Tanuki Rise of the Yokai Clan

In just two days, the name of Inugamigyoubu Tamazuki echoed on the entire Asterisk.

As long as his name was mentioned, something must happen. At first, it was just an exaggeration, but that didn't seem to be the case, especially when he declared that he would become the rank one of the Seidoukan in just a day.

When that declaration was heard, everyone was in silence before all of them became agitated and went to see him.

However, inwardly, they thought as expected of him since his balls were as big as ever!

Many were ready to teach him a lesson, but they lost the initiative since he was the one who was going to teach them a lesson!

Still, unlike the Jie Long students, they knew how powerful he was. Even though they seemed to underestimate him, they knew he wasn't an opponent they could take lightly. Instead, they had to be serious since his power was comparable to Page One. Even if he didn't, his strength should be comparable to the students in the Named Charts.

With the total number of students in this school, entering the rank of the Named Charts was hard.

As for Page One, it was even harder.

Now, what are Named Charts and Page One?

Named Charts is a ranking list that displays the skilled students of each school based on the ranking system of each school. There are a total of 72 spots.

Meanwhile, Page One is for students that are among the first 12 students in the Named Charts of each school. These 12 are experienced, and whenever they duel, a bookmaker opens, and the reporting clubs do a live broadcast. They are also viewed as a source of data, and there are those that desire to replace them when they have the chance.

As for him, he was just a nobody now.

His prestige might be huge since he was the victor of the Jie Long tournament, but as he was a new student in the Seidoukan and had never fought a duel, he didn't even enter a ranking.

Yet, it was different now since he proposed to take down rank one in just a day.

In the beginning, they thought of him to challenge the rank one immediately.

After all, those who ranked at the top couldn't reject the challenge which was challenged by those ranked below.

Now the question is, how is this duel done, and how does this duel tradition begin?

While it might be long, everything started with Festa.

The Festa was an all-style fighting event boasting the largest fan base in the world, taking place each year in the artificial island city on the crater lake left by the North Kanto mass collision—the city of Rikka, better known as Asterisk. The event was a violent spectacle in which students from six schools vied for supremacy with weapons hands. That said, the contestants did not technically fight to kill.

The rules were spelled out in a document known as the Stella Carta. Simply put, victory was awarded to the fighter who destroyed their opponent's school crest. Although wilful cruelty was forbidden, attacks on targets other than the crest were permitted if the intent was to reduce the opponent's strength. These were armed fights, so of course, injuries were not uncommon—and sometimes casualties.

And yet there was a reason why young people from all over the world would flock to this city. Each one came with a wish that could be granted nowhere else.

Festa was not the only opportunity for students to fight one another. Having so many bold young people gathered in one place and eager to test their strength was bound to lead to some trouble. With such cases in mind, the laws of Asterisk allowed for personal battles to be fought.

Which was to say—duels.

Just as in the Festa, victory was achieved by destroying the opponent's school crest. However, the fortified crests were equipped with processing power, capable of judging the outcome of duels as well as forwarding the battle data to a central host computer. The intent of these measures was to prevent fraud as much as possible.

In particular, duels among students of the same school affected the rankings and therefore held significance beyond simply settling personal disputes.

However, everyone knew this demon king; for him, the duel was nothing but just a stepping stone for him to stand on top of them.

This is why they were unable to accept it.

Still, as his first battle started, he directly challenged the last rank on the Named Charts. This situation didn't surprise all of them, and somehow, they could understand it.

Being challenged, the last rank on the Named Charts was annoyed, or rather, he was furious since he knew that he was being underestimated.

"I will make you regret challenging me!"

As they were in the yard of the school, where he threw his challenge at his opponent, everyone surrounded them and watched the duel, which was about to start.

Tamazuki didn't even bother to respond to this extra character. Frankly, he didn't even remember his name. "Claudia, what is this guy's weapon?" He opened his bag, which was filled with many types of Lux.

"It should be a knife." Claudia thought for a moment, then asked, "Why did you ask that question?" But then, she also stood by his side, peeking inside his bag before she was speechless.

Tamazuki took out a knife-type Lux before he looked at his opponent. "You are good with a knife, right? Then, I will defeat you with a knife."

"....." Everyone.

They had expected this, yet once again, it dumbfounded them. After all, unlike before, they saw this with their own eyes, and unlike on the screen when they couldn't hear his voice, this time, they could hear his voice clearly and understood why all of his opponents were so angry at this bastard.

"Are you sure you want to do this?" Claudia looked at him worriedly. She knew that he was strong, but he always loved to fight like he was playing, as if he had never been serious, especially when he always fought with something that his opponent was the best with.

"Claudia, let me tell you a secret. I have never told this secret to anyone, including Irene and Priscilla, and you are the first one who knows about this."

"Huh? Really? Is that okay?" While she was happy that he would let her know his secret, she was also worried.

"It's okay." He nodded. "You must be curious where my confidence comes from, right?"

"Un." She nodded.

He then pointed his finger at his temple and smiled. "As long as I see something, I can learn it. In other words, no matter what techniques, skills, or tricks they show and use, I can learn all of them almost instantly and master them as my own skills."

"...."

She opened her lips before closing them again since his secret was too overwhelming.

Which means... then... were there any people that could defeat him? The answer was simple. No.

She wanted to ask him a question, but his opponent couldn't wait anymore.

"President, hurry up and leave the field. I want to beat this bastard up until his mother doesn't recognize his face!"

Claudia wanted to glare at this person, but she heard Tamazuki asking her a question.

"Is it okay for me to beat him until his mother doesn't recognize him?"

"..."

Claudia looked at Tamazuki as she blinked her eyes in a daze before she smiled sweetly. "Sure."

"Sorry, whatever your name is, your mother won't recognize your face from now on."

"...."

Still, his opponent didn't have time to respond since the battle started, and he also knew that it was better to show everything through a battle.

Yet, as expected, Tamazuki won by crushing his opponent until his mother didn't recognize his face. He threw his Lux to his bag, then said, "Let's go to the next opponent." He didn't waste a single moment, and the faster he became the rank one, the better it was.

"Sure." Claudia nodded with a bright smile, happy with his victory, before she linked her arm around his arm and led him to his next opponent.

"..." Tamazuki.

Yet, no matter what, on this day, he became a legend.

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