One Time Is Fine

Chapter 24

Unlike the first round of the elimination round, the second round of the horseback riding competition tested the strength of teamwork.

Two to four contestants were free to form a team. The rules were the same as a normal horseback riding competition, but points were given to each contestant based on their ranking in the previous round. Starting from the last place, five points were given to each contestant, five points were given to each contestant, and so on. Under different combinations, the starting points of each team were different. The total points of the team members would be worn on the head of the knight, while the points obtained from robbing others would be worn on the neck. The more points one obtained, the easier it was to be restricted.

What's worth mentioning is that Green Tani, who got first place, got 10 million points.

Looking at the greedy eyes of the surrounding students, Miyano Shun glanced at Midaya Dehisa, who was standing in the middle with a pale face. She silently withdrew from the battle. Although ten million points was indeed a lot, once she obtained it, she would inevitably become everyone's target, right?

This was a competition where the weak defeated the strong. However, if she could seize the opportunity to obtain points while everyone's eyes were on the first place, it seemed like a way. However, even if the leader was stolen or the team collapsed, the teams would still continue to stay on the field. The scene of a big battle royale was inevitable.

Ten to twelve teams would remain on the field until the time was up.

She was speechless about this competition. Endurance was her weakest point. Even if her personality was extremely suitable for robbing others, as time passed and the points accumulated, it would be easier for all the teams to target the teams with the highest points other than those with ten million points.

Fortunately, the rules this time forbade maliciously destroying a team, so she had one less thing to worry about.

"Then, from now on, within fifteen minutes, the team formation will begin!

"

Miyano Shun immediately moved towards the first person she had already thought of. She stood in front of the other party and seriously and sincerely extended a team invitation.

"Fellow Worrywart, please join me."

"

Worrywart looked at the girl in front of him in surprise. Although the two of them had met during the entrance exam, and he had just returned the favor in the first round, he did not expect the girl to extend a team invitation.

"… Let's talk on the side."

"

Miyano Shun looked at Worrywart's listless face, but his eyes were shining with fighting spirit. She moved closer to his ear and asked: "Fellow Worrywart's personality is' manipulation ', right?"

"

The other party looked at her in surprise. She continued, "Although I don't know what conditions were used to manipulate others, you were the one who manipulated those people in the first project, right?

"

During the first event, four to five people with dull faces stood in front of her and Xin Qing Ren. Other than manipulation, she couldn't think of any other possibility.

"… Yes.

Worrywart's eyes flashed dangerously for a moment, and he smiled evilly. "To be precise, you are now exposed to the danger of being manipulated."

"

The girl in front of him revealed a look of astonishment. She would soon feel that he was terrifying. He could even imagine the words that the girl was about to blurt out.

[Amazing!]

Then wouldn't he be able to do bad things? '

[… This personality is really dangerous. It seems like the personality of a bad person.]

-

He had heard it countless times.

"… Is it a 'conversation'?

It's better than I thought it would be.

Her blue-green eyes looked at him with a sense of victory, and then she smiled. "Please team up with me!"

"

She was so worried that she couldn't react in time. "What?

"

Miyano Shun looked left and right, and then mysteriously moved closer to the boy's ear. "Actually, I thought that it would be physical contact or some other conditions, but I didn't expect it to be so simple.

In short, my personality is teleportation, and I can get points with just a glance at the headband. But I'm much worse in terms of fighting and endurance. If I can control other people using Xin Qing Ren's personality, I can avoid most of the battles. "

"

Knowing that the girl might have misunderstood that he was asking why they wanted to team up, Xin Qing Ren was silent for a moment, and said with a bit of sarcasm, "Are you stupid?

I haven't agreed yet, and you're already revealing your personality? "

"

Miyano Shun also looked at him with an expression of looking at an idiot. "Xin Qing Ren also admitted that his personality has met the conditions. Isn't it the same?"

"

Xin Qing Ren was inexplicably angry. "If I want to brainwash you now and use your personality, you'll be in trouble!"

"

"After brainwashing, you can manipulate me to use my personality?

But then we won't be in the same team. Why don't you let me wake up? "

No matter what, they would still be in the same team, and Xin Qing Ren wasn't stupid. Even if she was in a brainwashed state, he should still be able to get a good result.

Thinking about it this way, it seemed that he would definitely win.

He was stunned, and then he was defeated. He helplessly looked at the strange girl. "This is the first time I've met someone who knows my personality and speaks to me without any defense."

"

Miyano Shun said honestly, "I have confidence in you. But if you're an enemy, you're quite scary. But if you're a partner, you're very reliable. So, do you want to team up with me?"

