Gargoyle walks back to the party waiting room looking sad.
Carbuncle: WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED OUT THERE!?
Girimekhala: Wait, Carbuncle, calm down boy!
Gargoyle: Um, I can explain.
Carbuncle used Shin Kick! It wasn't very effective...
Aegir: Just finish the damn round if you don't wanna go chibi in public.
Flashback of Gargoyle going chibi in the prologue!
Chernobog: Carbuncle, we should focus on the present rather than what's already happened.
Arena
Ryouta: Sorry I lost guys...
Shirou: It was just bad luck, you did your best.
Ahura Mazda: Indeed. I am superhuman and you are not, that is all.
Ryouta: I coulda won if this were an eating contest!
Good natured Ahura Mazda.
Touji: That's the spirit, Ryouta. The World Reps are not invincible.
Meanwhile, Match #3
Tindalos: Now it's Jagannath's turn!
Jagannath: Wow, hearing live cheers for once is cool!
Perun: Your luck's run out to go against me, pleb!
Jagannath: Your Imperial Privilege is no good here in the ring!
Jagannath slams Perun!
Perun: WHAT
Jagannath: Heh, going all out means I can take on guys like you.
Jagannath combos Perun's ass into oblivion!
Perun: HOW DARE
Party Waiting Room
MC: oh my god he actually won / He kicked Perun's ass!? / yessss, hot people fighting each other
Chernobog: Defeating an emperor? Truly the world is vast.
Otohime: Yes, clearly it is possible to turn things around.
Aegir: Heh, you'd be the first one people go for, Chernobog.
Match #4 is Tiger Man vs. Pollux! Also Game 2 will be Ultimate Kendo, no assigned team members for that one.
MC: MY TIME HAS COME
Chernobog: I have no objections.
Carbuncle: Yeah I can't swordfight, so...
Girimekhala: Hey maybe we should do a group cheer since we're a team now?
Carbuncle: Sounds good!
Everyone gathers together. Otohime is mystified. Gargoyle is doing the Japanese Squat of Shame.
Carbuncle: On three, okay? One, two, three! Go, MC!
Otohime: I shall take that synchronized cheer down for reference.
MC: Okay, here I go!
MC goes outside. The other teams have sent their player for Round 2 out too.
Michael: Hello Big Brother. I'm going to show you how much I've grown.
Fuxi: Predictable choice. But you are also obviously the only swordfighter on your team.
Tezcatlipoca and Shiva are here too.
MC: I'm so cooked / Nah, I'll win / COULDN'T YOU GUYS HAVE SENT LITERALLY ANYONE ELSE!?
Fuxi: They say I'm also the origin of warcraft in our world, you know.
Tezcatlipoca: Me going out here is more exciting than Yasuyori or Tanetomo! And why would I let anyone else play with you, BRRRROTHER!?
Shiva: I have Vishnu's sword skills via my Trimurti connection!
Mac Roich: You're so popular MC. But I'm glad to spar with you!
Moritaka: Let's do our best, MC!
Avarga: I'm here because Garuda shenanigans.
Explanation time!
Enigma: For this round we have Bukuro's Horokeu Kamui as guest commentator.
Kamui: I shall do my best in this role.
Enigma: VR battle royale with randomized spawn points for everyone. And despite our calling this the kendo round, there are actually no weapon restrictions meaning no actual requirement to use swords.
Vrrrr...
Engima: That said, we're still using the kendo scoring system. Hit people on the right spots for points. Get hit and you get respawned somewhere as you lose points. Winner is whoever has the most points at the end of the time limit.
Winner gets 10 points. 2nd gets 8, 3rd gets 6, 4th gets 5, 5th gets 3, 6th gets 2, 7th gets 1, and 8th gets nothing.
Enigma: No restrictions against power usage, but scoring only counts weapon attacks. Rule breaking gets point penalties. Kamui, your thoughts?
Kamui: So, skill with weaponry and game theory will be important.
Enigma: Judgment skills, I see.
Arena setup done!
Enigma: Begin the second round!
MC: okay what now (check around)
Literally a few seconds later
Fuxi: SIIIISTER! Submit to me!
MC: NAH MAN / Big Bro, lemme hit you~ / (swing)
SUDDEN SIDE SWIPE
Michael: Hand strike point. Tee hee, you can't keep up with me now that you've fallen.
MC: WHAT / sneaky little shit! / ugh, dammit
Beep. Michael +1, MC -1
Kamui: My hero, the round literally just started!
Enigma: Uh, you're still technically opposed to them right now.
Kamui: O-oh, yes. I forgot where I was for a moment.
Time for MC to get dumped somewhere else now.
Michael: So Fuxi, want to fight me?
Fuxi: No, hitting you will take too long.
Michael: That sounds about right for you. Time to look for where Big Brother got sent to then.
Later
MC respawns elsewhere
Tezcatlipoca: BRRRROTHER! Fight me!
MC: Goddammit! / I'm gonna win! / yeeeeah brother
Shiva: KAAAAMA! How dare you tempt me by exposing yourself so shamefully!
Party Waiting Room
Girimekhala: W-wait, what did he just say?
Shocked Girimekhala!
Arena
Shiva spear charges MC!
Tezcatlipoca: Back off my BRRRROTHER, you!
MC: help / I can't believe all the World Reps are after me like they always are! / Dammit, piss off Shiva!
Party Waiting Room
Aegir: Damn, everyone's ganging up on MC.
Carbuncle: Dick move!
Gargoyle: It's a logical strategy though, focusing on the weakest.
Carbuncle: But still...!
Otohime: I pray for you, MC...
Arena
MC: Welp, what do I even do?
Fuxi and Michael find MC again!
Tezcatlipoca: You're going to be all mine, BRRRROTHER!
