Don't Mess with the Girl with Candy novel Chapter 1615

"How did someone with this level of skill even make it to the finals? Did they just get dumb luck?"

"William's prompt was actually difficult, which is why the Eclara student is moving so slowly. It's been twenty minutes, and he's still structuring it."

Tucker held his phone, calmly staring at the giant screen.

"Professor, Zavala is coding really slowly. Do you think he won't be able to finish?"

"What kind of prompt did that bastard William even submit? He's clearly just trying to make things impossible."

"Also, wasn't Zavala's prompt way too simple?" Two other Eclara students sitting nearby whispered anxiously. "Didn't Goddess review it? Did she not say anything?"

It had only been half an hour, and William was already nearing completion.

How was this any different from hand-delivering the championship trophy to him?

"Quiet."

Annoyed by their incessant chattering, Tucker spoke up sharply. "You can doubt anyone, but never doubt Goddess."

If she said there was no problem, there was absolutely no problem.

"Oh."

The two students exchanged a glance, not daring to utter another word of nonsense.

—

Outside the video.

Shanley looked down at the unbothered girl in his arms, his lips curling up. "This prompt looks simple on the surface, but it's full of hidden traps. The smarter someone is, the easier it is for them to overlook them."

"Mhm."

Juniper sucked on a lollipop, raising a casual eyebrow. "The students at Eclara University aren't quite at the top-tier level yet. I'm honestly already satisfied if they make it into the top five, let alone the top three."

"As for the final ranking, that all depends on whether the person who drew Zavala's prompt was cautious enough."

From the looks of it, her opponent was far too arrogant, entirely too full of himself, assuming it was a breeze.

"Smart girl."

Shanley kissed her cheek, his eyes brimming with adoration. "Keep watching, the results are about to come out."

—

In the video.

The competition had reached its boiling point.

Beep—

With exactly 25 minutes left on the clock, William hit the submit button.

Then it was time to evaluate William's software.

The judges meticulously compared the prompt requirements against his final product.

"Did you hear that? Your completion rate isn't as high as the others."

William tilted his head back, a smirk on his face, radiating absolute certainty. "You couldn't even beat the first three. You think you can beat me?"

Even if he made it this far, wasn't he still going to be dead last?

Zavala spared him a brief glance, his expression as utterly unfazed as ever. "Oh."

William sneered, "But I suppose I should thank you for giving me such an easy prompt."

Zavala scratched his head, replying in complete earnestness, "Was it easy?"

Goddess had warned him that he had buried way too many traps in it.

Whichever poor sap ended up drawing it would probably have a mental breakdown.

But looking at this poor sap now, he didn't seem to be breaking down at all.

Or perhaps... It just wasn't time for the breakdown yet?

Right at that moment, the head of the judging panel suddenly spoke up through the microphone, "Excuse me, is there a problem with this final product?"