Chapter 2740 The Invincible Dr. Vader Is Defeated

After wandering around, Qiao An saw that the "Big Stomach King Eating Melon Contest" was being held on the first floor of the gymnasium. The time limit was two minutes to see who could eat the most watermelon. There should be no red flesh left, or they would be eliminated on the spot.

"This kind of competition... suits me very well!"

Seeing the huge watermelons piled up in the competition field, Joan couldn't help but be eager to try.

"Joan, do you have a big appetite?"

Kandy found that the registration desk was full of strong men with broad arms and round waists, and felt that Joan was not suitable for this project.

"I don't have a big appetite, but I love watermelon."

Joan answered too frankly, which made "Iron Rose of Shizhu Town" laugh.

"It stands to reason that I should advise you not to make a fool of yourself, but considering that our invincible Dr. Vader can use magic to cheat, it's very easy to win the melon-eating contest."

"What is cheating?" "The Invincible Dr. Vader" gave Sluder a blank look, and said with a straight face: "The rules of the competition have already emphasized that cheating is not allowed. Of course I have to participate in the competition with my true ability!"

"Ah... is it really all right?" Candy asked worriedly.

"No problem, I will eat this melon today!"

Joan went forward to sign up full of confidence, and paid the entry fee of two silver thalers. As long as he can eat two melons within two minutes, it will be considered a return.

Among all the contestants, including the girls, Joan is the slenderest and the one who looks the least like a "big stomach king". Dr. Vader", don't judge by appearance!

Brother Haakon, who served as the referee of the game, gave an order, and the big eaters showed their magical powers, opening melons with their bare hands, and gnawed wildly.

Qiao An's performance among the contestants was not outstanding. Although he seemed to be trying to eat melons, but his mouth was not big enough, and his swallowing speed could not be compared with the big eaters.

Until now, the onlookers, including Conti and Slude, still have confidence in the "Invincible Dr. Vader", expecting him to stage a dramatic scene of the Jedi's counterattack.

However, that scene did not appear until the end.

At the end of the two-minute game, "The Invincible Dr. Vader" fell outside the final circle and was eliminated in the first round.

Amid the boos of the onlookers, Joan walked out of the arena holding half a melon that hadn't been eaten yet, hiccupping to prove a simple truth——

Some people look very good, but in fact they are really good!

"I said you, which song is this singing?!"

Witnessing that the invincible Dr. Vader won the last place in the melon-eating competition, Slude, who has always been competitive, seemed to feel more humiliated than Joan himself, and couldn't help being furious.

"You obviously don't have the strength of a big stomach king, so you don't have points in your heart? Who gave you the courage to participate in the melon-eating competition!"

"Slude, what are you angry about?" Joan hiccupped and replied with an innocent face: "I didn't expect to get a ranking. I participated in this competition just because I wanted to eat melons."

"Ah?! This..." Slude choked on his words and almost lost his breath.

"Isn't that reason enough?" Joan took another bite of melon and said vaguely, "Just now you said that 'the most important thing is to participate'!"

Slude was speechless for a moment, and could only sigh with his hands on his forehead, equating "the invincible Dr. Vader" and "the little kid whose mentality will never grow up" in his heart.

"Joan! Joan! Come here!"

Kandy emerged from the crowd and waved to Joan excitedly.

"Come and see, I found another event that you are good at, do you want me to sign up for you?"

Qiao An looked over curiously. Around the flagpole erected in the middle of the playground, surrounded by a group of vigorous young Asa people, they were gearing up and preparing to take turns to participate in the pole climbing competition to see who could climb fast and steadily.

"Aha~ I will do this!"

"The Invincible Dr. Vader"'s eyes lit up, and he felt that he was alright again.

Recalling the experience of participating in the tree-climbing competition in Powhatan Village, Joan gave Kandy the leftover half of the melon, gearing up to show off his skills.

"Stop!" Slude hurriedly grabbed him, "Participate once and you'll get it. Why are you still addicted?"

"Sister Slude! Joan is really good at climbing trees! In our Powhatan village, he is also nicknamed 'Monkey Mage', he can climb trees very fast!"

Conti excitedly told about Joan's glorious resume.

"You got it!" Slude didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "You don't even look at what Joan is now, a dignified scholar, a guest of His Majesty the Emperor, and Princess Vasilisa's arcane instructor, it would be a mistake to participate in this kind of event. Decent, kid-like game, right?!"

"Since you've said that, forget it..."

Conti flattened her mouth in disappointment, and buried herself in the watermelon.

In the end, Joan was unable to relive his childhood memories, not because of Sluder's dissuasion, but because he received a reply from Editor-in-Chief Tennyson before he signed up for the pole climbing competition.

In a short letter, the old gentleman's excitement is filled between the lines.

Joan has disappeared since he published "Introduction to Clusters" last summer, and has not published any treatises for nearly a year, so that doubts in the Austrian law academic circle that his talent is exhausted are increasing day by day.

Until today, Mr. Tennyson received Joan's contribution, and he finally settled his heart after half a year, confirming that the young man had not exhausted his talent, and the short rest was just to reserve energy and continue to climb the academic ladder. Gao Feng, and the new papers these two days are proof that Qiao An has bravely climbed the peak!

In this letter, Mr. Tennyson warmly congratulated Joanne on his return to the academic circle, and revealed to him that the two articles he contributed were of great significance after being unanimously recognized by all the colleagues in the editorial department, filling two gaps in the field of supernatural ecology. Academic gaps, which are expected to receive full marks, are scheduled to be published in the 1627 spring and summer issues of "Arcana Exploration".

Before Joan, the academic research on beholders and mind flayers only stayed at the level of individual specimens, and the topics were also focused on the physiological level, rarely involving ecology and society.

To put it bluntly, it is to try to capture a beholder or mind flayer, raise it in captivity to observe its physiological activities, then kill it for dissection, study the bones and organs, and finally make a specimen.

As for the life of mind flayers and beholders, what cultural traditions and religious beliefs they have, how they get along with each other, and how they view philosophical issues such as life, death, and emotions, such research is blank.

In fact, this is understandable. There are many scholars who are interested in mind flayers and beholders, but few dare to come into close contact with them. Anthropologists like Joan, who have been investigating mind flayers and beholders for a long time, I dare not say that there is no one before, at least there are no research results of sufficient weight in history.