Shrek suddenly threw an arm around his shoulders and said fervently, "But it's fine. Since we've already gathered together, how can we disband over such a trivial matter? The plan remains unchanged—we're heading to the Blue Restaurant!"
If even the sixth-year senior had said so, what else could the third-year juniors do?
White God, Emma Mortis, and Sara Swati exchanged glances and could only agree helplessly.
In any case, the Blue Restaurant remained their objective.
Though Duel City had been astonishing at first sight, once they recovered from the shock, they realized that its overall size was not particularly large, limited as it was by the area of the Duel Hall.
Even if they split into eight groups, regrouping would not be difficult.
Moreover, as the landmark buildings of Duel City, the Blue Restaurant and Red Restaurant would have a clear influence on the contestants' patterns of movement.
Contestants with a strong desire to duel would gravitate toward those two restaurants. Those with little interest in dueling would mostly linger around the edges of the venue, concealing themselves.
Both patterns of movement were easy enough to understand.
With that as the basis for their considerations, the contestants naturally made similar choices and would soon run into one another.
The group of three consisting of Dark Demon, Diana Greatbear, and Aurora Montilfali planned to operate around the edge of the city first, searching for contestants avoiding duels and harvesting points from them.
The remaining four upper-year contestants outside those two teams did not act entirely alone, either.
Winnie Scathach took the initiative to approach Pandora. As both were members of the Literature Club, they decided to act together for the time being.
That left Ailuli Clarissa and Gina Grant to form a pair.
These early combinations were not especially solid. They