After a few minutes of watching Salena and Lonky fighting over Popo, the game announcer was finally heard and made the crowd of Participants pause in their actions. Especially Salena and Lonky as they paused with Salena pulling Lonky's hair down and Lonky pulling her ears up as if they were frozen in time.

"Congratulations to the players who made it here in the final stage of the first game!" Said the announcer.

Then, out of annoyance and anger, Popo broke free in-between Lonky and Salena's grasp and shouted at the sky to face the direction of the announcer's voice.

"Great! Now, are we free to leave now?!" Asked the angry Penguin.

"On the contrary, none of you will be able to leave this game until you have vanquished the Four Gatekeepers. And today, right here, you will have to defeat the first one!"

All of the participants, including the Running Man and Salena, were left in shock as a loud "What?!" Was heard and made by everyone.

"Let the main event commence!"

"Hmm... I got a feeling that this gatekeeper is never to be underestimated..." Liu mumbled.

"Everyone in this game is never to be underestimated... Everyone here is dangerous... I can feel it..." Yuu responded to Liu with a serious look in his eyes.
"Well... Apart from the Pululus... These guys are practically harmless"

"Now introducing the first Gatekeeper. Everyone beware of his tremendous speed which brings forts violent winds! He has been known to give his enemies a flurry of fears, he is... Vivace, the Gale!"

Then, a bright light emerged from above them and a large diamond-shaped object appeared with four faces of different expressions.

"V... Vivace, the Gale?!" Repeated the scared penguin he hid behind Liu and Yuu where Salena bent down and gave him a reassuring pat on the head to show her concern for him.

"It's alright, Po-bro! I will protect you!" Said the eager bunny.

"Everyone, ready yourselves! I feel a presence of danger" Said the serious tiger as all of them prepared themselves mentally for their next opponent.

Soon they heard a distant, raspy voice, a voice that's similar to a kid with a sour throat, that called out to them with their right hand raising up.

"I'm... Up! I'm up...!"

The Running Man looked forward as the crowd of Pululu moved to the side so that they could see the Gatekeeper. It turns out that their next opponent was a blue Pululu with lightning-shaped eyebrows. The blue Pululu was laying on a comfortable bed as he slowly rolled down from the side and onto the floor.

"I'm coming... I'm coming...! Wait for me... Wait for me...!" The Blue Pululu repeated before slowly standing up as if he just woke up from a very long nap.
"Ugh... I'm dying... I'm dying... I'm dying... Because of this annoying pain in my back!"

The Running Man and the rest of the Pululus all gazed at him with confusion on their faces as they couldn't believe what they are saying.

"This... This is our opponent?" Popo asked confusedly.

"It's just a tired old Pululu. He can't even walk properly" Lonky exclaimed, making the other Pululus chuckle in unison.

"... Something doesn't seem right... We should still be careful" The Human suggested before Lonky and Popo stood upfront with a confident look.

"Ha! Don't worry, Yuu. It's just a Pululu. We got this. Just watch the great magician and his trusty ally" Popo said with a triumphant smile. Showing his fire card towards him as Salena clapped both of her hands while cheering for Popo.

"Yeah! You got this, Po-bro! I believe in you!"

"Heh. Thank you, crazy Rabbit girl" Popo replied before walking towards the drowsy Pululu.

But just then, the walls behind Vivace lowered to the ground and disappeared. Making the arena even larger and spacious and alerting everyone who saw it. The floating diamond-shaped object started to shift expression and faces. Shifting from, Angry, Scared, Happy, and stopping at an expression of confidence.

A beam of light was fired from the mouth of the Face with a confident look and started to pull Vivace off the ground and into the mouth. However, the process was very, very, slow. It took him almost 2 minutes just to make it halfway.

The Running Man and the Pululus all had a tired and bored look upon their faces. The others sighed and some even fell asleep on the ground while the others watched Vivace get slowly pulled towards the large face.

Bored like the rest, Salena turned to look at the Penguin and quickly swiped him off the ground and hugged him ever so tight while burying her face on his short hair.

