The announcement seemed to break the spell. The crowd erupted, not in cheers, exactly, but in chaotic noise. Confusion... Shock... Anger from those who'd bet on the eight. Amazed laughter from those who'd taken the long odds on the four.
"What the hell just happened?"
"Did you see that? It was like they couldn't even fight properly!"
"The eight looked drunk! Like they couldn't coordinate!"
"Three minutes! The whole thing took three fucking minutes!"
" I used a lot of money to watch something that has just ended in three minutes..."
"I blinked and missed half of it!"
"This was rigged! It had to be rigged!"
Guards rushed into the ring to check on the eight fallen women, calling for medical assistance, trying to restore some semblance of order to the chaos.
