Reborn in Young Sheldon Crossover Chapter 207 208 Math Olympiad League (Continued)

After seeing Georgie off again, Mike took Sheldon and t Ms. Sharon and the others in front of a bus.

"Look who's here! Our ace Mike, and the super little genius Sheldon…" Kevin, still dressed in a flamboyant hip-hop style, seed very excited today.

Before he could continue his antics, Ms. Sharon spoke, "Everyone's here, let's go. The sooner we get to the venue, the more ti we'll have to prepare."

Ms. Sharon seed more serious today than usual.

The year-end Math Olympiad League, initiated by the Departnt of Education, divided different regions into many competition zones.

To ensure fairness, each competition zone would fix eight teams based on their educational resources.

Therefore, ordinary public high schools like dford would not compete against elite high schools in Houston.

Furthermore, because the champion of each competition zone would receive an extra credit when applying for university, to so extent, the annual Math Olympiad League could be said to be a good opportunity for students from ordinary high schools to win better university admission letters.

On dford High's side, after all the mbers of the Math Olympiad team and Sheldon, the special audience, got on the bus, Ms. Sharon began to explain the schedule to everyone.

There were eight teams in total, using a single-elimination system.

Due to the tight schedule, each match, including the halfti break, would not exceed one hour at most.

So, according to the normal process, the total of seven matches would determine the champion within one day.

After introducing the basic competition process, Ms. Sharon took out several T-shirts from her handbag and handed them to the mbers of the Math Olympiad team.

Uniforms were required for the competition, and this black T-shirt with the dford High logo was the team uniform for dford High's Math Olympiad team.

After distributing the team uniforms to Mike and the others, Ms. Sharon specifically took out an extra T-shirt and gave it to Sheldon, who was accompanying them.

"Alright, everyone can rest for a bit on the bus. I'll call you when we arrive," Ms. Sharon, having dealt with the miscellaneous matters, reminded everyone.

From dford High to the math hall used for the competition, it would take about forty minutes.

As the leader of the Math Olympiad team, Ms. Sharon naturally hoped that during this ti, everyone could rest well and perform at their best during the competition.

Just as Mike was leaning on Cady, about to take a nap, a thin figure quietly approached.

"Mike, excuse for a mont, I have sothing very important to discuss with you," Kevin said mysteriously, lowering his voice.

Seeing his serious expression, Mike greeted Cady and then followed Kevin to the back of the bus.

"Last year, I watched a competition with the team and have so understanding of the strengths of the other seven schools…" Kevin, having arrived at the back, began to share his insights.

In his words, nearby academies such as St. Patrick's High School and Little Garden High School were not to be worried about. Only last year's champion team, Marymount Academy, needed special attention.

To deal with this strong enemy, Kevin ca up with a sowhat unconventional solution: to have Mike pretend to be a "newbie" as dford High's Math Olympiad team's trump card against other schools.

According to him, people with very handso looks like Mike easily give off the impression of a playboy.

And in students' preconceived notions, generally, handso classmates must have a very rich campus life, and thus no ti to settle down and study.

Conclusion: looks and knowledge are inversely proportional.

From this perspective, Kevin wanted Mike to control his answering ti during the first round of rotating questions, thereby disguising himself as a novice to mislead the opponents.

This way, in the second round's sudden death match, during the one-on-one segnt, the opposing team would very likely pick Mike, who was actually a top student but pretending to be a novice, as their school's opponent.

If this plan succeeded, it would beco very simple for dford High's Math Olympiad team to win the championship.

After all, everyone was well aware of Mike's level.

It could be said that the thod of playing dumb to catch a tiger, proposed by Kevin, added another layer of insurance for dford High to win this Math Olympiad championship.

"No problem, during the competition, I'll react according to the situation." Mike, who possessed performance skills, readily agreed after hearing Kevin's suggestion.

As the saying goes, the more capable, the more work. For Mike, being able to control the key to victory in his own hands made him feel more at ease.

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After about forty minutes of driving, dford High's Math Olympiad team and others arrived at the math hall used for the competition.

This was an old-fashioned venue, with a spacious hall that, apart from rows of neat seats, had no other superfluous arrangents, emphasizing practicality.

And on the podium at the very front, for this Math Olympiad competition, an advanced projection equipnt was specially installed to project Math Olympiad questions.

On either side of the projection equipnt, two rows of desks were placed, serving as the answering areas for the contestants later.

It was currently 9:30 AM, and there was approximately half an hour until the competition began.

"Anyone who wants to go to the restroom can go now. The rest of you, rest in place—" Ms. Sharon led everyone into the venue, found a resting area in the front row, and then said to everyone.

In the spacious math hall, including dford High, five teams had already arrived.

However, each team, including the accompanying teacher, generally did not exceed ten people. Therefore, the venue still seed very quiet.

Sitting down, Mike imdiately saw the team wearing Marymount Academy marked clothing not far away.

"That guy with curly hair is Carter; I saw him in the audience last year…" Kevin ca to Mike's side, subtly gesturing towards a nerdy-looking boy in the Marymount Math Olympiad team, and quietly introduced him.

From his expression, he seed very displeased with the boy nad Carter.

But then again, last year, the Marymount Math Olympiad team defeated dford High's Math Olympiad team and won the championship.

Out of a sense of honor or rivalry, it would naturally cause Kevin, who watched the competition last year, to feel so imbalance towards Carter from Marymount Academy, who also watched the competition.

Moreover, from Mike's observation, the boy nad Carter in the Marymount Math Olympiad team, judging by his ticulous dressing style and proper conduct, was definitely a rigorous person in life.

This just happened to make him and Kevin, with his hip-hop style and erratic behavior, two extres in personality.

From this point of view, it was normal for Kevin to dislike the other party.

Just as Kevin was badmouthing the other party, Carter, who was at the center of the Marymount team, seed to sense it and turned his head to look over.

As the two Math Olympiad team captains t each other's eyes across the space, it was as if a storm was brewing.

It was clear that in both their minds, they regarded each other as major adversaries.

Finally, it was Carter, frowning, who politely nodded first, and then voluntarily shifted his gaze away.

"Tch, putting on an act." Kevin, who had won the gaze confrontation, curled his lips, seemingly disdainful of the other party's "gentlemanly" deanor.

From the looks of it, their personalities indeed clashed.

Afterwards, as several teams quietly observed each other, more than twenty minutes passed.

Around ten o'clock in the morning, when the remaining three Math Olympiad participating teams successively arrived at the math hall, the Math Olympiad League of this competition zone officially began.