The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing.

Chapter 152 VS the current strongest, you are the challenger!
[The Red Demons defeated the Tanlang Academy's ace swordsman killer in the outdoor competition! ]

The day after the duel.

Zun Zun saw a newspaper with this title in the school news corner, which also carefully attached candid photos of the competition. The author of this news was Kagami Kusakabe from the news agency.

"Why do you know we are going to compete?"

"Oh, it hurts! I was wrong, I was wrong! Please let me go!"

Zun Zun rubbed her cheek.

Angry rubbing dog head.jpg
According to Kagami Kusakabe, she got the hint of the theme from the conversation between Ikki Kurogane and Ayase Ayatsuji during the game.

So he kept an eye on the two of them from then on, and followed them on the day of the duel.

"As a reporter, this level of tracking skills is not a problem for me! I just didn't expect that the person who appeared was you, Zun Zun. I was a little surprised."

No, no.

He should be the one who is surprised.

The Crimson Demons were very sensitive to magic, so they should have been able to easily detect someone following them. But Kusakabe was able to hide so well that the four of them could not detect a single trace of his presence, leaving them speechless.

He is truly a congenital journalist.

This piece of news definitely brought a big impact to Pojun College. After all, the opponent was the ace level of the school. Even if it was an informal competition off the field, the opponent was among the top eight in the country, and it was impossible for them to win by chance.

Even a student accidentally blurted out a sentence somewhere.

——Who is stronger, Dongtang Daohua, the strongest current student council president of Pojun Academy, or Zunzun from the Red Demon Clan?

I don't know where this question came from.

But this sentence.

It undoubtedly ignited the students' curiosity.

Dongtang Daohua is among the top four in the country, so of course she is stronger.

But Zun Zun has never been injured in the battle circle, and this time in the competition with the Swordsman Killer is no exception. Does that mean Zun Zun is stronger?
President is strong!
Zun Zun is strong!
Such disputes spread throughout the campus.

As for who will win or lose between the two, the academy's system seemed to be curious, so their match was scheduled for tomorrow.

"So, you just came here for the interview?"

"Well...hehehe..."

Kusakabe Kagami smiled awkwardly.

It’s fun to take secret photos, but it’s a pain in the ass to apologize. She endured it in order to get first-hand information!
"Don't be angry~"

She pulled out a can of warm coffee milk from her fairly broad pectoral muscles, lowered her head and raised her hands high, shouting like a retainer offering tribute to her master.

"Please forgive me, my Lord!"

"No need."

Zun Zun waved his hand and refused righteously.

You have to know that reporters are a group of people who like to make up stories, so in order to avoid spreading fake news that he likes to drink milk like a certain old man, it is better not to accept it.

"Forget it, it doesn't affect me."

This is true.

Originally, Zun Zun was very popular in the academy. After school every day, beautiful female classmates would invite him to play games that could not be mentioned. After her publicity, he just added another stroke to his glorious resume.

“So let’s start the interview.”

"May I!?"

Kusakabe Kagami's eyes lit up.

Zun Zun glanced at the student handbook. There were still 30 minutes until the time agreed upon with Kurogane Ikki and the others. Minus the time spent on the journey...

"Ten minutes. You only have ten minutes."

"Yes, thank you!"

Kusakabe quickly took out his notebook and recorder.

have to say.

She is still very professional in this regard.

"Then the first question. Mr. Zun Zun, you are going to face the student council president Dong Tang Daohua, who is ranked first in the academy. Are you nervous?"

"I'm not nervous."

"Student Zun Zun said disdainfully, he is just the first in the academy, I can destroy him with one hand, which completely shows the arrogance and arrogance of the Red Demon Clan, and he does not take the student council president seriously at all."

She was mumbling something and writing quickly in her notebook.

Hey!
"Second question. Mr. Zun Zun, you and the student council president are both masters of using lightning. What do you think of her?"

"She's strong, but I'm stronger."

"Student Zun Zun said that the reason why the student council president took the first place was purely because he entered school late. What kind of disciple of the fighting god is that? Of course, I am the leader of the lightning department. Hehehe...!"

Wait a mininute!
What are you scribbling?

Zun Zun no longer wanted to continue this strange interview.

"Wait! Last, last question!"

Kusakabe Kagami hugged Zun Zun's arm with a pleading look on her face.

"the last one?"

"the last one!"

"Okay, just ask."

