Chapter 535
Once might be luck, but twice? Farrell’s smile completely vanished, his hands clenching into tight fists at his sides.
Soon, the shooting competition moved into its third and final round. From the remaining ten students, the top three would be decided.
Although Juniper had placed fifth in the second round, Yolanda’s disastrous performance in the first round had dragged their team’s average down. Their combined score put them in seventh place overall, still more than ten points behind the top three.
“She’s catching up, but can she actually beat the top three?” The students of Company 22, pulled from their initial euphoria, were now anxiously focused on the final round. They couldn’t take another emotional rollercoaster.
“I did the math. She needs to score a nine or higher on all three shots in the final round to beat the current leader p>
“Three nines in a row is still a huge ask p>
Even though she had just landed two perfect tens, shooting was unpredictable. Hadn’t Yolanda gotten so nervous she fainted and passed out cold?
Soon, the final round began. Several of the competitors, knowing they had no real chance of breaking into the top three, simply gave up and fired their shots carelessly.
After the first few contenders finished, the leader’s total score was astronomically high, a full ten points ahead of second place. To everyone watching, his victory seemed certain, and his company had already begun to celebrate.
“Company 22 p>
As the instructor called their name, Juniper discreetly slipped a piece of candy from her pocket into her mouth before stepping forward.
“You p>
“BANG! BANG! BANG p>
Before the instructor could even finish his sentence, Juniper fired three shots in rapid succession. He stared, his mind buzzing, and rushed to check the targets. All three shots were dead center. Perfect tens.
She hadn’t even paused to adjust her stance or steady her nerves. It was as if
hitting a bullseye was as simple for her as adding one plus one.
With that, Juniper scored a perfect thirty in the final round, surpassing the leader by five points and clinching the championship.
“We won! We actually won p>
As the final scores were announced, the students of Company 22 erupted in screams of joy. Their goddess was truly a goddess-brilliant and unbeatable. This was what real skill looked like, what true confidence was.
Compared to her, Yolanda was nothing.
Farrell stood frozen, trying to find some flaw, some reason to object, but the results were undeniable.
She broke the
the obstacle course
record and landed five consecutive
bullseyes in the shooting competition. In his entire career, the only people he’d met with that level of skill were seasoned veterans at the training base. And Juniper was only eighteen, still just a girl.
“Whoa, she’s incredible!” back in the administration building, the subordinate jumped to his feet. “Ebony Fox, she’s perfect material for the Special Forces. We should find a way to recruit her let you train her personally. If you shaped her talent, she’d be a huge asset to this country p>
Ebony Fox turned her head and shot him a cold, piercing glance. Her subordinate’s heart skipped a beat under her icy gaze Had he said something wrong? The girl was clearly a diamond in the rough, and wasn’t Ebony Fox always looking for promising new talent?
Ebony Fox pressed her lips together, her expression darkening. If that girl truly was
her sister, she was meant to be loved and protected, not subjected to the brutal hardships of that life.
As Company 22 celebrated, excitedly planning their day off, the students from the animation department, the original front-runners, voiced their outrage.
“We suspect Juniper cheated! There’s something wrong with that rifle p>
“After she took it apart, her shots were suddenly perfect p>
“I demand we swap guns and repeat the third round p>