Red Festival - Part 6

The match continued smoothly until the end of the first round of playoffs, leaving 128 competitors.

Out of the many amazing matches, the match of Gold Class Hero - Rank 3, Wu Shen Lei left a deep impression on the spectators. He used his Awakening ability to burn his opponent with lightning.

Had it not been for Long Bin's timely intervention, Wu Shen Lei's opponent, who was also a ranked hero, might have died.

Even though Wei Tian almost killed his opponent, it could be said that his match was boring. At least compared to Musashi Hirata vs. Arun Seth and Wu Shen Lei's match, it was not interesting at all.

The second round play-off was to be held on the same day with 128 competitors remaining. This would end the first day of the main event with only 64 competitors remaining.

The second-round playoff continued with all the members of the Heero Academy winning their matches.

Once again, Musashi Hirata eliminated a Crown Class Ranker from Moon City. Proving that his victory over Arun Seth was no fluke.

Aside from Musashi Hirata, Wu Shen Lei caused another sensation by almost killing his opponent. He used the same trick and Long Bin had to intervene to save the other contestant.

Thanks to this, Wu Shen Lei received a warning from Long Bin. The purpose of Fighter Anteriority was not to kill each other but to learn and harmonize with each other.

Therefore, killing was forbidden in the Fighter Anteriority.

Just like that, the first day of the main event ended at 16:00.

It was quick because the system was designed to pit the top seed against the non-seed. Most of the weaker players were eliminated, leaving the stronger players to battle it out on day two.

The conclusion of the first day of the Main Event was the fierce competition between the Heroes and the Rankers.

Both sides nearly killed each other every time they clashed.

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Heero and his party left the arena as soon as the four members of his academy finished their fights.

On the way back, he accompanied the children to play. The Hero League was also having a Red Festival outside the arena.

The kids were playing around, but Heero was in a daze, thinking about something. His body was here, but his mind was wandering.

Han Ying noticed her husband's strangeness. She slowed her pace, poked him on the cheek, and asked, "What's wrong? Is something on your mind?"

It was rare to see her husband lacking any enthusiasm while accompanying the children as they played.

Heero snapped out of his thoughts and shook his head, "Ah, I was thinking about that Legendary Ranker guy who won by just staring at his opponent! I was thinking about what that guy did to his opponent!"

Wei Tian was thinking about Wei Tian. It would be a lie if Heero was not curious about Wei Tian after watching his performance.

In the two fights, he had made his opponent tremble in fear and terror by just looking at his opponent.

Han Ying knew who her husband was talking about. Wei Tian had also left a deep impression on her by almost killing one of the contestants.

"Maybe..." Han Ying paused before expressing her thought, "Maybe his awakening ability is similar to hypnotism or something like that, where he can induce his opponent's fear or something..."

It was just a random thought of hers, but her words made Heero remember something. Something about creatures that could strike deep into a person's heart.

Nightmare, that was one of the specter species. Nightmare's special ability was similar to what Han Ying had said. Nightmares were a curse for humans, they could bring out the deepest fears in your heart.

Heero shook his head at this thought, Nightmare was the rarest of the ghosts. It was hard enough to find a normal ghost on Earth, let alone Nightmare.

He nodded at his wife's assumption. Miao Miao and the others had finished playing and called out that they were hungry.

Miao Miao took him to a seafood restaurant. The other children, Myung-Hee, Lan Lan, Tong Tong, and Meng Meng, also wanted to eat seafood.

Seafood was the specialty of the southern region of Star City, as the south of Star City was close to the sea. There were no seafood restaurants in the north of the outer region, so the children were excited when Miao Miao took them to a seafood restaurant.

Two beautiful waitresses greeted the group with their beautiful smiles. They did not look down on the group, even though they were dressed in plain clothes. As expected from a restaurant in the core region, the service was first-class.

"Do you have a private room?" Heero asked with a polite smile.

From the entrance, he could see that the room was full. Moreover, the hall was too noisy because there were too many people. It was understandable since these people were also the spectators who had come to watch the fight.

"I'm sorry, sir. The private room is full," the waitress smiled apologetically.

"Mnn, then a table for..." Heero paused as he counted his party.

His two wives, four children, Butcher Wang and his wife. There were nine in all, but Sun Zhou Yi said he and the others would catch up, added with the two wives of his first disciple.

As for Kang Dong-Woo and Xu Lingxun, the two boys were playing on their own.

"A table for fifteen!" Heero continued.

"Huh?" The waitress was surprised because she had already counted the group.

Heero also knew why the waitress was confused, so he explained. Only then did the waitress nod.

The group was led to a large table, the four little girls talking to themselves, excited as they were about to eat seafood.

Miao Miao explained about the rumored Emperor Crab she had once eaten.

When they reached the table, Miao Miao jumped on a chair. Heero just shook his head as an affectionate smile formed on his lips. His daughter was a little gourmet.

