Another Life

Shirley, whose semi-finals opponent had decided to be in the arsenal, was not in armor, but only dressed facially in military uniform, waiting quietly for that time at the entrance. Events like Ameft's Super Bowl halftime show raised the surrounding audience and stared at the battlefield from under the facade, after the treatment was over, the talents spoke to Shirley.

"Whoa, are you uncommonly nervous?

Shirley answered quietly to the voice of the talented, looking behind him with chirality, and turning again.

"Mr. Talent... Well, I don't think you can win, but you're anxious to see how far you can go. This is a battle, but it doesn't change."

"Heh, they called me that Hasha red ghost, we don't have our deputy commander...... but seriously, can you beat Lord Willow Raw?

Shirley grinned for a moment and denied the words of his talent when the telecommuter, who was listening, looked surprised.

"... talented. I don't know what you're talking about."

"No, you know what that means. Can the vice president stop time? Otherwise, there's no explanation for your movements during qualifying.

If we stop time and attack, we won't be able to prevent the target from speaking of Lord Willow. If you care about that, winning would be easy too...... what are you thinking?

And Shirley answered the words of his talent with a moment of meditation.

"This power is the power that His Majesty has given me and gained, but His Majesty and His Sons are forces that can be used as a matter of course. And whoever can use his power can move even in the time he stops.

In the time you stop, you can't use magic or flying tools, you can only use your own power. To put it this far, Mr. Giorzo would know.

It is the fool's idea to think that only His Majesty and the clan who inherited that blood can stop time. It's only natural that someone with the same skills... then the path I take is to brush my spear arms. "

... Whatever, you want pure strength over fame and glory, and even this tournament, you're going to make it your training place. Damn, I don't know what to say... you're more of an idiot than me.

I think so. I hear Shi Jianzo's ears, the show is over, he hears introducing Hyogo, he hears cheers.

Finally.

With that in mind, a telecommuter signals Shirley looking forward.

"Major, it's time! Good luck, I'm here for you!

Shirley responded to the correspondent's words with a smile that could even be seen from under the face, telling the talent behind him.

"Well, I'm going...... yes, Mr. Talent, please keep this"

Having said that, Shirley walked down the path of flames and headed to the arena, leaving the surprising talent unaware of its meaning when he removed his face and gave it to the talent.

Everyone is surprised to see Shirley come out and think her cheers will boil, and Shirley, who has been looking in armor until now, exposed herself in military uniform, and everyone looks at her face and says, "Isn't that a woman?" He was whispering.

But Shirley, dressed as a man, said to Shirley, who was approached by an armory in road clothes, when yellow cheers were raised from the audience as to where the women looked like the male role of Treasure Tsuka.

"You're very popular with women, aren't you?

"Mr. Hyogo, I'm still a woman. Have you forgotten?

"Hahaha, this is disrespectful. But let's fight each other without remorse."

"Well, I'll tell you how much I've grown since I was a student."

When the Hyogo holds Shirley's hand, which he said and offered, they smile at each other and distance themselves. Then Lune signaled Lena, and Lena's voice echoed in the arena.

"Game one of the semifinals, get started!

By Lena's decree, Shirley dropped her hips and stood with her foretips to the Hyogo, who had taken the so-called birdhouse setup, like when Mira fought Heitao, with her cut down, with her sword up, and her left hand attached to the back of the knife.

"Ahhh! You stole my setup!

Shirley, who could hear Mira accidentally putting in a scratch, said to Hyogo with a smile as to whether it was funny.

"Mr. Hyogo, Mira is angry."

"Oh, my God, that's not really getting into it. But Mira's idea is to fight the spear, and it's really convenient."

Without mentioning the existence of the type of birdhouse that already existed, the Hyogo, who showed kindness as a father, as Mira dared to come up with, instead of looking at the tip of Shirley's wooden spear and stuffing the mistake at once, stuffed it with Jiriziri.

Shirley, who thought he was going to come packing his time at once, was wary of what was behind the unexpected movement of the arsenal.

What's Mr. Hyogo after? Is this an invitation?

Shirley, who has no idea why, retreats with Jiri so as to keep pace with the motion of the Hyogo. Obviously you can see Shirley is on guard, and when Hyogo grinned like he had won, Shirley stopped the move.

