Chapter 32: The Opponent
Eight martial artists took to the stage from different angles.
As soon as Terry came on stage, he found Claire on the stage, and he finally got an explanation in his heart after he had been wondering, no wonder this guy said that he would meet me again, it turned out to be this reason.
From the information, Claire, who has already learned about the martial artists present (except for Hardilan), naturally does not have any superfluous expressions. The captain of the Japanese team, Kyo Kusanagi, has been yawning incessantly since he took the stage, and his confused look is obviously just being pulled out of the arms of the warm bed, so at this time, Kusanagi Kyo probably wants to do what he wants to do is to draw lots, and then go back to sleep.
And the representative of the superpower team, Athena, did not have the timidity of ordinary martial artists after coming to the stage for the first time, after all, as a star, this kind of thing is probably commonplace. And after going on stage, Shiranui Dance, who was also calm, took her fan to fan herself, and she didn't know if she was really hot or bored.
The rest of the men were much calmer, Takuma Sakazaki stood in place with his hands on his chest in his practice uniform, and Colonel Hardiran was as unobtrusive as a shadow, as if it had become his instinct. As for the captain of the South Korean team, Kim Jiayang crossed his hands on his hips, squinted slightly, and was also looking at the martial artists on the stage.
After the host's words were finished, she instructed the staff in the audience to bring a very ordinary-looking lottery box to the stage.
The fighters in the audience stared at the lottery box after it was brought to the stage, as if they wanted to penetrate the iron sheet with their eyes and see the number of the balls inside.
After a while, Yawning Kusanagi Kyo finally walked impatiently and directly to the lottery box, and he complained as he walked: "Really, it's grinding to draw a lot, so I'll draw it first." With that, Kyo Kusanagi, who walked over to the box, took out a small ball directly from the box.
The number on the metal ball is reflected in the hand of Kyo Kusanagi, who is holding the ball, and the sunlight reflects the shining brilliance - No. 3.
After holding it for a while, Kusanagi Kyo threw the ball directly on the ground, and then walked off the stage without looking back.
Subsequently, the remaining seven martial artists on the stage took out the balls from the box one after another. This also directly confirms the opponents of each team.
In the first game, its team was the women's martial arts team and the magic team, and after seeing the results of this draw, Hill in the audience inexplicably wiped a handful of saliva left behind.
The second game is a match between the Raging team, a team of mercenaries, and the superpower team. To be honest, Claire suddenly wanted to watch the battle between Athena and the cold-faced instructor Hardyron, which must have been interesting.
In the third game, the teams were Japan and South Korea, and the two teams named by the country were lined up together, which has to be said to be a bit of a coincidence.
The fourth game, needless to say, is naturally a dragon battle between the Dragon Tiger team and the hungry wolf team, oh no, it is a strong matchup between the Dragon and the Wolf.
Claire didn't do anything else after the draw, and walked directly in the direction of her teammates.
As Claire walked on the way back, there was a constant discussion, and the voices were basically the voices of Hill and Mitch.
Hill has been whispering to Mitch with an expression that is not quite right since Claire stepped down and was taken away by Claire.
The content can't be elaborated, but the general content is: Oops, we're really lucky, the boss's hand is really red, what kind of women's martial arts team must be one of the weak teams in the official competition, it just happened to let us run into it, I don't know if I have a chance to kiss Miss Shiranui? Or the daughter of the Sakazaki family.
Mickey next to him couldn't help but hurt him when he saw Hill's cheap appearance: "Just your shabby appearance, it's not me that I will go to *** and others will charge you four times the price, and Miss Ignorance, I think you can't even handle that man's Po Qiong, and, Hill, I only know now that you are so good." ”
Ciel was annoyed by Mickey's wanton taunts and naturally wanted to quarrel with him, but Koijiro, who was already a little used to it, looked at them speechlessly and pestered Claire to ask questions.
"Senior, how sure do you think we are on the other side?"
