Chapter 441: Meeting

“We are also approaching this from the perspective of selecting talent,” the bald man who spoke first said again.

“All participating students have outstanding talent in battle, and they have spent most of their time training their Pets for this competition.”

“If they go through all this trouble to reach this point, only to find that they are moved out of the arena by Space Movement before the battle even begins, what will others think?”

In the video, a more refined Middle-aged Man slowly pushed up the gold-rimmed glasses on his nose and said,

“Using Space Movement to directly move an opponent out of the arena is exploiting a loophole in the rules. Since there is a loophole, we should fix it.”

“Exactly,” the slightly younger man echoed. “Rules are constantly optimized. Selecting the strongest students is the purpose of our National Campus Pet Beast League.”

“Besides, we are not prohibiting the Space Movement skill; we are only prohibiting contestants from directly moving opponents out of the arena using Space Movement.”

The white-haired old man added,

“This rule must be added. The only reason it wasn’t there before is because we never imagined a contestant would train their Pet’s Space Movement to such a degree.”

The other leaders remained silent, not expressing an opinion for a while.

It seems like it’s 1 vs. 12. How to deal with this? Talking until my mouth is dry probably won’t help… The Middle-aged Man, whose jowls sagged slightly, furrowed his brow.

At this moment, a gentle female voice rang out:

“I think Minister Zhou was right initially. The rules can be changed, but it should wait until the next session. Otherwise, if a contestant just used this move and we change it immediately, it might seem like we are targeting someone.”

Minister Zhou was shocked.

He didn’t expect the leader from Ancient Mist to speak up for their Yuhua District contestant.

Could it be because of Ice Kexilu?

As the most promising contestant from Yuhua District to win the championship, Minister Zhou knew everything about Qiao Sang.

The woman continued,

“Space Movement is not a skill that guarantees 100% success in transferring an opponent just by looking at them. The reason that contestant succeeded was, first, because the opponent was within the range where Qunbao could use Space Movement and didn’t maintain a sufficient safe distance. Second, the opponent didn’t expect Qunbao to use this move, so they had almost no defense. Otherwise, with Ji Hui Tata’s mental power and energy, which are one level higher, he could have completely interfered with Qunbao mentally, preventing it from pinpointing coordinates, and also performed mental defense to reject Space Movement.”

“Furthermore, according to the data, this is the first time this contestant has used Space Movement to move an opponent out of the arena.”

“Ultimately, Qunbao is only a Mid-level Pet, and the National Competition mainly focuses on High-level Pets. As long as the contestants participating in the National Competition understand this situation beforehand and prepare early, I believe their talent will allow them to come up with corresponding countermeasures.”

Minister Zhou’s eyes lit up, and he stood up, excitedly saying,

“Well said!”

After his excitement, he seemed to realize his impropriety and quietly sat back down under everyone’s gaze.

“Isn’t Qunbao a Ghost-type Pet?” A gloomy Middle-aged Man, who had been silent until now, asked as if he had heard something interesting.

“That contestant’s Qunbao has Superpower System attributes,” the bald man replied.

Apart from Minister Zhou from Yuhua District, Minister Lan from Ancient Mist, and the bald man, who was Minister Zhang from Xi Lv District, who were not surprised, the other leaders were all stunned for a moment, clearly hearing this news for the first time.

The meeting had been called too hastily; they had only received the news that a contestant from Yuhua District had directly used Space Movement to transfer an opponent out of the arena, and nothing more.

Everyone present was a leader from the highest authority in various regions, usually incredibly busy, so how could they know every participating contestant individually?

At most, they would get to know some contestants during the National Competition.

As for remembering them, besides the first place in the National Competition, even the second place would likely be forgotten after some time.

After all, the National Campus Pet Beast League includes not only individual battles but also team battles, as well as individual coordination competitions and team coordination competitions.

Except for the most outstanding one, it is too difficult for others to gain attention.

The gloomy Middle-aged Man pondered for a few seconds and then expressed his opinion:

“Being able to train a Ghost-type Pet’s Space Movement to this extent is also part of one’s strength. Since we are selecting the strongest contestants, I don’t think we should restrict others from demonstrating their abilities.”

Minister Zhou quickly said, “I think Minister Yang makes a lot of sense!”

