CH148 The Tournament Officially Begins
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Finally, a day passed in an instant, and the Youth Tournament finally ushered in the opening day. Everyone in the Holy Land was gathering at the venue.
The venue was a place the size of a football field, a bit like the Colosseum. It was surrounded by stands, and there was a round platform two meters high with a diameter of 100 meters.
Behind the platform was a panel with a length and width of 100 meters. A huge screen was assembled by dozens of video projection Den Den Mushi, and every corner of the entire platform could be clearly seen.
The huge venue, large enough to accommodate tens of thousands of people, was packed. Shimizu Akihiro ordered Marines to set up a huge projection on the central plaza of the Holy Land for viewing.
As everyone had entered the venue, suddenly the lively venue became quiet as three figures appeared in the sky.
"Look! There is someone in the sky!?"
"It looks like His Highness Shimizu!"
"His Royal Highness Shimizu? Really! Is That Really His Highness."
"Wow! Who are the two girls next to him? They are so beautiful! My God, they are really fairies."
The people of the Holy Land and the dignitaries of the member states of the World government saw the figure of Shimizu Akihiro floating down in the air and they exclaimed one by one, seeing Hancock and Gion falling down beside him.
Bah!
The three were like feathers and their feet landed on the ground one after another, making the people in the stands startled one by one.
"His Royal Highness!"
"His Royal Highness!"
Standing on the battle stage, Akihiro's figure was cast on the huge screen behind and in the central square. Everyone was shocked by his skills and exclaimed.
You must know that the entire venue was more than 100 meters high and Akihiro was able to easily descend from the top and land safely, which shocked many people. Of course, many people's eyes were fixed on Hancock.
"Welcome to my World Government's Holy Land, the site of the 'Under 20 Youth Tournament'.
Shimizu Akihiro glanced at the crowded figures in the surrounding stands, smiled, and said gently. His voice was mixed with Haki and it was easily passed into everyone's ears. Although the voice was soft, It was very shocking to people's ears,
"What happened? How did he do it?"
Hearing Shimizu Akihiro's words, every word seemed to fall heavily into the audience's heart. The ninjas watching around were all surprised. Jiraiya also said something strange to himself, not daring him to look on the stage, for fear that he would also lose his temper again because of Hancock's figure.
When the people heard Akihiro's words, they were even more shocked, suppressed their excitement one by one, and waited quietly for him.
"On behalf of the World government, I sincerely invite talented individuals under the age of 20 from all walks of life to participate in this tournament. The top ten talents can unconditionally enter the Marine Academy of our headquarters to train. The winner of the first place will receive the highest reward – Op-Op Fruit. With it, even ordinary people can become gods. Because this treasure is really special, only top geniuses can exert it's true power so my World government will grant this as a reward to the winner.
Shimizu Akihiro's voice became louder and louder, as if it was stirring people's hearts. Listening to the reward given by Akira Yagyu, everyone's breathing became heavier, especially the nobles of the surrounding small countries. If their geniuses could enter the World Government's headquarters to train in the main branch of the Marine Academy, it means that you can get in touch with the World Government's core secrets which is a fatal temptation for any small country.
"His Royal Highness Shimizu!"
"His Royal Highness Shimizu!"
The atmosphere that had just calmed down was ignited again and everyone, including the nobles, were shouting with all their strength.
"Now! I announce! The Youth Tournament officially begins." Looking at the excited people, Shimizu Akihiro smiled, announced and disappeared from the battle stage.
This tournament was destined to be a chapter in the annals of history and it was also the first time in history that ordinary people could see the confrontation between genius ninjas, samurais and taijutsu experts from various countries.
After Shimizu Akihiro left the platform, he came to a huge room in which Kage-level powerhouses of various countries, daimyo and leaders of countries were all sitting.
When those people saw the arrival of Shimizu Akihiro, everyone's eyes gathered and the country of the Daimyo of Land of Oceans and Land of Lakes immediately waved to him excitedly.
When they saw Gion and Hancock, they were all dumbfounded. Hancock didn't show the charm of the Love-Love fruit, otherwise the audience would really be the same as those ordinary people.
Shimizu Akihiro swept his eyes and felt amused immediately. All the members of the World government sat together, leaving Shimizu Akihiro a seat at the front of the table, while the other big countries also sat in front of a group of their subordinate small countries.
The long rectangular table was large, but only a few people sat directly around it. Among them, to Shimizu Akihiro's surprise, was Yahiko.
In front of the table was a white wall and there was a Den Den Mushi on the table, which was projecting the situation on the platform to them.
Everyone except the member countries of the World government looked at the picture and the strange snail on the table,
"His Royal Highness Shimizu, we meet again." Seeing Akihiro, Yahiko smiled and greeted him, which immediately caught the attention of the surrounding Kage-levels.
"Akatsuki" can be said to be a new force. There were not many members in it, but they were all very powerful. They didn't expect that their leader was acquainted with Akihiro, which made the face of a man wearing a mask beside Yahiko a little weird.
When greeting Yahiko, Akihiro also smiled and nodded, since Yahiko wasn't angry because he seriously injured him, he certainly wouldn't feel sorry for that.
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