137 Chapter 137: The Tournament part 11 (1/2)

Right as the clan heads caught a glimpse of Musashi's gesture, they grouped up and approached him with confused expressions on their faces. They couldn't help but glance at Caesar curiously as they got closer, it appeared as though he and Musashi were in the middle of a deep conversation.

Once they were only about a few meters away from the two, they perked up their ears and listened in on their conversation, and almost immediately, they heard Caesar's proposition. He had wanted to fight all of them at the same time.

This caused Faust, Leo, and the others to furrow their brows. If they accepted such a proposal, it would directly threaten their prestige, many citizens would scream out injustice or unfairness. Although none of the clan heads desired this, the fact remained that Caesar was stronger than them, and this could potentially give them a chance to win.

Thinking to here, the clan heads exchanged looks and nodded. Even if the pedestrians mocked them, it wouldn't matter as long as they won. None of them wanted to end up like Azir, and even if they did lose, they still retained their position on the council.

With these thoughts in mind, they quickened their pace and soon arrived in front of Musashi. They stood shoulder to shoulder with Caesar and bowed whilst flashing a smile… ”do you require something of us?” Faust asked and spoke as a representative for the others.

”Yes… Caesar just suggested something very interesting to me, I was wondering what your thoughts were on the matter” Musashi replied calmly, he knew that Faust and the others had already heard Caesar's earlier words, he didn't feel the need to repeat himself.

Faust nodded in understanding and turned toward the other 9 clan heads, ”shall we decide by vote?” he asked. Even though most of them had a tacit understanding, he still asked out loud for formalities sake.

After his words passed, even Caesar couldn't help but perk up his ears and hear their reply, to which, he was not disappointed. All of them agreed besides Leo, who presumably didn't want either of the awards proposed by Musashi. This confused the others, however, no one blamed him, he was the youngest clan head, after all.

Once the vote was over, Musashi's stone cold face didn't contort. It was clear that he expected such a result. He looked over in Ebisu's direction and a sly smile suddenly appeared on his lips… ”Since Ebisu is among the top 13, he is naturally apart of the council, and since Leo has respectfully declined, he shall participate in this battle instead,” He said with a smug smile whilst glancing at Caesar.

Even if Musashi wanted Caesar to win, he knew that Caesar had many secrets and cards hidden up his sleeve. He was truly interested in what Caesar would do when his back was put up against a wall, not to mention the fact that we wanted to confirm his hypothesis.

This turn of events did, indeed, surprise Caesar. He furrowed his brows while inspecting Musashi, he simply could not understand Musashi's reasoning for doing such a thing, however, the damage had already been done.

”Sigh, very well…” Caesar said with an exasperated sigh while looking in Ebisu's direction. The man had a twisted smile plastered on his face as if he knew exactly what had transpired in the conversation.

”Haha, then I shall inform the others… all of you may take a 30-minute break” Musashi replied with a hearty laugh while sitting up from his chair and walking towards a few nearby referees.

Right as he left, the clan heads also removed themselves and went to go discuss things with Ebisu, their new teammate. Once everyone was gone, Ahri who had been quite up until now, abruptly stood up from her chair and stomped towards Caesar.

”Don't you remember what happened at the skirmish? Just like now, you brazenly challenged them by yourself and lost!” She said angrily with puffed up cheeks and crossed arms.

”I may have lost the fight, however, I still won the war” Caesar replied while inching closer to her, he drooped his head down and stared at her right in the eyes. ”Don't worry… I will win” Caesar said soothingly, but his words didn't calm Ahri in the slightest.

”Why are you always like this? Doing things without telling me? Hiding so many things from me and never doing things together? You want me to trust you, but you don't tell me anything, you don't even trust me…” She snapped back, small droplets of tears threatening to fall from her eyes.