"Ahh! Let me go! Let me go!!!" Shouted the Penguin but Salena kept doing as she pleased as the others just ignored what was happening between them while Lonky tried to save Popo by pulling him away from her. Starting another quarrel once more

After another minute, Vivace Finally made it and entered the object's mouth.

All of them sighed in relief, knowing he finally managed to enter.

Then, an earth-shaking shockwave was unleashed from the large diamond-shaped object. And as it split itself apart to reveal what was inside, a bright light blinded them all. Forcing them to look away or cover their eyes with their hands.

Once the light dimmed, a loud shout was heard as all of them watched a new version of Vivace leapt down from a tall height and landed powerfully on the ground wearing a large armour of a robot's lower half. Having two long, iron legs, a booster rocket on the back but has no hands and Vivace's appearance changed as well. His lightning-shaped eyebrows, were now, in fact, lightning bolts that trailed all the way from his back as his eyes became blue as the bright sky.

The object from above disappeared and a large tower with several floating cubes appeared and acted as their battle stage.

"Vivaceeeee!!!!!! Gale form!!!" Shouted the blue Pululu in a large machine suit.

"It's Running Time!" Said the announcer's as the sound of the gong was heard from all around.

The running Man and the Pululus all glared at Vivace with dead serious looks in their eyes. With one quick glance at the distant group of Pululus at the very back, Vivace leaned forward as if he was about to sprint. The bottom of his suit's feet glowed before Running with a blast of acceleration.

"WOOOOOOOOHOOOO!!!"
Vivace chuckled as he ran faster than the wind. When he ran past another group of Pululus, all of them were instantly blown away by the violent gale that followed him. Once he reached the distant group of Pululus, Vivace merely ran past each of them from behind and just like that, every single one for their shield was removed. The eliminated Pululus were locked in a ref cube that floated off the ground like what happened with the Running Man in the Minigame.

Frightened by his powers the Pululus panicked and made a run for it but Vivace chuckled wickedly and chased after them.

"HAHAHAHA Run! Run! Run! Run!" Vivace said before leaping over the Pululus and landing a few feet in front of them. The Pululu's stopped when he turned to look at them before a long, metal hand extended and was fired from the hole at the centre of his suit. The hand travelled at the same speed as him and with one unexpected attack, the group of Pululus lined in a direction had their shields removed and were trapped in cages as well.

Vivace then proceeded to chaser the rest of the Panicking Pululus with his terrifying speed the carried the Violent breeze with him.

"He's so fast!" Liu exclaimed as they all covered themselves to block the powerful Gale.

"And to think that's not complicated enough, he also has these strong winds by his side!" Lonky said after Liu.

Before any of them could realize it, they were the only group left in the area. The hundreds of other Pululus with them are all eliminated as countless of red cubes hovered in the air.

With one smirk from Vivace, he quickly sprinted towards the alerted Running Man.

"H-he's coming this way!" Liu shouted with a quivering voice.

"Scatter!" The Human shouted in return as all of them leapt out of the area in every direction.

Due to his blasting speed, Vivace continued moving forward and slid several feet on the floor to stop his track before Running after them.

"AHHH!! WHY IS HE AFTER US?!" Screamed the frightened Penguin on top of Lonky's head as they ran away with sprinting speed next to Salena and Yuu.

"Maybe because you insulted him earlier?!" Yuu replied with a loud voice.

"You can't be sure about that!" Lonky refused to believe his statement until Vivace shouted from behind. Still chasing them.

"WHO WERE YOU TWO CALLING A TIRED OLD PULULU?! I'M THE YOUNGEST OF MY BROTHERS!!!"

"Did that answer your question...?" Yuu mumbled with a sigh before turning to look at Salena.
"You're faster than this guy, can't you just transform into that other persona of yours?"

"I can't...! I don't have enough electricity!" Replied the bunny.
"How about you? Can't you copy his ability?"

