Konoka, standing to the side, touched her face and said, "Ten-nii and Evian have such a good relationship!"

Asuna immediately said angrily, "How dare you say that?" With that, she pounced on Evian and they started fighting.

Once pulled away, Yiwen immediately showed an expression of ecstasy, licked her lips, and said, "What a nostalgic taste!"

I touched my slowly healing wound and smiled slightly, saying, "Now that you mention it, shouldn't I feel proud?" Then, looking at Asuna who was playfully wrestling with Evan, I suggested with a smile, "It's the school festival today, why don't we all go for a walk together?"

Hearing me say that, Munaika immediately asked happily, "Really? Brother Tian!" Then she seemed to remember something and asked doubtfully, "But don't you still have a competition? And wouldn't it be terrible if someone saw you like that?"

"It's okay! As for the competition, my clone will take care of it for me. 'He' is me, and I am 'he'. As for the problem of being seen by others, if... I dress like this, there won't be any problem!" As I spoke, I took out a pair of glasses and put them on my face. My hair also became messy short hair, and my appearance became much more mature, just like when I went on a date with Asuna.

Seeing me like this, Konoka said with a nostalgic look, "It's been so long since I've seen Ten-nii like this. It's really nostalgic. The first time Ten-nii dressed like this was a long time ago when Asuna was on a date and acting."

Hearing Konoka say that, Asuna abandoned her fight with Evangeline and yelled at Konoka, "Hey, Konoka, why are you bringing up things from 10 years ago! If I hadn't..."

Before Asuna could finish speaking, I asked with a smile, "Or what?"

When I asked Asuna that question, she immediately fell silent.

Meanwhile, at the Ryugu Shrine, at the martial arts tournament, another version of myself was squatting in a corner drawing circles. A new match had started, and unfortunately, my opponent was Evangeline. So I started to wonder if my luck was really that bad. Why was I so unlucky?

Chapter 285 The Imprisonment of Magic

While Negi was competing against Gunnar in the ring, I was strolling around the campus with four stunning beauties. In the plaza not far from the Ryugu Shrine, Asuna, Konoka, and Setsuna were excitedly observing everything around them, while Evangeline kept a close eye on me, as if afraid I'd run away. Konoka, Setsuna, and Asuna were all wearing matching white T-shirts, paired with jeans, a denim skirt, and a white maxi skirt respectively, while Evangeline wore a black dress. Konoka's cuteness, Setsuna's spiritedness, Asuna's liveliness, and Evangeline's cool elegance—the four women each had a distinct style, and all were beautiful women around twenty years old, immediately attracting the attention of most of the men around us. However, when they noticed the four women's intentional or unintentional actions towards me, they all revealed envious glances.

The airship hovered in the sky, surrounded by people dressed in all sorts of mascot costumes and cosplay. I looked up at the top of the Ryugu Shrine, where a beam of light was streaking across the sky, heading straight for the iron bridge at the academy's border. Seeing this, I couldn't help but exclaim, "That's quite an intense fight!"

Konoka, Asuna, and Setsuna played the prize-winning games in the plaza, their faces showing happy smiles and nostalgic expressions. They hadn't relaxed like this in a long time. They had always been traveling the world, searching for traces of me, repeating the same boring and painful days one after another, with even short breaks being rare. Now, they had found me, even if it was only the past me. At least… they could rest for a while.

Looking at the three smiling faces, I smiled and said to Yiwen, "Yiwen, aren't you going to play?"

Upon hearing this, Yiwen immediately retorted angrily, "Do you think I'm like them... just a child?"

I immediately smiled slightly and said, "That being said, it seems like you've been a child for hundreds of years."

A cross immediately appeared above Evan's head, and he looked at me with murderous eyes, saying, "What...did you say?"

Seeing her like this, I immediately waved my hand and said, "Haha... don't be angry! Getting angry so easily, you're just like a little kid!"

Hearing me say that, Yiwen clenched her fists and looked at me, saying, "You bastard!"

Just then, Asuna, Konoka, and Setsuna returned carrying a bunch of things. As she walked, she said with a smile, "Back then, a lot of things happened, so we didn't get to enjoy ourselves properly. This time, we're going to have a blast!"

