Governing Cultural Conflicts Requires Drastic Measures

As time passed and contestant after contestant left the competition with regret, this esports tournament gradually entered its crucial stage, where only a handful of heavyweight players remained to battle for the championship.

The contestants taking the field in the second arena were two people we knew very well: Iori Yagami and Kusanagi Kyo.

Please don't make snarky comments about the contestants. I'm begging you!

These two rivals—archrivals who inevitably erupted into a fierce battle whenever they met—had actually appeared on a stage like this, using an esports game to determine the winner. It was enough to make one's jaw drop. Only the brutal Time-Space Administration could turn something like this into reality. The match had now begun, yet Kusanagi Kyo and Iori Yagami had not even sat down. Instead, they stared each other down across the table, apparently intending to crush the other with sheer presence before the game started.

"Hmph. Today is destined to be the day of your defeat. Come at me—I'll give you three moves!" Kusanagi Kyo declared with absolute confidence.

Iori Yagami showed no weakness. "Boring. I'll give you three moves. Go ahead."

"I can stand still and let you hit me."

"Use cheats and turn on infinite rage! I won't resist!"

"Use whatever super move you want! If I so much as move, I'll count it as my loss!"

"You go first!"

"No, you first!"

Watching from below, I was moved to tears: Iori Yagami picked Kusanagi Kyo, and Kusanagi Kyo picked Iori Yagami. What the hell were you two trying to do?

"Time over!"

Audience: "..."

You two bastards, get down here!

The tournament continued in this painfully awkward atmosphere. As for the final result... uh, anyway, I only remembered it going something like this:

The undead of the human race defeated the