Chapter 428 (2/2)

“No,” answered everyone else.

“What are the kids doing?! One hasn’t returned since yesterday, and the two messengers we sent for them disappeared too!” The important person felt a headache coming on, though he put his worries aside to do his job.

Although Tai Ya and the rest were important characters, their presence was not needed yet. At least not until the official results were out.

After lunch, one of them immediately pulled everyone back into their heated debate…

“Blue wins this battle. Thomas and Athena from blue should have the right.”

“No, I disagree. Athena took a person hostage to blackmail the tiger girl, Tai Ya. If it wasn’t for that, blue would’ve lost…” Another person objected immediately.

“Let’s not forget that blue was winning before that. Without the presence of that impressive tiger girl, blue would’ve won. We cannot deny that blue was very strong.”

“Let’s ALSO not forget blue was winning only because of that human.”

“So what if the human helped? When you are at war, you get all the help you can- even if they are an outsider! There isn’t a problem with that, all we need is results.”

“Results? And if it’s all about results, then what’s the use of this trial? We aim to look at individual performances here…”

Both parties started to argue again. These figures were obviously talking about the mock war results, each representing the red and the blue army.

However, other than these two teams, there was a separate neutral party in the room. They were in charge of making the final decision, also the target of the representatives’ persuasions.

This neutral party consisted of professional judges too. Obviously, they analysed the situation with clear heads and facts, never swayed by persuasion.

“We are choosing the best among us, not deciding which team wins. Both parties may submit your most worthy candidates to us and we will determine the final winner,” declared the judge.

“Athena, Thomas, Taeya of the feline tribe…” The blue team immediately presented all the suitable candidates from their camp, naturally disregarding red’s candidates.

Like blue, red team also put forward their best names and never once mentioned their opponents.

The neutral party had, of course, expected this. It was alright since they were looking for a list to choose from anyway.

However, the most worrying part for them was that both parties would definitely continue to argue after they announced the results because there was no way they could produce an outcome where both would be satisfied. It was either blue or red.

The arguments carried on…

“What’s all this about?” A clear voice rang across the hall, with a hint of confusion in its tone.