On My First Day Undercover, the Organization Collapsed - Chapter 302

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First Day of Infiltration, The Organization Was Destroyed Episode 302
Blue-White Battle (2)
The situation unfolded as follows.
Zone 3, where the collision was currently occurring.
Just as Delev’s Blue Team and Maris’s White Team were about to clash, Yurio’s Separate Unit from the White Team intervened.
The battle raged here, while the remaining Blue and White Teams methodically secured their respective Occupied Territories.
“This will drag on for quite some time.”
Ziel assessed the battle unfolding in Zone 3.
Gilbert nodded in agreement.
“Yurio’s intervention proved effective.”
Yurio and Delev.
Both were among the Top Tier of the Second Years.
Though Yurio had claimed Victory in the Swordsmanship Tournament, it was difficult to definitively declare one superior to the other.
Thus, the outcome of this battle hinged upon their confrontation, yet the problem was that their duel had grown considerably prolonged.
‘Damn it, why is he always this formidable?’
‘As expected of Delev. Blocking his Heavy Sword Technique is no simple matter.’
Their objectives were fundamentally different from the start.
One was Defense.
One was Attack.
Delev had to break through by any means, while Yurio’s purpose was to hold the line.
Defeating him and forcing a withdrawal was an option, but that would take far too long, and Yurio would have to risk Injury.
“The White Team has grasped the situation well.”
In territorial conquest, securing Occupied Territories was important, but more crucial still was defending them to establish numerical superiority.
“Precisely. After all, as long as they control more Territories than the opposing Team when it ends, that’s all that matters.”
“Indeed.”
“Wow, these Kids have sharp minds.”
While the majority of the Blue Team remained tied down in Zone 3.
“What? How did this happen?”
Celia, who had secured Zone 4 and rushed toward Zone 3 with only a portion of her forces, was taken aback.
Zone 3’s conquest, which should have concluded long ago, was still ongoing.
Clang, clang!
Moreover, Delev, their most formidable asset, was pinned down by Yurio.
“Where is Quantus?”
Quantus was currently exerting every ounce of effort to overcome Ann.
“Ann! Stop running away like a coward and face me properly! Let’s settle this once and for all—who between us is stronger!”
“I don’t want to!”
“Just because we’re Childhood Friends doesn’t mean I’ll go easy on you!”
“Who asked you to?”
Ann fled earnestly while making effective use of the terrain—
‘Perfect. Right here.’
I lured Quantus toward the Traps.
As a result, Quantus’s ankle was bound, and he staggered.
“Ugh!”
Tap!
At that moment, Ann rushed in and struck Quantus’s back.
“Hey, you….”
Those Traps were nothing—he could tear through them with brute force and escape.
But I couldn’t let this opportunity slip away.
‘How could I possibly resist a free shot like this?’
For Ann, it was the greatest gift.
Meanwhile, Quantus’s head burned with fury.
“Ann, you’re fighting dirty in a one-on-one duel….”
“Where’s the room for ‘dirty’ when you need to win?”
“I wanted a match where only Swords clashed!”
Ann snickered and struck him again.
“Oof!”
“This isn’t a Swordsmanship Tournament—where would such a thing exist?”
“Ann!”
Crack!
Quantus freed himself from the binding Wire and began chasing Ann.
It was escalating beyond control.
Yon, who had been pursuing them, was left speechless at the sight.
“Is this even going to work…?”
No matter how he looked at it, stopping them and ending the fight seemed far from easy.
Then Ann noticed Yon’s presence and decided to engage both Quantus and him simultaneously.
‘If I bind Yon here too, our team will definitely hold out better.’
Thus, the Blue Team was suffering additional power loss without even realizing it, while the White Team methodically occupied other Occupied Territories as their front held.
“They’re doing well up front, right?”
“Yeah, it looks fine since things are still quiet. Ann definitely has Quantus bound down for now.”
“Yurio and Maris need to hold out for now.”
Excluding the fixed Occupied Territories, the status of the nine target Areas was as follows.
Blue Team, 2.
White Team, 4.
Three Areas remained.
The Blue Team needed to seize all remaining Areas to gain the advantage, but the problem was that one of those remaining Areas was Zone 3, where fierce fighting was occurring.
