Later, K and C-760 had gone back to their own hostel to have a rest as well as getting prepared for the elimination round the next morning while Sky's team had gone into Ben's mini dimension for a brief discussion.
"Ben, are you actually knowing this thing would happen?" Sky asked.
"Not really, just I happened to have some personal grudge with that team." said Ben in a casual tone.
"I see... Actually, I am kind of interested to know it in detail, but now it seems like we are having a more important thing that needs to be discussed right now... With Bob been forcibly kicked out from the tournament, we need to get a person to replace him, but the only people available now are Ben and Jason, but Jason is a deity as well... So... " said Sky, a bit hesitant.
"Eh? Darling? Are you sure you are going to let Ben-chan to join the tournament? You know his heart is not very good." said Maria, a bit worried.
"Tsk... I know, but he is the only candidate I can think about... Or maybe I will try to find a random person that is willing to replace Bob's position." said Sky, a bit anxious.
"I am fine about joining the tournament if that's the last resort... Anyway, show me your wound, I have been catching a scent of blood from you since you returned from the mountain this morning." said Ben.
"Ah... Haha! You noticed it after all." said Sky, a bit awkward.
"What? Darling! You are injured? Why didn't I even notice it?" said Maria, a bit shock.
"Don't worry, it's not anything serious." said Sky as he took off the shoe from his left leg and rolled up the bottom of his pant showing the wound around his ankle that he briefly bandaged with some torn pieces of cloth.
"How did you get that injury? It seems like there is some sort of organic substance that had been stopping your self-recovery ability." said Ben as he examined the wound of Sky's ankle.
"It was from some sort of carnivorous plants... Well, it was a trap after all." said Sky.
"I think I have some herbs that are able to neutralize such organic substance... Hold on." said Ben as he waved his hand and switched the space to laboratory mode.
Ben took out some finely selected herbs from different drawers and crushed them up into fine powder with paste and mortar. Then, he cleaned Sky's wound with saline solution before applied the powder on it. A few minutes later, Sky's wound started recovering on its own and fully recovered in less than a minute.
"Luckily it's just an ordinary organic substance, or else that wound on your ankle will certainly get worse as the tournament progressed." said Ben in a serious tone.
"Oh my! That sounds bad. Darling, are you the only one that gets injured?" Maria asked.
"Well, I guess so... Hold on... Ah, never mind, Mr. Blair has their own team doctor." said Sky, in a casual manner.
"Uh-huh... I guess I should go check on him a bit after this." said Ben, not really confident with what Sky just said.
"Anyway, I will postpone the registration for our team, for now, you will only be our last resort if I really can't find any replacement before tomorrow 7 am." said Sky,
Ben nodded.
However, it's certainly not an easy task to get a replacement for Bob. According to the rules, all the contestants and healers are not allowed to leave the town during the tournament, which means Sky can only seek for help from people in the town. Furthermore, someone seems to be spreading rumors about Sky's team 'cheating' in the tournament by having a strong deity in their team, due to this reason, no one willing to join his team and lend him a help, including those eliminated contestants. This greatly worsened the situation for Sky...
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After a whole night of fruitless attempts and struggles in the town, Sky returned to the hostel at 6.30 am with a heavy heart. He has no courage to enter the building, he is just standing outside the door while staring at the registration papers that have the registration information of the remained seven people in the team. He still can't find anyone to fill in that blank of Bob.
"It's okay, I am expecting this to happen, so, just hand me the paper and pen." said Ben, who suddenly opened the door of the dorm from inside.
"Ben, are you sure about it? You haven't fully recovered yet from that previous incident." said Sky, rather uncertain.
"Just give me the paper and pen. It's not like you have any other solution." said Ben.
Sky hesitated for a while before slowly took out a ball pen and passed it to Ben along with the registration paper. However, before Ben could reach out to the paper, another person snatched it from behind Sky.
"Indeed, it's an absolutely bad idea to let Ben joining this disastrous mess, even if he is willing to join, I will not allow him to do so." said a man in a cat mask with that familiar voice Sky had been waiting for.
"Chris!" Sky exclaimed.
"I was delayed by some other important matters, I hope it is not too late for me to be here." said Chris as he took off his cat mask, showing his slightly tired face.
"No, you came back just in time." said Sky...
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*Something out of the story
Sky: "Dear readers."
Chris: "Hmm?"
Sky: "This chapter is meant to be released for webnovel.com."
Chris: "Oh! This matter. Yes, if you're reading this chapter on another platform than webnovel.com, know that it's an illegal copy diffused without the Writer's authorization."
Sky: "As what Chris said. Right now, this story is free on the authorized platform, so please read it from authorized platforms as mental support for the writer."
Chris: "Mhm... There are two authorized platforms. One is webnovel.com. And another one is that messy and half-dead Weebly site that she uses for draft and backup... But not recommended."
Sky: "Ah... Haha. Yes, as Chris said."
Chris: "But look out, those scums might change this note to their own website link. So, be cautious.
Sky : "By the way, if the cover page is the old cover page that shows two stickmen, stop reading it, it's cursed and might caused the writer to stop writing."
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