Compared to the first two fiercely fought, tension-filled matches, the suspense in the remaining individual matches visibly dwindled.
The third match was Panda against Mechamaru.
Just as in the original story, Panda went straight into Gorilla Mode and used his Drumming Beat to bypass the external defenses, completely wrecking Mechamaru's puppet from the inside.
The fourth match was Kinji Hakari against Kasumi Miwa.
It was an even more complete rout. Kinji Hakari opened with Domain Expansion-Idle Death Gamble.
A vast torrent of information about the rules flooded Kasumi Miwa's head as though he had activated a miniature Unlimited Void, crashing her brain completely and leaving her standing dumbly in place, unable even to defend herself.
Kinji Hakari then rushed up to her and easily tossed her off the platform in a single move. Even when the match ended, she still had no idea how she had lost.
The fifth match was Toge Inumaki against Momo Nishimiya.
As soon as the match began, Momo Nishimiya activated her cursed technique and flew into the sky on her broom, leaving Toge Inumaki unable to reach her.
Toge Inumaki tried several times to suppress her with Cursed Speech, but Momo Nishimiya protected her ears with cursed energy throughout, shutting out everything around her. Cursed Speech had very little effect.
Unfortunately, Momo Nishimiya overlooked the other things above the platform. Toge Inumaki used Cursed Speech to knock one of Mei Mei's black crows out of the sky as it flew past. The falling crow struck Momo Nishimiya squarely on the head, knocking the flying little girl and her broom straight out of the air.
As for what happened after she landed, that hardly needed saying. Momo Nishimiya's close-combat abilities were arguably even more laughable than her cursed technique's destructive power.
After all, her cursed technique