I Am a Heroic Spirit

"Hmph, a cloak-and-dagger like him, how could he command the Heroic Spirits?" Kenpachi Zaraki looked at the Stork Knight in the sky with disdain, and deliberately released his aura to knock the Stork Knight to the ground.

"As the commander-in-chief, I should sit still and not look down. If Captain Zaraki has any opinions, you may ask the elders of the Central Forty-sixth Chamber, or Captain Yamamoto and the Zero Squad to talk to me." Although the Stork Knight fell, it did not affect the sound transmission magic inside, and the voice came out without any fluctuation.

"Tsk! A bunch of bastards!" Kenpachi Zaraki spat in disdain, and the other Shinigami also frowned.

The voice in the Stork Riders conveyed a very clear meaning. The speaker claimed to be the decision-maker and order-giver of the Central Forty-Six. As a Servant's Heroic Spirit, he was naturally equivalent to these captains who specifically followed orders to fight. In other words, unless Soul Society sent members of the Central Forty-Six, Captain-in-Chief Yamamoto, and the legendary Zero Squad, the captains had no right to ask the other party to come forward to negotiate.

Kenpachi Zaraki has no idea about politics and just looks down on incompetent people like the Central Forty-Sixth Room.

"Then as you said, the competition will be held here at 3 pm tomorrow. Our contestants are eight captains, including myself. As for your side, it would be best if you could select seven people." Aizen directly accepted the invitation to the competition, but stopped midway through his meaningful words. "However, this is, after all, a competition about Japan's territorial planning..."

"Humph."

At Youze's house, Zhang Luo snorted lightly, looking at the water mirror in front of him and the sound coming from the water mirror without any concern.

He understood Aizen's subtext. It was just a reminder to him that if the contestants on the Heroic Spirit side were all foreign Heroic Spirits, it would have a bad impact. After all, it was in Japan and the prize belonged to Japanese territory.

It seems that the intelligence on the Heroic Spirits is very thoroughly understood. It is known that among the Heroic Spirits active in Japan, most of the powerful ones are foreign Heroic Spirits. Does this mean that they are not confident that they can win?

At this time, the phone rang. Zhang Luo took out the phone from his pocket, looked at the caller ID, and then answered the call.

"Hello, is this the Prime Minister? What's the matter?" Zhang Luo asked lightly.

The Prime Minister on the other end of the phone frowned at Zhang Luo's disrespectful tone, but considering Zhang Luo's ability, he didn't show his dissatisfaction. He said sincerely, "It's about the contestants. Please send the Heroic Spirits of Japan and the Celestial Empire."

The Japanese Prime Minister's considerations were similar to Zhang Luo's. After all, it was a local dispute. If all the members dealing with the dispute were foreigners, the face of the entire country of Japan would be lost to foreign countries, although Japan had almost lost face a few minutes ago.

"I got it. I'll take care of this matter." Zhang Luo leaned back and lay on the bed, saying casually. Then he hung up the phone, threw it aside, and continued to negotiate with Aizen outside the water mirror.

The Prime Minister in the Prime Minister's Mansion heard the beeping sound of the phone, his face suddenly darkened, and he angrily threw the phone away, saying angrily: "Qin Luo, you dare to ignore me just because you have some ability."

"Prime Minister, please calm down." Ishida looked embarrassed and tried to comfort the Prime Minister. He had told him long ago that he would make the call, but you insisted on making the call yourself. Now look what's happening. The other person is not an ordinary person who will go along with you. Who can you blame if you get angry?

"Calm down, calm down! What else can you say besides this? Soul Society was like this five years ago, and it is still like this now." The Prime Minister slammed the table, glared at Ishida, and shouted loudly.

"Prime Minister, we can't afford to offend either Soul Society or Valhalla. Moreover, this time they are trying to save our face, so please bear with it." Ishida said with a wry smile.

"Hmph!" The Prime Minister snorted angrily, but said nothing more. He knew in his heart that no matter how dissatisfied he was with Zhang Luo, he could not retaliate.

