Jumping backwards to dodge lightning, then flames. Tenshinhan eventually flees, while being pursued by Zeus and Prometheus.
" Where are you running, coward ? "
Then heavy footsteps were heard, as Big Mom held Cognac in her hands.
" I don't let anyone who dared attack me run away! I'll crush you, just like the rest of your universe. "
Just continuing to run, Tenshinhan internally rejoiced at Big Mom's stupidity. She was so obsessed with him that she had forgotten Goku and now Tenshinhan was as far away from him as possible.
Nevertheless, having had enough of running, Big Mom ends up performing a splendid jump, before crushing the ground, right in front of the man with the three eyes.
" I wouldn't let you run away any further. "
Simply placing his hands on his forehead, Tenshinhan cried out.
" SOLAR FLARE ! "
Immediately, an intense light dazzled his three opponents, burning their eyes.
" MY EYES ! " Big Mom yelled, stepping back.
" I can't see anymore. "
" Asshole of three eyes! "
Finally, after a few seconds, Big Mom finally reopened her eyes, so as not to see anyone in front of her.
" What ? Where did he go ? "
" Big Mom, above you. " Cried Eyre.
" How ? " The woman wondered, raising her gaze.
Immediately she saw Tenshinhan in the air. Hands joined, he focused his energy.
" Attack him. " Big Mom ordered.
" We are taking care of it. " Zeus and Prometeus assured.
Immediately, a blast of flame and a violent thunderbolt shot straight towards Tenshinhan. Seeing the two attacks, the latter remained motionless, and only put his hands in the form of a prayer.
" No need to pray to god, you're done. " Assured Prometheus.
Far from thinking the same as him, Tenshinhan then opened his eyes before screaming.
" KIKOHO ! "
Destroying both attacks, Tenshinhan's strike then struck the cloud and the sun, which disintegrated them.
" AHHHHHHHHH. "
Then the attack then went straight to Big Mom and made her disappear in an explosion of light. Feeling much of the arena shake with his attack, Tenshinhan exhaled at length to calm himself down, before asserting.
" It's finish. "
" Big Mom. " Eyre wondered.
" She underestimated her opponent. " Noted Camperri.
Dropping into a crater, Tenshinhan saw Big Mom lying in the center of it.
" The match is over. " He asserted.
" MAMAMA ! "
Suddenly, catching it with one of her huge hands, Big Mom managed to grab it while standing up. Despite her burns from Tenshinhan's attack, she was still able to stand.
" What? " Tenshinhan wondered, starting to struggle to free himself. " Impossible. "
" I have a question for you. " The pirate told him, looking him straight in the eye.
Seeing almost death in these, the Warrior began to feel fear, as Big Mom asked him:
" Life or death? "
Then using her king's haki to radiate terrifying power around her, she completely terrorized Tenshinhan, who lost his temper.
" Let go of me right away, you dirty monster. "
Unfortunately, a sort of hoarfrost suddenly came out of her body, as Big Mom hurried to grab it.
" That … ? That … ? What is that ? "
" I will take part of your life from you, to make you weaker. " Big Mom chuckled, pulling all the hoarfrost from her body.
Immediately uttering a cry of agony, Tenshinhan felt his strength give up in an instant before falling to the ground as soon as Big Mom let go. Deciding, however, to eliminate him for good, she recovered her foot with haki, before giving it a powerful blow, which ejected it out of the arena.
Only able to spit blood, Tenshinhan fell into the void, before disappearing.
" Tenshinhan-san is out of the field. "
" Oh no. Teshinhan! " Krillin scared, as his friend's body teleported to him.
Barely able to open his eyes, the poor warrior now had totally wrinkled skin, a sign that Big Mom had managed to age him all at once.
" What happened ? " Wanted to know Krillin. " Why is he in this condition? "
" This woman is capable of stealing a person's years of life. " Old Kaioshin understood.
" Quick, a senzu. " Krillin cried, hastily giving one to Tenshinhan.
