The logic Joseph understood was something the professional heroes of Planet Terra, whose strength surpassed his, couldn't possibly fail to grasp.
Over the past 30+ hours, they had repeatedly watched the video uploaded to the group yesterday.
They discovered that the so-called 'Saiyan power increases tenfold after transformation' seemed largely limited to an increase in 'power', or destructive capability.
Aspects like speed and agility didn't seem different from the normal state.
Moreover, without reason, they lost crucial judgment.
This was the real reason the Hero Association's members agreed to Shinichi's plan.
"In that case, let the Council of Swordmasters take the lead." Nichirin spoke gravely, his right hand on his sword hilt, as he and three other S-Class level swordsmen under his command charged out first.
"Fujiwara-san, please come with me quickly!" The Cerberus robot transmitted Child Emperor's frantic voice once more.
He completely failed to understand why Chika still hadn't fled, even with the situation developing to this point.
'Was the blow of losing her purity too great?'
'Had she not recovered yet?'
"Phantom Sword Style: Black Flash Cut!" Haragiri, a member of the Council of Swordmasters with slicked-back black and white hair, was the first to strike.
The moment he drew his sword, his body split into dozens of copies of himself, rushing towards the Great Ape Lott, their authenticity hard to distinguish.
[Naruto: A technique similar to my Shadow Clones?]
[Kakashi: No, these should just be ordinary clones, not shadow clones.]
Shadow clones could create physical entities that could participate in combat.
Clone Technique could only serve to distract the enemy, and it was essentially just a diversion.
[Sasuke: Not a particularly high-level ability, but it is indeed very suitable for dealing with enemies who have lost their reason.]
If someone used Clone Technique or Shadow Clones in front of him, he would use his Sharingan to distinguish them.
If it were a Sensory-type Ninja, they could use Chakra Sensing.
But since the transformed Lott had no reason left, he would only have two options: attack wildly or use area-of-effect attacks.
It was indeed very suitable for dealing with him in his current state.
Dozens of Haragiri's figures drew their swords simultaneously.
The sword slashes formed a dense net of blades, boldly aimed at the Great Ape Lott's head.
But just like how only one among the clones was the real one, only one of these sword slashes was real… the others were merely diversions.
The next instant, the Great Ape Lott swung his large hand forward, grabbing Fukkatsu directly.
At the same time, he tilted his head slightly, effortlessly dodging the first attack.
In the Universal Chat Group, the audience watching intently was dumbfounded.
'Out of dozens of clones, he grabbed the real one in one go?'
'W-Wasn't his luck just too good?'
"Split up and attack!" Nichirin's expression changed drastically as he shouted sharply.
Currently, he didn't think too much about it, also feeling Lott's luck was just too good.
'Even after losing his reason, he could grab Haragiri's real body in one try?'
The other three swordsmen quickly separated, attacking from different positions towards three vital points on the Great Ape Lott's abdomen, chest, and neck.
"Heavenly Rain Style: Ten Thousand Swords Unite!"
"Waning Moon Style: Moon Shadow Flash Blade!"
"Iaijutsu: Asura Slash!"
This time, it wasn't a diversion.
The sword slashes unleashed by S-Class sword masters were like a tsunami of converging sword light, rushing towards the demonic ape from three directions.
Faced with attacks from different directions, an opponent who had lost their mind would inevitably lose composure and reveal an opening.
However-
The Great Ape Lott's mouth curled into a barely perceptible arc.
His right hand, originally holding Fukkatsu, twisted.
He crushed the S-Class hero-level swordsman in his hand like a meatball.
The next instant, he swatted backhandedly as if swatting a fly, the back of his hand whistling as it struck Amahare, another member of the Council of Swordmasters, from the right lower side.
The proud flying slash shattered like a mosquito under the slap.
Watching the giant hand rapidly enlarging in his vision, Amahare screamed in terror, his courage and spirit shattered: "No!"
Boom-
However, this changed nothing.
Everyone only saw something fly out into the night sky after the ape waved its hand, then crash into a building ten miles away.
"Amahare! We will avenge you!" Seeing his friend's tragic death, the other S-Class swordsman, Zanbai, secretly swore.
"Watch out!"
But at that moment, shouts and warnings from the other heroes below instantly pulled his focus back.
