As the rules were announced, the four enormous electronic screens lit up!
The portraits of countless contestants from different worlds flashed rapidly across the screens like a revolving lantern!
They finally stopped on two young men, both wielding swords.
[First match] ["Pirate Hunter" Roronoa Zoro vs. "Demon Slayer Corps swordsman" Tanjiro Kamado!]
The next moment, two dazzling beams descended from above, locking precisely onto two figures in the audience whose faces still held traces of bewilderment.
"Zoro!!!"
In one corner of the stands, a boy wearing a straw hat shot out of his seat the instant he saw the light lock onto his companion.
"What's going on?! Zoro's going to fight that really strong-looking guy?!"
Nami and Usopp looked just as nervous.
Meanwhile, at the other end of the stands.
A boy wearing a checkered coat, with a scar on his forehead and sun-disc earrings, also looked bewildered when he saw his portrait appear on the enormous screen.
"Huh?! Me?!"
"Tanjiro-!!! No!!! Don't go!!!"
A boy with short yellow hair clung to Tanjiro's leg, squealing like a pig being slaughtered:
"That Moss Head guy looks so scary!"
"He'll kill you! He'll definitely kill you!!!"
"Hmph! What's there to be afraid of!"
A boy wearing a boar's head mask spoke disdainfully from beside them:
"Zenitsu! Let go! Let me take his place! I'll use my Two-Sword Style to chop him to pieces!"
Under the nervous gazes of their respective friends and family.
Zoro and Tanjiro were instantly transported by the two beams onto the platform at the very center of the arena.
After a brief silence, the entire arena erupted in deafening cheers!
"I don't know who you are."
Looking at the boy before him, whose eyes were gentle but whose presence was powerful, Zoro slowly drew the three