On a crisp autumn morning, Eden Academy held the opening ceremony for its autumn sports festival.
Nearly every parent who could attend had come, but certain high-ranking officials, such as the parents of Damian, the Second Son, and Si Ang, an only child, were absent.
The Forger family wore matching outfits that day. A family had to look coordinated.
The autumn sports festival's opening ceremony began with the athletes' entrance.
The entrance was a very slapdash affair. Everyone simply took their places wherever they liked on the field.
Next, several school leaders took turns giving speeches, making everyone drowsy.
Then came a speech from the athletes' representative, followed by the referees' representative, and finally the parents' representative.
The athletes were the entire student body of Eden Academy. The first day consisted of team competitions, with all the teachers serving as referees and all the parents acting as cheerleaders.
The school's two thousand-plus students were divided into seventeen groups, meaning each group had two to three hundred people.
Normally, the seventeenth-grade children would be put in charge of coordinating their entire group.
This sports festival had ten team events. Each group would assign its own participants, sending around thirty students to compete in each event.
This was an enormous test of the children's ability to cooperate. One poorly handled issue could have them fighting among themselves before anything else.
The school required everyone to participate in at least one event, which meant each person could only participate in one. If anyone entered an extra event, someone else in their group would lose their chance to compete.
Richie and the Second Son were assigned to Group Seventeen, while Anya, Si Ang, and Becky were assigned to Group One.
All the matchups were decided by drawing lots.
After discussing it, Richie's group decided