261 The Screening

Just as I was wondering about the possibility that the one who sent me the auction invite had already caught wind of Light, albeit vaguely, I noticed someone's gaze directed towards me…

'Oh, it's him…'

It turned out to be the piercing gaze of that martial fire fist guy who was standing in the far most corner of the platform, but while it did look like a gaze full of resentment and hostility, I could tell that it was supposed to be his way of recognizing me as his rival…

'That one didn't count, I was taken by surprise, so I really want a rematch so we can truly compare our strength' was what he probably had in mind at this moment or something along these lines, but I spared him none of my attention as I simply ignored him and went back to my ponderings...

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Clap. Clap.

An hour had finally passed while we were waiting as the organizer went back to his position, grabbing the attention of the 177 participants with a few claps…