6 June 2018. . .

  "LADIES AND GENTLEMAAAAANNNN!!!! IT IS TIME FOR OUR NEXT MAAAAAATCH!!!!!"

  "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

  "OUR THIRD MATCH OF THE DAY!!! THE SEVENTH MATCH OF BWC!!!!"

  "SELAM VERSUS ARDINA RESTU!!!"

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

  "SELAM-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!"

  "ARDINA-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN!!"

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

  "BOTH FIGHTERS, PLEASE STEP INTO THE ARENA!!!"

  Selam and Ardina walk towards the arena from the fighters' quarters.

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"

  "ARDINA-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!"

  "SELAM-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNN!!"

  The crowd shouts their names in excitement, and they both wave their hands to greet them.

  "What a lovely audience! I will try my best, everyone!!" said Ardina.

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!"

  "GIVE IT YOUR BEST SHOT, ARDINA-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!"

  Selam and Ardina have entered the arena and are now facing each other in the center.

  "I apologize, Selam-san, but I am going to win this!!" said Ardina with a cheerful attitude.

  "Hohohoho!! How bold! Then, I am going to apologize as well! Because I am the one who will win! I have the backing of a mother's love! That's all!"

  "WAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! THEY ARE ALREADY PROVOKING EACH OTHER!!!!"

  "BAHAHAHAHA!!! LET'S JUST BEGIN STRAIGHT AWAY THEN!!!!"

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"

  "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

  "MATCH NUMBER SEVEN!!! SELAM! VERSUS! ARDINA RESTU!"

  "BEEEEEEEGGGGGGGIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNSSSSSS!!!"

  *GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG*

  "The one who moves first is one step closer to victory!!"

  Selam immediately closes in towards Ardina as soon as the gong rings. She blitzes through the distance between them in matters of seconds. Her leg also transforms into pink plasma from her knees, all the way down to her toes. She swings her right leg towards Ardina's face.

  *GRABS*

  *!!!*

  All of a sudden, Selam's kick stops right in front of Ardina's face.

  "Selam-chan, you're so excited, huh? Let's calm down a little bit!!"

  "Huh? WHOAAAA!!!"

  Selam was lifted somehow by the leg. She was then thrown all the way towards the edge of the other side of the arena.

  "TCH!!"

  Selam rotates her body and positions her two transformed legs towards the edge of the arena. Suddenly, she stops in midair and lands safely at the edge of the arena.

  "Okay, what was that? What is your Faith power?"

  "Hihihihi! You should've watched my battle records!! I watched yours, so I already know about your speed and plasma transformation!"

  "No, I did watch every fighter's battle videos! I know every single fighter's Faith power. I'm just having trouble remembering which is which!"

  "Oh, that is so unfortunate! Then I'd better defeat you fast before you figure it out!"

  *!*

  Ardina crouched on the floor, and then she looked like she was lifted by something. Then she looked like she was thrown, and she was flying really fast towards Selam.

  Selam jumps towards the incoming Ardina. She transformed her entire right leg and shoved her right knee upwards.

  Ardina and Selam approach each other in midair. Selam knee-strike her right at her chin.

  *GRABS*

  Selam's knee strike was stopped again in midair.

  "Grh! Again, what is this? What even is your Faith power??"

  "Not telling!" said Ardina as she put her index finger in front of her lips.

  *BAAAAM*

  "AAAAARRGGGGHHH!!!"

  Suddenly, Selam was smashed to the arena below. Ardina lands near her.

  "URRGGHHH!!!!"

  Selam forced herself to fight the pain to get up. Selam stands up in front of Ardina.

  "Wanna give up?"

  "Not in a million years! Can't let my momma down, after all!"

  "Great!" said Ardina as she smiled.

  *!!*

  Suddenly, Selam instinctively crosses both of her arms in front of her. She transformed her hands, and she felt an incredible force suddenly pushing against her.

  *BAM*

  "(What the hell is this? It feels like getting punched by something big.)"

  *BWWOOOSSSHHH*

  Selam was sent flying away from her spot out of nowhere.

  "UUURRGGGHHH!!!"

  She transformed both of her feet again and stopped herself in midair.

  "Alright! That's it!!"

