7 July 2018

  Indonesia, Jakarta, 12:00. . .

  *TREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTTTTTTTT*

  *TEEET TET TET TET TET TREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEETTT*

  *GOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGG*

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!"

  "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

  "YYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!"

  "LADIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIES AND GENTLEMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEENNNN!!!!"

  "WELCOMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! TO A BRAND-NEW DAY OF BWC!!!"

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!"

  "WAHAHAHAHAHAH!!! I CAN FEEL YOUR EXCITEMENT, EVERYONE!!! TODAY IS THE NEXT ROUND OF GBWC!!! IT IS TIME FOR THE BRAWLIEVERS’ EIGHTS!!!"

  "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!"

  "AS ALWAYS, I AM YOUR HOST, DANIEL OFFIELD!!"

  "AND I AM YOUR CO-HOST, RADOMIN REDFIELD!!"

  "AND AS ALWAYS, OF COURSE, WE ARE ACCOMPANIED BY THE SEVENTH STRONGEST BELIEVERS IN THE WORLD!!! OUR ADORABLE WATER MASTER, LUKIA PRICHYLLIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"

  "Hello everyone!! Pleasure to meet you all today as well!" greeted Lukia.

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

  "LUKIA-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNN!!!"

  "LUKIA-SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNN!!!"

  "WAHAHAHAHAHA!!! LET'S MOVE ON WITH THE EVENT, GIVEN THE ATMOSPHERE, DON'T YOU AGREE, DANIEL-SAN??"

  "ABSOLUTELY, RADOMIN-SAN!!! LET'S INTRODUCE OUR EIGHT, I MEAN, OUR SEVEN WINNERS FROM ROUND ONE!!!!"

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!!!"

  "FIGHTEEEEEEEEEEERRRRSSS!!!! PLEASE STEP INTO THE ARENAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

  All seven winners from the first round walk into the arena from the fighters' quarters. The Green Reaper was the first in line, and she reached the arena first.

  "FIRST!!!! WE HAVE THE GREEEEEENNNN REAPEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRR!!!"

  ". . . ."

  "GREEN REAPER-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!"

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

  "SECOND!!! ARMY-MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!"

  Army-Man follows after, and he waves to his right and left to greet his supporters.

  "Helloooooooooooo!!!"

  "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

  "ARMY-MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!"

  "YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYY!!"

  "THIRD!! IRINA AGAPOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVVVV!!!"

  Irina walks elegantly and keeps her composure the whole time.

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

  "PRINCEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!"

  "IRINA-SAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

  "FOURTH!!! ARDINA-RESTUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!"

  "Hi, everyone!"

  Ardina walks and waves to her supporters as well.

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!'

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"

  "ARDINA-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNN!!!"

  "FIFTH!!! ARTHUR BATISTAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!"

  "HAHAHAHAHA!!! I'M GONNA GO WILD TODAY!!!" said Arthur while spreading his hands wide open.

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

  "ARTHUR-SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!"

  "DO YOUR BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSTTTT!!!!"

  "SIXTH!!! GABRIEL OSVALDOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

  "Pleased to meet everyone again on this worldwide stage."

  Gabriel walks politely and greets everyone with honor.

  "GABRIEL-SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!!"

  "YYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!"

  "LAST BUT NOT LEAST!!!! THEEEEEEEEEEEEEE PHARAOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH!!!"

  "I am one step closer to declaring myself a god to the whole wide world."

  The Pharaoh walks with a smile as he keeps talking to himself.

  "PHARAOH-SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNN!!!"

  "LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

  The seven fighters from the first round have all entered the arena. They all lined up side by side as per the instructions they received beforehand from the organizers. All seven fighters' faces and names were shown on the giant monitors around the stadium.

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

  "YYYEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

  "WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

  "WAHAHAHAHAHA!!! EVERYONE SURE IS HYPED!!! AFTER THE INSANE MATCHES OF THE FIRST ROUND, EXPECT EVEN MORE CRAZY BATTLES FROM HERE ON OUT, EVERYONE!!!!"

  "BEFORE WE MOVE ON!!! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!! PLEASE DIRECT YOUR EYES TOWARDS THE SPECIAL VIEWING ROOM ON THE OTHER SIDE!!!!"

  The audience did as they were told.

  *!!!!!*

  Just like yesterday, all of the fighters that were eliminated in the first round are present in one room, all nine of them.

