Bernard vs. Karma

"W-what are you doing?"

Karma painfully rose back to his feet.

Bernard slowly pulled his sleeves all the way to his elbows and then stretched his arms out in front of him.

"I had a thought last night. A crazy thought. All of this is Kiernan's fault, isn't it? He destroyed my school. I was losing students and teachers because they wanted to join a winning school.

"Without Kiernan, Irio High would've won the representation match. We would've participated in the nationals, probably losing in the first or second round.

"But that would've been fine. My school would've still been the best school in Irio, and I was fine with it, even if our success in nationals was mediocre.

"When Karuza High won the representation match and participated in the nationals, I wanted them to lose. So badly!