Infinite Dendrogram: Volume 21 [Parts 1 to 4] by Sakon Kaidou

Author:Sakon Kaidou
Language: eng
Format: epub

Interlude: Lunchtime

Reiji Mukudori

It was Monday afternoon. I was in the college cafeteria, having lunch with my fellow freshmen—Soprano Natsume and Dragon Kasugai.

Kasugai was wearing sunglasses and sporting a mohawk, and Natsume had a spot of face paint on her, so we stood out pretty hard. I could feel the passersby looking at us, probably wondering “what kinda group is this?”

We’re just talking about our lessons and Dendro, though...

“Hey, Mukudori, I heard about some big gamblin’ goin’ on in Altar. Izzat true?” Kasugai asked.

“People gamble on it, sure, but it’s a dueling event at its core. It’s gonna go for ten Dendro days straight.”

“Shiiit, man, that sounds fire!”

“I’m sure it’s very intense. If only she went to an event like that too...”

Kasugai’s eyes gleamed at the prospect, but Natsume seemed kinda tired.

“Did something happen to you in Dendro?” I asked.

“I guess you could say an asura forced me to play a game of tag.”

Is that some kinda horror-themed event? I wondered. “Are those the kind of things you do in Tenchi?”

“Well, the place is pretty wild even at the best of times,” said Kasugai.

“Oh, don’t mind it too much,” said Natsume. “I can consult you if I need to, right?”

“Sure.” I said.

“Roger!”

They were in Tenchi, though, so I didn’t think that I could get involved in whatever they were talking about. If only events like The Anniversary happened more often. It’d make it easier to meet up with them.

“But back to the duels... Why’s Altar holdin’ the event, anyway?” Kasugai asked.

“Oh, well, basically...” I went on to explain Altar’s current situation and that they needed to strengthen their forces and prevent further terrorism.

“Izzat so? That reminds me that the daimyos in Tenchi did somethin’ similar.”

“Really?”

“Uhh...you’re talking about how when the power of Masters started getting recognition, the daimyos began gathering anyone thought they was hot stuff, right?” said Natsume.

“Yeah, that. They held a whole buncha fights they watched personally, and the big shots who won got hired with some good terms. That’s how most people working for the big four houses got their place.”

My impression of Tenchi was that it was a lot like Sengoku Japan, but this seemed closer to what you’d see in the Edo Period.

Hold on, I thought. “Wait. From what I heard, Tenchi doesn’t even have that many arenas.” This was something Xunyu had told me, but Gideon in Altar was a huge exception when it came to how many arenas a country had available. Other countries had around three at most. “Not everyone had a place to hold these matches in their own territory, right?”

Most daimyos must not have had an arena, and I doubted that those who did would lend theirs out so their enemies could grow in power. In response to my question...

“They do them without them,” the two girls, nearly in unison.

“Huh?” They said it loud and clear, but I still thought I must not have heard correctly.

“They just went at it without any arenas.”

“...Oh. Well, dead Masters only get the death penalty and come back in three days, so.

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