"After the first round, the top of Group B7 is—oh-ho! South City's own nimble black cat, Jiang Han of South City's Rainy Night Club! She stands first with thirty-two wins and zero losses!"
"In second place are Lilith and Annie Caldwell. The two witches are tied for second with two losses each."
"Third is Nanazawa An of South City's Greedy Umbrella. Thirty-two matches and three losses is a respectable record, but it is nowhere near enough to qualify from this group. She'll have to work harder."
Groups like this were always the same. Apart from the four witches with a chance of qualifying, the rest found even a single win hard to come by.
Jiang Han's current record guaranteed her at least a tiebreaker.
So long as she did not throw, insist on losing to an ordinary witch, then suffer a three-match losing streak against Lilith, Annie, and Nanazawa An to reach four losses, there was basically no chance of her being eliminated. Even with four losses, there was still a strong chance she could make the tiebreakers.
After all, Lilith and Annie were bound to face each other. One of them would fall to three losses, and Nanazawa An might take a bite out of them too. It was very possible that one person would qualify while the other three entered tiebreakers.
But if Jiang Han did not throw, she would have at most three losses and tie Nanazawa An. Then, if Nanazawa An pummeled Annie and Lilith in two straight matches, it would directly become a three-for-two qualification battle.
Of course, if some NT handed Jiang Han a win, then she would have at most two losses and qualify for sure.
After the first round's break, the second round was about to begin.
A terrified scream came from