BP: Argh! I forgot one word on the spelling test! I can't get my dream full marks! I studied the whole day and I can't even get full marks! What is this! Anyway, for those who wonder why Ryoma could see Ryoga shake his head in chapter 22, it's because they are on video call. I got this inspiration when made a video call with a friend. For some reason, although I heard my bully curse my parents today, I didn't get angry, not even a single bit. I wonder why? Oh, this light version of the ITM will be viewed in the point of the champions, who will be controlling the game, due to their experience.

"Thank God Pakura recovered in time for the light version of the ITM." Jude mumbled. They were having breakfast together at their floor. William sighed. "Yeah. Pakura, how many times must I remind you to NOT to scoop the residue out of your orange juice?" Pakura, who was picking the said residue out of her orange juice said, "You know I am picky when it comes to food. Besides, I like the pulpless type." She drank her orange juice reluctantly, and grimaced as the residue ran down her throat. She stood up from the table and said, "I'm done." The champions, including Ryoga and Atobe, looked at her incredulously. "But you've only ate one pancake." said Ryoma. "I'm not in the mood to eat. I'll be waiting at the lounge." With that, she walked away from the dining room. The champions (with Atobe and Ryoga) looked at one another. "Is she on a diet or something?" said Jude.

Ryoma shook his head. "Very unlikely. She doesn't care for her looks or for her body shape. It's more like she is not in the mood to eat." After breakfast, they went down to the gym, where all the players (except Seigaku) are already gathered, excited for the light version of the ITM. "We'll go through the plan one more time before Seigaku comes." said Ryoma. The other players nodded, and went to the teams they have convinced.

"Ah, Echizen, Atobe." said Tachibana, when he saw them approaching.

"You know the plan, right?" said Ryoma. The Fudomine team nodded. "Yeah. Try to pick off as many Seigaku players as possible, and save Tezuka for you. Act normal, and pretend we do not know the truth." said Kamio.

"So, that's the plan all along. How mean, Echizen, for not telling us." said a voice behind Ryoma and Atobe. They turned in alarm, and sighed in relief when it's only the Rikkaidai team. "Hello, Yukimura." said Tachibana.

Yukimura smiled. "So, when did you guys learn of the truth?"

"Around a week ago. Wait….don't tell me you knew all along?" said Sakurai.

Yanagi nodded. "Yeah, we do. We didn't believe Seigaku and their lies, actually, from the very beginning." The Fudomine team nodded in understanding. "So, you know of the plan?" said Tachibana.

"We kind of found out ourselves." said Sanada. "During the day where the champions separated to different stations. I happened to overhear Robinson (Philip) talking to the Higa Chuu and Shitenhouji."

"Don't worry, we would help you as much as we could, Echizen." said Yukimura. "We won't speak about the plan to Seigaku. Ah, speak of the devil." The elevator doors opened, and Seigaku stepped out. "Alright, everyone here?" said Coach Mabi. "Well, as you all know, today is the light version of the ITM. Champions of the ITM are exempted from this, because their main objective is to help you in your training. However, the final 16 would have to face off two of them in order to find out who is worthy of representing Japan for the future tournaments all over the country!"

The champions retreated to a safe place (Ryoma giving a last kiss to Atobe), while Coach Mabi told them the procedure of the "ITM"

"You all will be stationed at different parts of the ITM. This device I am about to give you all, it's a device where your name, school, and the number of wins and losses can be registered. Do not lose this. If you have the device that belongs to someone else or you lose yours, you will be immediately disqualified. When you lose three times, you will be disqualified as well. When it is down to the final 16, I will make an announcement for you all to gather and further instructions will be given. Understand?" The players nodded. "Good. Please line up and get your devices." As they watched the players get the devices, Ryoma said, "I hope Keigo would make it." Pakura nodded. Just then, the players were walking away from the gym, looking at their devices. Coach Mabi beckoned to them. They followed and she led them to the Control Room.

