Punch Bungen in his big mouth! (15 Power)

What did you want? What, wasn't it obvious? The whole arena was probably feeling the same way! And if they weren't, then maybe the gods were as corrupt as Keiko said they were! You felt no hesitation and no lack of justification as you reared back one blue arm, scrawny as it was, and clobbered the guy with a sucker punch across the face, sending his glasses flying across the God Box and making his jutting jaw go slack.

The whole arena gasped in surprise, revealing the truth you were too good-hearted to think of... these gods and goddesses saw Shiryoku crying as just part of the match! They were all on Bungen's side, thinking that she'd lost her use as anything but eye-candy once she was reduced to this state! Furiously, you punched the god again and again, unleashing all of the fury that you knew your priestess also felt towards his callous behavior. Finally, he reached up and grabbed your hand, twisting your arm nearly hard enough to break it, as he glared at you from beneath the lid of one swollen black eye. "Mister Katappashikara! How dare you! How dare you strike Bungen, CEO of BUNGEN! Those glasses you just broke had a higher value than your net worth! The transactions you're interrupting are worth untold numbers of dollars you can't even dream of!" he slobbered in anger, now leaning in to punch you in the gut. You doubled over... you'd forgotten that the average god was actually pretty strong.

"G-Gods! Control yourselves! No fighting in the God Box!" Mila Minute scolded us. She'd been so quiet during this contest that you'd nearly forgotten she was here.

"Katappashikara-dono!" Keiko called out, moved by your act of bravery, but unable to interfere with the beatdown you were now receiving without disqualifying you both.

However... she wasn't the only person who was moved. Shaking with determination, Shiryoku Zai pinched those tiny leaves she was wearing, then pulled them up and away from her body, finishing with the one between her legs. Her lovely, elf-like body was now fully on display, but she looked proud all the same. "Mister Bungen!" she shouted up at the God Box, red-faced, but somehow full of dignity. "I'm tendering my resignation! You won't have me to push around any longer. I'm taking my elven sisters with me!"

Bungen quit punching you, a string of drool trailing from his mouth as he ran to the corner of the God Box, his beady eyes swirling like his priestess' had a moment ago. "Wait... No, wait. I need time to restructure. I-If you're putting in your two week notice, I can work with that. But if you quit immediately, there will be no severance pay! None at all! Your 401k and health savings account are also all going poof! Think about what you're saying, Miss Zai!"

"You're the master of logistics. You handle the restructure," Shiryoku answered, flipping him the only gesture that suited this kind of walkout using her middle finger.

"Fine! I'll get my assistant... wait... noooooo!" Bungen roared, grabbing at his tie with both hands as if it was suddenly suffocating him. He fell to the ground, defeated, as Kami Kurabe attendants ran up to the God Box to check on him.

"Shiryoku-san...!" Keiko sighed with relief, giving a bow to her opponent. "And Katappashikara-dono! To think... you had this inspiring side to you as well...!"

You found yourself blushing a bit at their words of praise, even as you clutched your injured gut and panicked voices began to rip through the crowd. They were all wondering how they were going to get their same-day delivery packages shipped, now that Bungen's network was falling apart!

Of course, as much kinship as Keiko and Shiryoku now felt, there was still the little matter of her branding.

((Power +2))

((Faith +2))

((Body -1))