Volume 5 Chapter 32 ACT.163 Ripple (I)
"Huh?"
In the afternoon at the female gladiator dormitory.
After finishing her morning training, Rize walked into the dining hall and felt a strange noise, louder than usual.
"What's going on?"
Unlike the Holy Association, there's no rule against talking during meals here.
The men might not know, but the women's dining area is usually quite lively.
However, this noise had a certain vibe, a kind of color to it.
Normally, it's a mix of different topics, but now it felt like everyone was on the same wavelength.
In other words, they were all talking about the same thing and sharing similar feelings.
To put it simply, it smelled like trouble.
Sensing this, Rize tightened her resolve inside.
After all, she infiltrated as a gladiator to gather information that's hard to find from the outside.
It wasn't to perform dangerous shows in revealing outfits.
She picked up her usual barley meal from the counter and quietly sat near the largest group.
With her back to them, she brought a spoonful of steamed sweet potato to her mouth while focusing her ears to listen.
"──So, why is that happening in the Beast's Vault?"
"I don't know. I heard that some of the beasts died suddenly, which changed the match schedule──"
Piecing together the bits of conversation in her mind, it seemed that several beasts used for gladiatorial fights had died overnight.
Because of this, the gladiators' schedules might also change.
"Since it's happening now, it doesn't seem completely unrelated to us."
But just that wasn't very valuable information.
If the essence of the matter was an outside event, then Alfonso and the others would know more.
So, the information she needed wasn't about the incident itself, but the changes it would cause.
Who would benefit from the schedule changes, and who would suffer?
With a flat gaze, she casually observed the expressions of the gladiators in the dining hall.
"──There!"
Among many gladiators, *one* stood out.
Rize saw someone with a very different expression from others.
She stood up, holding the tray, and walked toward her.
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