"I still haven't recovered! I need to use one of my request in order to recover but it will take a while"

"Alright then, Quick! Use your bandages and shock me again!"

"I can't! The thing that produces them was destroyed back in our clash!" Yuu then took a quick glance at Vivace who was now moving closer and closer before turning towards Popo.
"Popo, do you still have electric cards?!"

"I-i do! Why?"

"Use them on, Salena"

"Who's Salena?"

"It's me, Po-bro!" Said the bunny with a smile.

"Why?!"

"Just do it! I'll buy you some time!"

And with that, Yuu quickly leapt backwards and turned towards Vivace with a spinning kick but the Pululu easily dodges and the Human quickly ran away. Successfully managed to gain Vivace's full attention before chasing after him instead.

Popo and the rest came to a stop as they watched Vivace chase after Yuu and due to his quick reflexes, he manages to dodge the Pululu's attempt to capture his emblem by evading and attacking at the same time.

"My best friend doesn't have much time!" Said the serious bunny before turning her head to Popo.
"Po-bro quick! Use your magic on me!"

"What?! No! I can't do that! You'll get hurt! Seriously!" The penguin disagreed but Lonky, on the other hand, seemed to be agreeing.

"Yes, Popo! Do it! Electrocute her! Punish her for harassing you!" Shouted the Giraffe.

"Do it, Po-bro! Yuu needs our help or else he'll get tagged out!" Salena pleaded with her large eyes staring at Popo's. The penguin was at war in his head on what to do. And after a few moments, he squinted his eyes together and pulled out his deck of cards.

"The One who rules the Cards!" The cards started to float above him and formed electricity around them before a blue card appeared in-between his fingers.
"Lightning Card: Maximum Voltage!" He placed the card on his palm and hammered his other fist onto the top of the card as a stream of large electricity was fired towards the bunny.

Salena bounced back as a result before stopping when the bolts of electricity spiralled around her body. She lowered herself a bit and slowly came to a straight posture. Her hair changed to white along with her eyes to the colour of Blue and shocking Lonky and Popo along with the rest that saw her. Her sudden serious expression, mixed with slight anger, frightened Lonky until that expression dropped as she sweetly smiled over at the Penguin.

"Thank you, Po-bro!" The white-haired bunny slowly turned towards Vivace who noticed her sudden change of appearance.

Feeling threatened, the Pululu sprinted towards her but before he could even become close, she already vanished from his sight and reappeared a few feet behind him. Shocking the Pululu before coming to a sudden stop to turn at her.

"NO WAY! NO WAY! NO WAY! NO WAY!!! I'M SUPPOSE TO BE THE FASTEST! I'M THE FASTEST! I'M VIVACE THE GALE!!!" Shouted the angered Pululu as the rest of the audience had their jaws dropped.

"Y... You're kidding me... She's that fast...?!" The giraffe's gawked as Yuu smirked a bit.

"No wonder she's a Level 5 Prisoner..." Miyo spoke under her surprised tone.

"YOU'RE A CHEATER! YOU CHEAT! YOU CHEAT! YOU CHEAT! CHEAT! CHEAT!!!" Vivace quickly repeated the same words with an angry tone and became even angrier when Salena replied by showing him her tongue in an insulting manner with a peace sign.

Enraged, the Pululu couldn't help but aimlessly fire his extendable hand at her. Salena merely vanished from his sight, although this time, she was seen slightly visibly moving now. Hoping side to side and moving so fast that it prevented any of them from seeing her whole body, only the blue electricity that engulfed her and the afterimage.

Using her speed, Salena attacked Vivace in all directions. Passing him while also attacking him in the process using her class and fists. The Pululu suffered no damage to his body but his armour was seen receiving dents as these pieces of the armour's layer were falling off with each hit.

The bunny was moving so fast that it seemed as if the only thing attacking Vivace was the blue electricity that circled around him.

"That's my little sister right there!" Popo shouted in excitement.

"No, she's not" Lonky disagreed.

