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"GeneX Tournament Duel Academy Edition?"

Samejima raised an eyebrow and looked at the two people in front of him with some surprise, "How did you come up with this idea, Master Chronos, Acting Vice Principal, and Master Gene?"

"What do you think of this idea, Acting Principal Samejima?" Professor Chronos said proudly, "If our Duel Academy holds such a competition on campus this year, it will be perfect to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the original GeneX competition!"

After Hayato ran away, although he had no business doing anything, given that Hayato even canceled his speech at the opening ceremony, Samejima, as the vice-president, had no choice but to temporarily step in as acting principal and give the speech. Professor Chronos was also temporarily appointed as acting vice-president to share the work in order to avoid problems in the operation of the school.

After taking up the acting positions, Acting Vice Principal Chronos and Acting Principal Samejima were surprised to find that the work they were doing seemed to be no different from usual. In fact, they had a lot less work to do because Hayato was not there?

Because of this, Jiaodao even joked with Chronos that if he did a good job as the acting principal during this period, he could simply remove the word "acting" from the title and become the second vice-principal. As the interim principal, Jiaodao had enough power to make this decision both before and after becoming the acting principal.

Chronos took these words to heart, and so he hurriedly tried to achieve some results while he was still in office, so he made a plan and put it on Jiaodao's desk. Next to the plan was a temporary position card with "acting" pasted on the word "deputy" to change it to "acting principal".

However, before Chronos, the "Acting Vice-Principal", could begin his introduction, he was interrupted.

"This is all thanks to my idea! It's all my credit!" Next to Professor Chronos, in sharp contrast to his tall and thin figure is a round, short and fat "new face". He is wearing the same senior teacher's dress as Professor Chronos.

Although he is called a "new face", he is actually an old acquaintance of Chronos and Samejima - Jean-Louis Bonaparte, the coach of the Duel Academy who joined the school only one year later than Professor Chronos and has a similar status to Professor Chronos.

However, he is better known to most people by his nickname "Coach Napoleon" for many reasons. For example, one of the sources of the saying "Only dwarfs and women can save France" is the famous emperor in history - Napoleon I of Corsica, whose full name is Napoleon Bonaparte. Coach Jean-Louis Bonaparte was born in France, and his height also shows the purity of his bloodline.

But Professor Chronos, who also came from a famous family - the Medici family of Florence, was not called "Professor Lorenzo", "Professor Ferdinando" or "Professor Cosimo" because of the celebrities in the history of the Medici family. The main reason was that Coach Gene also participated in the first GeneX competition. Although he was unstoppable all the way, he suffered a "Waterloo" when fighting against the less famous alchemist Amneru - now the Osiris-Red Dormitory Head Teacher Daitokuji Hugo.

The first person to call out this nickname was not even Hayato, who had read the script and knew the nickname, but the gamblers who bet on Coach Gene to win in the outside betting but suffered heavy losses.

Although he lost in the first GeneX competition and only won the runner-up, ranking above Kira Aoki who is now in the Sun God-Yellow Dormitory, but because he did not become the champion, Coach Napoleon felt a little ashamed of being from a noble family and felt ashamed to enter the Duel Academy as a teacher in this identity.

——Afterwards, the Duel Academy became famous, and it was said that Coach Napoleon’s wife had a quarrel with him and divorced him because he had given up on becoming a teacher.

However, by the second year, with the good results of the first year's "trial operation", the Duel Academy had blossomed all over the world, and naturally there was a need to expand the teaching staff. Coach Napoleon, who finally won the championship in the second GeneX competition, joined the Duel Academy and served as the coach - his status was second only to the principal and vice-president, and was basically at the same level as the dean of studies, Professor Chronos.

But as we all know, during the Charlemagne period, the two neighboring countries of Gaul and Syracuse did have a brotherly relationship. However, after Gaul's independence, it has been expanding to the surrounding areas and occupied many of Syracuse's territories, such as Nice and Corsica. Syracuse has long been dissatisfied with Gaul. In addition, the two countries have different positions on international policies, overlap in the economic field and fierce competition, and most importantly, Victoria, a famous troublemaker in Europe in the north, has been "balancing" the situation on the continent, which ultimately led to a tense and complicated relationship between Syracuse and Gaul.

