Opening his eyes, Jiren saw Midora right in front of him. They were both standing motionless with their arms crossed. They just stared at each other without doing anything, letting their auras manifest. Then, finally, Jiren wanted to know.

" What do you want, Midora from universe 2 ? "

" Simply fight, warrior of universe 11. "

" Why fight me ? "

" Because you are strong. "

'' Do you think it's a good strategy to attack me, then ? "

Simply smiling, Midora looked at the fighters all around them fighting.

" Everyone is fighting, except you! So, let's say that at the end of the field, you're just left with a few members of another universe! Your opponents will have fought and will be exhausted while you will still be in great shape! Letting yourself stay inactive is the worst strategy. "

" I grant you that point! However, is your strength equal to your intellect ? "

" Why are you talking about it? Fighting is the only way to answer this question. "

" I don't fight the weak. " Jiren asserted.

" In this case, I will try to show you my power. "

Continuing to stare at each other, Midora and Jiren stood still again. Then, finally, Midora took the first step and decided to attack. Immediately, only the angels could see his tongue leave his mouth and go straight to Jiren's face. Still so calm, the Warrior positioned his hand in the air and slapped his tongue, deflecting it without any difficulty.

The exchange had been so short that people like Krillin and Leone had seen nothing. For them, they had remained motionless. On the contrary, Garou and Ichiryu narrowed their eyebrows, noting how quickly the two adversaries had acted.

" MACHINE GUN TONGUE ! "

This time around, everyone could see Midora sticking her tongue out multiple times and starting to kick Jiren without restraint. Each of his strokes were precise, fast and powerful. And yet, standing with folded arms, Jiren was not touched. And for good reason, the attacks pierced him without doing him the slightest damage. Midora seemed to be hitting the body of a ghost.

" What is going on ? " Pell wondered. " Midora's attacks pass through her body. "

" Is it a power of Jiren ? " Helles asked.

Remaining silent, Sour just stared at Jiren. Then, finally, he understood what was going on.

Midora understood that too. Attacking while analyzing Jiren, Midora had finally noticed some strange fuzzy movement all around Jiren and he understood. His attacks did not pierce Jiren. Jiren dodged them by moving from side to side so quickly no one could see him. If Dyspo had a rapidity equaling the speed of sound, Jiren's speed was the same as the speed of light. Midora was unable to actually see it moving with the naked eye.

" HUNGRY SPACE ! "

This time, Jiren vanished as the attack hit him. He had teleported himself. Arms folded, Midora only displayed a calm, jaded gaze. Still, a bead of sweat trickled down his forehead, as he felt Jiren's presence right behind him. He hadn't seen her pass him.

" You underestimate would be a big mistake. " He asserted.

" I must admit that against another opponent, you could easily have gained the upper hand. " Jiren said, still with his arms crossed! Your only mistake was facing me!

" We would have had to fight sooner or later, right ? TONGUE OF THORNS ! "

Seeming to have multiplied his tongue came out of his mouth, while having taken the aspect of whip covered with thorns. Being able to easily turn in all directions, the tongues rushed behind Midora, in order to hit Jiren. Floating above the ground, Jiren began to back away, still keeping his arms crossed. Striking the ground without having a chance to graze it, tongues vainly attempt to touch it. The next twenty yards, they stopped as Midora saw that Jiren had returned to his original place, when he had just blinked.

First motionless, Midora finally returned her tongues to her mouth.

" I see that what is said about you is true! Only a moron could ever boast of being able to conquer without difficulty. "

Seeing Jiren remain silent, Midora finally uncrossed her arms. This time, he understood perfectly well that he had to be serious in order to be able to defeat Jiren. Then he rushed straight for him.

" HUNGRY BLOW ! "

Seeing him want to give him a powerful punch, Jiren leapt into the air to avoid him. Imitating him, Midora found herself in front of him, before starting to attack him several times. Just watching him, Jiren dodged each of his attacks, as the two opponents flew above the ground. Then, Jiren flew away. However, the next Midora attempted to pound him with punches, while using his tongue to multiply the number of his punches. Continuing to dodge, Jiren then dropped to the ground, and hovered above the ground, as Midora's tongues struck the ground just behind him, now able to follow him without difficulty.

" Unbelievable ! " Helles asserted, seeing Midora manage to pursue Jiren. " Midora-san has become even more powerful than I thought. "

" If he continues like this, he will have it. " Pell asserted.

" Are you sure ? " Sour asked them.

" Hum? "

At that moment, the two deities saw Ichiryu and Jhiro stand still. They said nothing, but their gazes showed fear. Something was wrong with Jiren.

