The four Knights continued walking. Graffiti tattooed the walls of filthy streets littered with discarded junk of both the mechanical and human variety. While the technology was vastly superior to that of anything Eden had seen on Earth, the sad state of the streets below the labyrinthine highways and shimmering buildings seemed to dull the luster.

"Another reason for the tournament being held here," Azuka went on, "is that the police are just as corrupt as everyone else. ...