"Anyway," I continued, lowering my voice to near a whisper and beckoning Jingjing and Qiang to lean in close, "I'm going to try to find Du Wuhan and maybe a few others before we start. If Lu Bao is any indication of Cat's followers, I seriously doubt now that they're finally going to make a move, that they'll have any qualms about killing other hopefuls in the Dragon Cup in the process of getting us. I say we head in as soon as possible so that there's as few others to get caught in the crossfire as possible."
"Hmm..." It was a bit strange to see Qiang looking thoughtful. "It would tip them off if we tried to warn most or all of the participants, but if they're really going to wait until the second stage to act...I don't recall it being in the rules that one who has acquired 5 other participation slips must immediately proceed without eliminating any others. It might also tip them off if the two of you go around eliminating as many as possible...but not if someone like me does."
