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But what made him stop moving at high speed, as if paused, with his fist still in front of someone.

It was a very faint sound, almost completely drowned out by the surrounding noise and the scraping of metal.

Bardock withdrew his fist and looked in the direction of the sound that his keen hearing had detected.

The poor fellow, whose face was rippled from the force of the punch, sat down on the ground with a thud, his nose, flattened by the airflow, gushing blood—if Bardock's fist had gone any further, his head would have exploded like a smashed tomato.

"Lily of the valley! Bubbles!"

Almost instantly, Bardak arrived at the high stands where many fully armed athletes had gathered.

The knights only felt a gust of wind, and Bardock's figure disappeared from the stands, followed by his voice behind them.

These infected knights, who had gained slightly better conditions than others through countless deadly battles and fighting against beasts and their own kind under all sorts of crazy conditions, did not immediately turn around defensively. Instead, they stiffened and broke out in a cold sweat, not daring to turn around and face them directly.

They possess a more accurate sense of danger than those competitive knights; otherwise, they wouldn't have survived to this day on the field.

"Are you... alright?"

Bardock suppressed his other emotions and simply offered a seemingly bland greeting, as if it were an everyday one.

At this moment, Lily of the Valley and Bubble did not look as disheveled as one might expect, or as if they had encountered something bad.

Aside from the fact that the infection testing device was gone, he was still wearing the same clothes he wore when he went out for a trip.

At most, they were just out of breath because they seemed to have just come from somewhere.

“We’re fine, but Mr. Bardock actually came looking for us. I was hoping to get in touch with him... I’m sorry.”

Lily of the Valley seemed to realize she had done something wrong, and with her fox ears drooping, she responded in an apologetic voice.

"With me here, what could possibly happen... And what's wrong with you? Why are you so angry? You've already destroyed the arena—ah, it's Meteor Sister, she's here too?"

Bubble, oblivious to everything, asked Bardock a question and then ran to the edge of the stands to wave at her after seeing a shooting star.

"you..."

After seeing that the two were indeed alright, Bardock's brow relaxed slightly.

Then suddenly he got angry and raised his hand to punch each of them on the head.

Bardock roared:

"Don't cause me so much trouble! Why are you running around like that? Don't you know it's dangerous? If I had been even a little later, those people in the cages would probably have ended up like you!"

In reality, the force of his punch was less than the force of his shout.

But this was enough to make the two of them cover their heads and apologize repeatedly to the furious Bardock.

"I'm so sorry!!!"

At the same time, the two suddenly realized that although Bardock was usually somewhat indifferent or impatient, this seemed to be the first time he had "lost his temper".

“Well… actually… we originally planned to follow Mr. Bardock closely, but…”

Just as Linglan was about to explain, Bardock suddenly grabbed them by the arms, one in each hand, and prepared to take them away.

"Hmph, we'll talk about explanations when we get back. Now, you'd all better go back to your rooms and stay there!"

It's not safe here.

Bardock is not afraid of thousands of troops, but he cannot guarantee that his two children will be safe here.

He had no intention of leaving this place and letting Tomat and Meteor clean up the mess.

He'll be back soon, and then he'll get everything he's supposed to do done—finding Lily of the Valley and Bubble doesn't mean letting those guys go.

As Thomas once said, "Finding them only means that the people here are in deep trouble."

Bardock will not back down from such provocative behavior.

"It's you! It's you again! Where are the other children? You're not taking them with you!"

One of the infected knights, who had finally turned around after resisting his fear of death, suddenly drew his weapon and pointed it at Bardock after clearly seeing his face, saying something that made Bardock stop in his tracks due to some questions.

[Main Text] Terra's World's Greatest Martial Arts Tournament. Debate Chapter: Chapter Thirty-Five - Everyone is a Responsible Adult

"Miss Sona! Please put down your weapon! I've already said it! Mr. Bardock isn't a bad person!"

"That's right! And you guys can't beat him!"

Bardak put the two down and looked at the red-haired female knight Zalak, whom Suzuran called Sona.

"I don't know who you are."

He took a step forward, immobilizing his opponent with his intimidating aura, while pointing and gesturing at the opponent's breastplate, saying:

"Just remember this: if you helped those two brats before, I'll remember you. If not, you just wait here, and I'll come looking for you."

There were many infected knights nearby, but none of them continued to react. Even Sona herself could only stare straight at Bardock.

"I'm not interested in hearing any explanations right now, so get out of my way."

Bardock turned around to leave with the two of them, just then Tomat's voice rang out.

"Don't do that. I've already taken care of the situation. Let them talk. Just let it pass the time before the professor and the others arrive."

To outsiders, he appeared in the stands as if by magic.

After listening to Tomat's words, Badak glanced at the audience seats and other corners.

