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"It can be said that our situation is quite dire, because after the previous trial, quite a few students have learned about our strength."

As soon as Kain finished speaking, all four girls jumped in surprise.

"If that's the case... won't we... definitely be eliminated?"

Myra pursed her lips, trying to come up with something to refute Kain, however, the more she thought about it, the more she felt he was right.

Because if she put herself on the "weak team", Myra would do the same.

"No wonder you call this round the resistance of the weak..."

Katie muttered, amazed at what Kain had in mind.

"If so... is there any way to avoid this?"

Mera frowned, obviously realizing the seriousness of the problem as well.

Fortunately, Kain nodded his head.

"Although we can't completely avoid this, we can buy time."

"By... doing nothing."

"You... serious right now?"

Mera raised her eyes towards Kain, the other girls also looked curious.

"Although we are at high risk of being attacked by multiple allied teams, it must be built on two foundations."

"First, we must definitely have the flag in our hands. Because the flag is the goal of all participating teams, only when we have the flag will other teams be greedy enough to jump in and grab it."

"This leads to the second factor, which is that no one wants to be the first mover."

"Although the teams will unite to suppress the strong, there will also be struggles within the alliance itself, because sixteen flags are not enough to share with everyone."

"Therefore, everyone wants to preserve their strength in order to advance further, which leads to no one daring to initiate an attack on us. We are very strong, which makes it very dangerous for them if we resist. It is very possible that some unlucky team will be eliminated by us, or their strength will be reduced to the point where they will lose the ability to compete for the flag. Therefore, everyone will wait for someone to initiate an attack before they can move in later, and when everyone has that mindset, no one will attack."

"Of course, this delicate balance would be broken if we had flags."

"Wait, if that's the case then how do we win?"

Myra cut to the heart of the matter.

Unfortunately, this time Kain shook his head.

"I haven't thought of anything yet. Let's just do whatever we can."

Seeing this, Myra's eyes couldn't help but flash with disappointment.

However, Mera was still extremely optimistic and patted Kain on the shoulder.

"Then why worry? Maybe what we've been talking about all this time is just empty talk. And the situation isn't necessarily that bad, because we're not the only strong team."

Kain shrugged, neither agreeing nor disagreeing.

So, everyone dispersed in gloom.

…

Not long after the team meeting ended, Elna walked around the school, then sneaked off to her room.

But here, Faith had been waiting for her for some time.

"How is it?"
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Faith said coldly, but Elna didn't dare to be cold. She told Faith everything that happened in that meeting. Elna couldn't help but shiver in her heart.

Because what Kain said today, Faith said yesterday.

Unless two people colluded with each other, how could this be a coincidence?

Of course, this is no coincidence.

It is also inevitable.

Seeming to see what Elna was wondering, Faith smiled faintly and said.

"It's no wonder, we are like that, wanting to dig up what we want from obscure facts."

The "We" in this sentence, of course, does not refer to Faith and Elna, but Faith and Kain.

Elna also understood what Faith meant, but she looked skeptical.

"But I see... how can that guy compare to you? Because I..."

"That's why, he can play chess with me, this chess board..."

Faith interrupted Elna, his eyes flashing with disdain.

"Elna, do you remember what you did before you and your team met to discuss the upcoming round?"

"Uh... practice?"

"Yes, that's it."

Faith smiled again, but it was a genuine smile, like a boy who had just received a fun toy.

"Elna, from that moment on, Kain began to probe you."

"He told you to form a formation to protect Katie from him, then immediately attack so you don't have time to think carefully. And you, will unconsciously fall back to protect the important target, because that's the role you've been trained to play."

"And you, Elna. A member who joined them halfway, but shows signs of having been a member of another team, then how could Kain not suspect you of being a spy?"

"This..."

Elna was so terrified that she was speechless.

In her heart she silently cursed "monster", living next to people like this, even the smallest movement was like being stripped naked in front of them.

"But... but isn't that too forced? There could be many other reasons why I'm backing down? There's no need to..."

"Of course, Kain then only increased his suspicions of you and was still unable to come to a conclusion."

"So, he probed again."

"For us, who are very proactive in sharing information, we normally never ask for other people's opinions first before giving our opinion. We always present our opinion first and then ask for others' opinions."

"But here, Kain did the opposite, he gave you the chance to present first."

"Do you know why, Elna?"

"I do not know..."

Elna shook her head, the confusion on her face growing heavier.

Faith's comment is still as relaxed as ever.

"He wanted to see your reaction to this. And you, who always listens attentively to everything, were noticed."

"The task I gave you was to remember and report everything back here, so you were so focused on listening to every word that it took you a while to realize that everyone was waiting to hear your opinion."

"Isn't this too absurd? This is a meeting, what else can I do if I don't pay attention?"

"Of course, this also has something to do with the level of concentration when something important happens."