"First, I can't let the strongest ones meet too early. Otherwise, there won't be anything worth watching later."
In Wooden Tower's room, Hawking first picked out Thor, Loki, Black Marvel, and Hulk from the list of the final twenty-six.
There was no need to mention Black Marvel and Thor. Loki from the Main Universe was a bit weak, but this universe's Loki, who specialized in magic, was as powerful as Thor.
If Hulk relied solely on his own fighting ability, he would not have much of an advantage in an arena with rules and restrictions. But with Banner's intelligence assisting him, along with the boost of growing stronger the angrier he became, he was absolutely top-tier Combat Power.
"Second, eliminate the others as early as possible, then keep as many of our own people as possible."
They could not have the company's people eliminated first after just one round. As the organizers, that would be somewhat embarrassing.
"Lastly, I'll go by my mood. Whoever I want to watch fight will fight. The point is to make myself happy."
Ten minutes later, he finally arranged the first round's match list.
But even he could not determine, aside from a few individuals, exactly which of the final twenty-six would advance.
After all, this was not a fight to the death, but an arena competition.
The conditions for victory were not killing the opponent, but merely knocking them down for ten seconds or forcing them out of the ring.
So it was not guaranteed that whoever was stronger would advance.
Take Black Widow Natasha from S.H.I.E.L.D., for example. She had faced quite a few opponents with decent abilities, yet all of them had ultimately lost to her.
Some had let down their guard because of her beauty. Some had been thrown out of