Conspiracy execution

The dimension of blue slowly vanished, with the scenery returning to normal. Time appeared to flow once more, but to everyone's surprise, all eyes were on them.

"First off, we shed these shells for freedom!" Noora gushed as she and the other Fins, with the exception of Olavi and Irja, all stood in t-poses as the ones that had been used to summon them appeared to fall out of them to the floor below.

"I- It worked! Finally! Flavio's back!" Flavio chuckled as he slapped his suspenders and stared down at the twitching Elitsa below him.

"Olavi... OLAOLAOALAOALAOAOALOAOAO BI."

BOOM! CRACKLE! CRACKLE! SPLAT! SPLATTER! SPLAT!

Nearly everyone stared in horror as the bodies of Radina, Elitsa, Lorna, Trudy, Ye-bin, Ju-hye, Iolanda and Gisella all exploded into puddles of skinned flesh, much like Kana had when she lost to Okisato all those years back.

The scene triggered dome PTSD within Okisato, but yet again, his nerves were calmed by Iori, who was uncharacteristically distraught over the fact that people were dying gruesomely before her.

"Iori-chan?" Okisato gasped as he turned to see Iori's somber face.

"I don't know why, but for some reason, this isn't turning me on. Must be sick or something," Iori tearfully smiled.

"J- Just now. What happened? And who are these people!?" Miga cried.

"Who are we? Dee-"

"FINLAND!" Ilmi and Pirkko glared as they both slapped their hands over Noora's mouth.

"Finland? ... My apologies, but the Finnish teams registered to play each contain a single member. I'm afraid I'll have to ask you to relocate to the spectator area.

"Fucking lousy dictator! Can't even register his subjects proper!" Ilmi fumed.

"I never asked for the likes of you to be drawn from the conduit. And now things will only get more tedious," Olavi scowled as Raymond appeared before everyone.

"Fret not, Miga. These are all members of the Finnish team, though much as it dismays me, they will have to wait a day before they all can play proper in the tournament."

"Huh? But we just played them as part of the tournament!" Iori cried.

"No, what you played was NOT technically part of the tournament even though it might have felt like it. In fact, the round has yet to begin."

"Bullshit! We just had a 4v4 each and won em both 4-0! That should fucking count!"

"Your opponents for the round are both Croatia. Should your opponents sympathize with your circumstances, I won't fault or penalize them for forfeiting, but if they don't..."

"We have to play them," Daria sighed.

"Exactly."

Everyone scowled at the revelation. The Deep Blue incident was draining enough, to now have to play a 100% Croatia team immediately after was a bit much.

"What a lovely day. We get the honor of snapping Japan's winning streak," Vlatka snickered.

"That being said, the start of the round will be delayed while we clean up. You all have 15 additional minutes," Raymond declared.

The Fins were quickly lead away by Prokrutka, presumably to undergo tests before they could play, with the exceptions of Olavi and Irja, who were pulled aside by Raymond.

"Now, you've gotten your teammates, and even two additional victims to use as conduits. As per the deal, I'll be parting that electromagnetic fog so all can visit Finland again. I'll even gift you 20 perfect battery packs and 30 semi ones to use on the citizens to avoid the need for conduits, though I suppose you'll still pursue them anyway," Raymond scowled.

"Don't think an open Finland is good for you or that others will be welcomed in easily," Olavi glared.

"I already consider you the same level a threat as England. But in addition to our deal, you decided to disrupt the tournament in an attempt to gain more conduits, but you lost. As such, your punishment will be opening up Babylonia as well."

Fury sprung forth on Olavi's face. "That wasn't part of the deal!"

"Did you not hear me? Both your teams lost the DB matches you subjected the Japanese teams to, and by 4-0 margins. To think you'd be allowed to walk free without consequence is foolish. Babylonia shall be properly opened up for all to visit."