Konaka, who wasn't holding anything, immediately took my right arm and looked around with a smile, saying, "Yes! It's so nostalgic! I wonder how everyone is doing. I haven't looked for you all since I got back!"

Setsuna, also carrying many things in her arms, replied with a smile, "So much has happened over the years, I never thought I'd get to experience the grandeur of the school festival again!"

After the three finished speaking, Yiwen immediately snorted coldly and said, "I have witnessed such a grand occasion many times."

Looking at the smiling faces of the group, I pointed to a restaurant in the corner of the square and said, "Would you like to grab something to eat first? We still have a long day ahead!"

Hearing me say that, Konoka looked thoughtful and said, "Speaking of which, it's been a long time since I've had Tian-gege's cooking!"

Hearing her say that, I immediately smiled and said, "I'll make it for you tonight. Let's enjoy the school festival now! Okay, Konoka!" As I spoke, I placed my hand on Konoka's head.

Feeling the warmth of my hand, Konoka immediately smiled and nodded, saying, "Yes!"

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At this moment, Negi and Gunnar's match had ended, and Negi finally met his father, Nagi, as he had always wished. Evangeline, just like in the original story, ran onto the ring and begged Nagi to pat her head. Afterwards, after Gunnar and Negi left the ring, another 'me' slowly walked onto the ring, looked at Evangeline standing there with a folding fan in hand, her face filled with longing, and smiled slightly, saying, "Evangeline, how do you plan to fight? You should know… you are no match for me!"

Hearing me say that, Yiwen revealed a smug smile and said, "Stop talking nonsense. If we were evenly matched, you would definitely be no match for me. Look me in the eye!"

After Yiwen said it, I immediately looked at her in surprise and said, "Is this a confession?" Even so, I still looked into her eyes.

The moment I saw Evan's eyes, I felt a moment of disorientation, and then I found myself standing inside Evan's magic villa. I quickly looked around and finally found Evan Jailin, wearing a cloak and flying in the sky. I immediately asked, "This is just an illusion. How can we make our strength equal?"

Evan immediately smiled and said, "In this illusion space, you can only use magic power, and the same amount of magic power as me! So, you can no longer use those strange moves!" As she spoke, she raised her right hand, and a lightsaber formed from magic power immediately appeared in her hand.

After dodging Evan's attack from above, I immediately laughed and said, "Really, you can only use magic? Well... you're going to be disappointed!" As I spoke, I launched a huge fireball at Evan.

The instant I launched my fireball, Evan unleashed dozens of ice arrows to neutralize it, then laughed and asked, "Too weak. Is this all the magic you have?"

As Yiwen spoke, I was surrounded by flames. I slowly raised my right hand, which was engulfed in flames, and said, "Sorry, that was just the beginning!"

Asuna, Setsuna, and the others looked at the two people staring at each other on the stage and asked in confusion, "What... what's going on?"

The more knowledgeable Camo immediately said to Negi beside him, "Big brother, I think they're fighting in a fantasy space! That's right, let's go in and take a look! All we need to do is use contract cards and dream magic!"

Negi immediately nodded and said, "Okay, Camo!" He then began chanting the spell for dream magic: "Ras-Tel-Ma-Sgil-Magistel..."

Seeing that Negi had already started chanting the incantation, Asuna hurriedly took out her contract card and said, "Ah! Wait, I want to go too!"

When Negi and Asuna entered the fantasy space, they found themselves in a sea of ​​fire. Although their vision was obstructed by the flames, they were not burned. Asuna immediately exclaimed in surprise, "Where is this...?"

Negi immediately chimed in, "Master Evan's villa? Why are there so many flames!" As he spoke, he quickly looked around and saw waves ten feet high rising one after another around the villa. He couldn't help but say, "It's like a war is taking place here! Hmm... Look at that!" Negi suddenly pointed in a direction and said.

Asuna looked in the direction Negi pointed, and when she saw what was before her, she exclaimed in surprise, "Ah!"

I saw Evan and I skimming the surface of the sea, chasing each other at near-sonic speeds. Because of our incredible speed, the seawater beneath us was drawn in by powerful air currents, creating a bright trail of water. But strangely, wherever we passed, flames would spread nearby.

