“Ei-chan, I think it’s time! If we take longer than we already do, this place is gonna be surrounded by officials and cops! Not that they’ll be able to enter the stadium, but. . .”
“Yeah, you’re right! I’ll do it right now!”
The Army-Man takes off all of his army getups, revealing his true appearance.
His real name is Eissen Divalo. He is 17 years old and he is Mari's closest friend. He has yellow spiky hair that flows from the back to the front. His hair turns light brown at the midpoint of each of his hair strands. He has a pair of bright green eyes and wears a black frame glasses. He wears a long-sleeved V-neck dark green shirt with a black trim on each wrist, layered with a black fabric vest. He folds back his long sleeves to his elbow. He also wears a pair of dark green trousers with a black trim and a pair of high black boots with a square green decoration on the top of the boots. He is 165cm tall and weighs around 70kg. He has white skin and his body is thin but very slightly muscular.
“Uuhh, Ei-chan, your face is still green.”
“HUH? AAAWWW!!! I KNOW I SHOULDN’T HAVE DISGUISED MYSELF LIKE THIS!!! AAAAARRGGHHH!!! IT’S SO HOOOOOTT AND SWEAAATTTYYYYYY!!!!”
“Alright, alright, please wash your face!”
“Will do. . .”
A few minutes later, while everyone is still in shock about Army-Man’s real identity, Eissen has washed his face and comes back to the arena, to Mari.
“Is my face clear now?”
“Yeah! Wait, weren’t there mirrors in the toilet?”
“I just took a quick glance because I was in a hurry, you know?”
“Oh, right! Then set it up ASAP, Ei-chan!”
“Right.”
Eissen opens his right hand, and a round device with an antenna on the top appears. He throws the device high into the sky, and it floats right at the center near the roof of the stadium. It rotates slowly at a constant speed, and the antenna on top starts giving out a low beeping sound.
*?!*
Everyone in the stadium is confused after looking at the device. After a few seconds, some people in the audience are shouting something.
“WAIT!! I HAVE NO SIGNAL ON MY PHONE!!”
“HHEEEYY!! I CAN’T ACCESS THE INTERNET!!”
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! I WAS RECORDING WHAT JUST HAPPENED BUT I CAN’T UPLOAD IT ONLINE NOW!!”
“HEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLPPPPPP!!! I CAN’T CALL ANYONE!! THERE’S NO SIGNAL!! WE CAN’T CONTACT ANYONE OUTSIDE!!”
The shouting gets louder and rowdier, and everyone goes into panic mode once again.
“NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! WE’RE DOOOOOOOOOOOOMMEEEEEEEDDDD!!!”
“NOBODY’S COMING TO SAVE US!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!”
“PLEASE LET US OUT OF HERE, GREEN REAPER-SAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNN!!!”
*INHALES*
“EVERYONEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!”
All of a sudden, Lukia shouted really loudly into the microphone.
“DIDN’T I JUST TELL YOU NOT TO BE WORRY? I AM THE 7TH STRONGEST BELIEVER IN THE WHOLE WORLD!! YOU’RE ALL IN GOOD HANDS!! I WON’T LET A MERE TERRORIST HARM ANY OF YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!”
Lukia’s announcement quickly calmed everybody down. They all returned to their seats properly, and they put their faith yet again in Lukia.
“T-THAT’S RIGHT, EVERYONE!! LUKIA-CHAN IS ON OUR SIDE!!!”
“YEAH, YEAH!! NO MATTER HOW STRONG A BELIEVER THAT TERRORIST IS, THERE’S NO WAY SHE CAN HOPE TO EVEN COMPETE AGAINST SOMEONE FROM THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOD!!”
“YEEEAAAHH!! YEEEAAAAHHHH!!!”
“WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”
“Phew! Everyone’s really on edge right now!”
“Well, of course, we have a terrorist in the arena with us; that fact alone is enough to send anyone into panic.” said Daniel.
“We once again thank you from the bottom of our hearts for being here with us, Lukia-san! I genuinely don’t know what would happen if you’re not here.” said Radomin.
“I’m expecting double the paycheck for this, you know?”
“EEEEEEEEEEEEHHHHHHHH????”
Both Radomin and Daniel were perplexed by Lukia’s request.
“Good job, Ei-chan! Thank you!”
“I’m only doing this because it’s you, alright? Remember, I’ve never been 100% on board with all these crazy plans of yours! Especially the part where you take these many people hostage.”
“Ei-chan, I’m sorry for dragging you into this, but I have to do this, otherwise I---”
“It’s okay! I am your Support after all! I am prepared to do anything to assist you.”
“Right, thanks again, Ei-chan!”
“No problem.”
“ARMY-MAN-SAN!! PLEASE EXPLAIN YOURSELF!!” shouts Yuichi.
“Ah, I apologize, Yuichi-kun! Very well! My real name is Eissen Divalo. I am 17 years old and I am the Judge of Greed’s Support! Nice to meet all of you, BWC fighters!”
