Axel chuckled, his expression turning serious for a moment. "Don't worry, it was just a little test," he assured them, his tone light. "You should probably get back to training."
With that, Axel turned his attention back to the drone.
"Well, that's it folks," he announced.
"Doesn't seem to be anything special about this group. Neither curious nor observant, otherwise they would have noticed the little detail about the monsters lacking shadows. Holograms, people, holograms!"
Axel continued, "So, it seems these newbies weren't geeks or geniuses but were just lucky."
Comments started rolling in:
"I knew it!"
"T..T no fair!"
"Just bad luck for us, I guess."
"Those guys had no chance!"
"They must have used connections or something."
Blitz, still amused by the prank, nudged Axel. "Hey, there are plenty of other teams to mess around with. Let's go!"