On the streets of Karakura Town, a group of Shinigami walked through the gate and returned to Soul Society to report to Captain Yamamoto. Rukia Kuchiki was left behind and, together with Orihime Inoue, took the unconscious Ryuki Arisawa and Ichigo Kurosaki back to the Arisawa family.

Kojiro Sasaki, Shakespeare, Mary and other non-official heroes also left.

The Soul Society manhunt also came to an end.

"I will leave it to you to judge who is the greatest singer."

"It has to be me, right, puppy."

……

Under the night sky, the sound of girls arguing could be heard from the Youze family's residence. Zhang Luo sat exhausted on the rooftop, looking at the two tone-deaf girls arguing endlessly in front of him. He rubbed his head and asked, "So, you were arguing about this on the way today, so you didn't go to see those death gods."

"I am an artist who can rival the god of music Apollo. How can the god of death, who is just a unit of measurement, be qualified for me to meet in person?" Nero said proudly.

"That's right, how can a mere soul who calls himself the god of death be compared with the strongest idol singer." Elizabeth put her hands on her hips, raised her head high, and said with more pride than Nero.

They are equally lacking in self-awareness, and I don’t know why they think their singing is nice.

"I thought you two were compatible." Zhang Luo sighed, forgetting what he had told him to do for such a small matter.

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Chapter 243 The King Comes to Witness

On the second day, Karakura Town became more lively than ever before. Since it was not a big city, the flow of people in Karakura Town was not large to begin with, and it had never been as crowded as today, filling the entire Karakura Town.

The street where the fight was scheduled was under martial law by the police. Except for Ishida and the city leaders, as well as reporters from NTV, TBS, CX, ANB, TX, Yomiuri Shimbun, Kyodo News, Asahi Shimbun, and Nichimi TV, ordinary people were stopped at the street entrance and were not allowed to enter.

Ichigo Kurosaki, Orihime Inoue, Ryuki Arisawa, Rukia Kuchiki, and Uryu Ishida relied on their status as the parties involved to occupy a place at the competition venue early on. However, Zhang Luo never went out. He only sent the White Stork Knight to the competition venue and used the spells engraved on the White Stork Knight to observe the scene and communicate.

This day is a rare grand sight in Japan. Countries around the world are paying attention to Karakura Town in Japan. In preparation for the upcoming competition, schools and workplaces even have a day off on this non-holiday.

But this is also normal. After all, no one would want to miss the competition between the God of Death who calls himself the God of the Dead and the heroic spirit who is the ancestor of mankind. Even if they are at work or school, they will probably skip classes. Instead of doing this, it is better to just take a day off.

"Hey, who do you think the heroic spirit participating in the competition today will be?" The NTV reporter asked other reporters idly, looking at the only spacious aisle at the entrance.

"Who knows? The probability of becoming a Heroic Spirit in human history is at least tens of thousands, one in ten thousand, or even one in a million. Who can guess?" the TBS reporter said casually.

"Tsk, what's so hard about guessing? You all heard yesterday that the Heroic Spirits appearing today are all Servants of that magician, namely Medea, Astolfo, Miyamoto Musashi, Jack the Ripper, Xuanzang Sanzang, Nezha, Beowulf, Siegfried, Fuma Kotaro, Hercules, Martha, and other Heroic Spirits. If you count carefully, there are eleven of them. It's not difficult to choose seven powerful ones from them." CX reporter interrupted.

"Not a difficult task? That's easy to say. Jack the Ripper and Fuma Kotaro are Assassins, Medea has almost no fighting ability, Astolfo's ability is quite powerful, but in a head-on confrontation, I'm afraid he would be inferior to Jack the Ripper. Some heroic spirits died in the last battle. It would be good if we can find five." The TX reporter said pessimistically.

"It can't be that bad, right?" Okino Yoko asked in surprise. "If it's really like what you said, why would the magician agree to this competition? And why would the government hand this matter over to the magician?"

"What can we do if we don't agree? If we don't agree, the God of Death will just crush us. If we don't hand it over to the magicians, can the government send out a master on the same level as the Heroic Spirit to participate in the competition?" The TX reporter glanced at Ishida and a group of nervous leaders not far away and whispered.

