It would be a horrible idea for him to enter the tournament unless he intends on performing poorly. The MC has thrived by being underestimated. If he were to somehow win, he would no longer be underestimated and would have an even bigger target on him than he does now.
What you're saying would only be correct under the assumption that MC either participates in the Frenetico tournament now, or that stays weak forever and always intends on using his cunning only due to his lack of power or skills.
But that will not be the case. Hopes (the Dev) has already said that MC right now is a wimp and weak, but through training he will get stronger and much more skilled.
And while at the moment, MC has no desire to move up in the ranks higher than Soldato, no doubt he will continue to rise higher and higher (otherwise, the story can't move forward if he remains in Soldato position forever).
When that happens, he will be seen as a threat no matter how much he tries to portray himself as someone who thrives on being underestimated. Soldiers from other Families out there will see him as a threat regardless of how he behaves (due to his rank, and feats through Contracts and the main story).
MC will always have a target on his back, and the only way for him to survive in the future is to get stronger (and as Wilfred said, grow into someone who is "feared and respected throughout the underworld"). He can't always rely on his cunning and luck to save him.
Besides, as I briefly mentioned in the beginning, it's not like Frenetico Tournament is gonna be held right away.
If it is held like perhaps 5 updates later (or even more, this depends on when Hopes wishes to set the tournament in) when MC is in Elite Soldato rank or higher, I can actually see it working.
And seriously, do people really want him to just sit on the sideline and watching as a passive spectator when this tournament is held?
LOL I sure don't. I want him to be involved with it all as a participant.
I can imagine the following:
The MC is in the midst of a match, which becomes chaotic, and must use his wits and skills (he's gained from his experience with the DeLucas) to win or survive.
His competitors may be participants from other Families, as well as characters like Luna, Gracie (with her getting more rebellious who knows? She might just join) & Dominico and others.
Crowd goes wild which puts roars of crowd in modern day football stadiums to shame.
And when the tournament ends, our MC gets some sort of prizes in form of rare weapons, armor and others etc.
Don't know about rest of you, but that's the sort of experience I want from the Frenetico Tournament (which unless Hopes states otherwise, I'm guessing will probably happen just once throughout the whole game).