" ZEHAHAHA! "
As Teach sneered, Tokoyami was with one knee on the ground, as he appeared to be exhausted.
" It's impossible. " He roared.
" What's up ? " Asked Teach. " Did you not know my power then? "
Suddenly, a dark aura appeared around him. Then, wind seemed to be sucked into the darkness. Feeling drawn to the Yonko, Tokoyami resisted as best he could. Yet he felt the darkness of Dark Shadow leave his own body, only to be sucked in by Teach.
" ZEHAHAHA! You are not the only one who can control the darkness! But I, compared to you, can also attract any form of darkness and inspire it into my body to make its power mine! I am a level above yours. "
Gritting his teeth, Tokoyami cursed his bad luck. Within seconds, Teach had sucked up much of his power and if he ever decided to summon Dark Shadow, Teach would have no trouble seizing it.
" Damn it. "
" VIA DOLOROSA ! "
Looking behind him, Teach saw a multitude of vines heading in his direction. Just putting his arm to the side, Teach then hit the air and created an earthquake that managed to destroy the vines.
" Hell! " Ibara growled, standing on top of a rock.
" You too, I will eliminate you. " Assured Teach, recreating an earthquake in his direction.
Immediately leaving his rock, Ibara saw the latter being pulverized by Teach. But before she had a chance to hit the ground, she saw someone step in front of her and punch her in the face. Falling onto his back, he moaned in pain, while Kahseral was in front of her.
" Hum? " Teach wondered, seeing the soldier.
Nevertheless, ik recovered his smile, seeing Doflamingo, behind the hero, sitting on a rock while wiggling his fingers like a puppeteer.
" I see you're having fun. "
" Say I found a new doll! Come on, attack me that girl. "
Obeying his orders, Kahseral walked over to Ibara and attempted to punch her again.
" FAITH'S SHIELD ! "
Before he could stop, Kahseral smacked a shield of vines that appeared in front of him. Blocking his attack, the vines then began to circle his arm.
Seeing him motionless, Ibara then directed her hand towards him, before creating a cloud of spores.
Getting hit by the attack, Kahseral then felt mushrooms growing on his body and starting to draw in his energy.
" I've got you. " Ibara asserted.
Nevertheless, his vines were cut in an instant.
" That … ? " She wondered.
" HAHAHAHA! "
Sneering as he had his hand pointed towards her, Doflamingo asserted.
" You seem to me more competent than this amateur. "
" What do you want ? "
" Attacks. " Doflamingo ordered.
Despite feeling his power sucked in, Kahseral again attempted to attack Ibara with punches.
" Hey, why are you helping him? You are not from the same universe. "
Gritting his teeth, Kahseral had his eyes closed.
" I… I cannot make my body obey. "
" What? "
" He manipulates me. "
At that moment, Ibara saw Doflamingo move his fingers and laugh just to see Kahseral fight the young girl.
"Is he controlling it remotely?"
" CRUXIFICATION ! "
This time around, the vines surrounded Kahseral's body and lifted him up into the air, preventing him from making any movement.
" Oh, interesting. " Doflamingo asserted.
" How dare you manipulate people to make them fight against their will? It's a sin. "
"You are very badly placed to speak. " Doflamingo retorted. " If memory serves, your team has someone who can manipulate people's minds too, right? It's a tactic like any other. "
Now pointing his hand at Ibara, he asserted.
" And if I made you my second doll? "
" He? "
A thread came out of Doflamingo's finger and walked over to Ibara before circling around her to strike her neck. Unable to react, Ibara suddenly felt Tokoyami push her aside.
" Go away, idiot. "
Then he felt Doflamingo's thread crash into the back of his neck, immobilizing him.
" Hum? " Doflamingo wondered! This is not the person I wanted! But hey, too bad, it's all the same. "
Directing his hand towards Kahseral, he created sharp threads to cut the vines. Free again, Kahseral rose to his feet. However, the mushrooms that were still on him were weakening him and he was starting to lack energy.
