During the first round of probing.
Because Dio and Cheadle had not communicated, Dio had opposed the rule that [Candidates must not cooperate with one another].
The reason was that he thought Cheadle could not handle Pariston alone, so he had rejected it for her without a second thought.
He had nearly infuriated Cheadle to death.
Perhaps out of respect for his wishes, Cheadle had deliberately left that point out of her declaration.
Who knew what this idiot student was thinking? I could only accommodate him for now.
That was what she had thought.
But by now, Dio had actually realized the problem-rather than teaming up with Cheadle and responding passively to risks, would it not be safer to take the initiative and eliminate Pariston directly?
If he used that tactic, there really was no need to tie himself to Cheadle.
In fact, he could not tie himself to her.
With Mizaistom and Cheadle having made their declarations, their rules would absolutely not change.
That meant half of the final rules had effectively already been decided.
Under these circumstances, Ging, who had been observing everyone, noticed that Dio and Cheadle were no longer on the same page.
So, for reasons unknown, he spoke up to remind them.
Actually, even without Ging's reminder, Dio would have directly reminded Cheadle to add it.
But that would probably have been a little awkward for Cheadle. She had just decided to accommodate Dio, only for him not to appreciate it and even ask her to add it himself. She might even have wondered whether he was rejecting her.
"I respect both your opinions, but we should still follow the turn order, shouldn't we?"
Pariston, who had been watching the details all along, suddenly spoke. With his hands folded beneath his chin, he said, "Since