"Well, she said she'll call me Brother Popo or Po-bro so I guess it's okay to call her Little Sis don't you think?" Replied the penguin with a cunning smirk before cheering again.

After several more attacks, Vivace still manages to endure. Soon Salena appeared in front of Vivace in a leaping position with her right hand extended forward as sparks of electricity appeared on her claws.

"Eleclaw!" As her attack hit, a small blast of electricity occured. Illuminating the area in blue colours.

Electricity trailed all over Vivace as he screamed out loud.

"AHHH!!! I'M DYING! I'M DYING! I'M DYING!" Wailed Vivace in fear before screaming.

Then, he realized that nothing wrong was happening to him. It was there that all of them witnessed that electricity did not affect Vivace at all.

Salena couldn't move. Her claws were stuck and refused to move away from Vivace's armour as it seemed her electricity was being absorbed but this event also confused Vivace.

"W... What's going on?" Asked the bunny before a voice inside Vivace's armour spoke.

"Power at 500% full capacity"

The Pululu and the bunny stood speechless after hearing that before staring at each other as Vivace smiled and spoke.

"Huh... How about that?"

"... Oopsie..." Mumbled the bunny with a nervous chuckle.

Then, a shockwave was emitted from the armour followed by a clash of a gale that blew Salena away from him and rolled to the floor.

Vivace's armour was now unleashing sparks of electricity just like Salena before running at a speed that's even faster than before and leaving a trail of faint blue light behind him.

The blue Pululu ran towards Salena, who just got up from the floor, and tried to steal her Shield until Yuu arrived in just a split second before Vivace could capture her. Electricity was covering Yuu's eyes as well as he vanished from their opponent's sight.

The human reappeared somewhere behind a column and placed Salena on the ground. Salena's white hair was beginning to turn brown along with her white fur.

Yuu suddenly fell to his knees as he covered both of his eyes. Letting out grunts of pain and concerning the bunny.

"What's wrong...?!" She asked as her ears suddenly lowered.

"I used my ability without fully recovering... This is one of the side effects... ARGGH...!!!!" The male grunted in even more pain and suffering as he lowered his face towards the ground. When he slowly turn to look at Salena, the bunny was immediately appealed. "What...?" He asked, referring to why she was covering her mouth as her eyes widened.

"Y... Your right eye... It's covered in black marks...!"

Yuu's eyes widened as well as black veins trailed around the right part of his eye. He quickly placed a hand to cover it up before mumbling to himself in frustration.

"Dang, it... Dang, it...! I went past my limits!" Salena gasped as she didn't know what to do or how to respond. She stood there and watched how Yuu started to grunt aggressively.

After a short while of unbearable pain, Yuu began to breathe calmly. He removed his hand from his eyes and the blackness surrounding  it slowly faded.
"A... Are you alright...?"

"... I'll be fine... Don't worry about me, we need to do something about that Pululu... Thanks to us, he's faster now... It seems the enemies here might just be each of our matches..."

The human then proceeded to stand up from the ground. Then, they heard a whistle behind them.

It was Liu and Pala, trying to call them by whistling and waving their hands.

"Psst! Over here!" Whispered the bug, making both of them confused for a moment before running towards them.

"Are you alright?" Asked the concerned Impala. "The veins from that time appeared again... We saw..."

"... I'm alright, Pala. Don't worry. I'm starting to feel a bit better now. But I can't say I'm of help here, I can't use my ability for a while or else..." Yuu stopped and failed to continue his statement but Liu reassured him by responding.

"It's alright. You don't have to use your ability" The bug creaked open a smile as he fidgets his glasses. "I might have a plan in mind already. Hehe..." Liu quickly glanced over at the tall tower that was comprised of floating cubes with portals on a rare few.

Meanwhile, Vivace chased after Popo and was about to steal his emblem before Lonky shouted out loud to gain Vivace's attention.

"Hey, Old Man the Grump!" Shouted Lonky from a distance, causing the Pululu to stop.

"IT'S VIVACE THE GALE!!!!"

