649 Was it really alright to be so blissful right before the major tournament battle? (2/2)

Seiji and Shika got on the passenger ship that Natsuya brought them to.

Right, the meeting location was a passenger ship!

The tournament would be held on an island by the name of Momozu Island.

Momozu Island was a formerly inhabited island which was abandoned due to various reasons. There was nobody living on this island now.

Having a large-scale battle on this island would be fine since no matter how large the commotion, it wouldn't attract any attention. Nor would there be any need for a large-scale coverup of the aftermath. This could be called a perfect place to hold a Spiritual Ability user tournament. The only small problem was that it was a bit difficult to get there.

The tournament hosts obtained some passenger ships to help ferry the participants onto Momozu Island.

Of course, it was fine if participants wanted to get onto the island by themselves. They would simply need to arrive at the port on Momozu Island by the designated time.

Natsuya had offered to rent a ship to ferry them there. However, Seiji felt that there was no need when they could just take advantage of the host's free ships.

There would be a certain degree of risk involved with meeting other tournament participants on the ship. Yet, it would also be a chance to communicate with the other participants.

In the worst-case scenario, perhaps there would be a major fight on the ship itself… But Seiji figured that the tournament hosts would prevent such an incident from occurring. Otherwise, what would be the point of the tournament?

But once Seiji boarded the ship, he discovered that all his previous thoughts were unnecessary. That was because there wasn't even a single other passenger!

Seiji and Shika were led to the dining room of the passenger ship. When they saw that only the ship's crew was present, Seiji asked and learned that the two of them were the only Spiritual Ability users to have boarded the ship!

It was already almost the scheduled time for the ship to leave.

Were all the other participants going to the island on their own personal ships?

If that was really the case, Seiji would feel really awkward.

Still, he could bear with this amount of awkwardness. He and Shika would be able to ride on such a large ship all by themselves. Plus, the food and drinks were free here. That was pretty sweet.

Seiji and Shika ordered some food and ate slowly. The servers even turned on the television for them to watch.

Seiji took out his cell phone and took a picture of the completely empty large dining hall. He sent this photo to Natsuya and the others and explained the situation.

”Riding on a large ship all by yourself? I want to experience that as well!” Chiaki was the quickest to respond.

”There's nobody else at all…?” Natsuya was also surprised by this.

”It seems like such a waste,” Mika commented.

Seiji responded to all their comments.

At this moment, footsteps approached. Seiji reflexively turned around and saw two jacketed men that wore sunglasses entering the dining hall.

These two men were participants!

The two men had identical height. Their faces, figures, and clothing were quite similar. They had identical sunglasses, hairstyles, and hair color. They appeared to be twins.

But they actually weren't… Seiji recognized them thanks to Hana's information on the tournament participants. These two men were an assassin duo known as the ”Ishihana husband and wife” duo!

The reason that they were called ”husband and wife” was actually quite simple. These two men were homosexual and had excellent tacit cooperation with each other. It was said that they rarely failed any assignment that they accepted in the Spiritual Ability user society. Meanwhile, ”Ishihana” was simply the combination of the first kanji of their last names.

This assassin ”husband and wife” duo was in the third category of tournament participants. There was plenty of information available about them. Still, Seiji was instantly able to recognize them mostly because they hadn't disguised their appearance.

And as Seiji looked at them, they also noticed Seiji and Shika.

The Ishihana duo saw… a teenage boy and girl who both wore black jackets, hats, and sunglasses.

Feeling that something was off, both of them immediately used Astral Vision to inspect the teenagers. The assassin duo immediately found out that the teenagers had used disguising magic as expected. They then tried to pierce through the disguise magic, but to their surprise, they failed. This sent an instant chill through their hearts.

As assassins, Kenji Hanai and Tadayuki Ishihashi were rather confident in their own assessment capabilities.

This was especially all the more so for Ishihashi. His Astral Vision was a lot higher level than Hanai's, yet he was only able to partially see through to the teenage pair's real appearance.

”These two should be rather young, especially the girl. Her actual age should be much younger than the disguise magic she's put on… that's all that I can tell.” Ishihashi mentally communicated this to Hanai by using a spell.