Monday morning, the next day.
The competition was happening at 6 AM in the morning according to the timer, so the three of us - Hina-nee, Aisa, and I - got up at 5:30. Aisa served as a living(?) alarm.
We quickly used the mouthwash and cleaned our faces before taking a quick shower to feel refreshed for the day. There was a big battle ahead of us - the preliminaries would be eliminating tons of people, so there was a high chance we would have to fight more than once.
We exited the inn shortly after and saw that the streets were bustling with people. It seemed that all the citizens of Qilian City were excited for this event. They seemed to all to be heading for the center of the town, but just to be safe, I opened up my System, navigated to the Minimap tab, and set quest tracking to ON, eyeing the time in the process. 5:55 AM.
I picked up my pace, telling the other two to follow me as I headed towards the translucent glowing yellow pin I could see even after closing my System.