Time flew by, and the Stella Academy’s League of Spirits selection tournament finally began. Unlike conventional tournaments that focus on a single match at a time, the Stella selection tournament had multiple matches running simultaneously to save time.

Instead of a knockout format, a point-based system was in place. Teams with the highest points by the end of the tournament earned the right to advance to the national competition. However, only two or three teams per year could claim this honor, so competition was fierce.

With 32 participating teams, most of which had been trained systematically, each match promised to …