210 A Challenge

The short and straightforward speech made the atmosphere in the hall quite awkward.

The culprit did not know that his words were quite arrogant to these people. Heero was just being honest with his words though.

However, the people in the hall who heard his words thought differently. His words sounded arrogant to them.

Especially for the other Hero Instructors, Heero's words sounded extremely arrogant to them.

Heero's words implied that Emperor Class Hero was easy to train. Even though they were displeased, none of them also could refute Heero's claim.

Sun Zhou Yi and Musashi Hirata were just promoted to the Emperor Class Hero. Two disciples at once, his accomplishment could not be belittled.

But still, Heero's words hurt the Hero Instructors' pride. It was as if they were incompetent in their jobs.

The awed gaze suddenly turned into a hostile gaze. The Hero Instructors looked unpleasantly at Heero who just about to walk down off the platform.

He just accepted his position as The Chief of Hero Instructor, but he already made enemies.

No one applauded Heero's speech until a woman in red started it.

Clap! Clap! Clap!

Kang Seo-Yeon was the first one who started to applause. Later, Hong Yu, Han Ying, and Bai Xin Yue also followed.

Only then, the hall filled with applause and cheers.

Han Ying was genuinely happy for her husband. She never thought that one day she would have a husband with such a high status.

Tears swelled in her eyes, but she managed to hold it. She did not want her tears to fall in this happy moment.

The same for Hong Yu, her hands trembled in excitement while clapping her hands. She knew her husband was amazing, but seeing it with her eyes was completely different.

As for Bai Xin Yue, this was something she expected.

Heero avoided the line of Bai Xin Yue's eyes as he put her eyes on his two wives. He approached the two and hugged them with a big smile.

"How's my speech? It's amazing, right!?" He whispered to the two women with a contented tone.

"Huhuhu… Of course, you are amazing, whose husband are you~?" Hong Yu replied with a big smile.

Han Ying smiled gently and said in a low voice, "You are marvelous! I will reward you well tonight~,"

Bai Xin Yue's cheeks reddened as she could hear the whisper. The gentle Han Ying she knew was not this bold after all. As someone who had been single in 26 years of her life, she was thin-skinned regarding this matter.

After Han Ying and Hong Yu, Sun Zhou Yi and Musashi Hirata came to congratulate Heero. Sun Zhou Yi gave his usual bear hug while Musashi Hirata nodded with his unusual gentle smile.

After a simple ceremony, the coronation continued with the banquet.

The attendant with a white and black outfit swarmed to the hall. They prepared all the food and wine for the banquet. This event was held to let the newly promoted Heroes and Hero Instructors to know each other with the guests.

Sure enough, as soon as the banquet started, the guests swarmed toward Sun Zhou Yi and Musashi Hirata.

They gave out their congratulations to the two while a part of the guests came to Heero.

Six old men with three of them with Japanese traditional clothes and three of them wore a formal suit approached Heero. They had a smile on their faces.

Behind the six old men, two girls followed closely. Bai Shuang'er walked behind her grandfather and Kang Seo-Yeon also followed her grandfather.

The three old men with kimonos scanned Heero slowly while the other three old men looked at Heero with a big smile.

Heero recognized the three smiling old men, Bai Xian Ming, Kang Myung-Chul, and Long Bin. He had met Kang Myung-Chul once while Long Bin and Bai Xian Ming were famous figures in Star City.

As for the other three old men, he did not recognize them. While the three old men scanned him, he scanned them back.

Based on the three old men's outfits, he could guess the three old men were Japanese. They had the same root as Sun Zhou Yi.

When their eyes met, Heero smiled and nodded to the three old men.

"Let me introduce them to you! They are your second disciple's grandfather and granduncle! Musashi Osada, Musashi Ueno, and Musashi Noboru! They are part of The Elder!" Bai Xian Ming introduced the old men from the left to the right.

"Hello, I'm Xing Heero, Musashi Hirata's master~," Heero regarded the three old men politely.

The three old men had the same white long hair, but they had a distinct difference.

Musashi Ueno, the old man in the middle did not have a beard, his face was clean and full of wrinkles. His mouth curved upward as his eyes met with Heero's eyes.

Musashi Osada was an old man with a long white beard. He had a calm look and small eyes. In fact, the old man looked like did not have eyes.

