After the world was destroyed again, I became a drifter

Chapter 42: The Star Warrior Festival Begins

The opening ceremony is being held today at the main stage of the Phoenix Star Martial Arts Festival, the Sirius Dome.

This was also Yu Yiyu's first time coming in. He had heard from Julis before that this place was big enough to accommodate all the contestants participating in the Phoenix Star Martial Festival, but after actually coming in, he estimated that the number of people that could be accommodated would be even greater.

After all, there are only more than 500 contestants participating in the Phoenix Star Martial Festival. Even if these 500 people stood on the stage, they could not fill it up, let alone the audience sitting in the audience seats.

"This number is a bit too outrageous... It makes me nervous."

“Oh? You’re nervous too.” Julis gave a mischievous smile and looked around as if she was about to do something.

"Of course, I've never seen such a scene." Yu Yiyu was not afraid of her teasing him at all.

"Well, that's no wonder. After all, the auditorium of the entire venue can accommodate about 100,000 people. Seeing that it's all full and there's no place to stand, it's estimated that there must be 100,000 people."

"But I heard that after the game starts, there will be a big screen in the air for all-round relaxation. Then what are we here for? Can't we still watch it in the lounge?"

"I don't know, but I heard that it's important to come and watch the game live."

Julis shook her head and didn't know why, but it was normal for the contestants to participate in the opening ceremony.

Yu Yiyu also turned his gaze back to the podium. The mayor of the Hexagram just finished his speech, and then a bearded, brown-haired middle-aged man walked up to take his place.

"Good morning everyone, I am Mathias Mesa, the chairman of the [Star Warrior Festival] Operation Committee. I hope to see the heroic figures of all the contestants this year as well..." the man said in a calm tone with a smile.

Yu Yiyu looked at him and whispered a name: "【Execution Blade】..."

Although Mathias Mesa appears to be a good person on the surface, he is actually the culprit behind the disappearance of Ayato Amagiri's sister Haruka Amagiri. He can also be regarded as the final BOSS-level existence.

"Hmm? What did you say just now?" Even though there was a speech going on, some students below were also chatting, and they didn't seem to worry about affecting anything. Although Julis heard Yu Yiyu mumbling softly, she didn't hear the content clearly.

He shook his head and said, "Nothing much, I just didn't expect this alumnus to be much younger than I thought. And he's also very successful in his career."

"Of course. Although he only joined the committee a few years ago, as a reformist, he introduced many new systems that are beneficial to the content of the Star Warrior Festival, and each of them has been highly evaluated."

"Come to think of it, he is also the winner of the Phoenix Star Martial Festival, right? What wish did he make?"

"Don't be fooled by that. He's a very cunning man. I've only heard about it, but it seems that after winning, Mathias Mesa made a wish to join the committee directly after graduation. He's a very capable man."

"Well, considering the chaebol system, if I don't have the ability, I won't be able to push him to the position of chairman even if I want to." Not only his means, but the man's own strength is even more terrifying.

Moreover, the Golden Branch Alliance he formed knew quite a few secrets about the Falling Star Rain, and even had the means to artificially trigger the Falling Star Rain. Perhaps it was a good thing that Amagiri Ayato had not entered his sight now.

"Hmm?" Yu Yiyu frowned suddenly, although it was only briefly, but he did notice the gaze that Mathias was looking at him, plus the slight smile he revealed when the two looked at each other.

This is the rhythm of being targeted... The reason... is probably this guy. He touched the Black Furnace Demon Sword on his waist. This pure Star Brilliance weapon is estimated to attract a lot of attention and disputes just by its existence here.

"If I talk too much, everyone will get bored, so I'll say one more thing at the end. This has already been notified to all the colleges, and some people should have known about it in advance." He continued his speech as if nothing had happened:

"We have not restricted the Huang-style weapons, but as the times change, this measure has also caused many problems. Specifically, how to treat mechanical weapons with autonomous mobility functions."

Hearing this, Sasamiya Saya, who had been nodding drowsily while standing, suddenly perked up and looked up at the podium.

"We certainly won't consider limiting the number of weapons, but if we ban the use of autonomous weapons, it will also cause this tournament to decline. Therefore, we have decided to use a proxy appearance only for this tournament."

