At 7 p.m., in the high-end restaurant in Tokyo Tower, there are two people who look very out of place at a table by the window. The man in a well-cut suit had a scar on his eye, and sitting across from him was a black-haired girl in private clothes.

"I'm glad you made that decision, Miss Jona."

Zuo Jing took a sip of 72-year-old wine and unhurriedly put the glass to his right hand, he smiled and looked a little hidden.

"Hmm." Jona nodded, she didn't like to say extra words, and after expressing her intentions, she went straight to Zuo Jing, "Please tell me the rules and points to pay attention to." ”

"The basic principle is to compete in a group of 5 people, but the rules for winning in the ring will change, and the contestants who participate in the Dark Martial Arts Tournament are basically youkai, and in addition to actively admitting defeat, being killed also means defeat. There is just one person left in my team, Miss Jona, should she consider joining me? ”

"But Mr. Zuojing's purpose is to destroy the Miè world, right?" Jona looked at him and said expressionlessly, "Do you think I'm the kind of person who is willing to help you achieve your goals?" ”

"I can't say that, although the result is probably about the same." Zuo Jing didn't care about Jona's accusations, smiled and shook his head, "I'm not interested in destroying the Miè world, I just want to open the door between the human world and the demon world, and then watch the result." ”

"You know it's all the same." Jona couldn't quite understand this kind of crazy thinking, and frowned and refused, "I won't be able to help you." ”

"Well, that's the expected answer, but I'd just like to ask for your opinion." Zuo Jing smiled, "Then let me introduce you alone, this time there is also a human group selected to participate in the guest group, and it just so happens that they are also missing a contestant." ”

"Let me see, if it's not suitable, can I form a team and sign up for it myself?"

"Of course, no problem, but the procedures will be more complicated." Zuo Jing is still full of grace, "It's a bit of a pity that I didn't be able to be a teammate. ”

"Thank you for the information, I'll go first."

Jona didn't touch any food on the table and began to organize her bag to leave her seat, Zuo Jing's gaze remained on her, and asked gently, "Okay, don't you really want to eat something." ”

"I really don't need to, thank you."

Jona got up from her seat and nodded goodbye to Zuojing.

"Then I'm looking forward to seeing you at the Martial Arts Conference, Miss Jona." Sokyo-do.

On the way back, Jona kept thinking about whether she would compete in a group of five or directly participate in the human group that Zuo Jing introduced to her. If she fought with people who didn't know anything about the situation, she didn't know their strength and couldn't fully trust them. After all, it's a team competition, and it's not something she can win by working hard alone. But she couldn't find a teammate who could accompany her in the race, she couldn't convince Jotaro to join her in such a race, and Grandpa Joseph was too old to let him take any more risks, and the reason for her participation was not known to her family.

If you think about it carefully, it seems that acquaintances are not good, and you could have asked Athena to borrow a few Saint Seiya to help? But there are so many things going on in the Sanctuary now, and the Saints are ready to sacrifice at any time for the holy war against Hades, and if she takes advantage of others at this time, she will be ashamed of herself.

Jona secretly sighed in her heart. Let's wait until we meet the group of people introduced by Zuo Jing before deciding.

This year's holiday season looks set to be busy.

By the time I was thinking about it, the taxi had already driven back to the front of the house. After paying the fare, Jona pushed open the gate and entered the courtyard. Asakura Hao was sitting in the corridor of the yard, looking at the bamboo tube that received the water, and the house was so quiet that only the sound of "click" could be heard. He could often stay like that for a day, as if he never felt bored or lonely.

After noticing Jona's return, Asakura finally looked up at her and smiled at her, "Yo, I'm back." ”

"I'm back." Jona nodded, took off her shoes at the door of the house, walked barefoot to the side of Ma Canghao and sat down, and looked at the bamboo tube in the yard with him in a daze.

