Nagato Kagutsuchi: The Dawn
Ch. 229 — Towards 8 Large

“Misuzawa Hanabi.” Yuri muttered softly as she stood up from the spectator bench and walked towards the center of the Tiger Circle Arena field.

Arriving in the middle of the field, Yuri looked at Hanabi who was neither smiling nor greeting her. Hanabi's nature to him is very similar to Iris, it's just that Hanabi is so aloof and reserved in her eyes.

Gyuki explained the rules of the match to Yuri and Hanabi who were going to compete. After the two nodded in understanding Gyuki's explanation, Hanabi and Yuri quickly kept a predetermined distance.

“Alright, the seventh match of the last 16 of the Kai Tiger Tournament between Kitakaze Yuri of the Kitakaze Clan against Misuzawa Hanabi of the Misuzawa Clan begins!” Gyuki started the match cue and jumped backwards while observing the movements of Hanabi who started the opening attack.

The reddish-black haired girl ran quickly towards Yuri while opening her palm as the distance between herself and Yuri drew closer, “Sakura Sword.”.

Hanabi played her sword because for the previous three days, she had always paid attention to Nagato's swordplay which she thought was much more proficient than him.

Slash after slash Hanabi continued to cast on Yuri. The sound of a sword clash echoed in the middle of the Tiger Circle Arena field. Both Hanabi and Yuri greatly enjoyed the exchange of attacks between the two of them.

When he saw there was a gap to use his sword technique, Hanabi slowed down the tempo in the future before turning her body, “Sakura Flower Blast.”.

Yuri widened her eyes because it was difficult to understand Hanabi's swordplay that saw two sword styles in her game. Yuri's body was bounced backwards when her stomach was hit by a swirl of rotating cherry blossoms.

“Blowing Wind Not Invisible Eyes.”.

Yuri exhaled wind from her mouth as her body floated in the air, then the girl spun in the air and made her sword as her footing to stand upright on the ground.

The audience gave a standing ovation at the fight presented in the middle of the Tiger Circle Arena field. Meanwhile Hanabi avoided the sharp wind and made the ground hollow.

Hanabi was still observing Yuri who was flicking her sword intently, only seconds later, Hanabi tried to attack from a distance.

“Sakura..”.

Just as her tiny lips were rubbing together and blurting out the name of her nurse, thousands of sakura leaves flew through the air and circled around Hanabi's body.

Yuri who saw that increased her vigilance because she felt that Hanabi was intending to do something that she thought would create trouble.

“Wind Blowing In Incision..”.

Yuri slashed her sword from a distance and tried to bluff at Hanabi who was seen intimidating her.

Yuri's wind slash hit the flying sakura leaves, though it blew off the leaves but not by destroying them.

Hanabi controlled the flying sakura leaves to attack Yuri. From a punch or a sword, the leaves of the sakura flying through the air can manipulate Hanabi into objects or physical objects that he has seen.

Yuri took pains to fend off any sword attacks formed from the sakura leaves. Yuri unleashed the aura of her body in large numbers and flowed her blade with deep force as Hanabi's attack was much more troublesome than she had thought.

“Sea Eagle Dance!”

As the swing of Yuri's sword grew faster, his sword slash was like the wind that blew away the sakura leaves that attacked him. But Yuri realized his attack had not been able to paralyze the sakura leaves that Hanabi controlled.

“Green Dance!”

This time Yuri's sword swing was increasing sharply and the light green aura of her body lining her blade was also dangerous.

Hanabi smiled faintly for a moment then processed her breathing while running towards Yuri to avenge the attack of the girl who came from the Kitakaze Clan.

“Tread of Nine Sakura Trees Falling!”

Hanabi handled the sakura leaves into a palm shape that attacked Yuri directly. The audience was amazed.

Yuri slashed her sword very quickly while twisting her body many times creating a whirlwind.

Hanabi realizes that her attack can still be held by Hanabi well, then the girl returns to launch a series of attacks on Yuri.

“Sakura Smoothness Spring!”

Hanabi hit Yuri from a distance, seeing the sakura leaves that formed a fist clashing with the slash of Yuri's sword.

“Blow The Wind In Solitude.”.

Seeing the successive attacks from Hanabi overwhelming her, Yuri flowed her blade with greater inner strength and cut off the cherry blossoms that formed a fist.

Hanabi still remained calm even the reddish-black haired girl received Yuri's sword slash with the sakura sword in her right hand.

Hanabi and Yuri exchanged quite fierce attacks, from the exchange of attacks it looks Hanabi is more dominating the attack than Yuri.

“Lautan Sakura Spring.

That extremely fast slash of Hanabi's sword made Yuri fail to fend him off. Yuri's body was seen being slashed by her stomach but there was not the slightest wound on the belly of the girl from the Kitakaze Clan.