Zanbai looked up and saw the demonic ape opening its large mouth towards him.
An overwhelmingly powerful light wave surged out.
Boom!!!
A deafening roar rang.
The linear shockwave instantly overwhelmed the sword light, swallowed Zanbai, and then swept towards the last member of the Council of Swordmasters, Nichirin, with a sweeping motion.
Where the ray swept across the ground, a bottomless chasm formed at an incredibly exaggerated speed.
Nichirin, greatly alarmed, relied on his strength comparable to Atomic Samurai's to quickly land and dodge.
"Now! Take this chance to cut his tail!" Shinichi, commanding from the Hero Association's headquarters far away, shouted opportunely.
"Flash Slash!"
In the night sky, a golden light descended from above, aiming straight for the Great Ape Lott's tail.
It was Flashy Flash, the fastest among the S-Class Heroes.
As Flashy Flash's golden blade drew closer and closer to that tail, the final distance less than five centimeters, the professional heroes on-site, along with the Kudo father-son duo and others at headquarters, subconsciously revealed ecstatic expressions.
Countless group members in the chat also wished they could pry their eyeballs out and stick them to the screen.
'Could they succeed?!'
The final centimeter!
In that instant, the tail twisted suddenly like a spirit snake.
Flashy Flash's Flash Slash passed by, almost grazing the fur at the tip of the tail.
Everyone was shocked.
'N-No way, wasn't he looking forward?'
'How did he know someone was attacking his tail from behind?'
But there was no time to think!
The next instant, the tail swept through the night sky like a whip, creating a whistling sound that grated on the ears.
That thick, long tail came down like a dragon-slaying sword!
'Too fast!'
People from planets with lower combat power levels, like Planet Titan, didn't even react to what happened.
They only saw the giant ape's tail flick.
And then... a puddle of bloody pulp appeared on the ground.
S-Class Hero Rank 12, Flashy Flash.
Killed!
Seeing Flashy Flash vanish in an instant, everyone, whether on-site or on other planets, fell into a stupor.
'H-How did he know?!'
"Ki... can be used to sense an enemy's location."
A voice full of mockery and teasing reached everyone's ears.
Everyone's eyes widened further, their mouths gaping even more.
They stared blankly at the turquoise giant ape, whose lips had curled into a clear smile.
'H-He spoke?'
'He spoke!?'
...
Seeing Flashy Flash smashed into pulp by that long tail, the turquoise giant ape's mouth curled into that malicious arc.
All the viewers in the group had eyes as wide as copper bells, their faces filled with utter disbelief.
'D-Did he just speak?'
Many martial artists from various planets had their own unique methods for dealing with situations where their vision couldn't lock onto an opponent.
For example, Observation Haki on the Planet Pirate, sensory abilities on the Planet Ninja. Even on planets with lower overall combat power like Planet Ruroni, there were swordsmen who, having lost their sight, trained superhuman hearing to replace their eyes.
[Shishio Makoto: He has not lost his reason.]
Shishio Makoto from the Planet Ruroni concluded.
One of his Juppongatana, Uonuma Usui, was a swordsman whose eyes he had destroyed, losing his vision, and then trained extreme auditory perception.
But there was a prerequisite for using this ability: one absolutely must not lose their reason.
Seeing how the Great Ape Lott could effortlessly avoid Flashy Flash's incredible speed, Shishio Makoto determined that Lott's mind was fine.
Not to mention he had spoken!
…
"N-No, impossible, h-how could it be... I, I confirmed it so many times!?" Shinichi's distraught cry, transmitted through the livestream, reached the ears of all the universe's spectators.
The high-spirited and energetic aura from the beginning of the battle had long vanished without a trace.
In everyone's eyes, he now resembled the pillar of Joker, the mascot of McDonald's, the big boss of Gotham City, the arch-nemesis of Batman.
Shinichi couldn't accept what was happening before his eyes.
He had been so careful after deducing the Saiyans' weakness from yesterday's group livestream, and he hadn't rushed to act, insisting on finding evidence.
And he had obtained solid proof from Krillin.
He was completely certain of the two Saiyan weaknesses before taking action.
B-But... why was the situation developing so differently from what he imagined!?
Finally, the resentment and regret compressed within the Detective Highschool Student's heart erupted into a heart-wrenching roar:
"You set me up! Krillin!!!"