Chapati Lola was still completely baffled by what had just happened.
"What just happened?! Why did contestant Natsu suddenly rush down to the arena?!"
"Now it seems he's been subdued!"
"The one who acted was Guild Master Makarov!"
"Let me go!!" Even though he was pinned, Natsu was still furious.
"Come here first. I have a plan," Raizel beckoned to Natsu.
Raizel couldn't hear Jiemma's exact words, but they were undoubtedly something like you've disgraced the strongest guild.
Natsu immediately quieted down, and seeing this, Makarov retracted his arm.
"You'll be in the tag team match later..." Raizel whispered into Natsu's ear.
"Whoa!!!" Natsu's eyes instantly lit up.
"What are you two talking about?" Lucy strained her ears but still couldn't hear.
"Heh, I heard it," Gajeel grinned shamelessly, baring his iron teeth.
"Um... I heard it too..." Wendy timidly raised her hand.
"Shh, we'll tell them later."
"Okay!" Wendy nodded vigorously.
"Even though it's about points, I support you," Gajeel said.
He was also quite displeased with Jiemma's high-handed abusive attitude, he was just a bit more patient than Natsu and wouldn't explode at the slightest provocation.
"How did you get him to calm down?" Erza also looked at Raizel curiously.
"Hmm..."
"Tell me!" Erza gave Raizel an annoyed slap on the shoulder.
"Well..." Raizel had no choice but to tell her as well.
"Oh!!! That's so like you!" Upon learning the plan, Erza nodded excitedly.
"I think I can probably guess what it is," Ultear glanced meaningfully at Jiemma, who was still fuming in the stands.
Natsu was someone who wouldn't tolerate anyone trampling on their own guildmates, and Ultear and Erza were exactly the same.
....
"Although we don't know exactly what happened, it doesn't affect the progress of the matches! First up is the first tag team match: Ichiya and the Rabbit from Blue Pegasus versus Bacchus and Rocker from Quatro Cerberus!"
Ichiya and the rabbit's first move was to step forward and extend their hands.
"Come on!"
Touched by their wise, strangely intense gaze, Bacchus and Rocker reached out and shook hands, their faces covered in sweat.
"This scene is truly beautiful! Before the fierce battle, the contestants shake hands!"
After shaking hands, Ichiya and the rabbit turned around with their hands behind their backs, completely unguarded.
"I actually just shook hands with a giant rabbit..." Rocker was momentarily questioning his life choices.
"Oh? There seems to be a nice scent from it." Bacchus sniffed his palm.
"Alright, the moment to unleash you has finally arrived!" Ichiya's dramatic words drew everyone's attention.
"That rabbit!"
"Is it finally going to reveal its true form?!"
"Hey, you... can you focus a bit more on the match?" Ren asked in exasperation.
He was utterly dumbfounded.
Ever since Jenny lost to Laxus, she had been acting like a lovesick fool, not even caring that she had just been electrocuted, with her hair exploded and her supermodel image completely ruined.
"Not interested," Jenny couldn't even be bothered to glance at her guildmates fighting, focusing intently on the VIP box where Laxus was brooding.
"Let everyone see that handsome face of yours!" Ichiya yelled.
The rabbit removed his hood, and underneath it was not a person, but a giant, yellow cat head.
His face even somewhat resembled Ichiya's!
"..."
It wasn't a still frame, but everyone in the stadium was stunned into absolute silence.
"Double handsome attack!"
The sight is too beautiful to watch...
"Ah!!"
"So disgusting!!"
"Unacceptable!"
"My eyes!"
"No, I can't take it either." Raizel silently turned around, refusing to look.
"Ichiya... turned into two..." The mere thought made Erza feel sick, and she fainted on the spot.
"Pull yourself together Erza! And also, this armor is too heavy..." Ultear quickly caught the unconscious warrior.
Kagura did not turn around, but her tightly clenched back teeth and subtly trembling right hand revealed that she wasn't exactly calm inside either.
'Consider it a test of willpower...' Kagura kept telling herself.
Anyone who could stare at these two faces for long, Kagura would call them the strongest!
"Who is that guy?!"
"From Edolas..." Natsu and Gray were far from ordinary, staring directly at the beast and recognizing the second Ichiya.
"Nichiya?!" Panther Lily also widened his eyes in horror.
"Dangerous..."
"Perfume..."
"You guys aren't wild at all like this! Plus, sending members from outside the guild is against the rules!" Rocker yelled.
"Hehehe, take a closer look!" Nichiya took off his rabbit suit, and on his furry back was clearly the emblem of Blue Pegasus.
"I've lost..." Kagura silently turned around, defeated.
"Ara ara." Mira wasn't normal either.
She was a woman who could chat and laugh normally with Guild Master Bob. Raizel and the others would steer clear whenever they saw Bob.
Guild Master Bob watched Ichiya and Nichiya on the field with great excitement.
"Nichiya-chan joined our guild before the Grand Magic Games began! And besides, he's so handsome! Of course he's fully qualified to compete!"
"But why did Nichiya join Blue Pegasus?"
"It was on a certain sunny afternoon..."
...
"How could there be such a beautiful human..."
"How could there be such a beautiful cat..." Ichiya and Nichiya embellished and recounted the story of their fateful meeting in horrifying detail.
"And so, a solid friendship blossomed between us."
"It's an extremely beautiful memory, perfume."
"The story is over." Bacchus took a sip of wine and slapped Nichiya across the face with his palm.
"Hmph!" Nichiya calmly raised his paw to block.
"MEN..." And then Nichiya was sent flying heavily across the arena!
"Ichiya-sama, does that guy really have any combat ability?" Ren asked, cold sweat running down his forehead.
"Is that even a question? He looks exactly like me! That means his combat power is exactly the same as mine too!" Ichiya stared intently at Nichiya.
Nichiya responded with a determined gaze... and then passed out cold.
"Look, he's already down and out!"
Ichiya struck a dramatic pose, but his face was covered in cold sweat.
"No way!!!" Ichiya pressed his hands against his cheeks, wearing an expression of utter disbelief.
"How dare you mess with us."
"We'll defeat you without mercy."
"The rabbit revealed his identity and immediately collapsed! Now it's two against one!" Chapati Lola narrated.
"I'll give you a rock drill!"
With wind elements swirling around his foot, Rocker kicked Ichiya square in the face. Bacchus also leaped up and slammed a heavy palm strike on the other side of his head.
Ichiya's face swelled up like a pig's head as he fell beside the incapacitated Nichiya.
"Ichiya..."
"Nichiya..."
Bacchus and Rocker charged toward Ichiya once more.
"This time, we'll settle it!"
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