Chapter-98: Call me sir.
I was waiting for the test to start with my fellow village member. Someone came in front of me and he throws his hand to handshake with me. I could do nothing but frown.
I know this kid. He is the leader of the champion Team of the last National Tournament. His name is Paul Starling.
Making cold eyes I made my handshake with him.
By the way, if you want to know what is my appearance now, it is my old face (non-Otsutsuki). Even though I couldn't change my appearance I used impersonate magic to change it to my old color. My skin color was white like milk before, but my Otsutsuki appearance was pale white. As for my horns and third eye, I also hide it with impersonating magic.
Anyway, what I mean is everyone could recognize me because I change back to my appearance with magic like what I was in the past.
Whatever, let us back to this kid.
"Hello, Lancelot. This is the first time I have ever meet you. As a fellow tournament champion's team leader I really wanted to meet you."
Lancelot? Without any honorific? This bast*rd showing a nice smile to me. As if he is superior and he is meeting with his subject.
"I see, nice to meet too. But you see..."
I tightly grabbed his hand with control as not to break it. As if the electric current was going through his whole body. I told him with heavy and majestic voice,
"I am your senior. As well as I have won the championship before you, don't call me as if you know me beforehand or I am yours equal. Call me sir. When did Sirius Tomb get a stupid student like you?"
He was trying to free his hand. But my palm strength isn't an ordinary grip. It is a buffed body of Otsutsuki. Before he could scream out laud I free his hand and said,
"It even doesn't matter you are stronger than me or not, all I wanted to say, know your place, or next time you will be killed without having a second chance. Remember it kid."
Saying that I moved from there, and others followed me silently.
"Hmph! If it was me I would have bomb that kid, Senior brother."
Shun said.
"I am sorry. Never did I thought this generation has become so arrogant. In our era, Sirius Tomb was competitive toward Tower of Eder but not this disrespectful."
Glenn said. This two brother is the former students of the Sirius Tomb.
"Nevermind."
I said to them. If it was me 18 years ago... before activation of Slow Time Rune, I would have through him into Tsukuyomi, but strangely enough, I have now full control of emotion as if I am a much more older generation dealing with the kid generation.
A few minutes later a guy came in the high place of the arena and announced,
"Hello, everyone. I, the vice-captain Degore welcome you all in this recruitment test. I hope everybody's health is well enough to take this test head-on. Well, as you know every year we take physical endurance tests first to see if you are fit for the basic workload of our government Knight can able to take. But there is no fixed type of physical exam. Like every year it will be a different exam this year too. This year we will take the 2500Km marathon race. It may sound brutal but here is the key, all you need to finish it within the next 2 and half days. And you can use anything including the pill, item or mount anything you want. All you need to finish the line and the map of the road will be the map which I will give it to you. If you take a different route as long as our tracker found that out you will be disqualified. So I guess you understood my message. See those guys who are seating on the table, go to collect the map, and be ready for the marathon in 30 minutes."
Vice-Captain Degore passed his instruction to us without pause. By the way, I know that guy. He is under the Leadership of Sir Perceval. He is the second in command of the Perceval team. He will be one of the future leaders of 12 round table if any one of the current leaders retires.
Before Degore went out of the arena he looked at me. I nodded toward him, as a reply he also nodded toward me, he knows me because he was also one of the former students of Tower of Eden. The year I won the championship that is the year he became the member under the 12 rounds table.
(*AN: saying 12 rounds table again and again and again is becoming a pain in the ass... so, I will refer it as 12RT from the next time I write it.)
Me and co. went in front of the table where we supposed to collect the map. I looked at the map, It is not a straight line. The end line is there where it will start, so you can guess that it is an oval circular map.
"Hmm, looks like we will have to cross a river too."
Neji said.
"Well, it will be easy for us, but I wonder what they will do who cannot walk in the water, more than 30Km river path in this route."
Glenn said.
"I guess they have to run from the side of the river. But they have to cross this riverside before night, or monster would be an obstacle for them. Well, I guess you may have to also face a monster in the river."
Kakashi said.
"As you can see, it looks sounds like a straight marathon, but we will have face obstacle in the road I guess."
I told to everyone. I also told them,
"Well, it doesn't matter we will pass this easily. Because it never said you will have to pass this marathon test alone. We will work as a group. Even if we don't, we will pass this easily anyway."