It was then that Kano Sho managed to stick himself onto the windows where they were viewing him, "Hey Hey Hey Master! That D of D is the freestyle tournament for those under 20 years old to fight, right? I wanna enter!"
"Just get back to the arena, It's better if you don't enter in such a show," commanded Hongo
"But that guy's been called in, right?" asked Sho, "Ryozanpaku's number one disciple, Kenichi Shirahama"
It was then that Kano Sho did something completely unexpected of his behavior, surprising even his master. After letting go of the edges of the window, flipping back to the ground, he actually bowed to Hongo, his back low enough to make a 45-degree angle.
"Master, please let me join the tournament or at least view it," said Kano Sho.
Hongo blinked in surprise, knowing the boy's nature and how out of place this was.
"You are not doing this just to see that girl you have been raving about are you?" asked Hongo suspiciously. Though Kano was a martial artist, he was still a teenage boy with hormones.
"Wait!? Nononono!" exclaimed Sho, waving his hands in a panic, "Well, alright that might be 20% of why. The other 80% is to see what type of man Kenichi Shirahama is last time I couldn't even study him carefully"
Hongo gave a small hum as he pondered about Sho's request. His mind did muse if Sho swung that way, but he threw that idea out, considering how he kept talking about the girl. Somehow, this boy had gotten Sho's full attention. He absentmindedly raised his hand to touch the vertical scar that his rival Sakaki had given him. Perhaps here was rival that could push Sho further, as Sakaki did for him.
"Actually, I was going to suggest that" commented Ogata, "Ryozanpaku's disciple really is something. As we all saw his skills for ourselves he bested our combine disciples though he didn't fight them directly but none of them were able to stop him for even few seconds this shows that none of our disciples will be able to win against him in one on one"
"A fight does not consist of only power and skill" retorted Hongo.
"Yes, yes but it would still do wonders for them to observe him at the very least. They could all learn something just by watching him. I mean you have to also accept the fact that he is way more talented than any of our disciples as he had created two different fighting styles one for hands and one for legs. According to demon his fist, his disciple couldn't even stand against him for a full minute before he was defeated, though he claims that his own disciple was not very strong and can easily raise another one. I have already spoken to other members of YAMI about letting YOMI at least take a trip to the D of D to see how Ryozanpaku's disciple fights. I mean none of them were really happy after getting bested by one Kenichi Shirahama and have been training their ass off."
Ogata took a small breath before continuing, "Agaard Jum Sai, Alexander Gaider, Mikumo Kushinada, and Jisei Ro have already agreed to let their disciples head to the tournament, though only to view, not fight. All the disciples were eager to watch Kenichi Shirahama in action mostly because of the impact he left on them. No matter how much they train they can't forget about the fact that even with all of them working together they couldn't stop a single person. I myself plan to have my disciples to go and watch. The only one who hasn't said anything in One Shadow himself but he will also most likely send his disciple so as he had clearly shown interest in Kenichi Shirahama and would like his disciple to know him as well."
Hongo merely pondered about this once more while telling the doctors to raise the pace, switch on the rubber bullets and electric shock, and lower the oxygen levels. After Quickly complying with the orders, the doctors were amazed to see Sho's brainwaves, heart rate, and other data skyrocket to a point that it couldn't be normal.
"Sho if you can endure this for 20 minutes, you have my permission to go with the other members of YOMI to VIEW only. Hayami and Seta will be accompanying you as usual" said Hongo, giving his condition.
"Hai! saluted Sho as he grinned, adrenaline rushing through his body.
An hour later, Sho was walking with Hongo to a helicopter, much to his distaste. He preferred airplanes, as they looked so much smoother.
"Is there something you would like to add?" asked Hongo.
"Nothing like that I was just thinking about Kenichi Shirahama! I have researched him but he doesn't have any family history in martial arts. Though his mother is half American but even from that side I couldn't find anything noteworthy" said Sho.
"Then he must be a prodigy as Ogata said, It does happen in common families. One of my old rivals was born from a nondescript family, and yet his skills and ability to analyze moves were impressive. If not for his sickness, I might have lost against him. Do not dwell on what family he is from, focus on becoming stronger than him." explained Hongo.
"Hai!" Sho saluted, some of the burdens slowly falling of the burden slowly falling off his shoulder "SO does that mean..."
"Yes, you can go" sighed Hongo
"YATA!" cheered Sho as the helicopter lifted off.
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Soon, Ryozanpaku's boat had arrived at their destination, Fortuna's private island, where D of D would be held. Among the private pier were rather large cruise ships that could hold up to 5000 passengers, but no guards or personnel on the pier at all.
"Why is it so empty?" asked Matsui as the boat was tied to the dock.
"Due to the terrain" explained Akisame, "It's am easily defendable terrain that's hard to attack, so they feel no need to post guards here."
"This pier is... the only place... to dock" Shigure continued as Tochumaru hopped onto her shoulder.
"Man this guy really has a lot of money"