Not giving a damn, Doflamingo ordered his two new toys.
" Attack her. "
" DARK SHADOW! "
The being of darkness came out of Tokoyami's body, although it was smaller than usual due to Teach, Dark Shadow seemed to move freely. Compared to Tokoyami's body, Doflamingo could not control the entity.
" Hey! What do you think you are doing to my teammate? "
Extending his hands, he let one of them slam Kahseral's body hard, throwing him back. As for the second, it lowered itself above Doflamingo. Jumping back to dodge it, the former shichibukai only laughed out loud.
" Hahahaha! You are a real circus act, you. "
Then creating new sharp threads, he cut into Dark Shadow's body. Nonetheless, the entity rebuilt his body and reappeared without a single scratch. Then she wrapped her around Tokoyami. Beginning to lend her power to him, he eventually grabbed the thread at his neck and pulled him out of Tokoyami's neck.
" Garbage. " Roared the crow-man, running towards Doflamingo.
However, he felt his energy suck in again as Teach was behind.
" Let it go! Let me suck all your power. "
Finding that resisting was pointless, Tokoyamai ended up attempting a suicidal gesture and ran towards Teach before attempting to punch him. Covering his arm with darkness. Teach blocking Tokoyami's attack. Then the teenager felt his energy suck into Teach's body.
" ZEHAHAHA! As soon as you touch me, I will continue to suck the darkness out of your body! You can never beat me. "
" Tokoyami-san! " Ibara cried, walking towards him.
However, Kahseral found himself in front of her again, blocking her path. This time, in addition to fatigue, the poor hero suffered from several head injuries. Yet Doflamingo still used him to fight for him.
" Hey, stop it. " Ibara ordered him. " Can't you see he's hurt? "
"You just have to stop fighting. "
" What? "
Smiling sadistically, Doflamingo asserted.
" I offer you something! If you stop fighting and give up, I'll let this guy go! Otherwise, I would force him to continue fighting. "
" But if you do that, he will die and you will be eliminated. "
" Why ? Until proven otherwise, I didn't attack him! If he dies, it will be your fault! It's your mushrooms that suck his energy and your attacks that hurt him! I am innocent! HAHAHAHA! "
So Ibara understood how twisted Doflamingo's mind was. If she continued to fight like this, Kahseral would risk dying of fatigue and she would be eliminated. But if she gives up, who knows if Doflamingo wouldn't continue to use Kahseral to fight another opponent.
" You are just a bastard! Do you have no respect for life? "
" So what ? What matters is winning! And then, how can you tell me that, when you're ready to sacrifice eight universes to save yours? "
" This has nothing to do with. "
" And why ? Honestly, are you ready to live your life, knowing that you will be responsible for the deaths of billions of lives? "
At that moment, Ibara stopped moving and Kahseral was able to punch her in the face.
" Respect, love, friendship? Do these things really matter today? " Doflamingo asked him. " Today, it's winning to survive! Does winning this tournament mean being a hero for your universe? Of course not ! Because a murderer can never be a hero! No matter which Universe wins this tournament, it will have to take responsibility for destroying eight more to survive. "
Preparing to attack Ibara, Kahseral felt vines wrap around him to stop him.
" What are you teaching me new? " Wanted to know Ibara.
" Hum? "
" Everyone is aware of what is happening. " Affirmed the young girl. " And I don't want that to happen! For ten years, I prayed to the gods every day for this tournament to be canceled! But this never happened! Therefore, you have to get used to the idea! It is our destiny to have to fight to survive! Did I consider myself a vigilante or a criminal at the end of this tournament? I could only answer this question when that happens! Not before ! "
Sneering again, Doflamingo asserted.
" You make me laugh, you! So that's the philosophy of a hero? Let's see if you are as strong in the oral as in combat. "
Kahseral attacked Ibara again, who just grabbed him with his vines, while trying to find a solution to get out of this trap.
Meanwhile, Tokoyami continued to hit Teach. However, with each punch he felt his energy drain from his body.
