Chapter 392 - 392 373 Replacement

Chapter 392: Chapter 373 Replacement Chapter 392: Chapter 373 Replacement Qiao Sang was stunned for a moment. What earth-shattering thing had she just heard?

So being matched up against Ruan Yunwen had been someone’s deliberate arrangement?!

Qiao Sang took a quiet breath and gave Xiao Xunbao a look.

Xiao Xunbao understood instantly and immediately covered its mouth with its paw, nodding.

A visibly younger man’s voice came through faintly, “It’s your own fault for having inaccurate intelligence. Plus, it was your idea to put those two together; I was only responsible for handling the arrangements, nothing else.”

The middle-aged man who had spoken earlier fell silent for a moment, then his tone softened,

“That was my mistake. I hope you can arrange for Qiao Sang to be paired with Liang Yuan from Jiangyang First High School tomorrow.”

Liang Yuan from Jiangyang First High School?

Qiao Sang pondered for a moment, quickly recalling who that person was.

Her teacher, Mr. Sun, had introduced him before she came to Kainan City. His combat style was standard, nothing out of the ordinary. However, one of his Pet Beasts was a Gui Kongzhi, which had the Shadow Stepping skill that could counter Xiao Xunbao’s Teleportation, and his other Pet Beast, the Purple Tile Rat, being an Electric Type Pet Beast, could naturally counter Lubao.

“Liang Yuan?” the younger man asked.

The middle-aged man “hmm”-ed in confirmation: “His Pet Beasts happen to counter Qiao Sang’s Pet Beasts to some extent.”

The younger man chuckled disdainfully, “Counter? How exactly does that work? By element? Even Ruan Yunwen lost. Do you expect a student who solely relies on an elemental counter to win?”

“Even if he can’t win, it’s good to force out some of her trump cards,” the middle-aged man said sternly.

“Like today, even though the outcome wasn’t what I expected, we did manage to reveal the Treasure-seeking Demon’s decoy and Spatial Movement skills.”

The sound of a chair moving was followed by the sound of a computer booting up.

Qiao Sang dared not move an inch, fearing she would make any noise.

Anyone who could rig the matches in the National Campus Beast Taming Competition, regardless of their position, must at least be a Beast Tamer.

Most likely, that person was a Beast Tamer who had gone through ‘feedback’.

She didn’t know what it was like for others after experiencing ‘feedback,’ but ever since she had been through it, her hearing could practically be called superhuman.

Seconds later, the younger man’s voice rose again, accompanied by the tapping of a keyboard:

“You came to me, does Principal Huang know about this?”

Principal Huang? Qiao Sang perked up, listening intently.

“Him?” The middle-aged man scoffed, “He’s still pinning his hopes on Ding Yanjing revealing Guwei Kui during the match with Qiao Sang to secure the Potential Award.”

“At his age, he’s still so naive. One is a student who cultivated a High Level Pet Beast during her senior year, such students are rare, but they emerge across the country every year. The other is a freshman who has managed to unlock three pages of the Beast Taming Codex and contract three incredibly rare Pet Beasts within her first semester.”

“Not to mention our Zhehai Province, no student with such a natural gift has appeared nationwide. It’s obvious who deserves the Potential Award to anyone with clear vision.”

“It would be better to follow my suggestion and ensure Qiao Sang doesn’t make it into the top three.”

Just for the Potential Award? Wasn’t that just a bottle of Grade A Potential Enhancement Serum? Was it really worth it… Qiao Sang wondered, puzzled.

The younger man stated indifferently, “It seems he doesn’t know then.”

Once again, silence fell outside.

After a while, the middle-aged man spoke up, “Whether he knows or not doesn’t matter, if you want my recommendation for this election, I can help you.”

The sound of the keyboard stopped, and the younger man slowly said,

“I actually have high hopes for Qiao Sang. I’ll help you with this in the national competition this year.” As he said this, he changed the subject:

“I’ve already arranged tomorrow’s match. I hope you can also provide the information as soon as possible.”

Already arranged? That was quick. From the sound of it, it seemed like he had just done it on the computer… Qiao Sang calmly thought to herself.

She wasn’t unfamiliar with the idea of underground dealings in competitions, especially in large-scale ones where much attention is paid. To secure a victory, many would resort to underhanded tactics.

