"Who's that person? Hurry up and start the match!"
"Yeah, anyone irrelevant should get down so they don't interrupt us watching the duel!"
"Leave! Get lost!"
When Mirai stepped onto the stage to speak, the audience below did not like it. One after another, they began booing him.
Seeing this, the host wiped away his sweat as well. He nodded at Mirai to show that he understood, then shouted to the audience:
"The contestant standing beside me will be competing against Mr. Kakuzu. His name is Mirai!"
Mirai nodded in satisfaction, then smiled at the people around him, expecting to enjoy their surprise. But what Mirai had not expected was that no one around him was surprised at all. After merely saying that they knew, there was no further reaction. The atmosphere was vastly different from when Kakuzu's name had been announced.
"My reputation is that bad..."
Mirai was a little angry, as though a huge stone were weighing on his heart.
Can I even have a good match?!
In fact, most of the people present had heard Mirai's name before. Unlike ordinary civilians, who treated one piece of news as conversation for a meal every day, they could usually discuss one major event for a long time. Thus, some ordinary civilians might still be talking about Mirai's past deeds in Echo Village.
But for these wealthy people, famous events occurred among ninja almost every month. They would only learn about them briefly before going back to their own business. After all, they were busy!
Thus, Mirai's name had long since been forgotten in some corner of their minds. As for Mirai killing Huo Ying, they had arrived long before Mirai did.
Therefore, they knew nothing about Mirai killing the guild leader on Konoha Island.
Under such circumstances, even though