"…Why do you always like to stir up trouble?"

Looking at Fang Zheng in front of her, Nanakusa Mayumi sighed and didn't know where to go. At the dinner party, Fang Zheng openly challenged the ruler of the "Ten Master Clans", the next head of the Ichijo family, Ichijo Masaki, but everyone present was frightened, even Shiba Miyuki was stunned and didn't know how to react.

After hearing the news, Mayumi Nanakusa and Katsuto Jumonji were naturally even more speechless.

"Ichijo Masahiro is the next head of the Ichijo family. If you offend him now, it is almost equivalent to going against the entire Ten Master Clan. Haven't you thought about it?"

"No."

Fang Zheng was drinking tea, his attitude was so relaxed that people wanted to beat him to death. But unfortunately, there was no one here who could beat him to death, so they could only watch him do whatever he wanted.

"I just think that guy is a coward. He doesn't dare to come up and say hello. He follows Shiba Miyuki like a stalker all day long. He is so fussy and doesn't look like a man at all. So I want to see if he is really such a coward."

“Haha…”

Facing Fang Zheng's answer, Nanakusa Mayumi looked up at the sky in silence, while Juumonji Katsuto looked at the ground helplessly. But Fang Zheng didn't seem to care about their performance. On the contrary, he turned the teacup in his hand and looked at the two of them with a smile.

"Okay, now everyone here is our own family. Don't act in front of outsiders. Think about it carefully. This way, I can't possibly have anything to do with the Ichijo family. Isn't this a good thing for you?"

"Well……"

It would have been better if Fang Zheng didn't say anything. After he said that, Nanakusa Mayumi and Jumonji Katsuto's expressions became even more embarrassed, while Kitayama Shizuku and Mitsui Honoka next to them looked at this and that in confusion, and no one knew what they were talking about.

The so-called Ten Master Clans are ten families that have given up their official power and thus gained control of the political power behind the scenes, dominating the Japanese magical world.

They are Ichijo, Niki, Sanya, Yotsuba, Gorin, Rokuzuka, Nanakusa, Yashiro, Kyujima, and Jumonji.

On the surface, Ichijo is the leader of the "Ten Master Clans", but this does not mean that the Ten Master Clans are of one mind. A powerful force like Fang Zheng will definitely attract attention and be recruited after the Nine Schools War. And the Ichijo family will naturally not let go of this target. For the other nine families, this is certainly not a good thing. After all, the next head of the Ichijo family, Ichijo Masaki, has already shown enough strength. If Fang Zheng is recruited, with their strength and age, then at least for the next hundred years, the Ichijo family will firmly sit at the top of the Ten Master Clans.

Then the question is, are the other nine companies really willing to follow the lead of only one company?

Not necessarily.

Nanakusa Mayumi is the eldest daughter of the Nanakusa family, and Jumonji Katsuro is the head of the Jumonji clan. From their family's perspective, Fang Zheng joining the Ichijo family is definitely not a good thing. But they naturally couldn't stop him in person, so they could only watch obediently.

But now, Fang Zheng confronted Ichijo Masahiro in front of everyone, which directly cut off the possibility of him colluding with the Ichijo family. Of course, if it was someone else in the Ichijo family, the other party might have made a heroic move in exchange for Fang Zheng's joining, but the problem was that Ichijo Masahiro was not someone else, but the next head of the Ichijo family.

A brave man would cut off an arm, but I have never seen a brave man chop off a person's head.

So this basically means that Founder has no possibility of joining Yitiao Family.

Mayumi Nanakusa and Katsuragi Jumonji seemed to be complaining, but whether they were really complaining or not, only they themselves knew.

"Okay, let's put these little things aside and get to the point."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng looked at Watanabe Mari who was sitting on the chair on the other side.

"Watanabe-senpai is still unable to appear."

"yes."

Facing Fang Zheng's question, Watanabe Mari nodded helplessly.

"Although the doctor said it has been connected, magic also has its limits, so I can only give up the illusion of picking stars."

