Anime, Girlfriend Shokuhou Misaki.

“We meet again, Nango-sensei.”

Edelweiss bowed politely, greeting Nango Hikojiro first.

As for Stella and Nishikyo Ninone, who were showing strong hostility, she didn't seem to care about them.

“Coming to watch the matches, Little Ei?”

Nango Hikojiro's face was wrinkled with laughter, looking like a blooming chrysanthemum.

“Yes.”

Edelweiss nodded lightly.

But this time, her gaze didn't linger on Nango Hikojiro; instead, it fell on Haramura Makoto.

“Were you watching this kid's match just now?”

Edelweiss nodded lightly again.

Haramura Makoto wasn't surprised by this; in fact, he had felt a moment of prying during the battle.

However, that prying gaze didn't carry any hostility, so he didn't pay attention to it.

“Next, you're going to watch the eldest son of the Kurogane family's match?”

Edelweiss nodded lightly again.

Chapter 118: Crushing Dreams

An uneventful match.

Kurogane Ouma's opponent was definitely not weak; after all, the opponent was the runner-up of the previous Seven Star Sword Art Festival.

But even such an existence couldn't break through Kurogane Ouma's skin.

In the end, Kurogane Ouma won with a single move.

There was no helping it; Kurogane Ouma's physical body was a nightmare for those who didn't have strong attack power!

Even if your Device's ability is strange, it's meaningless.

His defense is genuinely powerful.

“I have no idea what this woman means.”

Kurogane Ouma's match ended quickly, but even faster was that pure white, goddess-like figure who left halfway through the match.

Neither Stella, nor Nishikyo Ninone, nor Todo Touka, nor Haramura Makoto noticed her departure.

“Who knows, maybe she just came to confirm something.”

Unlike them, the old man, who had a guess about all this, looked at Haramura Makoto meaningfully.

“Confirm, confirm what?”

Todo Touka raised her head with a blank expression.

Oh, right.

Todo Touka had also won just now, using two ultra-fast lightning flash double strikes to completely defeat her opponent.

For no reason, Haramura Makoto felt a chill attack him.

Making him feel cold from the soles of his feet to the top of his head.

“Let's go, let's go, Ikk's match shouldn't be over yet, right.”

Kurogane Ikki's opponent was not simple; his opponent was Tatara Yuui from Akatsuki Academy.

That is, Kurogane Ikki's former opponent when they attacked Hagun Academy that day.

Although Kurogane Ikki won that day, he didn't win easily, so everyone believed that Kurogane Ikki could win again, but no one thought he could easily defeat him.

After all, in a sense, Tatara Yuui's ability is also a counter to swordsmen.

At that time, Kurogane Ikki didn't completely break through this ability, relying more on the joint efforts of Kurogane Shizuku to eliminate Tatara Yuui and Hiraga Reisenz.

“It should be, right.”

“I'll ask Shizuku now; if the match hasn't ended, let's go and cheer him on.”

In fact, they were originally planning to go to Kurogane Ikki's match venue to cheer him on after Todo Touka's match ended.

But there was really no way; they were brought by the world's strongest and the old man to watch the match here.

Anyway, Kurogane Ikki is bound to win.

“Hey, Shizuku, Ikki's match ended…”

The call connected very quickly, but Stella's words stopped halfway through.

Along with her words, her pupils suddenly widened.

“What's wrong?”

A bad feeling, like a premonition, surged into her heart.

Then she saw Stella twitch the corner of her mouth and turn her head.

“Ikki's match was won, but he was seriously injured and has been taken to be treated by Yakushi Kiriko-san.”

“How could this be?”

Haramura Makoto's brow furrowed deeply.

Kurogane Ikki was seriously injured by someone like Tatara Yuui?

Forget it, Haramura Makoto let out a long sigh.

“No matter what, let's go see what's going on first.”

…

Arena, infirmary!

The clean and bright room is about forty square meters, with all kinds of furniture and equipment, designed with one bed per room.

Don't look at the arena still being in such a dilapidated state, but it must be said that the infirmary has been remodeled quite well.

Each room has not only a separate bed and a bed for accompanying patients, but also a regeneration pod for treatment.

There are twenty such rooms.

Now, Kurogane Ikki is sleeping soundly in the regeneration pod.

Because he didn't change his clothes and was just thrown into the regeneration pod, it's easy to see how seriously injured Kurogane Ikki is.

Putting aside everything else, there are at least three knife wounds piercing through his body, one of which is only a few millimeters away from his heart.

The rest shows that Kurogane Ikki has probably experienced a very serious impact.

