The two referees outside the arena received Kyoya Hibari's withdrawal and immediately announced the result.
"In the battle of the Cloud Guardian, Sakata Gintoki is the winner!"
Only a few seconds after those words were spoken,
VSXANXUS cut in:
"Who said this battle was over? My Cloud Guardian robot, Gola Mosca, hasn't withdrawn yet."
Only then did everyone instinctively look toward Gola Mosca, whose limbs had already been disabled.
Even Sakata Gintoki looked over instinctively.
Gola Mosca, which had been motionless until then, suddenly had red light flare from its eyes.
The jet flames behind it immediately propelled its damaged mechanical body toward Sakata Gintoki.
Sakata Gintoki was caught off guard and got entangled by it.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Gola Mosca shoved Sakata Gintoki into the compartment reserved in its chest and immediately sealed him inside.
Just like the Vongola Ninth, he was trapped within.
Sakata Gintoki desperately pounded on the inside. "What the hell is this?!"
As if it had fulfilled its mission, the red glow in Gola Mosca's eyes gradually faded. It directly activated its self-destruct sequence, blasting both itself and Sakata Gintoki inside it into the air.
Gola Mosca's parts scattered all over the ground.
It looked like there was no putting it back together.
Sakata Gintoki was also blasted into the air, then plunged headfirst toward the ground. He crashed down like an upside-down radish, with half his body buried in the earth, his fate unknown.
In reality, Sakata Gintoki was fine. He had merely been stunned by the blast.
After all, his legs were still flailing wildly in the air.
It was not as if Sakata Gintoki had never seen something like this before.
He had no idea how much suffering he had endured or how many times he had been blasted away.