"My Beike is being too careful. Given the small number of participants, he would have ranked quite high just by joining and giving up on the first round, but he said that he might still attract unwanted attention."
Reia knew that Beike couldn't win the competition. Reia was the favorite of those who hated Bea, but Beike could join the competition and give up the first match to obtain a better ranking. Still, most students had a similar idea, but they felt that being so shameless wouldn't be good for their reputation.
The Rank 4 students were quite prideful. They didn't like to use petty tricks just to nominally being higher in the ranking.
As for Beike, that would go against his personality, but he also felt that it was better if he avoided appearing in the arena even if it was just to give up quickly.
Reia would already catch a lot of attention, and Beike had a feeling that there were people with ill intentions towards the students of the academy hidden between the audience.