As they sped up, Evan's face grew impatient as she said, "You... when are you going to stop? Stop doing this pointless thing!"

Hearing Yiwen shout that, I immediately smiled slightly and leaped into the air. Then I turned around and slowly stopped in mid-air, looking at the angry Yiwen and said with a smile, "You're right, but it's not a meaningless thing!"

Upon hearing my words, Yiwen immediately exclaimed in surprise, "What?" and quickly looked around. A magic circle drawn with magical power, emitting a white light, had appeared on the sea surface that had been previously obscured by flames.

Seeing Evan's surprise, I immediately laughed and said, "Hehehe... I finally found it. The magic circle under the flames, the magic power..." As I spoke, I rushed in front of Evan, hugged her tightly, and slowly uttered two words: "...Imprisonment!" After I finished speaking, Evan and I fell straight down.

Evan desperately tried to use her magic to fly up, but found that she couldn't use her magic at all, and that her magic was rapidly draining away. She looked at me and asked, "What...what did you do?"

I immediately smiled and said, "This magic circle has only one function: anyone inside it cannot use any magic! In other words, magic is nullified!"

"Splash!" As soon as I finished speaking, Yiwen and I fell into the azure sea.

The moment the illusion dissipated, Evan angrily shouted, "You bastard..." Before she could finish her sentence, her pupils suddenly dilated, because I was already standing in front of her.

Standing before Yiwen, I immediately murmured, "Binding Spell Sixty-Six: Staff Light Prison!"

Chapter 286 The Martial Arts Tournament Ends

At Ryugu Shrine, Asakura spoke with passionate fervor: "Next...! The legendary Mahora Martial Arts Tournament's finals have finally arrived! Listen to this tremendous cheer! It's incredibly exciting! And it should be! These final matches are truly exceptional, not just what you see on TV, but battles between real masters! Among them is Gunner, who defeated Nakamura Tatsuya, Nagase Kaede, and the young teacher Negi; and the beautiful teacher Kuchiki Ten, who defeated Sakurasaki Setsuna, Kagurazaka Asuna, and Evangeline AK-McDowell to reach the finals!!! This is how the world can know that masters of this caliber exist. This is the wish of the tournament's organizer, Chao Lingyin!"

The highly anticipated martial arts tournament finals finally began. As soon as the start was announced, Gunnar appeared directly on the stage, and the audience below immediately cheered. Then, in a flash, I also appeared on the stage.

Looking at Konoka and the others in the audience, I smiled and said to Gunnar, "It seems we have no choice but to settle this with a decisive battle!"

Gunnar smiled slightly and said, "Well then, let's settle this once and for all!"

Hearing Gunnar say that, I immediately laughed and, almost simultaneously with Gunnar, raised my hand and shouted, "I abstain!"

Asakura immediately exclaimed in surprise, "Huh?"

I looked at Gunnar, who had also raised his hand, and immediately asked with a smile, "Didn't we say it was a decisive battle? What is this?"

Gunnar immediately flashed an innocent smile and said, "Oh dear... I should be the one saying that!"

After Gunnar finished speaking, we all laughed and said, "Hahaha... In that case... let's decide the winner in another way!" After saying that, we looked at each other with unprecedented seriousness and slowly raised our right hands.

Just when Asakura and the audience thought there was no hope for an exciting match, they immediately focused their attention on the two players on the field. After about ten seconds, the two players moved. In just a moment, they crossed the ten-meter distance and appeared in the middle of the ring, shouting at the same time, "Rock, Paper, Scissors!"

"Crack!" The entire venue was filled with the sound of glasses falling off.

Having finally recovered from the blow, Asakura, holding a microphone, looked at me and Gunnar, who were playing rock-paper-scissors, and asked, "Excuse me... is this how you decide the winner?"

After the same "paper" was revealed again, Gunnar and I stopped what we were doing and said with a smile, "Why not! This world needs harmony! Rock, paper, scissors!" Then we started guessing again.

Hearing what we said, Asakura was almost fooled. He nodded and said, "Oh...you can't really say it's that simple, can you?"

Hearing Asakura's question, Gunnar and I stopped what we were doing again and looked at her, saying, "If you can't see it clearly, just watch the slow motion! Don't bother us!"

