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.

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

to get maximum effect." Commander Olivia pointed

Wolke nodded "He uses his strength to his advantage. Strong

has a solid foundation." Elder Onyedika said as he scored

Arthur said nothing and just scored without

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clearly agreed

throw was clean. There were

Stephanie is fire.

fighters into this exam?? I want to

second match proved more

had a longer reach, clearly someone who had trained to outmaneuver. But Nicholas didn’t flinch. He

opponent circling, darting in and out with testing strikes. But Nicholas absorbed the hits that came close, waiting, watching. Then,

a loud smack, ducked low, and slammed his weight forward in a shoulder charge that shook the mat. Before anyone could blink, he swept the boy’s feet out from under him and

rose from

near the front muttered. "He didn’t

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

there’s wasted energy," she

Onyedika, arms crossed, added, "Not subtle either... but highly

Instructor Tayo scribbled down a number with a tight smile. "He does know how to finish

shifted slightly in his seat, his

the crowd, the

–

sister,

that tore

was the hammer

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

"Stephanie’s a scalpel. Nicholas is

haven’t you noticed that Stephanie has better precision and

The host replied,

also see this. No

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name stayed second on the leaderboard,

match, it

top of their class. They were in

new names. One by one,

Nnenna kept winning.

barely made it to twelve. The longest was fifteen minutes, a