Isekai Tensei: Recruited to Another World Volume 8 [Parts 1 to 13] by Kenichi

Author:Kenichi
Language: eng
Format: epub

“The sumo tournament will now begin! Contestants, please enter the ring!”

With Hana’s announcement, the competitors began our entrance. The two representatives from the team that had defeated the wyvern led the way, followed by me and Gramps. After us were the three who had won the preliminary rounds, and then Blanca brought up the rear. Hana had decided on this order. The first two were being honored for their contributions to Nanao’s safety, Gramps and I were guests, and the next three had secured their spots with victory in the preliminary rounds. Blanca, being a family member, was last.

I mentally went over the etiquette we’d been taught earlier. We performed the greeting ceremony in the ring and then went back to the waiting room. My name was called almost immediately. The matchups had been determined by drawing lots right after we had arrived, meaning that we’d only learned who’d we be up against at the last minute.

“I must have luck on my side! I get to make a name for myself early on,” said the boar beastfolk who had won the preliminaries with a laugh. He was much larger than me and the third largest competitor after the bear beastfolk and Blanca.

“Maybe I’m the lucky one. Boars are known for charging in blindly, so all I have to do is dodge and you’ll run straight out of the ring,” I quipped, knowing full well he had underestimated me.

In reality, boars were very strong, capable of sharp turns at full speed, and could jump over one-meter-tall obstacles with ease. The idea of them charging in blindly was actually just a stereotype.

“You little brat!”

Clearly my taunts had struck a nerve—his face had turned beet red. If we weren’t in public, he probably would’ve lunged at me right there. I covered my mouth and let out a deliberate chuckle, making him blush even more.

The audience couldn’t hear what we were saying to each other, but they could tell we were exchanging words. They seemed to understand that I’d provoked the bigger guy and that he had taken the bait, which made the crowd buzz with excitement before we even threw the salt. From the looks of things, it probably seemed like a big guy had challenged a kid to a verbal sparring match and had ended up losing. And he actually had lost, but that didn’t matter to the audience. To them, this was probably some exciting pre-game entertainment.

I confidently sprinkled salt on the ring, pleased with my victory in the preliminary battle of wits. However, I might have gone a bit too far with my taunting because by the time we were in the ring, the boar beastfolk’s face was so red with anger that he looked like a demon.

“Aaand...begin!”

“Hah!”

As soon as the referee called for the match to start, I quickly dashed into my opponent’s range. Since I’d mocked him so much about charging blindly, I figured he definitely wouldn’t do that himself, and he fell right into my trap. And since I charged at him just as he was standing up, his stance was higher than usual.

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