Red Festival - Part 7

The murmur of hundreds of thousands of spectators could be heard. In two matches in a row, four participants were heroes.

Moreover, these four heroes were from the same academy. The spectators were not stupid enough not to realise that there was something fishy behind the match.

The murmurs grew louder and louder until one spectator shouted in frustration, "The match is rigged!!!"

It was clear that the committee or the Hero League wanted to reduce the number of Heero Academy participants for some reason.

One or two spectators shouted in dissatisfaction. They had come to watch an exciting match, not to see the top-ranked hero get beaten.

From the previous match, this second match result would bring one of the participants back down. They were from the same academy, so it was understandable that fighting would only exhaust them.

Looking at it from a positive perspective, the members of the Heero Academy benefited as they were able to save energy. However, from the viewers' perspective, they were bound to be disappointed to see their favourite heroes eliminated in such a way.

"Boooooo!!!"

The crowd shouted, denouncing the committee. As the shout echoed, four people emerged from the gate.

The shouting stopped at the sight of the four Heero Academy members walking towards the stage.

Strangely enough, not only Sun Zhou Yi and Bai Xin Yue but also Kang Seo-Yeon and Musashi Hirata followed.

Four of them were dressed in the same martial attire and carried the Heero Academy flag on their shoulders, tied to a two-metre wooden pole.

The commotion died down as the spectators were curious as to what the four participants were going to do.

If the spectators realised that the match had been rigged, the contestants must have realised it too.

Long Bin watched the four young generations and wondered what they were going to do. However, he did not stop them from coming up to the stage.

Looking at the four of them, the old man let out a sigh of disappointment. There was no need to guess, Long Bin already knew that one or maybe two big families were jealous of the rise of Heero Academy.

They manipulated the match, reducing the number of Heero Academy members in the Fighter Anteriority, thus dimming the brilliance of Heero Academy.

Kang Seo-Yeon, Bai Xin Yue and Sun Zhou Yi nodded at Long Bin, while Musashi Hirata did not even look at the old man.

They stopped in the centre of the stage. The moment they stopped walking, they raised the flag. Immediately afterwards, they simultaneously thrust the flag into the ground.

The wooden stick pierced through the hard floor, and four flags stood upright as the flag fluttered.

At the same time, Kang Seo-Yeon and Bai Xin Yue stamped their feet.

Whoosh!

The ice and flame covered the floor of the stage. Half of the stage was covered in flames and the other half was covered in ice.

There were five places that were not covered by flame and ice. These were the places where the five people were standing on the stage.

With such a strong momentum, the four of them raised their right hand, which was pointed at the luxurious box where the leader of the Hero League from the three cities was.

They raised their thumbs, and then the thumbs slowly moved downwards. Only then did the audience realise what the four were up to.

They had only come on stage to mock the executive of the Hero League. Their imposing entrance was just a show for the executives of the Hero League; they were not weaklings, and they increased their momentum to denounce the Hero League.

The show lasted for a minute before Bai Xin Yue conceded defeat. Since the result of the match had been announced, it could not be fixed. They accepted the result, but they would not accept it without retaliation.

After Bai Xin Yue admitted defeat, the four of them walked off the stage side by side. Each of their steps melted the ice.

"The event will be postponed for 30 minutes!!!" Long Bin announced in an annoyed tone.

He did not give the reason... No, he was ashamed to give the reason. He was the former Emperor Class Hero of Star City. Such an ugly show at this important event, he was angry but also disappointed.

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Meanwhile, in a small luxurious box, Bai Xian Ming's face turned red with anger.

Such an ugly show, it would be strange if he was not angry.

Bam!

He smashed the fine wooden table in front of him. The wooden table was smashed into pieces.

Such an action shocked the people in the luxurious box, except for Bai Tian Ming, Musashi Kenzan, and Wu Yintao.

Bai Xian Ming rose from his seat and stormed out of the luxury box. He slammed the door and an angry voice could be heard behind him.

"Call those fuckers to the meeting room. I want them all here in five minutes!"

Wu Yintao shook his head in pity and clicked his tongue, "Tsk! After the Feng family, who would be unlucky this time?"

He muttered to himself, but everyone in the luxury box could hear him.

Bai Tian Ming and Musashi Kenzan maintained their dignified expressions as the three family members behind them muttered.

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After half an hour, the main event resumed. Long Bin stormed into the control room kicked everyone out and detained everyone. Not only that, but he also gave everyone a good kick.

He did not care who was responsible for the mess, he put all the blame on them.

After that, he replaced the whole crew with a new one and continued with the event. He was ashamed that this had happened on his home ground.

From the audience, Heero chuckled, amused by what his students were doing on stage.

Even if they had failed to promote the Academy in the fight, they had done something even more unexpected.

You could say that the effect of what they had just done was more effective. The audience were busy taking pictures of the stage.

Half of the stage was filled with cold air, while the other half was filled with flames. Four flags stood in the centre, creating a magnificent sight.

'Heh, soon the forum will be flooded with this picture, I think!' Heero thought at the sight of the spectators eagerly taking pictures.

Even the little girls by his side were taking pictures with their smartwatches.

After the promised half hour, Long Bin returned to the stage. With a stroke of his stick, he extinguished the ice and flame on the stage.

Then he pulled out the four flags and put them aside. He let out another sigh and announced, "The event continues, let's move on to the next match!"

As soon as he finished his words, the screen flashed and two names appeared.

After the ugly show, the event continued smoothly. All the top twenty seeds went through to the last 32 without any major upsets.

The second day of the main event would continue until four competitors were left. In other words, from the top 64, 60 players would be eliminated on the second day.

Without a break, Long Bin continued the main event. Two names flashed on the big screen.

[Cale Wilkinson (#40) vs. Musashi Hirata (#147)]

Face to face with his opponent, Cale was surprised to see the familiar face. On his first day in Star City, he clashed with Musashi Hirata.

Even though the fight was stopped by his friend, he could not help but feel excited when he saw the familiar face again.

To his surprise, he found that his opponent was also excited to see him. Cale could see the excitement in Musashi Hirata's eyes.

Musashi Hirata grinned and said, "My luck is pretty good! You are just on my list!"