Apart from the infected who had little will to resist and were clearly being driven, trembling and gathered near the various exits that had inexplicably collapsed, all the stadium staff who would have taken the opportunity to escape while Bardock was heading to the stands were lying haphazardly on the ground.

The infected are being touched by the meteor, which seems to be negotiating and calming their panic.

As for those guys who were knocked down, it was obvious that it was Tomat's doing.

While Bardock was talking to Suzuran and the others, Tomat had already taken care of the suppression and blockade, so Bardock didn't have an urgent need to send Suzuran and the others back.

"You called them here too?"

Tomat's words made Badak temporarily halt his plan to take the two away, and he was also surprised by Tomat's request for help.

"Otherwise what? Do you really think my healing abilities are omnipotent? Those people's injuries are beyond my ability to heal, but pain relief and restoring strength are still no problem."

Tomat shrugged, then, completely disregarding whether outsiders could understand him, continued to ask Bardock:

"I'm curious, if I hadn't called for help, would you have asked the doctor for assistance for those people?"

Bardock closed his eyes and said in a low voice, extremely reluctantly:

"I already said, consider it an obligation I owe you."

At this moment, Suzuran tugged at Bardock's sleeve and asked in a rather puzzled tone:

“I don’t quite understand what you’re saying… Mr. Bardock’s ‘people in cages’ and Mr. Tomat’s ‘injured people’ refer to… the Doctor and the others are here too? So there are a lot of seriously infected people here?”

Suzuran's words suggest she knows nothing about the Infected Arena.

This is even more evident from Bubble's expression.

But they were clearly brought here by someone, who deliberately removed the monitoring devices and even appeared inside the venue. They should at least have some understanding of where they are.

"A cage? Oh, you mean..."

"nothing."

Just as Tomat was about to explain what he had seen in the previous room, Bardock stopped him.

Thomas raised an eyebrow in surprise, then cooperatively stopped talking.

He changed the subject, which also served as a summary of the situation inside the arena—and all of this left the infected knights, who couldn't get a word in edgewise, speechless.

"The guys in the office, the monitoring room, or the VIP lounge had everything taken care of before they even notified the outside world. No one's presence escaped, and I even smashed the broadcasting room."

Thomas pointed to the higher stands diagonally above, to the commentary booth surrounded by glass, where several figures could be seen pressed against the glass as if they were unconscious.

"The people outside don't know what happened here yet. We'll just leave it to the people the doctor sent to handle."

Although those people didn't know who the Doctor was, they could tell that Tomat and Bardock, this unknown intruder, seemed to have carried out a coordinated attack from the inside and outside with astonishing efficiency.

If what they say is true, and the administrators here have lost control of the arena because of this attack, it means that the infected knight's long-cherished plan was thwarted by them before they even had a chance to carry it out themselves.

Not all infected individuals are willing to risk their lives for the meager right to survival.

Thomas continued explaining, which made the knights, who were about to ask questions after hearing these words, suppress their urge to do so.

"Meteor also said that what is being done here is completely illegal. It's just that the higher-ups are turning a blind eye because they have their own interests. Since the Doctor is willing to intervene, it means that he thinks Rhodes Island is big enough to withstand the consequences of intervention."

In Thomas's view, the Doctor shouldn't do certain things on a whim.

However, she generally does not refuse these "requests" where personal relationships play a large part.

She doesn't completely disregard personal gain, but she often acts like an idealist, doing things where the financial gain isn't the primary concern.

Just like Rhodes Island's "rescuing Terra Infected" mission, which is thankless and doesn't bring much money.

The thought of this gave Tomat a headache.

"Although I feel that even if it really caused some trouble, she would be too embarrassed to say anything—damn, I feel like I owe the doctor a favor. They were just here for military exercises, but they still got into this mess. It's not in the original plan to touch those people's 'cake'."

"They clearly owe you more than they do."

Bardock also knew that Tomat's arrival had brought about many changes to Rhodes Island. Of course, the information was mainly based on the boasts of Tomat by the junior operators, which he usually disregarded.

"Maybe so, but that's not how you calculate 'favors'. Causing trouble for them doesn't count as repaying favors. It's more like asking them to help with tasks like gravity chambers."

Thomas waved his hand.

"You're such a troublesome person, but also simple."

Badak responded to Tomat's distress in a rather bland manner:

“They’ll handle the saving people, we’ll handle the killing people. We brought them here anyway, so what’s wrong with letting us deal with them?”

"Ha, that's true."

The knights, observing the two men's casual conversation, began to understand the nature of the matter.

Their raid on the arena was a completely impromptu act.

And they were fully aware of the consequences that would result.

No matter how filthy and vile the Infected Arena may be, that's Kazimierz's problem.

No matter how "just and righteous" their actions may seem, they are still interfering with the profit-making methods they tacitly approve of.