'Now that we have all sixteen members, what is the schedule for tomorrow? Meira.

Yes, from tomorrow, as originally planned, the tournament will be played one-on-one. Tomorrow, after breakfast, the participants will be asked to draw lots for their opponents. We have prepared a large area on the west side of the field, just like this one. We are also planning to screen the participants in earnest, so we have prepared a seat on the balcony on the third floor of the West Wing, so that Mr. Zamanosuke-sama and the others can have a good view of the tournament site. In addition, we will include today's discussion and increase the number of monitors three fold.

Hmm, it's going to be a battle of the best from now on. And I don't want to miss that ability.

Yes, sir.

　Even after Mizuho and Akane excused themselves from their seats, Zamanosuke, Hayoun, and Meira and the others were still checking on the future progress of the grand festival.

''And, as I thought, there aren't many people with magical abilities.

Yes....that's Shitenji, after all.

　This is a famous story about Shitenji, and the same is true of the Shitenji family and Shitenji's branch families, Omine and Shinzen, but these Shitenji-related families can only give birth to psychic abilities.
　Not so for those who are a few generations away, but all the children born by marriage to these families will gain psychic abilities.
　Normally, when a child is born to a person with spiritual abilities and a person with magical abilities, the lineage they inherit is said to be random. However, in Shitennji, only people with psychic abilities are born that can be called abnormal based on the statistics, and people with high sensitivity to spirits are born.
　This is not well understood, but it is said that the Shitenji family itself has some kind of blessing or a contract with a spirit.
　What is said here is that, for those with magical abilities, it is difficult for them to inherit their own abilities and skills because their children will definitely be born with spiritual abilities.
　This is why they are likely to have a sense of resistance.
　However, not all psychic and magical abilities have different job titles and styles.
　That relationship between psychic and magical powers is known to be violently repulsive to each other, but they are almost equal when it comes to the characteristics of their powers.
　In other words, there is no occupation that can only be done by spiritual power types. There are magical spirit users and magical priests.
　However, it can be said that if the lineage changes, it is difficult to teach them by hand.
　It's not always easy to understand the training of gifted people by talking about it, and there is a high possibility that the skills you've honed will end with that generation.

''And yet... it would be inappropriate to say it's interesting, but even if you only look at the ability holders that won this time, there are quite a few interesting ones.

What's that?　The "fast cloud

''No........It's just that participating in the big festival in Shitennji and winning the battle royale I mentioned earlier is a great thing. In a situation where you don't know your opponent's abilities, and in addition, everyone around you is an enemy, not to mention your ability, you use your nerves as well. I thought that the people who won in such a situation would normally be famous, but there are some people I've never heard of.

Hmm....

　Sahumanosuke checked the list of participants who had won this time after being told so by Hayagumo.

''Indeed........that's true. Moreover, I heard about Sanzenin's kosegare, but there are people with abilities that do not belong to the agency.

'Yes........I was thinking in particular about the qualifiers ahead....the guys who won the battle royale but didn't even show much of a hand in it. Is it the margin, or is it the ability to do so? Some of them seem to be fighting while checking the location of their monitors. It's not something that can be done very often. When you think about it, I think we have a group of people who are more capable than I expected.

....

　Once again, Sabanosuke checked the list of those who had won it.

''Which one is the one that Soun cares about?''

Well I'd say the following seven people.

Group 1 - Sanzenin Mizushige
Group 3 - Julian Knight.
Group 5 - Douglas Gans.
Group 7 - Victor Bakration.
Group 9 - Yellow Hero
Group 10 Tenchan
Group 16 - Yuto Du Du

　Hayoun raises his name one by one.

''I felt that these members still had no bottom to go on.

''I see... except for Sanzenin, Julian Knight, Victor Bakration, and Yellow Hero, there's almost no one else on the monitor either. And those who don't belong to the agency, besides Sanzenin, Julian Knight, Ten-chan, huh? I can imagine that Julian Knight is of that Knight family lineage, but this Ten-chan, I certainly have no idea what kind of person he is. Do you know anything about him, Meira?

No I have no idea either.

What kind of a win-win situation was that?

It seems that he ate too many snacks that were prepared in the waiting area beforehand and slept somewhere in the hall the whole time. So time passed and he woke up just in time to rush into the stalemate and win the battle.

"...and...

''Well it's a big world, I guess. There are many more people with abilities. The agency's goal is still a long way off.

Yes.

　Left Umanosuke crosses his arms and looks at Hayoun.

''........I feel that these ones still have something more to offer,'' he said. Well, the ones from the Huang family seemed to be struggling, but they seemed to be a bit inflexible, just trying to hide their power. At any rate, I'm looking forward to the great festival starting tomorrow.

