Gyro

Now, who's going to be next?

　When the attendant called me out to the match, I walked out to the crowd and the crowd cheered.

'The gyros are here!'

The Blue Flame Gyros!

　If I had continued to win the main game, the crowd would have called me the Blue Flame Gyro.
　Apparently, they named it after the color of the flames of the enhancement magic I use.
　It's a bit embarrassing, but having two names isn't bad, right?

　The audience gets even more excited when I wave to them and serve them.
　Good, good, this is what a first-class adventurer looks like!

"Heh, I'm going to get this fight!

　As he walked onto the match stage, his opponent came on stage at the same time from the other side.
　He was a burly warrior with a bucket helmet on his head.
　His name was Usori, I believe.

　It's equipped with armor made of half hard leather and half metal, the type of equipment that fights by striking rather than avoiding.
　It's not suitable for evading, but it's like protecting the important parts with metal.

　The old me would have thought it would be better to just use all metal, but now I understand the futility of making it heavy, even to the point of being useless.
　That means they know that I'm equipped that way.

　And what Usori got, this one was a bit unusual.
　He has two longswords.

　It's not a knife or shortsword that's easy to handle with one hand, but both longswords.

　I thought he couldn't fight properly with that, but he actually won the fight with two longswords without hesitation.

"He's not like the other guys we've seen," he said.

　With my brother's training, I've come to understand how strong they are.
　I'm pretty sure this guy is strong.

Jairo and Usori, step forward!

　The referee calls us forward, we step forward, and we hold our gains to each other.
　The moment you hold your weapon up, you feel the air in your opponent's face change and your skin starts to chatter.

Then let the game begin!

Yeah!

　As soon as the signal to start, I move forward as fast as I can.
　It's the same with Usori's guy, and as we both stepped forward, we instantly closed the distance between us.

''Nah!''

.....

　The feel of our swords colliding with each other.
　The two swords clashed with each other, and they turned their bodies around to attack me with the object in their other hand.
　But that's just not possible.

What?

　I'm sure you'll find that your sword can't withstand the sharpness of my sword!

　My sword easily severed Usori's sword, and he lost his balance and failed to strike again.
　If I wanted to, I would have cut off my opponent's sword from its base, but unfortunately Usori's sword had about a short shortsword left in its blade.

　Nevertheless, the reach of the one I broke off was halved with this.
　Let's fold it up in one fell swoop!

　I used the application of my flying magic to make flames erupt on one side of my back and forced my body to half-turn to face the Usori.
　Furthermore, I also spewed out another half of flame from the sword I swung out and cut at the Usori as if to flick it off.

''Boost slash!

　In an instant, the sword accelerated to its maximum speed and attacked the scorpion.

''Kook!''

　But Usori barely avoids my attack, and leaps backwards to regain his stance.

''Heh, you do it,''

　Usori

　What a mess.
　To think that if you try to hide your identity to participate in a tournament to train, you'd meet someone as good as this in a place like this!
　After receiving her request, I realized my own inadequacies, so I set out on a journey to retrain myself once again.

　And it was the right decision to participate in a tournament that was being held in a town I happened to stop by.
　I never thought I'd be able to experience a fight to the death this soon after I left on my training journey!

Okay, well, let's go.

　As soon as I said this, the boy called the "Blue Flame Gyro" jumped at me.
　The force with which he jumped into the air was so strong that it reminded me of my age.

　That's right, a monster that appeared like a comet and made its name known in the blink of an eye.
　The youngest S-ranked adventurer, the big game eater "Lex".

"Nuh-uh!

　I just barely avoid the sword of blue flame.
　I'm not going to be able to get a good idea of what to do with it.
　I'm not going to be able to get the same kind of results as the other guys.
　Thanks to that, one half of the gain is just like this.

''At least if this was my usual partner.

'Oh?　What?

　The blue flame who seems to have heard my muttering listens back with a sharp ear.
　I could hear it, but I guess I couldn't hear the content of it.

　But that's fine.
　It's just a naive assumption that you can win if you're under perfect circumstances.
　You can't start training again if you have black and white fangs.

　It's precisely because I realized that I was relying too much on them that I deliberately sealed off my two partners in order to retrain myself.

　When you think about it, this Ao-Flame is a good opponent that gives me a sense of danger on the edge.
　The sharpness of that sword is comparable to the dangerous blow of the giant chimera they fought some time ago.
　In the sense that neither of them will get a free pass if they are hit.

　I'm going to continue to evade Sohu's attack with paper-thin strips.
　If you take even a single hit, your equipment will be useless.
　The best thing to do is to stop wasting time and evade this opponent with just a thin layer of skin.

　Well, the truth is that you have to be at the very last minute to avoid the attacks of the blue flame.
　No, it's totally pathetic.
　I'm amazed that you can call yourself an S-ranked adventurer with this kind of body of work.

''It's a big world,''

　I just focus on avoiding them.
　Since he struggles so much with the lack of black and white fangs, he realizes how inexperienced he is.

　And the skills of the Blue Flame are also tremendous.
　The performance of the equipment is troublesome, but what is most frightening is the skill to use the weapon at will.
　I'm sure you'll be able to find a great deal more to say about it.