"I don't care! Listen to a song I wrote about you just a second ago; 'Old Vivace is a grump, G. R. U. M. P! He's an old man here and a slowpoke there. Everywhere he moved his back hurts everywhere! G. R. U. M. P'" Lonky sang in a tune similar to the song of Old McDonald as he danced in an insulting way by humping up and down while dropping and raising both arms with a wide smile.

"I... AM... NOT... OLD!!!!!!"
Enraged, Vivace leapt forwards and ran with a powerful speed that cracked the ground he stepped. Blowing away the Pululus on a floating red cage as he passed them. Without anything to counter or evade, Lonky was eliminated after Vivace went past him. Stealing his emblem and locking him in a rad cage floating up the ground while the blue Pululu continued to run around the area in anger.

"Lonky!" Popo shouted as he ran towards the caged Lonky. "You idiot! You brave, smart, idiot! Now you're eliminated from the game!" The penguin kept shouting in anger and disappointment until the announcer spoke within his watch.

"Short Info. No one is eliminated from the game as long as there are still Running Man Survival Players roaming the area. If the Running Men manages to win this round, all of those who were caged will be free to participate in the next game. On an added note, touching your partner's cage will free them from containment so... TOUCH! TOUCH!"

The Penguin's eyes gleamed in amazement before looking over above him and jumping before touching the cube with his right hand.

"Touch!" Said the penguin after making contact as the red cube disappeared and Lonky was freed.

"Hooray!" Lonky and Popo cheered before hearing a distant whisper.

"Psst! Po-bro! Over here! Come quick!"
They heard Salena's voice from behind where they saw Liu, Pala, Yuu,  and Salena hiding behind a random cube-shaped platform and gesturing to come to them.

After a few moments, They called out to Miyo and Kuga as well who were just looking for a safe place to hide and think. And after they discussed their new plan, Liu came up with its name.

"That's our strategy. I call it... Operation: Arial Storm!" He stated with a clever smirk but was confused when everyone, apart from the smiling bunny, looked as if they were unimpressed. "W... What's wrong? Is the plan not good?" Asked the anxious bug before hearing Miyo's words.

"No, no it's not that... It's just..."

"Does the name of your operation always ends with "Storm"?" Yuu finished Miyo's words as all of them nodded their heads to show that they were also thinking that.

"O-oh... Sorry... It's just a habit I guess" Liu chuckled, brushing the back of his head.

"I don't understand, what's wrong about it?" Asked the clueless bunny. "I think it sounds really cool! Operation: Arial Storm! Arial Storm... Storm... Arial Storm!" Salena kept repeating as she changed her tone with each word, one becoming even deeper than the rest. "Just rolls out the tongue don't you guys think?" Yuu and the rest were even more unsatisfied now that Salena kept repeating it over and over again. Even Liu was affected.

"I see what you guys mean now..." Liu muttered in defeat.

"Well, I like it!" Salena said out loud and raised her right fist in the air. "Go, team! Operation: Arial Storm! Let's go!"

"Enough with the storm... Please..." The human pleaded as he sighed.

Eventually, they started their plan and Lonky was up first.

He gained Vivace's attention by calling out his name and was now going to dance insultingly again.

"I wrote another song do you wanna hear?"

Lonky asked as he prepared his breath to sing, but even before he could let out the lyrics, Vivace had already chased after him. It was clear he was still affected by his previous song.

Lonky and Vivace engaged in cat and mouse chase and was almost near Lonky's shield but the Giraffe immediately leapt to the side and entered a portal that was right next to him. Because of his speed, Vivace took a while to slow down, giving Lonky the chance to escape before entering the portal as well.

"Hahahaha! You may be fast but you can't handle your own speed. Haha, loser!" Lonky mocked him, infuriating Vivace more as he chased him through the high beam of the tower. Because of its narrow edges and turn, it prevented Vivace from running as fast as he previously was and coming to a stop whenever Lonky turns to another direction or else he'll fall off.