  "Wow, yesterday's matches were insane!! My favorite was your fight, Erika-chan and Megumi-san!!" said Jeremiah.

  "Wow, thanks, pretty boy!" said Erika.

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  "Eehh? Pretty boy?"

  "Aww, you're gonna make this old lady blush, Jeremiah-kun!" said Megumi.

  "Ahahahaha. . ."

  "Forget about that! We should be focusing on today's matches!" said Yuichi.

  "Correct! The levels of matches from here on out are going to get steeper and steeper. We should observe everything and learn something from them." said Kenichi.

  "Yeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaa!!!! Personally, I didn't expect I was gonna lose against that Russian princess! Guess my own pride was my downfall! Hahahahahahaha!!" said Revon.

  "You just admit your own fault. That’s not prideful at all though.. . ." said Selam.

  "But I do agree that Erika-san and Megumi-san's match was the best amongst all eight matches yesterday!!" said Phil.

  "I saw that there was an online poll, and yeah, their match was voted number one!" said Sylvianna.

  "Woooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!" said everyone inside the room.

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"

  "YYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

  "KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

  "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

  The audience was all freaked out and cheered when they all saw their favorite, who had lost, was all in one room. It felt like a fever dream that was too good to be true.

  "WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! DON'T WORRY, FOLKS!!! EVERYONE IS THERE NOW!!!!"

  "BAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! THE AUDIENCE IS BEING EVEN WILDER THAN YESTERDAY!!"

  "LET'S KEEP THIS ENERGY AND PROCEED WITH THE EVENT!!!"

  "AFFIRMATIVE, RADOMIN-SAN!!! WE ALSO HAVE FIGURED OUT SOMETHING FOR THE ODD NUMBER OF FIGHTERS WE HAVE!!!"

  "FIGHTEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRSSSSSS!!!! PLEASE PAY ATTENTION TO THE LADY IN FRONT OF YOU!!!"

  "Hmmm?"

  Every fighter looked to their front, and they saw a lady wearing a black suit holding yet another lottery box. There are more men and women in black suits behind her who have prepared a whiteboard with the tournament bracket already drawn.

  ". . . ." The Green Reaper had no comments.

  "Another lottery?" said Irina.

  "This should be fun!" said Army-Man.

  "Wahahahaha! I love it when Fate decides who fights whom!" said Arthur.

  "FIGHTEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRSSSS!!! WE HAVE PREPARED 8 PIECES OF PAPER WITH ONE PAIR OF NUMBERS, ONE TO FOUR EACH!!"

  "FOR THIS ROUND, WHOEVER GETS A NUMBER THAT DOESN'T MATCH WITH ANYONE WILL AUTOMATICALLY ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROUND, THE QUARTERFINAL!!!"

  *!!!!!*

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

  "Hmm, they're adding luck to this tournament." said the Green Reaper.

  "Wow, I hope I get to be that lucky!" said Army-Man.

  "Wahahahaha! This should be interesting! I hope it's me so my back can rest a little bit longer!" said Arthur.

  "Hmm, that would feel like cheating since you're one step closer to being acknowledged by the world as the world champion without proving your worth all the way." said Irina.

  "Eeeehh? Who cares! Luck is still skill! And whoever is not lucky lacks skills! Or something like that! Hahahaha! I don't know what I am saying, I'm sorry!" said Ardina.

  "Hehehe! Indeed, Ardina-san! Luck is also crucial in battle!" said the Pharaoh.

  "I'll just do my best to win and entertain all of these nice people in the audience." said Gabriel.

  "ALRIGHT THEN FIGHTEEEEERRRSSSS!!! PLEASE MAKE A LINE WITH THE SAME ORDER THAT YOU STEP INTO THE ARENA!!!"

  "GREEN REAPER-SAN, PLEASE BE THE FIRST TO TAKE YOUR LOTTERY!!!"

  The seven fighters did exactly as the hosts instructed. The Green Reaper takes the first lottery.

  *srk srk srk*

  She pulls her hand out from the box and opens the small, folded piece of paper.

  "3!"

  "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! THE GREEN REAPER GOT THREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!"

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

  "GREEN REAPER-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!"

  "NEXT IS ARMY-MAN!!!"

  Army-Man steps forward and shoves his hand into the lottery box.

  *srk srk srk*

  ". . . . 2!"

