*Yawn*
15 years old young man was laying on the bed in the spacious hotel room, he had slightly messy black hair, but it was strikingly beautiful. His bright black eyes were shown while he was slightly narrowing his eyes, he put his hands on his face, trying to block the light which came from the window.
''Ichiro, wake up already!'' He heard an annoyed yell from the bathroom.
The young man was Ichiro, he stood up with annoyance and with slight lazy steps, he walked to the bathroom.
He saw Lucas brushing his teeth in hurry.
''What is the hurry…'' Ichiro asked lazily.
Lucas rolled his eyes. ''Our plane leaves in an hour.''
Ichiro's eyes widened. ''Oh sh*t.''
''Yep.''
Ichiro quickly speedran his morning tasks.
It wasn't a pretty sight, but what are you going to do about it?
He finished his morning tasks and quickly put on his outfit, which consisted of a white long-sleeved shirt and black sweatpants.
He grabbed his bag, which he already packed up last night.
Lucas was already waiting at the door.
*Yawn*
Ichiro walked next to him and yawned. ''Let's go.'' He said with a slightly lazy tone.
Lucas opened the door and Ichiro followed closely behind.
They entered the elevator and shortly afterward they reached the lounge.
The lounge was already quite packed, most of them were logging out of the hotel.
Lucas and Ichiro saw their club advisor waving towards them.
They approached the club advisor and heard him saying. ''We already logged out of the hotel. I was about to call you because you two didn't show up.''
''I couldn't wake up Ichiro, he was sleeping like a log.'' Lucas blamed Ichiro for being late.
Ichiro scoffed.
The Club Advisor sighed. ''Well doesn't matter now, soon the taxis will come, so let's go wait outside.''
Lucas and Ichiro nodded, they started walking behind the club advisor, while going through the sea of people who were located in the lounge area.
Once they reached outside of the hotel.
They saw other students from Irio standing on the sidewalk.
The students saw them appearing, they gave a slight nod and kept minding their own business while waiting for the taxi.
Lucas and Ichiro stood silently while looking at the cars going by.
They saw a lot of people walking with their phones, the same thing showing on their phones…
It was about the rigging scandal.
Now everyone in Ramu knows about it… And the faces of the citizen of Ramu aren't looking good.
It was the highest honor that they were chosen to host the tournament.
But because of this scandal…
There won't be even Martial Novice tournaments in Ramu anymore.
''Taxies are here!'' They all heard their Club Advisor yelling,
They saw 8 taxis appearing.
They put their bags in the trunk of the taxi.
Then they sat down on the backseats of taxis.
Ichiro sat with Lucas and Liam.
Shortly afterward, the taxis started their journey towards the airport.
Liam turned his head towards the duo and said. ''This scandal has already spread in Irio, even my parents called me to talk about it.''
Lucas turned his head and said. ''My parents called me as well. Apparently, people in Irio are quite heated because Ledorman targeted Ichiro.''
Ichiro raised an eyebrow in surprise. ''Really?''
*Sigh*
Lucas sighed and said. ''Yes because you managed to fight Slych in equal standing, even though you lost; your reputation is higher than ever before.''
Liam chuckled and said. ''In our school group, a lot of people keep asking about you.''
Ichiro was quite surprised, he thought he would get hate because of losing against Slych.
''What's up?'' Lucas asked Ichiro because he looked surprised.
''Ah… I thought they would hate me for losing.'' Ichiro scratched the back of his head with embarrassment.
Lucas looked surprised, then he chuckled and said. ''They didn't have any hope in our team, but seeing you fight Slych and injuring him more than anyone has ever done before made your reputation soar. It is also not only in Gensa since Slych was one of the winning candidates in the Tournament of Countries, but the video clip of that match has also spread on the internet, which made you quite famous.''
Ichiro nodded, he sighed with relief.
''Did anyone call you?'' Lucas asked.
Ichiro shrugged his shoulders. ''Don't know, my phone is dead, didn't have time to charge it.'' He took his phone from his pocket and tried to open the phone, but it only showed a black screen.
Lucas took his phone from his pocket. ''Do you want to call your parents?''
''Sure.'' Ichiro took the phone gratefully and dialed his dad's number.
