When the GF9 Test Subject Became His Obsession novel Chapter 56

Chapter 56 Rigged from the Start

Chapter 56 Rigged from the Start

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Thanos stood on the court with a bright smile and boundless energy, as if this basketball court were the empire he was about to conquer for dear Lebron.

Patrick’s mouth twitched. This fool thinks he can win an athletic scholarship spot?

Ten players had signed up for the tryouts, split into two teams-Team A from the A Building and Team B from the Building B.

That’s right-A Building, with no athletic recruits, still got five tryout spots, while Building B, full of athletic recruits, also only got five.

There were only two scholarship spots to be won.

In past years, if A Building managed to snag even one of them, it was already considered an achievement. But this time…

Patrick announced the rules. “The basketball project will be judged by the points your team scores against the opposing lineup. You all understand?”

“Understood!”

The Building B boys were itching to go. Patrick waved his hand for the opposing lineup to take the court.

“This is who you’ll be playing against!”

Facing Team A were three school basketball team all-stars and one city basketball team all-star.

That was the usual arrangement-A Building students weren’t particularly skilled in sports, but they had excellent academic grades. If they could earn an athletic scholarship spot, it would boost their records significantly. They knew it would be tough, but at least it wasn’t impossible.

Then they saw the lineup Building B had to face-four state basketball team all-stars plus Patrick himself.

“Holy crap!” Solstice cursed.

The athletic department had lost its mind. In the past, they’d pit tryout players against city- level players, but this time? Four state-level players? Why not just send in the national team?

Everyone could see it-this was another blatant case of the student council discriminating against Building B.

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Serena scanned the state players through her phone camera. With muscles like that, compared to Thanos, they weren’t even in the same league.

Nearby, Indigo narrowed his eyes. The student council was hitting a new low.

The stands were full-A Building students smug, Building B students seething.

“Go get ’em, Thanos!” shouted Class 17.

“Solstice, you got this!” Class 19 joined in.

But there wasn’t much confidence in any of those voices.

“Do they always pull stunts like this?” Serena asked.

Rowan pouted. “There are limits on both athletic and arts scholarship spots. Of course the school wants to give the points to students with better grades.”

From a strategic standpoint, it made sense. But in reality, this bias was blatantly unfair to anyone they deemed academically weak.

Team events were the worst.

If it were something like long-distance running, high jump, or long jump, you could at least measure individual performance accurately. But in a team sport like basketball, the scoring standard was harder to quantify-and much easier to manipulate.

Just swap out the opposing team, and players who could’ve scored five or six points might end up with none at all.

And the athletic department could control all of it.

“The school basketball team has a few injuries today, so it’s just me participating. The rest will be covered by outside substitutes. No objections, right?”

Solstice and Thanos clenched their fists. They had plenty of objections-they just wanted to throw punches.

Patrick didn’t wait for an answer, “This is the school’s decision. Give it your all! Fight for those spots!”

They warmed up, split the court, and the game began.

Less than three minutes in, Building B lost a player.

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The referee called a timeout. Patrick subbed in a school basketball team member.

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On paper, Building B’s strength just went up. In reality, it tanked. Those school team players had no interest in helping Building B win. With them on the court, Building B didn’t stand a chance.

From the sidelines, Indigo saw it clearly-the injured player had been taken out by a deliberate hit.

He tossed aside the grass stem he’d been chewing. “We Building B folks have no voice here. How could we let the school basketball team ‘help’ us?”

Stripping off his outer shirt, he revealed a basketball jersey underneath-ready for this exact

moment.

Patrick narrowed his eyes. Indigo was a dangerous player. The school basketball team had once tried to recruit him, and he’d shot them down with a look of pure disdain.

Patrick signaled to the state team players, and they got the message-take out one more Building B player. Without Indigo, they’d have no one else who could compete.

After all, if Building B claimed even one scholarship spot, Patrick would have failed as athletic department president.

On the court, a state player went up for a dunk. In an instant, another drove in with an elbow, knocking the ball loose and sending the dunker crashing to the ground.

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