More than half an hour later, the open space near the bunker area was littered with people lying in all directions. Even if the rest of them were not fallen, they were sitting on the ground, groaning while covering their wounds, or gasping for breath.
"Hehe, it looks like I'm the winner of the brawl." The only person standing stuck his sickle into the ground and crossed his arms.
"Foul, foul, captain, you're committing a foul." "Four of Pentacles", one of the team members who has the best relationship with Shinji, protested.
As soon as these words were spoken, they immediately received the support of the poor teammates who were beaten by Shinji.
"That's right."
"Captain, you were not back when the game started, so you are not eligible to participate."
"Yes, yes, not qualified."
"No, no."
... ...
Shinji didn't get angry when hearing the protests. He just listened quietly until the injured and exhausted team members were tired of shouting. Then he asked calmly, "Are you done?"
"... ... "No one answered.
"You can continue talking if you haven't finished yet."
"... ... "Still no one answered.
"It seems that we have finished talking. Now it's my turn to talk—"
Shinji raised his right hand and extended a finger.
"—Is there a rule before the game that members who are not present cannot participate?"
"This, this... no." "Four of Pentacles" seemed to realize something and its voice became much weaker.
"So I'm eligible."
With just one sentence, everyone was silenced.
Those present were all elites among the new generation of magicians, and no one would say something stupid like "this is unfair" because magic is inherently unfair.
Why can't ordinary people become magicians
Why do some people have more magic circuits and some people have fewer
Why is it that some people's attribute is just the ordinary "water", while others have all five attributes of "earth, water, fire, wind and space"
Why is it that some people cannot achieve "color rank" after working hard all their lives, while others can achieve "crown rank" at a young age
If you can't see through this, you are not qualified to join the E team.
As for the so-called magician's glory and the fighting rules between magicians that the Clock Tower adheres to, Shinji doesn't need to explain it. The veterans in the team will naturally take on the responsibility of teaching the young people. They were abused by "Chariot" and "Judgment" in the past. Now that they have the opportunity, they will naturally "retaliate" on the newcomers. The eight newcomers also suffered a lot after joining the team. This is inevitable in any unit, and Shinji is happy to see it happen.
Of course, they are all young people, and many times even if they understand this truth, they still have complaints.
After the atmosphere calmed down a bit, Shinji heard several people complaining quietly:
"The captain disappeared for such a long time, and when he came back he started bullying people. I'm not happy about that."
"If the whole team knew he was back, they would definitely unite to deal with him."
After thinking about it for a while, Shinji decided that he should take advantage of this momentum and add fuel to the fire.
"I know you are upset. If it were me, I would be upset too. While I am upset, I hope you will remember today's lesson. Anything can happen on the battlefield, so you must not let your guard down under any circumstances. Do you understand?"
"Understood." There were sparse responses from the crowd.
"Speak louder, I can't hear you!"
"I understand!" The voice suddenly became ten times louder.
"Oh? You're still quite energetic, and it seems you still have some energy left. Well, how about this, aren't you unhappy? I'll give you a chance to vent. Anyone who can still fight can come together, and I'm the only opponent - what do you think, do you want to do it? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, right? Well, I don't think you can beat me even if you come together."
With temptation and provocation, the young and energetic elites finally couldn't bear it anymore.
The most restless "Four of Pentacles" was the first to stand up: "Captain, although I admire you very much, I really don't believe what you said."
"I don't believe it either." A newcomer who hadn't completely lost his pride stood up. Currently, the eight new members have not yet fully integrated into the team, so they don't have a place to belong to for the time being, and are referred to as "New One" to "New Eight".
"And me, I want to see if I can stand firm in front of the captain this time." "Three of Coins", who had been standing in horse stance for several months, stepped out.
With a few people taking the lead, the rest of the things happened naturally. Almost everyone who could move stood up, ready to take this opportunity to strike a blow to the captain's arrogance. It would be even better if they could take off the skull mask.
After dealing with the Hero of Hayama, Shinji fell in love with the feeling of wearing a mask, so when he returned to the base this time, he specially prepared a sturdy, durable skull mask with some special functions to wear on his face, which made him look more like the Grim Reaper in film and television works.
The reason why it was almost, not all, was because two people had clearly recovered some of their combat capabilities, but they were still sitting with the seriously injured—
"Chariot, Judgment, why don't you two come together? Without your command, their coordination will be difficult."
"Captain, I've taken so many of your attacks, and now my whole body aches. There's really nothing I can do."
"Me too. My secret technique requires a certain price, so I can't use it for the time being."
Looking at the second and third in command standing on the ground pretending to be dead, Shinji could only curse in his heart helplessly: "These two cunning guys."
The "Down with the Captain" group, which was deployed in the open space, kept urging:
"Captain, are you ready?"
"Captain, are you scared?"
"Captain, it's not too late to admit defeat now."
... ...
Facing the provocation of his teammates, Shinji raised his head and deliberately acted in a disdainful manner: "I should be the one saying these words to you. It's not too late for you to admit defeat now. Once I take action, there will be no way to save it."
"Captain, we are all waiting for you to take action."
"Three of Coins", who was standing at the front of the team, hooked his finger at Shinji.
However, before he could finish the hook move, Shinji's "skull face" appeared in front of him.
"That's what you said."
With a response, a golden hand hit the chest of "Three of Coins", and directly blasted him out of the "Down with the Captain" team. Along with "Three of Coins", there were two unlucky guys who were unable to dodge.
Afterwards, in the bursts of Buddha light emanating from the "Vajra Left Arm", Shinji rushed into the crowd with the force of subduing a dragon and subduing a tiger, and wherever he passed, there were wailings everywhere.
Five minutes later, the scene was repeated, and no one except Shinji could remain standing.
"I told you that you can't beat me even if you come together."
"The captain has become even stronger, he's simply a monster." Someone couldn't help but swear.
"Thank you, thank you. I will continue to work hard and become stronger."
"But if I do this, maybe I can complete the request from my family."
"The King", the leader of the "Scepter" team, whispered.