The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

#139 - I just know I'm going to kill

The rare Sunday was ruined, and everyone had complaints, but there was no way to avoid the accident, so they had to quickly adjust their mood to face the upcoming selection battle.

Among the five people.

Stella, Kurogane Shizuku, and Arisugawa Nagi were fighting on Monday, while Takeru and Kurogane Ikki were on Tuesday. Moreover, Takeru's opponent was Kirihara Shizuya, a representative fighter from last year and one of this year's seeded players.

If you were to say whose opponent was the most difficult to deal with in the first round, it would undoubtedly be Takeru's opponent, Kirihara Shizuya.

The reason being—

"Hunter's Forest, it's not just the aura and scent, even the figure cannot be captured with the naked eye, completely erasing one's existence with an invisible camouflage. This is Kirihara-kun's inherent Noble Art, Oborozuki's ability, it's really troublesome."

Kurogane Ikki said this, while handing Takeru his student handbook, which was playing a video of last year's Seven Star Sword Art Festival's first battle.

The battle video was quite bizarre.

Kirihara circled clockwise, unilaterally attacking the fighter standing still.

The opponent could only stand there bewildered, looking around, watching helplessly as Kirihara Shizuya's magic arrows pierced through him, eventually bleeding and falling to the ground in regrettable defeat.

Even though Kirihara was standing right in front of his opponent, the opponent could only stand there blankly without any resistance.

Why?

The reason is simple.

The opponent couldn't see Kirihara Shizuya.

"I feel uncomfortable no matter how many times I watch this man's fighting style."

Stella looked at the video with disdain.

She is a fighter who wraps herself in magic power so immense that it shocks people, choosing to break through head-on, which clashes with this style of maneuvering around the arena, which is why she hates it.

Besides that.

The content of the match was also unpleasant.

This couldn't even be considered a match, it was just a one-sided game, a prank, the hunter hiding in a safe place, ruthlessly shooting through the prey.

"Hmph, not worthy of being on the grand stage."

Takeru only glanced at the content of the match and gave such a low evaluation.

Kurogane Ikki, however, had a different idea, and advised: "Takeru, you can't be careless. Kirihara-kun's fighting style is indeed not very good, but in reality, he hasn't lost or been injured in any of the matches throughout the entire year using this fighting method. He's really strong."

"No problem. You guys just need to quietly watch my performance."

The corners of Takeru's mouth raised in a confident smile.

This made the others believe in him as well.

Arisugawa Nagi even covered her cheeks and exclaimed: "So cool, I'm going to fall for you ~"

"Sorry, I already have someone I like."

"Instant unrequited love?"

"Hahahaha — — — —" xN

The interaction between the two eased everyone's worries.

That's right, since Takeru is so confident, then they, as friends, should of course choose to believe him.

— —

During the selection battle period, classes were only required in the morning, and the selection battles were held in the afternoon until evening.

Takeru's match time was at 1:30 in the afternoon.

Relatively early.

By the way, Kurogane Ikki's match was also at 1:30 in the afternoon, but they were fighting in different arenas. Takeru was in the third arena, and Kurogane Ikki was in the eighth arena, which was relatively far away.

When Takeru arrived at the arena, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon, and the previous match was in progress on the field.

Contestants had to wait in the preparation room ten minutes before the match, Takeru arrived alone thirty minutes early.

In front of the counter outside the preparation room.

Takeru handed his student handbook to the female staff member in front of him, who took it and scanned it on the machine in front of her.

"Takeru-kun from class 1-F, confirmation complete, here's your student handbook back."

After preparing, she returned the handbook to Takeru.

The female staff member then said: "Since this is your first battle, I will explain the rules of the selection battle to you. This selection battle adopts…"

"Skip it."

"? ? ?"

"I said, skip it."

Takeru's words made the female staff member's head spin, and she really wanted to continue to fulfill her duties, but under Takeru's gaze, she could only shut her mouth, while handing over a screen.

"If you voluntarily bear the consequences, please press agree on it, please be sure to pay attention to this clause, it will affect you…"

"Agree."

Again, without waiting for her to finish, Takeru pressed agree without hesitation, once again making the female staff member sigh, how great it would be if all the participants were such efficient people.

"Hoo haha… no hesitation at all, you're a real man, kid."

Suddenly, a teasing voice came from his ear, and at the same time, warm breath entered his ear, making his ears feel itchy.

He lowered his head.

Standing beside him was a petite woman, wearing a white kimono with cherry blossoms painted on it, paired with a dazzling fiery red haori jacket. The ill-fitting loose kimono, coupled with her childish face, gave off the appearance of a young girl.

"What, it's you."

"…It's me."

Saikyo Ninone looked at Takeru, twitched the corner of her mouth and said: "Why do you look like you don't want to see me?"