He hadn’t expected Minister Yang to also speak up for their Yuhua District contestant, but upon reflection, it wasn’t surprising.

Minister Yang is a leader from Zhidia District.

And as is well known, Zhidia District is the only one of the 13 districts where Ghost-type Pets are popular.

People in that district have a unique fondness for Ghost-type Pets, and since Zhidia District doesn’t have any strong contenders for the championship, whether this rule is added or not has no impact on their district.

“That’s not how you should put it,” the bald man frowned and said,

“Space Movement is different from other skills. This method of winning without a fight must be prohibited. Otherwise, if this precedent is set, what if everyone contracts Superpower System Pets in the future and only practices this move, neglecting everything else?”

“As far as I know, this contestant from Yuhua District is only 15 years old, and her yu beast codex has already developed to three pages. She currently has two High-level Pets and one Mid-level Pet.”

“One Fire-type Pet called Liao Xing Hound has mastered Mars Rain to the Profound Level, and another Ice Kexilu can open dozens of Ice Flower Seals. Qunbao should be the weakest of her three Pets.”

“Since her strength is so formidable, restricting Space Movement will not cause any problems.”

“I highly recognize her talent and strength. She can completely and honorably earn others’ respect in the National Competition through her strength, but if she continues to use Space Movement to directly move opponents out of the arena, she will definitely be criticized.”

“If Minister Zhou is truly looking out for this contestant from your district, he should not prevent this rule from being added.”

The meeting was completely silent for over ten seconds.

Almost everyone struggled to control their facial expressions, revealing shock and bewilderment.

This year’s National Campus Pet Beast League actually has such a monstrous contestant?

Minister Zhou, on the other hand, was purely reflecting on the words just spoken. He felt that Minister Zhang from Xi Lv District’s argument wasn’t entirely without merit.

If Qiao Sang won the competition by directly moving opponents out of the arena using Space Movement, even if she ultimately won the championship, she would likely be questioned by most people.

But if he were to agree to restrict the use of Space Movement just like that, he felt unwilling.

Who else could train Space Movement to such a degree besides their Yuhua District contestants…

In the quietest atmosphere imaginable, Minister Yan, the leader from the Central District, finally spoke:

“What is this student’s name?”

Minister Zhou’s thoughts returned, and he respectfully replied, “Her name is Qiao Sang.”

There are also differences between ministers.

The Central District is the central region of Longguo, where the imperial capital is built. Officials of the same rank have the highest administrative level in the Central District.

Minister Yan asked, “How are her usual grades?”

Not very good… Minister Zhou thought for a moment and carefully phrased his answer: “They’re alright; she got into the best high school in her city.”

Minister Yan pondered for a moment, his expression calm, and said,

“Alright, you go and contact her. Tell this student named Qiao Sang not to use Space Movement to directly transfer opponents out of the arena in the National Competition.”

“If she makes it into the top two in the National Competition, I will personally arrange for her to be an Interstellar Exchange Student and place her in the special advanced class for third-year high school students there, granting her the same university application rights as this year’s third-year students.”

Although Qiao Sang is participating in the third-year high school section of the National Campus Pet Beast League, she is only 15 years old and a first-year high school student.

According to regulations, if a first-year high school student obtains an Interstellar Exchange Student spot in a third-year high school competition, their Pet training would be alongside the third-year students, but their academic studies would still be as a first-year.

In other words, even if she qualified for special admission to a Top University, she would have to wait until she was a third-year high school student to apply.

But now, with Minister Yan’s words, Qiao Sang has hope of becoming a graduating high school student and entering university two years early.

Huh? What? Let Qiao Sang enter the special advanced class for third-year high school students at the Interstellar Exchange school? Can she keep up with her grades?

Minister Zhou was stunned for a long while before finally nodding:

“Alright, I’ll contact her.”

“As for this rule,” Minister Yan said unhurriedly, “it will be officially announced in the next National Campus Pet Beast League.”

The dozen or so ministers from various regions remained silent, indicating their tacit agreement.

They knew that as long as Minister Zhou spoke with Qiao Sang, she would agree, no matter the angle.

No student could refuse the suggestion of graduating two years early.

Minister Yan said,

“Since no one has any objections.”

“Meeting adjourned!”

PS: The second chapter might be late, everyone go to sleep first!