As for the video of the game, everyone watched it afterwards. The mistake made by Qi Gao, the player who lost control, was very low-level, but there was also an operational error on the part of Watanabe Mari. As for whether there was some conspiracy or a third party taking advantage of the opportunity to interfere - Fang Zheng did not say, and no one else could tell.

Just pretend nothing happened.

"Then we have to find a substitute to participate in the regular competition of Fantasy Star Picking. I remember that there are two people participating in this event in the rookie competition..."

As he spoke, Fang Zheng turned his head and looked at Honoka Mitsui and Miyuki Shiba who were sitting on the other side.

Honoka Mitsui participated in the "Surfing Race" and "Illusion Star Picking" in the rookie competition, while Miyuki Shiba participated in the "Icicle Attack and Defense" and "Illusion Star Picking".

By the way, Kitayama Shizuku participated in "Precision Shooting" and "Group Score".

"Then Honoka and Shiba, one of you will go to participate in the regular season of the Illusion Star Recruiting... Now the main question is who to choose?"

Fang Zheng glanced at Nanakusa Mayumi, who also frowned.

"This... Logically speaking, Shiba-san is the best choice, but..."

If we rank them by strength, then Shiba Miyuki is definitely ahead of Mitsui Honoka. However, in today's competition, Mitsui Honoka won the regular season championship of "Surf Race" as a substitute, so Nanakusa Mayumi must also be taken into account. Although Mitsui Honoka's surface results do not seem to be as good as Shiba Miyuki, she has at least had the experience of coming on as a substitute in the regular season and winning the championship.

“…”

For a moment, everyone was in a dilemma, and it was Fang Zheng who finally solved the problem.

"Since we can't decide, let's use the fairest method."

"What is the solution?"

“It’s very simple.”

In response to Mayumi Nanakusa's question, Fang Zheng smiled slightly.

"Draw lots."

As it turns out, although Honoka Mitsui's performance on paper is not as good as Miyuki Shiba's, her luck is still good.

"Congratulations, Honoka."

Looking at Honoka Mitsui in front of him, Fang Zheng also spoke to her with a smile.

"That way, you can become a legend for participating in two regular season games at the same time as a freshman."

"Eh? Really? I, I will try my best!"

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Honoka Mitsui nodded vigorously. Perhaps because she defeated many senior players and won first place in the regular season of the "Surfing Competition" today, she was not as panicked as before, but seemed full of confidence.

Seeing this scene, Shiba Miyuki felt a little jealous - if her brother was here too...

Of course, for Shiba Miyuki, this thought only flashed through her mind.

After this little episode, the rookie competition officially began.

Needless to say, the men's competition was a complete success, as Fang Zheng always won the match. On the contrary, the women's competition was somewhat unexpected - apparently, not only the three high schools, but other colleges also set the goal of "never letting No. 1 High School take all the championships" and began to closely monitor the women's players from No. 1 High School participating in the freshman competition.

But it didn't matter, they picked the wrong opponent.

Needless to say, Shiba Miyuki almost swept all the way in the icicle attack and defense, and Mitsui Honoka had the experience in the regular season, so she was more than capable in the rookie competition. Both of them won the championships of "Icicle Attack and Defense" and "Surfing Competition" very smoothly. Kitayama Shizuku also successfully stood out from the "Group Points" and "Precision Shooting" and took the first place.

Until now, the contestants from other schools finally discovered Fang Zheng's terrifying power. Except for Shiba Miyuki, who was indeed too strong to be a freshman, Kitayama Shizuku and Mitsui Honoka were outstanding, but not particularly strong. However, even so, they were still able to defeat their opponents and win the championship, relying entirely on the CAD that Fang Zheng had debugged for them and the new magic formula that was tailor-made for them. In fact, the National Magic University found the two on the third day of the rookie competition and wanted to register their magic into INDEX, and Fang Zheng naturally would not refuse.

Soon, on the fourth day of the rookie competition, the men's "Secret Monument Decoding" preliminaries began.

