Drake and Stella checked into a high-end suite at the hotel on the island.
Hell Island, whose real name was Shugakure Island, which meant Hanging Island, was actually an isolated island located in the distant sea, which was rarely visited.
You could only say that Old Thief had paid too much attention to the horror effect when naming it. It was truly puzzling how an island could get such a name.
The most eye-catching thing on the island was that ring-shaped giant rock that looked like a piece was missing, and its shape did indeed look quite suitable for hanging.
The big shots of the dark world paid a lot of attention to their enjoyment, and the island had all kinds of facilities.
But neither of the two were in the mood to have fun, mainly because the island was too smoggy right now.
You had to know that at the Dark Martial Arts Tournament, the vast majority of both the participants and the spectators were youkai.
To put it rudely, Shugakure Island right now was a lawless zone, and violent conflicts would occur almost anytime and anywhere.
But those youkai also knew that the humans of the dark world couldn't be touched, so there hadn't been anyone causing trouble at this hotel where the humans were living.
Drake really couldn't stand the tedious opening ceremony and briefing, so he had simply thrown them to the back of his mind, going out for a stroll. And as a result, he had seen something quite speechless.
Just outside of the arena, a group of youkai had been besieging a youkai together. And that youkai who was being besieged was precisely a participating contestant who Drake had seen on the list before.
Listening to what they were saying, Drake had also learned that the cause of the conflict was that those youkai had felt that the other party was too weak, and wasn't qualified to become a participating contestant, which was why they had been besieging him together.
And then Drake had run into another battle, and this time, three contestants from a participating team had ambushed another team's contestant who had been alone.
The reason for this time was easy to understand, and it was to eliminate their competitors. Hadn't Yusuke Urameshi and his group encountered the same situation in the original plot as well.
The tournament's operating side only cared about the situation during the competition, and how could they do something as thankless as maintaining order on the island.
It wasn't strange that this kind of thing would appear when contestants and spectators who didn't follow the rules ran into a competition where rules didn't exist.
When he had really seen enough and was intending to head back, Drake had run into Yusuke Urameshi and his group again.
It was a tradition of the Dark Martial Arts Tournament for there to be fifteen participating teams, plus a guest team that had been invited.
Generally speaking, the guest team would be made up of human martial artists, and it was only natural that they would be targeted, and they had even been regarded as a bloody sacrifice at the opening of the tournament all along.
The guest team this time was naturally Team Urameshi, and they had felt the depravity of the tournament from the start.
The other fifteen teams had already arrived on Shugakure Island with their bosses, while they had experienced some twists and turns before arriving on the island.
They had arrived here after defeating a ship's worth of youkai.
The composition of the five-person team was the same as what Drake remembered, Hiei, Kurama, the Masked Fighter who had been disguised by Genkai, Yusuke Urameshi, and Kuwabara.
Drake had first glanced at Genkai, it was one thing if Kurama and Hiei couldn't recognize her, but he really didn't understand why Yusuke Urameshi and Kuwabara hadn't seen through Genkai's identity.
Especially Kuwabara, he didn't know where that outstanding intuition that could even sense other people's memories had gone.
Even if they couldn't use their unique aura to identify her like Drake, they could at least use their eyes, right!
Genkai hadn't even changed her clothes, and it was really incomprehensible to Drake that they couldn't recognize her even like this. In addition, Drake was also completely puzzled by what the meaning of Genkai wearing a mask was.
Hiei, Kurama, and Genkai were still in good condition, while Yusuke Urameshi and Kuwabara had collapsed on the side, sleeping soundly.
Yusuke Urameshi was because he had received Genkai's special training before, and was too exhausted, and he hadn't woken up even when the competition had officially begun.
And Drake was even clearer about why Kuwabara was like this, after all, the credit still belonged to him.
Drake had really played the role of a hell teacher well these few days, throwing all kinds of training at Kuwabara in one go.
Even Kuwabara, who was characterized by being sturdy and durable, had been tormented quite a bit, and he also needed to rest well now.
Although the two people who were the most familiar with Drake were sleeping, the other three had all had a one-sided encounter with Drake.
Genkai had asked Drake for guidance before, and Kurama had also been let off by Drake. As for Hiei, he had seen Drake save his younger sister Yukina with his Jagan Eye, and that was already enough to make him forget the unpleasantness of being beaten up by Drake.
Kurama had been relatively polite, greeting first, saying, "Mr. Drake, it's been a long time since we parted last time! It's just that I hadn't expected that we would meet again in this kind of place."
Drake didn't remember telling Kurama his name, it seemed that Kurama had investigated him after their last meeting.
Drake wasn't so narrow-minded that he wouldn't even allow others to investigate him, and besides, Kurama's attitude, which he had clearly shown, couldn't be called offensive.
Drake had opened his mouth, saying, "I've been too bored recently, so I came to join in the fun."
Hiei had said with a cold tone on the side, "A man like you would also be interested in the slaughter of the weak? That's really a bad taste!"
Drake had smiled, if he hadn't known that Hiei also had a tsundere attribute, he would have really thought that he was provoking him.
Moving his gaze to Genkai, Drake had actually discovered long ago that the aura on her body was eerily calm.
It wasn't a calmness that was as heavy and stable as a mountain, but was instead like a pool of stagnant water that was without any vitality. Rather than saying that it was calm, it would be more suitable to say that it was deathly still.
Drake couldn't help but frown, saying, "Since you've chosen to entrust it to the young people, you might as well completely believe in him, what's the point of you coming along as well!"
How could Drake not be clear about Genkai's current state.
The battle with Drake last time had made her understand that the current her didn't have the ability to change Toguro Ototo, and that she also wasn't someone who could create miracles.
All she could do was to entrust the Spirit Light Wave Fist and the possibility of defeating Toguro Ototo to Yusuke Urameshi, this young person who had aptitude.
It was just that her coming to participate together clearly meant that she had come with the resolve to die, and Drake couldn't agree with this kind of action.
Not knowing why, Genkai hadn't used her original hoarse voice, but had instead used her young voice, saying, "Yusuke's training hasn't been completed yet, and the most important trial hasn't had the time to be carried out.
And even though I might also not be able to see the final result, that will still be meaningful."
The most important and most basic inheritance of Genkai's Spirit Light Wave Fist was the Spirit Light Orb that had been condensed from spirit power within the body.
The current Yusuke Urameshi had only at most gained the qualifications to accept the Spirit Light Orb trial, and with the tournament being imminent, the trial could only be carried out on the island.
But that wasn't the main reason why Genkai had come here, and Drake had suddenly thought of how in the original plot, Genkai had possessed Yusuke Urameshi's spirit world beast during the final match, proposing the suggestion to kill Yusuke Urameshi's comrades to stimulate him.
The meaning in Genkai's words was clearly that she was also treating her own death as a factor to stimulate Yusuke Urameshi, and you could only say that women were scary when they got ruthless.
Drake didn't have anything to say to someone who had bet their life, and had directly left after saying goodbye.
And the Dark Martial Arts Tournament had also begun after all of the teams had arrived.
There were a total of sixteen teams participating in this Dark Martial Arts Tournament, and they were divided into two divisions, fighting each other until two teams had been selected to compete for the final championship.
The first match was between Team Yusuke Urameshi and Team Rokuyukai.
Stella naturally didn't understand why Drake had suddenly gotten excited. That was the first appearance of the Flame Killing Black Dragon Wave, and putting aside whether it was strong or not, it was definitely a childhood memory.
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