They sat in a circle according to their year, with a student responsible for data analysis seated in the middle.
Counting clockwise, Dark sat at the end. On his right was the third-year Noble House representative—though Dark had not paid much attention to him, he was actually very familiar with this contestant. It was Elsie Kevin, whom he had crossed swords with twice before!
Elsie Kevin came from the ancient Kevin Family. During his first year, he had won the Crimson Star of Halloween.
In his second and third years, he had dueled Dark Dimon once each. Though both matches had ended in defeat, he had posed a considerable threat to Dark each time.
After so long spent studying and improving, he was undoubtedly much stronger now than he had been during those duels. It was only natural that he would become the third-year Noble House representative in the Duel Showdown.
Unfortunately, he had not been included in the Hidden Snake.
After all, he was the future heir of the Kevin Family and had a very clear political stance.
Unless the Kevin Family openly supported Saint Marian Academy, there was basically no possibility of bringing him into the Hidden Snake.
The fourth-year Noble House representative was Sneck Harriman. The fifth-year representative was Edwin Clarissa.
The sixth-year representative was Franklin Dulong.
Other than Franklin Dulong, Dark had dealt with all three of the other contestants before.
"Now that everyone's here..."
As the organizer of this meeting, Edwin Clarissa naturally had to step forward and preside over it. He said, "I won't waste time on unnecessary words. I'm sure everyone can see that the situation for this Duel Showdown isn't optimistic. Among us, the only one who can reliably secure three points is Dark Dimon from the second year."
The moment he