Furthermore, although the famous Napoleon was born in Corsica, a territory of Syracuse occupied by Gaul, his Bonaparte family was once the lord of Florence and Leghorn in Syracuse. Even the middle name of Napoleon's name before adulthood, "Napoleon Leone de Bonaparte", is the same as Professor Chronos's "De".

Theoretically, the Medici family to which Professor Chronos belongs can even be connected to the Bonaparte family to which Coach Napoleon belongs by tracing their roots. However, even brothers can quarrel over interests, let alone Professor Chronos and Coach Napoleon, who are close in status and have a feeling of "there can't be two tigers in one mountain".

Hearing that Coach Napoleon shamelessly took all the credit for himself, Professor Chronos retorted without hesitation: "You really have the Gallic style. How dare you say that it was your idea alone? It was obviously my idea!"

"I was the first one to think of the GeneX competition being its fifth anniversary this year!"

"But I thought we could hold a campus version of the GeneX competition at school!"

"How could you have thought of this without me starting it?"

"What's important is not the proposer but the implementer!"

"There is no such thing as a tall building without a foundation!"

Looking at the two people in front of him who were arguing with each other, one saying "nanone" and the other "ahlu", Samejima rubbed his forehead helplessly. Although he was a good-natured man and his position was higher than Professor Chronos and Coach Napoleon, he really could not muster any momentum and majesty, and he was somewhat helpless against the two of them.

"Don't get so excited yet. I haven't said that this plan can be passed yet."

Hearing what Samejima said, Coach Napoleon pointed at Professor Chronos without hesitation and said: "Principal Samejima, you heard it just now. This was all the idea of ​​Acting Vice Principal Chronos." "You betrayed too quickly, didn't you? You're just like your ancestor Napoleon's father, a born outstanding Gaul." Professor Chronos sneered. Although it didn't sound like he said anything, Emperor Napoleon's father, Carlo Bonaparte, was an extremely famous anti-Gallic fighter.

However, he is famous not for the fact that he and the resistance fighters fought together to protect the island of Corsica from being invaded and occupied by the Gallics, but for the fact that after the Corsican army was suppressed, he refused to be exiled with the resistance fighters without hesitation, and instead announced that he would swear allegiance to the then Gaul King Louis XV.

"He found that the incorporation of Gaul would bring enormous benefits, and so he became an outstanding Gaul." This was even the evaluation of his father by Joseph Bonaparte, the son of Carlo Bonaparte and brother of Napoleon. His rapid collaboration with the enemy, thorough abandonment of resistance and calm surrender were extremely rare even in the history of Gaul.

Being attacked by Professor Chronos with sharp words, Coach Napoleon looked unconcerned: "Even if you attack me personally, it's useless. The Duel Academy is not a place that values ​​one's background. What matters is one's ability."

"And if I must say, the dark side of the Bonaparte family's character also stems from the Syracusans' betrayal."

"How dare the vulgar upstart from Corsica say that?"

"This is what one of the authors of the Napoleon Biography left behind~"

Before the two were about to start the next conflict, Jiaodao interrupted them. Otherwise, they would probably have argued for the whole day, bringing up old scores in family history, each other's personal shortcomings, and many other points that could be used to attack each other.

"So, Acting Vice Principal Chronos, have you considered the students' willingness to participate in the event?"

"That's right, teachers can't just think about their own ideas and ignore the students' ideas. If no one participates in this sudden event, wouldn't it completely damage the reputation of the GeneX competition?"

Seeing that Coach Napoleon was "taking advantage of the power of the other side" by asking Principal Samejima's question, Professor Chronos glared at him unhappily, but then he looked at Samejima and said seriously, "It would be embarrassing if no one participated in the event, but I think the students in our school would never do such a thing. This is my professional judgment based on my understanding of the students as the highest person in charge of actual combat and the dean of studies since the establishment of Duel Academy, and now the acting vice-president."