This is also the competition that all contestants attach the most importance to, because in other previous competitions, Fang Zheng has proved with his strength that he has basically no opponent when fighting alone.

So, how will he perform in team battles?

With this question in mind, everyone focused their attention on the men's preliminary round of "Secret Monument Decoding" on the fourth day.

And under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the competition officially began.

“The venue is a ruin.”

Looking at the dilapidated walls and broken tiles in front of him, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders, then turned to look at the two first-year students beside him.

"You can take action now. Go get their attention or fight them. Whatever you want to do, go ahead."

"Okay! Kasugano-san."

After hearing Fang Zheng's order, the two freshmen nodded without hesitation and turned to leave. After a semester, Fang Zheng's reputation in the first high school has reached its peak, not much worse than Nanakusa Mayumi. Therefore, although they did not understand why Fang Zheng gave such an order, they still nodded and turned to leave. Fang Zheng yawned, then leaned against the wall next to his own black secret monument and closed his eyes.

"What is he doing?"

Seeing this, the audience was confused again, but because of the previous "rapid shooting" example, they did not think Fang Zheng was simply sleeping. But they still did not understand what Fang Zheng was doing.

"He doesn't want to defend to the death, does he?"

Seeing this, Zhen Honglang who was next to Ichijo Shouhui also spoke.

"With his strength, he can definitely defeat the two opponents who are trying to get close to the secret monument. If the last person doesn't want to get into a war of attrition, he can only take the initiative to attack. By then, he will be able to win for sure."

"But this method of delaying time is not advisable, and I don't think he will use it."

Ichijo Masaki shook his head and focused his eyes on the screen.

"He must have had some idea."

Soon, after a moment, Fang Zheng opened his eyes, then he slowly raised his right hand and snapped his fingers.

“Pah.”

The next moment, something happened that no one expected.

On another screen, the black secret monument that the enemy was guarding suddenly cracked, which immediately scared the enemy player guarding the secret monument.

Seeing this scene, the audience was also quite shocked.

"Did you see that? How did he do that?"

"How is this possible? Oh my god, he just stood there without moving, and he lifted the secret monument?"

Although Fang Zheng had created many miracles before, this time he still scared everyone. The reason was simple. The distance between the two teams was random, but generally not too close. And this was a ruined terrain. According to the rules of the competition, only by hitting the secret monument with a non-attribute unlocking magic could it be opened, and then the 512-bit password inside could be read and then transmitted to the judges.

What Fang Zheng was doing now was like kicking the ball in front of his own goal on the football field, and then directly kicking the ball out, passing through the opponent's heavy wall of people, and going straight into the opponent's net through the blind spot - this kind of thing was simply impossible to judge with common sense.

"How is that possible?"

At this moment, Zhen Honglang's face was also pale.

"Could it be that he is able to sense everything in the entire venue and use magic to unlock the secret monument under such circumstances?"

"Indeed, most people can't do this kind of thing..."

Ichijo Masahiro also began to tremble and clenched his fists tightly.

However, what surprised them was yet to come. After opening the secret tablet, Fang Zheng raised his right hand and began to slowly enter the password on the terminal on his arm.

Seeing this, the audience was shocked again.

"You must be kidding. He can read the password of the opponent's secret monument across the entire arena?"

"What kind of monster is this!!!"

In contrast to the screams and shouts from the audience, the contestants from other schools looked at each other in horror, and they were all thinking the same question.

That is - what the hell is going on here?!

They originally thought that by relying on different random terrains, they could make Fang Zheng less powerful, or even impose some restrictions on him.

However, the cruel reality told them that for Fang Zheng, none of this mattered.

Even if he just stands still in his own house, he can easily send you to heaven.

How can we fight this?!

While everyone was stunned and screaming, Fang Zheng slowly typed the 512-digit password and clicked enter.

The next moment, the game was over.

Seeing this, Yitiao Jianghui's face turned pale.

"George, we have to do something about it."