"

"Okay."

The unexpected answer set off ripples in his heart, and he followed the girl's pace of looking for other teammates.

Among the forty-two selected players, there were twenty from Class A, and because they knew each other's personalities, most of them were grouped together. However, the combination of Miyano Shun and Xin Qing Ren was very strange, and this unexpectedly made their way to finding teammates not very smooth.

Miyano Momo's personality was a killer weapon in this match. However, to be able to match his personality, one had to have excellent attack power or defense power. So what if he won 10 million gold coins with a single glance? The key was whether he could keep it until the end of the time limit.

And under the premise that Xin Qing Ren couldn't reveal his personality, the road to finding teammates was even more difficult.

Their combination was unexpectedly not popular. Not only did they want to invite Miyano Shun to join the team, but they also wanted Xin Qing Ren to reveal his personality first.

Except …

"Miyano!

Team up with me! "

Minoru Mineda looked at the black-haired girl with a face full of desire, revealing the evil intention from the bottom of her heart, Miyano Shun couldn't help but take a step back.

Before she could say yes, Xin Qing Ren stood in front of her and looked at Minoru Mineda expressionlessly: "No, you're too short."

"Sorry."

"Sorry, Fengta-san."

She was apologetic, but there was a trace of joy in her heart as she quickly ran away with Xin Qing Ren, and then thanked him softly.

"Objectively speaking, it's better for you or me to be a knight."

Xin Qing Ren analyzed rationally: "But there are also people like that in Class A …"

Miyano Shun smiled bitterly, and once again returned to the cycle of looking for teammates and being rejected.

"… Sigh."

The girl lowered her head. Being rejected so many times made her feel a little frustrated, and looking at the depressed girl, Xin Qing Ren didn't know why he felt a little apologetic.

Along the way, the people who were asked by the girl were politely rejected because they refused to split up. However, the girl didn't regret her previous team invitation, and instead tried harder to find teammates.

"… Use my personality to find the rest of the teammates."

Seeing that there were only five minutes left, Xin Qing Ren was a little anxious.

The girl looked at him with a complicated expression: "But if you do this, Xin Qing Ren will look like a bad person."

"…"

"… No, if you didn't invite me, I would have used this method to find my teammates."

"Do you want to team up with me, the shining one?"

Aoyama's elegant voice suddenly came. He was actually talking to someone he didn't know, and the other party looked at him like he was crazy and left after rejecting him.

"It seems that I'm too dazzling."

The blonde boy made an exaggerated pose.

"Xin Qing Ren, if you don't mind, how about I look for Aoyama?"

Miyano Shun was also a little desperate. Xin Qing Ren looked at Aoyama's elegant face, but in her heart, she was disgusted that this kind of person was actually from the Hero Department. She walked over expressionlessly and said hello. The blonde boy turned his head and pressed it, and then followed Xin Qing Ren with a dull expression.

"…" Miyano was dumbfounded by the speed of the attack. While she was still in a daze, the Mind Manipulator had already manipulated another person she did not know to walk over.

She looked at Xin Qing Ren with a complicated expression, and then silently said: "… Thank you, I'm sorry for making you the bad guy."

"…"

"… It's okay."

This feeling was really strange. Everyone had always thought that he was more suitable to be the bad guy.

Fifteen minutes were up, and there was a reminder on the field. The main referee, Midnight, spoke again: "The competition is about to start!"

"…"

"Wake up!

Eraser!

Breathant Mac woke up his partner who had closed his eyes, and turned to Mike Feng to start the broadcast: "The fifteen-minute team meeting has ended, and the twelve teams on the field are ready to go."

"…"

Kota Aizawa carefully observed the members of the teams: "… The teams formed are quite interesting."

"…"

His gaze was fixed on the girl on the knight's seat. Other than Aoyama, the other two who were supporting her horse were not from Class A.

"Come on!

Let's cheer!

Let's fight Aunyong with swords and knives!

Now!

Smoke is ignited! "

"Xin Qing Ren, sorry to trouble you!"

Miyano Shun put on the headband that belonged to her team's original score of 225 points, and shouted to her only actual teammate.

Xin Qing Ren, who was in the front, also became serious: "Miyano, let's do our best together."

"…"

"Three, two, one!

The competition starts! "

At the beginning of the competition, all the teams attacked Dehisa's team, or the teams next to them. Miyano's team narrowly avoided the nearby teams and hid in the field.

The starting score of 225 points was considered to be below average. After avoiding the initial attack, Miyano's team smoothly moved around the field. One after another, other teams snatched the headband, but they still maintained their score of 225 points.

