Chapter 828: Style Showdown!
He is arrogant and looks down on everyone!
What a powerful aura! What a domineering tone!
Mr.3... no, Gardino, he is indeed a man who can follow the side of the 'Clown Emperor' Buggy and become the vice-emperor! !
After a brief exclamation, Kira's face returned to calm, and then he excitedly took Gray and Mr. 3 to the competition location, and asked Erza and others to sit nearby.
"Why did Kira look so surprised just now?"
"I don't know, maybe I just suddenly wanted to act..."
Amidst a flurry of discussion, the sculpture competition began.
"Listen carefully. This duel has seven questions, which means seven rounds. The two of you will create wax figures and ice sculptures that correspond to the questions. After each sculpture is completed, the thirteen judges here will give it a corresponding score."
"Although twelve of the thirteen judges are ours, as the host, I can responsibly assure the two contestants that this competition is absolutely fair and just, and there will be no favoritism, fraud, bribery of the judges, or the like!"
"The rules of the competition are as follows: the first four questions are worth 10 points and the time limit is 5 minutes. The last three questions are worth 20 points and the time limit is 10 minutes, for a total of 100 points and 50 minutes. The score obtained by the contestant for each question is the average score given by the 13 judges. The contestant with the highest total score wins."
The rules of the competition are very simple. Whether it is Gray and Mr. 3 as contestants or Erza and others as judges, they can understand them at once.
"So what's the reward for winning?" Gray asked, raising his hand.
“Good question!!”
Kira shouted, then reached into his personal space and pulled out a 50×30×10cm photo album with a very beautiful cover and a dazzling golden glow. "This is the prize. It contains close-up photos of 128 art statues in 36 artistic styles!"
The wizards were all shocked: "Nani!!"
Mr3 was confused: "What??"
Miss Golden Week calmly took a bite of the senbei and drank a sip of hot tea.
"No way, are you sure you want to take out such useless things?" Erza and the others were stunned, looking speechlessly at the exquisite photo album in Kira's hands.
Kira raised his head proudly and snorted, "What do you mean by that? You are a bunch of ignorant, artistic people! I spent three years and a lot of money to make this collection!!"
"If a sculptor can learn even a little bit of the essence of these sculptures with different artistic styles, he will be able to become one of the best sculptors in the world!"
As he spoke, Kira could not help but gently touch the exquisite cover of the thick album in his hand. "The most important thing is that there is a video in it. It is a video of the on-site guidance of sculptors from all over the world at the sculpture competition held in Ishgar three years ago. I tell you, this video alone is worth at least 30 million J!"
"What?!"
The magicians were instantly moved, exclaiming one after another, and some even slammed the table and stood up, "Is this true?! A video is worth 30 million J?!"
What does 30 million J mean? It is the total compensation for at least four or five S-rank commissions, or the prize money for the champion of a grand magic competition. For the wizards in Erza's team, it is almost a year's salary. If they want to save this amount, it will take at least twice as long.
Not to mention that for non-S-class wizards like Makao and Wakaba, who don't have S-class wizards to guide them, it may take ten years or even longer to save 30 million J.
However, if this amount of money is converted into the world of pirates, it would not be enough - 30 million Baileys... which is the amount of reward offered for Luffy when he finished the East China Sea copy.
So at this moment, Mr. 3 felt nothing in his heart, and his face was as calm as water. The look in his eyes as he looked at Kira gradually became unnatural, and he kept complaining in his heart: Where did these guys come from, these country bumpkins... Have they never seen big money before?
"Hey! What's that look in your eyes?!"
Before Mr. 3 could finish his internal complaints, Kira had already thrust his face in front of Mr. 3 and questioned him with a stern look in his eyes, "Why do I feel like there's something wrong with your eyes just now? Are you scolding me in your heart?!"
"No... No! Absolutely not!!" Mr. 3 panicked instantly, cold sweat broke out, his legs were sore, if Kira hadn't grabbed the '3' on his head, he would have collapsed to the ground at this moment.
But this kind of sophistry was useless to Kira, because he had a better way of interrogation: "You said there is no, then there is no? Eric, does he have any?"
Eric's voice came from behind: "Yes! He said you are a country bumpkin, a country dog who has never seen big money, a self-righteous idiot, a greedy and lustful bastard, an arrogant and vicious pirate, a sea borer, a stinking rich man, a dirty world aristocrat, and..."
"Enough!" Kira shouted directly at Eric's voice.
“Eh?! But I haven’t…finished yet…”
Mr3 was completely stunned at this moment, his eyes wide open, like a poor little guy who didn't understand the situation. He looked in disbelief at Eric who was sitting on the judges' bench with an expression of unsatisfied and a little regretful. His head was confused, and he didn't know why the other party was trying to trick him like this.
But when he saw Kira approaching with his fists clenched, even if he couldn't figure out the situation, he knew what he might face next, and his face turned pale: "Don't... don't listen to that person's nonsense! Calm down, I didn't say those words at all!!"
"You still dare to quibble?!" Kira was immediately furious. He grabbed Mr. 3's hair and slapped him hard on the face several times. "How dare you look down on me?!"
The moment the slap landed, Mr. 3 had only one thought in his mind: Damn it!! He still couldn't escape this beating after all...
Snap, snap, snap …
Ten minutes later, Mr. 3, with a bruised face and nose, stood next to Gray again, ready to start completing the questions given by Kira.
"Very good, the title of the first question is 'Age of Discovery'!"
After Kira finished speaking, he took out a timer and pressed it. Without even looking at the two people's actions, he turned and walked to the judges' seat and started eating breakfast with everyone, chatting with them from time to time.