" ZEHAHAHA! This is useless ! I am the worst opponent for you. "
Not knowing how to hurt him, Tokoyami saw the ground be covered by darkness.
" BLACK HOLE ! "
Trying to escape, Tokoyami felt the darkness wrap around his leg, before dragging him across the floor.
" What is that ? " He wanted to know, before disappearing into the darkness.
Simply laughing, Teach then stared at Ibara and Kahseral and attacked them in turn. Controlling Kahseral to force her to back away, Doflamingo motioned for Ibara to look behind her. She barely had time to turn around when Ibara felt her feet sink into a dark ground.
" Help me ! "
" Perfect. " Rejoices Eyre. " Finally, there is good teamwork. "
Still skeptical, Camparri turned to the stands of Universe 12. Very calm, Giin watched the fight in a relaxed manner, while Agu cheered on his team without feeling the slightest fear. There was no fear despite the bad situation of their team.
'' What's going on, Giin-san? " Eyre questioned. " Have you lost your tongue? "
Smiling finally, Giin stared at Eyre, while asserting.
" You are really dumber than everyone thinks. "
" What? "
" Do you think Teach is Tokoyami's worst opponent? What stupidity. "
Fixing the ground, he asserted.
" Tokoyami has become Teach's worst opponent. "
At that moment, Ibara's body heaved and Teach saw her standing on the darkened ground.
" What? "
Then he saw Ibara rushing towards him, as the darkness no longer had the slightest effect on her.
" But what does that mean? "
" I dream or what? " Wanted to know Eyre. " How does she do that? "
" This is not an ability of Ibara-san. " Retorted Camparri. " It's Tokoyami-san. "
" What? "
Suddenly a figure could be seen under Ibara's feet and everyone saw Tokoyami "flying" through Teach's darkness.
" Is that a joke? " Wanted to know Teach.
'' Did you really think you were the only one controlling the darkness! After ten years of training, if there is one thing I know how to do, it is now fused with darkness! Onward, DARK SHADOW! "
Jumping into the air, Ibara let Tokoyami absorb the darkness present all around him and Dark Shadow appeared in front of Teach, while having a much more massive figure than usual. The entity was in its ultimate form.
" Even in this form, I can now control Dark Shadow. " Tokoyami affirmed. " I'll show you the strength of my darkness. "
Seeing then Dark Shadow clench his fist to hit him, Teach placed his fist back before hitting Dark Shadow's fist. Having created an earthquake, he made the entire area tremble, while Dark Shadow was immune to the vibration around him.
" You will not be able to fight me like that. " Roared the being, raising his second hand in an attempt to crush Teach.
Just smiling, Teach raised his hand in the air and let Dark Shadow hit him. However, at the moment of impact, nothing happened. Teach seemed to have managed to stop Dark Shadow's attack with one hand.
" What? "
" ZEHAHAHA! Not bad at all. " Affirmed Teach. " No wonder, the power of darkness and the mightiest. "
Then suddenly he turned before leaving.
" That … ? What are you doing ? "
" I had enough fun. " Affirmed Teach. " Now I will keep my power to fight real opponents. "
" How dare you ? " Dark Shadow roared, pretending to attack him again.
" No, stop. "
Stopping, the dark entity was surprised at Tokoyami's order. Content to watch Teach go, Tokoyami found it best not to try to fight him further. Despite gaining the advantage at the end of the fight, the teenager was oddly certain that Teach had nothing to show his true power. He had only been having fun.
Meanwhile, after jumping into the air, Ibara had come down again towards Doflamingo.
" Hey, the psychopath! I'm back. "
Just smiling, Doflamingo forced Kahseral to attack Ibara. Seeing him coming towards her, Ibara steered his vines and knocked all around the hero without touching him once.
" What happens to you ? " Doflamingo asked him. " You don't know how to aim or what? "
However, he lost his smile, understanding Ibara's plan. She wasn't aiming for Kahseral. She was trying to hit the stray son in the back of the man's neck. Eventually, getting hit, the son ends up breaking.