Hanabi's swordplay style changed, her eyes closed while her hands sheathed her sword slowly, “Flying Sakura Kupu-Kupu.”.

Yuri was surprised to feel the pain of her stomach and slowly her body collapsed to the ground helplessly, “Daun.. leaf...

The audience was amazed to see Hanabi's swordplay and Gyuki even applauded Hanabi.

Yuri still did not expect to lose against Hanabi but somehow she felt happy with the outcome of this match.

His defeat of Hanabi made Yuri feel that he was still lacking in training and there were still many shortcomings in mastering the swordsmanship of the Kitakaze Clan.

“Victor Misuzawa Hanabi of the Misuzawa Clan!” Gyuki raised her hand and ended the match.

“The sister of Matsuri is indeed terrible..is she one of the people who have the power like Mr. Pandu..” Gyuki sat down while looking at Hanabi and Yuri who had walked together to the audience bench.

Then Gyuki immediately switched to the next match and called out the two names of the participants who would compete in the last match of the round of 16 of the Tiger Tournament Kai.

“Next Young Master Hiragi and Akatasuki Akaza.” Gyuki stared at the audience bench, “Two names I called please come forward!”

The last two participants came almost simultaneously in the middle of the Tiger Circle Arena field. Gyuki immediately explained to Hiragi and Akaza about the rules of the match that were still the same as the round of 32.

“Do you still remember it?” Gyuki looked at Akaza and Hiragi who nodded her head simultaneously, “Then, take some distance and wait for the match from me!”

Akaza and Hiragi jumped back while staring intently at each other. Akaza's hands were coated in burning flames while Hiragi held his sword and stared at Akaza fiercely.

“The last game of the last 16 of the Tiger Tournament Kai between Young Master Hiragi against Akatsuki Akaza begins!” Gyuki started the match and jumped backwards.

Hiragi's swordplay looks very fast when Gyuki starts the match. Akaza smiled broadly at Hiragi who was already in front of him.

“Fire Cloud Flow..” While cultivating his breathing, Akaza instantly drew out his sword and started playing it.

The sword clash occurred when the swords belonging to Akaza and Hiragi met. The two exchanged attacks right after their swords touched.

Akaza and Hiragi moved around while exchanging attacks. After exchanging attacks for about thirty minutes, Hiragi tried to perform a surprise attack, “Fire Freedom Fires!” But his slash was successfully repelled by Akaza.

“Fire Cloud Flow Sword Technique: Red Claw Flashes!” The three-claw tiger-shaped slash shot rapidly towards Hiragi.

Hiragi and Akaza repeatedly exchanged attacks but their attacks were still balanced. This time Hiragi and Akaza exchanged the five sword styles they had.

Akaza and Hiragi released the aura of his body almost simultaneously with a large amount. After that they continued to exchange attacks until the day began to greet the afternoon emitting its gentle radiance.

“Fire Cloud Flow Sword Technique: Red Fire Tiger Bite Smouldering!”

Akaza swung his sword faster than before and created a red-colored tiger that gripped Hiragi's body.

“Twin Fire Dance!”

Hiragi twisted his body and swung his sword towards Akaza. This time Hiragi realized his desperate position and he did not deny that he was still weak.

“Sial!” Bait Hiragi in his heart while continuing to swing his sword at Akaza.

Both Akaza and Hiragi were fighting in balance, now they were staring at each other with gasping breaths.

“I have to win. For Hisui's sake, I have to win. Brother will support you Hisui so you can walk with him.” Beyond her similar nature to her father, Hiragi loves her sister and mother very much. If it wasn't for Emperor Hizen and Satra teaching Hiragi martial arts since childhood, perhaps Hiragi would have had the same traits as Hisui.

But Hiragi from childhood was taught by Emperor Hizen with hard and wrong thoughts so that he became a person who often considers others just one eye.

“Mkirgar Bara Api In Space!”

Hiragi unleashed his strongest sword technique to defeat Akaza in his final attack.

But it was not Hiragi who thought that way, because Akaza also thought similar to Hiragi.

“Fire Cloud Flow Sword Technique: Solar Fire Burns the Earth!”

Akaza also unleashed his attacks that ate the aura of his body and his profound energy in large quantities.

The two sword techniques clashed when Hiragi's sword and Akaza's sword touched.

“By too, you son of the emperor. I acknowledge you as my rival.” Akaza casually spoke to Hiragi like he was talking to Akai and Kise.

Hiragi just smiled faintly and continued to push his sword. Before long the two clashing sword techniques made Akaza and Hiragi's bodies bounce back.

Gyuki saw that the two participants could not continue the match. The man did not raise his hand for ten minutes waiting for one of the two participants to stand.

