670 I shall fight for the sake of being able to remain an otaku forever! (2/2)

Something flashed in Izawa's eyes. Kanna also left her state of being an idle fish as she looked towards Seiji.

”What about yourself?” Kanna spoke up. ”You're telling us to withdraw, but you haven't mentioned anything about yourself withdrawing from this tournament.”

”…I won't withdraw.”

”Why's that? Didn't you say that this tournament will be incredibly dangerous?”

”Even if it's incredibly dangerous, I still absolutely have to win.” Seiji clenched his right hand. ”There's also something else…”

”What else?”

”I can't say.”

Kanna looked directly at him.

”What will happen to you if we withdraw from this tournament right now?”

Seiji remained silent.

”Since this is regarding something secret, you telling us to withdraw from the tournament is basically like revealing the secret… and you'll pay a price, won't you?” Kanna continued asking.

”Probably not, if it's only something to such an extent…”

”I don't want to be the type who runs away while abandoning my friends. And, things are just as Ryuuno just stated. My family won't forgive me if I surrender this tournament without even attempting to fight.”

”…You'll regret it if you join this tournament,” Seiji told her in a low voice.

”Perhaps, but I'll also regret it if I surrender right now without even trying. Since both outcomes are the same, then I'd rather regret facing danger instead of regretting the fact that I abandoned my friend!” Kanna placed both her hands on her hips. ”If it's you, you'd probably choose the same thing… no, you've already chosen, haven't you?”

Even if there was the risk of a bad end, Seiji still chose to try and convince Kanna and Izawa to withdraw rather than wanting to watch them get into danger.

However, this had a slightly different meaning from the choice that Kanna made… Seiji could only smile wryly at the Fujihara Family daughter who slightly misunderstood his intentions.

”I support my master. Your attempt to convince us to surrender won't work.” Izawa also expressed his opinion.

”You guys… why don't you consider for a little more? The danger of dying in this tournament is quite high.”

”Even an otaku like you dares to take the risk. How could a fellow otaku like me possibly back down!” Kanna arched her head proudly.

”If you die, you won't be able to remain an otaku anymore. You won't be able to read any more manga or watch any more anime. Nor will you be able to play any more video games.”

”Er…”

”Master, please don't be shaken just because of words like these.”

”Shush! The scariest thing in life is to be unable to read manga, watch anime, and play video games!!”

”If Master surrenders from the tournament without even fighting, this terrifying event will still happen if you return to your family.”

”That's… true.” Kanna instantly regained her conviction. ”That's why we absolutely must fight! I shall fight for the sake of being able to remain an otaku forever!!”

Seiji was rendered speechless.

Whatever happened to her earlier speech about fighting for the sake of friendship?

”There's still some time before the tournament begins. Think things over carefully until then.” That was all that he could tell them.

After the 7321 faction tournament participants arrived, they were surrounded by additional tournament participants from their families and factions' subordinate families.

Seiji glanced over at them from a distance as something flashed in his eyes.

Should he go over there to talk with them, proposing an alliance against the Revenge Alliance?

If he went over there to talk to them, forget about Shuntou Haruta and the others' attitudes, the most important one among them was Shigure Tendo.

In the previous timeline, Shigure had gone into a berserk state. He likely killed off all his enemies and teammates before coming to attack Seiji.

Why did this happen? Seiji didn't know. But judging from this event, Shigure Tendo was highly likely to be the strongest individual in the 7321 faction tournament participants!

The strongest individual in the 7321 faction had a direct blood-related grudge against him. That would make things difficult to negotiate. But in the previous timeline, Shigure Tendo had indicated that he was willing to abandon the grudge in order to break free from the black mist controlling him. Hrm….

It was difficult to analyze whether it would be beneficial or a detriment to go talk to the 7321 faction right now. Plus, Seiji had to worry about Kanzaki spying on him.