Continuing to dodge Midora's attacks, Jiren stopped as he saw the warrior appear right in front of him, his cheeks swelling.

" METEOR BURST! "

Before he could react, Jiren was struck by the energy beam, which created an explosion. Being able to put one foot on the ground, Midora looked at the site of the explosion. If he was a normal person, he would have thought he had just touched Jiren. But he knew it wasn't. If not, why would he feel Jiren's aura right behind him again.

Eventually turning around, Midora saw Jiren just behind him.

" I can I confess something to you? When I was told that I had to train for ten years in order to participate in this tournament, I was very unhappy. "

" Why ? "

" Because I wanted to use the dragon balls to grant a wish, as quickly as possible! However, if I had come to this tournament, with my original strength, I know for a fact that I would have been crashed. "

Concentrating then, he began to roar. Staring at him, Jiren saw him increase his power tenfold, as he unleashed his full potential.

" If you fight seriously against me, you can never have enough energy to fight against someone else. "

" Not matter. " Midora asserted. " If I can take you out, I know the others can do the rest of the job! A team does not consist of one person. "

" Not matter! Either way, you or your whole team could never beat me. "

In response, Midora leapt into the air, before aiming for the field.

" HUNGRY WHIP ! "

Gigantic tongues immediately smelled from his mouth and hit the entire pitch with force.

Walking towards Genos who was on the ground, Akainu was about to finish him off with his magma, when he felt the shadow of a gigantic figure above him.

" What now ? " He wanted to know, turning around.

Seeing the languages, the admiral could not help but be surprised. Taking advantage of this, Tatsumaki came near Genos and surrounded them with a protective bubble. For his part, Akainu transformed into lava, just before this part of the land was crushed under the tongues of Midora.

Sitting quietly on a rock, Esdeath gesticulated her legs as she watched the two men fight. Having fun like a child watching them fight, she positioned her hand in the air, to freeze a tongue that pretended to crush her. The tip of the organ found itself frozen and shattered into pieces before it hit Esdeath.

" What this tournament is exciting. " She asserted.

" I've got you. " K'nsi suddenly cried, running towards her, before throwing her explosive ropes.

Barely giving him a glance, Esdeath turned to him, and extended a hand in his direction. In a split second, the strings and K'nsi found themselves completely freezing. Only K'nsi's head was not covered in ice.

" What ? "

Licking his lips, Esdeath grabs his sword, affirming.

" And if I had fun too ? "

Seeing the tongues moving towards him, Jiren jumped up to them and kicked him phenomenally out of her and managed to disintegrate her. Seeing this, Midora focused all her efforts on Jiren.

Seeing all the tongues rush at him, Jiren let out a weary sigh. Finally, he noticed that in order to get rid of Midora, he had to be a little serious. As a result, he finally uncrossed his arms.

And at lightning speed, he grabbed a tongue, stopping Midora's attack dead.

" What ? " The latter wondered, as he could not fit his tongue in his mouth.

In response, Jiren began to spin, spinning Midora's body. Then, when he reached a phenomenal speed, Jiren let go and sent him flying at full speed towards the void.

However, managing to maintain her composure, Midora kept her balance and managed to stop in midair, just before stepping out of the perimeter of the pitch. Starting to get annoyed to see such a margin of power between him and Jiren, he decided to fight really seriously.

Puffing his cheeks, he ended up firing energy lasers that bombarded Jiren.

" METEOR LASER ! "

Dodging them Jiren, let them explode on the field, causing chaos among the other participants. At first indifferent to the attack, he finally noticed that the number of lasers were dwindling. Midora gathered them between them and, finally, he attacked Jiren with a single powerful laser beam.

" URANUS LASER ! "

The powerful attack hit Jiren. Or, at least, Jiren placed his hand in front of him to stop it. For a few seconds he struggled like this. Still, he finally noticed that Midora's attack started to push him back, causing him to frown. Even though he was far from showing his full potential, he couldn't remember when was the last time someone had managed to push him back.

Midora was emerging as a fighter he needed to take down right away. As a result, he concentrated his strength in his hand, before creating a sphere of red energy. His attack hit Midora's beam and managed to destroy it while heading straight for Midora.

" What ? " The latter wondered.

Having no time to move, Midora was hit by the attack and found herself in the center of an explosion that devastated her entire body.

" MIDORA ! " Ichiryu and Jhiro worried.

Feeling a shock wave hit his body, Saitama lifted his gaze to the sky and saw the explosion. Then he saw Jiren. And at that moment, he understood who he was.

Smiling, Saitama immediately ran towards the Warrior of Universe 11.