"This is the Control Room. I need your help in monitoring every player. Since you guys won the ITM before, I assume you all know how these works and what to do." Each Champion, including Ryoga sat in front of one control. Pakura was sitting between Ryoma and Ryoga. "I'll leave you to do the announcements. You can do whatever you want." With that, she closed the door behind her. Ryoma caught Jude's eye and nodded. He took the mike near him, and said in the mike, "Let the light version of ITM begin!" All the players looked up in surprise. Wasn't that Echizen's voice? But, they do not have time to dwell on it. Sixty seconds. They are supposed to stay in their position for one minute. Step out of your location, and you are immediately disqualified. In the control room, Pakura noted that Tezuka was stationed at the corner near the dance lounge. The control board reveals all of The Training Center. Not only does it show every room, every corridor, every corner of the Training Center, but it also shows every inch of the grounds, as well as all the secret passages that are hidden within its walls and the location of every person in the grounds, portrayed by a dot, provided you are carrying the device given by Coach Mabi. Ryoma found Atobe at the 18th floor, where the Training Center knives were. Just then, he heard the gong ring, and every dot began moving. Ryoma noted that Tezuka chose to stay at his own corner, even as the gong rang. Well, he'll just have to get him moving. He typed some things on the keyboard, and activated the trap. Bingo! Tezuka is now on the move, dodging the traps Ryoma has activated.

His dot met another dot that is marked "Zaizen Hikaru" and they presumably began their match. 20 minutes later, there was a "beep" sound. The champions looked, and found Tezuka had a single win, and Zaizen had one loss. To his right, Pakura was typing furiously on her keyboard, activating some traps to get the players together so that they could battle it out. Fuji Syusuke is now having a match with his brother Fuji Yuuta, and a few minutes later, the older brother won with 6-4. Just then, there was a long "beep". They turned, and realized Toyama Kintaro had 3 losses already, along with a few other players. Jude pressed a button and the sound of cannon fires. One cannon fire means one player is disqualified. Jude pressed the cannon button 6 times. 6 players already disqualified. The other Coaches are probably using their own devices to track down the disqualified players, and bring them back to the Training Center rooms.

At night, Pakura showed the faces of the players who are disqualified in the players' devices. First up was Toyama Kintaro from Shitenhouji. Kei Tanishi and Rin Hirakoba from Higa Chuu. Momoshiro Takeshi from Seigaku. Wakato Hiyoshi and Daichi Kiriyama from Josei Shonan. Ryoma checked the status of Atobe and was relieved to find out that he had 2 wins and 0 losses. He's glad Atobe made it through the first day after all.

"Well, this is fun." said Philip. "Look, the players are finding a safe space to go to sleep. Apparently, they can't go back to their comfortable dorms." Just then, there was a knock on the door, and Coach Mabi stepped in, carrying cups of coffee. "I got it from Café Dante. Hope you'll enjoy them." She set the coffee on the table, and they reached for the cups of coffee. Some added the sugar and milk provided on the tray. "This is going to take all night." Pakura mumbled, taking a sip of her bitter coffee (she didn't like to drink coffee with sugar of milk) Ryoga nodded. The champions (Oh, since Ryoga is a champion as well, I'll call him a champion in this chapter) sat down back in front of their controls, and kept a lookout for the players.

The next day, the champions were awakened when Jude pressed the cannon button. "Who is it this time, Jude?" said Tyler, yawning. Jude said, "It's Shishido Ryo from Hyotei." Derek nodded. "I see. Please activate the knife trap won't you, Will?" William nodded, and typed away at his controls. "I'm going to try and get Tanaka Youhei and Tanaka Kouhei together with that trap, so that they could battle it out. It'll be interesting to see them battle it out." 45 minutes later, Jude fired the cannon. It was for Kouhei Tanaka from Josei Shonan. Ryoma scanned the map. Atobe is currently having a match with Oshitari Kenya. Fuji (Syusuke) is now battling it out with Lucky Sengoku. Just then, Jude fired the cannon again. It was….

