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With just ten minutes left on the clock, Sloane broke through the final layer of defense and completed her
infiltration. The entire hall erupted in cheers.
“She did it! Sloane won!” Students in the front rows were red-faced with excitement, leaping to their feet and
clapping so hard their hands stung-though none of them noticed or cared.
Online, the livestream chat exploded at a breakneck pace, dozens of comments per second:
“Sloane just descended from the heavens! Leveled up across tiers-this is insane!”
“She's the legend-maker of the coding world! | give up-I'm officially a fan!”
Any past comments doubting Sloane had long been buried and erased by the flood of awe and
admiration.
Baylon looked at the screen that had just been breached. He blinked back to reality and let out a relieved laugh.
He'd sensed how incredible this junior of his was the last tthey met. But today’s battle had made him truly
understand the gap between them.
“Sloane, | have no complaints about this loss,” Baylon said sincerely. Then he turned to the camera. “Sloane
represents the future of Stonebridge University’s computer science department. Her talent and skill give me
absolute confidence that she’ll one day bring honor to our school-and our country-on the world stage.”
His gaze sharpened. “Letmake this clear-anyone who tries to tear her down is picking a fight with our entire
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The chat instantly flooded with messages from computer science students. The sheer volcovered the entire
screen:
“Sloane's under our protection now.”
“March forward, Sloane. Everyone's got your back.”
“One more bad word about Sloane, and we'll bring down the full force of the department!”
“From this day on, Sloane’s our department darling. No one’s allowed to mess with her!”
But then, like a jarring chord in a symphony, someone in the crowd shouted:
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“No matter how many people Sloane beats, it doesn’t change the fact that she skipped the
exam!”
The computer science students immediately rose up in fury.
“Whatever the rankings say, we recognize Sloane as number one. What's it to you?”
“That's right. Sloane is our top student, period.”
“Sloane number one! Sloane number one!”
Mr. Samson stood up and raised a hand. The room instantly fell silent.
He walked to the livestream camera and spoke loudly and clearly, “Lettell everyone the truth today.”
Total silence. Even the livestream comments froze.
Mr. Samson looked over the entire auditorium, then slowly began.
“Yes, it's true that Sloane did not take the exam.”
No sooner had he finished than the hecklers pounced.
“So it’s all true! Just like the forums said-Sloane didn’t take the test! It’s all rigged!”
“Corruption! Total cover-up! Even you're admitting it now! Stonebridge can’t let cheaters like her stay!”
“Sloane should be expelled from Stonebridge!”
To any
reasonable person, that last comment was laughable.
A student like Sloane? If Stonebridge let her go, top schools around the world would fight to recruit her. The only
way she’d be kicked out was if the school leadership had lost their minds.
But Sloane didn’t even need to defend herself.
Senior students from the computer science department stormed into action, grabbing the loudest hecklers and
dragging them to the front of the stage,
“You like running your mouth so much? Say it up here.”
The hecklers were shoved into full view of the livestream.
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They instinctively tried to cover their faces and run, but the computer science students weren't about to let that
happen.
“Run? What happened to all that bravado just now? Lost your nerve already?”