"Zero!!!"
They all glanced at Zero nervously. However, at the moment, Zero was not even paying attention to any of this and was deeply in thought.
The students took this as Zero thinking of some plan and admired him for keeping a straight face even in such a disadvantageous situation. If they had been in Zero's shoes, they know that they would have probably caused a scene.
The opponents were all from the academy which was the enemy of Ace Academy. Furthermore, both Omar Noel and Luciano Elderik, who are Aces of their respective academies, are also in the group, as well as the only Rank-B student. Other students were also quite strong with the weakest being at Rank-D +.
That means Zero had to face all those Top-ranked students by himself. They would have surrendered from the start if it was them.
But this was Zero that they were talking about. Those 9 students were all defeated by Zero in the first round. So would the second round be any different? They didn't think so.