Symbolic Victory!
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Silence.
A deathly silence.
In the stands of the Fourth Training Ground, all the spectators who had been eagerly waiting for a good show seemed to freeze as they stared at the battle ring below, completely unable to react.
It was not just the spectators. Even Stella was stunned. Only Shizuku wore a proud expression, as though she had anticipated this result from the beginning.
Under these circumstances, Ikki slowly made his Inherent Spirit Armor—which was longer, thinner, and more magnificent than before—disappear. Without even sparing Kirihara Seiya a glance, he turned around and walked toward the passageway through which he had entered.
Only Kirihara Seiya remained, lying in a pool of blood and barely clinging to life.
Watching this scene...
"Quick!"
Shinguji Kuroono emerged from the shadows of the stands at some point and shouted toward the main platform.
"Get the wounded off the field immediately! Put him in the IPS Regeneration Pod for treatment!"
Shinguji Kuroono's voice successfully snapped everyone back to their senses.
"Quick!"
"Quick!"
A group of medical personnel rushed in with a stretcher, carried Kirihara Seiya away from the pool of blood, and hurried toward the facility containing the IPS Regeneration Pod.
After all, with injuries as severe as Kirihara Seiya's, his life might not be saved without treatment in the regeneration pod.
The spectators could only stare blankly as Kirihara Seiya was carried away. None of them had even realized what had happened.
At that moment...
"The... the match is over! It ended in an instant!"
Only then did the commentator in the live-broadcast booth seem to recover, stammering out his words.
"Although I have no idea what happened, it was over in the blink of an eye! Kirihara Seiya appears to have been attacked, blood bursting from his entire body