There were actually many independent participants in this arena, especially during the preliminary selection... Those lone wolves without organizations had probably come with the thought that they might as well give it a try—maybe a bicycle could turn into a motorcycle.
But very few could actually pass the preliminary tests and enter the main competition... Even yesterday, on the first day, a large portion had been eliminated.
It could be said that from the second day of the main competition onward, almost all the participants were elites backed by organizations, with money, manpower, and resources behind them.
Therefore, when Berserker, a huge favorite, was eliminated—and by an obscure independent participant at that—the information on this Abraham was immediately dug up in detail.
"...This guy actually has American citizenship?" Director Wayne of the Shield Bureau stared in astonishment at the information his subordinates had collected at the first opportunity. His eyes widened. "Why are we only finding out about him now? How exactly have you been doing your intelligence work?"
As a favorite, Berserker's combat strength had been assessed repeatedly within the Shield Bureau. He was a top-tier championship contender in this arena, as well as the primary opponent that America's team had planned to deal with later.
But Berserker had been eliminated on the second day... Good news, certainly good news. After all, one troublesome opponent was gone—but worse still, Abraham, who had defeated Berserker so easily, was clearly even more troublesome.
Fortunately, this Abraham had American citizenship, which meant there was still room to maneuver!
They had to recruit this powerful Abraham into the Shield Bureau!
"I'm sorry. We'll conduct a self-inspection immediately... The main reason is that Abraham performed very ordinarily in several previous level tests, barely passing each time. We had no idea he would today..."