Volume 2 Chapter 102 Opening!
"Thank you for waiting, everyone! I hereby declare the 'Let's Get Closer with Omega-sama Tournament' officially open!"
Omega's announcement echoed through the Tokyo Dome.
And then...
"What the hell, you bastard! What do you mean 'Omega-sama'!?"
"Don't get cocky, you little brat! Get down here right now!!!"
"I'll kill you, you bastard!!!"
"Who the hell do you think you are, you bastard!"
A chorus of insults rang out from the Seekers in the crowd.
"W-Wait...! C-Come on, calm down, everyone...!"
Omega desperately tried to calm the Seekers who were yelling, but...
"Calm down!? Hell no!"
"Who the hell do you think you're calling 'sama', you idiot!"
"I-I didn't come up with the tournament name, Sakurako-tan did..."
"Shut up! No one cares about your damn excuses!"
The crowd ignored Omega's words, completely uninterested. In the middle of all this...
"First off, take off that LAME mask!"
Omega, whose death mask was being ridiculed, snapped back.
"...Huh? What the hell did you just say? Who are you calling a lame mask, huh? It's badass, you bastard!!!"
...He snapped.
"Ah, screw it. I'm gonna deal with you myself. You! Get up here right now..."
"Stop, you idiot!!!"
"Guhhh!!!"
As Omega was about to throw everything into chaos in his rage, Sakurako appeared in her 'Jumper' and, as usual, struck him in the solar plexus, making Omega crumple on the spot.
"What the hell do you think you're doing, getting angry like that, you idiot!"
"Sakurako-tan... That palm strike is seriously... too much..."
"I don't care! It's your fault for making me do it!"
"Th-This is... so unreasonable..."
Then, when Sakurako, the Guildmaster of the Seeker Guild's Japan branch and holder of the title of World #3 Queen, appeared...
"I-It's Sakurako-sama!"
"Kyaa! Sakurako-samaaaa!!!!"
"Sakurako-samaaaa!!!!"
"Oooohhh, Naaama, Sakurakoooo!!!!"
"Yes, cough! No touch!"
A loud cheer for Sakurako echoed from the crowd, not only from the Seekers but also from the regular audience. The tense atmosphere from earlier, filled with angry shouts at Omega, had completely shifted... although, there seemed to be some strange foreign fans here.
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"Everyone, thank you for joining this tournament despite your busy schedules! As the Guildmaster of the Seeker Guild Japan branch, I express my deepest gratitude!"
While Omega, still writhing from the earlier palm strike, was ignored, Sakurako greeted everyone with her usual 'mesmerizing Noja Loli Mode', amped up by 30% more than usual. And then...
"Woooaaaah! Sakurakoooo, you're the best!!!!"
"S-so cute... sooo cute, oooohhhh!!!!"
"She showed her deep gratitude, aaaaahhh!!!!"
"Noja Loliii!!!!"
"Aaaaahhh, Sakurakoooo!!!!"
"Oooohhh, Sakurako-samaaaaaan!!!!"
"That Noja Loli is amazing, with that face!!"
Sakurako completely captured the hearts of everyone in the venue.
(Heh, too easy!)
Thanks to Omega's blunder, the previously tense atmosphere was completely cleaned up by Sakurako, who carried that momentum into explaining the tournament.
"Now, as I informed you in advance, the purpose of this tournament is 'to improve abilities to stop the Talking Monsters' invasion.' And the key to improving those abilities is the 'Trans Potion' Omega mentioned during his signal hijacking. And here it is... the actual item!"
Sakurako held up the Trans Potion for everyone to see.
"T-that's... the Trans Potion Omega was talking about..."
"It's yellow, huh?"
"No, there's also a red one."
"Oh yeah, I think they said there were 2 kinds of Trans Potions..."
The Seeker and the audience, seeing a Trans Potion for the first time, started chattering, sharing their thoughts, and it got a little noisy. Then,
"Now, listen closely, because, as you can see, there are 2 Trans Potions... and they each have a different color. This is because their effects are different..."
Sakurako's words made the crowd murmur again. But, ignoring that, she kept explaining.
"And this is the important part: these Trans Potions... have... 'side effects'."
"""""WHOA!!"""""
In that moment... the noise in the room vanished.
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