Chapter 41

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Several meters away, behind the tower of the goal is the open field where it all started. At least for Y/N and his team back then. Same grass, same scattered stones, same abandoned temple not too far away. An area this expansive would be the perfect setting for tag battles to occur as XX transported them all here with no further delay. Almost all of the contestants presents have no idea of where they are for a moment until the announcer speaks up.

XX: "Ah, an open field. The perfect spot. Not too simple... not too complex... just right."

Of course, the hostage that is Y/N is abruptly dropped onto the ground not too far from where the contestants are located. Except the height of his fall was much more extended than previously. And with nothing for him to break his fall, Y/N just crash onto a small hill, making him wince loudly in pain.

Y/N: "Auuugghh!!"

XX: "Alrighty then! Instead of a single tag battle to take place, let's speed up the process and have a bunch of them all at once."

Naoto: "Will... will that even work?"

XX: "Of course! The more fights, the better. Now... how to structure this..."

The announcer then picks and chooses who goes with who as tag partners and figures out who gets to fight who in their match. When it comes to Ruby's group, they spot the tied-up Y/N lying on the ground not too far from them. But before they can rush over to him, a familiar photo-negative wall appears in front of them, stopping in their tracks.

XX: "Peanut gallery stay on the sidelines."

Yang: "Quit calling him that!

Blake: "You can't keep doing this to him."

Weiss: "What gives you the right?"

XX: "Uh, hello. I run this world. If you want to help him, then fight in these upcoming tag battles."

Shooting a small glare to wherever XX might be, the red-hooded girl just sighs before replying.

Ruby: "Fine. We'll just have to get this over with."

Reluctantly, her teammates and the rest of the group have to agree as they march back to where the other contestants are located. They all hope that Y/N will be alright by himself over there as XX continues to organize the matches. Luckily, Ruby is paired up with Weiss and Blake is also paired up with Yang.

 Luckily, Ruby is paired up with Weiss and Blake is also paired up with Yang

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