  Selam launches herself at the speed of sound towards Ardina.

  *DZING DZING DZING DZING*

  As Selam flies, she ricochets in mid-air but is still going towards Ardina. She transforms her right hand into plasma and clenches it into a fist.

  "PLASMA FIST!"

  *BWUNG*

  Selam punches Ardina right in her head. But her attack was again stopped by something.

  "TCH! AGAIN!! WHAT IS THIS?"

  "Well, I can't really tell you, right?"

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  *WHAAAM*

  "UAAARRGGGHH!!"

  Selam was once again thrown away by something that she could not see. She stops herself again in midair and lands safely on the arena.

  "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

  "WHAT IS GOING ON FOOOOOOLLLKKKSSSS???? WHY IS SELAM GETTING LAUNCHED AWAY OVER AND OVER AGAIN????"

  "WHAT IS ARDINA-CHAN DOING???? WHAT IS HER FAITH POWER???"

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

  "GOOOOOOOOOOOOO ARDINA-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNN!!!"

  "DO YOUR BEST, SELAM-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!!"

  "I finally remembered! You're the one Believer who defeated all of her opponents without ever moving an inch! At least in most of your videos!"

  "Eh? Is that so?" said Ardina as she moved her body adorably.

  "Well then, let's try something different!"

  Selam transformed her right hand into plasma and clenched it into a fist. She also transformed both of her legs, and she flies up high above the sky. She positions herself above the center of the arena.

  "PLASMA BLAST!!"

  She swings her transformed right hand, and she shoots out a plasma beam in the shape of a fist towards the arena.

  *!!!*

  *BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMM*

  The plasma beam explodes into a giant pink light explosion, and its explosion catches everything in the arena below within its radius.

  Selam's Faith power is called Plasma Blaster, Transformation type. When transforming her body parts into pink plasma, she can either move or shoot out plasma bullets at the speed of sound, unlike actual plasma. Her plasma can melt almost anything at her will. Her plasma can also shine brighter than any natural plasma. She uses this to blind her opponent and finishes them off at the same time.

  "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!!!!"

  "SELAM-CHAN JUST UNLEASHED A PINK NUKE INTO THE ENTIRE ARENA!!!"

  "IS ARDINA-CHAN OKAAAAYYY???"

  "So bright. . ." said Lukia.

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

  "SELAM-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNN!!!"

  "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! ARDINA-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!"

  *!!!!!!!!!!!*

  After the pink light from the arena fades away, Ardina stands still at the exact same spot, completely unharmed. She was covering her face with her two hands to protect her eyes from that bright pink light.

  "Ohhh man! That almost stings my eyes! That was so bright!"

  "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

  "ARDINA-CHAN IS OKAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY!!!"

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

  Selam lands on the arena below.

  "Whatever your Faith power is, it seems to be good at both offensive and defensive capabilities."

  "Well, my advice to you is to go on the defensive right now!"

  *!*

  Selam instinctively crosses both of her transformed arms again, but this time, she points them upwards.

  *BAAAAAAAAAAAAAMMM*

  "HHRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

  Selam suddenly felt an incredible downward force pressing against her. She also transformed both of her legs to help cushion the pressure on the ground.

  "(HRRRGGGHHHH!!!! YUUP!! THERE IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING ABOVE ME RIGHT NOW!!! SOMETHING BIG, PUSHING ITS FIST DOWN ON ME!!!)"

  Selam struggles for a good few seconds before she decides to bail out of the spot. She flies out at the speed of sound. And then she saw that the arena below was cracked, and there was a giant fist mark left on the floor.

  "Okay, this is going to be tough!"

  Selam flies towards the north of the arena.

  "PLASMA BEAM!!"

  *DZING DZING DZING DZING*

  Selam points her open transformed palm towards Ardina, and she shoots out several pink plasma bullets that travel at the speed of sound towards Ardina.

  "HIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!"

  Ardina runs away from her spot in panic as she dodges all of Selam's bullets. Selam flies to the west of the arena and shoots several more bullets at her.

  Ardina turns around and stands still, and Selam sees that her bullets are being deflected away without Ardina doing anything. She slows down and lands on the west side of the arena.

