'Oh it's finally going to start. No, wow, what's this?　There are four large monitors, huh? You can see what's going on in every venue.

　From the bleachers, Ichigo muttered that and turned his attention towards the balcony of the mansion where all the heavyweights of the Shitenji family were gathered.
　He could see Mizuho there as well.

　Ichigo and the others had come as Mizuho's friends, but as expected, they were also friends of Yuto, so they couldn't be near Mizuho and the others in a public place. This is so that the other participants don't get the unnecessary impression that the Shitendera family is doing a favor to certain participants.
　After the explanation about the tournament tournament, the participants have started to move towards their rooms to prepare.

'I'm starting to get nervous. I wonder if you're going to be okay, Dou Dou Dou-kun. From here, the other participants all look older... oh, and some of them look like their own age!''

　Shizuka is like the first time she's ever come to watch a martial arts match before.

'Well, what will be will be. Oh, Nina-san, have you contacted Shitenji-san?

'Yes, of course. I also told them that Mr. Dou Dou Dou is going to be serious from the beginning. I also told him what I was going to do. Also, everyone please pay close attention to the other matches. I will report back to you later.

　Nina looks at the materials she brought with her and gives her reply. I told her to overwhelm Yuto and win, but of course, she has to at least gather information.
　It's because we think we have to at least do everything we can do.

'Oh, I know,'

　They all nodded and Nina turned to Mari.

'And Mari,'

What?　Ms. Nina.

'According to Hakamada-san, Mari's ability to understand the situation is a particularly good one. Mari-san, I'd really like to see you use that ability.

'What?　Oh, but I........I still don't know what my power is.......or even that I'm a gifted person. Much less how to wield that power...

　Mari responds to Nina's request as if she was upset.
　In fact, if this is honestly for Mari, she still hasn't been able to chew on the fact that she was suddenly told yesterday that you are capable. To be honest, she even thinks that she might be mistaken.
　Marion raises her eyebrows at Mari's situation.

''Well from what I've heard, it seems that Mari has only just awakened and it might be difficult for Marari, who has no training whatsoever. I also heard Hakamada-san tell me about the "haktak" bloodline that Winsome said was new to her, so I've never heard of it. However, yesterday, when she and Masato parted ways, Mari-san seemed to be using her ability to do so. If there is some kind of trigger.......or something.

...I see.

　Nina looks disappointed, and Mari doesn't know what to do either. Even if she listens to Marion's story now, she finds herself sounding as if it's someone else's business somehow.

''I'm.......sorry.''

'No!　There's nothing to apologize for. I'm sorry for being so abrupt. I also made you fight against Mr. Dou Dou and even gave you an order, so I thought about what I could do to help Mr. Dou, and I couldn't help but remember Mari's ability.

'.........it's useful for you.......'

　
　The battle between the abilities she had witnessed before on the rooftop of the girl's academy came to mind.
　I recall being shocked to see the incredible movements of each of those attackers and the theatrics of Masato and Marion and the others.
　It felt very dangerous and life-threatening, even from Mari's perspective, who knew nothing about it.
　Mari finds Yuto among the participants.

(If you think about it, this is a match, but a very dangerous one... right?)

　So far, no one has been killed in this great festival, but there are already some serious injuries. The Shitenji family is responsible for treating all of them, so there's no problem, but if they make a mistake, there's no wonder what could happen.
　By now, Mari realizes that she's been poisoned by the common sense of the people with abilities.......insanity from the point of view of ordinary people. It would be the same for Ichigo and Shizuka. Nina may have a slightly different sensibility than them, since she knows the people with abilities better than they do, in some ways.
　Mari felt uneasy........but she couldn't stop Yuto now. She believes in Yuto herself and sends him out.



　Mari looked up as she took his hands in hers.

'Marion-san,'

Yes...?

'Teach me how to use my powers. Anything ... like tips and tricks.

　Marion makes a difficult face at Mari's request.

''Well that's true. It's difficult to teach people with different lineage abilities the knack of expressing their abilities. Especially since Marion's abilities are still elusive.''

Yeah.

'But first of all, the ability is based on controlling spiritual and magical powers. Then I can give you some advice. Mari-san has expressed her own power twice, although it may be by accident. So if you can control your spiritual power.......you might notice something.

Really?

Yes, I don't know yet, but it's possible.

　Mari's face lit up and she decided to study under Marion as soon as possible.
　She was happy to think that she might be able to be of some help to Yuto with this.
　The match was an hour later.

''Yuto's in block 8, right?''

　Nina and her team checked the matchup table again.

Game 1.
　Sanzenin Mizushige vs. Alvaro

Game 2
　Douglas Gans vs. Osim

Game 3
　Julian Knight vs. Mirage Kaizen

Game 4
　Galileo vs.

Game 5
　Victor Bakration vs. A.A.

Game 6
　Tsukasa Tendou vs. Elliot Otto

Game 7
　Tenchan vs. Yellow Hero

Game 8.
　Yuto Du Du vs. Bagatolu