Hiragi's body bounced against the wall of the Tiger Circle Arena, while Akaza's body slid to the ground and his head hit one of the trees standing firmly in the middle of the field.

Shortly after Hiragi's body fell to the ground, all the spectators fell silent for quite a while before seeing Hiragi still trying to stand up and raise his right hand.

“I... win..” Hiragi tried to see Hisui watching from the top of the stands, “See Hisui, Big Brother won..” Hiragi's body almost collapsed yet he still tried to remain standing.

Gyuki raised her hand and announced Hiragi as the winner, “His Young Master Winner Hiragi!” The audience immediately gave a standing ovation to Hiragi.

”Are you two okay?” Gyuki is now embracing Hiragi's shoulder while looking at Akaza grimacing in pain on the ground, “It looks like you two are seriously injured. But you guys are great, an opponent in a match will be a comrade outside the match. I'm impressed with you, Akaza.”.

“Let's still lose..” Akaza could not stand up because he ran out of his body aura, “It looks like you have something precious. I can see the light in your eyes, man.”.

Gyuki wants to laugh at Akaza's words to Hiragi, but the man holds her back because after all she is a married adult and has two twins.

“Yes, you also made me realize that I was still too weak.” Hiragi collapsed to the ground as Gyuki let go of her embrace.

Seen on the ground Hiragi and Akaza laughed loosely before being lifted on a stretcher by medics.

“Hiragi..." Gyuki deepened in her heart while looking at Hiragi who was laughing loosely with Akaza, “I am also not a good father, either, but I have a wife who can teach my two cute little girls to be good guys.”.

Gyuki smiled meaningfully and closed her eyes, then she opened her eyes slowly looking at Sachia who was using the Peacock Pen.

"Thank you to the audience for taking the time to watch the last 16 of the Tiger Kai Tournament!" Gyuki had a loud voice and that voice echoed throughout the corner of the Tiger Circle Arena as everyone in the stands told each other about the fight between Hiragi and Akaza.

"For the last 8 round of the Tiger Tournament Kai will be held the day after tomorrow. So there will be a pause for one day to prepare for the participants." Gyuki explained to everyone at the Tiger Circle Arena about the match time for the round of 8 of the Kai Tiger Tournament.

The round of 8 of the Tiger of Kai Tournament will be held one day from now.

"Congratulations to the young swordsman who qualified for the round of 8. For those who have not escaped do not be discouraged. Take a lesson from defeat. Man will thrive after feeling an immediate sense of meaningful defeat." Gyuki said to the young swordsman who sat in each stands. Then he looked at Sachie who was drawing something in the air, Gyuki was waiting for a sign from Sachie when she finished drawing.

"Alright, here are the eight names of the young swordsmen who will be the next generation of the ancestors of the Kai Empire. Look up! They were all young warriors who would compete in the last 8 of the Kai Tiger Tournament!" Gyuki looked at Sachie's hand which signaled she finished writing and drew something in the air.

"Please see eight names in the sky!" Gyuki pointed towards the sky. All the spectators followed Gyuki's direction. Not long after the explosion occurred with pink smoke, above the sky of the Tiger Circle Arena was seen writing the names of 8 participants of the Tiger Tournament Kai who will compete in the round of 8.

The name of the participants who will compete in the round of 8 of the Tiger Tournament is :

Mangetsu Tatara's

Iris Fuyumi

Himuro Kirigiri

Fuyumi Nagato's

Sathas

Fuyumi Litha's

Misuzawa Hanabi

Hiragis

Slowly the atmosphere in the Tiger Circle Arena began to slip away. No one was aware of the imminent catastrophe in the Capital of Daifuzen. Two absolute destructive forces came by flying through the ocean towards the Ezzo Continent from Jaya Country. The two men came to the Ezzo Continent because they received direct orders from Emperor Bahamut.

One of the four Commander-in-Chief of the Four Conferred Knights changed its form to a red Dragon ridden by one of the Commander of his army who was a Disaster Type Holy Water user.

Meanwhile one of the members of the Seven Deadly Great Sins named Don King comes with Wang Zhi to make sure Brusca and Reptile have killed Gore. But they both have different motives. They were just looking for the power residing within Nagato's body to bring back the havoc to the world like decades ago.

On the other hand, Magma's men including the older brother of Magma were in Mikazuchi City to ascertain the situation in Kai Empire.

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Small note from me SLUR :

Jaya State... One of the countries colonized by the Bahamut Empire for trying to uncover the truth about this world by reading five inscriptions that tell about the truth of the world. One of Nagato's friends named Halilintar came from there, well Spoiler wkwkwkwk. Keep following the slow-paced novel, sorry if there are so many flaws because this is the result of my imagination during the text and living in a dormitory with a lot of flaws.

Thumbs and comments dong let me more jos up his hehe.