Chapter 218 - 1st Match (1/2)

”Weren't they hired bu Fortuna? Weren't you hired by him as well?” asked Natsu.

”Hmph, I may have taken his money, but I will do whatever I want” grinned Sogetsu.

”You haven't changed at all” sighed Natsu with an eye-roll, ”You and Ryozanpaku really do get into scamming your scammers. I can see why you and Kensei are brothers.”

A bit curious about that statement, Sogetsu asked Natsu to clarify that statement. He started laughing when he heard about the dojo challenging fee.

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The next morning came as Ryozanpaku, Shinpaku, and Busujima sword style were walking to there arena none of them noticed Ukita looking at Shiratori but that was also because of his shades. He was fine until he didn't know about Shiratori being a girl but now that he knew he couldn't help but look at him differently.

Soon enough, they were all lined up with the other competitors. Renka was part of the Shinpaku Alliance but since her father was in Ryozanpaku she opted to stand with Kensei's daughter. There were, of course, some fine details that needed to be worked out, but she didn't care. She just wanted to fight too!

Standing in front of The Shinpaku Alliance was Niijima himself with Matsui behind him, proudly waving the flag of The Shinpaku Alliance.

For the Busujima sword style, Saeko Busujima and Bobbi Morse stood side by side while Rukia Busujima stood behind the two.

”Now without further ado, please allow our host, one of the One Shadow Nine Fists, Carlo Diego, to make his opening speech!” announced the announcer wearing a Lucha Libre mask styled with a single eye in the center.

Diego coughed a bit to clear his throat before taking a deep breath, ”The Desperate Fight OF Disciples begins now! I have poured my heart and soul into this, so do enjoy my work. I will give a brief summary of the rules though it's really not complicated. Five people make a team and all you have to do is defeat them all! Winning teams advances to the next round, the battle format can change from the situation. If someone has enough confidence, there's no need for a five-man team, but your chances of winning are lower. And finally, please make this a superb show!”

The audience politely clapped at the end of the speech as fighters made their way to their waiting areas. Ryozanpaku and Shinpaku opted to sit together in the same booth for safety with the masters. Miu also called Saeko, Bobbi, and Rukia to sit with them since there were a lot of empty seats available.

”And let's begin our first match!” declared the announcer, ”Our first team's member has no name, even their nationality is unknown, they are the unknown special forces! Black Force. And their opponent is The Shinpaku Alliance”

”Ah?” Miu and Renka exclaimed.

Saeko was surprised as well but it wasn't anywhere near the level of how The Shinpaku Alliance reacted.

Ukita was sweating bullets, Tsuji and Takeda were surprised but at the same time excited as well, Kaname was shocked but didn't react much, Siegfried was busy creating another symphony to react at all while Yuma was just surprised and he voiced it well.

Niijima was surprised as well as he hadn't selected who will participate and who will be going first.

”Ah, I am going to stay out of this one,” said Sakaki.

Kenichi knew that they will win but he didn't want them to suffer or more like Mizunuma to suffer just so that he could fill his team with confidence.

So he stood up all called Niijima to his side.

”I still don't understand! No matter how you look at them, they are still students and they dare to go against Special Forces. how did they even catch your eyes? It doesn't matter really since the result is clear.” said Fortuna sitting beside Diego.