In the restaurant, the largest group by far was, of course, the contestants from the Sea Star Homeworld. After all, there were over two thousand of them.
Some of them were enthusiastic and curious about contestants from the Otherworld.
Others, however, were extremely arrogant, their words full of contempt for contestants from other worlds.
Krieg, Higuma, Arlong, and the like, for instance.
That was right—Arlong had entered the competition again.
He had not even made the "top hundred" last time, which had left him furious.
He believed that plenty of trash weaker than him had lucked their way into becoming "top hundred contestants."
Below the Sea Star People, the Teigu World and Ninja World had roughly equal numbers of contestants.
Their interactions, however, were quite friendly.
Alchemists, martial artists, swordsmen, Teigu users, and ninjas could be seen chatting and laughing everywhere.
This was probably the scene Imu had always wanted to see.
"Strange. Why doesn't anyone know Minato Namikaze?"
At a dining table on the southern side of the restaurant—
A green-eyed girl with pale blonde twin-tails, wearing a white bra that exposed large swathes of her tan skin, scanned the Ninja World contestants around her and complained with a troubled expression.
She was clearly wearing a white training outfit, yet she refused to wear it properly, making her look like a mischievous bad girl.
"You should give up. If this keeps going on..."
The black-haired woman seated opposite the girl looked somewhat older. She too wore a white training outfit on top, though paired with a black skirt below. Hearing this, she frowned.
"If it were you, would you give up?" the blonde girl shot back coldly.
"..."
Suzuka was left speechless. She sighed inwardly. That's right. How could someone so easily give up on avenging their father?
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