"The points rankings are on the left side of the screen. As we can see, the top three are Lingzhou Light Institute, Heaven-Answering City Academy, and Fate-Seeking City Heavenly Heart Society."
"Fourth is Crane River City Academy, fifth is Sang Luo City Academy, sixth is Lotus City Light Institute, seventh is White Bird City College, eighth is Lingzhou City Academy, ninth is Lotus City College, and tenth is Tu Prefecture City College."
"The challengers are currently ranked fourth, Crane River. Their chosen target is—"
"—Incredible, it's first place!"
"Viewers, here comes the excitement! The opening match of the finals is actually Lingzhou Light Institute versus Crane River City Academy!"
"This is the kind of match that, in previous years, we'd only see near the very end!"
Amid the commentator's exaggerated cries, the five members of Crane River's team and the five selected members of Lingzhou's team headed to the main stage for the match.
For the sake of entertainment, the league organizers had specifically added a pre-match trash-talk segment. Once the two teams arrived at the finals' main stage, the host asked them questions, starting with Crane River.
"Do you have anything to say to the first-place team you chose?"
Crane River had chosen a sixth-year senior with long legs and a particularly curvy figure for their pre-match remarks. Her personality seemed to match her looks somewhat, and she looked directly at the Lingzhou team as she said:
"Who wouldn't want a taste of first place?"
The audience erupted. The atmosphere instantly heated up, and several people in the competitors' seats wore knowing expressions, apparently picking up on something in those words.
When the camera turned toward Lingzhou and the host asked how they would respond, Jiang Qing, as the captain, merely shook her head and replied regretfully:
"You made