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Day 2 of BATTLER, 9:00 am.

The main event at this year's Battler was the WGCS National Final Qualifier by Zero Wars VR.

However, the entire BATTLER venue was also hosting several game competitions, booths for new releases, and entertainment events such as yesterday's Punching Power Contest.

Including the food stalls that Suupaa and Nana enjoyed yesterday, the event overall was a huge success.

The Zero Wars VR live-action section is doing especially well in the midst of it all. They had already filled up all their seats, and right now a crowd of spectators had gathered to watch the game from the stands.

"Now it's time to begin! The highlight event of this year's BATTLER! It's the final qualifying round for the WGCS All-Stars, the battle to determine the strongest team in Zero Wars VR! The curtain is now rising on the heated competition among the 48 teams that made it through the qualifying rounds!"

"The host is the ever-familiar me, the Sebas-chan."

"And me, Michael! Zero Wars VR is honestly still very new to me! But I'm as enthusiastic as anyone! I, who had some free time on my hands, decided to assist as MC, so here I am!"

Standing on stage are the two MCs doing today's play-by-play, plus one other woman.

Sebas and Michael were the MCs who were hosting the [Punching Power Competition] yesterday, and the other woman was also someone who could be called a regular face if you had been following the official Zero Wars VR tournament.

"We also have Department Manager Tanaka from the [High-Weapon Development Division of Zero Wars Management Company] here today as a commentator. Tanaka, please give some words to the audience."

"Yes, I am Tanaka from the management company. Pleased to meet you all."

A modestly dressed woman in bottle-bottomed glasses and a white lab coat spoke to the audience in an flat tone.

[The High High-Weapon Development Division of Zero Wars Management Company] is the agency that is responsible for the development and coordination of weapons in Zero Wars. Based on the official setting they are the so-called [Management Company] is the term used when management members come to official events.

Tanaka is in charge of presenting at official events, and she usually travels to official Zero Wars-related events.

Therefore, along with Sebas, who tends to be assigned as MC for Zero Wars users, Tanaka is also a 'usual' member of these kind of event.

"The time was 9:00 am, which is still very early! But there are a total of 11 matches today, so we need to keep things moving quickly!"

"I see, okay then. The first match will start in 30 minutes. Let's reconfirm the rules first. Now, Mrs. Tanaka, if you please."

"Thank you. So, in the main round, each of the 12 teams will be divided into 4 blocks, A to D, and play 2 matches each. The top three teams will advance to the final round, where the remaining 12 teams will play three matches. The top two teams in the final round will be awarded the right to participate in the World Gamers Championship All-Stars."

"The so-famous WGCS! It's every gamer's dream stage! By the way, what is the method used to determine the standings in each round?"

"There are two points that determine the ranking. One is survivor points. Those points are awarded based on the team's survivor ranking in the match. And the other is kill points. This one are awarded based on the number of kills earned by the entire team before being eliminated or winning. The team with the highest sum of these two types of points is the winner."