For the next while.
The group sat in the lounge area, enjoying tofu pudding and chatting intermittently.
When one in the afternoon rolled around.
The previously empty arena gradually grew lively.
Contestants and spectators arrived one after another, bringing a somewhat noisy buzz of conversation.
Gu Qing quietly watched the arrivals and spotted quite a few familiar faces.
Lin Tianyang, who had recruited him into Night Court.
Zhao Chuan, an instructor for the Awakened Team.
Song Anni and her team members.
He Haikun, with the [Traitor] tag above his head.
Deacon Tian, the head of the Field Operations Department.
And Deacon He, who managed the Storehouse and had argued with him before.
There was also Guan Qi, the middle-aged male healer with the [Daddy] tag above his head.
When Gu Qing's arm had been injured by that Rat God Cult Follower in a white lab coat, this Daddy named Guan Qi, who looked around forty, had healed him.
Gu Qing reckoned this Daddy had probably been assigned to attend the competition as a healer.
After all, this was the deputy captain selection held once every six months, and the contestants would certainly give it their all to become deputy captains.
And when both sides fought at full power, injuries would be inevitable.
That was why a healer needed to be stationed there to treat injured contestants.
Besides these familiar faces, there were plenty of strangers whose names he did not know.
Gu Qing continued surveying the venue and noticed that the Court Master and the other senior Night Court officials were absent.
He knew who Night Court's senior officials were.
Not long ago, he had attended an emergency Night Court meeting.
It was the meeting where Night Court's Court Master, Lu Chenye, had announced to all of Night Court's Supernatural