Gunnar immediately smiled and nodded, saying, "That's a good suggestion!"

Hearing us say that, Asakura asked with some doubt, "Slow motion?"

Gunnar and I nodded again and said, "Yes! Rock, paper, scissors... Rock, paper, scissors..."

The audience's attention quickly shifted to the big screen, where countless hand shadows appeared between the two figures. Asakura immediately exclaimed in astonishment, "My God, what kind of hand speed is this! This is a 20x slow-motion replay, and even so, we can still see so many hand shadows. What does this prove... it proves that they changed the direction of their punches upwards at least a hundred times in the instant they threw them! Are they really human?"

Upon hearing Asakura's words, Gunnar and I visibly paused, then quickly resumed our movements, though beads of cold sweat immediately appeared on our foreheads. If we had been caught in that instant, the outcome would have been decided. After Gunnar and I had 'drawn' our thirty-second encounter, Evan finally couldn't help but shout, "What are you guys doing?! Either give me a decisive battle! Or give me a proper fight!" As soon as Evan finished speaking, the crowd below echoed his words.

Looking at the crowd below the stage, Gunnar immediately smiled and said, "There's no other way! Let's settle this once and for all!"

I nodded immediately and said, "Yes!" as I waved my right hand one last time.

Finally, the image on the screen froze on my and Gunnar's right hands, one holding the hammer and the other the cloth.

Looking at the right hand that was about to throw the hammer, Gunnar couldn't help but smile wryly and said, "Looks like I'm still a step behind you. At that last moment... I didn't even see it clearly!"

I immediately laughed and said, "Same to you! I was just lucky!"

Seeing that the outcome was decided, Asakura immediately announced loudly, "The winner is Kuchiki Ten...!!!" At the same time, he was plotting in his mind how to extort money from me, after all, the prize money was ten million.

At this moment, Chao Lingyin, the organizer of this tournament, slowly walked onto the stage in a Chinese-style outfit. Asakura immediately announced loudly, "Well then, spectators, the awards ceremony of the martial arts tournament shall now begin!"

After Asakura finished speaking, Chao Lingyin immediately smiled and said, "How wonderful! Every match was the best! The winner's skill level is definitely the strongest in the academy... or even the strongest in the world! As the organizer of this tournament, I am very satisfied! However, such a high-level competition... more or less has some unrealistic elements... as to whether the tournament organizers did anything underhanded, we will not give an answer... so we leave it to the audience to judge whether it is true or false! Thank you very much, contestants and audience! See you again when you have the chance!"

After hearing Chao Lingyin's speech, the audience immediately cheered. All the audience members were very happy. They had never seen so many matches in their lives, although the last two matches were a bit suspenseful.

"We want to hold it again!"

"Whether it's a lie or the truth doesn't matter, as long as it's a great game!"

"I'll be back next year!"

Asakura spoke again, "Now... let's invite the organizer of the event, Chao Lingyin, to personally present the award to the winner, Kuchiki Ten, and hand him the prize money of ten million yen!" As soon as Asakura finished speaking, Chao Lingyin handed a rather large check to me, who was standing on the podium.

As soon as I received the check, a bunch of reporters rushed up to me and said, "We're the Mahora Trio news team! What are Kuchiki Ten's thoughts on winning?"

"How would you like to use this ten million?"

Surrounded by reporters, I shoved the check into Negi's hand, who was standing in third place, and said, "Here's the check, I'm leaving now!" Then I disappeared from the spot.

Chapter 287 Asuna's Date

At noon, while I was attending Chachamaru's tea party in my place, I was sitting in an open-air café with four girls, drinking coffee. After Asuna took a big gulp of her coffee, she looked around with a puzzled expression. The moment she noticed something was off about her, she immediately asked, "Asuna, what's wrong?"

Asuna, still wearing a puzzled expression, said, "Hmm? It's nothing! It just feels a bit familiar; I think I've been here before..."

Konoka immediately smiled and said, "Of course, Asuna! This is our school, even though it's been a long time since we've been back!"

Asuna immediately smiled and said with a look of sudden realization, "Oh hahaha...you're right!"

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