The competitor's exit was crowded with students eager to congratulate the winners or console the defeated. Noah, Sophie, and Lila pushed through the throng, eventually spotting Kelvin being swarmed by admirers from Academy Twelve.
"There he is," Sophie said, pointing toward their friend who was animatedly explaining something to the gathering crowd.
As they approached, they caught the tail end of Kelvin's enthusiastic explanation.
"—completely reconfigured the resonance matrix to amplify the detection range. Honestly, it's a wonder no one's tried it before. The standard configurations are so limited by outdated thinking about energy conversion ratios..."
Noah cleared his throat, and Kelvin's face lit up when he spotted them.
"Hey! Did you see that?" he exclaimed, breaking away from his admirers to join them. "First place! Academy Twelve takes the crafting competition!"