*Ring*
The phone ringed for a moment until the call connected.
''Hello, who is this?'' Ichiro heard a middle-aged voice.
''Dad, it's me,'' Ichiro replied.
''Ah! Ichiro, we tried to call you but you didn't answer.'' Eiji told after the initial surprise.
''My phone is dead, I borrowed Lucas' phone to call you.''
''Oh okay, by the way, are you alright? We opened the TV and every channel kept talking about the rigging scandal.'' Eiji told with worry, especially since his son was very close to being attacked.
If the rigging wasn't exposed, who knows what could have happened.
''I am alright, we are heading to the airport now, we will arrive in the Irio later in the evening.''
''Is it from Ichiro?!'' Ichiro heard a loud yell from the phone.
Eiji's sigh was heard on the phone.
''Ichiro, is it you?!'' Azumi yelled anxiously on the phone.
Ichiro sighed. ''Yes, it's me, mom.''
''Are you alright?!''
''Yup, we are heading to the airport.''
Azumi's sighed with relief. ''Good, how dare those bastards try to hurt my dear son! Hmph!''
Ichiro wryly smiled. ''How are the things in Irio?'' He asked with some curiosity.
''It's fine! A lot of people were calling to us, talking about you, etc… but there were some bitches who were trying to spread their filthy hands towards my dear son��'' Ichiro only heard the first part, but then the last part was full of mumbling, which he couldn't understand.
''I see…?'' Ichiro said with a slightly questioning face while listening to the weird mumbling.
''Ichiro, we are about to arrive,'' Lucas said while pointing at the huge airport.
''Mother, we arrived at the airport, I will call you when I arrive in Irio.''
''Alright, we will come to pick you up!'' Azumi yelled.
''Thanks, mom.'' Ichiro replied and stopped the phone call.
He gave the phone back to Lucas.
''What did they say?'' Lucas asked with some curiosity.
Ichiro shrugged. ''They were worried.''
Lucas nodded. ''By the way, what happened to the Ledorman?''
''What do you mean?'' Ichiro asked with a raised eyebrow.
''He suddenly disappeared,'' Lucas replied.
Ichiro was also looking thoughtful. 'Maybe Ledorman left Ramu before the sh*tshow began.'
Ichiro shrugged and stopped thinking about him.
He was still feeling salty because he was planning to cripple him.
''Hey, have you guys heard about this?'' Liam said and showed them a picture that was shown on his phone.
The picture was about a huge ocean.
Ichiro raised an eyebrow. ''Ocean? Of course, I know what Ocean is, Liam do you think I am dumb?''
''You are…'' Lucas whispered very quietly.
Liam sighed. ''This picture was taken close to the borders of Gensa, but the weird thing is that… This ocean didn't exist yesterday, instead, a huge wasteland was in its place, but suddenly the ocean appeared there last night.''
Ichiro and Lucas widened their eyes in surprise.
''It is a miracle,'' Lucas said with a surprised face.
Liam nodded. ''Indeed.''
''Some religious people believe that it is a work of God,'' Liam told.
Lucas nodded thoughtfully.
'It is really the work of god… Or the ability of Power Trait?' Ichiro thought.
'If it is an ability of Power Trait… How strong is that person?' Ichiro sighed, he again feel like he is very small.
''We are here.'' They heard the Taxi driver say.
The trio left the Taxi and took their bags from the trunk.
They were standing in front of a huge airport, and they couldn't even see an ending point of it.
Ichiro saw the Ramu's bustling city on the horizon.
Even though he only spent a few days here, it still felt like an eternity.
With a last look towards Ramu, he turned his head and walked inside the airport.
Ichiro followed behind the club advisor and the other students.
They checked in for their flight.
Then they gave their bags and luggage, which will go to the aircraft hold
After that part was done, they went through the security gates and managed to pass without a problem.
Ichiro without a word followed behind others to their boarding gate.
They boarded the plane and took their seats in economy class.
Lucas sat down next to him.
After half an hour…
The plane finally left the airport and started making its way over to Irio.
Ichiro looked at the city of Ramu, which was becoming smaller and smaller until it was a small dot in distance.