"Don't be so pessimistic. Perhaps the magician can revive the Heroic Spirit? Or summon other Heroic Spirits as Servants? No matter what, he won't accept a match where he is bound to lose." The CX reporter said calmly. Anyway, the final result would not affect them. It was the business of the big guys.

While the reporters were idly discussing who would be the next Heroic Spirit to appear, the audience online who were waiting for the live broadcast to begin were also discussing it enthusiastically. Some people had even opened a bet online to bet on which Heroic Spirits would appear today.

Time passed quickly, and it was already 2:30 in the afternoon. The game was about to start in half an hour. The reporters quickly adjusted the live broadcast equipment and stared carefully at the entrance.

Following a commotion outside the entrance, a handsome man in black trousers, a red shirt, and a long trench coat appeared from nowhere inside the barrier. He walked through the passageway and towards the competition venue, exuding a noble and elegant aura that immediately caught people's attention. Following him was a beautiful girl with knee-length black hair, clad in purple armor and a princess-like dress, and a blue-haired girl, who looked like a French doll, holding a bunny doll.

"That's..." The CX reporter was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized that although he was not wearing the white armor, his noble aura and handsome appearance were none other than the famous Knight King Arthur Pendragon.

NTV reporters, TX reporters, Yoko Okino and others quickly surrounded the scene with microphones in hand, but before they could hand over the microphones, they were stopped.

A huge double-edged sword was chopped down less than a centimeter in front of their eyes, falling to the ground, cutting a crack in the concrete floor, separating the group of female reporters and Arthur.

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"You guys are so rude, do you want to offend my king?" Yatogami Tohka glared at the female reporters fiercely, holding the hilt of the sword and blocking Arthur.

"Well, we just want to interview His Majesty the Knight King."

A group of female reporters retreated one after another under the glare of Yatogami Tohka. Okino Yoko said tentatively, and cast her eyes on Arthur, if it was the Knight King, he would definitely help to rescue him.

"Hahahaha, I'm so sorry, ladies and gentlemen. Tohka is a big jealous person and doesn't like other women getting close to my king. Please forgive her, hahahaha..."

At this time, Shion's puppet Shionai shook its body, showed laughter, and made a strange and sharp sound.

"Shut up, you bastard." Yatogami Tohka's face turned red, and she glared at Shionai angrily. Seeing Shionai laughing but not saying anything else, she turned her head, coughed twice, put on a serious face, and said, "Just stand there. Don't block the king's way. It's best to know some etiquette and know what to say. It's best if each person only has one question, and five questions at most. Finally, forget what that guy said. Do you understand?"

Yatogami Tohka stared at the female reporters who gathered around her with a horrified look. After they nodded hurriedly, she drew out her double-edged sword and returned to a position one step behind Arthur.

Arthur looked at Tohka Yatogami's actions with tolerance and did not say anything blaming her.

Standing about a meter away from Arthur, Okino Yoko handed the microphone to Arthur and asked politely with a hint of respect, "Your Majesty, the Knight King, are you a contestant in this competition?"

"No, I'm here to witness this match at the invitation of Queen Mary," Arthur said gently.

"Your Majesty the Knight King, are you and Queen Mary... friends? What do you think of her?" Upon hearing Arthur's words, the second NTV reporter's eyes lit up, and he was about to ask a question that would normally stir up heated discussion, but when he noticed the terrifying gaze of Tohka Yatogami behind Arthur, he temporarily changed his question.

"Yes, she is a beautiful lady and a queen who cares about the people." Arthur replied with a smile.

"So, Your Majesty the Knight King, what do you think about the fact that Shakespeare from Britain defamed the French saint and verbally humiliated Queen Mary?" The TBS reporter then asked a sensitive question.

"What do you think?" Arthur put away his smile, frowned slightly, and said calmly, "I'm very fortunate that such malicious slanderers of noble people do not exist in the Great Britain under my rule. As for the others, whether it was the Ying Kingdom then or the Ying Kingdom now, they are not my Great Britain. You should know that I am King Arthur of a parallel world, so it's not for me to say anything more."

