"Warner is right. Audrey, you've seen Steve's character for yourself clearly today. Do you really want to spend a million dollars to invite garbage like him into the team? He doesn't deserve it at all!" Nathaniel sneered.

After a moment of silence, Audrey said, "I am absolutely sure that he will come. He was brave enough to accept such a terrible challenge at the last new recruits welcoming group battle, and although Lawrence is stronger than him, he will definitely dare to face this challenge."

"I also think he'll come. He's not ordinary, and I don't think he's such a sc.u.mbag." Jenna nodded in agreement.

Warner and Nathaniel's faces suddenly grew gloomy. After all, they were Jenna's and Audrey's suitors, and they were also members of each other's team.

Warner himself was very talented, so many of the teams wanted him to join them. However, since he had taken such a fancy to Jenna, he joined the Bauhinia Battle Team.

Yesterday, however, he heard that Jenna had agreed to date a new recruit to get him to join her team. This had irritated Warner, who had tried hard to pursue Jenna, without having Jenna even look at him once. Now, in order to get Steve into the team, she had promised to date Steve!

Warner was beyond jealous, especially when he saw Steve's bad behavior on the internet today. He did not care if it was the truth. In fact, he had secretly fanned the flames, constantly slandering Steve online.

Nathaniel's situation was similar to Warner's. He was well-known among the veterans, as his basic cell value had reached more than 390 points, making him the most likely genius to break through to 400 points. The Watt Battle Team had spent half a million dollars in order to bring him into the team.

After entering the battle team, Nathaniel was attracted by Audrey and had admired her. Yesterday, when he knew that Audrey was willing to spend a million dollars to get Steve into the battle team, and also discovered that Steve was only a new recruit who had entered the military base for less than a week, Nathaniel was equally jealous and angry.

He said, "I only got half a million dollars to join the battle team. Steve was just a recruit, yet he got offered a million dollars to join! Am I no better than a recruit?"

Nathaniel was very dissatisfied with Steve.

Why is Steve worth twice as much as I was?

As for thinking of Steve as a love rival, it never crossed his mind. This was because, to him, Steve was a mere recruit, who did not have the qualifications to be his love rival. Unlike Nathaniel, Warner was jealous of Steve because Jenna had promised to date him.

"Audrey, you only met Steve yesterday. How can you know what he is like?" Nathaniel sighed. "I think you are wrong. He may be a sc.u.mbag and have bad character."

"This time, I agree with Nathaniel's statement. Everyone saw the video and pictures, which clearly show that he bullied the Black Tiger shop clerk and started to attack people, almost killing Eric! Although he is strong, sc.u.m like him should not be allowed to join the team." Warner nodded in agreement.

As both of them constantly planted the idea that Steve was a vicious man in the ears of Audrey and Jenna, everyone else was discussing whether or not Steve would dare to show up. If he didn't have the courage to accept the challenge, he would appear to be a real coward in front of everyone. Then, Steve would forever be the object of disgust and contempt for soldiers in the future.

At this time, not only were the soldiers concerned about this battle, but the instructors and officers were also deeply invested in the outcome as well. However, they did not wait in the Original Gravity Tower, but in the internal command center of the Original Gravity Tower. There they sat, observing the scene through monitoring cameras.

"Steve can't be that kind of person.," Wendy said affirmatively. "James, has the deleted video been restored?"

"Chief Instructor, the hacker who did this is quite skilled, and the video is still being restored," James responded.

"Wendy, since you're so sure that Steve's not that kind of person, are you also sure that he's going to come?" Nixon laughed as he asked.

"Isn't he coming now?" Wendy suddenly smiled and pointed to a slowly approaching figure in the camera image.