“WHAT’S THAT THING FLOATING IN THE SKY?”
“Ah! Basically, that’s a jammer! It will turn off any communications inside the entire stadium, so none of you are able to contact anyone from the outside.”
“WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? WHY ARE YOU HELPING A TERRORIST?”
“Didn’t you hear what Mari-chan just said? The real terrorist is the woman who we hope is on her way here. Otherwise, nobody is allowed to leave, no matter how long it takes!”
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“SHOCK CHARGE!!”
All of a sudden, Jeremiah shoots a lightning bolt from both of his arms towards Mari and Eissen.
Mari jumps to Eissen’s front and punches the lightning away. As soon as she lands, she blitzes towards Jeremiah and reaches him within one second. She appears to his left, and she swung her left fist backwards towards his head.
*CLANK*
*!*
Revon erected a wall of liquid iron and hardened it to protect Jeremiah. The liquid iron wall took the hit, and it got bent so severely that it almost touches Jeremiah’s head.
“SHOCK CHARGE!”
Jeremiah shoots another lightning bolt from both of his hands towards the iron wall. The iron wall turns back into liquid and opens a hole to let the lightning bolt pass through, and it hits Mari. Mari simply caught the lightning bolt with her hand and crushed it, and it dissipated quickly.
*CLAAANNKKKK*
Mari spins herself and swings her leg towards the iron wall. The iron wall hardened itself again, but it immediately got bent severely yet again, and also the entire wall was sent flying away from the spot, revealing Jeremiah.
*!*
Jeremiah immediately jumps forward at Mari. His forearms have turned entirely into electricity.
“SHOCK CHARGE!!”
Jeremiah shoots a lightning bolt point-blank right at Mari’s face.
*ZZZZRRRRRRTTTTT*
The lightning zaps Mari’s entire body.
*!*
Yet Mari seems unbothered under her Vein Armor. She clenches her fist and spins herself to punch Jeremiah in the face.
*BOOOOOOOOONNNNNNNKKKKKKKK*
Revon once again erected a thick, layered iron wall in front of Jeremiah. Mari punches the iron wall, and it bends horribly, but behind the wall, Revon has also pulled Jeremiah away, so he is completely safe from Mari’s punch.
“Thanks, Revon-san!”
“No problem, dude!”
Revon charges forward and opens his right palm. The iron wall that Mari punched turns into liquid iron, and it flows and engulfs her entirely. It hardened as soon as Mari was completely engulfed. Revon creates more liquid iron on his right hand, and he shapes it into a giant iron gauntlet that coils around his forearm.
“HARDENING CRASH!!”
*BAAAAAAAAMM*
Revon punches the engulfed Mari with his giant gauntlet. About a few milliseconds before impact, the liquid iron engulfing Mari opens a hole around the area where her stomach is. Revon’s punch lands directly on Mari’s stomach.
*GRABS*
*!!!*
Revon’s punch means nothing to her. She moved her hands, and the liquid iron keeping them in place was broken into pieces by the sheer strength of her Vein Armor. She grabs Revon’s giant gauntlet on her stomach with both of her hands.
*GRRRAAAAHHHKKKK*
Mari squishes the giant gauntlet with her bare hands, and it breaks into pieces. But Revon has already pulled his hand out of it before Mari breaks it.
*!*
But Eissen was suddenly behind Revon. He didn’t use his bullet to teleport and just simply ran towards him to not alert him.
*BAAMM*
“UAARRGGGHHH!!”
He kicked Revon on his back and launched him towards Mari.
*GRABS*
*GRAAAAAHHHHKKKKK*
Mari grabs him on the face, and she immediately slams his head towards the arena floor. He passed out instantly, and all of his liquid armor evaporated and disappeared.
*!*
From behind her, Megumi and Erika have already prepared to attack. Megumi turns her right hand invisible while Erika draws and wields a giant red hammer.
“Bad girl needs to be punished!” said Megumi.
“Drop this stupid stunt, Kobayashi-san!!” said Erika.
Megumi swings her fist forward, and Erika swings her giant red hammer downwards at Mari.
Mari does a back flip into the air, and when she is upside down in motion, she catches Megumi on her fore arm and stops Erika’s giant hammer with her other hand. She throws Megumi to the side while she crashes Erika’s hammer by smashing it to the floor, where it turns back into paint and splatters on the floor. Mari lands successfully on her two feet, and she immediately charges forward towards Revon.
*BAAAAAAMMM*
“OHHOOOKKKK!!!”
Mari reaches Revon within milliseconds, and she punches him right in his stomach. Revon slowly falls to his knees while holding his stomach and faints on the floor.
“EVERYONE!! GO SECOND STATE!! SHE’S NOT AN OPPONENT WE CAN TAKE DOWN IF WE HOLD ANYTHING BACK!!”
