Li Luo thought that Principal Pang was being a real wet blanket on their cheerful, little departure.

Still, he knew that the principal had not exaggerated. He had simply laid out the facts, facts that perhaps most of the students vaguely knew but would choose to ignore. Ugly, horrifying facts were seldom pursued voluntarily.

The tension hung heavy like a watery mist in the air, yet it was unaffected by the gentle breeze.

Within the mirror, Pang Qianyuan looked slowly around the crowd. "I did not wish to speak of these things at first. I know it will only increase the pressure on the competing students. But I had to say it, to ask you to fight...