The door finished opening completely, letting in the last person missing.
Gerald stopped as soon as he crossed the threshold.
His gaze swept the room quickly, but didn't take long to stop upon recognizing the faces before him.
His eyes opened a bit more than normal, and his expression shifted from simple curiosity to a quite evident mix of surprise and tension.
Somewhat messy black hair, chubby body, slightly hunched posture... he didn't exactly impose.
But at that moment, what stood out most was his reaction.
"Ah..." he let out, almost without realizing it.
First he looked at Aku.
He recognized him instantly.
It was impossible not to.
The memory still seemed too vivid. The beginning of the trial, the chaos, the pressure... and that brutal beating that left him completely out of the game before the combat even started.
Gerald couldn't admit he held a grudge against Aku. However, Aku was everything Gerald wasn't.
Handsome and unfairly powerful.
