"Hoo-hoo, you've apparently made it through the first round, haven't you? Mr. Singh."

"Sort of."

When Sakya and I entered the break room, Claude came there.

Claude has an extra grin when he says one of his buddies has been hit.

"... you're not too surprised"

"What is it?

"No, it's about me breaking through the first round. You guys just said it was impossible for me to win."

"You know... well, that was just a lack of research but hence miscalculation. I don't really gather much information about your battle for some reason."

"... hmm"

Apparently these guys, although I said so with my mouth, assumed quite a bit that I would win, too.

Otherwise, can you be so calm?

Also, my combat information seems to be in short supply.

Around Dr. Hayakawa is probably turning his hands around behind this.

"Besides, things haven't changed dramatically where Kanna was defeated."

As I was analyzing Claude's statement, Aki, who had refrained from doing so in the back, came forward.

Then Red and Nanashi also stand before me and open their mouths with a look as full of room as Claude.

"Kanna and others are the weakest of us Forecards."

"It's just that he's hard, and he was weirdly weak enough to be a 'Four Card'. Hey."

"I can't believe [Noah's Ark] is getting hit with every recovery job...... huff"

…………

... these guys for not saying something amazing I shouldn't have said.

It looks like a legendary dialogue made about half a century ago.

If you say that, you're gonna get a losing flag.

Or the last Nanashi is a perfectly deliberate offender.

What are you laughing at? I almost laughed too, didn't I?

Besides, it's called 'Four Cards'.

You can't react when you're suddenly bracketed like that.

Damn, there's too much going on in there.

"... Gohon. Uh, that's why I don't want to think you beat us just because you beat Kanna. Like?"

"Oh...... ok"

In the meantime, I ended the conversation in tune with Claude, who's been trying to close this place.

That's how the Claudes return to the back of the break room, and only Aki, who enters the second game of Duel Games I, turns to the fighting field.

"Then let's finish the next game quickly. Because I needed to rethink my tactics based on the new information I got earlier on" Build Error. "

The last word Aki left behind felt like a very arrogant one.

Like me, Aki probably only thinks about World War I, World War II and other just passing points.

"That doesn't feel right."

Sakya opened her mouth as she remained silent until earlier.

Maybe that's what my attitude looks like from the side, but from Sakuya, it's something else.

"That's how confident you are."

The words and actions of Claudes are probably due to how confident they are in strength.

If that's the case, I need to try harder in the second round.

Well, let's see and judge that game that's coming up.

"You can't even relax and rest. Let's go to the gallery, too."

"Yeah, okay"

I thought so. I decided to go with Sakya to the audience, not to the break room.

"You did it, Sin."

"Break through the first round. Take it!

"The boulders are our tanks."

When I went to the audience, Mina, Mai and Yumi spoke to me there.

"Thank you, guys.... So why are Mina and Mai over here?

I turn to Mina and Mai after lightly saying thank you.

I thought maybe they were over here because I didn't see them in the break room originally, but I didn't know they were really here.

For once I'm done with the first round, but don't they have to stay in the break room because they are players who are going to refrain from fighting?

"Isn't that nice? I'm not comfortable in the break room anyway."

"It's easier to wait for your turn to come while we watch everyone fight here."

Is that an ant idea, too?

I have Claude and the others in the lounge right now, so I'm in the audience.

It is better for mental health to wait in the place where the person is most relaxed.

"For once, we know a guy named Kanna, but you beat him a lot."

"Surely he was the owner of the [sturdy] powers, wasn't he? I was surprised to see that seniors were defeating monsters with their bare hands."

"I told you before that you're stronger at hitting me with your own hands than using a cage hand or something."

... Apparently Kanna, whom I fought earlier, was quite a crazy fighter.

You know, defeating monsters with your bare hands, or if it's the Earth, it's a hell of a thing to defeat a bear with your bare hands.

Even I said I didn't want to fight monsters on such terms.

Don't be saddened that the aliens you make are out of common sense.

Well, I don't care because I already beat Kanna.

"What, you guys were in the game seat, too?

"Ice room."

And then came the ice room.

Speaking of which, you weren't even in the ice room.

Was this guy in the audience too?

"Ichinose, let's start by complimenting you on winning World War I... Congratulations"

"I'm going to have to say a compliment or something... thanks"

The ice room said congratulations with a slight gaze from the top, so I said it back gently with a loss.

"So? What have you been talking to us about?

"You wouldn't have to say it like you wouldn't talk to me if you didn't need me... if I were to insist, it would be for me to say what I just said to you"

"Oh well."

"... I've been thinking about you for a long time, you have such a bad attitude towards me"

"Not now. Not anymore."

It didn't just start when I hated the ice room.

Hi. I'm not a good kicker like I was in the ice room or Claude.

"I've been living in the same dorm room for two months now, and I think it's time we got along."

"No, it's not"

"I wish I could get along with Ichinose."

Even if we live together in a dorm, we're still in the same relationship as before.

Well, this isn't half mean.

"Ichinose more than that. You and I can win the third round if we stay on track. [M] Be prepared then."

"Heh. You're thinking about when you broke through another WW2."

If me and Ice Room win the tournament, we'll face each other in Game Three.

The Ice Room brought up the story of that time and declared war on me.

"You hit me before you hit Singh, Ice Room, so you lose there."

and there Mina took a strong stance, as did the ice chamber.

You're both pretty strong.

I can't talk about people, either, when they say they'll win.

... But even if Mina and the ice room are to hit, we both have to break through the first round to do that.

The player named Nutmeg, who wins the Ice Room and World War I, seems to be a pair of third-year athletes who are not affiliated with the Alliance, and are famous students there for having powerful powers of alienation.

And Claude, who hits with Mina, is the deputy head of [Noah's Ark]. This is a pair of two years old, and they say they have top notch strength among middle and high school students.

Ice Room and Mina are both formidable enemies.

The attitude was that Claude, who hits Mina in particular, will never lose until he hits me.

Mina's getting strong enough, too, but I'm worried she might lose to Claude.

Well, if Mina loses to him, I'll take your revenge.

"... looks like it's time for the game to start"

"Oops...... then look at you first"

When we heard Yumi's voice, we decided to sit in the audience and watch the second game.

Let me take a look at Aki's prowess. [Noah's Ark]

... I watched all the duels since the second game that followed.

The results of the first round were full of turmoil.

Results announcement forms written in the form of tournament tables are put up on the wall by the attendant's hand.

I'm still full of incredible feelings.

I already know the outcome of the match, but I turned my eyes to the paper to confirm that fact again here.

The Claudes, who had spoken the great language earlier...

Duel Games Main Match I

Match 1

○ Sin VS ● Kanna

Match 2

● Aki VSO Darkness Kaiser

Match III

● Nutmeg VS ○ Froze

Match 4

● Claude VS○ Mina

Match 5

● Gats VS ○ Oh

Match Six

● Nanashi VSO Fill

Game 7

○ Neko Chan VS ● Nightow

Match 8

○ My VS ● Red

We were all losing.