"Are you in a bad mood?" Asakura noticed the change in Jona, raised his head with a smile, looked at her very tenderly and asked, "Did anything unsatisfactory happen, Jona." ”

"There are too many things that go unsatisfactory." Joanna sighed, she threw her head back on the floor with her hands, as if talking to herself, "Most of the obstacles can be solved through guò efforts, and now there is a particularly difficult thing, it is like an endless wall in front of me, and I feel that there is no hope at all. ”

"Oh? What's that? Asakura smiled calmly, "It's the first time I've seen you bothered like this." ”

"There is going to be a war between the Greek gods." Jona's heart was heavy, "Athena decided to sacrifice herself to save this land, and she should be attacked by the Hades Warriors soon, but seeing this happening, she as a mortal is powerless to change anything, and she feels very unwilling. ”

"Since you're a mortal, you're left to your fate, aren't you?" Asakura seemed to be unmoved, he didn't want to comfort Qiao Na, and said with a faint smile, "Because you can't change, you can only accept it, if you don't have strength, you can't do anything, and being weak is also a sin, Qiao Na, if you are unwilling, you will become stronger, and you will be strong enough to be able to dominate this qiē." ”

"You have a point." Jonah simply lay down, looked at the ceiling in confusion and said, "But what do I have to do to surpass God." ”

"It's simple." Asakura held up his chin and looked at her with the same smile in his eyes, "Turn yourself into a god." ”

"......" Joanna was stunned for a moment, and turned her head to look at him, "Seriously?" ”

"Of course."

“…… That's really not that easy at all. ”

Jona remembered what the Asakura family had told her about good things, he had gone through countless reincarnations and gained great magical power, and finally defeated countless psychics to obtain the Elven King and became a god in another sense. So Jona shook her head and said, "I can't do it." ”

"In that case, you'll have to succumb to fate." Asakura didn't show any malice or sarcasm, he glanced at Jona with a light smile, then stood up and turned to leave the hallway, "I thought you could achieve more, Jona." ”

“……”

Jona watched as Asakura's back disappeared, and the yard was once again immature to hear the sound of bamboo tubes catching water. After a long silence, she snorted softly and said, "Don't be kidding, no ordinary person can do this." ”

This kind of thing is not easy to say that if you don't want to accept your fate, a miracle will happen.

Jona sighed and got up to go back to her room.

Next.

There were still more than ten days before the start of the Dark Martial Arts Conference, and when Jona contacted the person called "Little Hades", she was met by a strange young man with a pacifier in his mouth, and told her teammates to participate in special training, and would only meet before departure.

"Then again...... The fifth team member is a little girl, can she really participate in the competition? ”

The young man who claimed to be the little king of Hades looked Jona up and down twice as if he was not satisfied, because he had a pacifier in his mouth and his speech was a little slurred, "But Yusuke and they should also rely on themselves, anyway, just make up the number of participants." ”

"Oh." Jona looked at each other with a numb face the whole time, "Anyway, it's just ten days to come to the port at 0:00, right?" ”

"Yes, there will be a boat to ferry you to the island of Zihang." Xiao Hades said absentmindedly, "Anyway, Miss Kujo, you will be the last one in the ring, I don't know why the organizer chose you as the guest group......"

"I volunteered." Jona interrupted the other party, she also ignored the other party's eccentricity, and asked very seriously, "I heard that if you win the match, you can make a wish come true, is this true?" ”

"Huh?! Did you volunteer? After hearing Qiao Na's words, Xiao Hades couldn't help but be stunned, his gaze stayed on Qiao Na's face, but soon became clear, "That's right, if you win, you can discuss with the people in your group to fulfill your wishes, but I advise you not to participate in the competition for this purpose...... You're going to encounter all kinds of new and evil monsters that will cost you your life. ”

"I know." Jona clearly sensed the other party's contemptuous attitude, and she knew that she was being treated like one of those little girls who didn't know what was going on. Although it was a little unpleasant, she didn't want to defend anything, and after simply asking the little Hades for details, she got up and took her leave.

"Then I'll go, see you in ten days. Waiter, I bought this table. ”

"Oh? You're going to pay the bill, thank you so much. I don't know if it's because I don't need to pay the bill myself, Xiao Yama looked a little happy, Jona nodded expressionlessly, put down a 10,000 yen sheet on the table, and left the store.

There are ten days left, and until then, do something.

Because of the prophetic book, there is a butterfly effect in the world, and it is very likely that the future will develop in an unknown direction. There are too many things to do, but Jona is worried that if she misses the priest, she may never see her important people again, but she has also realized that some things must be changed even if she sacrifices herself. But until then, she still wanted to see Sesshomaru once, or at least to say goodbye to him in advance.

So after buying a gift of high-end sweets in Ginza, Jona went to Sunset Shrine.