Rebirth of America: The American Drama System

Downtown Chicago.

Illinois, after the Math Olympiad regional preliminaries.

"Ah sneeze!"

"Ah sneeze!"

"Ah sneeze!"

Walking out of the hall, there were three sneezes in a row, followed by the sound of sniffling.

"Captain, how on earth did you know?"

The African boy wiped his nose with a tissue and asked with a buzzing voice: "Obviously the weather forecast said there will be no rain!"

"Your captain is your captain!"

Owen scolded with a bad look on his face: "When I say it rains, it rains. I didn't listen before, and I got sick for a week. I still haven't recovered yet. If it weren't for Katie's wonderful performance today, we wouldn't even be able to pass the preliminaries!" "

"Captain, we were wrong."

Mathematical Olympiad team members A and B apologized with sad faces: "Katie, I'm lucky to have you and the captain."

They just wanted to stay at the party for a while longer, waiting for that one-in-a-million opportunity. Who would have thought that half an hour after Owen left, it started pouring rain, and it didn't stop until they left, and it rained all night. Everyone was soaked in the rain.

They are all mental workers with "delicate bodies". They all fell ill immediately after being exposed to the rain. And to Owen's expectation, they did not recover for a whole week. In today's preliminaries, everyone was dying. The performance can be imagined. .

"It's nothing, you are sick."

Katie waved and smiled.

Ever since being disgusted by Queen Bee Regina George's words "Britney", Katie has been very resistant to the Youth Royal Trio, and with Owen as her guide, she didn't mix with them like in the original time and space, and she was so focused. She naturally became the main force of the Mathematical Olympiad team.

"Today was a close win!"

Irving said solemnly: "The semi-finals are next week. You can't hold back anymore. Take good care of your health during this period. If something goes wrong again, I guarantee that your high school life will be very exciting in the future."

"Yes, Captain."

The three African boys trembled and did not even have the courage to talk back, so they agreed honestly.

IQ activities like the Mathematical Olympiad team are elite sports and are very niche in public high schools. Those who participate will be bullied by people who think they are cool, such as football, baseball, and cheerleaders, because they belong to the civilian class.

Before entering society, the elite class cannot fully suppress the civilian class. On the contrary, at this time, the civilian class, which is more numerous, will in turn oppress the elite class. This phenomenon is very common in the United States.

In The Big Bang Theory, the five doctors including Sheldon and Howard, a genius engineer, were bullied in various ways during school, and many years later, they still have psychological shadows.

Bernadette and Amy even enjoy the best friend relationship with the "high school bully" Penny, because this is something they longed for but could not achieve during school.

The Mathematical Olympiad team of North Shore Public High School, because of Owen's participation, does not have so many bullies, allowing the trio of African boys to enjoy unprecedented peace. Occasionally, Owen can even take them to parties when he is in a good mood. Although They never succeeded from the beginning to the end, but the important thing was to participate.

So the price of angering Irving is something they don't want to bear!

A week later.

The three African boys, who had been recovering from their illness, performed exceptionally well in the regional semifinals, steadily defeated their opponents, and entered the regional finals, where their opponent was Carmel High School.

Final day.

Bang bang bang!

Irving clapped his hands to attract everyone's attention: "Okay, after several months of training, it's time to watch tonight. The opponent is the famous Carmel Private High School. They will be the strongest opponent we have ever encountered. This time We must go all out to win the Illinois regional finals championship!"

"Champion! ×4!"

They are all talents with high IQs. Although Owen did not say it, they all know that the regional finals will be their end. They have no chance at the national competition because they are just talented talents and there is a huge difference from real geniuses!

A very simple example. During the competition, they still need to use pen and paper to do simple calculations. However, geniuses like Sheldon always do mental calculations directly. Calculators are completely meaningless to them at this stage. Answers to extremely complex calculations can be reported in one swipe.

Not to mention, the learning progress of geniuses like Sheldon often cannot be measured by grade. Although they are still in high school because of their age, their knowledge is actually far beyond that of any high school teachers, and they are not at the same level as Owen and the others.

Let me ask, is there any chance of winning against such a genius?

"effort!"

Owen also clenched his fists, feeling quite heavy in his heart, because he had a system, and when he saw his opponent from Carmel High School, he had already used the system to see the opponent's intelligence.

Four of them had the same level 4 intelligence as Owen and the others, but the captain of the other team had a genius level 5-intelligence. Although it was two levels lower and far inferior to Sheldon's level 5+, it still put a lot of pressure on Owen.

In the auditorium.

Behind two rows of opposing debate tables, there were five team members from each side standing. In front of the large screen in the middle, a moderator held a microphone and started: "Good evening, gentlemen and ladies, welcome to the Illinois Mathematical Olympiad region. The finals start now, the first question.

There are 2 numbers. 2 times the larger value minus 3 is 5 times the smaller value. The sum of 4 times the larger value and 3 times the smaller value is 71. What are these two numbers? "

beep!

beep!

The two answering keys were pressed almost simultaneously.

"Carmel High School?"

The host looked towards Carmel High School, which was slightly faster.

Among the five-man Carmel High School team, the captain standing in the middle, a handsome white boy, glanced at Irving disdainfully and replied: "14 and 5."

"correct!"

The host affirmed: "Next question!"

This kind of game not only tests intelligence, but also physical strength and energy. Although Carmel High School has a lv5- captain, in the nearly 90-minute high-intensity game, the players on both sides were somewhat exhausted, and the other team's captain was even more very.

Owen's original endurance is lv2+, and he has the alternative blessing effect of skill 1. His energy is much stronger than that of normal people. He maintained the best condition throughout the whole process and his thinking was quick. In the final stage, he successfully answered questions one after another, tying the score in one fell swoop and entering the next stage. Death elimination stage.

There is also a female player in Carmel High School. After Owen's observation, although the opponent is not a bronze player, she is still too far away from the king. Judging from the expressions of the opponent's captain who is flirting with her from time to time when he starts to take a big lead, it is obvious that the opponent's captain is pretending to be cool. I want to take my girl to the next level.

"We're picking Player Kraft."

As soon as Owen's words came out, the opponent suddenly panicked, and the female player Kraft looked at their captain eagerly.

The captain of the other team looked at Irving bitterly, gritted his teeth and said, "We will also choose their female players."

PS: Thank you Master Bai for the reward!