"That's something you have to ask yourself."

"Me?"

"Yes. Clearly, the headmaster called you to communicate with me, but I haven't seen you for a week. It would be strange if I wasn't angry."

"That is… ah, yes, I forgot."

She seemed to have just remembered, and patted her head with the fan in her hand.

"Sorry, sorry, I've been too busy lately. How about this, as compensation, come to my room for a special lesson after this battle, winning will be a reward, and if you lose, I can comfort you, how about it?"

"I…"

"What are you doing to my student?"

Just as Takeru was about to politely refuse, an extremely fierce tone came from behind Saikyo Ninone, turning his gaze over, it turned out to be Headmaster Shinguuji Kurono.

"Uwaa! You scared me! I hate it, Kuro, suddenly standing behind me, I almost killed you."

"How could you possibly kill me? Rather than that, what are you doing here? I remember you're in charge of the commentary for the fourth arena, right?"

"But the matches over there are really nothing to see, plus this child is especially favored by me… Oh right, Kuro, you also especially favor him, right? I hate it, are we going to become rivals in love?"

"I, I don't particularly favor him!"

The headmaster punched the forehead of the short Saikyo Ninone, and seemed a little shy. But soon she adjusted her mentality and faced Takeru again, and said:

"This year's selection battle rules have been changed."

"…What?"

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The headmaster took out a cigarette.

She wanted to light it, but seemed to remember that this was the contestant's preparation room, so she put the cigarette away again.

"The original selection battle was randomly arranged, only the six people who didn't lose at all could represent the academy in the war. My original intention was to think that luck would also be a big factor, but…"

"Why are you telling me this?"

"Because this matter has a lot to do with you."

Takeru is an outside member.

His age isn't enough, not to mention his identity and background.

And Takeru was able to enter the school purely because the headmaster told them that he could win this year's Seven Star Sword Art Festival, so she convinced the board of directors.

What she didn't expect was.

Under the headmaster's constant escalation, the board of directors felt that strength was the most important thing. So they decided not to consider the factor of luck, and this year they must select the six strongest people.

"So you don't have to be nervous, even if you lose, you can fight again with the people who also lost, until you get the spot again…"

"Does the headmaster mean there's a loser's bracket?"

"…Please say it's the loser's group."

"I understand."

The headmaster came to say this on purpose, wanting to tell Takeru not to have any pressure, even if he loses this time, it's okay. From the side, it shows that she has great expectations for Takeru.

"As for the rules of the loser's group…"

"No need."

"…What?"

"There's no need to listen to the rules of the loser's group, just keep winning."

Takeru interrupted the headmaster's words.

His red eyes were shining brightly, and the headmaster and Saikyo Ninone could feel his high spirits.

"Takeru, you…"

"I don't know what you're talking about, I only know that I'm going to go on a killing spree."

"Don't kill people!"

The headmaster pinched her aching eyebrows, wanting to take out a cigarette to ease her mood.

At this time, the voice of the broadcast came.

[First year · Takeru-kun. Second year · Kirihara Shizuya-kun. The match time has arrived, please enter.]

It's time for the match.

"I know, Headmaster, you're worried about me. But, I won't lose."

The light called confidence flickered in Takeru's eyes, and he declared loudly:

"I am the strongest, and the one who holds all victories. Whether human or demon— facing all enemies, I will crush their hostility, I will crush any enemy that stands in my way!"

After speaking, he turned and walked towards the door of the battle circle, his figure overflowing with confidence and power.

Saikyo Ninone looked at Takeru's departing back, her face flushed slightly, her eyes filled with mist, and her legs trembled slightly as she娇声 said: "So handsome! I… I seem to be fascinated by him, I'm… already wet."

Eh—

The headmaster glanced at her with disgust.

"Don't be crazy here. The match is about to start, you walking public indecency crime, go back to where you should be!"

"Ah… I know, don't pull my kimono, it's very expensive!"

Saikyo Ninone was dragged away by the headmaster like this.

Soon, she appeared again in the commentary seat, because she was responsible for the commentary of this match, which was one of the reasons why she ran over to see Takeru's condition.

And Takeru, standing in the center of the arena, saw Stella, Kurogane Shizuku, and Arisugawa Nagi in the first row.

These three…

He thought they would be in the eighth arena where Kurogane Ikki was, cheering him on.

"Haa? Ikki will definitely win, we're not needed at all!"

"That's right, that's right, Older Brother doesn't need to worry!"

"Compared to that…"

"Takeru, beat that person up!" X3

The three of them made a megaphone action with their hands and shouted to Takeru on the field.

Ah, no problem.

Takeru also opened his mouth and answered silently.

After that, he turned his head to look at Kirihara Shizuya on the opposite side, who had a wicked smile with a slight excitement on his lips.

The selection battle between the two began!