Claire didn't even look at Koijiro, he kept walking with his hands in his pockets. But just when Koijiro thought that Claire would not answer again, he suddenly heard Claire's answer:
"If these two two goods can have the same level as last time, it should be no problem to win this time." This is not Claire's boasting, he has seen the women's martial artists team fight against other teams in the preliminaries, and after he replayed the preliminaries video from Colonel Seaton and checked the materials, he can be said to know seven or eight points about the situation of the women's martial arts team.
The women's martial arts team first let the daughter of the Sakazaki family, Yuri Sakazaki, enter the preliminaries, and the second is the second of the Shiranui ninjutsu, and Joan, who was once the champion of the Muay Thai competition.
So if Hill and Mickey can win Yuri Sakazaki first like last time, and then consume Mai Shiranui's physical strength, then Claire is sure to win. It's not that Claire is particularly powerful, it's just because Claire has been to Southeast Asia to chase drug dealers, and as an undercover agent, he naturally learned Muay Thai from the locals in order to play more realistically.
So Claire felt that if that Joan was only good at Muay Thai, she shouldn't be able to beat him, after all, the most powerful thing is unknown.
After saying goodbye to Hill, Claire, who figured out the above keys, took Koijiro back to the bar and prepared for tomorrow's tactical arrangements.
6:00am the next day
Claire, who was originally sleeping on the bed with her eyes closed, opened her eyes in an instant and rolled over and climbed out of bed after the hands of the wall clock pointed to six o'clock, which made the author who likes to lie in bed ashamed.
Soon, after finishing the basics, Claire walked straight down the stairs to the door.
Yesterday, Claire had already made an appointment with Hill and them to meet at XX Square today, no matter what, familiarizing herself with the venue was always the first thing Claire felt should do, after all, no one could guarantee whether the R consortium would do any tricks.
XX Square is not far from the bar, but if you have to pass through many alleys, of course, this little road is naturally difficult for Claire, so he arrived at XX Square after walking for twenty minutes.
Claire began to wait for Hill and them after arriving at XX Plaza, although Hill and Mickey don't seem to be reliable, but in fact, the two of them are still not sloppy about big things.
After waiting for half an hour, Claire, who hadn't waited for Hill, ran into the first team to come, the Korean team.
I saw that the young Korean Jin Jialian who knew taekwondo was walking towards XX Square with his two apprentices, and unlike the giant Chen Guohan who was picking his nose or Cai Baoqi who was peeling apples with his paws, Jin Jialian, who was wearing a practice uniform, walked over in a normal posture.
Claire, who looked at Jin Jialing and they came over, narrowed her eyes, he couldn't see Jin Jialian's strength from Jin Jialian's actions for the time being, but judging from Jin Jialian's behavior, he is a person who can restrain himself, then, according to the information that he can control Chen Guohan and Cai Baoqi, the two former criminals, Jin Jialian's sense of justice should be very strong.
Jin Jialian, who had already walked over, had actually noticed Claire a long time ago, but he didn't plan to have any contact with other martial artists, so after Jin Jialing exchanged names with Claire with a smile and said hello, he led Chen Guohan and the others to their venue.
As time passed, each team came to XX Square one after another, and Hill and Mitch also successfully joined Claire.
As for Koijiro, since he is not a participant, he can only stand outside the arena as a spectator, but this kid doesn't feel pity, and he specially bought that kind of glow stick to cheer for Claire and them.
After all the martial artists arrived, the staff who had already held the preliminaries quickly set up the competition venue, of course, the competition venue naturally did not have anything special, but it was reduced by a third on the original basis. This also means that the advantage of fighters who can do long-range qigong is reduced, such as the superpower team.
Since today is the weekend, after hearing that the game is free to watch, the audience came to the venue with the mentality that chatting is better than nothing, and most of these are spectators who have watched the preliminaries before.
Everything is ready to go, just wait for the start of the tournament to be announced.