The bigger problem was that if they couldn’t break through Zone 3, they’d have to watch helplessly as the White Team occupied the remaining Areas!
Thus, the Blue Team reached a conclusion.
“Celia, this way!”
They decided to concentrate all their forces on Zone 3 to break through the bottleneck.
“Hey, looks like everyone’s coming?”
“Hold out as long as you can and make it look like we can’t win!”
The fact that all of the Blue Team’s forces were concentrated in Zone 3 meant everywhere else was undefended.
Yurio pretended to keep Delev pinned down, then instantly slipped backward and fled to another location with the Separate Unit.
“Damn it…!”
Delev roughly understood what the White Team was trying to do now.
But he couldn’t move.
First, they had to secure Zone 3.
“Celia! Chase after Yurio!”
That role fell to Celia.
“I feel like I’m stopping something important, but is this okay?”
“We have no choice!”
Indeed, strategy was what mattered.
“Injured Students are starting to appear. I’m heading out.”
Even to Gilbert and Kelvin, deployed to extract the Injured Students, it was clear that the Blue Team—despite having far superior raw power—was being pushed back.
The Blue Team wasn’t without strategy either.
It was simply that the White Team’s strategy proved relatively more effective.
The White Team ultimately conceded Zone 3.
But it was a strategic retreat.
“You held out so long—well done!”
“I… I think I’m dying. Gasp, gasp.”
Maris, who had endured at the center of it all, was utterly exhausted!
She was the greatest contributor—holding the front line at Zone 3 and enabling the White Team to secure other Occupied Territories.
“At… at least you’ll give me a Coin for this, right?”
“Just a Coin? I bet you’ll give me Cards too?”
As Maris’s hopes soared, Ziel’s hand moved swiftly as well.
‘Maris Sopen’s performance was impressive.’
Of course, Praise Cards and Coins would be distributed according to the Final Evaluation results.
This was what the Students desired above all else!
By the way, the Unlimited Dining Table operates even during vacation.
So Students with Praise Cards were planning to delay going home and visit the Unlimited Dining Table instead.
“At this rate, the White Team will win.”
“The… the White Team is m-much stronger.”
The Final Evaluation was shifting from a stalemate to White’s clear advantage.
But what truly mattered was something else.
How one acted even in this situation.
In truth, Victory or Defeat was important, but ultimately it was how one behaved within that context that determined the Final Evaluation scores.
In that sense, Quantus had a very low score already reserved.
He was still pinned down by Ann.
Conversely, Ann—who strategically sacrificed herself to pin down not only Quantus but Yon as well—was awarded a good score.
Whether in defeat or victory, fulfilling one’s role was what mattered.
That was the purpose of the Final Evaluation.
The moment one became obsessed with ‘victory’ alone, it became the fastest path to ruining the evaluation.
“The White Team does hold an overall advantage.”
But the Blue Team wasn’t being overwhelmed either.
Quantus’s impact had been significant, but the rest were striving to overcome this situation and lead their team to victory.
“Zone 3 is secured! Now we push into Zone 4!”
Upon reaching Zone 4, another wall awaited.
Other Students had taken positions in place of Maris, establishing a defensive formation.
“Break through it no matter what! There’s no other way!”
The Blue Team had also determined their best course of action given their current circumstances.
It was to push forward relentlessly.
The White Team understood this, which is why they’d established their defense, but the assault mounted by Delev and Celia—who had relatively preserved their stamina—was devastatingly fierce.
“The Blue Team is launching their Counterattack.”
The Blue Team surged forward through Zone 4 at a terrifying speed.
With Maris gone due to Physical Strength exhaustion, the defensive line couldn’t hold firm.
The White Team had anticipated this, but the speed at which the enraged Delev and Celia broke through exceeded all expectations.
“Their combination is insane….”
Kus, watching from the sidelines, gasped in admiration.
Blocking Heavy Sword Technique required at least three or four people, while blocking Swift Swordsmanship left them collapsed before even gathering that many.
“Wow, this is serious.”
The overwhelming performance of two top-tier Students!
And Yurio had departed leading the Separate Unit elsewhere.
In the meantime, the White Team’s strategy was to secure as much Occupied Territory as possible—
“They’re too strong! Five people are already out due to injuries!”