  "(Okay, what was that? Why did she even dodge my bullets if she can effortlessly deflect them away??)"

  *!*

  Selam instinctively transformed her legs and flew out of her spot upwards.

  *BAAAM*

  She saw a fist mark again on the arena where she was. She points her palm towards Ardina and shoots out several bullets again.

  "HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIEEEEE!!"

  Ardina once again dodges out of the way of the bullets.

  "(I finally understand how to attack her!)"

  Selam finally figures something out. She flies up above the sky again and positions herself right at the center of the arena. She prepares a punch with her transformed right hand.

  *SHHIIIIIIINNNNNGGGGGGG*

  Her transformed right hand glows so brightly that the entire stadium is blinded.

  "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!!!"

  "SO BRIGHT!!! IS THIS SELAM-CHAN'S ULTIMATE MOVE???"

  "HOHOHOHOHO!! THIS MATCH IS RATHER CONFUSING TO WATCH BECAUSE OF ARDINA'S FAITH POWER!!! BUT IS SELAM GOING TO END THIS??"

  "Hmm. . . ." wonders Lukia.

  "SELAM-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!"

  "PLASMA WONDERFUL FIST!"

  Selam sends out another fist-shaped pink plasma towards the ground, but this time, it shines very brightly compared to her previous plasma fist.

  "That again? What's the point of doing the same attack again?"

  The plasma fist hits the center of the arena, and it explodes into a giant pink light explosion again.

  "SELAM SEND ANOTHER NUKE TO THE ARENA!!!"

  "SO PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNKKK!!!! EVEN HER ULTIMATE MOVE IS CUTEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! THOUGH I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING!!! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!"

  ". . . ."

  Lukia doesn't say anything. She's trying to observe something under all the bright pink light. Slowly and surely, the pink light fades away, and the scene in the arena shocks everyone in the stadium.

  *!!!!!!!*

  "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE?????"

  "WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTT???"

  "HUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUHHHHHHH??"

  ". . . ."

  Selam was in the arena below behind Ardina. She lies down in the center of a small fist-shaped crater in the arena. Ardina is crouching while looking down, with her eyes closed, and both of her hands cover her face as well.

  "W-W-WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATTTTTTT???"

  "LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, WHAT ON EARTH HAPPENED???"

  "Hmm. . . I tried so hard to look past all the blinding light, but I couldn't! Well, I've tried!" said Lukia.

  "HOLD ON FOLKS!! WE'RE CONTACTING THE DRONE TEAM!!! SEEMS LIKE THEY CAPTURED SOMETHING WITH THEIR DRONES!!!"

  "FOOOLLLKKKSSSS!!! LOOK TOWARDS ANY OF THE GIANT MONITOOOOOOOORS!!!"

  The audience followed Daniel's instructions.

  What happened was that when the plasma fist exploded and blinded them all, Selam flew down towards the arena at the speed of sound towards Ardina's back. Ardina is crouching on the ground, hiding her face away from the bright light explosion. She shoots point-blank plasma bullets at Ardina's back, but all of her bullets are somehow deflected without Ardina ever turning back. And then Selam spins herself and does a flying, rotating kick with her transformed right leg at Ardina's head. But her kick was blocked by something invisible, the same thing that has been blocking everything that she throws at her. Selam was then grabbed and lifted in the air, and then she was slammed three times towards the arena below. Then Selam was ‘punched’ and a giant fist mark was left in the arena, with her lying in the center. And once the pink light explosion fades away, all that everyone sees is merely the aftermath.

  "WE HAVE A WINNNEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!"

  "MATCH NUMBER SEVEN!! SELAM VERSUS ARDINA RESTU!!!! THE WINEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRR IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSS!!!"

  "ARDINA RESTU-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!!!"

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!!!"

  "ARDINA-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!'

  "GOOOOOOOOOOO INDONESIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"

  "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

  "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

  "SELAM-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!"

  Ardina finally opens her eyes and stands up. She was confused by the atmosphere in the audience. They were all cheering for her.

  "Eeeh? What? What happened?"

  Ardina turns around and sees that Selam is already lying unconscious on the arena below, inside a small fist-shaped crater.

  "EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHH???"

