According to Whis's relay, the big shots above gave a positive evaluation of the First Other World Martial Arts Tournament organized by Ino. Whether it was the preparation, the matches, the operation of the Martial Arts Village, or the officiating, everything was deemed worthy of affirmation. The big shots above gave her a score of "70".
In this regard, even the Grand Kai didn't have the qualifications to speak; it was the Supreme Kai, whom Ino had always criticized inwardly, who cast the approving vote.
Ino wanted to represent the current universe in the preparatory work for the Tournament of Power, and the assessment for the first step could be considered to have passed passably well.
The second step, according to Whis, was that the current universe needed a theme. The future Tournament of Power would be a contest between the multiverses. As the name implies, the Tournament of Power certainly requires power, but one can't just rely on brute strength, right?
There were a total of twelve parallel universes. To use the description of "creating a civilized city" from her past life, four of these universes had already passed the inspection. The intelligent life across their entire universes had reached the civilization standards recognized by Grand Zeno. They were Civilized Universes—qualified!
These four universes did not need to participate in the Tournament of Power.
The remaining eight universes were not civilized enough, and Grand Zeno was very dissatisfied.
The Seventh Universe, where Ino and the others resided, happened to be among those remaining eight insufficiently civilized universes. While the tournament was a battle between contestants, as a planner, Ino's task was also heavy: she had to raise the civilization level of her own universe.
On this point, the Grand Kai, the Kais, and the others would all support her.
But how to do it?
Have Sakura go pick up cigarette butts? Send two thousand Narutos out to sweep the streets? That certainly wouldn't work.
After Ino discussed it with Whis, she felt that since the current universe was participating as a single entity, it also needed a theme.
The theme Ino selected was "Courage."
She used Yin-Yang Release on her own Hero's Sword, combined with the West Supreme Kai's ability to turn void into reality, to transform it into tens of thousands of sharp swords. These were placed in the legendary lands of numerous intelligent races, or simply in desperate situations and secret realms.
Whenever the courage of an intelligent race reached a threshold, the Hero's Sword would answer the summons.
Using these tangible, visible benefits, she forcibly raised the civilization level of the current universe.
The sword in Prince Tarble's hand was originally planned for Nappa.
Don't look down on Nappa. King Vegeta might have had problems like being cold-blooded and ambitious, but as the king of a race—and a race with such explosive personalities as the Saiyans—the fact that he managed them well showed he had ability and vision.
Nappa was the deputy he selected for his own son, so it certainly wasn't a blind choice. Nappa's comprehensive qualities were very strong; it was just that he had been suppressed for too long, causing many of his traits to be hidden.
Ino believed that Nappa had sufficient courage and the qualifications to use the Hero's Sword, so she had left it as a backup plan.
Unexpectedly...
The little puppy-like prince obtained the Hero's Sword. Continuously converting his own courage into energy through the divine power within the blade, he faced the fifth member of the Frieza Force's Four Heavenly Kings and instantly delivered a fatal strike.
Strictly speaking, it was Ino who projected herself over, used the Time Freeze ability to freeze the bull-headed warrior, and then the little puppy saw the opening, rushing over to behead him with a single sword strike.
"I did this? Am I that amazing?" The Second Prince was completely confused. Unlike Vegeta, he had self-awareness.
With his battle power of a thousand or eight hundred, just stalling Shisami would be a miracle. Instantly killing the opponent with one move? He wouldn't dare dream of it.
Gure, who looked like a small steamed bun, was the first to notice Ino's projection and tugged at the dazed Tarble.
"Hello, big sister." The two bowed in unison.
Many people held a misconception that Son Goku and Vegeta were the same age. This was actually incorrect. Son Goku was born in February and sent to Earth in March. At that time, Vegeta was already a young boy; the two had an age gap of about five or six years.
Theoretically speaking, Son Goku should call Vegeta "Big Brother," though in reality, he had never called him that in his life.
Although the Second Prince, Tarble, looked cowardly, his actual age was also older than Son Goku's.
Ino was two years younger than Son Goku, so technically, this Second Prince before her eyes was older than her, but that didn't matter.
"You are Vegeta's younger brother?"
Tarble didn't know the intent behind her question: "...Um... that, yes, I am."
Gure, with her tiny stature, was particularly polite and added a sentence.
"Thank you for saving us, big sister."
Looking at the other party's head, which resembled a small steamed bun, Ino felt a bit flustered.
"...It was just a small matter."
She looked at the Second Prince: "Are you going to Earth? With your meager battle power, going to Earth is really dangerous."
The Second Prince observed her expression: "Yes, big sister. I, I was banished to a planet on the edge of the universe when I was young because my battle power was too weak..."
Ino interjected, "Your battle power is weak now, too."
"Yes... Big sister, you're right. I've had no talent for battle since childhood, nowhere near as powerful as my Father King and Big Brother. So I was banished, and then some time ago, I met Gure."
The Second Prince looked at his girlfriend, giving off the sour stench of public affection.
"Even though I'm very weak, I... I heard Frieza has put a bounty on Big Brother, so I want to go help Big Brother!"
The other party's reeking vibe of "I'm going to find my Big Brother" gave Ino goosebumps. In a trance, she felt as if she were seeing Sasuke and Itachi again.
Frieza put a bounty on Vegeta? What was the reason? Oh, it was for King Cold. Then that's fine!
"Vegeta is already dead. Did you know about this?"
"What? Big Brother!?"
"Don't get excited. Vegeta was already resurrected last month."
After confirming that Ino knew Vegeta, Tarble revealed a piece of news that wasn't particularly surprising.
The commotion Frieza made in hunting down Vegeta and Nappa across the entire universe was too loud; even Tarble, who had been in a remote galaxy, received the news.
This little guy had weak battle power and was timid, but he had at least a bit of that Saiyan recklessness.
Tarble was the Second Prince of the Saiyans after all, and the Saiyans had collaborated with Frieza's gang for many years. King Vegeta wasn't a fool; by carefully cultivating relationships, he could always secure one or two old acquaintances to exchange information with.
Tarble had mingled into Frieza's massive fleet, heard partial information, and learned of the conspiracy that these guys were heading to Earth to kill all Saiyans.
He believed his Big Brother was on Earth, so after getting the news, he ran out to report it.
Ino nodded, indicating she was aware of this information, and canceled the projection.
On the other side, Nappa also finished his battle.
Zarbon had followed Frieza for too long. Having a big thigh to hug was certainly a good thing, but he lacked Nappa's ruthlessness. The defeat of the bull-headed warrior over there terrified him even more, and after dozens of moves, he fell into a disadvantage.
"Die!" Nappa's five fingers were like awls; first, they pierced through Zarbon's chest, and then, clenching his five fingers, he directly crushed Zarbon's heart.
"...You... you all will die... The Great King, the Great King will avenge me!" Zarbon uttered his most vicious curse before his head was smashed apart by a punch from the furious Nappa.
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