"What? Those are actually the rules...?"
After Yuji bought back the information, Prince Su and the others all wore grave expressions.
"That's right. My big boss said that the third event would be ranked entirely according to the total scores from the first two events. The highest-scoring contestant enters first, and for every point they're behind, they enter one minute later."
Yuji spoke with a heavy expression, then sighed in self-reproach.
"Judging by the total scores from the first two events, this won't be easy. Xu Yue is definitely first overall! We fell too far behind in the first event. This was all caused by my mistake."
"Hmph. It was indeed your fault. You disgraced our Great Sun Empire."
Utsunomiya Taro snorted coldly, voicing his dissatisfaction. After all, he was the contestant.
Yuji-kun humbly accepted the criticism with a respectful expression.
Only then did Prince Su finally find it unbearable and hurriedly stop Utsunomiya Taro's reprimand.
"Mr. Taro, don't be too harsh on Yuji-kun. He has already done very well."
"Although we're at a disadvantage this time, we can also directly negate all of their advantages!"
"That's right. We now have the informational advantage. If we spend a little more effort preparing specifically for it, we can completely make up for our disadvantage in the first event."
"Yuji-kun has already worked very hard."
"..."
Everyone began praising Yuji-kun one after another, even bringing up his accomplishments over the past few years. Only then did Utsunomiya Taro's ugly expression ease somewhat.
"Since everyone is pleading for you, we'll let this matter go. Continue working hard and strive to redeem yourself."
"Yes!"
Seeing Yuji-kun's respectful manner, Prince Su and the others could not help sighing.
Japan's rigid class hierarchy truly was even more terrifying than China's.
Reverence for the strong had seeped