Seeing that they were all silent, Xia Jinyuan let No. 1 speak for himself.
No. 1, who acknowledged his own strength, replied to Xia Jinyuan, "I believe that I can win!"
"Not bad. You're very confident." His sonorous reply made Xia Jinyuan smile. If a soldier didn't have confidence in his own strength, he wouldn't be a good soldier!
He asked the other male soldiers who would win.
No. 1 shouted, "I choose No. 1!"
He suddenly answered first. The other comrades were silent for less than three seconds before answering Xia Jinyuan in unison, "No. 1 will win!"
None of them chose Azure Bird. Even though Azure Bird was slightly better than No. 1 during training, they still chose No. 1.
They had seen the strength of No. 1. They were more inclined to believe that No. 1 would win.