When Gaspar heard what Madden was saying, his lips formed a faint, icy smile no one could notice.

Gaspar would do everything he could to stop Harvey from gaining any recognition, especially when the tournament's main goal was to strip him of his title as representative.

If Harvey was the one who saved them from this predicament, the tournament would instead become a tool to help Harvey gain recognition. After that, his status in the Alliance would become extremely firm and no one could touch him again.

That was something Gaspar and the others could never accept.

As someone from the training grounds, they wouldn't allow what was theirs to become someone else's instead.

Not to mention, Harvey was so young. If he became the representative permanently, he would stay in that position for decades. And once all those decades had passed, would the training grounds still have a voice within the Alliance?

However, just as Gaspar was about to conclude this with one last speech to reject Ha