  "ARMY-MAN IS NUMBER TWOOOOOOOO!!!!"

  "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

  "NEXT!!! IRINA AGAPOV!!!"

  Irina steps forward and shoves her hand into the lottery box.

  *srk srk srk*

  ". . . 4!"

  "IRINA IS NUMBER FOOOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRR!!!!"

  "YYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!"

  "NEXT!!! ARDINA RESTU-CHAN!!!"

  "ARDINA-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!"

  "Yoiii!!"

  Ardina adorably approaches the lottery box.

  "Please get me a free win!!"

  Ardina shoves her hand inside the box and pulls it out.

  ". . . . I am number one!!" said Ardina as she lifted her hand and showed everyone her number.

  "ARDINA-CHAN IS NUMBER ONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!"

  "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

  "WOOOOOOOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!"

  "NEXT!! WE HAVE, ARTHUR BATISTAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

  "Wohooo! My turn!"

  Arthur walks forward with excitement. He shoves his hand inside and pulls out his number.

  "NUMBER 2!"

  "ARTHUR IS NUMBER TWO!!!"

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! ARTHUR-SAAAAAAAAANNNN!!!"

  "NEXT!!!! GABRIEL OSVALDO!!!"

  "I'll be fine with whatever number."

  He takes his number from the box.

  ". . . 3!"

  "GABRIEL IS NUMBER THREEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!"

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

  "AND LAST!! WE HAVE THE PHARAOOOOOOOOOHHHHH!!!"

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! PHARAOH-SAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNN!!"

  The Pharaoh shoves his hand inside the box and pulls out his number.

  ". . .1!"

  "PHARAOH IS NUMBER ONE!!"

  "YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

  "ALRIGHT FOLKS, EVERYONE HAS DRAWN THEIR NUMBERS!!! PLEASE LOOK TOWARDS THE GIANT MONITORS AROUND THE STADIUM."

  On all the giant monitors, the tournament bracket for the Brawlievers’ Eights round was shown.

  *!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

  "OOOOOOOOOHHHHH!!! WE'RE GETTING SOME INTERESTING MATCHUPS!!!!"

  "LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HERE ARE THE MATCHES FOR THE BRAWLIEVERS’ EIGHTS!!!"

  MATCH NUMBER ONE: ARDINA RESTU VERSUS THE PHARAOH.

  MATCH NUMBER TWO: ARTHUR BATISTA VERSUS ARMY-MAN.

  MATCH NUMBER THREE: THE GREEN REAPER VERSUS GABRIEL OSVALDO.

  "AND IRINA WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH NO MATCHING NUMBER!!! IRINA AGAPOV WILL AUTOMATICALLY ADVANCE TO THE NEXT ROUND!!!"

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHH!!!"

  "IRINA-SAAAMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

  "Seems like I eat my own words. . ." said Irina.

  "(The Green Reaper. . .)" thinks Gabriel.

  ". . . ." The Green Reaper doesn't say anything.

  "Awwww!! I wish I were the one who got the free win. . ." said Army-man!!"

  "Wahahaha! Let's do our best later today, Army-Man, yo!" said Arthur.

  "Aww, I'm fighting Pharaoh-san! He seems scary. . ." said Ardina.

  "Now, now, please don't judge me by how I dress. Though I appreciate it if you mean you’re acknowledging the lethality of my Faith powers!" said the Pharaoh with a gentle smile as he approached Ardina.

  "AND NOW!! LET'S JUST BEGIN WITHOUT FURTHER ADO!!!"

  "HERE WE GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!"

  "MATCH NUMBER ONE!! ARDINA RESTU! VERSUS! THE PHARAOH!"

  "WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!"

  "FIGHTERS OTHER THAN THE TWO NAMES MENTIONED, PLEASE GO BACK INTO THE FIGHTERS' QUARTERS!!!"

  "Good luck, Ardina-san!" said Army-Man.

  "Good luck, Ardina-chan!" said Arthur.

  "Do your best, Pharaoh-san." said Gabriel.

  "Please entertain us, you both." said Irina.

  ". . . ."

  "Thank you, everyone!!"

  Ardina thanked them for their support.

  "I say thank you as well from the bottom of my heart."

  The Pharaoh also thanked their encouragement.

  The Green Reaper remains the only one who doesn't say anything, and she was the first to walk back towards the fighters' quarters. One by one, the rest of the fighters follow after. Ardina and the Pharaoh remain in the arena.