Naturally, his words attracted a lot of attention. After all, autonomous equipment cannot be considered human to be frank. Mechanical bodies have their own advantages over flesh and blood. If many people choose to act as agents, then the Star Martial Festival will not need to hone itself in the future. It can be solved by creating a powerful pseudo-body without having to do it themselves or get injured.

"I hope that you all can understand that this is not a rule made to benefit a particular academy, but to ensure equality in the near future. Also, for those who have always loved and supported the [Star Martial Festival], I hope you can wait and see. This measure will create a more perfect and brand new [Star Martial Festival]!"

Bang-!

Cold fireworks erupted as he finished his last sentence, and all the lights in the venue were turned on at this moment.

Yu Yiyu and Julis looked at each other. They probably had similar ideas. The two people who used autonomous weapons to fight on behalf of others must be the two people from the Alekante Research Institute, Aenesta and Camilla.

After the opening ceremony, the contestants will enter another lunch break. Then, the contestants gathered here will be separated into different venues to compete according to their groupings.

Yu Yiyu and Yulis's group was in the Sirius Dome, so they didn't need to move, and they had a long rest time.

"Speaking of which, where are Saya and the others? Why did they suddenly disappear?" Julis turned around and was about to call them to go eat together, but when she turned around, she found that they were gone.

They clearly walked out together, could they teleport?

"Well, they must have gone to get something. When I came here, I saw the two of them carrying something."

As they were talking, the missing duo came here carrying something. Toudou Qilin held up the wrapped box in his hand and said, "Excuse me, we're going to get this."

"What is that?" Julis asked in confusion.

"Hehe, you must be surprised to hear that, right? It's a bento." Sasamiya Sayo had a smug look on her face, but of course she could be smug about making a bento, but it would be even better if the contents inside were changed to something else...

"I made this last night with Sasamiya-san... no, Sayo. I have almost no experience in cooking, so she taught me everything." She didn't know why her face turned red as she handed the lunch box to Yu Yiyu.

Yu Yiyu took it and said, "You are quite capable. Let's open it and take a look."

"Wow? Shashagong, your cooking is so good that you can teach others?"

"Hey~"

While Julis and Sasamiya Sayaka were talking, Yu Yiyu placed the packed lunch box on a chair beside him and opened it. Then he saw... rice balls covering the entire lunch box.

"S-Sorry, I'm really useless..."

"Ah, well, it's okay, Qilin. Making rice balls requires a technical job. If the shape is so good the first time, there is hope for the future." Yu Yiyu put down the lid and comforted her.

"By the way, I made it too." Sasamiya Sayo handed her lunch box to Yu Yiyu.

After Yu Yiyu prepared himself mentally and opened the lunch box, what appeared inside was - a giant rice ball that was twice as big as Qi Lin!

Julis looked at it speechlessly and said, "It really is... well, it's very big."

Sasamiya Sayo maintained her smug expression and said, "If you get the big one, you can also get the small one. This is my motto."

"Is it all rice balls?!"

"What's the problem with that?"

"No, I just admire you for making something like this and having the nerve to say you can teach others how to cook it."

"Hmm~!"

"By the way, I'm not praising you!"

The slight expectation that Julis had in her heart also completely disappeared. She thought that the rice balls on top were just placed on top, and there should be something else on the bottom, but who could have imagined that it was all rice balls, and that both bento boxes were like this! ?

“Well, luckily I had anticipated this and made preparations.” Yu Yiyu turned around and patted Yulis on the shoulder.

Then, under the gaze of everyone, he reached his hand into the dimensional crack beside him.

“What…are you doing?”

"Huh? Reach your hand into the dimensional crack to get something." Yu Yiyu looked as if this was something strange.

“You——!” Julis was speechless and could only grit her teeth and clench her fists. A dimensional rift, something that sounded bad, was not something you could just reach into!

After groping for a while, Yu Yiyu took out a four-layer lunch box and said, "Haha, look carefully. Although my cooking is average, this is what we call real cooking!"

As he said this, he opened the box. Suddenly, the lunch box emitted a golden light as if there was a light inside it -!