Lin Ran smiled with satisfaction upon hearing this extremely pleasing answer.
Good! Very good! Excellent! This was exactly the effect he wanted!
If the Sakura country hadn't been so stubborn and had simply admitted their fault, it wouldn't have caused them so much despair and explosion...
But now...
If Lin Ran didn't deliver a heavy blow and disfigure their faces, he would be letting them off too easily.
So, Lin Ran narrowed his eyes slightly and began to spin the tomoe in his Eternal Kaleidoscope:
"Since that's the case, I'll show you self-important fellows some irrefutable evidence!"
"Completely devoid of any shameless cheating? Heh!"
With that, Lin Ran kicked the Armored Gen stuck on the ground, sending him flying and smashing into Hanzo in mid-air.
At this moment, Lin Ran also canceled the restraint of Enkidu...
So, this heavy kick sent both Shimada brothers tumbling off the stage, landing on the ground with a clatter.
This meant that Lin Ran had officially become the winner of the match.
Of course, none of this attracted the attention and focus of everyone present.
To them at this moment, Hanzo and Gen were like two irrelevant clowns, not worth a shred of their energy.
After all, Lin Ran's sudden accusation of cheating was the most thrilling thing that had happened since the tournament's inception.
Especially since the accused were the hosts of this year's competition...
So, all eyes were fixed on Lin Ran.
The most anxious among them were, naturally, Chizuru Ginbai and Tanaka Kenji.
Although they had agreed on a strategy of denial and were quite convinced that Lin Ran lacked the ability to expose them, the thought of the terrifying consequences if they were caught still made them tremble.
As for Lin Ran...
He was now fully activating his eyes, busy conjuring evidence.
Kamui!
Soul Extraction!
Under Lin Ran's control, a spatial vortex of considerable radius appeared in the center of the arena, twisting the surrounding area.
Chizuru Ginbai, startled, initially thought Lin Ran was attacking her in a fit of rage and prepared to dodge.
But upon seeing that Lin Ran's target was merely an empty space, she calmed down.
What was he doing? Wasn't he supposed to present evidence?
Chizuru Ginbai was perplexed.
But not knowing what Lin Ran was up to, she could only stand there and wait.
*Crack! Crack! Crack!*
With countless crisp sounds like shattering glass, transparent shards fell from the Kamui vortex, accumulating layer upon layer of fluorescent debris on the ground.
Huh? Wait? Why did these inexplicable fluorescent layers look so familiar and intimate?
Chizuru Ginbai's heart skipped a beat. She quickly retreated several steps, preparing to secretly use her forbidden arts for a deep communion with the distant Heroic Spirit Shrine.
But unfortunately, Lin Ran's actions were too swift.
Utilizing Kamui's spatial transfer effect, he had already locked onto the commanding Heroic Spirit that had served as a relay point, preparing to escape through another dimension after assisting the Shimada brothers.
Hmph, trying to run?
This particular Heroic Spirit, due to its special effect, had almost no combat power.
Therefore, facing Lin Ran's sudden sneak attack, it was completely defenseless and was easily dragged out.
Seeing the pink Heroic Spirit suddenly appear in Lin Ran's hand, Chizuru Ginbai was greatly shocked and didn't know what to say.
How was this possible?!
They were from entirely different planes of existence. That commanding Heroic Spirit was a complete soul, floating in the world's spiritual plane...
Normally, there should be no interaction whatsoever!
Even they couldn't do this!
All they could do was use the Heroic Spirit Shrine to communicate with the souls in that plane, humbly begging them to act as temporary relays...
But now! Lin Ran, through some unknown means, had managed to directly cross dimensions and get hold of this commanding Heroic Spirit?!
This, this, this, this, this, this?! Was there any fairness left?!
And his purpose for doing this, wouldn't it be for...
Realizing that something was terribly wrong, Chizuru Ginbai's face turned ashen. In her excessive impulsiveness, she even felt the urge to kill Lin Ran on the spot.
However, her reason returned quickly enough, and she instantly calmed down again.
Putting aside whether she even had the strength, even if she could, her actions' purpose would be too obvious.
What to do? What to do? What to do?
Although she repeatedly told herself not to panic, Chizuru Ginbai trembled uncontrollably from immense fear.
If Lin Ran could even perform such a heaven-defying technique, didn't that mean...
Lifting her eyes, Chizuru Ginbai's heart sank into despair.
Because she indeed saw the scene that filled her with the most dread...
Under the gaze of Lin Ran's Eternal Kaleidoscope and Rinnegan, the pink Heroic Spirit was completely under his control, revealing the deeply hidden energy chains it possessed to the world.
"Holy crap?!"
The contestants, upon seeing the pink chains appear, slammed the table and widened their eyes.
The pink chains connected the Shimada Gen and Shimada Hanzo, then connected to the magic prisms on the stage, and further connected to the ground, and even to distant places.
Furthermore, since the pink Heroic Spirit had been pulled from the spiritual realm into reality by Lin Ran, the energy transfer effect of these connections was directly exposed.
This even exposed the dragon imprints on the Shimada brothers.
The so-called dragon imprints now looked like globs of sticky substances, all being reabsorbed by the pink Heroic Spirit.
Instantly, the aura that the Shimada Hanzo and Shimada Gen possessed completely collapsed.
After Lin Ran's actions, the contestants finally discovered the underhanded tricks the Sakura country had been playing secretly...
They had indeed been cheating right under everyone's noses! And on such a grand scale!
This not only left the contestants dumbfounded and indignant but also gave them an indescribable feeling...