……

While Arthur was being interviewed, heated discussions broke out on the Internet. However, they were not about the relationship between Arthur and Mary, but about the identities of Tohka Yatogami and Yoshino Yoshino behind Arthur. Some people speculated that they were King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table, but more people refuted this, believing that King Arthur's Knights of the Round Table could not be women, let alone girls around twelve years old.

The controversy was not settled until a reporter finally revealed the identities of Yatogami Tohka and Yoshino.

"They are elves, my knights." Arthur answered this way when facing the CX reporter.

So that's how it is. Did it come from the legendary Avalon?

Reporters and online viewers all thought so, and only the anti-elf forces and members of the Round Table recognized these two old acquaintances.

Because there were enough questions, when there were still reporters who wanted to interview, they were threatened by Tohka Yatogami and made way, allowing Arthur to enter the center of the venue with Tohka Yatogami and Yoshino.

After a few minutes, another golden light appeared out of thin air, forming a golden figure.

It is the Hero King Gilgamesh.

The reporters who had a thorough understanding of the intelligence recognized the golden king in front of them at a glance, but no one came forward to interview him. They just silently made way. On the one hand, it was because the young Gilgamesh had spoken very badly about his older self, and on the other hand, it was because of the Epic of Gilgamesh. The most important reason was because of the treasure that Gilgamesh possessed, the Sword of the End, which could summon a world-destroying flood. No one would think that Gilgamesh, who possessed a world-destroying treasure and was a famous tyrant in history, was someone who was easy to get along with.

"You are here too, King of Great Britain." Gilgamesh greeted Arthur lightly.

"Yes, you have also been invited by Queen Mary." Arthur said with a smile.

Yatogami Tohka and Yoshino were so tense by Gilgamesh's powerful aura and dangerous aura that they tensed up.

"Good things always come with privileges. This match is a grand occasion, so it's only natural for the king to witness it." Gilgamesh crossed his arms, his gaze shifting from Yatogami Tohka and Yoshino. "Interesting life, is it an elf?"

"Yatogami Tohka and Yoshino are now my knights," Arthur pointed at the two elves and introduced them to Gilgamesh. He then said to Yatogami Tohka and Yoshino, "This is the King of the Sumerian Dynasty, the Hero King Gilgamesh."

"Greetings, Hero King."

Yatogami Tohka and Yoshino hurriedly greeted Gilgamesh.

Gilgamesh nodded nonchalantly. Although he wouldn't call him a bastard like his other self, he didn't have the energy to waste on a weakling. If he wasn't Arthur's knight, he wouldn't even look at him.

Two minutes later, Mary and the perverted trio arrived. Five minutes later, Shakespeare and Sasaki Kojiro also arrived. Ten minutes later, the people from Soul Society finally arrived.

A partition sliding door that looked like a classical Japanese style appeared out of thin air in the center of the street, and then slowly opened, with white light shining from the door. Captains wearing white haori gradually walked out of it, followed closely by vice-captains, who appeared in the world in order.

In addition to the eight captains and seven vice-captains from last night, there was one more captain, one vice-captain, and one third-place seat. They were Tosen Kaname, captain of the 9th Division, who had no idea of ​​Unohana Retsu's true strength and volunteered to serve as Unohana Retsu's replacement; Chojiro Suzuki, vice-captain of the 1st Division, who represented Captain-in-Chief Yamamoto; and Ikkaku Madarame, third-place seat of the 11th Division.

In addition to the two people that Tosen wants, one of them already has the strength of a captain. Although the other one was killed instantly by Kurosaki Ichigo, he actually achieved Bankai a thousand years ago and once injured Captain Yamamoto. His strength is also at the top among the captains.

These two people are not here to participate in the competition, but

Chapter 244 Satan, Opera (Two in One)

(Last night, probably in the evening, Filo crashed again and the update was not uploaded. It was not until tonight that it returned to normal, so I simply combined yesterday's and today's photos into one and posted it.)

"What a pity! Not everyone is qualified to share the stage with an artist like me, who can be compared to Apollo, the sun god."

"That's right! Not everyone gets the chance to perform on the same stage with the best idol singers."

"The only person who can compete with me on the same stage is Red Lancer, the only opponent I recognize."

