As expected, the duel was temporarily suspended.
Because of his promise, the Emperor would not pry into Princess Shuri's thoughts. However, he had pieced together several possibilities from the information already available. Even without using magic to probe her mind, the relaxation displayed by Princess Shuri and Queen Regent Ramonda was obvious to the naked eye. Until the priests of the Black Panther Temple explained, T'Challa and N'Jadaka, who had entered the Waterfall Arena below under the alias Erik Killmonger, had no idea why the duel had been temporarily halted.
At the urging of the Black Panther Temple priests, the two sides put some distance between themselves, doing their best to preserve the fairness of this duel.
Even if T'Challa voluntarily gave up the Chainsaw Sword now, it was already too late. The Black Panther Temple priests needed to establish rules that could be applied in the future, and that was not something that could be resolved quickly. If the Chainsaw Sword was allowed, then because of how broadly the term "mechanical" could be defined, many weapons and even Combat Mechs could be used as weapons. The priests who had benefited from the previous king, T'Chaka, argued fiercely with those determined to remain neutral. Without exception, those supporting the use of the Chainsaw Sword had spoken with Queen Regent Ramonda before—since ancient times, the Golden Tribe had held the Black Panther Throne, and even the nominally neutral Black Panther Temple could not remain entirely unaffected. From beginning to end, the only people who truly wanted a fair duel were T'Challa and N'Jadaka.
At present, it seemed that few people knew about this small conspiracy. The members of the War Dogs organization constantly moving around Queen Regent Ramonda also caught the Emperor's attention. He could tell that Princess Shuri was stalling