However, since there were teams that were moving towards 10 million points, there were also teams that adopted different strategies.

The frequent running made Xin Qing Ren a little breathless. Miyano Shun was also paying attention to the attacking teams, but a pair of huge hands blocked their way. A girl with orange hair smiled confidently.

"Sorry, I'll take the points!"

In an instant, the headband of 225 points was taken away.

"Xin Qing Ren, are you okay?"

However, Miyano Shun, who had his headband taken away, looked at Xin Qing Ren worriedly, who was a little out of breath.

"… The current ranking will be displayed on the screen in seven minutes!"

"… I'm fine."

Xin Qing Ren stared at the big screen. She could see which teams had the points. "We'll get the points back soon."

"Okay!"

"No problem!"

Since the points had reached zero, there was no need to be wary of anyone trying to snatch their points. Miyano was instantly worried. The plan that they had discussed at the beginning was to assume that their team's points would be snatched away. When the points were gathered on a few teams and their team's points reached zero, it would be time for them to counter-snatch the points.

Currently, on the field, Team Explosive had their eyes on Class B's Physics School team, Team Hong had their eyes on Dehisa's team, and the other five teams had their eyes on Dehisa's team.

Team Hong had brilliantly used their team members' personalities to not only shock the other attacking teams, but also to immobilize them.

"Let's go and get their points first."

Miyano Shun quietly pointed at the frozen teams. After moving into their field of vision, she took the headbands one by one.

"Wait a minute, don't be too conspicuous."

On the screen, Miyano Shun's team had suddenly turned the tables to sixth place. Xin Qing Ren stopped Miyano Shun's actions. Fortunately, there were two other teams that were conspicuously snatching the points.

"Hey!

I saw it all! "

Team Tiezhe, who was in third place, suddenly attacked them. Miyano Shun was shocked. She was too focused on snatching the points and didn't know when she was targeted.

Xin Qing Ren smirked and said with a villainous expression, "Isn't this the supporting role of Class A?"

"Hey!"

"Hey!

What did you say! "

Team Tiezhe and the other Class B students all cursed angrily. Xin Qing Ren smiled and in an instant, the four of them stopped what they were doing.

"Xin Qing Ren is really good."

Miyano Shun was so scared that her heart almost stopped. She looked at Xin Qing Ren with admiration. "Looks like you're very experienced."

"Alright.

"… Anyway, let's wait until the countdown. If we attract too much attention now, we'll be targeted."

After confirming that other than the four teams that were fiercely competing, the other teams either couldn't fight or gave up, Miyano Shun's team calmly waited for the countdown.

"Time's up!

The second part of the riding battle is over! "

"Then, let's see the top four teams immediately!

The first team is attacking! "

Miyano Shun finally returned to the ground. Because she and Xin Qing Ren were the only two people who were sober, the other two team members were stunned in place after Xin Qing Ren removed his personality. She felt a little guilty and didn't dare to look at the two people.

"Thank you, Miyano Shun."

Xin Qing Ren was very satisfied with the result and sincerely thanked the girl who invited him to team up.

"I should thank you, but …" She raised her hand and tried to untie the headband on her neck. She secretly glanced at the two people behind her. Qing Ren was elegant and gave out a shadow. The other guy she didn't know looked at her blankly, which made her feel guilty.

"Let me help you."

Xin Qing Ren stood behind Miyano Shun and helped her untie the knot on her headband. Of course, he saw the girl's action and said, "… That was my idea. You don't have to feel guilty."

"…"

"Xin Qing Ren is so considerate."

After a long time, Miyano still couldn't untie his headscarf. Miyano instantly stood obediently and let the worried messenger help him untie his headscarf.

"Second team is attacking …?

G!

Miyano Shun!

When did the tables turn! "

The scene of Xin Qing Ren helping Miyano Shun to untie her headband was broadcasted on the big screen. It wasn't an intimate gesture, but the atmosphere between the two was still friendly.

"?

G?

G!

How affectionate! "

There was a muffled sound and a low male voice: "Third team is attacking."

"…"

"What!"

Ruijiro Seishima was shocked to see Miyano Shun's 1770 points. Before the countdown, Shun's team was in second place!

"Shun Chu!

When did this happen!? "

Sana Ashito also looked at the two people who had untied their headbands and were friendly with each other in disbelief.

Takeshi Takeshi stared at his team in third place in disbelief. The anger in his heart burned even more fiercely and he shouted angrily.

"Ouch … Fourth team is Dehisa Shun!"

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