Javier was staring at Claude with the same expression that he had while he was studying everyone else, but once in a while, his mouth would twitch, which meant that he was, in fact, interested in this person. "Just so you know, he was my opponent first!" Russell said loud enough for Javier to hear, which he did. He turned his head to look at Russell and said, "Doesn't matter. He'll have to face me once he defeats you."
"We'll see!" Russell snickered, and Javier shook his head disapprovingly and went back to stare at the disciples again.
"Well, well, well.. kid. I'm impressed!" Russell said with a smirk on his face as he looked at Claude, who was standing next to Senior Beldon and talking to him. "You've got yourself a pretty powerful rival!"