"Ah, it shakes slightly!"
"Fufufu, of course not, it's just been a few weeks."
As Tomoko and Mikoto talked to each other as Tomoko tried to hear the movement of the baby inside Mikoto's womb by moving her ear closer, Shinra and Shion sat together as they waited for their first kengan match to start. Still, he couldn't bear Shion's silent gaze on him, so he asked, "What's wrong, Shion-nee? Why are you staring at me like that?"
Shion wanted to light her cigarette, but in the end, she stopped since she knew that the smoke of the cigarette wasn't good for a pregnant woman. Still, she couldn't help but say, "Put your hand on your chest, and try to recall what you did."
"....." Shinra.
What did he do?
He impregnated Mikoto.
Yup, Mikoto is pregnant.
Even Shinra had to admit that he was at a loss in the beginning, but fortunately, he was in the world of Kengan Ashura. If he were in the world of Naruto, he knew that he would really mess up.
"Thank you for your help."
"No problem, but you sure are courageous. Are you prepared to become a father?"
"I would be lying if I weren't worried, but I just have to do my best, and fortunately, I have a good boss."
Despite saying so, Shinra believed that he could take care of Mikoto and his future children since, in this world, even if he was still in high school, he had many ways to make money.
"Your sweet talk won't make you get away with your actions." Shion sighed and felt a bit helpless, then couldn't help but ask, "But it surprised me that you only made a move on Mikoto. There must be many women and girls who were tempted by you, right?"
"....."
What the fuck was this woman saying?
"You don't have to look at me like that, but I think it's admirable for you to be able to be loyal to a single woman."
Still, when Shion said those words, Shinra could feel Mikoto's gaze on them. Quietly, silently, like the stare of a boa that was quietly waiting for her prey to show a weakness.
He didn't really want to provoke Mikoto, so he decided to change the topic to something big that happened in the Kengan Association.
"Can we talk about something else? For example, the Kengan Annihilation Tournament."
Kengan Annihilation Tournament is an influential tournament that is held to decide who will become the new chairman of the Kengan Association.
It was created by Katahara Metsudo in order to determine who would take the seat of chairman of the Kengan Association. The CEO whose fighter wins the tournament would not become the chairman; instead, the winning CEO would decide who in the Kengan Association becomes the next chairman. The winner is of course free to choose themself. However, if the CEO who sponsored the tournament does not become chairman, then they would undergo liquidation and lose their company as a result.
Any member of the Kengan Association was allowed to enter the tournament; however, there was a 5 billion yen entry fee to ward off any old rabble from getting in. Furthermore, each company may submit only a single fighter; however, subsidiary companies count as different businesses from their parent company, and are thus allowed entries of their own, even if their parent company is already competing. This means that companies could use their subsidiaries as extra entries.
"Will you join?"
"Naturally."
When Shion knew that this tournament was about to happen, she was surprised since she had never expected that Nogi Hideki, the CEO of the Nogi Group, would be so bold, since if Nogi became a loser, he would lose everything.
Well, probably not everything, as Nogi's family wealth wasn't just the company itself, especially when Nogi's family was a wealthy family that had existed for centuries.
Still, this might be the end of Nogi, especially when Shion was sure about her victory in this tournament.
"I will leave the fight to you, so you have to win this match, too."
"Leave everything to me."
As they talked, before long, they arrived at the venue where his first Kengan Match would be held.
While Shinra more or less knew about it, and even watched it once before when Shion invited him, he didn't show much interest as the level of the fighter was too low, but as his opponent was from one of the best private education conglomerates, he should expect something from the fighter that they had chosen, right?
Regardless, they arrived at the warehouse, which was located near the port on Tokyo Bay, and as expected, when they arrived, it was filled with many people.
"It's the chairwoman of the Koyo Academy!"
"Finally, she is coming!"
"That young man... is he her fighter?"
When Shion appeared, everyone quickly took notice of her as everyone knew her, but when they saw Shinra, they couldn't help but feel a doubt, wondering whether this was the fighter that she had chosen.
Yet, from Shinra's clothes, it was easy to tell that he was the fighter, as he dressed in a long-sleeved black martial arts jumpsuit, light-colored pants, and Tai Chi slippers. His clothes might be simple, yet when they saw his body and muscles that were accentuated from his tight jumpsuit, they knew well that he was a martial artist. Still, this also made them frown since from his face, they could tell that he was so young!
"Is he like Cosmo?"
When they thought of the youngest fighter on the Kengan Match, Imai Cosmo, all of them somehow accepted that Shinra was a fighter, yet it also made them doubt, too, wondering whether Shion had made the right choice, especially when it was their first time seeing Shinra.
"But, he is so handsome..."
All the female guests couldn't help but stare at Shinra so much that they ignored their lovers or husbands, which made Mikoto link her arm against his.
Still, while everyone was waiting for the fight to happen, an elderly man came to their spot and said, "Are you sure you want to bring your young lover in this fight? Aren't you afraid that he will get hurt and bring you shame?"
"Enough of your cheap provocation. Let's just start the match, so I can go home."
Even if Shion didn't introduce the man who came, Shinra knew well that this was the chairman of the Wasa Academy.
"As you wish, I can't wait to see a new pharmaceutical faculty at our university."
The man was no longer entangled with Shion, but he couldn't help but glance at Shinra, who ignored him, then snorted, before he walked to his group.
"Beat his fighter badly, Shinra!"
"Okay, okay."
Facing Shion, who was angry, Shinra nodded calmly, as he also wondered who he would fight.
Still, as Shion and the chairman of the Wasa Academy didn't want to waste their time, the Kengan Match started immediately, which made everyone happy, but then again, when Shinra saw his first opponent—
"You are unlucky to meet me, Boy."
"Hmm?"
With a body far shorter than Shinra's and so thin that he was just bones and skin, a middle-aged Mexican man walked toward the arena, yet no one looked down on him since he was the legendary boxer, El Dorado, Carlos Medel.
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Boxing is a great martial art.