"Erza, the sandwiches this morning were great. Let's keep it up tomorrow!"
"Natsu, your performance just now made us wizards proud! As the captain, I must give you a reward. Hmm... I'll tie up the user of the Flame-Flame Fruit and let you suck him hard, how about that? Don't worry, he's not a woman! Don't worry about Lucy getting jealous..."
"Lucy, what are you writing? A diary about your adventure in another world... Hey, are you really writing a diary?? You disappoint me so much! I didn't expect you to be such a frivolous person!"
"Urrutia, you're still putting on makeup at this hour? I tell you, no matter how good the makeup is, it can't be replaced by a good night's sleep... What?! You ask who woke you up so early this morning? How do I know? It definitely wasn't me!!"
"Eric, stop eating! Come here, I have something to say to you... Come over here!!"
If someone asks, what can you do in five minutes?
Eric's answer was that he could soak the originally delicious cup noodles into a pulp, or he could let Kira beat himself from a handsome boy into a bloated face.
The title of the first question is The Age of Discovery, which is undoubtedly more beneficial to Mr.3, a local.
During the work presentation stage, he showed the judges wax figures of countless ships sailing on the sea, with turbulent waters and hundreds of boats competing for the current, which fully demonstrated the flavor of "Great Voyages". On the contrary, Gray's ice sculptures were much worse. He only built one ship, which was based on the prototype of Creek's ship. Although the details were exquisite enough, the three words "Great Voyages" were not shown.
So in the first game, Mr. 3's wax figure got 7.7 points, a good score, while Gray only got 3.5 points. If it weren't for the fact that they were in the same guild, Erza and others would even have lowered Gray's score to below 3 points.
"The topic of the second round is, Navy!!"
navy?
Mr3 narrowed his eyes and immediately had a plan in mind. He had been in the Baroque Studio for so many years and had dealt with the navy more than once. He knew everything about the navy.
But Gray was in a miserable situation. He had never met many navy officers until now, and all the information he had in this regard came from Kira's intelligence and newspapers. Moreover, due to his stereotype of "justice", the navy officers in his eyes were all like those in the Council. As expected, Gray finally created a faceless man wearing a cloak with the word "justice" written on it, a navy uniform and a military cap.
Mr3 is completely different. His works are much richer than Gray's. There are three people in total, one is a ferocious pirate, one is a civilian harmed by the pirates, and the last is the navy who protects the civilians.
The navy is ordinary, without uniforms, hats or capes, but what he does is in line with the concept of "navy". The whole work seems to have transcended the individual and risen to the level of concept.
This surprised all the judges present, even Kira. He had not expected that Mr. 3 was so talented in creation that he could make an ordinary naval statue to such a level. With this kind of thought, he was much better than many colonels and brigadier generals!
No wonder he could become the Clown King’s vice-chairman. It’s true that there is no false reputation!
In this round, Mr3's score reached 8.8 points, while Gray's was only 6.5. The strength gap between the two sides is still huge.
"The third round, the topic is 'Technology'!!"
Why is this?
When Kira chose the topic, everyone was stunned.
Originally, they saw that Kira was talking about "Age of Discovery" and "Navy", and thought that the next topic would be "Pirates", "Revolutionary Army" or even directly "Wizards", but who knew that this would happen.
But despite the surprise, the game continued.
Five minutes later, the two completed the statue, but the result was different this time:
Although Mr.3 is a spy, he has been carrying out missions in the first half of the Grand Line and the four seas. He has not seen much, so he only made a simple musket in the end; Gray, who had a rich cultural influence in Aslant, has a deeper understanding of this aspect and directly made an ice mecha. Although it has a simple shape, the technological style is completely different from Mr.3's ordinary musket.
The two then ended the game with 9.0 and 4.7 respectively.
From this game on, Gray's scores gradually recovered. Although he was occasionally inferior to Mr.3, the final scores of the two were getting closer and closer.
The judges did not show favoritism or fraud as Kira said, and they gave scores to the two people with their sharp eyes and fair judgment.
"For the last question, 'Love', Gray's average score was 18, and Gardino's average score was 3!"
The judges who had finally completed the scoring breathed a sigh of relief, leaned back on their chairs, and spoke to each other.
"That uncle is so pitiful! He even finished the last question like that..."
"Yeah, I heard he's already 35 years old..."
"Yeah, I'm already 35 years old!!"
"But his previous scores were very high, so he should be able to get the sculpture album, right? Quick, calculate their scores!"
Mr3: “…”
Can you guys stop talking too much?! I didn’t want to participate in this shitty sculpture competition from the beginning, okay?! And I’m already very upset with this kind of question and this score! ! Besides, I don’t even like that sculpture album, okay?! Finally, please stop using my age as an excuse, okay ?! ! Don’t you know that this is a deep hurt to an older single man?! !
Even though he was roaring madly in his heart, Mr. 3 still didn't dare to speak out loud in the end. After all, the situation was stronger than the person, and he didn't dare to be disrespectful to these "magicians", otherwise, he was afraid that even Miss Golden Week would not help him...
"So the final scores of the two contestants in this match are: Gray 75 points, Gardino 76 points!"
"Let us congratulate Galtino for winning the title of the number one sculptor!!"
"Who wants that kind of title, you idiot!!"
“What?!?”
Kira was shocked, then he seemed to think of something, and finally realized it. He reluctantly took out the sculpture album that was just promised as a prize from his personal space. His eyes showed deep nostalgia, and he said in a lonely tone: "I know, this is what you want, right? Really, you are such an anxious guy..."
"I don't want that kind of shit either!!!"
