My Level Zero System

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Kain stood in the middle, surrounded by Mera, Myra, Katie, and Elna, all of whom had their attention turned towards him.

Being stared at by four beautiful girls would make most male students feel shy, even embarrassed, but Kain's expression remained normal, even exuding indifference.

Because they didn't come here today to play and camp.

"Practice a little."

"Now, I will be the one attacking, Mera, Myra, Elna, you three arrange yourselves to protect Katie, prevent me from touching her."

"Is that clear?"

With that, Kain charged forward, not giving the girls a chance to react, or even respond.

Immediately, they became flustered, but calmed down extremely quickly.

Having previous experience, Myra and Mera quickly formed a block in the middle, while Elna fell back to protect Katie.

Kain's eyes narrowed slightly for a moment, then he quickly focused on the battle.

As a result, the girls still lost. Their reaction speed was very fast, but the lack of time made it difficult for them to think of a complex strategy to take down Kain.

"Good job everyone."

However, Kain did not reproach them, or even force them to continue practicing for real combat. Instead, he called the girls to sit down.

Compared to training with blood and flesh, he paid more attention to clearing their mind.

Actually, their coordination was already good enough, and that was enough. This wasn't a battle between two armies of thousands charging at each other, just securing a few basic positions was enough.

Furthermore, their fighting instincts are quite good, even when faced with unexpected agents.

"The next battle, is the screening round. In this round, a melee will take place, and we will compete to capture something called the flag."

This was the information Kain had gathered after probing the second year students. It wasn't really a secret.

And this is also trustworthy information, because even the second year students have heard this from the third year students before, and it is true.

"We, along with many others, will be thrown into a closed but large environment, and flags will be randomly hidden inside. There are sixteen flags in total."

"So, I want to hear your opinions first."

Having said that, Kain crossed his arms, his eyes intently scanning the girls.

Myra thought for a moment, then said.

"Should we... split up to find the flag?"

"Let's see... if that space can accommodate hundreds of students, and is also large enough to distribute 16 flags, then I don't think finding them will be easy."

"So the best way is to divide it up, increasing the search opportunities."

"I... don't think so."

Katie hesitated for a moment before speaking after Myra finished speaking.

"I think... isn't it dangerous to split up like this? If a lone person were to encounter another team, the member could be eliminated.

Katie is right, because even though the task of passing the screening round is to hold the flag, teams can also eliminate each other's members.

This tournament is supplemented with a special mechanism.

Their uniforms were not simply protective gear, but also a mechanism for assessing injuries. Once a student's injuries exceeded their tolerance and became dangerous, they would be transported outside and given prompt medical attention.

This means that once a member is eliminated, the team's strength will be reduced until the round ends.

This is a huge loss.

"Is that really true?"

Mera rubbed her forehead and frowned.

"If that's the case, then we won't be able to split up to find the flag. Not to mention the extremely low odds, just the fact that members will be eliminated, making it more difficult to protect the flag, is already a problem. And when we split up, if a member is eliminated and can't find the flag, we won't be able to capture the other group's flag and protect the flag at the same time."

At this point, all three girls had spoken, leaving only Elna.

She was listening intently when she suddenly felt everyone's eyes focused on her. Elna scratched her head, reluctantly opening her mouth.

"Or... how about we wait for someone to get the flag and then steal it?"

"Yeah, that's a second opinion."

Mera with her straightforward personality immediately slapped the table in agreement, she thought that if she couldn't divide it, couldn't find it, then she would definitely have to capture the flag.

Their strength is also quite strong, so if they want to rob, there is a high chance they can still rob, unless they encounter a strong opponent.

After everyone had given their opinions, they all turned their eyes towards Kain.

All this time, he said nothing, neither expressing his objection nor his agreement.

Seeing that no one said anything more, Kain began to speak.

"You are all so right."

"In this screening round, we don't have much choice. Because the rules are just that."

"So have you ever wondered why some students disappear during the practical semester?"

Kain's question made all four of them frown, they didn't understand what he was trying to say, and why this was related to the upcoming round.

"At first, I thought it was because they wanted to hide their strength for the upcoming tournament, but when I saw the rules of the screening round, I understood the problem."

"They hide their strength, not because they want to give their opponents a surprise in the round of sixteen, because there is no direct elimination in that round, hiding it is useless."

"They hide their strength because of this screening round."

The screening round, gives the impression that it is an easy round for the strong teams.

But in fact, this is the resistance of the weaker.

Because in this round, everyone will be gathered together, regardless of whether they are strong or weak teams.

"Because we are all in the same place, the weak teams that can't beat us will be able to negotiate, cooperate and eliminate us. This will not only help the current game, but also help if they can make it to the round of sixteen, because they have eliminated a strong opponent."