Could it be that you're under the assumption to stay alert and back? If I were to get into Hyogo's surgery, I would do one thing. Attack with all your spare effort from the start and give no counterattack clearance!

With that in mind, Shirley stops on the spot and releases a thrust of the speed of sound when he releases it to his talent into the arsenal in time, towards the arsenal.

Shirley's spear is the part of the sickle that hits the knife of the Hyogo with the cuttoe down in front of him, but the shock of a second poke runs on the knife. One part of the sickle broke with the sound of bakickness, when the expression of the guarding arsenal was distorted in agony by a continuous attack like a rock grinder.

Again, you broke it! But there is one more thing left, and now we can focus Mr. Hyogo's consciousness on the movement of the straight line and the tip of his ear.

With that in mind, Shirley suddenly lifts her spear to shake it up.

Even if I slap you...... no!

When the Hyogo felt something and lay down his body aggressively, he did not shake it, but with a stone clash behind the spear, an attack aimed at the Hyogo's steeple cut a pun and sky from the bottom.

Danger...... what!?

For a moment, in a distracted arsenal, in the orbit to be cut up next, Shirley's spear tip hits the arsenal.

There's no stopping this trick!

Even though he feels that way, he manages and tries to turn to counterattack, but Shirley keeps the momentum of his spear intact, and next he snaps it aside with a stone clash.

If you manage to prevent the vertical and horizontal movement of a continuous circle to the point where your eyes are accustomed to the movement of a straight line of thrust with a knife without being able to fight back, the pattern of deformation using its recoil strikes the arsenal.

If we retreated here, yet another attack would strike. The Hyogo instinctively felt that Shirley would enter her pocket and take the pattern flanking, while releasing the slash. As she stepped in, it was the moment she noticed Shirley manipulating the spear with one left hand and hurriedly stood the knife aside. Shirley, along with the sound of Kiddin, pulled out the blade with one right hand, and the impact of the spear struck the Hyogo, distancing the Hyogo so as to fix it.

Shirley, who became a duplicity of spears and swords in front of him, looked remorseful, and the Hyogo just said so with a surprised face.

"I see. Sometimes when I say disciples on my father-in-law..."

"Yeah, I haven't been taught the duplicity yet that it's too early for you, but you practiced independently. Nevertheless, it prevents that continuous attack. Or it's a boulder, Mr. Hyogo."

That said, I need the power to swing the spear and the sword lightly, like on my stepfather... there will be. Otherwise, it's impossible to wield so many spears and not disturb your breath at all.

If so, his arms will return to him if he thinks he is equal to his father-in-law.

However, those who have been sieved and won this match in the qualifying round are strong without complaint. This is the first time I've had fun.

Seeing the laughter of the Hyogo, whose emotions accidentally appeared on his face, Shirley's move to strike again stopped perfectly, and the Hyogo, who did not miss the moment, moved.

Shirley, one tempo behind the Hyogo movement, was already in the attack position when she tried to wipe him out with a knife because he got inside the spear.

From left to right, at the same time, Shirley, to the fat muscles of the Hyogo, thought he could prevent it if he received the one who came first, and prevented the left with a spear and a knife. Shirley's idea was that the power of the Hyogo's knife was not to be taken with one hand, and that the Hyogo stopped the knife perfectly, so the power increased, and Shirley's knife and spear were bounced, resulting in a completely defenseless situation.

Shit! This is fabric for the next one!

In Shirley's eyes, he could see the Hyogo releasing Yanfei. At the next moment, an impact runs on both clavicles, and the pain of a broken clavicle strikes.

Shirley, who collapsed on the spot, couldn't stand up in pain, and Lune stopped the game in between.

"The winner, Liu Sheng Hyogo, assists the harsh. We're in the finals!

The next moment, from where Shirley thought he was going to win, the audience cheered with a reverse victory, and the Hyogs felt like the whole arena was trembling, and the Hyogs approached Shirley, who was being stretched by a rushed health guard.

"Shirley, you're getting stronger. This time, it was a certain win, but I don't know what next, it was a game like that."

"I'm glad to hear from Mr. Hyogo, who says it's clear to everyone."

Shirley, hiding the pain, pointed her best smile at the Hyogo, and the Hyogo also responded with a smile and went straight back, in the contestants' audience, as if she had forgotten to breathe, when Mira exhaled and sat petty on the spot, a tight packet standing next to her said with a tight smile, stroking Mira's head.

