Truly, so are happy while others are worried, each with their own thoughts.
After the top 16 results were announced, everyone felt it was both expected and sowhat unbelievable.
First is Fried, soone who is just as mysterious as Mystogan in the guild, yet he actually ranked in the top three this ti.
Secondly, Juvia and Lucy, two newcors, actually had one score higher than Erza and the other higher than Mystogan.
"Yes!"
"Juvia, we made it to the next round!!"
Lucy hugged Juvia and jumped up excitedly, unable to believe her own eyes.
"Mm-hmm, we made it..."
Juvia, being hugged, had a flushed face and replied subconsciously, her mind elsewhere.
Her gaze, however, drifted past Lucy's chest and looked with difficulty at Gray to the side.
'Gray-sama, did you see that? Juvia made it to the next round!'
'Will Juvia run into Gray-sama then? If I do, what should I do?'
'Ah, how troubleso...'
"Tch, 10th place, huh..."
Gajeel looked at his ranking, snorted, and curled his lip at Natsu next to him.
"I actually have the sa score as this guy."
Feeling unhappy, he looked up and beca even more annoyed.
"Ron! Laxus!"
Gajeel stared fixedly at the two nas ranked first, his fists clenched, revealing an unyielding gaze.
"In the next round, I will definitely win it back!!"
Gajeel wasn't the only one in a bad mood.
Seeing that Natsu's score was higher than his own, Gray was also very unhappy.
"Damn it, Natsu's score is one point higher than mine; how is that possible?!"
"It's probably because the competition is scored based on performance."
Mirajane explained slowly, her eyes curved into crescents.
"Gray, although you also fought Laxus, the main attacker was Mystogan, and you were getting beaten up the whole ti..."
As she spoke, she seed to realize sothing and tapped her delicate chin.
"Oh, Natsu and the others also seed to be getting beaten up the whole ti."
"Could it be because... Ron is harder to deal with than Laxus, so it's one point higher?"
Ron turned his head in surprise, looking at the smiling Mirajane in disbelief.
Crackling—
Beside them, lightning crackled over Laxus; he raised an eyebrow subconsciously, and a glint of lightning flashed in his eyes.
Wakaba was startled, and so ash spilled from his pipe.
"Mira-san, that's truly terrifying..."
Facts proved that beneath the smile of a gentle and sweet girl, there often lies a dark heart.
Natsu didn't notice this at all; instead, he showed off to Gray quite proudly.
"Wahahahaha! Gray, my score is one point higher than yours—"
The mockery of a rival was as effective as ever.
"What did you say?!"
Gray, who was clearly an Ice Wizard, was like a powder keg at this mont, exploding at a touch.
"Tch, what's there to be proud of? Didn't you also lose to Ron!"
"My score is one point higher than yours—"
"Your team lost first!!"
"My score is one point higher than yours—"
"Damn it—!!"
"Take this!!!"
Gray completely broke down, letting out an unwilling wail of a loser, and cold air instantly emanated from his hands.
"You two, be quiet!"
Erza grabbed each of them by the head and slamd them together.
Boom!!
The two brothers imdiately beca well-behaved.
On the other side.
Evergreen flicked her fan to cover the lower half of her face, nudged Bickslow with her elbow, and spoke teasingly.
"It's good that you're lucky, riding Ron's coattails, otherwise you would have fallen out of the top 16!"
Bickslow felt a flash of embarrassnt in his eyes beneath his helt.
Especially when he rembered the bold words he had just spoken about taking on five, only to be cleaned up by the Dragon Twins shortly after.
He felt even more uneasy and secretly glanced at the silent Laxus beside him.
Laxus seed to sense it and glanced over indifferently.
"You couldn't beat those two guys..."
After turning the words over in his mind a few tis, he slowly spoke.
"It's... normal."
"Eh?"
The three mbers of the Thunder God Tribe turned their heads in surprise, looking at Laxus in disbelief.
Evergreen: Did our boss change his personality?
Bickslow: Was that comfort just now? Laxus's comfort?!
Fried: Laxus, you've changed!!
Laxus frowned as they stared, flicked his cape, turned, and walked away.
"Laxus..."
The three of them called out quickly.
"The list for the quarterfinals is coming out soon; won't you stay and see it?"
"No need."
Laxus's confident words drifted on the wind into the ears of everyone in the field.
"Anyway, no matter who it is, they will be defeated by !!!"
Not long after Laxus left, the screen in the sky changed.
"Look at the sky!"
As the voice sounded, everyone stopped talking and looked up.
The original rankings had disappeared, and sixteen nas were randomly shuffling on the screen.
A few seconds later, all the nas stopped and were arranged into eight pairs.
Loke VS Ron
Laxus VS Bickslow
Mirajane VS Elfman
Fried VS Evergreen
Juvia VS Natsu
Erza VS Mystogan
Lucy VS Gajeel
Cana VS Gray
"Is this tomorrow's battle schedule?"
Ron looked at the freshly released list, his expression suddenly becoming quite interesting.
Siblings, teammates, water and fire, S-Class... all kinds of combinations, it really has everything!
"Ah hahaha, this battle schedule is too interesting. Are the Thunder God Tribe going to have internal strife right off the bat?"
Thunder God Tribe: Don't say it, I suspect there's a conspiracy; this is targeting us!!!
"The other pairs don't seem to have any suspense, but for Erza and Mystogan, I'm looking forward to seeing who is stronger..."
Erza looked at tomorrow's opponent with great interest, her eyes full of fighting spirit.
"Mystogan, it seems that the fight we didn't get to have earlier can continue tomorrow."
"..."
Mystogan: Actually... I don't really want to fight you!
"Elfman, do your best!"
Mirajane turned her head and smiled at Elfman, cheering him on.
Elfman, imrsed in his sister's gentle smile, smiled foolishly.
Then he raised his fist and roared loudly.
"Even if it is my sister, a man must fight bravely for his Manliness!"
'Fight bravely?'
Mira gently squeezed her fist.
'It seems like it's been a long ti since I've beaten up my little brother.'
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