The Final Exams.
It would take about about 4 Days.
The fourth day would be the Final Fight.
Today, the is the first day and the tournament is using an eliminations format.
With more than six hundred students, over half would be eliminated in just the first round.
The students will have to fight multiple rounds in the first day until the remaining is the last 64 students.
Eiji arrived at the stadium which was situated at the other side of the city.
Eiji went to the participants lobby to register his name, and wait for the announcement.
As he looked for a seat, he saw his classmates ahead and Lime who was waving her hands and shouting for him.
"Eiji! Eiji! Here!"
Eiji went towards her and sat at the chair she reserved for him.
His classmates were also there sitting and waiting in anticipation.
This was their first time participating in such a huge event, And they were the ones involved in it!
They were nervous but also eager.
"Hahha! I will win this tournament and become famous in the whole country and after that the whole world!!!!"
Same as always, Renji Barto made sure people were always watching him.
At one of the seats, Ignis Newark, glanced at him but didn't say anything.
Both of them competed with each other all these years, though Newark has a bit of an edge because of his Blood Sword power, Renji caught up to him through will power and determination.
This greatly affected Newark, as this was a proof that just because he was from a huge clan and great genes, doesn't mean that he can be negligent in his training.
Both of them sees each other as rivals and are competing for the number one spot in the class and a higher ranking in this tournament from each other.
Eiji was being disregarded, from their perspective, although Eiji mastered the Quick Draw Technique, he was just a scholar type person in the room.
As he basically dominated the 1st rank of the academics for 4 years, and still did it in this last year!
"Good Morning Everyone! Today we will begin the annual 5th grade tournament!
We will have multiple matches for today until only 64 out of the 680 participants are left!
And without further ado, we shall start the tournament, Now!"
The short announcement was said by the school headmaster, Doron Brian.
He was an old man full of white hair. But he walks straight and was full of vigor.
Apart from his wrinkles and white hair, he doesn't look like an old man in his late 70s!
He was a straight forward person and didn't like being long winded and slow, so he directly spoke the intention of todays event and what would be the last number of participants at the end of the day!
It gave a lot of pressure to the kids, but Headmaster Doron believed that only by giving constant pressure and overcoming such things can they truly grow stronger.
Then, the Stadium was divided into 10 small arena and the elimination rounds would begin in each of them.
The competition started as the teachers acting as a referee called out their names in the arena as they started their individual matches.
Eiji and his classmates watched the matches seriously, from their previous class competitions, they knew that knowing your enemies are essential to winning your battles.
Even the rough and roudy Renji was closely watching the matches, as well as his rival Newark.
The reason for this vigilance was because of Eiji, he didn't tell anyone when he mastered the Quick Draw technique, so when the class competitions came, he basically destroyed all of them in one swing!
This taught them a lesson of knowing your enemies before fighting.
Because of this, a lot the other kids suddenly showed talent in intel gathering as they were able to gather hidden information about the kids in other classes.
Now there were kids that called themselves the Sword Sheaths!
They said that they hope to gather information even from the slightest change inside the sheaths of their opponents!
Although right now all they could gather were just the rumors from school and from their own observations.
This was also known from the other kids classes and they also created their own intel organizations, but because of the headstart the Sword Sheaths, a lot of the kids joined them and gathered a lot of information in the school.
And for those that are busy training and are lazy to do a reconnaissance, they buy information for them.
Of course the school personnel knew of this but didn't do anything and in fact gave them a club house for their meetings.
For the school, this was a sign of growth and maturity for the kids.
This was also the first club of the school which was pretty significant for the sword Sheath members as they would go down in the history of the school for their revolutionary ideas!
Now at the stadiums, there were a lot of kids that were writing notes in their papers, gathering information as much as they can.
Eiji who was the cause of the sudden new organization in the school, just shook his head at them.
He didn't care as he was focused on the training and teachings his master had given him.
The matches continued on and finally one of his classmates was called to one of the arenas.
It was Lime Zenith!
End Of Chapter.