"Okay, first step. Lonky, you need to gain Vivace's full attention and make him chase after you around the area just enough for Kuga to move the large cube with the portal at the peak of the tower. All of us need to buy as much time as we can, we won't be eliminated as long as our partners are still on the field and we can be freed if we were caged. So, let's give this our all!"

Lonky reminisced on the plan they discussed with each other with a confident look, only to realize that Vivace ran past him and noticed that he was already eliminated when the red cube trapped him.

Vivace chuckles in his victory before hearing Miyo and Salena shouting on the other side of the beam next to him.

"Hey! Hey! Overhear!" Salena shouted while jumping up and down and waving both hands before leaning next to Miyo and whispering.
"Okay, just like we practised, you ready?"

"... No...!" Miyo whispered in return. Looking as if she was in a state beyond embarrassed.

"Great! Let's go!"

Miyo showed a defeated expression, having embarrassment written all over her as both of them saved the same way that Lonky previously did.

"Old Vivace is a grump, G. R. U. M. P! He's an old man here and a slowpoke there. Everywhere he moved his back hurts everywhere! G. R. U. M. P" While Salena looked and sounded as if she enjoyed every second of it, Miyo moved as stiff as a rock as her voice showed resistance. She became annoyed as well when she heard Yuu's laugh from a platform above them.

But their attempt was a success in making Vivace angry as he jumped towards the beam they were on and started chasing them. Miyo and Salena switched directions by jumping over the next beam. Vivace tried to jump as well but his attention was captured when Golden Pala ran past him with an excited laugh.

"OH? YOU THINK YOUR FASTER HUH?! LET'S GO!!!" Said the eager Pululu as he raced Golden Pala at an even speed. Laughing together as they did.

Meanwhile, Popo secretly freed the captured giraffe by touching the cube before they nodded at each other and jumped towards a random portal.

"Okay... Everything seems to be going according to plan. With Pala leading Vivace towards the portal, all that's left is Kuga" Liu said to himself as he gazed at the peak of the tower. But his expression dropped to a surprise when Kuga was having trouble moving the floating cube despite rapidly throwing powerful punches.

"We might have a problem here..." Yuu said next to Liu, gazing at the same sight he was beholding.

"DANG IT, MOVE!" Shouted the raging tiger as he kept punching and pushing the large cube but nothing happened. He slammed both palms on the cube and let out an exhausted breath.

Soon, his watch flickered and spoke.

"Random Power Item; Received!"

The tiger raised both eyebrows as he stared at his watch. Witnessing a small medal with the symbol of a red Pululu flexing his muscles.

Kuga gazed silently at his watch and closed his eyes just as the medal glowed and the watch spoke again but this time, the watch had a deep, manly voice that shouted.

"SPIRIT OF POWER!"

The metal flashed in an orange light before Kuga leapt forward and punches the Cube. The large, heavy cube was finally moved and made a rumbling sound as it travelled forward. Stopping at the centre of the tower with a blue portal underneath it.

Then, just as Pala and Vivace raced and entered through the portal in front of them, they were immediately teleported out of the portal that Kuga moved at the centre and fell to a deep drop from the top of the top of the tower.

When Pala's potion wore off, Vivace made no hesitation to steal his emblem as the red cube prevented him from falling while the Pululu continued to make the huge drop.

Salena leapt towards the cages Impala and grabbed the Red cube that trapped Pala and landed on the other side.

"I got you, new friend! The others will handle things from here!" Salena said to him while carrying the trapped Impala over her head.

Soon, the rest of the Running Man came together and leapt together down the tower. Diving towards Vivace and catching up to him.

"No matter how fast Vivace is, it's still impossible for him to move while falling! There's nothing for him to step on"

All of them recalled Liu's final words as the ones closer to Vivace extended their hands towards his shield.

Vivace turned his head and when he saw their attempts, he immediately panicked.

"AHHH!!! NO! NO! NO! I'M DYING! I'M DYING! I'M DYING BECAUSE I'M GOING TO LOSE!!!" The Pululu wailed in horror. But just then, Vivace turned around to face the Running Man head-on with a sudden smirk across his face as if he had already won the match.
"Just kidding..."

