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"Won't you just look at who's on my team?" Gary said from the bottom of his heart.

Ryder thought that Gary was talking about him, and so, he mustered an affectionate smile. "You jerk. You've finally come to your senses. Don't you worry, I'll do my best to bring you guys to the next round."

Gary was stunned as he realized that Ryder had misunderstood what he just said.

He was about to explain himself, but Ryder had already put on his pair of earphones, prompting Gary to shake his head and give up on the idea.

'I guess it's good for him to regain some of his confidence first,' he thought to himself.

Nicole was already by then, casually waiting for the contest to begin.

Then, Ryder said, "Even though our opponents aren't from Northon Institute, they're still very capable. So, we can't underestimate them. I'm going to be very aggressive in the beginning. All you guys have to do is support me."

Gary looked at Nicole awkwardly. 'It's sad that Ryder still doesn't know what's going on.'

However, he figured that it was not his place to tell Ryder about Nicole's real identity, and thus, he said, "Okay."

with him, as she was just keeping mom. Then, she

opponents came over and

team, so every contestant who wanted to win could chose the people who were good at

into the next stage,

the same school. Similarly, their opponents had formed teams with their own schoolmates to

best among

take this victory,"

Ryder's face as he jabbed, "Teasing a girl like this is such a shameless thing

and in a flat tone of voice, she said, "I don't need you to stand up

'Why

She doesn't appreciate your help at all. You should just keep your kindness to yourself. You

was suddenly

brother, but he noticed a strangely guilty

Look at how nervous he became. I guess what I said is

it was then that Nicole retorted with a smile on her face. "Seems like your team is really good at running your mouths, don't you think? I wonder what your performance is going to be like later on. You better not cry for your mom

darkened. "We're not going to lose to a rookie like you! You probably don't know who we are! We were the