Chapter 101 - Intra-Class Competition (2)

Unlike Team Scarlet, Team All or Nothing was facing a crisis. Jasper took a look at the bets on the board and groaned.

Mustafa - 80 and above for all subjects, 10 rounds

Khalid - 60 for all subjects, 2 rounds

Jeff - 80 for all subjects, 3 rounds

Jeremy - 70 for Math & Science, 60 for all other subjects, 2 rounds

While the others were still manageable, Jasper didn't understand where Mustafa's confidence came from. While he wanted to be optimistic, it simply wasn't realistic for the boy who struggled to get 52 in the topical test. He was one of the students Jasper and Scarlet thought wouldn't pass and ranked within the bottom three. The gardener's son wanted to cry.

Ria sensed the tears coming and gave Jasper a pat on his back. She didn't know why Jasper looked so lifeless but she figured that she would son understand. As the optimistic person, Ria decided to cheer the team on with her bubbly personality. Elfie was already working on his laptop furiously, crunching in lines of code and numbers.

"Don't worry, Jasper. I got this," he told the distressed boy.

Jasper gave Elfie a side glance as if asking him if he really had everything under control. Unlike Scarlet, he wasn't going to make a bet to run with anyone who failed on his team. He was considering whether it would be better to get Mustafa to study or train him for the ten rounds he promised to run.

In another corner of the class, Team Dreamer was in constant war. Jean was fuming.

"How can you make such a claim?! Hundred?!" her screams could be heard over the excited buzz in the class.

Rowan grinned and waved his hand in an easy-going manner while rocking his chair on two legs.

"Don't worry, it's going to be easy. Besides, the three of you are from the special class. What's going to go wrong?"

Alex took a look at the bets on the board by her team members and sighed.

Reggie - 40 for all subjects, 1 round

Rowan - 100 for all subjects, 1 round

Benedict - 50 for all subjects, 1 round

Issac - pass for all subjects, 1 round

Were these guys even trying? Fifty and pass were unanimous. Unlike the other teams, Alex thought that her team had the least ambition. Nobody even took the exams seriously. Reggie wasn't even aiming for a passing grade and Rowan didn't seem serious enough to want to get hundred. Besides, every boy on her team made a bet of one round as if it was just to join in the fun.

The studying hasn't started but already, Alex felt exhausted. Would they really be alright?

Like Alex, someone else was feeling the exact way. Rebecca looked at her team. Dragon was already trying to inspire everyone to start training for the run instead of studying to avoid.

"Let's see. If we make Mondays and Thursdays the cardio day, we have enough time to train legs on Tuesdays and Fridays. Wednesdays would be arms day because we shouldn't slack off on training even though this is just a run."

The high jumper nodded seriously. "I see. What will we do on weekends?

Dragon grinned. "That is for revision and studying. Nobody comes to school on those days."

Roy agreed and Rebecca facepalmed hard. Shouldn't the priorities be opposite? They had everything backwards and this wasn't something that Rebecca could work on immediately. It requires painful demolishing and rebuilding. These athletes have their basic mentality wrong and as the pride of the country's equestrian hope, Rebecca took everything in stride. When the going gets tough, the tough get going.

Still, the bets glared back at her dauntingly from the front.

Dragon - pass all subjects, 100 rounds

Roy - 70 for all subjects, 10 rounds

Teddy - pass all subjects, 10 rounds

Vivian - 70 for all subjects, 2.5 rounds

"It's 2.5 rounds because Dragon told him anything less than two rounds would make him a wuss. Camila is going to run two rounds with them if anyone failed in the unofficial bet," the chess grandmaster explained when Rebecca gave a puzzled expression.

The dancer grinned and gave Rebecca a thumbs-up. The older girl sighed. Of all the teams, she might have picked the shortest straw. Who knew that Team Action First might face dire consequences right off the bat?

Still, the equestrian wasn't going to give up. She looked at the group she had and nodded. Vivian and Roy were the better two of the bunch and Jun Le can take care of the more intellectual things. Camila had a naturally bubbly personality like her sister and can help encourage the boys when she introduced her spartan training regime.

Yes, desperate times called for desperate measures. Rebecca knew it was going to be bad but this was worse than what she expected.

"Listen up, your training begins this afternoon. I'm not going to lie but we have a lot to work with. In a team, everyone will live and die together. Dragon! Don't drag us down. The special training to run a hundred rounds will commence after class, I hope you're all mentally prepared."

from the other end of the class, Alex gulped. Rebecca's eyebrows were on fire with that frown. Everyone could tell that the athlete was pissed and nobody wanted to be in the way of that crossfire. Nobody could blame her for being so angry either. None of the other leaders wanted to deal with a crazy person who bet running a hundred rounds around the school. Scarlet would most likely back out of her claim if Dragon was in her team.

As the different groups worked on their study strategy, Danny grinned and walked around the class, snapping pictures for proof of the class-bonding activities on-going. Everybody was fired up and none of the teams wanted to be on the bottom.

After all, the losing team had to run the total number of rounds everyone on the winning team bet. If team Dreamer won, the losing team would have it easy. However, if Team Action First won... that would be interesting to watch.