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all players were whisked away by some robots and are now standing directly in front of the arena

kumiho shifted from one feet to another and begins to bite her nails. she was placed in between miyo and pala—a clueless impala who had no clue what's happening

a bell rung throughout the arena, catching everyone's attention and a large hologram appeared upfront, revealing a robot

❝ greetings everyone, i am your announcer 03-32 and it is an honour to introduce you to our beloved host—give a round of applause to the legendary and elegance—charming gold! ❞

everyone watched as the bridge started to lower until it was intact to the ground and revealed the host

he walked gracefully to the edge and shined his pearly whites

❝ welcome to the running man championship ❞, he announce, his silvery voice charming the audience, causing a huge uproar

multiple drones zoomed closer to him and they watched as the host posing dramatically at the camera

❝ great, we've got ourselves an egotistic host ❞, kumiho says to miyo, causing the latter to snicker

❝ careful, he'll cry himself to sleep if he hears that ❞

03-32 cuts in front of the camera and starts to explain the rules of the future games. all the players had to do was to steal their opponents emblem and at the same time avoid getting tagged

seconds after the rules were explained, each member were given their own emblem on their back and a ring for their watch

❝ are you ready? ❞, charming gold asked the audience, listening to the pululu's with a bright smile, ❝ —it's running time! ❞

kuga's and lonky's pods were moved, with the prince going up and kuga down. meanwhile the others remained the same height

charming gold clapped his hands as his face brightened up, ❝ now that its settled, we'll start with the winner of the opening game, the representative of the giraf tribe, master of deception, and 49th in line of the throne—please welcome lonky! ❞

the hologram showed the audience the exchange between lonky and kuga

kuga curled his hands into a fist as his heated glare landed on the trickster,
❝ stupid little shit.. ❞

❝ our second running man contestant is at the edge of technology-driven bug tribe, legs of steel—liu! ❞

liu waved at the audience with a bashful smile, giving kumiho a thumbs up when their eyes met

❝ introducing out third contestant, representing the peng tribe is the magic art enthusiast, master strategist—popo ❞

❝ it's the coward with the pogo stick ❞, kumiho watched as he posed at the camera with his big doe eyes, unaware of the screen behind him

it showed the audience his tantrums and once he turned around, he starts to cuss at the announcer, who gives zero fucks about him

❝ the fourth contestant is from the nya nya tribe, who to you is from a spiritual world—miyo! ❞

miyo huffed when they decided to replay the scene of when she fell into kumiho's arms

the audience cooed at the two and kumiho could see banners like 'kumiho + miyo <3' or 'kumiyo is my otp!'