Jeremiah suddenly shouts.
*!!!!*
As soon as Mari heard Jeremiah’s words, she quickly set priority on which Second State would be the most annoying to deal with. She glances over to Eissen, and he understands.
Mari rushes towards Jeremiah and punches him in the face immediately. He was sent flying outside the arena and lands and bounces a bit on the grass. Jeremiah passed out and is out of the battle.
*BANG*
Everyone heard a gunshot and was surprised. Eissen suddenly appears above Yuichi, and he does his spinning axe kick.
*WHAM*
Eissen knocks out Yuichi by kicking him in the head. He crashes down towards the floor and loses consciousness.
Both Mari and Eissen were immediately trying to go over to their next target.
*!!!*
But they were too late.
Megumi, Erika, Arthur, and Kenichi are the only fighters left to stand against Mari and Eissen, and now they are all engulfed by a sphere, each with a different color. Megumi is light gray, Erika is rainbow colored, Arthur is dark red, and Kenichi is ocean blue. A bright light, each with its respective colors, shoots out from the top of their sphere.
“Tch! We could only get one each, Ei-chan.”
“Ahahahaha! Though I doubt that they can beat you even in Second State, dealing with this many at the same time is still gonna be annoying.”
“Yeah, true. . .”
Slowly and surely, all four of the spheres disintegrate and reveal their Second State appearances.
“Oh my, how long has it been since I last donned this appearance?” said Megumi.
Megumi’s skin has turned pure white. Her hair grows long, it reaches her ankles, and it flows freely in the air. She wears a silver Valkyrie helmet, where the armor covers her forehead and goes down to the side of her head, covering up to her side jaws. On the top side of both of the armors, a pair of wings spread to the side with a wingspan of 4cm on each side. Her pupils turned into light gray. She wears a silver breastplate, leaving her stomach exposed. There are markings resembling drawings of flowing winds on her exposed stomach, colored in dark silver. She wears a see-through white skirt that reaches below her knees and a silver skirt underneath that covers her thighs. She also wears a pair of silver boots that reach up to her calves. There are perpetual whirlwinds that spin on her forearms. From behind her back, a pair of silver wings grows with a wingspan of three meters from one end to the other.
“WAHAHAHAHA!! It’s been so long since I’ve entered Second State! Ah, wait a minute! This is no time to be having fun!”
Arthur’s Second State appearance looks just like a younger version of him, where his hair is black and all of his wrinkles and old age signs are gone. His skin also turned pure white. He no longer has his hunchback, and his entire body is big and abnormally muscular. His veins across his body are big, bulging, and pulsating rapidly. Although his clothing mostly remains the same, his bodily proportions have grown significantly. He is now four meters tall and weighs around 500kg. Both of his forearms and lower legs are now covered by his hardened, deep red blood. There are also four giant blood hands growing from his back, proportionate in size to his own giant body.
“The Green Re---I meant, Kobayashi-san is very strong! We should not underestimate her lightly just because we’re all in Second State!”
Kenichi’s skin turned pure white. His hair grows longer, reaches his upper butt, and is now tied into a ponytail. The headband around his forehead is gone and has now been replaced by black markings. He is topless, showing his muscular torso with black markings all over. He wears a pair of dark blue Japanese traditional baggy pants, a pair of bright blue socks, and a pair of dark blue wooden sandals called geta. There are flowing water motifs all over his clothing. Water shapes itself into a cape that latches onto his back. It looks like he has a waterfall flowing down his back. Rings of water also float around both of his wrists, both of his ankles, around his neck, and above his head.
Erika comes out of the sphere, and her appearance is the most jarring to see.
“AAAHH!! I REALLY LOVE HOW I LOOKED IN THIS FORM!!”
Her skin turns pure white. She is entirely in pure white colors with different shades across her clothes. She has a pair of horns growing on her face, similar to her red form. She grows a pair of white wings on her back. There is white marking across her cheeks from under both of her eyes that makes it look like she’s crying all the time. She also grows a white tail with an arrow on its tip from her tail bone. Her hair changes into white, and it grows longer, and it reaches her upper butt. There’s a white halo floating above her head. She wears a floating white scarf that flows around her neck, and it whirls and floats around each of her hands. She wears a white sleeveless shirt with two layers of see-through white frills that hang diagonally from her left shoulder across her right lower armpit. She wears a pair of white long gloves that cover almost half of her forearms. She wears a short, see-through white skirt that reaches her knees, a pair of white short pants underneath, and a pair of white high heels.
“LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!! ARTHUR, KENICHI, ERIKA, AND MEGUMI HAVE ALL ENTERED SECOND STATE!!”
“WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”
“LET’S GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”
“PLEASE DEFEAT THOSE TERRORISTS FOR US!!!”
“GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!”
The audience cheered at their Second State appearance. They all have high hopes for them.
Meanwhile, Mari and Eissen remain unbothered. Mari even smirks quietly.
