Chapter 41: Nationals

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It was quiet.

The area was dimly lit, surrounded by bushes and trees all over, the smooth grass below me soothing my knee.

*rustle*

Not yet.

Calmly, I drew my bow.

Only one person has managed to hit this target so far.

I laid in wait.

*rustle*

I glanced behind me.

It's moving fast, but it'll show itself eventually.

*SNAP!*

Now!

*thwip!*

*thunk!*

I smirked as I got back up onto my feet.

"And that's it! The first level is now over! The final contestant was Kitsune, who scored a staggering 190 points!"

Walking out of the simulated room, taking off my headset, and the suit, I exited the room as per instruction before the first test.

"So? Still think I'm here by mistake?"

Rogue.

A tanned man with long, shiny brown hair walked forward.

His eyes were amber, and he was tall, well built, and was wearing a beige cape covering most of his body, which also had a hood.

He wore a black tank top and black cargo pants underneath.

He held his hand out to me.

"I'd only gotten 178 points. In just the first level alone you've already proved yourself as the greatest. Do not expect me to back down though."

I could only imagine the cheering, and the crying, of the upset I caused.

The Archery Nationals have begun. Rogue, the runner up for last year, seemed like quite the stoic young man, and his persona certainly showed it well.

Cupid Ai had come as well, but he always avoids me, and had even flinched in fear when my name was called up to begin the first level.

Something tells me he got persuaded to come here.

As for Hashigaki, she's sitting at 162 points, at fifth overall.

Really, it's just the four of us plus the person in fourth that are really competing here, everybody else didn't even score above 120 points.

I'd learned something nice though, the person currently in fourth place, sitting at 167 points, is a second year, so it was likely someone I'd see next year as well.

Speaking of...

"Woah! That was so great Kitsune-kun!"

The person in fourth place is quite the energetic person.

His persona is that of a Nurse.

Yes, he's crossdressing.

He's very cute in it honestly, he's got short curly blond hair that bobs as he moves, and his uniform was completely white, with the skirt being particularly short.

He's extremely kind, and just as lively.

"Of course it was Nurse. Don't you know who I am?"

"Yeah! You're the king!"

"Damn straight."

I looked around.

We were in another secluded building much alike to the first tournament, but this time there were more cameras.

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