　The competitive spirit that dives into the attacks of his opponents without flinching, and his youthful appearance suggests that he has been through a lot more than his youthfulness would suggest.
　You can still see some rough edges, but in terms of simple abilities, he's surpassed me.

　Nevertheless, it is not enough to win with that alone in the world of competition.
　Sometimes a battle can be fought by the weak against the strong.
　In order to make this happen, I will patiently surpass the attacks of the blue flame.

''d*mn.''

　As he did so, he could see that the blue flame was getting impatient.
　His skill and courage is a big deal, but he's still young here.

''Then how about this!

　This young man lacks patience.
　An impatient blue flame will cut a trump card to change the situation by force.
　But that's exactly what I'm after!

I'm here!

　I deliberately put the blue flame in my pocket and receive it with my own gain.
　Naturally, my sword will be cut off by Sohen's sword, making it completely useless, but that's already factored in.

　The severing of my sword will make Sohen smile with confidence of victory.
　He must have thought that if he took away one of his gains from me, the two swords, his strength would be cut in half.
　That's certainly correct.
　In fact, my strength has been halved due to the decrease in weapons.

　Therefore, I don't hesitate to discard the useless swords and use the remaining swords to slash at Sohen.

"Hey...

　The sight of me, who doesn't seem to hesitate about losing one half of my accolades, rather upsets Sohen.

''I'm used to fighting enemies of a higher rank than me,''

Oh, shit.

　My sword will send the gains of the blue flame flying high into the sky.
　No matter how strong they are, they can't even fight if they lose their possessions.
　It's impossible to destroy my armor with bare hands, even if it's a giant monster.
　In that case, the advantage is mine, because I still have my sword!

It's over.

　He struck a blow with his full strength into the blue flame.

''Ah ... you're the one!

　The moment Souflame muttered some incomprehensible words, there was a violent shock to the dove-tail.

"Gahhh.....

　When I overworked my body, which was stiffened and unable to move due to the intense pain, and lowered my only moving eye down, the fist of the blue flame was deeply stabbed there.

''Silly........⁉︎''

　I didn't think Soubou's aim was the same as mine...

"A double tusked lissou, a lifetime of insensibility.

　You're not going to be able to do that.

　I'm screwed, I thought completely.
　Instead of being shocked that I destroyed his weapon, he used his own as an invitation.

　Because of that, my sword was flung high into the sky.
　This guy has the temerity to do something about it!

　And then Usori swings down his sword at me, who is now defenseless.
　d*mn it, I can't avoid that thing when I'm off balance in this situation....
　If anything, I'm out of ammunition.
　I can't fight like this.

　I'm sorry, bro, I just wish my brother had made a great piece of equipment for me.
　If it was my brother, I would have been able to handle this situation....

　Yes!　Of course you wouldn't give up in a crisis like this!
　I may not be as strong as my brother, but I'm still your brother's prefect!
　I'm not going to give up on a guy like that!

More importantly, I'm not losing yet!

　You can only give up after you've lost!

　I put magic power into my fist to strengthen my arm.
　This is the pinpoint strengthening of body strengthening magic that my brother taught me before!
　My brother said the drawback of doing this is that it weakens the other parts of the body, but if it works, my fists should shatter even steel!

　No, I'm not supposed to!　We can do this shit!
　This is our chance!
　Fighting a dangerous enemy is my chance to catch up with my brother!

It's over.

　Usori lets out a confident cry of victory.

'Oh ... you are!

''What!''

　Ignoring Usori's surprised voice from behind his helmet, I slam my fist into Usori's sword as hard as I can.

''Are you insane?

　Usori screams in confusion at my daredevil actions.
　And I have won the bet.

　My fist doesn't cut the scorpion's sword in half, but instead snaps it in half, snapping the scorpion's sword in half.
　Without losing momentum, the fist snaps the scorpion's armor into a paper-like cradle.

''Gosh...''

　My attack is completely determined and Usori's body bends into a crooked shape.
　And the light in his eyes, which had been visible through the gap in his helmet, disappears.

"Yes!

　I won, and I was one step closer to my brother again.
　And that's when I thought it.

"Gosh, shit.

　Suddenly, a tremendous pain shot through my brain and I lost consciousness, not even knowing what had happened.

　◆Mina ◆

　At the moment when everyone was convinced of Gyro's victory, something that fell from the sky hit Gyro's brain.
　Then Jairo let out a short scream and slowly fell to the ground.

''..........''

　Suddenly, the cheers died away from the match floor.
　It was Jairo's weapon that had fallen.
　Apparently the weapon that had been flung into the air by the Usori player fell on Gyro's head right after the match was decided.

''........''

　Then the judge crouched down beside them and shook his head lightly to the side, making sure he was completely unconscious.
　Then he stood up and raised his hands up and crossed them wide.

''This match is judged a double knockout, and it's a draw!



　Thus, the match between Jairo and Usori had unexpectedly ended in a draw due to both of them fainting.

''That idiot caught me off guard at the last minute...''

　Well, it's a force majeure, but it's a bit more than that, isn't it?

'Huh?　Is the game over already?

　And, in the interim, Lex came back at this moment when the game was over.
　Oh no, I guess it's better for that idiot that he didn't get to see the embarrassing moment?