When the explosion disappeared, calm returned. Until Midora's body crashes on the ground. Covered with burns and wounds, the man lay on the ground as if he was dead.

However, seeing him thus, Jiren did not appear panicked. Instead, he asked.

" Are you going to stay like this for a long time ? "

Opening one eye, Midora stared at him, before finally getting up.

" I see that you have become serious. "

" Unhappily for you, yes. "

Jumping towards Midora then, Jiren cocked his fist.

" TONGUE SHIELD ! "

Creating a shield with her tongue, Midora managed to stop Jiren's fist and wrapped her tongue around his fist to immobilize him.

Unfortunately, pulling his arm back, Jiren made a movement so sharp and powerful that he tore out Midora's tongue. Spitting blood immediately, the man saw with his surprise the organ fall to the ground, gesturing for a few moments, before coming to a stop.

" It looks like the fight is over. " Jiren affirmed. " Your tongue was the most powerful part of your body. "

In response, Midora ran over to him, and began to attack him with punches. Having no trouble avoiding them, Jiren then hit Midora several times. Taking serious damage, Midora found herself on the ground again. However, he got up again.

" Why don't you give up ? " Jiren asked him.

Unable to answer him, Midora made his arm muscles thicken before running towards him again. Seeing him do it, Jire decided to end the fight. Disappearing, he positioned himself in front of Midora, before putting both hands on his chest. And before Midora could react, he unleashed a huge source of energy that created a surging wave. Being repelled by the latter, Midora could only let out a howl in agony before ending up over the void.

Moments later, Ichiryu saw him appear right next to him.

" I see that you have made some progress. " He asserted, most seriously.

Silent, Midora remained still, even as Sour began to heal him. Finally, feeling his tongue in her mouth, Midora mumbled.

" I have failed. "

" Failed ? " Pell wondered." You were fantastic! When I attended Toppo's match against Goku, I never thought I could recruit someone as powerful as you to our team! Midora, thanks to you, we now know the power of Jiren. "

" I doubt he was at the maximum of his abilities. "

Then, looking at Sour, he asked.

" Has I been stronger than Goku ? "

" Unfortunately no. " Sour confessed to him. " Maybe your power could have allowed you to beat him in his super saiyan god form! But not in its '' super saiyan blue '' form. "

" I see. " Simply said Midora. " Knowing that this Jiren is stronger than Toppo, I therefore had no chance against him. "

" This therefore poses a problem. " Jhiro asserted. " Do you think Acaccia-sama or Toriko-kun are capable of defeating these people. "

" You have to believe in them. " Helles asserted. " Let's support them, and they will win. "

Meanwhile, having been able to witness the fight, Goku clenched his fist, while looking at Jiren.

" Perfect ! This Jiren is as strong as Toppo described him to me! Let's go challenge him."

However, barely had he time to take a step, he felt a powerful explosion of energy behind his back.

" That ? " He wondered, turning around.

" KALE! Stop! "

" What is happening ? "

Suddenly Goku saw a green glow appear. Then, a deafening scream was heard, before an overpowering rain of ki-blasts hit the pitch. Then the glow disappeared and seemed to move. And seconds later, where Kurome and Samurai Atomic were fighting, an explosion engulfed Reiner, in his titan form, and disintegrated him.

Still surprised, Goku finally heard teleportation noises and saw two other people landing in the stands.


1 = Univers 3 (1): Luffy, Law, Katakuri, Kaido, Big Mom, Teach, Akainu, Shanks, Kizaru, Doflamingo (10)

2 = Universe 4 (3): Saitama, Boros, Tatsumaki, Bang, Genos, Atomic Samurai, Sonic, Sea King, Blast (9)

2 = Universe 7 (3): Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo, C-17, C-18, Muten Rochi, Tien, Frieza (9)

2 = Universe 10 (3): Natsu, Erza, Gray, Gajeel, Laxus, Gildarts, Jellal, Cobra, Wendy (9)

5 = Universe 11 (1): Jiren, Top, Dyspo, Cocotte, Kahseral, Tupper, Zoire, K'nsi, Kettle (9)

6 = Universe 9 (0): Tatsumi, Wave, Esdeath, Budo, Kurome, Seryu, Mine, Najenda, Bols (9)

7 = Universe 12 (0): Midoriya, Shoto, Bakugo, Tokoyami, Momo, lida, Kirishima, Ibara (8)

8 = Universe 6 (2): Hit, Cabba, Caulifla, Kale, Pirina, Saonel, Frost (7)

9 = Universe 2 (0): Toriko, Sunny, Coco, Zebra, Acacia, Joa, Starfun (7)