Niftan felt some gazes on him, and he controlled his face not to change his expression or facepalm. In any case, there was no way to change Rise's mind once he had already decided to do something.
He could only ignore the gazes.
Seeing his attitude, the other higher-ups could not help but sigh. Of course, they expected this. Who would not know how he indulged his son?
However, none of them stood up to stop the duel either. In fact, most of them showed anticipation. Epsilon was an S-rank esper, but he was newly awakened, after all. And they had yet to see his capabilities.
Rise, on the other hand, his abilities were known to everyone. It would be best to use him to test the newly registered S-rank. Although Epsilon showed his abilities earlier, fighting a dummy was ultimately different from dueling a seasoned veteran like Rise.
