Chapter 6949

Heidi was caught off balance. While this was her first time competing in the women's category, she had researched the other seeded rivals before the actual event. That was especially the case for Aurora, who was the top seed. However, she still cruised to the finals, as the overall strength of the women's fighters was undoubtedly a class beneath that of the men's. That was why she had grown to underestimate even Aurora. Naturally, she had also cross-referenced gender disparity across other events, such as the 100-meter track and field. In that category, the best men's records were under ten seconds, while the top women's record was between ten and eleven seconds. Heidi thought to herself then that she was in the 10.5-second range—while she might not make the finals in the men's division, winning the women's division would be easy. Never could she have expected that Aurora would immediately put her on the back foot, and all her usual skills and strategies proved ineffective. She