Kayden storms the tournament stage to challenge Justin, triggering a hostile crowd that calls him a loser and warns he can't win. Holly cites an imperial decree to keep him on the stage while Kayden vows to settle accounts for his mother. Justin escalates, mocking him and demanding a life-and-death contract so the match will decide who lives. Spectators and Holly beg Kayden not to sign, taunting him to kneel if he won't. The episode ends with Kayden cornered by the lethal wager, forced to choose between signing the deadly contract or begging for mercy.