Shirazumi had averted his eyes to the scene which unfolded nearby, he was surprised, perhaps even shocked that one of their own would actually just brawl like a common street gang or Skillouts. He had hoped that the others too, would too either not notice or pretend so but that was not the case.<br/><br/>The boy thought he felt a vein pulse on his temple as Sasha decided to acknowledge the boy.<span style="font-style: italic">Oh god, this isn't going to end well.</span>He thought of asking if he was done beating the poor guy up but that would probably be seen as a provocation to attack. Instead he nodded when he was addressed, "We need one more person on our team. However, it would certainly help if you did not place yourself in peril of getting expelled if you are going to join us. We will need everyone to be in this, as one of our school's level fives is out of the running which sets us back by a little against our rivals. There will be plenty of time to gloat instead of resorting to violence."<br/><br/>He gestured to the booths, "So shall we get going? I heard we will need to decide on a leader or captain to receive the instructions and information. So if anyone wishes to take the position, do state so." Shirazumi turned his head slightly, casting a side ward glance at the Houruichi students.<br/><br/>------<br/><br/>Evan flipped through a booklet handed to him by a student volunteer. It contained various snippets of information regarding the preliminaries and how the different teams would be sorted into their brackets.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic"><span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="font-size: 125%; line-height: 116%;">Rules:</span></span><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">General:</span><br/>Each team may only have five members on the field at any one time. <br/>The tournament will be in double elimination format.<br/>Failure to attend the matches will result in instant elimination.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Levels:</span><br/>Level zero to two powers will be amplified by one as according the Tesseract II's tables of known ability level amplifications. <br/>Level five abilities will be nullified to level 4 so as to ensure a much more level playing field for the lower leveled.<br/><br/><span style="font-weight: bold">Preliminaries:</span><br/>The preliminary rounds will be judged by an AAI Tesseract Module along with three other lesser AIs. <br/>The teams will be sorted according to their ranking in ability creativity, ability handling, mobility, teamwork and situational awareness.</span><br/><br/>After a quick skim of the first page, he closed it and went to stand behind two students who were wearing the school uniform. He did not say anything but could not help but feel that just like him, they were lacking in teammates.