01.02.
As Otto and Chris place their bags down, they then sent out Quartz and Flamey out with their Beast Catcher Rings.
Quartz hurriedly crawls onto Otto's neck and licking him while Flamey sits next to Otto while Chris tries to entice her to come near him.
Otto then pulls out his lunchbox along with a separate lunchbox and gives the lunchbox to Chris.
Chris confsuedly looks at him while an imaginary question mark appears above Chris.
"What is the lunchbox fo–"
Otto pretty annoyed opens the lunchbox and shoves a sandwich to his mouth. Chris unprepared almost coughed the sandwich out on to Flamey but he hold back and chewed the sandwich slowly.
Otto then opens a bag containing jerky for Flamey and Quartz to eat.
While they eat, the announcement for the pre-start of the tournament will comence in an hour, while announcing it the announcer also stated the rules and format of the tournament's battles.
Chris who finished first after hearing the announcement went to look for a drink as they brought none.
"Hey, i'm about to get a drink what do ya want? If you're asking i'm getting a soda."
Otto who looked like he was ready to ask what Chris was gonna get stopped mid-sentence. Instead he answered differently
"Well i will get a soda float then, and get water if there is any for Quartz and Flamey."
"Alright, anythin else?"
"Nope, you can go on your merry way, i'm gonna go look at the 1 versus 1 list."
Chris then leaves after being reassured while Otto walks towards the listing board, as he walks he sees plenty of names and the names opposite it.
He then checks for his name and Chris's while Quartz and Flamey play around.
'Hmm..looks like Chris will be fighting against the shopkeeper's daughter and i will be fighting against an Iron realm Beast Catcher..'
'Why is it that he is so lucky while i am so unlucky..i always get the tough ones..'
Otto then droops gloomily while walking back at their spot.
Otto then looks at the bench they sat at and saw Chris drinking his soda.
"Yo Chris, you got the drinks?"
Chris nods as he gulps down his soda.
Otto then pours the water bottle into a plate for Quartz and Flamey then drank his soda float.
As they drank and chatter about their opponents, the announcer then announces the start of the tournament and calls on forth the Beast Catchers facing one another on the first round.
"Looks like the tournament had started."
"Yeah, i wish you good luck since you will need that luck in your round." Chris then laughes.
Otto felt irritated and nervous facing an Iron Realm Beast Catcher.
They then spectated the battle ongoing between the first rounders on the big screen display.
"Looks like that Brown Dessert Leopard is winning, don't you think?"
"No, the Soul Terror Undead is winning."
"Ehh? I think you need your eyes checked, clearly the Brown Dessert Leopard is winning."
"Hey now! Your the one who need to get their eyes checked! The Soul Terror Undead is winning because the Brown Dessert Leopard has only been attacking it's clone!
"And besides i can clearly see the Brown Dessert Leopard struggling a bit due to it's vitality being stolen by the Soul Terror Undead."
"How come?"
"Because it slowed down and it's breath was in shambles, it used to attack the Soul Terror Undead in a calculated and more faster way but now it was more of a hit and run"
"Even the speed decreased."
"Sooner or later the Brown Dessert Leopard was gonna faint eventually."
"Wow you're so thorough in your observation."
"Of course, as observation is key to winning."
They then turned their head towards the screen and watched.
After awhile the outcome was settled and the Soul Terror Undead's owner won and was set to go to the next round.
Chris was shocked but the shock was lessened as he already knew the outcome from Otto's observation.
Then they watched and watched until it was Chris's turn.