They Hated Me in My First Life, But Now I Have the Love System

Chapter 535: One of Them Must’ve Coached Her

Commander Olivia smirked slightly. "This one fights like she’s in live combat."

Madam Wolke wrote her score without hesitation. "Efficient. Very."

Her scores never dipped below 85.

And just like that, Stephanie stayed at the top of the leaderboard.

Every other student eyed her warily.

Some of them quietly prayed they wouldn’t draw her name in the next round.

Even online, the tension was clear.

@MartialArtsMom: If I see my child’s name next to Stephanie’s, I’m pulling them out.

@NicholasFanHere: Can anyone even match her?

@SpilledTeaOnLive: In year three? Doubt it!

In the middle of it all, Stephanie stood calm. Her uniform didn’t have a wrinkle, her ponytail didn’t shift.

She wasn’t tired.

She wasn’t impressed by her opponents.

And she definitely wasn’t done.

The energy in the arena shifted again when the announcer called out the next name:

"Student Nicholas."

Unlike his twin sister, Nicholas didn’t walk onto the stage like it belonged to him.

He owned it the moment his foot touched the mat.

He didn’t carry Stephanie’s sharp edged aggression, his strength was his advantage. Calculated but wild. Where Stephanie was speed and strike, Nicholas was brute and force.

His first opponent tried to take him by surprise with a flurry of fast moves.

Mistake.

slammed the opponent down with a textbook throw that had Master Tayo leaning forward in delight. "Nearly perfect control of center. He

movement plus much strength to

Madam Wolke nodded "He uses his strength to

expect less. He has a solid foundation." Elder Onyedika said as he

Arthur said nothing and

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comments online clearly agreed with

clean. There were some wasted energy

Stephanie

tier boss level fighters into this

match

longer reach, clearly someone who had trained to outmaneuver. But Nicholas didn’t flinch. He stood firm, his stance wide and grounded, like a mountain refusing

out with testing strikes. But Nicholas absorbed the hits

high with a loud smack, ducked low, and slammed his weight forward in a shoulder charge that shook the mat. Before anyone could blink,

from

front muttered. "He didn’t even

the judges’ row, Commander Olivia nodded once, lips pursed in

Not elegant and there’s wasted energy," she said under

added, "Not subtle either... but highly

with a tight smile. "He does know how to finish a

shifted slightly in his seat,

the screens lit

Chibueze – 83%

his sister, again. And that seemed

storm that tore through

was the hammer

whispered one of the livestream commentators, "but no one in their right mind would call

co host replied. "Stephanie’s a scalpel. Nicholas is a sledgehammer. Both

haven’t you noticed that Stephanie has better precision and control" the co

point." The host

helped the audience to also see this.

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name stayed second on

match, it

just top of their class. They were in a class of

new names. One

Nnenna kept winning.

eight. Another barely made it to twelve. The longest was fifteen minutes, a student well trained and sharp, but still, she won with the same quiet focus and graceful