Enter the Sumas space.
"Start!"
The next mont, Kaizen felt the aura in his body surge into the crystal ball at an incredible speed.
It was exactly the sa as last ti.
The crystal ball’s color began to shift.
Boom!
A loud noise echoed in Kaizen’s mind. Suddenly, he felt his consciousness being pulled into another space. Images began to flash before his eyes.
A young man with long blue hair and a wild grin.
A red-haired youth with dazed, unfocused eyes.
A man in a green turban radiating thick purple energy.
A burly middle-aged man.
A petite white-haired woman with narrowed eyes.
In the next mont, all these figures were drawn into the crystal ball.
Crack!
A sharp sound rang out.
Kaizen’s consciousness snapped back into his body at lightning speed.
...
Not long after, he opened his eyes.
With a thought, he summoned a figure.
Tall, with long black hair, the man’s aura radiated overwhelming strength—stronger than Natsu, stronger than Raiken, and worlds beyond soone like Uchiha Sasuke.
A na surfaced in Kaizen’s mind.
"Toriko."
"From the Gourt World."
Kaizen’s eyes glead slightly.
He’d already developed a thod for evaluating his Nen Beasts.
One factor was their innate characteristics.
Another was the lore and background of the characters they were based on.
Hard to judge by appearance alone—but not entirely impossible.
After all, this Hunter Exam even had Chairman Netero involved, one of the top five Nen users alive. His strength alone was S-rank.
Toriko’s lore must be similarly powerful.
Characters like Raiken, Uchiha Sasuke, Killer Queen...
They’d all eventually join him.
The scope had already expanded to a universal level.
In the world of Toriko, they didn’t just eat beasts—they devoured plants, continents, even planets and galaxies.
That kind of power ant Toriko was no lightweight.
"Though, Toriko specializes in close combat," Kaizen muttered. "That overlaps with Natsu’s role."
"But I rember Toriko originally had blue hair..."
"Why is it black now?"
"Is it because the Blue Gourt Demon isn’t present?"
"Sa with the Red and White ones?"
Kaizen studied Toriko carefully.
A wave of information flooded his mind.
"Primary techniques: Fork, Nail, Knife Step.
Main ability: Gourt Cells—physical strength increases by consuming high-quality, nutrient-rich food.
Growth-based ability.
However, the Gourt Demon cannot awaken."
Kaizen wasn’t particularly concerned about the Gourt Demon.
After all, Gourt Demons had independent consciousness.
If a creature like that manifested in his Nen Beast, would it even obey him?
"Let’s test Toriko’s strength first."
Kaizen summoned another.
Natsu appeared beside him.
He assigned both Nen Beasts the sa amount of aura.
They stepped into the arena.
"Begin!"
The instant the command was given, Natsu and Toriko lunged at each other.
Fists collided. Elbows flew. Kicks thundered.
Kaizen watched from a distance, analyzing their movents.
"Technique-wise, Toriko is sharper. But Natsu’s firepower gives him the edge. Toriko’s fork, nail, and knife techniques aren’t a serious threat to Natsu."
Toriko began to lose ground under Natsu’s assault.
But that didn’t necessarily an Natsu, as portrayed in Fairy Tail, was stronger than Toriko.
Kaizen’s Nen Beasts weren’t perfect 1:1 replicas.
...
Their strength depended on his ntal image of them.
That ant Kaizen’s perception played a key role in how powerful they actually were.
Even if Natsu had the upper hand now, Toriko’s full potential hadn’t been unleashed yet.
If Toriko could utilize his Gourt Cells to consu enough high-level food, his power might easily surpass Natsu’s.
Because Gourt Cells functioned as both a vow and a restriction.
And in Nen, restrictions an power.
The greater the price, the greater the reward.
The more you invest, the higher the return.
"Uchiha Sasuke."
Another thought activated, and Natsu vanished. Sasuke took his place beside Toriko.
Kaizen distributed aura equally and ordered them to fight.
Nen Beasts had one key advantage—no fatigue.
They wouldn’t tire over ti or lose power unless their aura ran out.
So long as Kaizen kept the output stable, they fought at full strength indefinitely.
The clash began.
"Without activating Susanoo or Rashomon, Sasuke and Toriko are evenly matched," Kaizen observed.
"They each have unique strengths."
"No clear winner."
"It all depends on the environnt and situational performance."
When Sasuke finally activated his full abilities—Rashomon and Susanoo—he started to overpower Toriko.
Kaizen waved his hand.
Both Nen Beasts vanished.
"There’s definitely so overlap."
"Toriko’s not bad."
"But his role overlaps with Natsu and Sasuke."
Kaizen wasn’t dismissing Toriko.
But in a team, roles had to be diverse—tank, DPS, assassin, support, healer...
Unless so ga-breaking patch dropped, you couldn’t run six tanks or six healers and expect balance.
But this wasn’t a ga.
This was the real world.
Balance mattered.
...
Suddenly, Kaizen had a thought.
A massive surge of aura exploded around him.
"Natsu, Uchiha Sasuke, Toriko, Lantern Ghost, Chitong, Killer Queen!"
All six of his Nen Beasts appeared.
"Second Shadow!"
He activated his secondary Nen ability.
Numbers and stats appeared in his vision—compatibility values between Toriko and the other beasts.
For now, Natsu and Sasuke couldn’t rge with anyone.
But the others still had options.
Kaizen’s eyes widened at the results.
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