Zun Zun sat back on the sofa.

Kusakabe Kagami looked very serious this time and asked, "Before the selection battle begins, do you have anything to say to the student council president?"

Oh?
Trash talk session?
Before the exciting competition, there will be such occasions to mobilize the atmosphere. Although it has become more friendly in recent years, it was still a very explosive trash talk like "I will prove who is the world's number one jungler, I am the world runner-up at the age of 17, what about you?"...

You can set a flag...

Forget it, let's be friendly. After all, Zun Zun and Dongtang Daohua have a good relationship. "I hope everyone can show their full strength."

"When I asked if he had the confidence to fight against the strongest person in the academy, Zun Zun said: You are the challenger! This sentence..."

Wait a minute!
She slandered me, she slandered me!

Before Zun Zun could say anything, Kusakabe Kagami wrote this sentence on her notebook.

Then she stood up with satisfaction.

"Great! I have a feeling this will be a big hit! The 10 minutes are up, I'll be leaving now! Thank you for agreeing to the interview, bye!"

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

Afterwards, he performed what are called journalist stunts in front of Zun Zun.

——Get away with it!
It disappeared in the blink of an eye!

Zun Zun looked at the empty room and felt as if his back was full of flags.

Study journalism!
evening.

Zun Zun's student handbook received a text message.

It said that he wanted to meet him at the third training hall, and the sender was Dongtang Daohua.

He did not exchange contact information with Dongtang Daohua, but as the student union president, the other party could naturally check the contact information of each student, so he must have sent it through that.

Zun Zun did not hesitate.

Arrive at the third training hall at the agreed time.

Normally, if an opponent of a selection match invites you the night before, you shouldn't go out to attend the meeting, but Zun Zun went out.

Different from Ayase Ayatsuji.

If Dongtang Daohua, the student council president of Pojun Academy and fourth place in the Seven Star Sword Festival, also used such tricks, it would be a disgrace to her reputation.

It's already ten o'clock in the evening.

The venue was quiet.

It was hard to imagine that this place was bustling with people during the day, the difference was too big. And this venue was also the venue where they would duel tomorrow.

There was a girl standing on the battle circle.

She wore rimless glasses, had brown braids, and her hand was resting on an exquisite sword at her waist.

She closed her eyes at this time, as if concentrating, and after hearing the slight sound of footsteps, she slowly opened her brown eyes.

"You're here, classmate Zun Zun."

Dongtang Daohua smiled kindly.

"Let me make it clear in advance. That news was made up by Kagami."

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

That guy, no wonder...!
"And I also know that classmate Zun Zun is not that kind of person."

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

"Haha, just treat it as that."

Dongtang Daohua looked around in the center of the battle circle, her arms open 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 hold back the excitement in my heart! From the day I saw you, classmate Zun Zun, I had the idea that I must defeat you, and this desire to fight has been swirling in my chest. When I heard that you defeated the swordsman killer Kurashiki Kuratomi, this feeling could no longer be suppressed."

"...Dueez?"

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

Being interrupted by Zun Zun, her painting style was somewhat distorted.

"Ahem! In short..."

Dongtang Daohua took a deep breath, looked at Zun Zun with burning eyes, and said: "Tomorrow, I hope you can go all out. I... want to have a real duel with you!"

"…What? That's it."

"Eh?"

"I'm scared to death. If you suddenly told me something like becoming the pillar of the Pojun Army, I wouldn't know what to do."

"Ah...?"

Zun Zun's words were so out of touch with reality that she didn't know how to respond.

"Before the Seven Star Sword Festival is over, I don't plan to hand over the academy to anyone else. If you want the title of the strongest in the academy, then take it from me!"

"Of course I will! I will use everything I have learned to show my respect to you!"

The two held hands.

Zun Zun felt it and praised: "What a great pair of swordsman's hands."

"You are right, classmate Zun Zun. I can't feel any touch of holding a sword."

"Because I have a plug-in god body."

"……Um?"

"Kidding."

Although he said so, Dongtang Daohua always felt that this was not a joke. This was what her intuition told her.

"By the way, classmate Zun Zun."

"what?"

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

"…This is a flag. You can't just say it casually, President."

"What, is this actually happening!?"

Dongtang Daohua originally wanted to show off by using the headline in the newspaper, but he didn't expect such a mistake to happen. He is so embarrassed.

(End of this chapter)