The red-haired girl, hiding behind a snack stall, was stunned as she watched Sonia run into the dueling arena.
How did Sonia get here?
“She left so early, shouldn’t she be going to see her teacher?”
That’s right.
The one who had been following Sonia was none other than her best friend, Tivia.
After returning home yesterday, Tivia had been very worried.
Although the principal eventually accepted Sonia’s explanation, Tivia was still a little uneasy.
Because she knew something the principal didn’t: Sonia actually had a teacher.
At first, Tivia couldn’t figure out why Sonia chose a dark-attribute card.
But linking this card to the fact that it was obtained from a dark duelist, Sonia’s recent strange behavior, and then Sonia’s teacher, an answer slowly emerged in Tivia’s mind.
Could Sonia’s teacher be the legendary dark duelist who specializes in manipulating souls and brainwashing?
As soon as this thought popped into her head, Tivia immediately couldn’t sit still.
Because she suddenly realized that if this hypothesis were true, then all the strange things that had happened to Sonia recently could be explained!
Sonia’s personality suddenly became brave, which could also be rephrased as becoming aggressive, and this precisely matched mental control!
And that dark-attribute card was the target of that dark duelist’s scheme!
Upon realizing this, Tivia, feeling that she had figured everything out, immediately became anxious.
Brainwashing by a dark duelist, that’s not allowed!
Her Sonia was still a minor!
So, after Sonia left, Tivia resolutely followed her, fearless even if it meant confronting Sonia’s teacher directly.
—Then she watched Sonia run to this large dueling arena.
It was like setting up a lot of preconditions for a math problem, only to get stuck at the first step of the proof.
“Why would Sonia want to come here?”
Although Tivia wasn’t familiar with the lower city.
But with all these people coming and going, it didn’t look like a place for any shady dealings, did it?
Filled with confusion, Tivia also followed her inside.
“Hello, please help me register!”
Sonia approached the front desk and greeted the service staff with enthusiasm.
The front desk attendant was a young woman, who was surprised to see a girl whose only prominent feature was a cowlick that completely exceeded the height of the desk.
However, as a professional, she quickly recovered.
“Name, age, address.”
“Sonia Seth, seventeen years old, from District Nine!”
Hearing her age, the woman was even more surprised: “Little sister, are you… perhaps in the wrong place?”
“This dueling arena might not be very suitable for you.”
This time it was Sonia’s turn to be confused: “Isn’t this the dueling arena for signing up for the World Tree selection?”
“Yes, that’s right.”
“That’s good.”
Sonia patted her chest: “I thought I had gone to the wrong place, you scared me to death.”
“Since I’m not mistaken, please help me register, miss.”
The woman finally couldn’t help but ask directly: “Little sister, are you sure you want to participate in the World Tree selection?”
“What’s wrong? Is there a problem?”
Sonia tilted her head.
The woman shook her head: “Little sister, you’ve only just become a duelist recently, haven’t you?”
“The duelists who come here are mostly D-rank, or even C-rank. The overall environment might not be very suitable for a novice like you.”
“Oh, so you were worried about that, miss.”
Sonia nodded in sudden understanding, a confident smile on her face.
“Don’t worry, my (cheat) is very strong!”
Seeing Sonia so confident, the woman didn’t say anything more.
After a moment, she finished Sonia’s registration.
“Here you go, little sister, this is your ID card. Remember to keep it safe.”
“After entering through this passage, there’s a large screen that shows the current status of the dueling tables. Swipe your ID card at the entrance of the corresponding dueling table to reserve the next duel.”
“Okay, thank you!”
After getting her ID card and hearing a brief explanation of the arena’s scoring rules, Sonia happily trotted off in the direction the woman had indicated.
Watching the girl’s eager demeanor, the woman couldn’t help but sigh.
A resting service attendant nearby asked curiously, “What happened? Why did it take so long?”
Hearing the question, the woman couldn’t help but complain, “A little girl just came to register. At first, I thought she was just short, but it turns out she’s only seventeen years old.”
“She must have only just become a duelist at that age, right?”
The service attendant beside her chuckled, “Ha, maybe she’s some rich young lady who just became a duelist and doesn’t know her place yet.”
“Don’t worry about girls like that. After being beaten badly once or twice, she’ll realize that this isn’t the small pond she used to be in.”
After entering the passage, Sonia arrived in the waiting lounge.
Perhaps because it was still early in the morning, there weren’t many people in the lounge.
A few scattered individuals sat chatting cheerfully, and while they looked curiously at Sonia as she entered, they didn’t say much.
Sonia didn’t pay them any mind, heading straight for the large screen the front desk attendant had mentioned.
On the big screen, in addition to the current status of the dueling tables, the records of the duelists currently using the tables were also displayed.
Soon, Sonia found a duelist waiting for an opponent.
“Mr. Yide, this person on Dueling Table Six has already dueled twenty times!”
Sonia pointed at the record displayed on the screen. “I just heard the front desk lady say that every duelist starts with twenty points, and losing the first duel only loses a few points to the opponent.”
“But from the second duel onwards, for every duel a duelist participates in, they have to bet slightly more points than the previous duel.”
At this, Sonia began to get excited: “This person has dueled twenty times, if we win, we’ll get twenty-one points in one go!”
“Then let’s pick him.”
“Okay, Mr. Yide!”
Sonia went to the door of the corresponding Dueling Table Six and swiped her ID card.
The next moment, the large door opened.
Meanwhile, at Dueling Table Six.
Inside the enclosed stadium, rows of seats surrounded the arena, and a good number of spectators had already arrived.
In the center of the dueling stage, a young man with fiery red hair was impatiently waiting.
Suddenly, an announcement echoed through the stadium.
“Challenger has arrived.”
Hearing this, the early-bird spectators perked up.
The next moment, they saw the challenger’s information on the big screen.
Sonia Seth, seventeen years old, from District Nine of the Lower City, Record: 0 wins, 0 losses
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