For instance, a recent online exposé detailed how the sixth-place winner of the previous Lianbo District competition, Zhu Yongchang, had arranged a series of disturbances like setting off fireworks, a drunk knocking on the wrong door, and a couple fighting in the next room at his opponent’s hotel to ensure they didn’t get a good night’s sleep. This led to the opponent performing poorly in the match the next day, securing victory for Zhu Yongchang through dirty methods.

Qiao Sang hadn’t expected to encounter such a situation during her student years.

However, it was just a matter of fixing the match-ups… Qiao Sang wasn’t the least bit panicked.

Having heard what she wanted, she didn’t immediately have Xiao Xunbao teleport her away. Instead, she patiently waited until the sounds of footsteps and a door closing resonated from outside.

After making sure that no one else was in the house but herself, Qiao Sang opened the door and walked into the outside room.

At the entrance was a spacious hall with high-end sofas and a coffee table for guests, a large desk by the window, and a computer on the desk.

Qiao Sang sat down at the desk, looked at the computer that was already turned off, and pressed the power button.

“What am I most eager to do?”

As expected, it required a boot password… Qiao Sang clasped her hands together and summoned Yaobao.

“Yaobao!”

As soon as Yaobao appeared, it called out, indicating that it wanted to train right now and evolve quickly!

“Let’s wait on the training,” Qiao Sang said. “First, use your tactile sense to feel what the person who was just using the computer did.”

“Yaobao…”

Yaobao obediently placed its paws on the computer.

With the tactile sense, which was akin to a legendary skill for solving cases, Qiao Sang quickly learned the password:

“Knock off the leader to become the leader.”

This person’s got big ambitions… thought Qiao Sang.

The computer operations were complex, and Yaobao had never played with it, so it could only sense and relay one step at a time. It took Qiao Sang most of the day to open the system that allowed for covert manipulation of the player match listings.

Such sinister actions, how can someone do something so devoid of conscience, fixing matches like this. They talk about fairness and justice, but I’m lucky it was me who got arranged; if it were someone else, they might have actually succeeded… Qiao Sang grumbled to herself while she replaced Liang Yuan’s name with Ding Yanjing’s on the computer.

As for reporting it, first, she didn’t know exactly who was involved, and second, she didn’t have direct evidence. It’s not that she couldn’t investigate, but it would surely waste a lot of time, and Qiao Sang didn’t have the energy for that.

The simplest and most brutal method of retaliation was to switch people.

…

The next day.

Kainan Pet Beast Battle Field.

Under everyone’s watchful eyes, Qiao Sang took her seat.

She glanced at the leadership area, wanting to see who matched the appearance of the two people from the day before.

“What are you looking at?” asked Xu Yixuan curiously, following her gaze.

“I’m checking who looks more sinister,” Qiao Sang replied.

“Why bother with that?” Xu Yixuan said perplexedly.

Before Qiao Sang could speak, Xu Yixuan leaned in and whispered, “Oh right, there was news online yesterday that the Flame Listening Dog evolved. Was your Liaoxing Dog spotted by someone?”

Qiao Sang hummed in acknowledgement: “It’s no issue if it was exposed.”

After all, she wouldn’t hide it after today.

“That’s true,” Xu Yixuan seemed to recall something and suddenly burst into laughter. “You didn’t see the comments, nobody believes it.”

At that moment, He Daotao turned his head and said, “Look at you laughing. You didn’t believe it at first either.”

Xu Yixuan: “…”

Five minutes later, a man with a Xiao Xunbao on his shoulder came to the center of the field and said a few simple words.

Soon, the giant virtual screens on all four sides displayed the match listings.

Because the number of competitors was halved after yesterday’s matches, the screen didn’t need to move to reveal all of the listings.

“Shidu No. 9 Middle School, Xue Miao VS Xiangshi Beast Taming High School, Tang Xiangyu”

“Fufang International Beast Taming High School, Xu Xing VS Kainan No. 1 Middle School, Yu Yang”

“Jiangyang No. 1 Middle School, Liang Yuan VS Suchong Beast Taming High School, Zhang Yifan”

…

“Litian Royal Beast High School, Ding Yanjing VS Shengshui Middle School, Qiao Sang”