I will traverse countless worlds and become a god entirely on my own!

"It's possible, but I don't have that here..."

Before Bai Ye could finish speaking, the phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID and saw it was Jotaro, who had just left.

"Sorry, I'll take a call first."

Chizuru Kagura indicated that everything was alright, then turned to look outside.

After answering the phone, Byakuya learned from Jotaro that his mother had encountered some kind of accident, and then learned the whole story from his conversation with his grandfather, which came from a man named Dio.

This is the person Bai Ye had mentioned to him before.

After hesitating for a while, he decided to contact Bai Ye and ask.

Grandpa has flown over from abroad, and now Jotaro needs to know something about Dio.

"Dior?"

Byakuya was somewhat surprised, not expecting that Kujo Hori would fall ill so soon after Jotaro returned.

It seems the plot has gone awry. Logically, Hori Kujo should have brought Joseph Joestar back before she fell ill. It's not an illness, but rather the Joestar family being affected by Dio and needing to awaken their Stands.

Holly Kujo is like this because she can't control her Stand.

He told Jotaro about the history of Dio and the Joestar family.

After thanking Bai Ye, he hung up the phone. At that moment, Jotaro was feeling somewhat conflicted.

If defeating Dio is necessary to break the curse, then participating in this fighting tournament seems unlikely.

He wasn't the kind of person to break a promise easily, especially since he had just promised Bai Ye that he would participate in KOF with Bai Ye, but he turned around and left. Although it was because his mother was seriously ill and about to die, he believed that Bai Ye could understand.

Can.

"What's wrong?"

"It seems like my teammate is having some issues."

Bai Ye wasn't surprised. Even if the plot hadn't broken down, it was only the plot of this recent period.

"Is it impossible to participate?"

The team was just one player short, is it now short another one?

A strange glint flashed in Chizuru Kagura's eyes.

(End of this chapter)

Chapter 193 Mai Shiranui: My boyfriend is going to have a girlfriend?!

"It's not that he can't participate, but it seems that he's encountered some problems at the moment."

Seeing that Chizuru Kagura's gaze was becoming increasingly strange, Byakuya felt he had to explain.

I'm afraid people might misunderstand and think I did it on purpose.

Byakuya had thought about Jotaro's situation recently. The reason he wanted to get close to Jotaro was simply to participate in the JoJo storyline. Since they had met, and according to the timeline, it would take about a month to deal with Dio.

The KOF tournament is scheduled to start in a month, so if we resolve this early, we can arrive in time to compete.

"Is that so? Then we need to find another teammate?"

Chizuru Kagura nodded thoughtfully, feeling that Byakuya seemed to have no teammates at all, and deliberately made up a teammate to fool her before going to other fighters to say that he was missing one.

So, should I recommend a teammate to him later?

Since she had already promised Mai Shiranui to help Byakuya form a team, she felt she should go all the way and do a good deed to the end.

Moreover, joining this KOF tournament as a participant is a better opportunity to observe the other two inheritors of the Three Sacred Treasures.

Goenitz's appearance, after killing Kagura Maki, also broke Orochi's seal. Although Orochi cannot currently emerge from the seal, it has already weakened.

The reason she organized the KOF tournament this time was to find Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami, tell them about the current situation, and then have them join forces to defeat Goenitz and stop Orochi's resurrection.

"Not yet, I think. At least my teammates should be able to resolve their issues before this KOF tournament. If they can't, I'll step in!"

"."

Although Byakuya meant that he would help his teammates, which is something that is hard to criticize, Byakuya's last sentence gave Chizuru the feeling that he was just showing off.

I really want to slap his smug face.

Well, it's a little heartbreaking to slap that handsome face. Even though it has nothing to do with me, I shouldn't easily destroy beautiful things.

"Okay, if the other team can't make it, just let me know and we'll find new teammates. But you have to let me know in advance, otherwise we might not be able to find other teammates at the last minute."

Kagura Chizuru remained silent for a while, finally recovering from her previous imposing aura, and then gave Byakuya a word of advice.

"Okay, then our team won't train, right?"

Although Chizuru Kagura felt somewhat uncomfortable with Byakuya's suggestion, she ultimately agreed.

She didn't participate in this fighting competition to win any rankings. Since Bai Ye said he wouldn't train anymore, there seemed to be no need to train either.

Besides, Bai Ye mentioned before that another teammate seemed to have encountered some problems. Perhaps Bai Ye was going to help the other teammate, which is why he did this?

After figuring this out, Chizuru Kagura's opinion of Byakuya changed a bit. He seemed like a captain she could rely on, at least not someone who would abandon her if she had a problem.

When she mentioned finding new teammates for Bai Ye, she was actually thinking that if Bai Ye agreed immediately, then he might not be a person worth getting to know better.

My teammate just had some temporary issues and I thought about changing teammates.

"I'm fine. Do you need my help?"

