Aside from the 56-strong people, 12 other people were going to get a free pass to the next round. After all, the Blackhawk Academy had 12 people missing.
The various academies whispered to themselves about how the Blackhawk Academy was going to lose, or how unfortunate of timing it was. Some even talked about who could have possibly done this, with a few coming closer to the answer than they could imagine.
To the members of the Blackhawk Academy, none of this truly mattered. They were all simply focused on the competition at hand.
Once the names of the seeded members were revealed on the light board, everyone looked at it to judge who became the lucky one.
12 people immediately cheered as they didn't have to fight anyone the first time around. However, when they looked at the 2nd round, they frowned.