All Olavi could do was kick over a table, as there was nothing he could do to reverse this. That, and swear to ensure Deep Blue would bring forth a new wave of terror and tyranny to the world over.

...

In the bathroom, Iori vomited into a toilet. "Can't believe that triggered it. The way they died... just like mom and Mika. I just can't. I may be aroused by death, but when I see death that resembles how they died, it fucks me. It fucking wrecks me," she thought.

Once she was done, she staggered out to find Okisato waiting for her. "Stalking a girl to the bathroom? Oki-kun, you want my ass THAT badly?"

"No, but I saw you trying to hold back your emotions. You've experienced something like what happened to those folks, perhaps..."

"Ugh, no hiding things with you. It reminded me of mom and Mika. It wasn't the same, but they did both melt and burn, kinda like what happened."

"That's been nagging me for a while, just what exactly did you slip in their tea?"

"A special type of sulfuric acid that activates when it makes contact with stomach acid. Then it melts ya inside out. Nasty shit... Segawa deserved every drop, but mom and Mika... no. If only Segawa had chosen to drag someone else."

"Take your time. I can be here to act as a support if need be. No exaggerating things to the point where you'd "need a kiss" to feel better though."

"Always thinking ahead. No wonder you're the grandmaster."

"You'll be one soon enough."

Iori somberly smiled before turning to hide her tears. "Yeah, wonder if I'll see the day."

...

Back in the main playing hall, many friends and family of the slain players gathered before their corpses to mourn their deaths.

"Radina... RADINA! WHY DID THIS HAPPEN!?" Venera cried as she sobbed into what little remained of Radina.

Iona was in even worse shape as she curled up on the ground crying and vomiting, both at the sight of what remained of her sister and friend, and because she felt some of the pain Lorna had felt, within her.

The other Scots and Brits by extension were also distraught.

"We- We played them in our division. Did we do this to them?" Myfanwy trembled.

"First you take Scharlachrot, now my subjects... WWCF, I'll abolish your heads before my amazons," Heather glared as her teeth clattered together madly.

Both Lindi and Yasmeen stared in horror at the remains of Aisha and Linet.

"What kind of sick joke is this supposed to be!? NOTHING LIKE THIS WAS MENTIONED IN THE INFORMATION BLURB!" Yasmeen fumed as Lindi sunk to her knees in both terror and despair.

Chun-hwa was in a similar state, though less so because Ye-bin and Ju-hye the people had died, but rather...

"Malasangre's leads... MALASANGRE'S LEADS! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING!"

Both In-hye and Da-some though were upset that their friends had just died rather than their potential career.

"Y- Ye... Ju... Please jump out and say it's a prank. THIS IS ALL A SCRIPTED PRANK! IT HAS TO BE!" In-hye cried.

But Radina Rangelova, Elitsa Zlatkova, Aisha Mgimwa, Linet Kaseke, Lorna Ewing, Trudy McNeish, Park Ye-bin, and Young Ju-hye were all truly dead. Nearly everyone was saddened by this, regardless of if they knew them or not. Though there were some unsurprising exceptions such as Rasputin, Tsar Grigori, Red Reaper, Diederich, Vera, and of course Olavi, Irja, and Flavio.

But in the shadows, there were others who hid their glee at the sight of the dead.

"That bitch is dead... SHE'S FUCKING DEAD! Elitsa, you earn a medal of honor and a grand memorial for your model minion status. Now, Lkz69 can finally shed itself fom that whore's filth!" Donka thought as she struggled to maintain her sobbing face.

Ichiko scowled as she noticed Izetta struggling to contain her giggles. "That's not alright. Izetta... people just died."

"And so did Chun-hwa's whole career! Serves that fucking bitch right! I'm so glad I faced off against her cash cows in the elimination thing," Izetta sneered as she continuously failed to hide her widening grin with her hands.

With so many eyes and cameras around, one would easily capture Izetta's reaction, and when they did, she could expect proper retribution in the court of public opinion.