The Inescapable Celibate Heir Chapter 28: Arriving First

Mira's eyes lit up, "Really? Victoria."

Clio's face brightened with hope, looking at Victoria with admiration. "Can you really do it? I'll follow your lead from now on!"

Victoria smiled and looked up at Clio, who was half a head taller than her, and asked, "Clio, you can definitely navigate through the mountains, right?"

Clio glanced around carefully and nodded firmly.

Victoria continued, "Can you take the two of them and follow this map for the first part of the route?"

"Mission accepted," Clio raised her hand and swore, "What about you?"

Victoria said, "I'll take a detour to grab the treasure and then meet up with you."

Mira looked worried, "Victoria, can you handle it alone? Besides, taking a detour for the treasure is farther, should we wait for you?"

Victoria replied, "No need, I'll be faster on my own. You guys move at full speed, and I'll meet you at the edge of the map. After that, I'll lead the way, which will save more time."

Clio nodded in agreement, "This is the fastest way, so we'll definitely be first!"

Victoria could see Clio's strong desire to win. Since she could be of help, Victoria whispered a few words to her.

Clio nodded repeatedly, "Got it, there won't be any mistakes on this side!"

"Alright, let's split up and move quickly." Victoria waved her hand and walked in a different direction from them.

Mira shouted at her back, "Stay safe!"

"Hurry up, we can't slow down!" Clio said, pulling Daisy along as they jogged forward.

Mira shook her head helplessly and followed, jogging as well.

They didn't stop to rest at all, even eating bread while on the move when they were hungry.

During this time, Daisy twisted her ankle once and looked at Clio pitifully. "Can we rest for a bit? I really twisted my ankle."

But Clio would tear off the badge on Daisy's chest and threaten her. "You know, our competition is tracked by GPS. As long as I take your badge to the finish line, we can still win. As for you, rest as long as you want."

After saying that, Clio didn't even look at Daisy sitting on the ground and turned to leave.

Mira caught up and curiously asked, "How did you know the GPS is in the badge?"

Clio replied, "Mr. Palmer emphasized several times that we should wear the badge properly, even a fool could guess the GPS is in there!"

In reality, before Victoria left, she had instructed Clio to use the badge to threaten Daisy if she caused any more trouble.

Victoria had already guessed that Daisy's previous behavior was definitely bribed by Ella, which was why she tore up the map and would play tricks later.

Mira laughed at herself, wondering if she was a bit silly for not thinking of that.

Daisy was afraid of being left alone in the mountains. Although she wasn't sure if the GPS was in the badge, she had no choice but to get up quickly and catch up. "Wait for me, I'm scared!"

Although Ella promised her a reward of $100,000 if she could prevent Victoria's team from placing, that was only if Victoria's team didn't find out!

For Daisy, it was certainly appealing to earn a reward without having to put in much effort!

But compared to the risk to her life, $100,000 didn't seem worth it. Daisy endured the pain and obediently followed along.

After Victoria split from the group, she moved swiftly through the forest, dodging obstacles like a pro, and quickly made her way to Treasure Point 3.

From a distance, she spotted the yellow flag fluttering in the wind and sprinted over to grab it. "Got it!"

This flag with the number 3 on it was the stand-in for the treasure set up by the instructor.

She glanced around and saw no signs of anyone else. It seemed she had outpaced the main group. The teams had spread out, each with different targets in mind.

Victoria stashed the flag in her backpack. Even if she ran into others, they wouldn't know she had already snagged the treasure.

She checked her watch; only an hour had passed, and she still had plenty of time.

But she didn't stop. She took a quick sip of water and headed towards the meeting point.

This plan required Victoria to be super fast. She had to detour for the treasure and then reach the one-third point before Clio and the others. Without the map, they could get lost and end up in trouble.

Luckily, Victoria had experience as a stunt double in her previous life, and two weeks of training had brought her physical fitness back to peak.

Combined with her familiarity with Sunrise Peak, Victoria reached the designated meeting point in just twenty minutes.

As she bent over to catch her breath, she saw Mira waving at her from a distance. "Victoria! You got here faster than us!"

Mira led the way, speeding up and running towards her with a look of surprise.

Victoria smiled with relief. Thankfully, they didn't let her down. The rules required that one person reaching the finish line alone was invalid.

In her previous life, Victoria had actually proposed the strategy of taking Treasure 3. Unfortunately, everyone misunderstood her, and no one listened. The team leader at that time was a boy who was decent but wanted to grab Treasure 1. Subsequently, they ended up running empty-handed several times and didn't secure any placement.

"You guys did great, didn't take the wrong path or delay." Victoria looked at Clio appreciatively.

Fortunately, Clio could accurately navigate in the forest. Otherwise, they wouldn't have dared to split up, saving at least ten minutes.

Clio looked at Victoria expectantly, "Did you get it?"

Victoria patted her backpack and said, "It's inside. Let's not waste time looking at it now. Let's keep moving; we have a chance to be first!"

Clio nodded with a smile and didn't say more, just silently calculating in her mind.

Ethan's previous record was four hours and ten minutes. Now, an hour and twenty minutes had passed, and they had covered one-third of the distance. At this pace, they would reach the finish line in under four hours!

Their team would definitely break the record, especially with Victoria's ability to navigate without a map, allowing them to split up!

The four of them moved forward with high spirits, encountering no further surprises.

When they reached the finish line, the instructors were chatting.

"Didn't Ethan say he wasn't coming? Why did he suddenly agree to do the mobilization?"

"Who knows, Ethan is very aloof and often refuses requests from their dean."

"Maybe he was in the mood. These rich kids do things based on their interests."

"Look, birds are flying out of the forest over there. Could it be that some students have already arrived?"