"The winner is Ainz Oal Gown," the priest announced, raising his hand.
The Grand Kai stroked his fluffy white beard, preparing to exert his power. On Planet Yasha, Kagome, Miroku, Jaken, and the others had drastic changes in their expressions.
Even though many of them weren't combat-oriented, they could see their world rapidly shrinking. The continuous squeezing made it seem like the planet could explode the next second!
"Wait!" Without a moment to mourn the loss of Inuyasha, the one who immediately arrived at the scene was... the loli-con big dog, Sesshomaru.
The Grand Kai, seated on the main throne, glanced sideways.
"I haven't fought yet," Sesshomaru said solemnly. He had no mind to dwell on his brother's fate now, but he had his own reasons for not letting that planet be destroyed.
The Grand Kai also noticed the situation in the West Galaxy and said as if suddenly realizing, "Oh, I almost forgot. Your planet has two representatives, right? Hmm~ then it's a bit troublesome."
The Grand Kai rubbed his beard, thought for a moment, and decided, "Then~ let's destroy half of it."
Snap~
The Grand Kai lightly clapped his hands together. The Planet Yasha was rocked by an earth-shattering impact, throwing Kagome, Miroku, and the others in the Demon World into disarray.
Sesshomaru rarely showed an anxious expression, opening the chat group to @ his little loli.
[Sesshomaru: @Rin, Rin! Are you alright?]
[Rin: Sesshomaru-sama, I'm fine. But there seemed to be an earthquake just now. Old Man Jaken got a big bump on his head.]
[Sesshomaru's Mother: Sesshomaru, you can rest easy for now. It was the human world that was destroyed. But don't relax too soon. If you lose... heh, I don't need to say what will happen, do you?] (T/N: There's no name for her in the original work.)
Just like the Planet Digimon was divided into the real world and the digital world, the Planet Yasha where Inuyasha and Sesshomaru resided was also divided into the human world and the demon world. What the Grand Kai had just destroyed was the human world!
Seeing his mother's message, Sesshomaru's heart tightened.
He secretly gripped the sword at his waist. 'I absolutely... cannot lose!'
The old bone slowly walked down from the ring, stroking his fleshless, sharp chin. "It seems he really didn't have a trump card after all."
Gintoki, Bai Yuekui, and the others had cold sweat running down the sides of their faces, silently complaining, 'Just how overly cautious this guy was?'
"But speaking of which, after watching the fights of so many monsters, I suddenly feel that the dog from earlier was actually quite weak... Damn, it feels like the number of opponents I can beat is getting smaller and smaller."
Gintoki scratched his head in distress, his gaze quickly sweeping over the other contestants around the ring. He felt there wasn't a single one he could reliably defeat. If it were Inuyasha, he might have been able to push him off the ring with some underhanded tricks. But the rest seemed progressively harder to deal with.
"Next match, contestant Sakata Gintoki from the East Galaxy's Planet Amanto, please take the stage quickly," The commentator called out, looking towards the east side of the ring.
"Just what I was afraid of!" Gintoki was so scared he fell on his butt. Back on the Planet Amanto, Kagura, Shinpachi, the Shinsengumi, and Gintoki's various friends also turned pale.
Although they had entrusted everything to this man and wouldn't complain about him whether he lived or died, and even Hijikata Toshiro, who always clashed with Gintoki, though sharp-tongued, wouldn't actually blame the Shiroyasha regardless of victory or defeat… when his name was actually called, the hearts of everyone in Edo still skipped a beat.
They knew perfectly well that Gintoki was basically at the bottom of the food chain among the people gathered at the Grand Kai's planet.
"I'm going to die..." Gintoki downed the last mouthful of his strawberry milk. This might be his last one before death.
"Sakata-san, are you going to fight with this wooden sword?" The old bone looked down at the wooden sword inscribed with the characters [Lake Toya] tucked into Gintoki's waistband.
Gintoki looked down and was instantly dumbfounded, 'Damn it, I forgot to change my sword when I came!'
"Hmm... If you don't mind, use this one." The old bone handed Gintoki a shabby, seemingly worthless broken sword. It was the [Tessaiga] he had just looted from Inuyasha's corpse!
"Oh yeah! Thank you!" The corners of Gintoki's mouth curled up almost to his eyes. He had witnessed Tessaiga's power earlier.
'Although it couldn't compare to the monsters gathered here, if I could use this thing, I would at least have a fighting chance, right?'
However, when Gintoki drew Tessaiga and saw the blade full of cracks and utterly dilapidated, his face instantly turned into speechless, 'Th-this isn't right, is it? When that dog drew the sword earlier, didn't it immediately grow larger?'
"That sword is a demon sword. Without demonic energy, you cannot unleash its power," The East King Kai stated bluntly.
"Are you kidding me!?" Gintoki instantly felt utterly betrayed and threw Tessaiga away.
"Uh... th-then, how about using this..." The old bone then took out a large sword shimmering with lightning from his inventory.
Ame-no-Murakumo! A sword once owned by the warrior Take-Mikazuchi, one of the 41 Supreme Beings of Nazarick like Ainz.
"Isn't this too big?" Gintoki Sakata tried to lift the Ame-no-Murakumo, but after swinging it a couple of times, he found it completely incompatible with his fighting style. It was like being a Long Sword user in Monster Hunter suddenly forced to use a Great Sword.
They might look similar, but it felt awkward to handle. It felt even worse than his Lake Yoya.
"Contestant Sakata Gintoki, please take the stage quickly. Contestant Cloud has been waiting for you," The commentator reminded helplessly.
Gintoki looked up. Standing next to the commentator was a handsome blond man with somewhat doll-like features, his arms crossed over his chest.
His aura leaned towards androgynous, and if he wore a wig and a dress and covered his Adam's apple, he could probably fool quite a few people.
Planet Fantasy, in the bar named [Seventh Heaven] in Midgar's Sector 7-
The Avalanche's members gathered there were jubilant.
[Barret: Hahaha! Victory is assured! Victory is assured! Our planet is saved!]
[Red XIII: Although I'm worried about Cloud, there's no way he could lose to an opponent like this, right?]
[Yuffie: Maybe we shouldn't celebrate too early? What if that curly-haired guy is hiding some killer move?]
[Biggs: Have you been infected by that skeleton? Imagining the opponent's strength based on your own assumptions?]
[Jessie: But it's still uncertain if Tifa can win. Hopefully, she gets a weaker opponent.]
…
The battle hadn't even started, but when they saw Cloud's opponent was Gintoki, people on the Planet Fantasy began celebrating early, which greatly annoyed those on the Planet Amanto.
[Kagura: Don't get cocky! Gin-chan is very strong, you know!]
[Shinpachi: That's right! Gin-san will definitely win... p-probably!]
[Okita Sogo: Those who get cocky first often trip up. That's how it is in manga.]
[Hijikata: Total, you probably don't have the right to say that, do you?]