Under everyone's gaze, Skitty began repeatedly striking its own face with Double Slap.
One slap followed another, and the sound alone made it seem terribly painful.
Ordinary spectators were baffled by this behavior, thinking it was some peculiar performance, but those who had worked out what was happening knew that May was trying to snap Skitty out of its confusion this way!
And sure enough, the slaps actually made May's plan work!
By then, however, her performance was drawing to a close. Regaining its composure, Skitty leaped upward at May's command, spinning high into the air. At the same time, it used Blizzard, forming a spiraling blast of air beneath itself, and before that blast had even ended, a huge ice crystal made up of dozens of sharp, smooth ice spikes!
In the sunlight, the enormous ice crystal reflected the light, sparkling like a diamond. Its pure, transparent beauty was breathtaking!
It was quite an impressive finale!
That much was clear from the audience's thunderous cheers and applause!
Most importantly, this was Skitty's own move, not one it had borrowed through Assist!
Skitty landed elegantly on the tip of the ice crystal, bringing the performance to a dazzling close.
Almost simultaneously, Xia You and the others looked up at the Giant Screen.
The score flashed rapidly, finally settling at 79 a few seconds later.
79...
That was a rather precarious score. Although it was somewhat unexpected, it was also understandable.
After all, despite May's strong opening and ending, her two obvious mistakes certainly could not have escaped the judges' eyes. Even so, she had only managed this score thanks to that breathtaking ice crystal at the end. Otherwise, her score might have been even lower!
Still, disappointment was inevitable.
Not only did May look dejected onstage, but Mitsuko and Max