Chapter 66


    Michael’s voice suddenly turned serious. “Bayside University’s students are specially selected from


    hundreds of thousands of candidates in Cethos yearly. Training camp will allow the instructors to see a


    person’s qualities. Bayside University wants to ensure that their graduates are true elites, so naturally,


    they have to eliminate a certain group of people.”


    He then dove into his point. “The marks allocation for training camp is very strict. There are marks for


    teamwork, individual achievement, housekeeping, discipline, formation, and there are even marks to be


    given for normal days and during weekends. Your marks can be deducted from anywhere. Only a


    handful of people can obtain full marks.


    If a person performs excellently in every aspect, the other students will naturally be jealous of him. The


    day before training camp ends, there will be another session whereby all the training mates will score


    each other anonymously. In this session, those who usually perform too excellently will lose some marks.


    Thus, the handful of people who scored full marks are mostly the Fletchers, because everyone knows


    that the Fletchers have people inside the military. They could check who was the person who gave them


    low marks.”


    D*mn, this is simply insane!


    If they did not perform well, they would not score full marks. If they performed too well, the other students


    would deduct their marks out of jealousy. Thus, only the Fletchers had the ability to get full marks.


    Since someone had even ced a nail in Sophia’s shoes, that person would surely give her a bad score.


    Hence, only a person with an astonishing family background and superb personal qualities could score


    full marks.


    Sophia then suddenly asked, “Honey, then how much did you score in your military training back then?”


    Michael graduated from Bayside University too, so he surely had been through military training as well.


    Michael let out a sigh. “95.5. I was too good-looking and I performed too well, so I ended up stealing the


    spotlight. My teammates were too ipetent, and in the final session, I was even given a bad score by


    a few losers.”


    Sophia nearly asked Michael why he didn’t use the connections the Fletcher family had to find out who


    the culprits were. However, Michael seemed to be keeping his connection with the Fletcher Family a


    secret, so she decided against asking him that question. She would settle with her knowledge of him


    being a Fletcher.


    She then continued pursuing the topic. “What about the teamwork marks and individual marks? What


    should I do to score in these sections?”


    “Housekeeping includes the arrangement of your barracks, rinsing cup, shoes and personal belongings.


    It’ll also take into ount the tidiness of your attire, coat, belt and hair. Three best students will be


    selected yearly and three groups with outstanding performances will receive special prizes.”


    Michael seemed like he was very familiar with the rules of training camp. He could exin almost every


    point and even let her in on some of the tips which the instructors had kept from them. Sophia listened


    attentively, and even borrowed a small notebook to jot them down. With that, the couple talked for the


    entire afternoon.


    They talked until five o’clock and it was about time for her to return to herpany topete for


    dinner. Sophia suddenly remembered that Michael was still overseas, so there was surely some time


    difference. She asked timidly, “What time is it at your ce?”


    Michael replied, “It’s already 2 o’clock in the morning.”N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    It’s already two o’clock in the morning!


    He was giving up on his sleep to chat with her.


    Sophia was shocked. “Honey, then you better go and rest first. I have topete for dinner soon. If I’m


    late, I can only have steamed buns for dinner. I’ll hang up first.”


    Michael answered, “Steamed buns are not bad. During my batch, the slow ones could only go through


    the rest of the night with an empty stomach.”


    Sophia swiftly shut down theputer. She suddenly realized that her face was getting hot and a weird


    thought popped up in her head. Michael is actually not as cheeky as I had imagined.


    She then rushed back to rejoin her group with Nathan. Commander Ford did not say anything about her


    absence. He said that he understood Sophia’s situation, but Sophia felt like he had noted her name


    down in his small notebook.


    Aftering back, Sophia rejoined the training. It was already 5:30 and all of the instructors had left;


    even Commander Ford had brought Nathan to the car. Then, the clock at the training ground began


    counting down for them to race for dinner.


    Sophia had kept Michael’s words in mind.


    There were tricks to thispetition for dinner as well. It might look like a test for individual behavior


    among the students, for everyone would get to eat whatever they managed to obtain, but in actuality, it


    was a test of teamwork.


    Those who ran thest would have less food. Although they wouldn’t starve to death, their energy would


    surely be insufficient and consequently, it would affect the performance of their overall training. It would


    then directly affect the entire team’s marks.


    As the countdown entered the final stage, Sophia finally voiced out, “Everyone, listen to me. I have


    something to say!”


    Everyone turned their gaze toward her, wanting to hear what she had to say.


    “I heard from a senior that teamwork marks are important too. Those who run thest can only eat two


    steamed buns and they will be at a great disadvantage as they don’t have enough energy. Thus, it will


    affect the entirepany’s marks. This could cause the whole team to fail.”


    The few girls who were at the end of the race did not have the stamina to catch up with the others. They


    were on the verge of tears as they did not want to be thest ones too, but they really did not have the


    stamina. Since they ran rather slowly, their portion of food was smaller and they had less food to eat.


    Hence, they ran even slower.


    Sophia then offered her idea. “I have an idea. Let’s not run on our ownter. Instead, we’ll run as a single


    company. As we run together, let’s help each other out. I’m not wishing that everyone can get the buffet,


    but at the very least, we can’t let the students who run thest starve.”


    Everyone exchanged nces; they seemed doubtful of Sophia’s words, but then, they heard her speak


    again. “Let’s conduct an experiment today. If we do it well, I’ll give everyone watermelons. Come, let’s


    hold hands first.”


    Although nobody knew what Sophia was up to, they immediately listened to her orders and joined hands


    when they heard they could have watermelonster on.


    Sophia instructed, “When it’s timeter on, we’ll start running in a group. Don’t spread out.”


    Less than a few secondster, it was time. When the clock struck 5:30, the thousands of students began


    the race to head to the cafeteria.


    Company 49 was the onlypany that was still in a group, holding onto each other’s hands. Forming


    into a line, they charged forward with all their might. The slower ones were then dragged along by the


    faster ones, just barely catching up to the group. When they reached the base of the first hill, a few


    people had left the group. After doing a headcount, there were only roughly 30 people left; all the boys


    had gone ahead.


    “Everyone, listen to me. From now on, we mustn’t let go of our hands again! Those who let go of their


    hands will not have their portion of watermelons tonight.”


    There were many delicate girls in Company 49. Almost half of them could only run fast enough to eat the


    two steamed buns, but that would be the worst-case scenario. After hearing Sophia say that they could


    have an extra meal after dinner, they immediately held their hands together.


    Seeing that everyone had held each other’s hands, she ordered, “Let’s start hiking!”


    Everyone dashed toward the hill with their hands tightly held together. If someone slipped or fell behind,


    the person beside could immediately pull the person up. Although they were slightly slower, at least


    nobody was left behind.


    Soon, they arrived at the riverside. At this moment, the group started having different opinions; a group


    of them wanted to cross the bridge, while the other wanted to swim across the river.


    Sophia was the big boss in thepany, so she decisively ordered, “We’ll swim. We can save a lot of


    time!”


    A girl said shakily, “I don’t want to. I don’t know how to swim!”


    Sophia took a look at the group. “Those who can swim, step forward.”


    A group of girls stepped forward. More than half of them knew how to swim, so Sophia said, “Let’s give


    each other a hand. Those who don’t know how to swim, please pair up with a student who knows how to


    swim. Let’s help each other out.”