If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon

Chapter 377 Competition
The basketball hit the floor of the gymnasium with a crisp 'bang bang' sound.

A boy in a basketball uniform with a basketball in his hand walked into the gymnasium of Carmel University talking and laughing, slapping the basketball in his hand, and letting the basketball circle on his fingers.

At this time, a burst of boos suddenly interrupted their chatting and laughter. When the boys turned their heads in surprise, they found that the basketball court was already full of all kinds of people, wearing long guns and short guns in suits. The group of people in hats was turning their heads and looking at them angrily.

It seems that the gymnasium is booked out today, and they seem to be unable to play.

In the middle of the basketball court, the sound of the camera rattling can be heard endlessly. The spotlight lights up and casts the two figures sitting firmly in front of the chessboard on the ground. The stopwatch on the right side of the chess clock is ticking away.

The middle-aged man in a black suit stared silently at the intricate black and white chess board in front of him, covered his mouth with his hands and said nothing, and the reporters holding cameras by his side were either kneeling or lying on the ground, faithfully covering his face. Every wrinkle of thinking and pondering in the eyes was recorded.

The situation of this game is already very clear, black chess has been cornered, the emperor is alone and helpless, and the army is overwhelming.White's queen stands on the field and moves forward gracefully, stepping into the penalty area, beheading the enemy and killing the general. However, the longest clock on the side of the board has not passed 10 minutes!

This is obviously a game of very unequal chess skills, and the actual age and appearance of the two sides are also very different. The person sitting opposite the middle-aged man is not a certain American chess champion, but a girl who is too young. About eighteen or nineteen years old, his blond hair was exposed to the color of platinum by the spotlight, lying on a chair naturally and gracefully with his legs crossed, his hands on his knees quietly looking down at the chessboard.

"Continue to make room for the emperor? Or continue to procrastinate for time? You are running out of soldiers." While the middle-aged man was still pondering, Mandy suddenly said such a sentence.

The moment she opened her mouth, all the reporters looked up, as if they had caught some hot news, they immediately pointed their cameras at the girl and started taking pictures.

"I don't want to be rude, it would be rude to talk trash when the opponent is thinking, but I don't think it's a game anymore, the real game is the first five hands you miss. It's over, and all the time after that you've been trying to stall and wait for me to make a mistake." Mandy said softly, "But you should also see that I won't make a mistake, because I think Your time will always be shorter than yours, and your time will run out first."

The middle-aged man raised his eyes and glanced at the blond girl on the opposite side of the chess game, and then turned his head to look at the chess clock whose pointer was about to reach the little red flag. There was no big fluctuation in his face, but the frequency of shaking his legs revealed that he Anxiety that I can't hold back.

"Or are you just planning to procrastinate? After the time is up, you will automatically be judged as a loser, so that the reporter's report will be much easier to write. The former runner-up in the international competition accidentally lost over time, and it is a pity to lose to the town's talented girl?" Mandy said. As she spoke, she laughed, "Genius girl. That's how they reported me, right? After all, when I entered Carmel University, I was specially invited to enroll because of the league championship three times in a row."

"Sometimes it's time to throw in the towel," Mandy said.

The middle-aged man put down the hand covering his mouth and let out a long sigh of relief, scratching his meticulous hair. It seemed that his little thoughts were read out by a girl who was old enough to be his daughter, and he couldn't help but feel embarrassed. Laughed, and after laughing, he put down his own emperor, and stretched out his hand to Mandy, "I_resign_ (I admit defeat)."

The spotlight flashed to the most intensive level for a moment, Mandy and the middle-aged man stood up at the same time, holding hands on the chessboard.

Applause erupted from the surrounding crowd, and the head of the applause was the president of Carmel University, a silver-haired elderly man who looked very knowledgeable and gentlemanly, wearing a golden watch on his chest, applauding while looking at Mandy in front of the chessboard, "Extremely exciting, extremely exciting!"

Mandy nodded politely to the others. To her it was just a half-hour or so of rapid chess, but to the other reporters and the dean and principal, it was Carmel University's chief chess player over A big deal for the former World Chess Championship runner-up.

This invitational tournament was organized by the instructor of the chess club of Carmel University, and the school also fully supports this kind of activity that can increase the school's exposure. It lasted an hour, and the report afterwards was quite a sense of momentum, but I didn't expect Mandy to overdo it, and killed the former runner-up in half an hour, which completely made a big news.

Reporters flocked to the high-speed Shengyan to conduct interviews. The principal and mentors watched with smiles. They waited until it was almost time to squeeze in and rescued Mandy from the crowd. They held her shoulders for a group photo, hypothesizing that after the competition, the contestants were a little bit Tired, took the initiative to take the interview position and started talking
Mandy doesn't mind being robbed of the so-called limelight. To her, just beating a runner-up in an international competition is not a big event that can be recorded as a milestone in her life. She walked through the crowd of reporters to the gymnasium in her mentor's package After opening the door, it was discovered that the real highlight was outside the door.

