PARALLEL MEMORY

323 The Second Round Commenced!

Ace Academy had no more opponents in the Tournament Of Academies. All the potential students who had the chance to defeat them were mostly eliminated. The rest who had advanced to the next round were mostly Rank-D with two or three Rank-C students.

Comparatively, Ace Academy has all 20 participants progress to the next round, while the top-5 biggest students are from Ace Academy as well. With such a result, nobody thought that Ace Academy would lose.

After the first round, the media updated their list of Top-10 students of the tournament. Previously, Landon and Ren used to occupy the seat of the Top-5 list. However, they were both eliminated and they were removed from the list.

The newly updated list was something like this; number 1 was Hiro Ernest, followed by Misha Kanon, and after that was Lisa Kyelpas and then Zion Maxwell and Sylvia Mavis. Those five were almost always mentioned in the media.

Followed by them were other Rank-C participants. Among them were Maximus and Keiran who were also from Ace Academy. Among the Top-10 list, Ace Academy students occupied 7 positions.

Through this tournament, Yui also became famous. People were already paying attention to her due to her being the sister of Hiro. And she did fulfill the expectations that they had of Hiro’s sister.

Yui was a strong contender in Rank-D. She was one of the most powerful in Rank-D with her opponent only being in Rank-C. Moreover, she was only a first-year.

While she was overshadowed because Hiro and other Ace Academy students were very powerful. However, if one looked at the first year, she was most likely the most talented.

The media had really changed their tune after the first round of the tournament. Before the tournament, many were criticizing Ace Academy for the loss of life during Devil’s Invasion and how their new teaching method was useless and the most irresponsible thing that Ace Academy did.

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They were also heavily emphasizing shutting down Ace Academy. They said that Ace Academy was failing in its responsibility in educating students properly.

They also said that Ace Academy had lost all its glory of the past decade. However, in the first round, Hiro and others had shut their mouths without any chance of retaliation. As a result of Ace Academy’s spectacular performance, the media was no longer able to criticize it.

Those who did were all scolded by the public for spreading fake news. 𝐟𝘳ℯ𝚎𝘄𝒆𝑏𝗻𝑜ѵ𝚎l. c𝘰𝑚

The next day, the second round of the tournament was held. Similar to the first round, the participants went to the stadium and the rules for the second round were announced.

The round was a team fight. Participants were asked to form a group of 4 and then it would be 4 vs 4. A rule like this was advantageous to the school with the largest number of students who already had good teamwork.

Ace Academy was without a doubt the one with the greatest advantage in this round.

Lisa, Sylvia, Misha, and Yui formed one group. Zion and Hiro formed a group with Kale and James who were their classmates. Kale was one of the subordinates of Zion and also someone who had once teamed up with Zero.

Kale was once arrogant and looked down on Zero. He felt that Zero was a no-talent guy who dared to go after the girl that his boss, Zion, liked. Therefore, he didn’t have good feelings toward Zero, though he didn’t do anything since Zion told them not to.

However, he did end up seeing his real strength and admired Zero’s strength. Although he didn’t particularly go out of his way to befriend Zero, Zero did earn his respect.

Kale was also someone with good leadership qualities and was talented. Which is why he managed to become Zion’s subordinate. He didn’t qualify last year but this year with many students leaving Ace Academy, he was able to get the chance to participate in the Tournament Of Academies.

Just like that, 5 teams were formed by Ace Academy students. Others had also formed the group though they needed to mix with other schools. Those who were unable to form a group were automatically assigned to the group that lacked members.

The referee then gave each of the teams a number. The team with the same number was going to battle each other and go to the next round. This was to keep on until they got 4 teams who would advance to the final round.

As the battles began, it was clear that Ace Academy had a clear advantage with its strong students and teamwork. Hiro, Zion, Lisa, Sylvia, Misha, and Yui all performed exceptionally well, each showcasing their unique abilities and strategies.

People felt pity for the students going against the Ace Academy team. Basically, they were invincible and as long as they didn’t run into each other, they could not be defeated. One of the strong teams had only lasted for 3 minutes before Hiro and Zion eliminated them.

In the end, the 25 teams were quickly changed to 4 teams. Of which, 3 were from Ace Academy and the other team was a mix of students. The remaining Rank-C participants had teamed up and they were able to eliminate one of the Ace Academy teams to get the spot for the next round.

It was unfortunate that the other Ace Academy team ran into the Lisa and Sylvia team. They had suffered defeat from their fellow schoolmates.

Other than them, the last team that made it through the second round was the team made by Keiran and Maximus.

All Rank-C had pulled through the second round and would compete with each other in the last round tomorrow.

As for the final round, everyone knew what the round would be about. The last round is the same for all year and the rule was the same for every tournament. The final round was the round-robin tournament where participants would duel and the winner would be crowned the champion of the tournament.

With 16 participants, there would be 8 rounds where a champion would be determined. Additionally, the participants would also compete for the ranking of Top-10 students, although it wasn’t as lucrative as becoming the champion.

Tomorrow will determine the winner of this year’s Tournament Of Academies!