"If I thought about how to win that duplicity, I'd beat the door open straight from the front. Well, it sounds like you're that father, but use your head a little more...

Next, finally, it's our turn... hit me with everything you can, Mira. "

"Yeah, I know... don't bother."

"Of course. But don't cry if you lose."

"I won't cry!

So said Mira, swelling her cheeks and angry, and the stern envelope smiled, she went straight to the entrance, but Mira sighed once and said to the wall behind her.

"Why don't you come out? I think my brother noticed that too."

When he heard Mira's words, or when the wall behind him rose to the shape of a man, he said his appearance became Jack and seemed funny and uninteresting.

"What, you noticed... I was going to surprise you in the dark because of it"

"No, seriously, stop it, it's coming out in your dreams... so, what can I do for you"

Jack answered Mira in disdain, asking her to be vigilant.

"I wonder if that attitude is towards the master of ninja art. Well, anyway, you've put up with it a lot so far, example technique... you can use it."

"Huh!? It's good!

"Good or nothing, Mr. Strict Packet, you can't beat me without example technique... no, I don't know if I can still beat you"

"It's good, it's good. My brother would never be able to do it... but I wouldn't say I like Jack."

"Hey, hey. Tell that to your boyfriend, even when you have one."

To Jack's words, to Mira, whose face turned bright red, Jack smiled, as he remembered.

"That's right. Next time, please tell Zhu that you want him to develop something special at Willow Raw. Winner of your match, Willow Raw's specialty… this will be a good money maker."

To Jack, who said pleasantly, Mira said, "Okay," Mira also headed towards the entrance, and Jack was happily dropping Mira off.

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And after about half an hour, that's when it came. It was when the sound of a handbell bell ringing at the end of the ballot reception that the surrounding lights darkened and the spotlight hit Lena in the arena that Lena spoke Mike with one hand.

"Ladies and gentlemen, thank you for waiting. The second semifinals match was just a sibling showdown.

Besides, I can't even predict what will happen to Willow Shin Yin Liu's peer-to-peer showdown, victory or defeat. So from the red corner, you can beat the Genius Swordsman of the Willow New Yin Current, your sister, beat your father in the final, and prove the strongest? Liu Sheng Xin Liu Zheng Bao!

Immediately after Lena's introduction, when a flaming path was formed from the entrance, greeted with cheer, and a strict envelope appeared, and came to the center, the audience quieted, and they looked at the entrance on the other side, and said:

"Continuing, from the blue corner, can you prove that you are the strongest of the new yin currents of the willow raw, which is the sword of the king, over the brother, over the father? Here comes Willow Mira!

In Lena's introduction, when Mira appeared, in her great cheer, she heard the classmates cheering, waved her hands small as she lit up towards the audience, heading straight to the center and confronting the strict package.

"Brother, as I said earlier, don't be shy."

"I know. The suspicious secret talk with Jack, is it over?

"I knew you were aware... if you were alarmed, you'd lose"

"Well, I'm looking forward to it."

When Lune signals Lena when she sees a strict packet smiling at her for saying so, the decree of initiation flows from the speaker.

"Semifinal two, start!

"Nice to meet you!

And it came to pass in Lena's decree that when they bowed their heads and departed, they pulled out their swords, and took their eyes.

That said, now my brother will be alarmed anyway, and all of a sudden, I'll do that trick...

Mira thought so, once she exhaled deeply and stared at the tight packet, she noticed the strangeness.

What? I can see Mira, but it's like she's not there...

A strict packet of vigilance with that in mind, looking at Mira's way out, Mira comes stuffed with time as it is. Because he creeped on the boulder, or in an attempt to take a distance, it was the moment he lowered backwards, at some point, Mira had come right beside him, and Mira's penetration had struck a stern envelope.

"Chip!"

Unexpectedly pounding his tongue, the stern envelope playing Mira's thrust fell backwards as it was, and he saw Mira with a surprised face.

hey what, i had no idea what was going on...... how come what?

Mira's movements were too unexpected and not comprehensible, but Mira's effectiveness was confirmed and she exploded her inner joy.

Hoo-hoo. Brother, I can't hide my surprised face.

