Ling Tian looked at Sam as if he is talking out of his ass.
"You are kidding me, right? There is no way, that these families are sacrificing so many of their resources just to give the other academies some kind of simulation of Gambler academy defenses.
They should be idiots to do something like this."
"Well, they kind of are. But you are missing a point here.
These families don't necessarily know that is what they are doing. My guess is that the Deans are manipulating them. They must have said to these families, that the other academies cannot act without proof and instigated them.
Then, they would have helped the families by drafting the plan. Telling them, how they could deal with the defensive measures.
However, all those plans are just indirect way of make these families do their bidding.
It is pretty simple. I am surprised that you didn't see past this."