Chapter 144: Concerns from all sides, different preparations

"Her Royal Highness Princess Leilani Artoria will land in the martial arts final ring in August, and she will be under the steel sword, and I will ask who can be it!"

"Wales, the largest bookmaker in the United Kingdom, has opened the betting option for the finals of the martial arts, Her Royal Highness the princess will end the game within one minute, one to one, two to end the game, one to two, three minutes to end the game, one to two, more than three minutes, one to four. ”

"What, you ask if there is an option for Her Royal Highness to lose? Of course, if Her Royal Highness loses, every euro of bets will be paid out of ten euros, however, according to Welsh betting internal staff, the bookmaker is considering increasing the payout ratio to attract more people to bet on Her Royal Highness the losing option in order to balance the handicap. ”

Her Majesty the Queen and Her Royal Highness the Prince will be there to cheer for Her Royal Highness the Princess! Her Majesty the Pope will also be there to watch the match, and the rest of the spectators who can watch the final will be rich and expensive, and it is rumored that the ticket price has now risen to 1.2 million euros. ”

"It's hard to get a ticket for the final of the martial arts final, and there are only 500 seats in the entire arena. ”

According to the explanation of the Japanese organizing committee, the finals of the martial soul, due to the unprecedented lineup of spectators who plan to come to the scene to watch the game, including too many important figures such as consortium leaders, financial circles, business circles, etc., has increased the security pressure of the organizers. ”

The above are various reports in the British media.

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"Your Majesty, according to opinion polls, in the past month, the British public's support for the royal family has risen by 11 percentage points, and the European public's favorability of the British royal family has increased by 13 percentage points.

The income of various industries of the royal family also made a leap in July, with total income increasing by 71% over the same period last year, among which royal furniture, royal catering and royal culture and media were the industries with the largest increase in income. ”

Therefore, the think tank suggested that after the end of the martial soul duel, Her Royal Highness Princess Leilani can develop in the direction of film and television idols, just in the past thirty years, the image of the Knight King has been put on the screen too many times, and some of the content even contradicts each other, which is not conducive to the characterization and branding of the Knight King image.

And due to the problem of the production capacity of movie stunts in the past, many stunt clips now seem to be unable to meet the desire of modern people to watch movies, so whether it is possible to ask Her Royal Highness Princess Leilani to lead the protagonist and reinterpret the legends of the gods of the past dynasties, in addition to ensuring the box office, it will definitely reawaken the public's attention and enthusiasm for the royal family. ”

An old man with curly white hair and a personable demeanor talks eloquently in front of Queen Janet, who is the chief thinker of the British royal family's think tank, responsible for various intelligence analysis and feasibility studies on the future development route of the royal family.

"Farder, your suggestion is very good, I will take it to the round table to discuss, but the most important thing for us now is to prepare for the final of the martial arts showdown, are all the promotional materials and video clips ready?"

"Your Majesty Garnet, these are ready, but unfortunately the first few rounds of the competition ended too quickly, and Her Royal Highness the Princess is not willing to waste time in the ring to perform fancy swordsmanship, although our staff work hard to arrange the camera, they can't edit the wonderful game scenes, and at present, we can only use Her Royal Highness the Princess to defeat the opponent casually as the editing theme, highlighting the invincible strength of Her Royal Highness the Princess. ”

Janet Elizabeth, who was sitting on a wicker chair, could only hold her forehead with her right hand with a headache when she heard this, which is really a happy trouble, and too much strength is sometimes not entirely a good thing.

It's the Queen's tea time, but as the Queen, you have to use that time to listen to the debriefing.

"As for betting, we have an agreement with Japan that we are not allowed to bet on each other's markets maliciously, so we can only open relevant businesses in Europe, but the Welsh bookmaker expects that through this game, it is expected to make more than 300 million euros of net income, and the profit belonging to the royal family will exceed 100 million euros. ”

"That's not bad, but it's still far from the income of the Japanese royal family!"

"Your Majesty, we didn't go into battle shirtless like the Japanese royal family and directly opened a bookmaker, whether in terms of intelligence or control, for the martial soul duel competition, our influence is far less than that of the Japanese royal family, and it is normal that the income is not as good as theirs. ”

"Well, what you said makes sense, after all, we still can't put down the royal family. Forget it, but with Nini here, presumably the life of the royal family will be much better in the future, and Nini will be equipped with another group of bodyguards, presumably during this time, this kid will be very hard to prepare for the martial soul duel!"

