'Match' ②

Uraraka Shige actually had some suspicions about the fact that this guy was actually a member of 'Snake'.

But Uraraka Shige really didn't expect that this guy would extend an olive branch to him, wanting to recruit him... or rather, recruit him on behalf of 'Snake'.

To be honest, although Uraraka Shige within Area A of the "Beasts," it's only because he comes from a "single-room" background. In reality, since Uraraka Shige didn't actively strive for it, he doesn't even have a single "subordinate" under his command.

Furthermore, Uraraka Shige himself has kept a very low profile for the past month or so, and has rarely contacted others. It can be said that he has no 'reputation' at all... He is just holding the title of 'high-ranking member of the Beast Group's in Area A, but has no real power.

Therefore, in Uraraka Shige's view, the reason this guy would act as a 'snake' to recruit him was simply because he didn't actually know much about him, but just thought he was easier to recruit, and wanted to use this action to attack the 'beast' group he was currently in.

Or perhaps they recruited everyone who could be considered part of the 'Beast Group Management' in Area A, including themselves. This would make it difficult to determine whether anyone had joined 'Snake,' and who those people were. In this way, they would create a climate of mutual suspicion among the 'Beast' members before the competition even began.

In both cases, the intention is similar: to increase the chances of the 'Snake' winning and to strike at the members of the 'Beast' before the match.

The only difference is that the former is a relatively 'inferior' tactic, which is easy to counter, and can even be used to boost morale and turn the situation into one where a desperate army is bound to win.

The latter is much larger in scale and higher in level than the former, especially for a group like the "Beast Group" that is not very harmonious internally, it hits the weak point.

Of course, if the first scenario occurs first, and the 'Beast Group' then uses this opportunity to unite, then if the 'Snake' uses the second scenario's scheme, it will be more effective than either of these schemes alone, and the threat to the 'Beast Group' will be much greater than the first two methods.

In fact, any of these three scenarios could be considered a psychological tactic. However, judging from the behavior of the guy who Uraraka Shige, the first scenario alone is unlikely, and the latter two scenarios seem more probable.

Because this guy's words and actions showed that he didn't take Uraraka Shige at all.

However, of course, Uraraka Shige himself didn't really care about this, whether it was that this guy didn't value his performance or that 'Beast' might lose the game because of it.

After all, Uraraka Shige rarely paid attention to others during the past month or so, and he didn't really feel any sense of belonging to the 'Beasts'. He joined more to avoid unnecessary trouble.

Regardless, Uraraka Shige still refused the offer, because Uraraka Shige felt that if he accepted the offer, he would likely face a lot of trouble later.

After Uraraka Shige refused the guy's offer, the 'Snake' gang never contacted Uraraka Shige again. This further confirmed Uraraka Shige's suspicion that the 'Snake' gang was clearly not carrying out the first scheme alone.

Within the 'Beast' group, during breakfast on the second day before the competition, there was a discussion about 'Snake's' behavior, but no conclusion was reached. The discussion was hastily concluded after the 'leader' of Area A gave a brief morale-boosting speech.

Thus, Uraraka Shige could even foresee that the 'Beast Group' would suffer a series of defeats in the following 'matches'.

However, it is clear that Uraraka Shige's prediction was not entirely accurate... or rather, not entirely complete.

Time flies, and before we knew it, it was the day of the 'competition'.

Members of the 'Beast Group,' including Uraraka Shige, and members of the 'Snake Group,' including the guy who recruited Uraraka Shige, all arrived today at the very center of this Discipline Prison, a secluded area that is normally only accessible to guards.

Uraraka Shige had no idea what this area used to look like. But now, this isolated area appeared incredibly empty and vast. In the very center of the area, there was a pre-built arena that could accommodate about three hundred people for a group 'competition'.

Such a venue is sufficient, even more than enough, for this "match" between the 'snake' and the 'beast' in Area A.

After all, this 'competition' is not an official 'match' between the 'Snake' and 'Beast', two large cross-regional groups; it is merely a competition between members of a 'group' within Area A.

In each of the twenty-one districts, the number of people under supervision is at most five hundred.

But including the 'Snake Group' and 'Beast Group' in Area A, the total number is only about two hundred. Among them, there are about eighty 'Snake' members, making it close to one hundred, and about twenty of them were poached from the 'Beast Group'... I wonder what price the 'Snake Group' paid for this.

The 'Beast' group had over 110 members, even after about 20 members had been recruited by the 'Snake' group.

However, this was only temporary, because soon, Uraraka Shige noticed that another group of about ten people suddenly broke away from the "Beast Group" and joined the "Snake Group" before the "official" announcement of the start of the "competition".

This even includes three 'high-ranking officials' who hold the same position as Uraraka Shige.

As a result, the 'Beast Group', which originally had a certain advantage in numbers, suddenly became almost equal in number to the 'Snake Group', with both sides having nearly a hundred participants each, numbering around ninety.

"Wow!!! This is really unexpected! Before the match even started, a contestant actually switched teams to the opposing team!"

The commentators, who seemed to be specially arranged by the 'official' organization, exclaimed in surprise at what had happened before the 'match' even started, but didn't say much more.

Then, seemingly forgetting about the incident, the commentator suddenly announced the official start of the match.

"According to the draw results, the first event is the 'individual' competition... So, please come forward and draw lots, participants of the individual competition!"