[The Academy Tournament will commence next Wednesday. The event will be broadcast live across the Alliance. We welcome everyone to watch civilly and cheer for the students.]
The tournament was a major event in the Alliance, and the people enthusiastically discussed it, leaving messages on the websites of their favorite schools, urging them to send their best new students to compete.
Many, sensing an opportunity, began predicting the format and content of the Academy Tournament tests. Some even set up betting pools, inviting gamblers to wager on which academy would ultimately claim victory.
Yuka didn't have much of a reaction to this, but Toru, still in the lab, became anxious when he heard about it.
