CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE

Summary

• The Squad Battle is a serious event with the potential to decide the standing and future of the participants, contrary to its public presentation as an entertaining event.
• In the concluding segment of the Squad Battle, the team's main character is a part of performs excellently, resulting in elevated ranks and high tension.
• The main character struggles to keep up in some challenges and assumes a burdensome position within the team, fueled by her determination and the high stakes of the event.
• They succeed in the final obstacle securing them the third position in the competition. The team leader proposes a risky plan to steal a highly classified document from the main characters' mother's office. If caught during their heist, they risk harsh punishment.
• The characters go ahead with the plan and face several obstacles and interruptions, including a confrontation with a guard whom they manage to overcome. The map is successfully extracted using a mix of their individual powers.
• The team presents the map they stole during their heist as their final offering in the Squad Battle competition. This unpredictable move shocks many, and the story ends with the main character locking eyes with her love interest, leaving the story on a cliffhanger.

• The chapter begins with the revelation of a map that contains details of military movements and skirmishes along the Cygnisen border over the past month.
• There is shock and confusion within the assembled crowd (the quadrant) upon revealing the map's source.
• Kaori, character presumably with authority, questions the validity and currency of the information on the map.
• In response, it is revealed that the protagonist and her ally, Xaden, had stolen the map from General Sorrengail's office, which causes further uproar.
• Despite the ensuing chaos, there is a moment of shared satisfaction and connection between the protagonist and Xaden.
• The protagonist feels victorious, irrespective of how a potential vote or decision may land.