"Second! Only Red Saber is worthy of sharing the stage with me."

As Mary was speaking, two people who aspired to become the best idol singers appeared in everyone's sight and made bold statements.

A beautiful girl with blonde hair and green eyes, wearing a translucent red dance costume, walked over proudly. Next to her was a girl who looked like a little devil, with devilishly twisted horns and a forked tail like a snake's tongue, also with a condescending attitude.

"The legendary demon?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Kuchiki Byakuya's eyes.

"No, it's a dragon. That Lancer has dragon blood just like me." Arthur shook his head and corrected Byakuya Kuchiki's mistake.

"You two are the contestants of this competition, right? May I know what to address you?" Aizen stepped forward and asked gently.

"Get out of the way, you bunch of pigs." Elizabeth's eyes lit up at first, then she put on a sullen face, waved the magic spear, and drove Aizen away.

Aizen's face froze. He didn't expect Elizabeth to be so disrespectful. Due to his personality and the magic spear in front of him, he could only step back two steps to avoid Elizabeth's magic spear.

"Come here, you little pigs!" Elizabeth pointed her magic gun at the reporters standing nearby and shouted arrogantly, "You're so unqualified! You see me, the most powerful idol singer, and you don't even come to interview me! Do you still consider yourself reporters?"

Upon hearing this, the reporters who were hiding aside and filming silently were stunned. They looked at each other and were unable to react for a while.

"Why don't you come over here, pigs? Do you want me to punish you?" Elizabeth has never been a patient person. Seeing that the female reporters did not respond, she scolded them dissatisfiedly.

The female reporters finally reacted. Thinking that the two heroes were interested in becoming idol singers, they immediately understood what Elizabeth meant and quickly surrounded them with microphones.

"Ahem," Elizabeth said, facing a circle of microphones, cameras, and reporters. She coughed twice, feigning seriousness, before speaking. "Listen up, pigs! Check your equipment, adjust your cameras, get excited, cheer! The concert of the world's most powerful idol singer is about to begin, and you have the honor of being in the audience and sharing my charm with the world."

The female reporters and photographers were overjoyed. Finally, they found someone who would cooperate with them. Although he was a bit sharp-tongued, it was good enough that he could cooperate with them.

"Wait, what's the matter with the concert? Do you want to use singing instead of fighting?" Ukitake Jushiro asked in confusion. He had been hearing that there would be a concert, but wouldn't the competition involve fighting?

"Isn't it normal to open the competition with a concert?" Nero said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Is that so?" Ukitake Jushiro asked uncertainly. The competition was opened with a concert. Is this the same as the competition ceremony in the modern world?

As Ukitake Jushiro spoke, he glanced at Kyoraku Shunsui, wanting to ask his good friend who was in charge of intelligence.

Kyoraku Shunsui was also confused. A modern tournament had this kind of ceremony? How could he not know about it? No, these two were foreign Heroic Spirits. It was hard to say if this was the opening ceremony of an ancient foreign tournament.

By the time Ukitake Jushiro looked over, Kyoraku Shunsui had already adjusted his expression and said calmly, "I don't think there's such a ceremony in Japan. You two are foreigners, right?"

"Yes, I am Rome..."

"Red Saber, don't reveal your real name. Don't you know how obvious your weakness is? And you, Red Lancer, you're just like Red Saber. It's best not to reveal your real name before the game begins."

Nero spoke proudly, but was stopped by Zhang Luo halfway through his words. Nero had been poisoned and Elizabeth had died in imprisonment. These were weaknesses that could be easily exploited, and the Shinigami also had ways to restrain them, such as Kurotsuchi Mayuri's poison and Tosen Kaname's Bankai. If the history of Nero and Elizabeth was discovered before the game, and the contestants were adjusted, the chance of winning would drop to fifty-fifty.

"It's ridiculous! Just for that so-called weakness, I have to be a coward who hides his head and shows his tail?" Nero said dissatisfiedly.

"That's right, little dog, I won't listen to you. I am the top heroic spirit. Even if my weaknesses are exposed, no one can defeat me." Elizabeth made a face in the direction of the White Stork Knight, shrugged her nose, and said loudly.