Then, a rocket booster extended out from the back of the Pululu's robot suit. Making loud metal noises that alerted the Running Men.
"VIVACE BOOSTER: FULL THRUST!!!" The booster blasted Vivace at a powerful speed towards the Running Man's direction like a rocket blasting off into space.

The running Man tried to stop and catch Vivace but one by one they failed. Miyo tried to stop him by firing her grappling hook but Vivace dodges and missed as he continued to rocket towards the opposite direction they were heading, which was up. Lonky and Kuga tried to hang onto him but they eventually slipped and proceeded to fall. Popo threw away a barrage of flaming cards but missed all of its marks. Vivace extended his left foot and stepped on Popo, using him as leverage to jump higher while also pushing Popo further down in the process. Vivace crashed onto Liu before he could fire his pistol. Knocking Liu back as he fell in defeat. Yuu was the last one and all of them had their hopes up for him. He tried to wrap Vivace with his bandages and we were successful in binding him but Vivace's rocket booster let out a huge blue flame that burned away his bandages and broke free with the Pululu making the last laugh.

"No...!" Salena exclaimed as she watched all of them fail.

Vanquished and defeated, Yuu couldn't help but watch as Vivace went further and further away from his grasp. Letting gravity carry him to the ground in shame until, all of a sudden, a huge blue robot went past him and was going after the Pululu.

His eyes widened in shock after witnessing how fast that robot jumped.

"Who... Is that?!" Yuu muttered to himself as he continued to fall.

Meanwhile, Vivace kept laughing as he made his way back towards the top. But soon, he noticed the huge robot behind him with its large hand extended towards his shield and panicked.

"AHHH!!!! WAIT! NO! NO! NO! NOOOOOOO!!!!!"

Vivace pleaded but it was already too late, even with his powerful rocket, the large robot was still faster and successfully removed his shield. Eliminating the first Gatekeeper.

After a few seconds of falling, both Vivace and the mysterious robot finally landed on the ground. Vivace's emblem slowly rolled on the ground and stopped next to his foot before his whole body started to glow in bright blue.

"No way... No way... No way... This can't be happening! THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING! I'M DYING! I'M DYING! I'M DYING! I'M DYING! I'M DYING! I'M REALLY DYING!!!!" As he wailed in eldritch horror, his whole body glowed in blue and emitted a bright light that blinded everyone in the area. When the Running Men opened their eyes, all they could see was Vivace, without his armour, floating transparently in the air as if he was now a ghost.
"...All of you made a huge mistake..."
He made his final words before vanishing without a trace. Leaving hints of blue glitters in the air.

Silence shrouded the area after the Pululu's were set free from the cage before the audience's cheers were heard in the stadium where they viewed the match.

"Who... Is that guy?" Asked Popo in shock before Salena arrived after jumping off the tower and carrying on her back was Pala.

"Is that thing on our team as well?" She asked, looking as clueless as she sounded.

"Stage clear!" One of the red-cloaked Pululu announced.
"The winner of the first game goes to the Running Man Survival Players! And the one who defeated the first Gatekeeper is none other than the final Level 5 Prisoner, The beast of steel, Iron Beast!"

"Pam-pa-ra-pa-pa-PAM!" The other Red-cloaked Pululus sang in unison to give off the sound of Victory towards the Running Man.

But the Running Men didn't care about the victory music as all of them were still shocked and speechless to see the last of the Level 5 Prisoner, who's as mysterious as they are powerful. All of them had questions filling their head, and most of that question was whether if the Beast of steal was indeed a robot, or is just a person inside an iron suit. If so, then who or what is inside?

"So that's the beast of steel...?)" Yuu asked in his thoughts. His hands formed into a labour of fists as he gritted his teeth with his red showing anger and intimidation towards the Robot with its back turned against them.
"(I don't know why... But something about this guy is making my blood curdle... I don't like this feeling...)"