The Bloodwine Spirit didn't need to draw lots to determine the factions. The Bloodwine Spirit had already split all the participants into the Red Team and the Blue Team.
The participants were given some time to go to the starting area and make their preparations.
Seiji and Little Shi were assigned to the Blue Team.
Seiji used a spell to contact Izawa and learned that he and Kanna were also assigned to the Blue Team, so they decided to go together.
The four of them soon met up and speedily moved through the night. They arrived at an ordinary house in the starting area.
After making their preparations, they waited for the battle to begin.
"Sigh … I think I might as well just surrender."
Kanna Fujihara was still stuck in a salted fish state and spoke in a dejected tone.
"According to what you said, Seiji, it's going to be quite bad later on. Wouldn't it be better to just surrender in order to preserve our lives? "
"Master, please be spirited. Surrendering without even fighting is not allowed." Izawa spoke up before Seiji could respond.
"I don't want to either! But didn't Seiji say that it was quite serious!? Even the warship is here. Who knows how bad things will become!? Perhaps this entire island will be sunk!! "Kanna suddenly lost her temper.
Izawa looked at Seiji Mukai.
"I don't think so …" Seiji rubbed his chin in contemplation. "This island is quite large. It won't be easy to sink it."
"But it's still possible that we'll be bombarded or even hit by missiles!"
"In the worst-case scenario … it's possible. But before that happens, we should have enough time to escape.
I don't want to be like the main character in an action movie who has to escape from an explosion. That's because I don't have the main character's aura, so I'll die! I'll definitely die!! "Kanna waved her hands furiously." I've decided. I'm going to surrender and immediately surrender! No matter what punishment I receive, my life is the most important!! "
"Master …"
"Don't stop me, Ryuuno. I've already made up my mind!"
"'That lonely flower, lonely but not lonely, stubbornly blooming its own beauty …" Izawa suddenly spoke in a lyrical tone that seemed to be from a certain poem.
Kanna's body instantly froze over.
"'Even if she is ignored, despised, and despised by the cold wind, she still has a lonely pride, just like me …'
"Ah, ah, ah, ah, don't read, ah —"
Kanna screamed pitifully as if she had received a severe mental attack.
"'So what if I admire myself? The lonely youth will never lower its head because of the filthy world … "
Kanna clutched her head with both hands and twisted her body, making strange sounds as if she was about to break down.
Seiji, who witnessed this scene, was dumbfounded. Shika Kagura watched calmly from the side.
"This is a poem that Master wrote when he was young," Izawa explained after he stopped reciting. "The poem's name is …"
"Lahahaha, shut up, ahhh —"
Kanna furiously charged at her own Spirit-branded Retainer. However, her Spirit-branded Retainer easily stopped her with a single hand.
"Master, if you don't pull yourself together, I'll have to continue reading."
"RYUUNO!!!"
"'This is another sad autumn …'"
"Ahhh, I get it, I get it, stop reciting, ahhh —"
Grand Mistress Fujiwara's own sense of shame caused her to sink.
So, this was what she meant by "appropriate measures". 'This is truly scary.'
Seiji inwardly exclaimed.
"Actually, it's quite well written, I think." While exclaiming, Seiji added insult to injury.
"Shut up!!" Kanna said with teary eyes.
Under the threat of a mental attack, she gave up on surrendering … at least on the surface.
If Kanna really wanted to give up, then no matter how many times Izawa recited the poem, it would be useless.
So, in reality, Grand Mistress Fujiwara was venting her emotions, and her loyal Spirit-branded Retainer was cooperating with her.
Everyone quieted down. Then, Seiji noticed that something was wrong.
It was fogging up.
This was no ordinary fog!
The fog swiftly became thicker, and soon limited everyone's vision. Even [Astral Vision] was unable to see through it.
Then, bright red cluster amaryllis flowers sprouted from the ground and bloomed beautifully!
"It's beginning …"
…
In the spectator stands.
All the projection screens were blocked by the gray fog, making it impossible to see anything.
However, everyone present wasn't surprised at all. In fact, some people had expressions of delight.
The Messengers had made their move! Just as expected.
It didn't matter if they couldn't see anything. The most important thing was to monitor the situation.
Everything had been prepared. Next, they would monitor the entire process and collect all the information they could in order to create precious information.
As for the tournament participants inside the fog?
That would depend on their own fates.
…
The Revenge Alliance.
Daikawa Rota began laughing from the bottom of his heart as he sensed the new power gradually increasing in his body. His laughter was filled with joy and fanaticism.
With such great power, he would be able to do whatever he wanted.
He had made the right choice.
This power was real. It was also possible for him to create a new future!
'If this is madness, then let me be even crazier!'
He would overthrow the corrupt factions, punish those who did evil, and establish a new generation of order!!
A brand new future would begin from this very moment in this battle.
"Let's go! Comrades!! "A shout that sounded like a raging inferno was heard.
"Ohhhhh!!!" This shout received a collective response that sounded like a raging inferno.
…
At the Bloodwar Alliance.
Shigure Tendo watched as a cluster amaryllis flower sprouted from the ground and bloomed.
He wasn't paying attention to what the team leader, Natsuki Shuurin, was saying.
The bright red flower was truly beautiful.
Even if it meant death.
That was precisely because it meant death.
Death was just as meaningful as life itself … although he didn't know what that meaning was.
There were many things that Shigure didn't know, nor did he understand. That was because he was incredibly stupid.
However, he could feel it.
For example, the beauty of the flower, the mysteriousness of this fog, the emotions of the people around him, the flow of the air, the flow of time …
"Lord Shigure …"
An anxious voice spoke up next to him.
Shigure turned around to see Keimi Umetani standing right next to him.
"I'm a little afraid …" she said in a soft voice. "I feel like something terrifying is going to happen …"
Shigure quietly looked at her.
"My mission is to serve you, Lord … so … this is truly a shameless request … but …
"If it's possible … if I really meet with danger, could Lord Shigure … protect me just a little?"
Weakness, humbleness, fear, hope, desire …
Shigure felt all of this from her.
She wanted to obtain his promise, even if it was just for show. She wanted to suppress the anxiety in her heart.
Shigure didn't intend to say anything for show. That was why …
"I can't."
Keimi's body froze up upon hearing this cold refusal.
"That … that's true … someone like me doesn't have the right …"
"I can't 'slightly' protect you," Shigure continued speaking.
"That's because I don't know what 'slightly' means.
But I know what 'full strength' means.
That's why … I can do my full strength to protect you. "
Keimi paused in surprise for a moment before her eyes became moist.
"Thank you." She sincerely expressed her gratitude.
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