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Chapter 725 Why Are You Doing This?
Seeing Japan enter the voting pool was a little strange, and this managed to give them a lot of popularity with the voters. Japan easily gained votes over the other Asian countries, and it was a landslide victory that led to them becoming the third host of the Superhuman Tournament.
This happened only two weeks ago, and it was only through sheer luck that Henry managed to catch wind of Mark's desire to enter Japan. Hao was seen talking to the head of the Asian Superhuman Alliance branch about getting permission from the Japanese government to allow the Vanguard Guild to enter Japan, and one of Henry's spies in the agency got that information to him. Henry set up a meeting with Hao, and through him, he got this meeting with Mark.
Henry watched Mark closely to see what sort of reaction Mark would have about this request. On the outside, Henry did not allow his emotions to show at all, but on the inside, Henry felt very tense. There was a lot riding on this for Henry and the Superhuman Alliance, and even if Mark didn't like it, Henry needed him to accept this offer.
Mark sighed calmly as he turned to Luna and asked her opinion. Mark already knew that this was not a bad offer, but he felt like he needed an outside opinion before he finally made a decision.
"What do you think?"
Luna was leaning back in her seat as she thought about Henry's offer, and she hummed curiously when Mark asked her opinion. Luna didn't really have anything against joining the tournament. But the only issue that could come up for that was the restrictions that would be put on Mark as one of the competitors. Mark was going to have to follow the rules and go wherever they told him to go. If they needed Mark to go anywhere else while he was in Japan, then it could be an issue.
Luna said this to Mark calmly, and Mark nodded and turned back to Henry.
"Before I make a choice, I first need to know what you are getting out of this. You can't expect me to believe you're only doing this because you want the tournament to succeed. What's in it for you?"
In a way, it was a refreshing change from what Mark was used to. Salazar was the exact opposite of Henry. Salazar was very secretive, and he always seemed to hide things from everyone around him, but Henry did not do that. Henry told you things as they were, and it was up to you to decide whether you hated him or not. If nothing else, Mark could respect Henry's openness.
Mark tapped his finger on the table for a few seconds while just staring at Henry as his mind raced, and Henry waited patiently for Mark to finish thinking about whatever it was he was thinking about.
Finally, after a few seconds, Mark nodded once and asked another question.
"How exactly does the Superhuman Alliance choose which superhumans can participate in this competition? I don't think it's something that just anyone would be able to get into as long as they are a superhuman."
This time, it was Luna who said something she remembered hearing a while ago.
"Someone once told me that it was based on merit. Something like a leaderboard?"
Luna turned to Henry for confirmation of her theory, and Henry nodded while stapling his fingers together and leaning forward.
"Yes, Luna is absolutely right. The Superhuman Alliance had something similar to a leaderboard that ranks every Superhuman Alliance branch in the world based on their performance in the previous year. They take things like the number of anima subjugation missions that were completed, the danger level of the anima that were killed, and the popularity of the superhumans in that country when compared to the superhumans in other countries into account. All these are put together and the countries are graded on a point system which then gives them a ranking." Discover stories at My Virtual Library Empire