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"Why are you still eating? I said sister, you are too heartless, you are about to go to the finals, you don't even look at the opponent's game video?"

"What's so good, that lama will pretend to be a ghost, at most it is a bit similar to our family's elf ears, it's useless to that Liu Sheng, as for tomorrow's finals, I'm also looking forward to it, I don't know what kind of surprise he can bring me!"

"Then you're going to eat?"

"This is the greatest respect for an opponent like him? I need to eat more to store more energy, so that I can seriously fight him!"

"Oh my God, okay, piggy, keep eating, respect your opponent in your own way!" Korol Elizabeth slapped her forehead with the palm of her right hand, then rolled her eyes with her hands outstretched.

That's Leilani Artoria's pre-match preparation.

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"Ming Ruijun, so far, the ratio of gambling money on both sides of the game is 7:1, and the total amount has reached 1,040 billion yen, it seems that the vast majority of people think that the British princess has a far ahead winning rate, do we need to change the handicap?"

"No need, according to the analysis of our experts, it is true that Her Royal Highness the British Princess has a greater winning rate, but she does not have such a big advantage, in this way, we will put a part of the bet on Liu Shengjun, just balance the handicap a little, the loss is not too big, if you win, then the profit of this martial soul duel will create a record that cannot be surpassed in a hundred years, and everyone's credit will definitely be seen by the emperor." ”

"Hey, Mingrui-kun, do we need to hint that Yanagi-kun should not kill or injure Her Royal Highness? ”

"No need, Yanagi-kun should be treated as a samurai when he enters the ring of the martial soul duel, as for the duel that makes the samurai have no worries, that is our job, even if something happens, our royal family will bear all the responsibility, and we still have this responsibility. ”

"Hey, I see. ”

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"Xiao Ye, what are you talking about? There is a kid in Japan who has refined the innate Yiqi? and has also cultivated the innate sword qi? Don't be kidding! What? Really? It can't be that you are mistaken, right? At least eighty percent sure?"

In a military base in the Red Flag Country, a spirited old man was yelling into the phone.

"Xiao Wang, Xiao Wang, hurry up and book me a plane ticket, and then book the best position in the martial soul finals, I want to go to Japan to have a look."

By the way, call Xiao Zhang together, yes, it was Xiao Ye who said it, even if it is not true, it must be a little famous. ”

"Let's go together, I've lived for such a long time, and I haven't seen the innate sword qi yet, how can a Japanese boy actually refine the innate sword qi? This is not scientific! No foreigner has ever refined the innate sword qi before?"

"Lao Liu, you stinky old man who talks about science all day long, and you don't feel awkward?"

"What's awkward? What is the Tao? The Tao is the law, the Tao is science, science is the Tao, I can't even understand this, what else can I learn?"

"What? There are no tickets for the final of the martial soul duel? What about through diplomatic channels? It doesn't work? The cheapest ticket price is 12.4 million yuan? It greatly exceeds the budget? There are only private rooms and no seats in the finals? Is the Japanese royal family crazy to be poor? Can it be sold at this price? The price is already sold out?"

"Elder Fang, are you still going?"

"Go, why don't you go, help me contact that kid Sasaki Shinpei, I can't watch the game, I also have to meet that Yanagi after the game, it is said that he is only eighteen years old?

"How do I know this? From ancient times to the present, there are clear records of a total of eight or nine people who have refined innate sword qi, but there is no book that says when they will refine innate sword qi!

"Xiao Ye said that he was eighty percent sure, besides, didn't you also refine the innate sword qi? Xiao Ye has met you a lot of times, so he shouldn't admit his mistake. ”

"I was in my early sixties when I refined the Innate Yiqi, and I was in my seventies when I refined the Innate Sword Qi, can I compare with other eighteen-year-old children?

"By the way, when it comes to martial arts, none of us two old men can compare to Xiao Zhang, let him go with us to have a look, maybe it's a martial arts achievement?"

"Well, just now Elder Fang has asked me to inform General Zhang, and General Zhang said that he will set off with your second elder to see Japan in person. ”

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In the manor of Motowa Yagyu.

