Hmm, quite the death flag. Uchiha Gen offered no comment, taking out another rice ball with his other hand and biting into it.
The teams had to be said to be very well balanced. The "top fighters" on Uchiha Qian's side were clearly a little stronger than those on the other side.
How had Uchiha Gen figured that out? He couldn't, of course. He had simply come by a few times before, and a few extra looks had told him all he needed to know.
As for the others, although their abilities varied, each had their own strengths and weaknesses. The clever team assignments compensated for those weaknesses as much as possible.
"Didn't you say you didn't want to be a teacher?"
The teacher rolled his eyes. "Tch, not wanting to do it is a matter of attitude. Doing a bad job once I've taken it on would mean I'm incompetent. What, do you have a problem with that?"
Uchiha Gen set down his lunch box and burped. "Not at all, but you seem to have overlooked something."
"Hmm?"
Uchiha Gen considered it for a moment, then said seriously, "Human emotions are complicated, and these little discrepancies can often lead the same situation to different outcomes."
At that, the teacher rolled his eyes at Uchiha Gen. "I put them on the same team."
Uchiha Gen shook his head. "That's not what I meant..."
The teacher gave him a questioning look.
"Oh, right!" Uchiha Gen abruptly changed the subject, as though something had just occurred to him.
"If both sides have only one or two targets left, and those few stand right in front of them, who would dare attack?"
"...I'll set a time limit."
"What if both sides have the same number of targets left when time runs out?"
"I'll