Sakigake!! Otoko Juku 82

They've survived innumerable dangers and witnessed the loss of so many...but the First-Years have finally reached the final battle of the Paaren Seiha! But while Jaki finally awaits them, there are many other troubles in this last stage!

Chp. 82: The Legendary Man: Eikei

109.
Hidemaro: What’s with the weather? Th…that’s terrible lightning.
Tsubakiyama: I’m scare that it’ll take my bellybutton.
First-Year: Don’t talk so stupid: how could it take your bellybutton? If you’re shot by that, you’ll be going to that world burnt to a crisp!!
Momotarou: Look: somehow it seems like the summit of the tower.
First-Years: ALRIGHT, LET’S GO!!

110.-111.
First-Years: UO!!

112.
First-Years: WH…WHAT IS THIS----!!

113.
First-Year 1: …………Is…this the final battleground………!?
First-Year 2: Wh…what are those eerie statues circling the surroundings……………!?
Wan Taaren: Paaren Hentenryuu Hachi-Toushinzou!
(TN: “Paaren Hentenryuu Hachi-Toushinzou” = “Party-of-Eight Battle Gods Who Repelled the Heavenly Dragon Statues”)
First-Year Wa…Wan Taaren……!!
Wan Taaren: These are in honor of the eight kenpoists who were said to drive away to heaven the eight-headed dragon that tormented the people of ancient China.
Wan Taaren: You’ve done well in reaching the summit of Tengaku Touzan. This is the Tenrai Kyoushin Battleground for the final fight of the Daiishin Paaren Seiha!!
(TN: “Tenrai Kyoushin Battleground”, or “Tenrai Kyoushin Toujou” = “Thunder-Echoing Needle Battleground”)

114.
Wan Taaren: So then, I shall explain this Tenrai Kyoushin Fight!
First-Year 1: Wh…what? He set loose some goat?
First-Year 2: Well, if you look closely at the ground, there are many holes opened…………what exactly are they……………!?
Wan Taaren: On the heads of each Toushinzou surrounding this battleground is a lightning rod. What will happen when lightning falls on them……watch.

115.
First-Year: It’s falling--!!
Goat: Gupi---!!
First-Year 1: What—what happened---!!
First-Year 2: Just as lightning fell on the god statue, a spear poked out of the hole---!!

116.
Wan Taaren: Understand? We’ve arranged for a hundred spears to poke out from the 800 holes in the ground using the electric power from the lightning falling on the god statues. The position of the holes where the spears will come out depends on which god statue the lightning falls on. In other words, the ones who are fighting won’t know where it will be.
First-Year 1: Wh…hwat is this battleground………
First-Year 2: So…so then, there using the top of this high tower where lightning bolts are easy to make.
Wan Taaren: So then, we will start the Tenrai Kyoushin Fight, the final battle of the Daiishin Paaren Seiha. The appearing fighters will be boss Tsurugi Momotarou and Gekkou!!

117.
Gekkou: I’ll go ahead. You’ll be fighting Jaki in the boss fight.
Momotarou: Don’t be negligent.
Gekkou: Right……!!
First-Years: Go get them, Gekkou---!! Those 3rds will be a pushover for you---!!
Wan Taaren: Raise the stairs---!!

118.
Gekkou: ZA MU RA MA KE N SO NI HA N GU RA HA N GU RA TA N TE SU N SO SU N SO HA N GU—RA
Date: That’s Chaku-ke-style’s pre-fight spiritual unification method.
Date: He has a tough will and strength, and this is the perfect contest…………don’t worry, Gekkou won’t lose.
First-Year 1: L…look, there’s someone beneath the god statue on the other side.
First-Year 2: It’s…Jaki and Eikei of the Third-Years----!!

119.
Jaki: Magnificent. Good. You’ve fought to the end this far in the Daiishin Paaren Seiha. Daigouin Jaki, head of the Otokojuku Third-Years, praises you!!

120.
Jaki: But the true battle starts here. All of you: to live is not by descending the tower.
Jaki: It’s only by defeating me……
First-Year 1: Th…that’s Jaki, whose called the emperor of Otokojuku…………
First-Year 2: Wh…what, my back is chilly from it getting cold. And that man that’s next to him: his…level is different from those Shitennou that have appeared until now.
Jaki: I’ll leave Gekkou to you, Eikei……He’s no match for you, the strongest of the Shitennou.
Eikei: There is an opponent I’m no match for in this world……

121.
Eikei: That is only you, Jaki-sama.
First-Year 1: Gekkou, show to him your Kakusaikouken---!!
(TN: Yeah, the first-year merely adds “ken” to the end of the “Kakusaikou” from the previous chapter, as if it’s his fist style)
First-Year 2: Right, show it to him from the start of the match!!
Date: Eikei……!?
Momotarou: What’s wrong, Date, do you know him?
Date: Is it really that Eikei………!!
First-Years: …………!?

122.
Date: It’s a story I’ve heard from someone from three years ago…it was in the middle of the opening ceremony of the Kanretsu Budou Tournament, which was opening having gatherec first-class fighters who held skill from across Japan.
(TN: “Kanretsu Budou Tournament” or “Kanretsu Budou Taikai” = "Calling-Violence Martial Arts Tournament”)
Tourney Head: Gentlemen, welcome to our tournament after journeying this long way!!
Tourney Head: This tournament will determine the true greatest martial artist in Japan…
Voice: Stop, its best that we should boast ourselves!
Tourney Head: S…stop………!? Wh…who was that now………!!

123.
Eikei: IT WAS ME.
Fighter: Ge!!

124.
Tourney Head: I was informing them of the tradition of this Kanretsu Budou Tournament!! You’re a face I hadn’t seen, but if you’re participating, then shouldn’t we go through the exact procedures---!!
Eikei: There’s no need to. I hate those bothersome things. All of you: gather yourselves and come at me.
Tourney Head: Huh……!!
Fighters: Let’s beat up this rude guy---!!

125.
Date: It was truly an instantaneous event. It was so fast that it wasn’t even seen in their eyes, but he was said to be wielding a thing that was like a nunchuck.

126.
Date: After just under a minute, all the other fifty fighters were laying in a sea of blood, all but dead. Thus, the man left a single word of his own name and left the place.
Date: The name of the man, I’m certain, was Eikei……!! He has become a legendary man in this world.
Hidemaro: He…took on 50 first-class fighters in a minute………!!
First-Year: And in the Kanretsu Budo Tournament, where there’s only valorous men…

127.
First-Year 1: Th…that’s his weapon………!!
First-Year 2: What are those nunchucks in that dreadful shape……!!
Eikei: So you’re called Gekkou? I know that you are quite skilled. However, it will be ten seconds. In ten seconds, this match will end!!
Gekkou: ………Ten seconds……………interesting, I’ll take your challenge.

TN: First of all...well they don't have to worry about rabbits bothering them anymore...but somehow Wan Taaren is going to end up hearing from the goats for this chapter. Other than that silly thought, this chapter was probably another classic example of building up hype in a weird but memorable way, in particular the tale of Eikei destroying a tournament even before it started! Any character who shuts up the opening ceremony and then proceeds to destroy everyone definitely deserves our attention! Of course while Eikei is the main threat now, the fact that they've finally reached Jaki himself is also a crucial concern of this chapter. No matter how the first fight goes, the leader of the Third-Years is finally there, watching everything and preparing for what could be his final battle with Momo...that is whether or not Gekkou gets through the first line of defense first!