Jack taught me, it's an applied technique of transformation, I can't believe the remnants worked so well on my brother. Masters like Father and Brother, rather than seeing movement with their eyes, feel and move with signs and air flow, so if they separate the signs like the art of transformation and make them feel like they are on the spot, so as not to make the air flow as rough as possible, they tell masters like Brother that they suddenly feel like they are out in front of them, but it's true.

But with this, you can win!

It was Mira who did a terrific thing, but this was the technique of whether or not the normal Shinobu would get to meet her even if it took a lifetime. In addition to his original taste, the blood of the dragon's beads had to do with his grandfather, Near Left Power, and with what Jack taught in the funny half, Mira had reached the mastery level as well.

In a confusing packet, Mira sprays water from the back of her leg, flies through the ground as if it were a rocket, and hits the packet. From the strict package, even though it was in front of Mira's appearance, it was best served by squeezing Mira's knife, which was suddenly cut up, as if she were traveling instantly.

Shit! I don't know how, but Mira's position in my eyes is totally off!

Moments and movements of attack, I don't feel it at all. Right, this is the art of ninja on the continent! That means Jack's the killer!

With that in mind, looking desperately at Mira's offensive tight packet, Hyogo watched the game seemingly uninteresting, and Jack stood next to him at some point, calling out to Hyogo.

"What's the matter, you seem dissatisfied?

A normal man would be surprised, but the Hyogo answered Jack with his arms in his arms.

"Oh, yeah. This isn't the Willow Shin Yin Liu... it's more of a Shinobi or something."

Jack replied with a smile to the Hyogo, who remembered the battle against the Iga, who had fought in Willow Sheng.

"That would be so. I'm the one who taught you."

To Jack's cumming out, the Hyogo looked at Guillaume and Jack and resented him.

"What have you done to me? I don't want Mira's Willow New Yin Liu to have a Shinobi technique."

Jack answered flatly to the sight of the Hyogo, which would normally tremble.

"Where are the parents who stand in the way of my child who is purely trying to be strong? If this is your majesty, tell me too, and I'll eat it.

In the battle of the same genre, we know each other's palms, so it would be natural to fight with moves that are not in the Willow Shin Yin Liu. Mr. Hyogo and Mr. Strict Bao have been training for hundreds of years in total, and Master Mira is still a few years... but if we don't, we won't win.

Besides, it is only natural for any move to become greedy in order to be strong, and the mind of those who use it will be the problem. Or does Mr. Hyogo, because he doesn't remember or apply any other moves and is satisfied only with the existing Willow Shin Yin Liu?

When Jack had told me to teach him his moves, and the Hyogo could not dispute anything, Jack put a cigar on it and said to the Hyogo.

"Anything is, but the person you're dealing with, whether it's a ninja or a swordsman, but without looking at the person, looking only at the profession and rejecting it, you look like a dwarf looking only at the top, without looking at the nature of things. Such a dwarf could one day die in an accident..."

"Are you saying you're going to assassinate someone?

So he answered plainly, spitting out smoke.

"Why do I have to tell the assassin that I'm going to assassinate him... this is a warning. His Majesty's clan does not need a dwarf.

To clarify, Mr. Hyogo, I believe that Mr. Strict Bao and Mr. Mira deserve more as the owners than you do. I suggest you hide quickly and give the housekeeper to one of you… Next time, tea won't always help you again. "

To Jack's words, which he seemed to regret, Jack recalled his gaze at the Hyogo when he couldn't say anything because of the words he was hitting too hard.

"If you have any complaints about Mira's decision, please tell me. I'll invite you to hell anytime."

Having said that, Jack said, "I still don't like Shinobu," regrettably, as he turned his smile to the repentant arsenal and left.

Intense rewards by brothers and sisters had begun in front of the Hyogo, who was about to repent like that. Shortly before, it was a strict packet that noticed Mira's body, but the boulder was a swordsman who had been told to be a genius in the Hyogo, managing to scratch it with a piece of paper and at the same time adding a counterattack.

However, there was no conventional sharpness in the aggressive counterattack, and Mira was also able to deal with the movement.

No, this isn't the deciding factor, and I'm out of focus, and I'm going to feed on my brother's sword.

That was when Mira thought about it, once she tried to get a distance, she arrived so that the packet wouldn't let her escape and let Mira slay her.