  "ARDINA-CHAN, DON'T TELL ME YOU DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THAT YOU WON??" said Radomin.

  "Teehee! Just kidding! Of course I knew!! Hehehehe!" said Ardina as she struck a cute pose to fool the audience.

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

  "WE LOVE YOU, ARDINA-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!"

  "WAHAHAHAHAHA!! HER FACE IS SO INNOCENT!! I JUST BELIEVED EVERYTHING SHE SAYS!!!"

  "Alright, I don't even know what her Faith power is! Seems like it's something invisible that only she alone can perceive its existence. Or something like that. Because her. . . 'thing' does leave physical marks on the world around it." said Lukia.

  "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHH!!!! NICE OBSERVATION, LUKIA-CHAN!!! I HAD SIMILAR THOUGHTS, BUT I COULDN'T PUT THEM INTO A CLEAR SENTENCE!!!"

  "WAHAHAHAHAHA!!! ALSO, THAT MATCH WENT BY QUITE FAST!!! AT LEAST COMPARED TO THE 5TH MATCH OF BWC, THE FIRST MATCH OF TODAY!!!"

  Ardina Restu walks back to the fighter's quarters as she keeps waving her hands towards the audience, who also keep shouting and cheering for her.

  The medical team rushes towards Selam. They gave her first aid and a quick examination.

  "FOLKS!!! SELAM-CHAN IS OKAY!! SHE SUFFERED MINOR INJURIES ACROSS HER ENTIRE BODY, AND A FEW MAJOR INJURIES ON HER RIB CAGE AND HER LIMBS, BUT THAT'S NOT A BIG DEAL FOR OUR MEDICAL TEAM !!!!"

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!!!! SELAM-CHAN IS OKAY FOOOOOOOOOLLKSS!!!"

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

  "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

  The medical team carried Selam to the infirmary inside the building.

  "ALRIGHT, LADIES AND GENTLEMAN, AS ALWAYS WE WILL HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF DISCUSSION BEFORE WE'RE TAKING A SHORT BREAK!!!"

  "So, Radomin! Who was your favorite among the two?"

  "Ardina-chan all the way, Daniel-san!! Mwahahahaha! Not only is she a native to this country, the very place this entire tournament takes place, but she also looks and behaves really cute!! But the thing that sells the deals the most is the fact that her Faith power is unknown!! That contrast of adorable behavior and downright scary in battle, I really love that gap about her! MWAHAHAHAHA!!"

  "BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! What an interesting point ya got there!! What about you, Lukia-chan??"

  "Hmm, I feel like Selam hasn't really shown anything about her Faith power. Ardina's mysterious Faith power got to her head. She couldn't fight properly. She was too focused on analyzing Ardina's Faith power without realizing how dangerous it was to approach her that close. The fight alone is. . . well, I mean, from our viewpoint, it just looks like Selam is throwing herself over and over on purpose and then loses as if the entire fight was a comedy skit or something. . ."

  "W-Wow, Lukia-chan! Please don't be too harsh on our fighters."

  "I was being honest! Would you prefer me to lie, Daniel-san?"

  "E-Eh?"

  Daniel sweats as Lukia confronts his words.

  "W-What about you, Daniel-san? Who was your favorite in that match?" said Radomin to break the tension.

  "Er. . . ERHEM!!! I was actually rooting for Selam! But to be honest, fighting something invisible that possesses excellent stats on both defense and offense seems like an impossibility for me. Like if I were to be the one who faces Ardina-chan. I would've lost as well."

  "WOAH! That's big coming from someone who's been on a winning streak for a few consecutive years, many years ago!! I guess Ardina-chan is really that powerful! Bwahahahaha!!"

  "Hmm, this makes me think that if Erika, the one with the painting equipment Faith power, were to fight her, she can probably just soak Ardina's invisible something with paint. That way, she can actually fight it. But I have no idea how their Faith power would react to each other, so it's just a thought." said Lukia.

  "Wahahahaha! Interesting thought there, Lukia-chan! Well then, FOLKS!! WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A FEW MINUTE BREAK!!!"

  "SEE YOU LATER, EVERYONE!!! USE THIS CHANCE TO GO TO THE BATHROOM AND GET FOOD OR DRINKS!!!"