The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

#152 - VS the current strongest, you are the challenger!

【Red Demon Clan defeats Hagun Academy's Ace Swordsman Assassin in an Off-Site Match!】

The day after the duel.

Zunzun saw a newspaper with this headline at the school's news corner, which also included carefully attached candid photos of the match. The author of this news was none other than the newspaper club's Kusakabe Kagami.

"Why did you know we were going to have a match?"

"Ah, ouch, ouch, ouch! I was wrong, I was wrong! Please spare me!"

Zunzun rubbed her cheeks.

Rubbing dog's head. jpg

According to Kusakabe Kagami, she smelled a scoop from the conversation between Kurogane Ikki and Ayatsuji Ayase during their match.

So she kept an eye on the two of them ever since, and followed them on the day of the duel.

"As a reporter, this level of stalking skill is nothing to me! I just didn't expect the one who would appear to be Zunzun, I was a little surprised."

No, no, no.

He should be the one surprised.

The Red Demon Clan is very sensitive to magic power, so things like being followed should be easily noticed. But Kusakabe was actually able to hide without the four of them noticing a trace of her presence, leaving them speechless.

Truly a born reporter.

This news brought a considerable shock to Hagun Academy. After all, the opponent was the ace-level of another school. Even if it was an unofficial match off-site, the opponent was a national top eight. It was impossible to win by chance.

Someone even blurted out a sentence somewhere.

—Which is stronger, the strongest current student council president of Hagun Academy, Toudou Touka, or the Red Demon Clan's Zunzun?

No one knows where this question came from.

But this sentence.

Undoubtedly ignited the curiosity of the students.

Toudou Touka is a national top four, of course she is stronger.

But Zunzun has never been injured in a battle, and this match with Swordsman Assassin was no exception. Does that mean Zunzun is stronger?

The president is strong!

Zunzun is strong!

Such a dispute swept through the entire campus.

And who would win between the two, it was as if the academy's system was also curious, and their match was scheduled for tomorrow.

"So, you ran over to interview me?"

"Well... hehe..."

Kusakabe Kagami smiled awkwardly.

A quick candid photo is fun, but apologizing is a funeral pyre. In order to be able to interview firsthand information, she endured it!

"Don't be angry ~"

She took out a can of warm coffee milk from her rather broad pectoral muscles, lowered her head and raised her hands high, shouting like a vassal offering tribute to his lord.

"Please forgive me, Lord Zunzun!"

"No need."

Zunzun righteously waved her hand to refuse.

You need to know that reporters are a bunch of guys who like to make up stories, so in order not to spread fake news that he likes to drink milk like a certain A-Zu, it's better not to accept it.

"Forget it, it won't have any impact on me anyway."

That's true.

Originally, Zunzun was very popular in the academy. Every day after school, beautiful female classmates would invite him to play unspeakable games. After her publicity, it was just another stroke on his glorious resume.

"So let's start the interview."

"Really! ?"

Kusakabe Kagami's eyes lit up.

Zunzun looked at the student handbook. There were still 30 minutes before the time he had agreed with Kurogane Ikki and the others, and subtracting the travel time...

"10 minutes, you only have 10 minutes."

"Yes, thank you!"

Kusakabe hurriedly took out her notebook and voice recorder.

I have to say.

She is very professional in this regard.

"So the first question. Zunzun, you are about to face the academy's number one ranked student council president, Toudou Touka. Are you nervous?"

"I'm not nervous."

"Zunzun disdained, saying that she is only the number one in the academy, and I can destroy her with one hand, completely showing the arrogance and conceit of the Red Demon Clan, and not taking the student council president seriously at all."

She muttered and quickly wrote something in her notebook.

Hey!

"Second question. Zunzun, you and the student council president are both masters who use lightning-based techniques. What do you think of her?"

"She is strong, but I am stronger."

"Zunzun said that the student council president occupies the number one ranking purely because she enrolled late. What disciple of the War God? Lightning-based techniques are of course mine to respect. Hehe... !"

Wait a minute!

What are you writing randomly?

Zunzun didn't want to continue this strange interview anymore.

"Wait! Last, last question!"

Kusakabe Kagami grabbed Zunzun's arm and begged with a face full of entreaty.

"Last one?"

"Last one!"

"Okay, ask away."

Zunzun sat back on the sofa.

Kusakabe Kagami's expression was very serious this time, and she asked, "Before the selection battle begins, is there anything you want to say to the student council president?"

Oh?

Trash talk session?

