"No worries, I've already eaten." "Alright then." Mr. Tanner kept his warm smile, "Have a seat for a bit; the competition's about to start." "Mm-hmm." Flora nodded absentmindedly.
At 9:10 AM.
The host stepped onto the stage, speaking slowly, "Good morning, everyone. Congratulations on making it through the preliminaries to the semifinals. Now, letgo over the details and rules for the second round=" The semifinals would still be individual contests, but team scores would be calculated.
This round, Lone Island would present twenty questions. Contestants needed to answer on stage within a thirty- minute timeframe.
Since it was a draw, only ten out of the twenty contestants from each team would ultimately take the stage. After explaining the rules briefly, Mr. Tanner rubbed his hands together, silently hoping Flora would be drawn! The other contestants felt the sway.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtWith Flora on stage, victory was almost certain.
They had once seen Flora as a weak link, thinking she would drag them down. But now, she was their secret weapon.
What a turnaround.
"Alright, team leaders, please cup to draw." After the host finished, Mr. Tanner climbed onto the stage, his steps a bit stiff from nerves.
Then, the drawing- "Coach, who did we get?" As Mr. Tanner cdown, all the contestants couldn't help but ask anxiously.
Did we get Flora? "Why the rush? It doesn't really matter who we draw, does it?" Mr. Tanner coughed into his hand, a bit theatrically, and if you looked closely, there was a slight smirk on his face.
"Alright, now I'll announce the names of those competing shortly. First, Selene, second, Joy, third, Debra, fourth, Luiz... tenth..." Mr. Tanner paused, and under the expectant gaze of everyone, he powerfully uttered two words.
"Flora!" His voice trembled slightly with excitement.
The n'Flora' prompted cheers from the crowd! "We got Flora! This round's in the bag!" This round focused on theoretical knowledge, and Flora had scored perfectly in the first round. These questions were nothing for her. Another perfect score might be on the way! Having already secured first place in the preliminaries, if they took first in the semifinals as well...
They truly had a shot at winning the championship! "Flora, give it your all!" "Good luck!" "We're all rooting for you!" The crowd buzzed with excitement, their tone carrying a hint of flattery towards Flora.
Joy listened silently, almost grinding her teeth in frustration.
All the attention that once belonged to her was now on Flora.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Hmph, it's just a perfect score in the preliminaries! What's there to be proud of Debra, too, was green with envy. Her score wasn't low either, over eighty points. Why did everyone only focus on Flora!
"Joy, I believe in you the most. You'll You'll perform better than Elora this round!" Joy didn't respond, her expression sour.
Due to the incident in the preliminaries, Abbey could no longer interfere with the medical competition, which meant she couldn't leak the questions to her either.
The questions for the second round were chosen randomly, ssets were easy, while others were
difficult. Whether one got an easy or hard set depended entirely on luck. t depended en She could only hope to get a set of the easier questions.
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