''Hmm........Ah, the one recommended by Zhu Yin-sama is also....... Even though Zhu Yin-sama is paying attention to him, he's still ranked D....... No, in fact, he won out, so can we say it's a big deal? After all, is that of Hayagumo's trust in Zhu Yin-sama's eyesight as a maiden?

No, no, Mr. Zamanosuke. That's because it's rank D.

...?

''Winning this battle royale with a rank D should be difficult. For example, if he has considerable battle experience and a good tactical eye, I can understand that. However, he's the same age as Mizuho-sama and a fellow student at the same institution. But........he has won.

....

''Of course, that Zhu Yin-sama recommended you. I thought there was something........or maybe she saw its potential and bought into its potential, but I felt that wasn't the case. Meira-kun, can you play the Group 16 monitor for a moment?

Yes, I understand.

　For some reason, Akera, who looked a bit happy, showed the Group 16 recording footage on the main screen.

''Look. He's barely visible on the monitor. The only thing that was shown was where he entered the hall. So.....

　The video shows the combat of all the participants except for Yuto in Group 16. Each of them were fighting according to their own characteristics, and it was like a melee.
　Then, one participant falls down, and the balance of the entire battle can be seen to be broken.

'Here we are,'

　As soon as Soun pointed out, Yuto suddenly appeared in front of the monitor.
　And then he noticed that all the participants had been forced to regain their strength, with the first one to fall down.

''.........!　Where did that come from!

'I don't know. It's just that at the moment when the first one went down and all of us tried to move for that person's badge in hand. In fact, we were so distracted by the other moving venues, and also because it was decided so quickly, we didn't notice the group 16 at all. If it was this Doudu-kun.......if this Doudu-kun was aiming for this.......

''You don't think.......I'd say, but that's how Hayoun felt, right?

'Yes, I think he's a horrible boy. Of course, it's just my hunch.

....

　Beside her, Akera narrowed her eyes and listened to this story with a nimble expression. At the sight of her, Hayoun shifted his eyes and smiled bitterly.

''Akera-kun you look quite happy. You seem to know something.''

No.

''You know what, Meira?　Say it. Come to think of it, it looks like you're pushing this boy, too.

''Well no, this footage is everything. This is Mr. Du Du.

....

''Haha, don't stare at me so much. Well, do you remember the other day when Ruiho-sama had a run-in with the Dark Night Leopard?

Yeah?　 Seriously, I thought the young lady would get into all sorts of trouble too.

You know that the Dark Night Leopard has been destroyed.

What?

Is that true!

　Surprised by Akera's story, Saumanosuke untied his arms and Soun's expression moved unusually wide.

''Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't tell you. It's not because Mizuho-sama was too noisy, but because you two seemed busy, so I forgot that I didn't tell you. I'm sorry.

'Nah!　Wait a minute. Oh, ma'am, you didn't mean to do this all by yourself, did you?　Why didn't you stop me!　If I knew, all hands would be on deck!　No. Did you really do it all by yourself?

''Since you said that you messed with Shitennji, I also sent a few people from Omine to respond to Lord Zhu Yin's request, but...''

''No, I'm not alone. Including Ruiho-sama, there are three of us, and the three of us beat the Dark Night Leopard to a pulp. It seems they rode into China and destroyed it within a few days.

....!
...what a

　In front of the two heads of Shinzen and Omine, who were speechless, Meira turned her face downward as if to hold back her laughter.
　Seeing the situation, her face returned to her usual calm expression, and Hayoun asked her.

　One of them is probably our guest, Marion-san........ Then you don't mean the other one........

''Yes, that's Du Du Yuto-kun. At that time, when we destroyed the Dark Night's Leopard, our formation had Dou Dou Dou-kun in the vanguard, with Marion-san as his assistant. And from the rear, it seems that Mizuho-sama provided strong support.

"...and...

Incidentally, most of the people who directly beat the Dark Night Leopard were Dou Dou Douluo.

!

　Meira once again made a gesture that made him hold back his laughter.
　As expected, the two heads of the Omine and Shinzen families looked uncomfortable with that attitude.

''Hmm, even so, the young lady must have mostly reduced the enemy's strength...''

'Oh, I forgot to tell you. The Dark Night Leopard had hired a dead bird stopper at this time.

A dead bird?　Who's that...dead bird!

'The water's stopped!　Is this the water stoppage that wounded that young tempest!

''Yes, Mr. Du Du broke this after that dead bird cessation and single combat.

!

　With their faces tightened, the heads of both Omine and Shinzen were completely speechless, and it took a long time for another word to come out of their mouths.