Neither Felix nor Julius dwelled on the issue any longer. After all, these were Star Alliance's rules. What was the point of racking their brains over it when nothing would change?

…

A week passed. When Felix woke up, Argent spoke, "Mr. Zeller, the preliminary round has officially ended. Both towers are now open. A total of 201 people survived the preliminaries."

Felix couldn't help feeling moved. As expected, only about 200 people had passed—this competition really was brutal. Without wasti