NovelEnglishWhoosh! The crowd was stunned! First place! And it was someone from the Austenberg team! Joy was over the moon.
"OMG, Joy, you're incredible! You actually got first place!" Debra squealed with excitement.
Joy couldn't hide her happiness. Even though she knew she'd done well, seeing the results made her heart soar.
"Joy, you really kept this under wraps. After the exam, when I asked how you did, you just said 'okay'!" "It's such an honor for our team to have someone get first place!" Feeling the envious eyes on her, Joy felt even more proud.
She held her head high.
But Selene frowned. Joy, first place? She couldn't believe it.
They had attended the straining, and Selene knew Joy's capabilities. Scoring 91 was already beyond expectation, but first place? If Joy got first, then where did Flora place? Selene was filled with doubt, and Mr. Tanner was just as surprised.
He never imagined Joy would clinch first place.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtWith her skills, he thought placing in the top fifteen would be a stretch.
But obviously, he was thrilled with Joy's high score.
He gave her a nod of approval.
"Well done." His tone was confident.
At the stime, he sighed inwardly, thinking that if Flora had attended the training and not guessed wildly, she might've snagged first place. Such a pity.
After hearing Joy had claimed first place, Flora, who had been silent, finally looked up at the big screen.
A chill crept into her eyes.
The next nto appear was Selene's.
The screen displayed it in bold letters.
Selene, 90 points, 2nd place.
Now, the other teams were getting restless.
First and second places both from the Austenberg team? That was unheard of! Mr. Tanner's smile grew wider. Selene's score was within his expectations. He was about to praise her when, the next second, a row of glaring red letters appeared on the screen. en Flora, zero points, 430th place.
Overall ranking for the Austenberg team, 78th place.
In an instant.
The room fell into a deathly silence.
So quiet you could hear a pin drop.
For what felt like an eternity.
Then laughter started to bubble up.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏm"Haha! Flora actually got zero points! I heard she just guessed randomly at the end, but seriously, not a single question right?" "The Austenberg competitors did really well overall. With first and second places, they could've at least been in the top ten, maybe even fought for the top three if it weren't for Flora."
"I'm starting to feel sorry for the Austenberg team. If were them, I'd be furious with Flora!" Only the top fifty teams could advance to the next round.
Now, with the Austenberg team ranked 78th, they didn't even qualify.
This was the first tthe Austenberg team had entered the medical competition and failed to make it to the next round. The big screen was already scrolling through the scores and names of
the other teams. Mr. Tanner kept staring at it for a long, longtm before finally sinking into his chair. He closed his eyes and sighed.
No one expected Flora to score zero.
Even if she had scored fifty or sixty points, they could've made it to the next round.
The other Austenberg competitors looked as pale as ghosts.
Their lips trembled, unable to say a single word.
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