Chapter Seventy-Three: An Undercurrent Swells
At the same time, there were only two people in the viewing hall in the center of the tournament, facing the very good but somewhat empty top hall, one of whom sat on the main seat on the east side, and the other bowed his head and bowed to the ground.
"What? Someone suspicious has snuck in? ”
The short and fat man sitting high in the main seat asked, but there was not the slightest surprise in his tone, as if it was just a casual question like a routine.
"Yes, although we have a contingency plan, but because they want to snipe your life, we dare not take risks, so we ask the lord to postpone the royal competition......"
The man who was bowing to the ground below raised his head slightly, revealing a middle-aged face with a beard, and he looked at the lord sitting on the top and said respectfully.
"Hehehe...... Don't worry, Hanzai, it's all in my plans! ”
The short and fat man sitting in the upper seat, that is, Tokugawa Ieyasu, suddenly had an intriguing smile on his lips, and he glanced down at the loyal subordinate in front of him, and calmly rejected the proposal from Hattori Hanzo, the leader of the Iga ninjas.
"Huh?"
Hattori Hanzo, who was on the ground, was slightly surprised when he heard this, and he looked up, only to find that Ieyasu had already stood up from the spot and walked to the windowsill with paces.
"It's okay, if it weren't...... Then I won't have any fun holding this pre-imperial martial arts competition! ”
Tokugawa Ieyasu, who was a little bloated, had already walked to the window at this time, and he looked down at the martial artists who were participating below, and said without looking back.
And right below, sharp-eyed people also saw the head that suddenly emerged from the viewing floor, looking at the rich old man's dress, it didn't seem like an ordinary person.
"Hey...... Look! The man pointed upstairs and shouted loudly, beckoning his companion to look up.
"Could that be ......" Someone cried out in surprise with a lively mind, and he guessed at once that the person standing in that position upstairs seemed to have no one else except Ieyasu!
"What's wrong?" Red Tiger, who was standing in the middle of another group of people, suddenly noticed the commotion of the crowd, and he said to Yuya Shiina next to him with some curiosity.
"Like...... There's someone up there! Shiina Yuya turned her head, and she followed the eyes of the people to look up, and saw a man dressed as a rich man standing on the observation tower and looking down.
The bored ghost-eyed mad knife also looked over, looking at the short and fat figure, his crimson eyes were still calm.
Even if that's ...... The man who won the Battle of Sekigahara, which divided Japan in half, and led the war-torn Sengoku to Taiping, the man who stood at the top of the 100,000 Tokugawa army, Tokugawa ...... Ieyasu!
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"The winner of the bamboo category is...... Red Tiger! ”
In the preliminaries, in the competition venue of the bamboo group, the referee held high the small red flag in his hand and loudly announced the winner of the preliminaries of the bamboo group.
"Yay!"
Red Tiger jumped up excitedly from the spot, cheered himself up with his hands in a fist shape, and a happy smile appeared on his face, so that he could advance to the finals!
"Well done Hu! He is worthy of being a wanted criminal worth fifty taels! ”
At this time, Shiina Yuya walked over from the side, she stretched out her hands and slapped a high-five with the red tiger, and praised with a smile.
"It's nothing!" Red Tiger looked at the night girl, the innocent smile on his face deepened, if it wasn't for the night girl's proposal, he would not have thought of participating in the competition.
"Why are you playing?" The ghost-eyed knife on the side suddenly asked curiously, Red Tiger didn't say that he wanted to participate in the competition before, what's going on? k
"Hehe, I'm just a stronger guy to compete and see, although I can't beat you madman, it's no problem to mix second and third!"
Red Tiger smiled, an excited smile on his face, and he couldn't wait for the thought of being able to fight against a powerful person.
"And, I've already decided! I want to win the ranking in this competition, completely wash away the stigma of the wanted criminal, bleached into the body of a kind citizen, and then I want to convey my passionate heart to Yuya Girl along with the prize money! ”
Remembering the agreement with the night girl, the red tiger squinted his eyes and said loudly, his fists clenched, and he swore a majestic oath.
Just when the Red Tiger was full of energy, the Ghost Eye Crazy Knife had already turned his face, without any expression on his face, pretending not to know this person, and looking ignorant.
'Bang Bang! ’
Sanada Yukimura, who was still dressed in women's clothes, had an encouraging smile on his face, and he applauded with some appreciation, with a 'I like you' expression.
"I'll just let you give me the winnings...... Who wants your enthusiasm ......! ”
A cold sweat broke out on the head of Yuya Yuya on the side, she drooped her face, looked embarrassed but embarrassed to refute, and said to herself in her heart a little speechlessly.
"Finalists in the preliminaries, please move to the finals!"
At this time, the preliminaries of the other groups have also been completed, and the referee came over and beckoned everyone to walk towards the venue of the finals.
The Devil-Eyed Knife and his party followed the referee to the venue of the finals, and found that there were already players waiting here, and it seemed that they were the winners of the latter groups.
The most striking thing is a big fat man with a bloated body, his cheeks are covered with freckles, his eyes are slightly glazed, and he looks silly and silly.
He has two close companions by his side, a middle-aged uncle in armor who seems to be a battle-hardened centurion.
The other was a slender white-haired man, and his eyes looked over before the group of Ghost Eyes Crazy Knife arrived.
"Wow...... Why are they all weird-looking people? ”
Shiina Yuya was a little relieved after walking past these people, she glanced back at those people, leaned over and whispered to Red Tiger.
"Because these are all guys of unknown origin and strange behavior, who came to participate in the royal martial arts competition in order to clear their previous charges!"
Red Tiger smiled when he heard this, the girl from the night is really cautious! He scratched his head casually, looked over as well, and explained in a low voice.
"Red Tiger!"
"Huh?"
Suddenly, he heard the call from behind him from the Devil's Eye Blade, and Red Tiger, who was carefully explaining to the Night Maiden, turned his head curiously and asked.
"Do you know where those guys came from?" Ghost-Eyed Knife asked.
"Where did they come from......?" Red Tiger was slightly taken aback when he heard this, when did the madman actually care about this?
At the same time, Yuya Shiina turned his head to look at him suspiciously, and the taciturn maniac, who had always been indifferent to everything, took the initiative to ask?
Don't...... Is he looking for the woman named 'True Search'?