Also, he probably used 『Ittou Rasetsu』, his whole body's bones were severely compressed, and his magic power was completely exhausted.

“It's very serious, why is this?”

Haramura Makoto turned his gaze to Kurogane Shizuku.

As the only witness on the scene, Haramura Makoto could only find the answer from Kurogane Shizuku and know the reason why Kurogane Ikki was so seriously injured.

『Ittou Rasetsu』 has already been used.

To what extent was Kurogane Ikki forced by Tatara Yuui to use his trump card.

If he could avoid it, Haramura Makoto believed that Kurogane Ikki would never want to use this move.

The Seven Star Sword Art Festival's schedule is not very tight.

In order to give the contestants time to heal, the matches are held almost every other day.

After using 『Ittou Rasetsu』, he may not be able to recover to his full state before the second round of the match begins.

To what extent was Kurogane Ikki forced by Tatara Yuui to use his trump card.

If he could avoid it, Haramura Makoto believed that Kurogane Ikki would never want to use this move.

The Seven Star Sword Art Festival's schedule is not very tight.

In order to give the contestants time to heal, the matches are held almost every other day.

After using 『Ittou Rasetsu』, he may not be able to recover to his full state before the second round of the match begins.

“I'm not very clear either…”

Kurogane Shizuku frowned, her white teeth almost biting through her slightly thin pink lips.

“But from my point of view, Tatara Yuui's mode of action has changed greatly compared to that day.”

“Many of my brother's attacks that would have been enough to win were narrowly avoided by that guy.”

“Even if he used 『Ittou Shura』, my brother still had a hard time catching Tatara Yuui.”

“There was no way, so he finally used 『Ittou Rasetsu』, seizing a moment of opportunity to win with one strike.”

Any martial artist knows.

A martial artist's mode of action, or attack mode, is like a human's left-handedness and right-handedness; it's a habit.

Although it can be changed the day after tomorrow, it generally requires a lot of practice time.

In just a few days, it is absolutely impossible to change one's mode of action.

Kurogane Ikki is now obviously suffering from a lack of experience.

“What do we do now?”

“In his current state, it will be difficult to defeat his older brother, right.”

Yes, there is no point in pursuing other issues now.

The main issue now is Kurogane Ikki's match the day after tomorrow; he only has a little over a day to heal his current injuries.

Even with the regeneration pod, Kurogane Ikki's current physical condition can only be restored to about 80% at most.

And his next opponent is Kurogane Ouma; even Kurogane Ikki in his full state may not be able to defeat Kurogane Ouma, so there is obviously no chance in his current state.

Normally speaking, giving up is the most sensible choice.

But Kurogane Ikki is impossible; becoming the champion of the Seven Star Sword Art Festival and obtaining a magic knight license is his dream.

This dream is already within reach; how could he give up.

“I'll do it.”

“After the regeneration pod repairs my brother's wounds, I will use magic power to catalyze it.”

Kurogane Shizuku spoke directly.

Her eyes revealed determination; the way she blurted it out seemed like she had already made this decision.

The decision to give up her own match to achieve Kurogane Ikki's goal.

Her second-round match opponent is also not simple; using her full strength to promote Kurogane Ikki's healing speed, her strength will inevitably not recover before the match begins.

No one dissuaded Kurogane Shizuku.

After all, Kurogane Shizuku came to participate in the Seven Star Sword Art Festival not to win, but to accompany Kurogane Ikki.

“I'll come too.”

The door to the ward was pushed open directly, and a doctor wearing a white coat walked in directly.

She was a girl of about twenty years old.

She was wearing a white coat on the outside and a black T-shirt on the inside, looking very simple in her attire, but her figure was very proud, although not to the level of Stella and Todo Touka, she was still several levels higher than Kurogane Shizuku.

A head of green, slightly broken curly hair, and emerald-colored pupils revealed the gentleness unique to doctors, and her face was white and flawless.

This was a mature woman who exuded gentleness all over her body.

“Yakushi Kiriko-san?”

Haramura Makoto raised his head and immediately stated the woman's identity.

That's right, this woman is Yakushi Kiriko, the doctor who helped Moroboshi Yuudai regenerate his legs and is now one of the best doctors in the world.

“Is it really okay, Kiriko-san?”

Kurogane Shizuku stood up excitedly.

She knew that with her own strength alone, she couldn't guarantee that Kurogane Ikki would be 100% fully recovered before the start of the war.

But if this woman joined, her brother would definitely be able to recover.

After all, this woman has the power to bring the dead back to life.

As long as the patient sent to her is not completely dead, she can bring them back to life.