Before a wonderful contest, there will be such occasions to mobilize the atmosphere. Although it has become very friendly in recent years, it used to be—I will prove who is the world's number one jungler, I am a 17-year-old world runner-up, what about you? … and other very explosive trash talk.

But setting a flag…

Forget it, let's be friendly, after all, Zunzun and Toudou Touka have a good relationship.

"I hope we can both exert our full strength."

"When I asked if he had confidence in the battle with the academy's current strongest, Zunzun said: You are the challenger! This sentence…"

Wait for me!

She slandered me, she slandered me!

Before Zunzun could even speak, Kusakabe Kagami wrote this sentence in her notebook on her own accord.

Then she stood up with satisfaction.

"Okay! I have a hunch that this will definitely become a big hit! 10 minutes are up, I'll go first! Thank you for agreeing to the interview, goodbye!"

"Wait, wait! Kagami, I think we can chat for a while longer, come back! Come back!"

After that, in front of Zunzun, she staged what is called a reporter's stunt.

—Making a quick getaway!

Disappeared in the blink of an eye!

Zunzun looked at the empty room and only felt that his back was full of flags.

Studying journalism!

Evening.

The latest novel is first published at 69shuba!

Zunzun's student handbook received a text message.

It said that she wanted to meet him at the Third Training Hall, and the sender was Toudou Touka.

He didn't exchange contact information with Toudou Touka, but as the student council president, she could naturally view every student's contact information, presumably sending it through that.

Zunzun did not hesitate.

Arrived at the Third Training Hall at the agreed time.

Normally speaking, one should not go out to meet the opponent in the selection battle the night before, but Zunzun went out.

Unlike Ayatsuji Ayase.

If Toudou Touka—the student council president of Hagun Academy, the fourth place in the Seven Star Sword Art Festival—were to play such petty tricks, it would be too disappointing to her title.

The time was already ten o'clock at night.

The arena was quiet.

It's hard to imagine that this place was bustling with noise during the day, the contrast is too great. And this arena is also the arena where they will duel tomorrow.

A girl was standing on the battle circle.

Wearing rimless glasses, with a brown braid, her hand was on a beautiful long sword at her waist.

She was closing her eyes and resting, seemingly concentrating her mind. After hearing a slight footstep, she slowly opened her brown eyes.

"You've come, Zunzun."

Toudou Touka showed a kind smile.

"Let me state one thing in advance. That news was written randomly by Kagami."

"I know. Because I rejected Kusakabe's request to establish a branch in the academy, she may have some prejudice against me."

That guy, no wonder…!

"And I also know that Zunzun is not that kind of person."

"You're wrong, I am that kind of person."

"Hehe, let's just pretend that's the case."

Toudou Touka looked around the center of the battle circle, she opened her arms as if she was enjoying it.

"I know it's not good to call you out the day before the duel, but I really can't suppress this excited feeling in my heart! From the day I saw you, Zunzun, I had the idea that I must win against you, and this fighting spirit keeps swirling and surging in my chest. When I heard that you defeated Swordsman Assassin Kurashiki Kurato, I couldn't restrain this feeling anymore."

"…Dues?"

"It's a swordsman's desire for the strong!"

Being interrupted by Zunzun, her style was also somewhat deviated.

"Ahem! In short…"

Toudou Touka took a deep breath and looked at Zunzun with burning eyes, and said, "Tomorrow, I hope you can go all out, I… want to have a real duel with you!"

"…What, is that all?"

"Eh?"

"You scared me. If you suddenly told me something like—become the pillar of Hagun, I wouldn't know what to do."

"Ah, re…?"

Zunzun's words were too disconnected, making her not know how to respond.

"Before the Seven Star Sword Art Festival ends, I don't intend to hand over the academy to others. If Zunzun wants the title of the strongest in the academy, then take it from my hands!"

"Of course, I will! To show my respect for you, I will use everything I have learned!"

The two shook hands.

Zunzun felt it and praised, "These are really great swordsman's hands."

"But Zunzun, I can't feel any sensation of holding a sword."

"Because I have the cheat code God's Body."

"…Hmm?"

"Just kidding."

Although he said that, Toudou Touka always felt that this was not a joke, this was what her intuition told her.

"By the way, Zunzun."

"What?"

"I am the current strongest in Hagun Academy, so you are the challenger."

"…That's a flag, you can't just say it casually, President."

"What, is that so! ?"

Toudou Touka originally wanted to show off with the title in the newspaper, but she didn't expect such a mistake to happen, it was too embarrassing.