'Should I learn to cook other dishes as well? Ah, I remembered that the Fifth Mother taught me that infusing Ki into cooking could improve the taste of the ingredients as well as the dishes.'

'I could try it later...'

His thoughts were interrupted by a figure rushing towards Miao Miao and pulling her down from her chair.

The waitress was shocked by the sudden violence, and even Han Ying and Hong Yu were stunned, not expecting it. Since Miao Miao was the first to fall, there was no one around to catch her.

"AHH!!!" Han Ying screamed in fear.

Of course, Heero would not let his daughter fall.

Whoosh!

He caught Miao Miao just as she was about to hit the ground. The little girl was shocked as well as it was too sudden. Her eyes widened in fear and tears welled up.

Heero hugged his daughter and rubbed her back, reassuring her, "It's okay! It's okay! Daddy's here..." he repeated the words, managing to stop the little girl from crying.

Miao Miao hugged Heero's neck tightly. She was still afraid of falling.

Meanwhile, a teenager had taken Miao Miao's place. He sat there swinging his right leg. When he saw that Heero had managed to catch Miao Miao, he clicked his tongue, "Tsk!"

The teenager had brown skin and black eyes and wore branded clothes and a limited-edition smartwatch on his left wrist.

"Leave! This is my table!" The boy waved his hand arrogantly at Heero, telling him and his group to leave.

The waitress looked worried at the sight of the teenager.

"I'm sorry, Young Master Kar, but this table belongs to this sir!" The waitress smiled apologetically at the teenager and seemed to recognize him.

Meanwhile, Heero took a deep breath and tried to calm his anger.

'He's just a teenager, don't stoop to his level! He's just a teenager...'

"You know me, but you still want to give him this table?" Young Master Kahn raised his voice insolently.

"But this sir..."

"His party is only nine, while mine is eleven! Just give him a smaller table!

Young Master Kar cut the waitress off insolently.

As he said this, another ten teenagers came to the table. They were standing behind Young Master Kar.

This was the main reason why Heero did not like to deal with the people from the Core Region. They were overbearing and thought they were above the others.

As for what the boy had done to Miao Miao, Heero did not want to escalate the matter any further. It was clear that these boys were just a bunch of unreasonable ruffians.

Just as he was about to ask the waitress for another table, a loud but familiar voice rang out, "Hohoho... A loser still dares to disrespect my master, are you asking for a beating!?"

Kang Dong-Woo appeared next to Heero with a grin on his face as he looked at Young Master Kar.

The face of the boy called Young Master Kahn turned ugly. He was beaten by Kang Dong-Woo in the junior event.

Just as he was about to show off his background, another group appeared behind Dong-Woo. He recognized this group as the famous Heero Academy.

Then he saw Sun Zhou Yi, who called a man he looked down at as "Master". When he saw this, he realized that he had offended a group he should not have offended.

Kang Dong-Woo's face suddenly changed, he looked at Young Master Kar with a fierce look, "Leave! Or do you want..."

Before Dong-Woo could finish his words, Young Master Kar stood up and said, "Let's go!"

Sigh, it seems I have to raise my status to scare these kids too," Heero thought as he took a seat.

Miao Miao returned to her usual cheerful Miao Miao, holding the menu in her hand. She forgot what had just happened as her eyes shone on the menu.

Just like that, the group was having a feast. But Heero's mind was not on the food. He was thinking about something, the Shadow Fang.

The Fighter Anteriority would be over in three days, but there was no sign that the Shadow Fang would appear. He was worried because this was his only chance to kill the Shadow Fang.

*** ***

The next day...

Heero arrived at the same arena and the same seat just before the first match started. He scanned the crowd, his surroundings, trying to find suspicious people.

But his efforts were in vain, there were too many people here. There was no way he could find the Shadow Fang unless they made their move first.

While he was busy scanning the area, the contestants for the first match began to appear on the screen.

The spectators exclaimed in surprise when they saw the name.

"Uwahhh!"

[Kang Seo-Yeon's (#56) vs. Musashi Hirata (#147)]

They were both from the same faction, the Heero Academy. It was a surprise to see them both pitted against each other, as usually the match would be Hero vs. Ranker and rearly otherwise. This time it was Hero vs. Hero.

The two competitors came out of the same gate. Both brought the same flag. They walked side by side to the stage.

They stood side by side on the stage for three minutes with the flag fluttering on their shoulders.

After three minutes, Kang Seo-Yeon raised her hand and said, "I admit defeat!

The audience heaved a sigh of disappointment. They thought they were witnessing a great fight, but they did not expect Kang Seo-Yeon to admit defeat.

Afterwards, the two returned to the waiting room. The third round play-off continued with the second match.

"Uwaaahhhhhh!!!!" The crowd shouted again.

[Sun Zhou Yi (#21) vs. Bai Xin Yue (#22)]