Shin stepped on the stage, a slight grin on his face. He couldn't believe this was happening, and still sort of thought that General Leto would say he was joking.
'Any moment now…' he thought. Looking at the big smile on General Leto's face, and the serious frown on Hugh's, Shin knew that this was happening.
Two of the proctors approached and stripped his uniform off, quickly and clinically, and then dressed him in an exo-gi over his undergarments in a few seconds, or so it seemed.
'Was I just changed by two guys on a stage in front of more than 10,000 people?'
'Not to mention all the people watching the live stream,' Shinja chimed in.
'Fuck!'
"It looks like both fighters are ready," Leto said. He walked into the centre of the ring with the head referee. "In the blue quadrant, standing at 190cm and 90kg, the top ranked regimental finalist, Colonel Hugh!"
