups?” Michelle seemed to have realized her true intention.
”Indeed. The moment your points return to zero, you can fight against the next top five groups in the academy. Before coming to a conclusion, I would like to explain everything first…” Laura stared at Kai, asking for his opinion.
”Okay.”
”Certainly.” Laura nodded. ”And I am sure you already know this, but because they keep doing missions with your group, they, the Eagle Group, will become one of the top five groups. However, I understand if you don't want to fight them, so we can do the battle with only the other four.
”This way, the new students will be able to see the strength of the current top five and also your group. From what I have heard, your group is very different from any of us here to the point that not even my group can hold a candle against your group.
”Hence, even if I have graduated at that time, I would like to set up this group match. I have a few reasons for this. First, we can set up a minimum requirement for the new students, allowing them to see the top groups' strength.
”Second will be the strength of our ace, which is your group. Since your reputation has become well-known, the number of new students this year explodes. There are at least five times from our normal applicants, making the teachers do another round of elimination to select forty percent of them.
”The third reason is to make you their role model. As you might know, many have the same opinion as me, considering you as an outsider. Although your contribution is recorded in the media and government, the people haven't witnessed anything yet. Hence, they think you are only a scapegoat for the government to incite the eagerness of the new generation.
”The last reason is due to the pressure coming from the teachers and higher-ups in this school. I know that everything can be solved with your influence, but can you treat it as your contribution to this school?” She finished her explanation with a sigh.
Kai looked down while stroking his chin a few times, falling into deep thought. ”I see. This is a peculiar situation. First of all, you want me to win against four top groups while showing my skills. At the same time, I need to pull my punches for a moment, so the four groups can show their skills, allowing the students to see the gap between them.
”Then, after everything is prepared, I will be defeating them. The problem is we won't have any agreement with the four groups and treat this as a scripted fight.
”No matter how good a scripted fight is, some might still see through it. That's why you want to hold this fight with this condition.” Kai narrowed his eyes.
Laura admitted defeat and answered. ”You are really… Never mind. Yes, that's the gist of the situation. But there is still an agreement between you and the four teams.”
”And what would that be?”
”It's the reward in case you win. Have you forgotten it already, the reason why I proposed this?”
”Ah! Points.”
”Yes. Because their points won't become zero like yours, they will have around a hundred thousand points before graduation. Even if we take only ten percent of their points, you will get at least forty thousand points in the case you win. This should be enough for you to return to your top one hundred positions.”
Kai felt this proposal was not bad at all. The forty thousand points were slightly higher than the one he needed last year to enter the top one hundred, so it wasn't a bad fight to get all those points in a single match.
On the other hand, he also wanted to see how strong his group is compared to other groups. After all, they had fought against many battles at a far higher level, so he wanted to see the gap between them.
”And I have heard that Sofia Campbell will need to return to EU Base at that time, right? This means your group will only have four people, which is perfect. What do you think about this? One person fights one group.” She smiled, offering a solution.
”There are two missing parts in your proposal earlier.” Kai raised two fingers. ”First will be the timing. If you have heard that Sofia Campbell will return, you must have heard that I also will go with her for a few months.”
”Indeed. That's why I can speed up some things, allowing you to fight on the transition date. We can simply make a special announcement about your fight, and it will settle it. After all, I know that you won't like it if your group gets low treatment during your stay there.” She thought for a moment. ”There is approximately one month for the graduation to the first day of the school. We can choose a date within that one month, and you can choose it yourself. I will prepare the stage for you.”
”Will the students come?”
”If it's only a battle between two top groups, half of them will surely come. However, this is different. This is your group fighting against four top groups. It will incite so much hype from them to the point, the new graduates, including me, will see that match before going to the army.”