The massive suction force seemed capable of swallowing everything in existence. The spatial anchors at the end of time were torn apart by the churning, and countless time fragments — half-solidified timelines — dissolved into black particles and were drawn into the black hole. Absorbing that energy only made it grow larger.
The honeyed words still whispered in her ear, but Ino had no patience for any of that. Her expression shifted sharply.
Mechikabura was essentially a Blackbeard who'd eaten a Dark-Dark Fruit — except a Blackbeard amplified a thousandfold.
Ino was already straining just to hold her own against a Kuronoa who was three times stronger thanks to demonization. Now, with the sudden appearance of this massive suction force — a force that seemed capable of absorbing all matter — even the spiritual energy composing her Susanoo counted as matter. The towering sword-and-shield warrior was being warped out of shape by the pull, and the situation had reached a critical breaking point in an instant.
She immediately played one of her hidden cards.
"Using my blood as a medium — answer my call, and come!" Given her current level of ability, even this custom-built "Summoning Jutsu" only took two hand seals with her left hand.
No response required. No need to ask for their consent. A forced summoning.
Come willing or come unwilling — you're coming either way!
Deep within West Supreme Kai Leila's soul, a seal Ino had planted long ago had been lying dormant all this time. Absorbed by the Majin, her body rebuilt using Majin cells — no matter what Leila had gone through, from start to finish, that seal had never disappeared.
In the beginning, when Ino's power was still weak, she'd been cautious and careful when absorbing energy, afraid Leila might influence her own personality. But once she had grown strong — far surpassing the West Supreme Kai — the influence had reversed.
Ino had directly triggered Leila's rebirth. Having taken that enormous benefit from Ino's side, did Leila think there was no price to pay? Every gift fate bestows has a hidden price tag attached from the start. Now was the moment Leila paid her debt.
If the West Supreme Kai had known that her soul's remnant had already dealt with Ino, she might have been on guard. Unfortunately, that was information she did not possess.
As Ino activated the Summoning Jutsu, she kept scanning the timelines, pushing to maximize her advantage.
Dragged in close-range alongside Leila by force — was her beloved big son: Frieza!
Frieza was completely bewildered. He had just finished off Kid Buu in the Seventh Universe — not a single cell left — and in the blink of an eye, where in the world had he ended up?
Ino hadn't called them here for a chat. She gave the mother and son no time to catch their breath at all. She shifted her angle, positioning the two of them directly in front of her, and the Demon Realm Supreme Kai's Dark Devouring slammed into them instead.
"Damn it! What the hell is this?!" Frieza had no time to think. He erupted with his full power, golden covering most of his skin, fighting the suction with everything he had.
Leila didn't have that option. Her body was pulled involuntarily toward the void. Watching herself about to be swallowed entirely by the black hole — her soul and body both set to be annihilated — her survival instinct forced a choice. She was desperate now. If Supreme Kai abilities were useless, then she'd use Majin abilities!
She surrendered control of her body, voluntarily slipping back into the role of the absorbed and controlled, letting the Majin cells take the lead.
Female Buu was reborn within her body!
To put it plainly: the Majin unsealed by the mage Babidi was the first-generation Majin — that one had been destroyed by Vegetto. The one reborn from Mr. Satan's dog was the second-generation Majin — that one had been wiped out by Frieza. And this one could fairly be called the third-generation Majin Buu!
Caught off-guard, the Majin fought desperately for survival. More than half of her body was already sliding into the black hole. One arm shot out like a whip — ten-odd meters in the opposite direction — and coiled tightly around one of Frieza's legs. Then she began dragging herself back out bit by bit.
"Get off me!" Frieza was furious. Of all the moments to grab my leg and drag me down with you? Does everyone think my good temper makes me a pushover?
His eyes blazed with rage.
The Majin gave a cold laugh. You used my cells to rebuild your body — did you think that came without a cost?
She severed the half of her body that was already being sucked into the black hole herself. Her upper half shot like an arrow and fused onto Frieza, muscles writhing uncontrollably. She emerged from Frieza's shoulder — just a head — and flashed the Emperor of the Universe a little smile.
All of this had happened in the span of a lightning flash. Both of these individuals had come to "assist" Ino of their own "free will." But she felt it still wasn't quite solid enough. She produced a scroll and unsealed it with one hand.
Cell Max's soul had been divided and processed, but the corpse still existed — just in a devastatingly ruined state.
Fortunately, Cell had Namekian cells.
Kimimaro's corpse, Ginkaku's corpse — Ino had spent so many years studying them that her mastery over corpse research had long since reached a level no ordinary person could fathom.
Ino had already repaired the corpse some time prior. Now she slapped her palm down on it, awakening the residual consciousness inside, then pointed one finger at Mechikabura: Go. Go play with him.
Frieza, Cell, Majin Buu — the three great generals versus Mechikabura!
The battlefield was chaotic, sure — but that didn't matter. As long as they could buy even a little time, it was enough.
Only now did Ino have a spare moment to turn her attention to Aeos, who had suddenly been knocked back to her original form.
You're not getting demonized too, are you? Because if you are, I genuinely cannot hold.
The spiritual energy composing Susanoo was being corroded by the Dark Power emanating from Kuronoa. Ino was forced to continuously carve away at that corrupted spiritual energy and then rebuild Susanoo from scratch. Kept up long enough, she would definitely be the first one to give out.
She shouted over her shoulder: "Aeos! What are you doing?! Are you even a qualified Supreme Kai of Time or not?! Get over here and fight alongside me!"
"Hahahaha —" Mechikabura, holding off three opponents at once, let out a booming laugh. "Young Supreme Kai of Time — I suspect you don't know this — but it was I who awakened the previous generation's Supreme Kai of Time from history. Today's battle has been within my plans from the very beginning. That includes every piece of small-fry trash you've brought here. I knew they would appear long ago. Every scene I foresaw matches reality exactly — not a single deviation."
Ino paused — then immediately threw her head back and laughed with the poise of a great general who'd seen it all: "Hahahaha — Pure bluster! I might as well say it was I who awakened her, and that everything is within my plans! Where's your proof?"
Mechikabura saw right through her. "Little girl, your attempt to stall for time is far too transparent. But since you want proof — I'll give you proof."
The Demon Realm Supreme Kai's eyes seemed to project into the blood moon hanging in the sky above, staring down at Ino from on high.
The instant she sensed him gathering his spiritual energy, Ino averted her gaze.
Trying to use an eye-based ability to control me? You severely underestimate the Seventh Hokage!
She not only looked away — she shut down every single sensory channel she used to receive information from the outside world, and layered a thick barrier with sealing properties over the outside of Susanoo.
She had pushed her defenses to their absolute limit. And still she was hit.
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