Who are you calling a stable boy?!

"Don't jump to conclusions. Judging from the data alone, that Tohsaka team is more suspicious."

Clark sat down next to Ralph with his arms crossed and began to speak.

"I wonder how useful this historical data will be for the Eight Heroes."

At this point, Ralph slapped his forehead: "Reincarnation, it's really troublesome..."

The so-called Eight Heroes refers to eight powerful members of the Orochi clan who have served Orochi since ancient times.

The inheritance of these eight powerful individuals is extremely special, as it was completed through reincarnation.

In other words, the reincarnated Eight Heroes might live peacefully for many years without knowing anything, and then suddenly awaken their past life memories at some point, thus continuing the legacy of the Eight Heroes and becoming the new generation of Eight Heroes members.

This makes it difficult to determine whether a target is a suspect based solely on past data.

As things stand, there are quite a few unfamiliar faces at this conference.

But in Ralph and Clarke's view, the most suspicious are Team Tohsaka and Hell Band, both of which are composed entirely of newcomers.

Ralph believes Hell is highly suspicious because the band's predecessor, or rather the three members of the band, were actually a band before.

Nanakasesha.

Sharmín.

Chris.

Based on past records, none of these three individuals have ever systematically practiced any martial arts.

However, it was this trio that, on the stage of the World Martial Arts Tournament, fairly defeated the Ikari Warriors, composed of Ralf and his team.

Furthermore, Ralph's investigation revealed that in order to seize the anonymous invitation, Hell Band defeated several veteran contestants who had competed in previous tournaments. They even went so far as to attack the Extreme Stream branch in Brazil, beating a large number of students there half to death.

It's as if the words "naturally strong" are written all over his face.

It's perfectly reasonable for Ralph to suspect them.

Clark's reasons for doubting the Tohsaka team are not complicated.

If the investigation into Hell Band's situation was riddled with doubts, then the investigation into Team Tohsaka's situation was completely shrouded in mystery.

Unlike the anonymous invitation that eventually ended up in the hands of Hell Band, the one held by Team Tohsaka was lost by Heidern once and could not be found at all.

It wasn't until the day before the tournament began, with Team Tohsaka's arrival on the island, that Heidern regained control of the invitation.

From Heidern's perspective, Team Tohsaka and the invitation they held seemed to have suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Although Heidern has been trying his best to gather all the information about the three members of Team Tohsaka, less than three days have passed since Team Tohsaka appeared, and the results so far are far from satisfactory.

"I don't think Zheng Jing and his group are like the Eight Heroes."

Kyoko spoke up: "Right, Chizuru!"

"Um......"

Chizuru hesitated for a moment.

"Is there any evidence?"

Ralph was the first to ask a question.

"Well, I should call it intuition..."

Kyoko was somewhat troubled.

"Is it the sensation from your three sacred artifacts?"

Clark quickly understood Kyoko's meaning.

Seeing Kyoko nod, Ralph rubbed his chin: "Then we really can't ignore it. Do all three of you have this kind of feeling?"

Kyoko nodded directly.

After pondering for a moment, Chizuru nodded slightly.

Only Anzi held the book, remaining silent; more accurately, she had no intention of participating in the discussion at all.

"Yagami!"

"Tsk..."

Hearing Kyoko call, Anko looked up from her writing and glanced impatiently at everyone before finally settling her gaze on Leona, who stood ramrod straight behind Ralph and Clark.

"The Eight Heroes are right here, why don't we just ask her?"

"Hey!"

Ralph suddenly stood up.

Although Clark spoke, a coldness seemed to emanate from his dark sunglasses.

"I shouldn't have pulled you down..."

Muttering something, Kyoko was about to try and calm the two burly men when Leona suddenly spoke up.

"Reporting, sir."

Hearing Leona speak up, Ralph turned around in surprise and looked at her.

"what's up?"

"I request to observe all members of Team Tohsaka up close."

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"Oh, I understand, I understand."

After listening to Qianhe's explanation, Zheng Jing nodded.

"They want to see if the three of us are part of the Eight Heroes, right?"

Upon hearing this, the atmosphere in the villa's spacious living room immediately turned cold and hard.

The purpose was to observe whether Zheng Jing and his group were the Eight Heroes. Since Kyoko and her group brought the Angry Team to their door, they naturally couldn't tell Zheng Jing this directly.

So Chizuru's reason was that after watching the Tohsaka team's match, the Ikari team wanted to get to know the Tohsaka team, so they used their connection to visit Jung Kyung.

This reason may be somewhat far-fetched, but it is by no means abrupt.

