Chapter 75 Who will be the first choice
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On the dedicated training grounds provided for participating teams at the Northern Academy, two groups were facing off.
One side consisted of Franco and a middle-aged man in dark blue clothes, while the other side consisted of Romier and Lei Yin.
Ilya, Bi Da'er, Bing Lan, and Yan Jin stood aside, adopting a neutral stance.
"What did you say? You want me to become a substitute and let this kid take my place?" Romier said, picking his nose and digging his ears, as he looked at the middle-aged man.
"That's right, I hope you can be sensible and agree obediently, otherwise you won't have a good time. In the end, you might not even have the qualifications to be a substitute," Franco said, raising his chin slightly with an arrogant look.
"Just you?" Romier said with a hint of mockery on his face, "Eliminated by Brady, powerless to fight back in the arena, you're really amazing..."
"Shut up!" Franco's face was full of anger. This was the thing he least wanted to hear people mention recently.
He suddenly showed Romier a smile, "You can only be tough verbally now. No matter how you argue, it won't change the final result... because your teammates all support me replacing you!"
Romier frowned and looked at the four people on the other side who didn't want to get involved at all.
"You will support me to become a regular member, right?" Franco asked them.
"Yes, that's right," Yan Jin answered crisply.
"Support," Bing Lan said with no expression on her face.
Bi Da'er looked at Romier playfully and nodded.
Ilya showed a smile and said in a silver bell-like voice:
"Sorry... compared to a rude commoner like you, the elegant noble is more in line with our requirements."
Franco's mother, Alisa Rhodes, contacted Earl Tiexin and Marquis Fickless respectively through the influence of the Rhodes family, promised certain benefits, and obtained their permission. Under the influence of the family, Bi Da'er and Ilya had no choice but to support Franco.
In addition, they didn't really like Romier either, and replacing him didn't violate their own wishes.
Bing Lan came from a wealthy merchant family. After Alisa came to his door, his father was so enthusiastic that he couldn't wait to send Bing Lan directly to Franco's bed. Under the pressure of his father, she also had to agree.
As for Yan Jin, he was instructed by Walter. This was part of Salas's deal with Walter.
Romier was silent. He "tsk"ed and asked, "Is this the captain's decision?"
"It shouldn't be... at least I haven't received such news," Lei Yin patted him on the shoulder, "So before I receive Amon's message, I will stand by you. We are teammates!"
"Huh? You object? Which family are you from? You're not another wild child without adults, are you?" Franco frowned.
Mom should have taken care of everything, influencing the attitudes of the team members through the relationships behind them, so as to squeeze out Romier, a commoner without a background... he thought to himself.
Originally, there were two targets to choose from, Bing Lan and Romier. Considering that Bing Lan's father was a wealthy merchant, and she was not as annoying as Romier, they focused on the latter.
Bi Da'er was dumbfounded. How did this guy Franco do his intelligence work? He still doesn't know the relationship between Lei Yin and Yan Jin?
"Who the hell are you calling a wild child!" Yan Jin's fist was printed on Franco's face, knocking him to the ground.
"Student Yan Jin, stop it," the middle-aged man who came with Franco said sharply.
"Shut up, or I'll beat you too!" Yan Jin glared at him, feeling unsatisfied, and kicked Franco twice.
Franco wanted to get angry, but when he saw that it was Yan Jin, he shrank his neck. He couldn't beat him, and his background wasn't advantageous either. What could he do?
"Wait, shouldn't you be on my side?" he said in a muffled voice, with a bit of grievance in his tone.
"I supported you according to what the old man said... but that doesn't stop me from beating you."
Yan Jin grabbed his collar, brought his face close, and said with a rather eerie expression, "What dissatisfaction do you have with my brother?"
He's your brother? Then why aren't you on our side... Franco opened his mouth, but didn't ask the question.
"You guys... it's really lively here," a young man in a black robe, wearing a pointed soft hat, and a monocle on his right eye, walked slowly.
"Amon... didn't the old man tell you?" Yan Jin put down Franco and asked with some doubts.
Lei Yin's attitude made her realize that this might be a bad thing. Amon didn't seem to know about Franco replacing Romier.
Amon "heh"ed, "Some people seem to only remember to contact the forces behind you, forgetting about us principals."
He looked at the middle-aged man and asked, "Who are you?"
The middle-aged man said with some arrogance, "My name is Sun Boyuan, and I am the guidance teacher assigned to you by the academy. I will lead you to participate in the Soul Master Competition in the future."
"Guidance teacher?" Amon looked at Bi Da'er, his eyes revealing a questioning look.
Bi Da'er quickly replied: "The academy will assign guidance teachers to the participating teams. Matters such as the competition's roster and tactical arrangements are generally decided jointly after discussion and exchange between the guidance teacher and the team captain."
"Captain, someone wants to replace me by relying on their background... I'll listen to your arrangements," Romier forced a smile.
Amon chuckled, "Are you sure that so many people supporting Franco are really just a matter of background?"
"Okay, I can only say that I have used the skill of provoking wild boars that my teacher taught me very thoroughly," Romier shrugged.
"As for replacing you... did you ask for my opinion? I don't agree," Amon said calmly to Franco on the side.
"What happened?" Two men walked over from a distance.
One of them was a burly middle-aged man with a sturdy figure, a resolute face, and short black hair, the principal of Northern Advanced Soul Master Academy, level 71 Soul Sage Zhong Yuming.
The other was wearing gorgeous gold and blue intertwined clothes, with a neatly trimmed mustache above his lips and on his chin, and his face was somewhat similar to Franco's.
"Principal, Earl Rhodes, good afternoon..." Ilya greeted in a silver bell-like voice, also pointing out the other person's identity for Amon.
"You guys... are you having a conflict?" Ge Lan Rhodes pretended to be surprised.
"Yes, Baron Rhodes, we had a little disagreement on who should be the official member to play.
"I, and these four members, all think that student Franco is more suitable than Romier, but student Amon has gone against everyone's wishes, stubbornly insisting on letting Romier play," Sun Boyuan stepped forward, bowed slightly, and said.
Principal Zhong Yuming glanced at Ge Lan and frowned slightly.
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