Even after being eliminated, the opponent had been unable to figure out what Julian Whitmore had done to defeat them. That was Julian's greatest strength. No matter how unfavourable the situation appeared, he could turn the tide through his exceptional tactical judgment, maintaining complete control of the battle without making a single miscalculation.
After briefly surveying the students in the lecture hall, Julian began his lesson. His gaze passed over Eli in the back row without lingering, as though he had not noticed him at all, and he continued speaking in his usual calm, measured manner.
When the time for the thousand cuts finally arrived, Evan Mercer slipped into the classroom and quietly searched the rows of students from the back. He recognized their backs one by one as they sat facing the podium, but the person he wanted to find was nowhere in sight.
Where was he?
