User blog comment:IamJakuhoRaikoben/Chapter 422: Orochi's Fin, Review./@comment-7418318-20150302120721/@comment-7418318-20150302121254

On Tenrou Blue Note wasn't particularly excited about fighting small-fry. The only one he really wanted to fight for the sake of fighting was Gildarts.

So Hiro could have held Blue Note back a bit longer and let Wendy and Chelia show off more of their abilities before grounding them.