Someone like Bepo, a member of the Mink Tribe, entering the competition wasn't a problem in Maud's eyes.
Even if human slaves were made to compete in the form of beasts, Maud could actually accept it, given the restrictions imposed by several Rules.
But having a human Zoan ability user compete in beast form was going too far, wasn't it?
At that moment.
On the square arena, a mighty yellow-striped tiger paced back and forth.
From the tiger's head, one could vaguely make out some human features.
But the most outrageous part was the clothing on the tiger's body.
This striped tiger's contestant number was 6136. He was the hottest dark horse to win the championship in the 11-to-6 round.
His opponent, however, was a White Tiger wearing a spiked steel helmet. Its contestant number was 433.
The two beasts stood at opposite eastern and western edges of the arena. Behind them, on the cross-shaped passages, a man stood on either side.
In the main competition after the preliminary rounds, contestants who brought beasts to compete could enter the arena as commanders.
Their main role was to serve as the beasts' eyes and provide them with some assistance at the right moments.
When Bepo had fought in the 11-to-6 round earlier, Luo had also entered the arena.
Of course, Luo had been forced to go up.
In that situation, Luo had treated himself entirely like a display piece, letting Bepo perform freely in the arena.
Otherwise, with his Op-Op Fruit ability, even though the range he had developed was still limited, he could have toyed with his opponent to death.
Maud's gaze swept over the White Tiger wearing a spiked steel helmet, with a chain of spikes embedded in its long tail.
He remembered that this White Tiger, like Beli,