Fuxi: I found you again, SIIIISTER!
Four way fight between the World Reps over who gets MC!
Moritaka: Ganging up against MC is dishonorable!
Mac Roich: I agree, so I will help you!
MC: You guys! / I'll pet you later, Moritaka! / Love you, Mac Roich!
(B) Moritaka: You must focus! We're still outnumbered!
(C) Mac Roich: Haha, and I love you too! But we have more important things to deal with first!
Enigma: Suddenly this battle royale is turning into a team battle, but there are no rules against it.
Kamui: There are its own risks in doing things this way as well.
Avarga sucker punches Tezcatlipoca!
Avarga: Careless, careless.
Tezcatlipoca: Impressive initiative! No mercy!
Avarga: I'll join you for now, MC.
Tezcatlipoca gets teleported away, so now it's 4v3!
Michael: Hmph. We still have 12 wings, 8 trigrams, and 3 sets of arms on this side.
Shiva: Indeed! Charge!
Shiva throws his spear at MC!
Enigma: Beep boop, weapon throwing is prohibited this round. Penalty for Shiva.
Shiva: WHAT? B-but I throw weapons all the time in my home world!
Enigma: Which is still not a thing in kendo rules.
Warmongers Waiting Room
Tanetomo: What are they even doing?
Tiger Man: Our superstar tanked that attack from Avarga even though he could have dodged.
Tanetomo: Maybe they just don't bother with defensive measures at their power level anymore. Plus the general has his masochistic side now that he can feel again.
Tiger Man: I'm gonna cheer from the stands! Doctor, the flag!
Shennong: Flag waving, got it.
Arena
4v2 standoff!
Moritaka: MC, we can still win under the kendo rules here. I'll take point!
Plot twist!
Michael: Oof, Fuxi, what!?
Fuxi backed off from Mac Roich and Avarga to sucker punch Michael!
Fuxi: What? We never really agreed to ally with each other.
Michael whines as he gets teleported away!
Fuxi: Okay bye now.
Mac Roich: Nah, you aren't leaving that easily.
Actually Fuxi does leave that easily.
Avarga: Guess he saw a better deal somewhere else.
MC: Thanks guys. I guess this foursome is over now and we fight now?
Mac Roich: Not now, but maybe later.
Moritaka: I'll leave too then. Good luck, MC.
Temp alliance breaks off and splits up. Moritaka, Mac Roich, Shiva, and Michael are still in the lead. Someone's score isn't changing.
Fuxi: (stares)
Team Southern Tokyo Waiting Room
Ixbalanque: Why's Fuxi just standing there? I thought we were actually trying to win.
Perun: Wait and see.
Arena
Fuxi: Hmm, Mac Roich and Shiva both have Future Vision too. They ARE messing with my plans but things should be done with soon. (wanders off)
Moritaka: I can't find anyone!
(bop)
Enigma: Fuxi just got Moritaka! One point!
Moritaka: Can you see the future!?
Fuxi: Yes. Now, who's next?
Fuxi starts farming points by ambushing people!
Fuxi: Tee hee.
MC: FIGHT ME, FUXI!
Fuxi: Ah, SIIIISTER! My Future Vision said Avarga was supposed to come by next. I love how unpredictable you are, but it looks like you'll be placing dead last.
MC: Still gotta try!
Fuxi: Heh, impossible.
Fuxi reads MC like a book.
Fuxi: This little dance is fun. Too bad it won't last long.
MC: Oh no! I gotta do something random!
MC rushes in! Fuxi is caught off guard!
MC: Kendo head strike!
Bzzzzt!
Engima: O-oh, well that was the bell and we judge that MC made their attack in time to count.
Kamui: Impressive strike, my hero.
Enigma: Anyways, time to tally up the points.
1. Fuxi 2. Michael 3. Mac Roich 4. Shiva 5. Moritaka 6. Avarga 7. MC 8. Tezcatlipoca
Engima: And to distribute the points for this round.
1. Team Eastern Tokyo 13 (+8) 2. Team Southern Tokyo 10 (+10) 3. Team Kudan 10 (+5) 4 .Team Yoyogi 7 (+2) 5. Team Bukuro 6 (+6) 6. Team Prison School 5 (+0) 7. Team Shinjuku 3 (+3) 8. Team Carbuncle 1 (+1)
Later
Avarga: My bad, you guys.
Kyuma: Nah, you did your best!
Durga: You can do better in a different round! It's still just 2 out of 10 so far!
Quick downtime and postmortem for everyone!
Tanetomo: General, did you not understand kendo strike rules?
Tezcatlipoca: Welp!
Tanetomo: (sigh)
Team Southern Tokyo's Waiting Room
Perun: Well done, Fuxi!
Fuxi: Thank you. We'd be doing even better if you had won.
Perun: Heh. Winners don't need to concern themselves with the past. Just move forward.
Fuxi: We're all just cynics. Also it was exciting the way SIIIISTER came at me. You'll get to me one of these days, heh.
Team Carbuncle's Waiting Room
Otohime: MC, commiseration dance! You did your best! Chernobog, kick your legs!
Chernobog: Y-yes! But I'm not that flexible!
MC: what / sorry I came in 7th / thanks guys
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(A) Otohime: I thought you might need cheering up.
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Aegir: You did pretty good for being ganged up on. We're behind, but we got all competition to catch up.
Carbuncle: Yeah, your last swing was so cool!
Girimekhala: I gotta try harder next time I'm out!
High morale! Round 3 announcement time!
Tindalos: Next up, Ultimate Sumo! Player selection will be random! And for Team Carbuncle...that's gonna be Girimekhala!
Girimekhala: OH GOD I'M SO DOOMED
End of Episode part
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