The calm before the storm

Despite looking for two days straight John could not find a single trace of Melody. He had pretty much searched every corner of the Capital but there was nothing. Even now he could not understand how she and the other geniuses disappeared right in the middle of the city that had almost all the powerful people in the Empire. 

He went around the city and even look outside, he searched all the nearby areas but he found nothing. The second day of searching ended with him unable to do anything at all. The following day arrived and the tournament continued, despite everything going on in the Empire. 

John no longer wished to participate and wanted to continue his search, but he couldn't just not go as that would be insulting the other contestants that had already failed. It was a good thing that he was scheduled for the very first fight. The opponent John was supposed to face today was the little lady Kiara.