Chapter 5 The Last Card The livestream chat, which had been filled with a constant stream of insults, suddenly went quiet for a few seconds. Then, the mood began to shift. "Whoa... If he really solved it that fast, that's actually impressive." "T'm a math major. All three solutions show higher- level mathematical thinking. There's no way an ordinary high school student could've come up with them!" "Wait... did we actually target the wrong person?" "No way! He must've memorized the answers in advance! He must've staged this somehow!" Celine stared at the formulas on the ground.

She couldn't make much sense of them, but even she could tell something was off. She just refused to face the facts. She couldn't believe that the boy she'd defended for three years was a complete idiot, and she certainly _couldn't believe that Evander, who had spent all those years chasing after her, was a genius. "You... You must've memorized the answers in advance!" Celine forced herself to say. "That doesn't prove anything! It only proves you came prepared for this whole act!" Lucian grabbed onto the same lifeline and nodded frantically. "That's right! He memorized them!

Evander, you really went to a lot of trouble just to frame me." I watched them struggle, and all I felt was sadness. Just then, a black sedan slowly entered the complex and stopped at the edge of the crowd. The doors swung open, and several people in suits stepped out, each with a school crest pinned to their chest. The man leading them had graying hair and wore glasses. He had a crisp, capable demeanor. Linnea's legs went weak when she saw him. She nearly dropped to her knees. "Sir? What are you doing here?" Someone in the livestream chat recognized the crest. "Wait...

Is that the crest of Kingswell University?" "What? Why would people from Kingswell University's admissions office come to an old apartment complex like this?" I could barely bite back a sneer. After all, my last ace in the hole had finally arrived. Once I discovered that I was the villainous male side character, this farce was exactly the kind of thing I'd feared. That was why I'd done everything I could to secure guaranteed admission in this life.

No one could take that away from me with nothing more than a few accusations, and no one could simply replace me with a few carefully timed sniffles. The university dean's arrival instantly silenced the once-chaotic scene. Celine and Lucian exchanged a look. Neither of them had expected this to reach the president, let alone bring people who looked like important officials. Lucian's eyes darted around. He figured that the score _~switching matter had reached the higher-ups, so he immediately put on a victim's act and stumbled toward the president. "sir! You're finally here!

Please, you have to stand up for me! Evander used his connections to bully me and switched my college admissions exam score! He wants to ruin my life!" Then, he started sobbing as though he'd suffered some unbearable injustice. Celine stepped forward as well and addressed the admissions officers, "You're here for admissions, right? Lucian Fairchild is the top student at our school. Evander deliberately switched his score. Please get to the bottom of this.

Don't let a talented student be overlooked!" The president frowned as he looked at Lucian, who had rushed over, and then at me standing calmly nearby. His expression was somewhat strange. "Lucian Fairchild? What score did you get?" the president asked. "T should've gotten over 1500." Lucian sniffled. "But Evander put his score of 324 on my record and stole my score!" The bespectacled female admissions officer behind the president pushed up her glasses and glanced through a document. "Switched scores? The college admissions exam system is classified at the highest level.

How could anyone simply switch scores? And beside She looked at me, a hint of eagerness in her eyes. "Excuse me, which one of you is Evander Holloway?" Celine immediately pointed at me. "Him! He's the one who stole Lucian's score!" I shrugged. "I didn't get 324. I got 128." The admissions officer froze for amoment, seemingly shocked by my words. Then, she looked down at the documents in her hands and smiled knowingly. "128... Yes. You did get 128." Lucian immediately panicked. The officer had confirmed that I'd scored 128, which meant I couldn't have switched scores with him.

Her next words struck everyone like a bolt of lightning. "Evander, although you only scored 128 on the college admissions exam, that doesn't affect your admission to Kingswell University."