Babylon-
The Main Island, Upper Yard.
Deep in the jungle on its eastern side lay an area known as God's Trial Grounds.
Sephiroth had none of Enel's desire to "have some fun."
This place simply served as a comprehensive training ground for the Knights, with various challenges set up.
The Knights' promotion assessments at different stages were also held here.
In plain terms, the Knights took test one at the Church in Birka, test two at the Babylon Temple, and test three here.
And in the center of the trial area... a Chunin Exam Tower straight out of that ninja village had been built, seemingly as a nod to the meme.
The monitoring room inside the tower was a spacious hall.
Dozens of screens were set into the curved wall, displaying live footage from different parts of the trial grounds-tropical jungle, cloud waterways, stone steps, and the canopy, with white-clad Divine Soldiers occasionally darting past the cameras.
Several technicians in white uniforms sat at the consoles, watching the screens and occasionally tapping their keyboards.
In the lounge nook farther inside the hall, seven people sat in a semicircular booth, with assorted refreshments laid out on the round table inside it.
Uta sat in the middle, holding a cup of milk tea.
She wore a Female Knights dress uniform, predominantly red with white accents. It had a standing collar, a fitted waist, gold buttons, and Babylon's emblem embroidered on the epaulets. A red stripe ran down the side of her white knight's trousers, and she wore white ankle boots. Her red-and-white hair was tied into her usual rabbit-ear buns.
"...Why aren't they here yet?"
Uta set down her milk tea and puffed out her cheeks.
"Miss Uta, they probably only just set out."
Baby 5 answered from beside her.
She wore