Nico may have agreed to the terms but he still needed to uphold his part in them and that meant that he could not let that person know of his intentions until he handed them over to Gerald.
If Nico let them know of his intentions then they would surely revolt or try to run away.
All that he could do was to try to make everything look normal on the surface so that they could be prepared to be handed over.
There was always a chance that his plans would be leaked resulting in Nico failing to hand them over.
The two bosses of their organizations separated feeling like they had solved some things that were weighing on their minds while the fighting event continued to proceed with each matchup.
The time eventually came for Ash to get ready for her fight so she began stretching her body a little and removed her coat and other things that were not suitable to be worn in the ring.
She was getting some help from Max as her hands were being wrapped.
