Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 690

The Moralia Country Tech Convention Center was teeming with programming titans from every corner of the globe. The sheer scale of the event was magnificent and overwhelming.

“Look at all these people,” Tucker said, clutching his laptop bag and adjusting his thick reading glasses as he scanned the crowd.

“So many legends of the programming world are competing.” He swallowed hard, his nervousness showing. “Juniper, what if we get knocked out in the first round?”

The competition consisted of five rounds. Based on the preliminary results, contestants were divided into small groups of four. Each group would anonymously submit and vote on projects. The work with the most votes from each group would advance to the next round. This process would repeat until the fifth and final round, where the top three projects would be selected, determining the champion, runner-up, and third-place winner.

“If I remember correctly, didn’t Byron get eliminated in the third round last time he competed?” Tucker asked.

“Hmm?” Juniper, wearing a black hoodie and a baseball cap with her hands in her pockets, arched an eyebrow. “You remember wrong. He was knocked out in the second round.”

And he only made it that far because another competitor in his group had to withdraw due to a health issue. Otherwise, Byron would have been a first-round washout.

“Really?” Tucker scratched his cheek, his face etched with worry. “This is intense. I just hope we can last a few rounds.”

“We will,” Juniper replied with a small smile, saying no more.

A few steps later, they ran right into Byron.

“Well, if it isn’t Tucker,” Byron said, striding over with an air of superiority. “I know this is your first World Programming Competition, so a lot of the rules might be confusing. Feel free to ask me if you need anything.”

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