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"Did this Bryan guy give any advice?" It was Dr Strange who asked this question after Steve managed to calm Bruce.
Steve looks at the Sorcerer Supreme and observed him carefully, which confused the sorcerer supreme.
"Prolonged this tournament for as long as possible, that's what Bryan said," Steve answered. His thoughts travelled to what Bryan said about Strange.
Maybe he can help him free Bryan.
"How are we supposed to do that?" Strange questions.
"We stall the fight as long as possible," Steve replied, only to receive a familiar snort.
"You wanna say something, Tony." Steve calmly asked.
"As a matter of fact, yes. Do you think that the Beyonder as you call him, won't notice that?" Tony questioned with his arm folded.
"No, he will find out, but we have no other choice," Steve replied to Tony's question.
"Are you sure Steve, you saw what he did to Logan, and millions more?" Xavier's question freeze Steve in realisation.
Steve hesitated a little before answering. "Don't prolong the fight…instead try to fight defensively, and be indecisive." His answer got many nods from the other heroes, but there were still a few who were sceptical of him and questioned him.
*Buzz* *Buzz* but the sudden sound from one of the floating screens inside the waiting room interrupted their discussion.
*Ladies, gentlemen, and all others in between, I'm Alonsa, the announcer of this Contest Of Champions, I'm created and designed just for this contest by the Great Beyonder!!!* the screen showed a blonde hair man, with black shades on. He had his hair neatly combed back and was wearing a black suit with a red tie.
*Since I'm from neither of the participating Universe, my commentary will be just as neutral as my creator's sexual preference* The blonde commentator joked, but he got no response from the audience.
*ahem! Since everyone is too focused on the contest, why don't we start the first battle.* the screen then shows the arena where two lights suddenly appeared.
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~Battle Ground~
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The lights fade, revealing two men in purple costumes standing a few meters away from each other.
"Hello there, handsome." Hawkeye from Universe 6161617 greeted.
"Took the words out of my mouth." Hawkeye from 6161616 replies with an amused chuckle.
*Would you at that!!! They even think like each other.* The blonde announcer floats towards the two champions on his yellow cloud.
*ohh how I would have loved to see you talk this one out, it would've been quite a show, but unfortunately, my creator wants a fighting competition.* The announcer complained for a second before he asked the two fighters if they are ready for the battle.
*Let the Battle begin!!!* Alonsa shouted in his mic and retreated towards the commentary stand.
"Hope you don't take this personally, man," Hawkeye 6161616 said and jumped back.
"Now, it's you who took the words out of my mouth." Hawkeye(17) replied and followed Hawkeye's(16) example.
*Boom* While being mid-air the Hawkeye(16) fired an explosive arrow which met an explosive arrow of Hawleye(17), cancelling out each other.
Hawkeye(16) while still blinded by the explosion did a side roll and avoided an arrow from impaling his dominant hand.
Hawkeye(16) quickly knocked an arrow on his quiver and launched towards the smoke cloud.
*Boom* After his arrow exploded, Hawkeye(16) knocked another arrow in his quiver and aimed at the even bigger smoke cloud, waiting for Hawkeye(17).
His eyes suddenly widen, and he did a side flip to escape a small needle size arrow.
Although his reaction was out of human's grasp, the needle size arrow still plunges into the lower left side of his stomach.
Hawkeye didn't waste any time and grabbed the small arrow, and tried to yank it out but it suddenly expanded and created a hole in the edge of his stomach.
Hawkeye took cover behind a weapon wrack and examined his wound. After seeing that it wasn't fatal, he brought out an spray and sprayed it on the wound.
The wound instantly stopped bleeding, and a thin layer of protective cocoon formed on the open wound.
Hawkeye(16) came out of the cover and saw the smoke cloud fading, revealing a slightly dishevelled Hawkeye(17) walking out, not looking injured
But under his trained eyes, Hawkeye's (17) walking posture immediately exposed his few broken ribs.
"Quite clever, as expected of me" Hawkeye(16) praised narcissistically.
"You two." Hawkeye(17) praised back.
*Ohh my Creator!!! Did you see that quick execution? That level of precision and prediction can only be done by the greatest marksman of all time!!!* The blonde announcer's excited voice sounded through all the floating screens.
Even the nervous, and scared spectators can't help but marvel at the skill of these two "normal" humans.
And as the fight continues, slowly the spectators started to come out of their nervousness and started chanting for their Universe's champion.
The once-silent arena started to shake from the billions of people cheering.
And as more and more people started chanting, the gloomy aura surrounding the arena started to recede.
All this, the champions were unaware of, as they were locked in a heated battle, with both of them raining down arrow after arrow, and when they finally ran out of them, they engaged in fierce hand-to-hand combat.
Universe 6161616's Hawkeye was defensive as he was trying to prolong the fight as long as possible, it was good that their fighting style was similar, because if it didn't, Hawkeye(16) wouldn't be having such an easy time defending against the Hawkeye(17).
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~Inside the Emperor's Box~
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"Hehehe!" The Beyonder laughed childishly as he watched the two greatest marksmen go toe to toe.
Behind him Bryan was floating inside the glass cube, his purple eyes were dimmed as he was panting from the torture he has to go through for not telling why he showed a deadpan expression after seeing the Announcer.
"Still not telling me." The Beyonder asked Bryan while still watching the fight.
"I already told you, you son of a bitch!" Bryan replied with gritted teeth.
He indeed told the Beyonder about the announcer being reminded of someone he saw in a different Universe, but the Beyonder didn't believe him as he couldn't find anyone resembling the Announcer in this Plane.
"YOU ARE LYING!!!" The Beyonder suddenly shouted and tortured Bryan again.
"Aghh!!!" Bryan released a painful groan, but this time he didn't scream like before which made the Beyonder frown. He can see Bryan's pain tolerance increasing after every torture.
"Then, you have to get the answer from my brain, ahh but I forgot Mr Omnipotent can't do that." Bryan mocked the Beyonder after he stopped cooking his innards. Probably not the best Idea, as the Beyonder became angry again, and made him feel another jolt of pain.
It's good that the Beyonder can't do anything to his soul, and his physical pain tolerance was quite high because if that wasn't the case, Bryan would have broken from all the pain he went through in these few hours.
"Hmmp! Don't act arrogant, even if I can't access your brain and soul, you will still break like every human did before you." The Beyonder snorts and then continued watching the fight below.
"~Huff!~Huff! But I'm not human." Bryan said while panting.
"Yes…you are not. You are the most perfect being I have seen, ever-growing and with seemingly unlimited potential, but YOU SQUANDER all that by acting and living like one." The Beyonder looked at Bryan again and replied, his emotions fluctuating at the mention of Perfection.
"I will know all your secrets once I break you, and then I will use that to become a Perfect Being." The Beyonder replied, his voice sounding like an obsess stalker muttering himself while stalking his favourite idol.
"YEAAHH!!!!" The spectator from Universe 616167 suddenly burst into thunderous applause as Hawkeye(17) stabbed a broken arrow into the other Hawkeye's heart, killing him instantly.
After Hawkeye(17) killed Hawkeye(16), he was teleported back to his Universe's waiting room, where he was immediately surrounded by other heroes who started to praise him for his work.
"Can I look at this" Dr Doctor Strange (17) suddenly asked Hawkeye while pointing at the broken bow of the Hawkeye(16) inside his hand.
"Sure." Hawkeye accepted and handed the bow to Dr Strange, who immediately cast a spell, resulting in the bow shining in an intense orange light.
After the light fades, a small note flew towards Hawkeye who caught it and read the content on it.
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