After hearing the "professional's" interpretation, the young publicly funded student felt somewhat relieved.
But he still could not let go of the article.
"I never expected the Post to write something like this." Zheng Qing flipped through the newspaper in hand, savoring its strange undertones as he irresponsibly guessed, "...Could it be that the Post's editor-in-chief has been replaced? By someone from Jiuyou Academy?"
"No change... Ms. Pulitzer is still in office."
XIn Fatty was the first to dismiss his captain's wishful thinking. Waving his thick, stubby finger, he analyzed, "You feel this article is 'fair' because Youzui is no longer an obscure little hunting team. We're now a hunting team with some reputation at First University and even throughout the Wizarding World. When dealing with people like us, the Post has to ensure there are no flaws in its reporting if it wants to maintain its reputation among readers..."
"You could say this is the treatment given to a Shining Stars Hunting Team," Zhang Jixin suddenly cut in, adding, "My brother said that hunting teams that perform well in the traditional 'Three Major Cups' often have promising futures. To avoid making enemies of those teams, the Beta Town Post would not deliberately make things difficult for them..."
The Three Major Cups referred to the Academy Cup, Zeus Cup, and World Cup, the three most influential hunting competitions. Among them, the Academy Cup was the School Hunt Competition held by First University every October.
"Of course, we cannot rule out the negative impact Professor Yao's incident had on the relationship between the two academies some time ago." Xiao Xiao adjusted his glasses and offered his own opinion. "...Now that Professor Emma has become the new Vice Principal, she may make some gesture of reassurance toward Jiuyou Academy in order to