The next morning.

7:49 am.

 All eight of them were at the hotel's restaurant's VIP section, seated around a large round table made of rosewood. Through mind link, they discussed who among them would possibly battle today and also the various strategy that could be used. Phoenix provided quite a lot of help in the latter regard but didn't divulge too much since it might lead the other 6 to deduce something that he didn't want them to. Then he and Lavana surprisingly chose to talk to the six ...