"Huh? I thought Rikkaidai players would last longer than that!" Ryoma exclaimed. It was Kirihara Akaya, who won 3 matches, but lost to Oshitari Kenya, Atobe Keigo, and Fuji Syusuke. Next to him, Pakura was typing rapidly and a satisfied smile spread on her face. Fuji is now battling with another player. Half an hour, Jude fired the cannon, and it was for Fuji Syusuke.

It took them 5 days, but finally when there were 17 players left and the last one (Jiroh Akutagawa) was eliminated by Yukimura Seiichi, Ryoma sleepily took the mike and said, "Alright, we are finally down to the final 16 players. The 16 players who have less than 3 losses, please come to the gym, and we will check your devices. Thank you." The champions yawned and stretched. "Ok, let's go take a look at the final players." The champions went, and sure enough, there were the final 16 players: Yukimura Seiichi, Sanada Genichiro, Niou Masaharu, Yagyuu Hiroshi, and Yanagi Renji from Rikkaidai, Atobe Keigo, Oshitari Yuushi and Muhaki Gakuto from Hyotei, Oshitari Kenya, Shiraishi Kuranosuke, Chitose Senri from Shitenhouji, Tezuka Kunimitsu from Seigaku (yes, he's the only one that made it through), Tachibana Kippei, Kamio Akira and Shinji Ibu from Fudomine, and Takahisa Kajimoto, from Josei Shonan.

"Good. Now we are down to the final 16 of you. Each of you please pick one slip of paper. This slip of paper contains the names of the champions you are going to face. Also, once you picked the paper, we will register the opponents you will need to face" said Coach Mabi. "You have two chances to win. If you win one match against either champion in the slip of paper, you will get in the team. If there is more, we will get the players to play against each other again. Got it?" The 16 players nodded. Under the watch of everyone (including the disqualified ones) they picked a slip of paper from the box. Tezuka went over to his team once he got his. "So, who did you get?" said Eiji excitedly. Tezuka opened the slip of paper. He turned slightly pale as soon as he saw the names. "What's wrong, Tezuka?" said Fuji. Who are you going against?" he showed the piece of paper to the team. The team bit back a scream as soon as they saw the names on the paper.

He is going to play against Pakura Goldstein and Ryoma Echizen.

Omake (I love pranks)

Inui: Hmm..I can't seem to find information on that pretty champion, Fuji,

Fuji: Darn! I was hoping to have a match and bet with her.

Inui: What are you going to bet with her about?

Fuji: Saa...if I win, she dumps her boyfriend and go out with me. If I lose, well, let's see what she would do.

Inui: Why not just challenge her? I am sure she'll accept it.

Fuji: You're right! (Goes to twelfth floor)

Fuji: Hey Pakura.

P: (reading a novel) What do you want, Fuji?

F: I am going to challenge you to a match. If I win, you go out with me and dump that boyfriend of yours. If you win…

P: Then you accept my gift.

F: (thought) Wow, she has a gift for me? Cool. Either way, I win.

P: Hold on, while I go get it (goes in her room and comes out with a nicely wrapped box). Ok, let's go have the match.

45 minutes later….

P: Game set. 6-1. You are not even a challenge, Fuji. Take this. (Gives him the box)

F: Thanks (goes to sixth floor) Hey look, everyone, Pakura gave me a present! (Unwraps it)

Eiji: It looks like chocolate eggs, nya!

F: Indeed it is. She's very generous to give us chocolates. Let's each take one.

(Seigaku regulars each take one)

Momoshiro: Ok, chow time! (Eats the egg, and immediately runs to the toilet) what the heck is this!

Meanwhile at the twelfth floor…

Pakura: And so, I coated the real egg with chocolate and wrapped I in aluminum foil!

Ryoma: (laughs) Nice one, vice-captain! I like your prank!

Atobe: They probably will have a stomachache by now.

Narrator: In the toilets, the Seigaku regulars sneezed.

BP: Please note, I was watching HunterxHunter while writing this, so it may be bad. Also, I was rushing because I only had an hour to write this. Please review!