While the girls remained silent, Gao Liang stepped onto a raised platform and addressed them: "I know how tough the training has been! Everyone is focused on quickly establishing themselves, but do you know what lies behind that fame—how much unseen hardship it requires? I believe that as long as you choose to persevere, you will be able to keep going!" With heartfelt words, Gao Liang inspired the young women, who were deeply moved and spontaneously clapped their hands. In fact, Gao Liang is a thoughtful person—he approached Junji, handed her a small pill, and said, "Take it, and you'll be fine!" Indeed, after taking the pill, Junji's back pain disappeared, leaving her deeply touched. Gao Liang then looked at the girls with a hopeful gaze and said, "Let's keep practicing together! Time is running out—we have only one week until the national talent search competition in Japan. The competition will be extremely intense, so we must train diligently!" "Let's all work together!" "Go ahead! Let's go together!" The girls shouted with great confidence. Since Hikaru was extremely busy, he personally appointed Meguri as assistant coach and Shizuko as assistant to the assistant coach. Usually, Hikaru taught Meguri and Shizuko directly, then had them demonstrate the routines together for the rest of the team. In the meantime, Hikaru also had to upgrade his physical training and read history books. Time flew by swiftly. In just five days, only two days before the nationwide talent search competition, under the joint efforts of Hikaru, Meguri, and Shizuko, the group of girls made remarkable progress—both in their dance movements and in their entrance and exit routines, which had become truly distinctive. But at just this moment, since Higo was very busy, he was reading historical texts while simultaneously intensively practicing the 308-form of the Da Mo Qigong, a practice that demanded full concentration. Only after a long and arduous session did he finally finish. As he rested, he had intended to check on how the girls were doing in their training, since the competition was just a couple of days away. When he went to the training ground, he found only Shizuko leading the group—missing only Meguri. Higo asked Shizuko what was wrong, and she explained that Meguri had family matters that prevented her from coming. Higo then asked Shizuko to call Meguri, but after several attempts, the phone kept showing "phone is off." Meguri had always kept her phone on—how could it be off? Higo felt something was amiss and immediately turned to the other girls, saying, "Get in touch with Meguri right away. The competition is tomorrow, and there will be thirty-seven participants—each one is a key player. We can't afford to lose anyone. Understand?" Among the beautiful women, some were whispering softly, and Gao Liang, with his sharp hearing and clear vision, naturally caught every word. He heard, "That day, Misuho said she would take an extended leave of absence—I saw her cry, for the first time ever!" This was a private conversation between Junzo and one of the girls beside her. Gao Liang immediately turned to Junzo and asked, "Tell me the truth! What exactly happened? Don't hide anything from me!" Under the attentive gaze of all the girls, Junzo stepped forward with a touch of hesitation, stammering, "Misuho is getting married!" The announcement sent ripples through the group, and the girls began to chat excitedly among themselves. All conversation centered on Misuho—such a distinguished campus beauty from Tokyo University, vibrant and full of youthful charm—now being pressured by her parents to marry, which was utterly unexpected. After all, it was widely known that her parents had always been very fond of her. How could they now insist on arranging her marriage at such a significant moment? "Who is Gao Liang?" A voice rang out. Highlight turned to see a middle-aged Japanese male teacher named Iwata approaching. He recognized him as one of the instructors for Meiho's business program. In his hands, he held a letter. Highlight took the letter and read the elegant Japanese script: "Highlight! When you receive this letter, I've already boarded my flight to another country. Please don't let my departure disrupt the nationwide talent competition scheduled for the day after tomorrow. Even if I'm not there, you can assign someone else to step in. Don't worry about me! I have full confidence in you—believe me, you're the most outstanding and the very best. We will definitely win the talent competition!" At his own school bedroom, he's browsing the internet and playing the "Demi-Gods and the Goddesses: The Moonlight Lotus Box" game, just to pass the time. It's been a long time since he last played this game. As soon as Gao Liang logs in, the screen greets him with, "Dear Mr. Gao Liang, welcome! Have you officially entered the game?" He selects "yes," but then the screen prompts him to enter a game password. Gao Liang gets stuck—entering the original password results in an error. Good heavens, he's giving up! Isn't this just about relaxing? Now he has to enter this ridiculous password. Fine, he'll just walk away! Just as he's about to quit, Jingzi bursts in from outside, directly entering his bedroom. An unexpected event unfolds—Gao Liang had just taken a shower and was only wearing a short shirt, almost completely naked. Jingzi didn't even glance, just charged straight in, shouting as she rushed forward, "Mr. Gao Liang! Something's wrong! Something's wrong! The girls have all decided not to come today!" Highlight was fully focused on studying the code and didn't notice Asumi approaching directly. "Ah!" Asumi, hurried and flustered, collided with Highlight. When she opened her eyes, wow—she was immediately struck by the strength of Highlight's muscles, her heart racing. Highlight, in turn, made close contact with Asumi's chest, and as he inhaled, he detected a delicate scent of cherry blossoms on her. His nose twitched, and he felt instantly relaxed. Then, a dramatic scene unfolded. Upon touching Highlight, Asumi instinctively recoiled as if electrified, and this movement triggered a chain reaction. Highlight's fingers, resting on the high-end laptop keyboard, accidentally pressed a combination of letters and numbers, and unintentionally, Asumi's body pressed down on the return key. "Sorry! Really sorry! I've disturbed the teacher!" Asumi said with genuine apology, her face flushed and her head lowered. But what greeted her was Highlight's ecstatic voice: "Whoa! We've actually entered the game!" And it's a game we've never played before!" Indeed, Akiro followed the highlighted direction and noticed something strange—a beautiful woman, absolutely on point—gazing warmly and blinking her lively eyes at both Highlight and herself right in front of the computer screen!