Tokyo people don't talk about Wude

Chapter 234 Chapter 231. The Bitter Meat Scheme

After arriving at the arena with high spirits, everyone in Xiujin noticed that the atmosphere was quite strange.

The coaches and players of several teams were negotiating with the referees and seemed very impatient.

"Referee, our No. 3 backbone player was absent last night for some reason. Please replace him."

"Two of our players were injured and went to the hospital. Please send substitutes."

"Referee, our commander."

Everyone from Xiujin Academy went over to listen, only to find that these people had applied to the referee for substitutions because someone in the team was absent.

"What's going on? Are there other teams?" The students of Xiujin College were very surprised.

"Um, Mr. Referee." The temporary leader of Xiujin Women's Team also approached the referee and said:
"Our team's leader, Junko Kunoki, was injured last night and was hospitalized. He cannot participate in today's game. We have applied to send a substitute player."

A boy next to him with "Enoshima High School" printed on his kendo uniform came over and asked:
"Some of you are absent too?"

"The leader of our women's team was attacked with a venomous snake last night." A boy from Xiujin College communicated with him:
"What, you guys too?"

"Our captain was hit by a flowerpot falling from high altitude last evening and was sent to the hospital for stitches." The young man from Enoshima High School said worriedly:

"Originally we thought it was just bad luck, but we didn't expect that so many other teams would also have troubles. What exactly is going on?"

It is now half an hour before the official start of the game. Thirteen participating teams have approached the referees and organizers, claiming that their starting players are absent for some reason.

At this point, the atmosphere in the arena became subtle.

In fact, according to Nan Hehui's statistics, twelve teams encountered unexpected situations as early as the auditions, resulting in some players being unable to participate normally.

But these twelve teams are just a drop in the bucket compared to the hundreds of teams in the knockout rounds. No one will notice them, and the organizers will not change the competition schedule for them.

But there were only sixteen teams in today's finals, but thirteen teams claimed to have suffered an accident. This probability was abnormally high.

In addition to communicating with the organizers, players from some teams also began to communicate with each other privately. After learning that the opponent's starting players were also absent, the players couldn't help but begin to feel suspicious, and even took the initiative to question the organizer:
“So many teams participating in the finals had accidents. Are these really just accidents, or did someone do it on purpose?”

In the face of continuous doubts, the organizer took a firm stance and came up with a set of official words:
"We had no knowledge of this and never expected that such an unfortunate disaster would happen to so many players. We will investigate together with the local police, but today's final is imminent and there is no way to temporarily suspend it. It must be "Proceed as usual."

Seeing this situation, the players could only hold back their resentment and return to their respective areas to prepare.

Kyushu Cheng stood aside the whole time, observing the movements at the scene.

According to his observations, there are currently 13 teams on the scene where players are absent due to accidents, and the remaining three teams are: Private Takamagahara Mine Academy, Namba Haigaoka High School, and Fukuoka Okishima High School.

The contestants of the private Takamagahara Peak had actually arrived at the competition venue early, but they did not seem to have suffered any accidents. The list of contestants in the finals was the same as that of the auditions.

Namba Haigaoka High School was the only team among the sixteen teams in the finals that slipped in through luck and was also not attacked.

Why these two schools were not attacked remains unspecified for now.

However, Fukuoka Okishima High School was not attacked. Doesn't this mean that it is self-inflicted?
Jiuzhou Cheng was thinking when he heard a loud voice coming from next to him:

"Hello, the guard player from Fukuoka Okishima High School was absent last night for some reason. We have applied for a replacement player."

"!!!"

Kyushu Cheng was startled and suddenly looked back.

The team from Fukuoka Okishima High School also came to the scene, and the leader of the team, Mitsuru Iwata, a short-haired young man, was negotiating with the referee.

"Do you also want to change players?" Because there were so many people asking, the referee seemed to have become numb to this topic.

"Our defender Yuichiro Fukuda was attacked by an unknown person last night while going to the toilet alone. He is still receiving treatment in the hospital." Mitsuru Iwata handed over several documents:

"We have reported the case to the police. Here is the player's case sheet and the case receipt after the report was made. Please take a look."

The referee took the list, glanced at it quickly, and promised: "Understood, application for approval. Please fill out the personnel change form fifteen minutes before the game and submit it to me."

"Thank you very much." Mitsuru Iwata bowed slightly, glanced back at the other players, and then led the team to their preparation area.

After listening to their conversation, Kyushu Cheng felt great confusion in his heart.

The team of Fukuoka Okishima High School was also attacked, and some of the main players were injured and absent? ! If the attackers attacked other teams to help the Fukuoka team win the championship, then why did they attack the main players of Fukuoka Okishima High School?

Although the masterminds were most likely staging a ruse, directing and acting to make Fukuoka Okishima High School a "victim", this would allow them to avoid suspicion.

But if the main players of the Okishima High School team are attacked, then their strength will be greatly weakened. What is the point of this series of plans?
With lingering doubts, after Kyushu Cheng settled the Xiujin Academy players, he claimed that he was leaving for a while, but in fact he was going to find Nan Hehui.