“Respond as you fall back! Don’t just keep fighting like this!”
The White Team hadn’t anticipated that Delev and Celia would be this fast.
They’d mounted a resistance of sorts, but unfortunately Yurio had also departed to support elsewhere.
And Maris, the only one who could have matched them, had nearly exhausted his Physical Strength and was in a state of Exhaustion.
“Damn it, we’re being pushed back!”
“Give up Zone 4!”
Yurio joined late, but couldn’t stop the momentum-fueled duo of Delev and Celia.
The White Team retreated, yielding Zone 4.
“Thirty minutes remain.”
With the Blue Team’s Counterattack, the Occupied Territories shifted from three for the Blue Team and six for the White Team to four and five respectively.
The Blue Team held Zones 1, 2, 3, and 4.
The White Team held Zones 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9.
Just one zone separated them.
The White Team still held the advantage, but being pursued and pursuing were entirely different positions.
“It feels like the tide has turned. Or perhaps it’s a Stalemate.”
It was the latter.
The White Team belatedly established a proper defensive line, and Maris, having recovered somewhat, joined their ranks.
Thus, a stalemate was maintained.
It helped that Quantus, one of the most formidable forces available, remained tied down by Ann.
“At least there are no magical beasts. If they’d shown up too, I honestly have no idea how this would’ve unfolded.”
The entrance was hidden, or so they said—but that was by human standards.
Magical beasts could easily enter this place.
They’d had to deal with them before, and they actually did inhabit this area.
“The evaluation isn’t over yet.”
“True, but… it doesn’t seem like they’ll come, does it?”
Meanwhile, screams erupted from the Blue Team.
Angry shouts directed at Quantus.
“Damn Quantus! When are you coming back!”
“I don’t know! Just abandon it!”
“Seriously! Why does he have to be missing at a time like this!”
It seemed unlikely he’d return before this territorial battle ended.
After all, Ann was doing an excellent job of keeping him occupied on her end.
“How’s Ann’s situation?”
“I took a quick look, and Quantus was chasing her like he’d pursue her to the ends of the Continent. He’s destroying every trap as he goes.”
“If Ann had been on their team too, we’d have lost long ago…”
As the stalemate persisted, the decisive point had become the 5th District.
Both the Blue Team and White Team concentrated their full strength on this single location.
The Blue Team loses if they can’t seize it.
The White Team loses if they can’t hold it.
Faced with this simple, unambiguous conclusion, neither team could afford to disperse their forces.
Even the slightest shift in balance right now would determine the fate of the 5th District.
For both teams, only one thing remained.
“Ugh! Ughhhh!”
“Gack!”
Casualties mounted rapidly.
Both teams, which had started with fifty members each, now numbered thirty or fewer.
The faster the battle raged, the faster Ziel’s hand moved.
Evaluating every student he observed, he swiftly drew tally marks beside their names.
These were accumulated Praise Coins.
At this point, the students with the most coins were Delev, Celia, and Yurio.
They had demonstrated relentless combat prowess on the front lines.
‘These three students will secure at least two Praise Cards.’
The Final Evaluation results were now largely determined.
The outcome of the Blue-White Battle would have some influence, certainly, but individual performances had been sufficiently documented.
Thus, only one matter remained.
Determining the victorious team.
“Kelvin, care to make a wager?”
“I’m on the White Team.”
“Oh? I’m on the Blue Team. What about you, Boss? Will you join in?”
Ziel pondered for a moment before asking.
“What shall we wager?”
“Hmm. What would be good?”
“I’ll stake something you two like.”
“…Surely not a Dagger?”
“Your intuition has grown sharp lately, Gilbert.”
Both of them felt dejected.
But they could not speak honestly.
“What will you two wager?”
“We, we will…”
It was at that very moment.
Ziel, who had been waiting for their answer, suddenly turned his head.
Toward the Entrance.
“We’ll settle the wager later.”
“Pardon?”
“A variable has emerged.”
Ziel raised his hand and pointed.
“Magical Beasts are approaching.”
At last, the Magical Beasts were entering the Ruins.
“They must have sensed the commotion.”
Twenty minutes remained until the Final Evaluation.
Into this stalemate, the Magical Beasts had intruded.

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