When the GF9 Test Subject Became His Obsession novel Chapter 102

With that one sentence from Taylor, the entire room felt like they’d been handed a security blanket.

“The superiors have given us five research topics. This is the first-round assessment. You’ll divide into teams and choose one project to research. I’ll serve as your extracurricular advisor. But one thing needs to be absolutely clear—only those who actually produce results will move on to the second-round evaluation at Horizon Research Institute.”

There were over a hundred Advanced Research Teams across the country. Of the thousand-plus participants, only a handful would make it to Horizon. Not everyone would get in.

But Taylor had already been selected. He was their best chance of getting through the door.

Taylor divided them into three groups.

There were eleven students total—two groups of four, one group of three. And naturally, the group with Celeste would be the one Taylor gave the most support to.

Suddenly, Celeste became the center of attention. Everyone wanted to team up with her. Even Kelly subtly made her pitch. “There are four girls. We could form an all-girls team.”

Of course, her “four girls” did not include Serena.

Indigo glanced over without much interest and went back to his game.

Celeste deliberately shot Kelly down. “Girls may be detail-oriented, but to be fair, we should split the girls evenly—two per group.”

Kelly’s expression changed slightly, but she said nothing.

Jeremy quickly offered to team up with Kelly, helping her save face.

The team outlines started to take shape.

Then Harry, ranked ninth in the grade, raised his hand. “Um, Serena’s not here. Shouldn’t we ask for her input?”

Celeste, basking in attention, looked at him with a smug edge. “Harry, why don’t you just team up with Serena? You seem to like her a lot.”

She’d been wanting to put Harry in his place—he kept contradicting her in Class 3, and he’d even stood up for Serena multiple times. Now was a perfect chance to stick it to him.

Harry pressed his lips into a line. “Fine. I’ll team up with her.” He was tired of all the scheming and clique politics.

“Teams need to work together well,” Kelly said smoothly. “It makes sense to pair up voluntarily.”

“Kelly’s right,” Jeremy chimed in. He then turned and asked, “Indigo, who do you want to team up with?”

“Seriously? Isn’t it obvious? Indigo’s definitely teaming up with Kelly!”

Harry frowned. Dude, you’re teaming up with me because you’re not interested? What is that supposed to mean? I’m actually trying to get into Horizon!

That day, he peeked in several times. Serena glanced at him once and ignored him after that.

Sean sent over a design schematic for a robotic arm. “Its precision and intelligence functions don’t meet spec. Sweetpea, could you take a look and see where he went wrong?”

Serena skimmed it briefly. “The code and specs are garbage. Who designed this? Absolute amateur. Shouldn’t even be working at a research institute.”

Sean wiped sweat on the other end. “It’s that guy we asked you to assess.”

Serena replied: “Taylor Almara.”

Sean texted back: “If you could guide him personally, with his talent, he’d improve fast.”

Serena replied: “You want me to train your people? Not a chance.”

“We’ll pay,” Sean messaged quickly. “Didn’t your accounts get frozen? We set up an international account under the research institute’s name. No one can touch it.”

Then he sent over the login details to bind it to her phone.