Nan Hehui and Miyamoto Akira are still sitting in the seats of special guests today.

Seeing Kyushu Cheng coming, Miyamoto Qiu just sat in his seat and waved to him, while Nan Hehui immediately got up and walked towards him.

"Your Excellency Jiuzhou, I heard that there were no accidents on your way to the arena. I'm really happy to congratulate you." Nan Hehui said with concern:
"You look very bad. Is it because you didn't sleep last night?"

"There is no other way. At this critical moment, I can only hold on." Jiuzhou Cheng rubbed his sore eyes and yawned:

"By the way, I have something to tell you."

"What you want to talk about should be about the attack on Okinawa High School." Nanhe Hui suddenly understood: "I also learned through the organizer just now that there were 14 teams that were attacked before the finals, and Okinawa High School was among them. one."

"If the mastermind used a trick on Fukuoka Okishima High School to prevent them from being suspected, then everything is reasonable." Kyushu Makoto's face darkened, and he thought deeply:

"But then, wouldn't Fukuoka Okishima High School be weakened due to the absence of the starting players? None of this makes sense."

"No, that's not the case!" Nan Hehui immediately shook his head: "The player who was attacked is called Yuichiro Fukuda. He is my junior in the kendo club. I have some impressions of him."

"I didn't see him play at all in the auditions two days ago. Moreover, his talent and foundation are not good enough, so it is impossible for him to make the starting lineup."

"Oh?" Jiuzhou Cheng raised his eyebrows: "Can you say?"

"In other words, Okishima High School applied to replace the weakling Fukuda into the starting position after the knockout round, and then sent people to 'attack' him that night, creating the illusion that the starting team was attacked." Miyamoto Akira leisurely He walked over, holding a list of contestants in his hand, and smiled disdainfully:
""Concealing the truth and crossing the sea." This is also a move in the art of war. Their methods cannot be said to be inferior, but the clues can be found by carefully checking the entry list. "

With that said, Miyamoto Akira handed the list of contestants to the two of them: "This is the list given to me by the organizer. I just flipped through it when I heard your topic."

"It's true!" Kyushu Makoto and Minami Kazuki looked through the entry list of Fukuoka Okishima High School, and sure enough they found that 'Yuichiro Fukuda' was not in their starting lineup for the auditions at all.

However, in today's final list, one of the starting players from Okishima High School turned out to be Yuichiro Fukuda.

This means that Okishima High School quietly applied for a substitution between the end of the auditions and before the start of the finals, and it was approved by the referee.

Then, this morning, they claimed that Yuichiro Fukuda was attacked and replaced the starting player again, giving others the illusion that "Okishima High School's starting player was also attacked."

"However, it is against the rules of the competition to change players at will without force majeure!" Nan Hehui exclaimed with eyes wide open:
"The referee actually agreed to their request for an unreasonable substitution. Does it mean that even the referee was bribed?"

"Sure enough, they are all directing and acting on their own!" Kyushu Cheng became even more angry, and his anger had already broken his sleep:
"There's nothing more to say at this point. Let's go to Maoming's house to find out what's going on after the game starts."

"Of course!" Nan Hehui also nodded solemnly: "Before the game is over, I want to finish it off!"

"Okay, then go ahead, Hui~ I'm almost tired of hearing you talk about this every day lately." Miyamoto Aki couldn't bear it and raised his hand:

"A-Cheng, too. In order to implement your martial arts beliefs, are you willing to get involved in such a troublesome matter?"

"It's very troublesome, and I don't want to be involved." Kyushu Cheng sighed and sneered: "But they all jumped on my face. If I continue to tolerate it, I would be a bit too coward, right?"

"Humph. That's right. I couldn't bear it if it were me. I have to kill them." Miyamoto Akira thought for a while and said regretfully:
"Catch the shady person who secretly disrupted the Jade Dragon Flag competition? It sounds quite interesting. Unfortunately, I am a specially invited guest by the organizer and cannot leave the venue casually. Otherwise, I would also like to go and see it with you."

Although Miyamoto Akira and Minami Kazuki are both special guests of the competition, the former is the "Kendo Genius of Wano Country", that is, a star-level big shot; while the latter is the former's apprentice and can only be regarded as a by-product. The degree is far less than the former.

If Nan Hehui leaves without reason during the game, the organizer will not have any objections. But if Miyamoto Akira was absent, the organizers would be desperate to find someone from all over the world.

"I won't bother you to take action this time, master." Nan Hehui laughed dryly and said, "Let the disciple handle the matter by himself. Master doesn't have to worry about it."

"You are my only disciple, how could I not be worried?" Miyamoto Qiu elbowed Nan Hehui:
"And Acheng is going with you. If something happens to him, where can I find such an interesting opponent?"

"Hug, sorry," Nan Hehui covered his ribs: "Then what the master means"

"You run out to investigate, there must be someone here to respond to you, right?" Miyamoto Aki patted Nan Hehui on the shoulder: "If you encounter trouble, contact me immediately. Don't hesitate. Do you hear me?"

Nan Hehui was in awe: "I understand, thank you so much, master!"

(End of this chapter)