  "Please, don't be too rough on me, Pharaoh-san!!"

  "Ahahahaha! I'll just do my best to beat you! You are one of the scariest opponents in this entire tournament, after all!"

  "Eeeehhh?? Is that so?"

  "DO YOUR BEST, PHARAOH-SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!"

  "WIN THIS, ARDINA-CHAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNN!!!"

  "By the way, Selam-san. I wanted to ask you, how did it feel fighting Ardina-san yesterday?" asked Kenichi.

  In the special viewing room on the other side, everyone stops what they were previously doing to focus on whatever Selam is going to answer Kenichi's question with.

  "Hmm. It feels like fighting an invisible giant."

  "Giant?"

  "To be honest with you, Selam-san, it just looked like you were throwing yourself away over and over again every time you approached her." said Megumi.

  "That must've been rough." said Erika.

  "*sigh* It was rough. I couldn't properly come up with an actual winning strategy because I was so focused on analyzing her Faith power. There's no way to win without knowing what you're fighting against after all. To think that there's still someone like that whose Faith power is far above my own. I may have been underestimating this tournament a little bit. This tournament is so amazing!"

  "Hm! Hm!"

  Everyone nods to her statement.

  "ALRIGHT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!! IT IS TIME FOR OUR FIRST MATCH OF BELIEVERS EIGHTS!!!"

  "MATCH NUMBER ONE!"

  "ARDINA RESTU! VERSUS! THE PHARAOH!"

  "BEEEEEGGGGGGGGGIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!"

  *GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGG*

  The Pharaoh made the first move. He summons his giant snake, and it immediately spouts out toxic gas, filling the entire arena.

  "EEEEHHHH?? Isn't this poison? Won't you get disqualified for killing your opponent?"

  "Relax, this isn't a deadly poison or anything, just the kind that will make your muscles relaxed. Besides, this will help me see that invisible thing of yours!"

  *!*

  *BWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOSSSSSSSSHHHHHH*

  Ardina's invisible thing blows all of the poison gas away from the arena.

  "Hmm, I didn't even know how it did that. This is gonna be a lot more challenging than it already seemed."

  The Pharaoh creates small yellow rocks around him. He shoots all of them consecutively towards Ardina.

  *GRAK GRAK GRAK GRAK GRAK GRAK*

  His yellow stones were deflected without Ardina doing anything.

  *!*

  But the yellow rocks were breaking bit by bit, and those bits are falling onto Ardina's invisible being.

  "As expected, that invisible thing interacts normally with the physical world."

  "SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"

  The Pharaoh commands his giant snake to charge at Ardina with its jaw wide open.

  "HIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEE!!!! I HATE SNAKES!!!"

  *CHOMP*

  The giant snake's jaw was stopped by Ardina's invisible being. It has its jaw wide open with its fangs dripping with venom directly in front of her.

  "HIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!! SNAKES ARE SCARYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!! PLEASE THROW IT AWAY, MELI-CHAAANN!!!"

  "SHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!"

  The giant snake was lifted into the air 'telepathically' and then it was thrown back at the Pharaoh. The Pharaoh lifts his right hand forward and unsummons his giant snake.

  "Well, well, I definitely didn't expect that that invisible being of yours to have a name. Quite a maiden name at that."

  "Huh? Are you insulting, Meli-chan?"

  "What? No! I was just saying I am surprised."

  "Grrrrrrr!!! Nobody insults MELI-CHAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNN!!!"

  "Eeeehhhhh? I have no intention to insult or anything."

  Ardina's invisible being moves fast towards the Pharaoh, but he has no idea that it's coming. The Pharaoh gathers wind under both of his feet and starts flying upwards.

  *BAAAAMMM*

  *?*

  The Pharaoh was confused by that sound that had just happened. He looks downwards and sees that there is a giant fist mark on the spot where he stood.

  "I can't be playing around while fighting her. If I weren't flying right now, I would've lost right there just now!"

  The Pharaoh immediately enters his Ultimate form. He generates yellow rocks, flame, and water all around him. The yellow rocks fly towards him and cover his entire body, leaving only his face and his joints across his body open. Some of the rocks also form into a spear in his right hand. His flame gathered and condensed into the blade of his spear, engulfing it in raging fire. He gathers his water to form a ring and floats around his entire body at his chest level.