Tournament (2)

Tournament day arrived.

Since the lineups had already been determined, many of the weaker countries forfeited early after seeing the bracket.

The bracket was redrawn excluding the countries that had forfeited, and only after this was repeated twice or more were the final opponents decided.

Korea's first opponent today was Iran. They had three A-ranks and thirteen B-ranks, a force similar to ours.

They were an opponent we could beat even without me using my full strength. With 32 countries remaining, moving up in the rankings didn't seem difficult if we performed well in just two matches.

However, Kim Chahun had grimaced and said,

-Ah... This is seriously annoying.

-Why? They look weak.

-They'd think the same about us. That's not what's important. They...

They use the exact same strategy as in soccer...