Today is already the day of the finals of the martial arts, and the finals are scheduled to start at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, which happens to be the most watched time period in the Asian economic circle and the European economic circle.

But it's eleven o'clock in the morning.

At the door of Yanagi Motowa's retreat room, Aoki Ryoji and Aoki Eima were in a hurry, but the door of the retreat room was still tightly closed.

"Sakura-chan, how long has Master been in?"

"Aoki-senpai, Yuan and he entered the retreat room three days ago, and he hasn't come out yet. ”

"Today is the day of the finals, and it is said that even the emperor will be there to watch the game in person, Sakura, do you think we should go in and call Master? If Master forgets the time, it will be a big problem. ”

"Well, okay, I'll go in and call him. Sakura Kobayashi thought about it for a while and decided to go in by herself, this errand was indeed not suitable for others.

The silent retreat room built by Yanagi Yuanhe is not very large, and it also has a separate washroom, and the total area is only about 30 square meters, after all, this is mainly a place for meditation, not a place to practice swords and show his skills.

During the retreat this time, the door was not locked from the inside through the internal control system, so Sakura Kobayashi could open the door of the retreat room directly from the outside operating system.

"Yuanhejun β€”β€”?" Sakura Kobayashi walked lightly into the retreat room, the floor of this retreat room is not a common floor in Japanese kendo rooms, but a kind of man-made fiber carpet, the long fluff has a good sound insulation function, and it is particularly soft and comfortable to step on, especially the price is not very high, and it is easy to replace.

"Sakuraβ€”β€”, is it time for the competition?" Yanagi Motokazu sat cross-legged with his back to the door of the retreat room, facing the wall, his spine straight.

"Yes, Yuan Hejun, it's been three days, aren't you hungry if you don't eat?"

Sakura Kobayashi looked at the back of her fiancΓ© sitting cross-legged with great concern, and originally thought that Yanagi Motowa was only practicing in retreat for a few hours, but since he entered this retreat room three days ago, he has never come out.

If it weren't for the fact that Yanagi Yuanhe left a note on the door of the retreat room and said that he wanted to 'Bigu' before the retreat, Kobayashi Sakura would not have been able to bear to come in and deliver food.

"This is Bigu, a way to clean up oneself and regulate body functions, don't worry, Sakura, my current state is better than ever!"

With his back to Kobayashi Sakura, he didn't see Yanagi and any strong stance, so he sat cross-legged and lifted off the ground, and then put his feet down and stepped on the ground.

Turning around, Yanagi looked at his little fiancΓ©e with a smile: "Sakura-chan, don't worry, it's just a game, there's still a month to go after I leave school, and when I'm done with the game, let's think about where we go to travel?"

"Hmm! Motowa-kun is the strongest!" said Kobayashi Sakura walked over, gently hugged Yanagi Motowa's waist, and put his head on Yanagi Motowa's chest, and said softly.

The two were gently embracing, and Aoki's voice came from the door of the retreat room.

"Master, it's not too early, it will take us some time to get from here to the city, this time Master Sasaki himself will be your assistant, he is waiting for you over there, we have to go!"

"Well, here we go!" Yanagi Motokazu gently patted Sakura Kobayashi's little head and motioned for her to let go of her waist.

Then, Yanagi walked to the wall, took a long knife from the knife holder, thought about it, took another one, held it in his hand, and walked towards the door of the retreat room.

As soon as he took five or six steps, Liu Shengyuanhe suddenly hesitated, and looked back at the wall, there was also a wooden frame on the wall, and on the shelf was placed an unbladed four-sided long sword - Bai Hong.

"Come along, too!" said Yanagi with a smile.

Sakura Kobayashi, who was standing in the kendo room, and Ema Aoki, who was standing at the door of the kendo room, were both stunnedβ€”β€”β€”β€” who was he talking to?

"Zheng-" With a clear sound, the white rainbow sword turned into a rainbow and flew to a stop in front of Yanagi Yuanhe.

Liu Shengyuan and turned around and walked towards the door, Bai Hongjian followed and floated forward, obliquely sticking to Liu Shengyuanhe's back, as if Liu Shengyuan and was carrying this long sword diagonally.