He got no reply from Reon for the rest of the evening. Hitori went to the restaurant for dinner and came back to the room. He found Akemi lying on the bed and no one else inside.
"Did you hear what happened to Kamiya?" he asked. He went inside and took off his cloak.
"I did. Senso-sensei told me you were there, too, then you suddenly ran away, as if you were scared."
"Oh, I was not scared, it was something urgent from the game."
Akemi went silent. She did not want to touch on that topic. Hitori changed, took a bath, and came out of the washroom.
"Dinner?"
"Done."
"Is he coming back?"
"They say he needs a long rest of a day before he can fight again. Thankfully, he was declared the winner."
"So is he out of the knockouts now?"
"He won the play-offs, his rank is right beneath you, the fifth spot."
"Oh..." Hitori dropped his hands. "He qualified." Akemi nodded.