The last one, Musashi Noboru, the old man who always had a mischievous smile on his face. It was kind of a naughty smile of the kid as if he found an amusing toy as he looked at Heero.

"Congratulations! I never thought that we would have to create a new position tailored only for you!" Long Bin, the old man who became a referee in the main event of Fighter Anteriority.

As he congratulated Heero, he offered his hand. Heero reached the old man's hand

"Name's Long Bin! You can call me Grandpa Long just like Old Man Bai's little girl called me!"

A smile crept out on Long Bin's mouth as he gazed to Bai Xin Yue who was getting surrounded by the other guests. The old man misunderstood their relationship after the kissing incident.

Long Bin did not give Heero a chance to refute as he tapped Heero's shoulder, "Thank you for your contribution! Without you, the damage would be greater and more people would lose their families!"

Long Bing was talking about the specter horde that attacked the north gate. He was thankful that Heero made his move to save the city.

Heero wanted to reply, but the old man pulled him, giving him a light hug and whispered, "Young man, you should treat Xin Yue well, if not, not only you will face Old Man Bai's wrath but my wrath as well~,"

Long Bin did not threaten Heero, he said it jokingly.

Afterward, he released the flabbergasted Heero. Let him met with another old man, Kang Myung-Chul.

Kang Myung-Chul had gentle eyes and a gentle smile.

"Young man~ We met again~," A gentle tone flowed out of Kang Myung-Chul's mouth.

"Hello, mnnn…" Even though they had met once, Heero forgot the old man's name.

He recognized the old man, Kang Dong-Woo's and Kang Myung-Hee's grandfather. However, he forgot his name.

"Haha… You can call me Grandpa Myung-Chul~ Just like Seo-Yeon calls me~, " Kang Myung-Chul let out a hearty laugh.

He did not upset in the slightest even though Heero had forgotten him.

"Thank you~ You saved my grandaughters once, now you give them a new home and even taught my grandson some skills! I hope you can treat them well, especially my granddaughters… Hahaha…"

Old Man Myung-Chul laughed with his mouth wide open.

He said to treat his "granddaughters" not granddaughter.

Heero was not that dense as he understood what the Old Man Myung-Chul implied. It seemed he also had some kind of misunderstanding.

After that, Heero had a chat with a group of oldmen. He looked at his disciples and thought to himself.

'Why I am the only one who is surrounded by old men…'

Under the presence of a Senior Hero Instructor, The Chief of Executive, and The Elder, no other force dared to come closer to Heero.

Later on, Hong Yu and Han Ying also joined the chat. They treated these old men as if their own grandfather.

These old geezers also treated Heero's wives well. But Musashi Hirata's grandfather and granduncle only became listeners from the sideline.

Even they did not say anything, their gazes never left Heero.

Later on, the chatty Bai Shuang'er also joined to chat, making the atmosphere lively.

But the lively atmosphere did not last long as Musashi Hirata's granduncle opened his mouth.

"Arghh… Let's not wait for any longer, I am so impatient to try him!" An old man's voice with a naughty tone resounded. The playful Musashi Noboru broke the harmony within the group.

"Young man! Where did you learn our Musashi Clan's Sword Technique?" Musashi Osada pressed his tone and asked.

"Who's divulging our secret techniques to you? Did you steal the out secret technique from Musashi Hirata?" Musashi Ueno pressed Heero with his deep tone with still his smiling face.

"Hey! Hey! Hey! Don't scare him! Let's try him first! I am curious how strong he is to stop a horde of specter alone. Let me fight him! Let me fight him!" Musashi Noboru playfully challenged Heero.

The three old men's voice was quite loud. All the guests in the hall could hear them. Soon, the group attracted a lot of attention from the others.

The Trio Sword Lunatic, the title given to three old men during their peak for challenging almost all heroes and rankers in the same rank to fight them.

That was how they got the name of Trio Sword Lunatic. Now, The Trio Sword Lunatic challenged the newly appointed Chief of Hero Instructor, Xing Heero.

Everyone in the hall looked in the same direction, intriguing by the Trio Sword Lunatic's challenge.

They were also intrigued by Heero's strength, hoping to see Heero's strength with their own eyes as the footage could not satisfy their curiosity over Heero.

The joyous atmosphere instantly melted by the challenge from Trio Sword Lunatic. The harmonious ceremony turned into a heated challenge.