Ceasing to be under Doflamingo's control, Kahseral fell to his knees to the ground.
" I succeeded. " Ibara rejoices.
" Tsss. " Said Doflamingo. " Releasing this guy was not a complicated thing! Fighting against me is a really bad idea, if you want my opinion. "
" Fucker. "
Getting up, Kahseral turned to Doflamingo, showing only hatred.
" I am going to make you pay for everything you put me through. "
Immediately it created a breaking wave. Seeing him do it, Ibara took control of his vines before making them take the form of a huge spear.
" VIA SPEAR! "
Pulling back upon seeing the two attacks, Doflamingo however ended up getting hit and disappeared in an explosion. Yet despite having hit him, his two opponents were not fooled. It took a lot more to eliminate it.
And, indeed, as soon as the smoke settled, they saw Doflamingo still standing. Having positioned his thick pink coat in front of him, he had covered it with Busoshoku Haki for protection.
Having no scratches, he then laughed, before applauding.
" Congratulations! I never thought you would force me to get on the defensive! Honestly, I am impressed. "
Grinning wider, he took a step towards the duo, while asking.
'' But how long would you last against me? "
" Hey, Doflamingo. "
Turning around, the man saw Teach not far from him.
" Let's go! let's not waste time with these kids! Let's keep our power against real opponents. "
" Tsss! " Said Doflamingo. " It was starting to be interesting. "
Nevertheless, he ended up complying, while declaring.
" What a stupid idea to have recruited children! I am convinced that Universe 12 is the weakest. "
Angered by his comment, Ibara tried to attack him. However, seeing Teach giving her a cruel smile, she froze. Deep inside, just like Tokoyami, she knew she couldn't beat these two people.
This was how she let them go, while looking down.
" Why ? Did she want to know! Why we trained so much… to stay so weak. "
" Ibara! " Tokoyami exclaimed, coming towards her.
No sooner had she joined her than he saw Kahseral fall to the ground. The man had used his last strength to attack Doflamingo. He didn't have enough energy to stand still.
Seeing him lying on the ground Ibara stared at him for a few moments, before finally wrapping a vine around his legs. Pulling him behind her, she stopped in front of the void and knocked him off the pitch and watched him disappear into the void.
" Kahseral-san is eliminated. "
Not caring about this, Ibara continued to remain silent. Finally, hearing Tokoyami walk away, she asked.
" And you, what do you think ?"
" Hum? "
" If we win this tournament! Will we be heroes or criminals? "
" I answer like you. " Tokoyami affirmed. " I could not answer you until after our victory. "
" Can we still win? "
" No idea ! But if you're afraid of losing, then throw yourself into the void right away! Me, I wouldn't give up. "
1 = Univers 3 (4): Luffy, Law, Katakuri, Kaido, Big Mom, Teach, Akainu, Shanks, Kizaru, Doflamingo (10)
2 = Universe 9 (2): Tatsumi, Wave, Esdeath, Budo, Kurome, Seryu, Mine, Najenda, Bols (9)
3 = Universe 7 (3): Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, Piccolo, C-17, C-18, Muten Rochi, Frieza (8)
3 = Universe 10 (3): Natsu, Erza, Gray, Laxus, Gildarts, Jellal, Cobra, Wendy (8)
5 = Universe 4 (3): Saitama, Boros, Tatsumaki, Bang, Genos, Sea King, Blast (7)
5 = Universe 6 (3): Hit, Cabba, Caulifla, Kale, Pirina, Saonel, Frost (7)
7 = Universe 11 (1): Jiren, Top, Dyspo, Cocotte, Tupper, Zoire, Kettle (7)
7 = Universe 12 (1): Midoriya, Shoto, Bakugo, Tokoyami, lida, Kirishima, Ibara (7)
9 = Universe 2 (1): Toriko, Sunny, Zebra, Acacia, Joa, Starfun (6)
