Not long after they left China, they received a message from the Oracle Bell that the 2nd preliminary tournament was to start in America.
Manta asks Yoh if something happened between him and Anna. He says not really. Horo Horo and Ryu sit at a diner discussing their trip to America. Yoh is half asleep and Manta is concerned that everyone will be leaving in two days. Everyone promises that they’ll return when the preliminary round is over.
Yoh asks Anna to go for a walk. They are to get to Patch walk in 3 months. Anna tells him that if he loses, she won’t forgive him. He has a duty to her to become the Shaman King.
Horo Horo decides to splurge on a hotel room. Pirika breaks down crying because he’s being so nice to her before he leaves. She gives him Ikupasui, she dug for it herself.
Everyone is preparing in their own way. Yoh and Manta skip cram school to spend time together. Ryu reminisces over a present his gang gave him as a good luck present. He is worried because he isn’t as experienced as master Yoh and the others. Ren and Bason discuss what the tournament will bring. Anna and Tamao wait in vain for Yoh to return with a feast waiting for him. He’s out with Manta. They’re talking about all the people who might be at the tournament including Hao.
At home, Yoh goes to sleep without saying a word to Anna. She looks in on him and tosses the clothes she made him onto him.
Silva talks with Hao, who is particularly cocky. Silva tells him that there won’t be a next existence for him because of Yoh.
The next day, they are off to America by way of one of the Tao family’s 33 airplanes. Hao shows up to taunt them, claiming he can cross the Pacific using only Oversoul. He then brings out his genie, Spirit of Fire. He attacks Ren and then Yoh and then leaves
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