"As long as everything goes as planned."

After hearing what Professor Chronos said, Samejima continued to read the plan in front of him and soon understood what Professor Chronos meant: "Invite all the strong people in the world, including professional duelists, to the island for an island-wide unlimited duel?"

"Esattamente così (That's right). As a duelist, becoming stronger is more instinctive than breathing, and being able to duel with so many strong people while still in school is the best reward in itself." After a pause, Professor Chronos said with regret, "If only I had thought of such a great way earlier, then the graduates of our school will probably be able to reach a higher level, right?"

"Speaking of graduates, graduates from previous years are indeed included in the invitation scope of the plan." Samejima said while looking at the plan in his hand. However, the only person who was directly included in the list of "past years" attached to the plan was Marufuji Ryo, who just graduated this year. It's not that there is no need to invite other students, but in Professor Chronos' heart, it is a matter of great pride to have cultivated such an excellent duelist like Caesar, so it is hard not to think of him when talking about past students.

To be honest, it was not only Professor Chronos who wanted to invite Caesar back to school to participate in the campus version of the GeneX competition, but Samejima also wanted to see how his disciple had grown after graduating a few months ago and venturing into the professional dueling world.

"But if they are willing to participate in the competition simply because they like dueling, it's only because the students are already on the island and don't need too much cost to participate, right?" After listening to Samejima and Chronos's communication, Coach Napoleon regretted that he had "surrendered" too quickly and distanced himself from the project before Samejima could explain the situation. He quickly raised a new question, "Without prizes, but just the ability to duel, how many powerful duelists from all over the world can be attracted with just this?"

"I just said that the competition itself can effectively mobilize the enthusiasm of students to participate. I didn't say there are no prizes." Professor Chronos had expected that Coach Napoleon would find fault with this, and he said confidently, "Teacher Kirara and Acting Principal Samejima, it's time to turn the accumulation of your frequent business trips into practical results. In fact, I have already contacted other branches in the name of acting vice president."

"The main academy hides the terrifying 'Three Phantoms' cards that cannot be used, but the four branches of the Duel Academy each have their own secret cards. And this time, the Southern Branch is willing to provide secret cards as prizes for this fifth anniversary special event, which can just be used as part of the reward."

Chronos said proudly as he turned a page of the plan. Seeing the two sets of cards shown in the plan, Samejima was also quite surprised at Professor Chronos's ability to connect with the business: "This set of secret cards that Principal Hayato gave to the Southern Branch School, they are actually willing to give it out as a prize?"

"Because the card was originally provided by Principal Hayato, it is only natural that the branch school wants to use it to help the headquarters. Moreover, they seem to have obtained some other rare cards through their own channels and continue to keep them as secret cards." Chronos paused and continued, "However, the Southern Branch School has a small condition, which is that they also want to send some students to participate in the competition."

"It seems that it's because they had too little presence in the college exchange competition held by Principal Hayato last year, so I want to take this opportunity to promote them, okay?"

"The location of the Southern Branch is really not very good. The source of students is only slightly better than that of the Northern Branch, and not as good as that of the Eastern Branch and the Western Branch, not to mention compared with the main campus." Jiaodao nodded in understanding. If the brother school is willing to lend a hand, then it is only right for us to help them when they are in trouble. Besides, it is not a difficult thing.

"Of course, this is a very easy condition. Well, I remember that last year the Southern Branch recruited a talented student named Jim Crocodile Cook. We welcome outstanding students to come to our headquarters for exchange."

"No, the student named Jim seems to have come across some new archaeological discoveries and still has no chance to participate in the GeneX competition. There is a reason why it is called a 'condition', Nanone." Chronos said, opening a page of the plan with some helplessness, showing a file to Samejima, "In fact, the Southern Branch wants to pave the way for a sponsor who seems to have sponsored a teaching building for them to experience the most intense duel atmosphere in the world today. The person they want to send to participate in the GeneX competition is actually this person, Nanone."

"His name is Saiou Takuma." (End of this chapter)