After hesitating for a moment, Kagura Chizuru knew that it had nothing to do with her and that she had never met that teammate, but she felt that as a teammate who would be participating in the KOF tournament together, she should stand up and say a few words.

"No need, we can handle it. Besides, you probably have your own things to take care of, right?"

Bai Ye shook his head, showing no intention of accepting Kagura Chizuru's offer this time.

Even though he had only just met Chizuru Kagura, how could he possibly ask her for help? Besides, it wasn't his business, and Jotaro hadn't asked him for any help either.

Although Jotaro may be waiting for Joseph Joestar to arrive, given Jotaro's personality, he probably doesn't want to trouble himself.

"how do you know?"

Kagura Chizuru was somewhat surprised. Had she just shown off?

But she's always been like this, she hasn't shown anything at all, how could he have figured it out?

"If you want to investigate, you can find out who organized the KOF tournament. After all, you didn't hide anything too much."

As Bai Ye spoke, he placed his phone in front of Kagura Chizuru, whose name, Kagura Chizuru, was prominently displayed on the screen as the organizer of this year's KOF tournament.

"I see. Do you need me to use my position as the organizer to give you a backdoor so you can go straight to the finals?"

Upon seeing the name above, Chizuru Kagura understood why Byakuya knew. She jokingly teased Byakuya in return, without feeling particularly embarrassed.

Although the organizer doesn't need to be known by the fighters, it seems that among the people he knows, only Byakuya has investigated him.

Even when Mai Shiranui approached him to invite her to join Byakuya's team, she didn't seem to realize that he was the organizer of this year's event.

"It's not impossible!"

"Aren't you going to refuse?"

Hearing Bai Ye agree so readily, Kagura Chizuru looked a little embarrassed. She had thought Bai Ye would refuse outright, and she would just let it go.

To my surprise, Bai Ye actually agreed.

"After all, wouldn't it be foolish to refuse privileges?"

Although he knew that Kagura Chizuru would not agree, Bai Ye realized that this woman was a bit cheeky when she said those words, so he would not just let it go. Since you said you would give me special privileges, why should I not accept them?

This left Chizuru Kagura speechless.

Am I just going to back out?

"Fine, I admit I was wrong. I'll treat you to dinner later, as if I didn't say anything?"

After hesitating for a moment, Kagura Chizuru also admitted her mistake.

She wasn't going to be stubborn about it. Since she had made a joke to the other person, and the other person had followed up on it, and she couldn't give in to it, she could only admit her mistake.

"No problem, can we go for hot pot?"

"You like spicy food too?"

Kagura Chizuru had never eaten hot pot before, but she had heard that it was very spicy, which suited her taste perfectly. She really liked spicy and sour food, and had a strong palate.

"Quite like."

He does like spicy food, especially hot pot, but he eats less of it after his rebirth. This is because Hanzo and Mai Shiranui at the Shiranui Dojo prefer milder flavors, so he often eats very bland food with them on the mountain. He only eats strong-flavored food occasionally when he comes down the mountain.

"Let's go eat hot pot then."

Kagura Chizuru was quite satisfied with the dishes that Byakuya had chosen. The two of them selected a hot pot restaurant, and as soon as they entered, they felt the heat hitting them. Kagura Chizuru suddenly realized something, and then took out her phone and asked, "Should we call Xiaowu over?"

"Sure, aren't they here too?"

Bai Ye didn't mind. After Bai Ye agreed, Kagura Chizuru nodded and then dialed the number of Shiranui Mai.

She felt it was rather strange for her to eat with Bai Ye.

So they wanted to call Mai Shiranui over, so that the two of them wouldn't feel awkward.

After the call connected, Mai Shiranui was drying herself off on the other end of the line, and she hesitated somewhat about accepting Chizuru Kagura's invitation.

She had just finished eating, and had also taken a bath after her cultivation. She had heard that hot pot smelled very strong, and if she went there, she would probably have wasted her bath. Besides, she didn't like strong-flavored food, and hot pot was one of them.

But Bai Ye was there too. She actually wanted to see Bai Ye. She had been cultivating with Qiong and the others recently, and at first she was very happy, since the prodigy Bai Ye was finally gone. But later she started to miss Bai Ye.

"Maybe I shouldn't go."

After hesitating for a while, Mai Shiranui finally decided to give up on going. After refusing, she quickly added, "Let's make it up another time. Since your team is having dinner and getting to know each other, I won't go. Chizuru can come find me later!"

Mai Shiranui felt that she had acted a little strangely in the past, so she decided not to get involved in her team's affairs, and she also didn't like eating hot pot anyway.

"That's okay."

Kagura Chizuru hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed. After hanging up the phone, she looked at Bai Ye with a strange expression. Bai Ye, feeling her gaze, asked curiously, "Did she come?"

"No, she said she's not coming, just let us eat."

"Oh, then we'll just eat by ourselves. Why are you staring at me like that?"

Bai Ye found it a bit strange. Since Mai Shiranui couldn't come, they decided to finish eating and then hurry home to rest.