Chapter 252 The Second Round
In the first round, those who had confidently introduced themselves as candidates for Public Relations Club president were naturally wiped out. For them, earning 1,000 credits in a month already counted as impressive.
But three people stood far above the rest.
First place: Sophie, 63,218 points.
Second place: Joanna, 51,865 points.
Third place: George, 32,769 points.
At Divine and Demonic Academy, earning 4,000 credits in a single semester was enough to graduate smoothly. But as top-tier prodigies, they naturally studied far more. Sophie took around 10 thousand credits every semester. Over 6 semesters in 2 years, ending with 63 thousand credits, was perfectly normal.
At this moment, she was still confident.
That was right, this evaluation topic had been something she came up with on the fly.
Who says competitions have to compare dungeon clears, attribute points, or combat power?
As long as I compare areas where Joanna is weaker than me, I can still keep the president position.
As for the vice president seat, that can only mean George isn’t good enough.
Right now, better him than me.
George can only be the sacrificial pawn.
And at this moment, George was also filled with hostility toward Joanna.
But unlike the competitors on stage, the rest of the audience frowned deeply.
“This isn’t fair. Joanna’s only been at the academy for a month. Sophie’s a senior who’s studied for three years plus a month. Her accumulated credits almost got overtaken. If you have guts, compare credits from just the first month!”
“Rigged. This is totally rigged!”
“Hmph. Ms. Armstrong has seniority and experience. If she wants the president position, then your top student, Joanna, should just wait a year.”
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Chapter 252 The Second Round
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On stage, Joanna frowned slightly. She had expected resistance when running for president, but not this kind of tactic.
Still, there were three rounds total.
If the next two were just as unfair, Joanna wouldn’t let herself be bullied.
Soon, the content of the second round was announced.
This time, a different professor stepped forward.
“I’ve heard many students talking about fairness, so each of us professors chose a topic.
“So the unfair one was the previous professor. don’t lump me in with him.”
Everyone’s gaze immediately turned toward the earlier professor, and when they checked his info, they found he was the logistics coordinator, named Ned Skeldon.
Logged. Noted.
The new professor continued, “Next, I’ll be sending a link to the ten candidates here.
“This link is actually a voting advertisement, real-name verified across the entire universe.
“The ten of you will have fifteen minutes. Use every method you have to gather votes for yourselves.
“Of course, some of you will say Sophie has a huge fanbase and naturally has an advantage. So we’ll apply a basic filter and scoring adjustment to the voting data.
“That means higher-level voters contribute higher scores, and stronger talents also count for
more.
“In this way, we filter out large numbers of ordinary civilians and support staff. The highest- value votes will come from combat professionals.
“This is a test of connections and influence. Joanna, as a freshman top student, you naturally have, what, 20 thousand first-years who could vote for you, right?
“Alright, everyone, get ready. Voting begins now.”
A voting link popped up on Joanna’s communicator.
“Sponsored by BlueSky Pharma, the Divine and Demonic Academy Public Relations Club election officially begins. Come support your favorite presidential candidate.”
That professor had definitely taken BlueSky Pharma’s ad money.
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What a perfect abuse of public office.
Using school clout for free advertising. Neat trick.
Joanna’s eyes flickered as she acted immediately, but after sending it out twice, she stopped.
Meanwhile, George and Sophie stayed busy the entire time.
Sophie even started a live stream on the spot.
George also didn’t give up, constantly nodding as if he were in an encrypted projection call with someone.
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