"Would flash still have won if that guy didn't say how he could sense him?" Zero wondered

"I commend a fighter who is able to fight while missing one of their senses" Flash said

"I'll be up next, wish me luck" Platzen said

"You guys wanna place bets?" Zero asked

"Ten gold that the time girl wins" Crystal said

"Fifteen gold on Kanjo" Flash said

"I've got fifty gold on Platzen" Zero said

"Do you even have that money?" Crystal asked

"Nope" Zero said

"For our next match, Platzen vs Kanjo!" Brock shouted

"Let's think, how do we beat somebody who slows down time?" Platzen wondered

"I'll have to ask kindly that you do not get too much dust on my clothing" Kanjo said

"I can try" Platzen said

"Fight, begin!" Brock shouted

Platzen tossed multiple coins at Kanjo

Kanjo began to spin her umbrella

"Detonate" Platzen said

Time began to slow down

The coins exploded in slow motion

"Oh my" Kanjo said stating at the coin slowly exploding in front of her

Kanjo walked toward Platzen

"How unfortunate this matchup is, your abilities need time to complete, and well I restrict most of that time" Kanjo said

"Minute Hand" Kanjo said as a energy blade in the shape of a clock hand formed on her hand

Kanjo jabbed Platzen in the stomach

Time moved normally again

Platzen coughed and held his stomach

"nice one.." Platzen said shaking slightly

"Shit shes right, her ability counters mine.. if I don't think of something fast I'm gonna be done for" Platzen thought

Platzen crouched down

Platzen began to touch each tile that was near him

"What are you doing?" Kanjo asked

"Style: Castle" Platzen said pointing at Kanjo

"Hm?" Kanjo questioned

Platzen pulled more coins out of his pockets

Platzen threw the coins at Kanjo

"Detonate" Platzen said

"Same trick again?" Kanjo said spinning her umbrella

Time began to slow down

Kanjo walked towards Platzen

"Did you believe that if you tried the same move again it would work?" Kanjo said

"You truly are naive-" Kanjo tried to say before feeling a burning sensation on her foot

Kanjo looked down to see the tile she was standing on was glowing orange along with each nearby tile surrounding Platzen

The tiles began to continue their explosion

Kanjo stepped back holding her foot

"How annoying" Kanjo said

Kanjo pulled a coin off of her shoe

"When did I-?" Kanjo tried to say before the coin exploded in her face having time move normally

"Chain reaction!" Platzen shouted as the coins he tossed earlier blew up blasting Kanjo towards Platzen as the tiles beneath her exploded

"Woah what was that?" Zero asked

"What impeccable planning, did he think of that in one second?" Flash asked

"This guy didn't seem like the smart type to me" Crystal said

Kanjos clothes were burned, torn and covered in ash and dust

"How... Dare... You..." Kanjo said shaking in anger

"Short temper huh" Platzen said

Kanjo tried to start spinning her umbrella

"No you don't" Platzen said snapping

The umbrella exploded blasting Kanjo back

"WHAT DID YOU DO!!??" Kanjo shouted

"HOW DID YOU DO THAT!!??" Kanjo shouted

"I figured since every time you spun your umbrella time would slow down so that was the source of that ability and I'm not affected by my own explosions so while you were busy getting blasted by the tiles I touched your umbrella, oh yeah I can make anything I touch explode by the way" Platzen said

"how did you.." Kanjo said on her knees trembling

"Best counter to your thing was to surround myself in explosions, so when you got close, they would still be in effect, you can only slow time not stop it" Platzen said

"well... played..." Kanjo said passing out

"The winner is.. Platzen!" Brock shouted

The Crowd roared

"Where did all that come from?" Zero asked

"Looks like he's more than what we thought he was" Crystal said

"Hey guys, how'd I do?" Platzen asked

"That was insane" Zero said

"Thanks" Platzen said smiling, scratching his head

"Zero is up next" Flash said

"Guess I'm taking on sub again" Zero said

"For our next match! Sub VS Zero!" Brock shouted

"Looks like I'm against the guy who told me to enter a tournament" Sub said

"Remember what I said to you?" Zero said

"Fight, Begin!" Brock shouted

"Ice scatter: thousand ice spear blades!" Sub shouted firing multiple ice spears at Zero

Zero smacked each spear away

"You really need to stop with that one" Zero said

"That was just the distraction!" Sub shouted

Ice spears emerged from the ground beneath Zero

Zero quickly jumped out of the way

"Nice try" Zero said

Zero fired a blast from his finger at sub

Sub opened a wormhole catching the blast

Zero put both of his hands in a finger gun shape

"Firing range" Zero said as he started to repeatedly fire blasts from his fingers at Sub

Sub opened multiple wormholes catching most of the blasts

"Check this out" Zero said

Zeros blasts turned green and began to break through Subs wormholes

"What?" Sub said in shock

Sub was blasted repeatedly

"But... they're their own space" Sub said

"Doesn't matter to me" Zero said

"All those other blasts had to have gone somewhere though, right?" Sub said

"Hm?" Zero questioned

A wormhole opened behind Zero releasing all of the blasts Zero fired at Sub

Zero dodged the blasts as they flew past him and hit Sub

"Oh.. come on.." Sub said shaking

"Dimensional Disappearance" Sub said disappearing into a wormhole

Zero punched the air fracturing the space around him

"What!?" The crowd shouted

The space shattered and Sub fell out

"How the hell did you do that!?" Sub shouted

Zero moved his hand up and the space fixed itself

"Magic" Zero said smirking

"That's it, I'm done" Sub said

"Fallen Angel: FreezerBurnt Blast!" Sub shouted firing a negative temperature beam at Zero

Zero fired a green finger blast at the beam and it pierced through, hitting Sub, knocking him out

"You'll probably win.. if im not in there, you should have remembered that" Zero said

"Our winner is... Zero!" Brock shouted

The crowd roared with excitement

"Looks like we're going to the semi finals" Zero said