The students from the university who rushed over after hearing the news had already clustered on the road outside the gymnasium. When they saw that Mandy was the first to come out, they all screamed and cheered, as if they were winning chess. It's not Mandy but they are the same.
Minerva and Garcia were also in the crowd, they took the initiative to get in and put a garland on Mandy, they were so excited that they almost hugged her, and Lily and Amara were also the first to rush over to hug her. Mandy's arm, Mandy did not refuse.

"The runner-up! The runner-up of the World Championship! Mandy, if you beat the runner-up, you are basically the second in the world!" Lily excitedly stomped beside Mandy, turning her head from time to time to look at the reporters who were blocked at the entrance of the gymnasium.

"It's just a friendly match, and as you know, it's just the runner-up." Mandy said with a smile, "Let's celebrate with the championship if we have a chance."

"Now the school is discussing your name, although you are famous enough, but this time you are almost popular! Many senior boys who didn't know you are asking your name, brother They even came to me and thought I would invite you to their party tonight!" Amara said excitedly, looking at the cheering and applauding students on both sides.

"Hey, don't be so excited, I may not be there when they invite me." Mandy smiled and shook her head, "I have a lot of things to do, didn't I just assign a paper in history class this morning? Everyone has to give a public lecture , If you fail, you won’t be able to get an 'A' at the end of the semester, and I have to go back and prepare the materials for the thesis."

"Don't mention such a disappointing thing." Amara pursed her mouth, "You can do the thesis anytime, but if you go to the party tonight, you will be very excited! Everyone will discuss your competition today! "

"Let's see." Mandy said with a smile.

"Amara, even if we can't call her, someone can call her." Lily, who was on Mandy's left, poked her head out and said with a smile, while raising her head to signal the front of the crowd.

Mandy looked over and found a familiar figure standing at the end of the crowd. She couldn't help but be familiar with it. The blond hair of the other party was too eye-catching. With a height of just over 1.8 meters and a fit and pleasing figure for a student, even Standing in the crowd without speaking can attract everyone's attention.

Cesar Gattuso?
The other party seems to be called by this name, a child of a wealthy Italian businessman family. It took less than half a day for this guy to transfer to another school, and let the whole freshman girls know about him. He obviously didn't do anything deliberately, but that kind of behavior is provocative. The breath spread like a plague in a short time.

As a result, in every class today, girls from different departments came to rub their classes. If they didn't have a seat, they would stand in the back and huddle together and be crazy. It's already a terrific spectacle at Carmel University.

"Do you have time in the evening?" Caesar looked at Mandy who walked to the side of the road arm in arm with Lily and Amara, and approached him with a gentle smile.

"It's not what a gentleman should do to ask a girl if she has time in the evening." Mandy gently pulled out her held arm, and looked at the big golden retriever standing on the side of the road with an interesting smile in her eyes It means that she doesn't quite understand why the other party has found her now. Is this a sudden rise or premeditated?

Furthermore, she found it strange that this Caesar Gattuso would transfer to Carmel University. She couldn't figure out what the other party and the other party's family were thinking. It couldn't be that people from the city went to the countryside to show compassion for the people, right?

"I heard that there will be a party in the suburbs tonight. I think you seem to be someone who likes parties very much. Someone asked me to invite you to that party. They" Caesar pulled his neckline and shook his head with a smile, "maybe Do you think that I am a transfer student, and there is a similar effect to the freshman buff?"

"But I have to do my paper homework tonight, and if I remember correctly, you should be in the same history class as us this morning, right? You also have a share of that paper. I have to remind you, our history teacher You are not a talkative person, even if you are a transfer student and you are not prepared, you will be furious and dealt with seriously." Mandy was completely unaffected by the other party's Portofino summer ocean-like warm breath, and still maintained a normal chat Rhythm, talking and laughing.

"Teacher of history? Is that teacher wearing a black windbreaker this morning who looks like he is going to be beheaded?" Caesar asked after thinking about it.

"Yes, it's him, do you have any impression?" Mandy looked at Caesar, "Although you seem to be able to fight with your figure, I still think you can't beat our history teacher, our school He took care of all the social idlers nearby, and many physical education teachers in the school admired him!"

"...If it's him, I don't think you need to worry about this issue. You probably have to postpone the preparation of your history paper." Caesar turned his head to look at the school gate in the distance, and the smile on his face gradually disappeared. some.

"What do you mean?" Mandy paused, and followed his gaze. At the school gate, she saw three or four police cars parked there with red and blue warning lights on. It seems to be talking to the guard at the door.

"On the surface." Caesar squinted and pressed his temples slightly and said, "Our history teacher seems to be unlucky. He was killed and seriously injured and sent to the hospital."

(End of this chapter)