Round after round of selection weeded out those who had been passionate and eager to defeat her; they dropped out, discouraged by their own lack of strength.
Following that, Cassie Ferguson, who had harbored animosity towards Flossie from the start, was singled out and removed, along with the previously loudest and most formidable.
They weren't facing each other directly, but every move infuriated people significantly.
Yet—
There was nothing they could do about it!
The most infuriating thing in the world isn't that you can't surpass someone; it's that you don't even have the chance to try!
It was infuriating to the extreme!
"Keep an eye on her in the future," Dallion Collins suddenly warned.
"...Huh?"
Joshua Bailey was somewhat puzzled.