If you're not meaty, you can do better this way!

With that in mind, Mira banged the patterned heads against each other, releasing the floating boat.

On Mira's floating boat, which was just as aggressive, the tight envelope pulls Mira's sword down on her left leg and squeezes it at the same time aiming at her wrist. It was precisely the right time for the nail trident iron to enter, but Mira instantly hits the tight packet and puts the knife away in the tight packet.

How hurried, Mira's fat muscles lacked refinement, and the tight envelope was prevented with a knife without difficulty, while at the same time keeping the distance apart.

Once away, Mira's knees were laughing at her because the flow had been a piece of paper, and she saw through Mira like that, and a tight package turned to her cutting-edge.

"I'm surprised, but if it's meaty, there's nothing to be scared of... here, you want to stop it?

"There's no way to stop it! Brother, if you admit to losing, now is the time!

"Oh, I'm scared... well, I'm serious, don't die"

That said, when the knife is delivered to the sheath and in the attitude of abode slaughter, the strict package pulls the knife straight out at an incredible rate, without packing the time to Mira, who is wary of what is coming. Everyone wondered what they were doing, even though it couldn't have arrived, but Mira saw a blade of vacuum.

Not exactly, it's not in Mira's eyes. But Mira felt a blade of clarity and vacuum.

As Mira's skin felt the vacuum blade passing over Mira's head, rushing and crouching on the spot, and the battlefield wall behind her, Zscene and shock ran, everyone in the audience was surprised and surprised to lose words, even the arsenal they were watching.

At that moment, on Mira's back, a cold sweat was transmitted, and the harsh envelope said with a grin to Mira.

"Well, how far can we avoid it?

"Don't tell me you can serve me in a row or something."

"I'm not going to tell you... because I'm just going to show you in action"

"You're the same!

It was the moment I said so, the strict package releases a series of dwelling slaughters, and countless blades of vacuum strike Mira. But Mira ran and ran around like a circle around a tight packet.

Well, this move is vulnerable to circular movements. Understanding it instantly and avoiding it still means Mira has a genius.

With that in mind, the strict envelope admiring Mira's movements predicts Mira's movements and flies a blade of vacuum ahead of her, but Mira was instantly redirecting and deflecting without difficulty.

No, you can't, you just got away with an attack on your brother, you'll never win. But what can I do...... after all, I have to use my wife's hand to beat my brother.

With that in mind, Mira changed direction and proceeded straight from the front toward the tight envelope.

It's not like earlier, it's out of position!

Mira's appearance broke up into three parts, which was when she noticed Mira's strangeness.

"The art of separation!

Because he wrote it in some book and knew it, he accidentally screamed, thinking which one was the main body, but there were signs of all three.

Again, can't you tell by the signs! Weird, only Shinobi is better!

With that in mind, the harsh envelope was the first moment to receive Mira's machete that was slashed, the sound of impact and bone breakage running on the flank and clavicle of the harsh envelope.

"Everything is real!?"

And it came to pass by the harsh envelope that fell, and landed behind it on the ground, that she was alone, and Mira smiled.

"Correct, all three are real. The name of this move, even Miller... Jack put it on, wouldn't it be too cheap?

"Sure, that's cheap. I guess I'll let Jack tell me too... Shit, it's my loss"

And it was at that moment, that Lüne of the judgment, who was flashed, hastened to take Mira's hand.

"Winner, Willow Raw Mira!

When everyone could not speak much surprise in Lune's declaration of victory, the classmates' applause was signaled, and the unbroken cheer wrapped the arena.

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Whoa, what the hell is that move? Maybe Mira's the strongest?

With that in mind, Jack spoke from behind, surprisingly close to the left.

"How about that. You must be surprised.

All of a sudden, I was surprised to hear Jack's voice, but the left-hand side asks Jack a question.

"That's what you taught me?

"Is that it? Didn't Master Mira tell you? I also wanted to study Shinobi moves, so I became an apprentice."

... No, Jack is certainly excellent, but don't be an apprentice. If it even resembles character, it would be outrageous.

But more than that, I have no idea how this move works. I use it too... even in my bed at night...

"Jack, can you teach me that move?

Jack answered with patience the laughter to the near-left word as expected.