Firstly, through their time together on the ship, Chizuru could tell that Zheng Jing genuinely enjoyed making friends; secondly, in previous tournaments, Heidern had often taken the initiative to introduce Ralph and the others to righteous individuals among the martial artists.

Logically, there shouldn't be any problems.

But as soon as they entered the people's residence and sat down to chat for a few minutes, Zheng Jing revealed all their secrets.

"Mr. Zheng, may I ask where you learned about the 'Eight Heroes'?"

Chizuru asked with a serious expression.

The Goenitz incident caused quite a stir at the time, but the inside story about Orochi and the Eight Orochi Warriors was never made public because of it.

Most people only know that the commotion at that conference was an indiscriminate attack caused by an extremely powerful martial artist who had gone mad with his inner demons.

Only a very small number of people truly know the inside story of Orochi, the Eight Heroes, and the Three Sacred Treasures.

In this way, it is quite intriguing that Zheng Jing knew the name of the Eight Heroes.

Of course, more importantly-

"And why are you so sure that we've come to find the Eight Heroes?"

Chapter 234: His legs were broken by Xue Qing (

"It's like you've been watching Detective Conan since you were ten and continued until you graduated from university. Then one day you're suddenly caught up in a snow-covered mountain villa incident. After you discover that the murderer used methods from Detective Conan to create locked-room murders, and it's like a fanatical Conan x Ai fan who's going to murder Aoyama Osamu one day, because you're the strongest fighter among all the survivors, it's natural that everyone suspects you of being the murderer—"

Zheng Jing finished speaking without even panting, then grinned at Jingzi and the others who were still somewhat dazed.

"After experiencing it once, you will become more perceptive, trust me."

When have you ever experienced something like this?

Before Kyoko and the others could speak, Xueqing, who was leaning against Zheng Jing, sat up straight.

She stared at Zheng Jing.

"Aren't you taking me with you?"

"A metaphor is a rhetorical device, just a comparison."

"I think they would have a hard time understanding this kind of analogy."

"What if there's Conan here too?"

Would you suspect that Kyogoku Makoto is the culprit behind locked-room murders?

"Oh, oh! That really is... Sorry, let me think of a better analogy..."

"No need!"

Chizuru, finally realizing what was happening, quickly waved her hand.

“I understand the gist of it… You mean you already know who the murderer is—cough, I mean, the Eight Heroes. You already know who the Eight Heroes are?”

Zheng Jing nodded.

"Of course, it's the three members of Hell Band."

What evidence do you have?

"Ralph asked."

"I could tell."

Zheng Jing pointed to his two golden eyes.

"However, of the three of them, it seems only Yashiro has fully awakened. Shermie and Chris are still in a dazed state. Oh right—"

He gave a thumbs-up to Leona, who was still staring intently at him.

"It's very similar to Nana's situation."

Small--

Ralph and Clark both instinctively looked at Leona.

Leona remained unfazed, seemingly oblivious to her new nickname.

"...I can't feel it."

Leona suddenly shook her head.

"Well, that's troublesome."

Clearing his throat, Clark said, "The situation is the same with Hell Band; Leona doesn't seem to be experiencing anything unusual."

"Let me ask you something, Old Zheng. If we could confirm who the Eight Heroes are, what would you do? You would..."

He made a knife with one hand and slashed it in the air.

"No, the tournament prohibits contestants from fighting off the ring. Unless they are as brainless as that foul-mouthed Soldouer from the Noble Team, we cannot usually attack them off the ring, at least not during the tournament."

Kyoko scratched her hair in frustration.

"That's right. Now that the conference has started, it means that person is already paying attention to this place."

Clark also agreed with Kyoko's statement.

They were all veteran players who had participated in two previous tournaments, and of course they had all witnessed that person make a move.

In a sense, that one was a true god among men.

The annual World's Greatest Martial Arts Tournament is a grand ceremony held to please that one person.

Therefore, no one can say for sure whether directly attacking the suspected Hell Band off the stage would result in punishment from that person.

"If that's the case, why not just defeat them in the ring?"

Zheng Jing shrugged: "If their goal is really to revive the Great Serpent using that person's power, you don't need to worry about these things at all, right?"

He laughed and jumped up, stepping onto the sofa, patting his chest and straightening his back.

"After all, as the champion team, the last person you'll be challenging is me, Lao Zheng!"

Chizuru was glad she hadn't dragged Anko along this time; otherwise, if things hadn't been settled, she probably would have had to find a way to stop Anko from fighting with Zheng Jing.

However, Zheng Jing's words are not without merit.

Regardless of which team ultimately includes the Eight Orochi Warriors, if their goal is to revive Orochi using the power of one of them, they will inevitably have to overcome the Champion Team composed of the Three Sacred Treasures.