章 303: The First Bout

"How am I supposed to sleep tonight, exactly?" 

Fiddling with his own fingers, Ren looked at the others present in the sizely, yet compact room filled with over a half dozen other people. 

"Right? It's so exciting, isn't it!?"

Giddy at the thought of the tournament, Jae-Seong smiled widely as he was stretched out across one of the long, lounge sofas with his arms tucked behind his head. 

"Yeah, let's call it that…"

Ren sighed, looking to his side at the girl who sat directly beside him on the surprisingly comfortable sofa. 

Amidst the continuous chit chat between the others in his group present in their personalized quarters, Iris remained quiet; Hongse had already long since passed out after filling his belly with the aforementioned accommodations--filling the room with his sleeping roars. 

"How're you feeling?" 

"Mm...I don't know really; my stomach is in knots…"