"Mr. Hyogo was angry at Mira for teaching her ninja moves, but after all, Her Majesty will be, won't he? I don't know about Shinobi moves, but using what you can use is the only thing in His Majesty's blood that I think I can serve... but His Majesty can't do it."

"Huh? Why not? You, you're gonna crush my 4P plan!

Unexpectedly, to the left-hand word of his mouth, Sagitta asked his mother, "What's 4P?" And Pandora slapped Sparn on the left hand side of his head, and said, The mothers were in trouble with the answer, turning their faces bright red.

"I thought I was thinking about something I would never do, but I knew it, you fucking father!

Jack answered this exchange with a belly in his arms, falling on the spot and laughing, tearful eyes.

"Your Majesty, you're about to kill me laughing. So you're not bored serving Your Majesty.

Well, if you make a seed, that's a form of magic. Simply put, magic, or the magic control Sonia uses, is who it is.

You can't use magic at all, Your Majesty. "

"I mean, what do you say? Like Sonia, you use something as a medium, like you use yarn as a medium?

Around Pandora, who asks that question, those who can use magic pay attention to how Jack answers, Jack replied clam.

"I didn't use anything. No medium, form the other one, move it.

The name of the move is Miller. I named Mira because she was the first person I could use it. "

"Wait a minute. What did you say about Mira being able to use it for the first time?

And do you know how much concentration it takes to form and move with magic? I'm not a wizard. Mira doesn't have that kind of concentration. "

Jack replied with a smile to Cecily, who denied it.

"Even I was going to teach you the art of separation at first, but it was the first time you left yourself with magic to form and leave only signs that you were originally talented. If you were a Luthai empire with thin magic elements, and you could put the whole thing out, if you did it on a continent with a lot of magic elements, you thought it was amazing, and experimented with it, but the three bodies were the limit.

Hey, the theory was in my head, but only His Majesty and Tea's grandchildren are really unscrupulous talents. It was the opposite of the technique of separation. "

Finally, praised by Jack, near left and tea, Lakes asks Jack a question when he is illuminated by "I guess so".

"So you're saying that if you can use magic, you can use the moves you made earlier?

"In theory. But you need a lot of magic and taste.

Yes, I propose to countries where magic can be used, but the Ruthai Empire is truly the perfect place to train magic. It's less magical, and less powerful than usual.

If we're going to do something about this, we're going to need a delicate treatment of magic, and if we work out, when we get back to the continent, we're empowered. "

... Sounds like a marathon highland workout. Or a workout with a heavy armor of Turtles.

Next to the nearest left who thinks so, Freya makes a suggestion to the emperor thinking that the school's magic department, Lakes, can be used to improve the abilities of the elves.

"Kou, can we build a laboratory in the Luthai Empire? Maybe the magic of the Union will level up once and for all."

"Of course, since countries other than the Luthai Empire will pay for the construction of the facility, the Luthai Empire can only provide land. But the theory is that it's efficient to say that magic is a thin place... Jack, can you ask me to pick a place?

"Yes, of course, I would be happy to help... if the Emperor would be good"

So he said to Jack, who sees the emperor with chills, and sees the emperor with chills, and the left-hand side smiles.

"With magic becoming more powerful, maybe new magic will be developed to save many people. I was wondering if it's important for anything to move now."

Upon hearing the advice of the Left and Near, the Emperor looked at Kanbai and the Minister of State, and there was no reason to oppose the facility where the rental fee could be expected, and when he gave the signal to the Emperor to acknowledge it, the Emperor nodded and replied.

"Okay, let's try to build it once and just try to do it. But we'll share the profits there within the Union, if that's the case. Jack, please make your choice."

Everyone agrees with the Emperor's opinion, and later this facility will be built in Fushimi, just south of Kyo, making it a school that can significantly level up the wizards of the Union.

And those who graduated from this school who are good at healing magic, say Medical Search, do not have such a good chance of fully knowing, but the magic of searching for anomalies in the body becomes available, and it becomes treasured as a replacement for Lentgen and CT scans.

And it was Jack who told Pandora to teach herself too, but when I said no because of Pandora's personality, no questions asked, needless to say she was busted.

In the VIP seat, when everyone was talking about the proposal Jack brought in, an announcement was circulating that would shortly close the final vote, and in everyone's attention, the father-daughter confrontation was finally about to begin.