Looking at the fully constructed fighting stage, the surrounding food stalls, and the two giant portraits of Lord Beerus and Lord Champa, Goku couldn't help but exclaim, "I never thought that Lord Champa would have the stage ready in such a short time."
Hearing Goku's words, Lord Beerus scoffed, "You're giving him too much credit. Gods of Destruction don't build things; they only destroy."
After saying this, Lord Beerus flew out of the cube.
Lord Champa looked at Lord Beerus and said, "Hey, Beerus, you're late. I've been waiting for you here for a long time."
Lord Beerus nonchalantly shouted, "It was your idea to challenge me, so it's only right that you wait for us here."
Hearing Lord Beerus's words, Lord Champa didn't mind. He pointed around proudly and said, "Beerus, look. I've prepared the venue, so let's start the match right away."
At this moment, several young people inside the cube shouted, "The audience seats are so uncomfortable! All hard benches! Can't we have some soft sofas?"
Hearing this, Lord Beerus was delighted. He shouted, "Exactly! Such a poor environment is very impolite to us, who have come from far away."
"Whis!" Lord Beerus instructed Whis.
Whis immediately understood his master's intention and waved his staff. The audience seats surrounding the stage quickly disappeared.
Soon after, many velvet-covered spectator stands and temporary rest areas appeared in the air near the stage.
Lord Beerus said, "This is where we should be sitting. The previous seats were too demeaning for us."
At this point, Lord Champa asked his attendant, Vados, "Hey, Vados, don't tell me you didn't think of this. Why didn't you build these things first?"
Vados smiled at her cat master and replied, "Creating art that even Lord Champa can't understand is an insult to him."
Whis, standing on the opposite side, heard Vados's words and agreed, "Sister, you're absolutely right."
Lord Beerus didn't catch the teasing in Whis's words and continued to mock Lord Champa, "Look, what a thoughtful servant for his master!"
After the mutual teasing, the warriors and cheerleaders from both universes took their seats on opposite sides.
Just then, a very familiar voice called out to John Doe and the others, greeting them.
"Hi, Mr. John Doe, Mr. Goku, Mr. Vegeta, Mr. Gohan, it's been a long time!" It was the Supreme Kai of Time, accompanied by the Grand Minister and an elderly Supreme Kai.
Gohan immediately ran over and greeted the elderly Supreme Kai, saying, "Elder Supreme Kai, it's been a while. I'm truly grateful for what you did last time."
The elderly Supreme Kai smiled at Gohan and said warmly, "It's been a while, Gohan. It's a shame that your potential was unleashed, but you didn't get a chance to fight."
Gohan replied nonchalantly, "It doesn't matter. As long as Earth is safe, it doesn't matter who defeats Buu."
The Supreme Kai of the Seventh Universe arrived, and the Supreme Kai of the Sixth Universe was no exception. Soon after the Supreme Kai of the Seventh Universe arrived, they came to the competition venue.
The Supreme Kai of the Sixth Universe, seeing the close relationship between the Supreme Kai of the Seventh Universe and the humans from his universe, became curious and asked, "As Supreme Kais, why are you so close to humans?"
The elderly Supreme Kai smiled proudly and said, "They are not ordinary humans." He didn't explain further but flew to the Seventh Universe's audience seats to enjoy this rare cross-universe battle between powerful warriors.
In the Seventh Universe's contestant area, several people were discussing the order of appearance.
John Doe and the other two exchanged glances. Goku was about to speak, but Lord Beerus interrupted, "Monaka will go last. The rest of you four will decide by rock-paper-scissors."
Well, Lord Beerus's words completely disrupted John Doe and the other two's plan. They had originally wanted to have Monaka go first.
The three of them played rock-paper-scissors, and the final order was Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, John Doe, and Monaka.
Vegeta was very dissatisfied with this order and kept making the rock-paper-scissors gesture. He couldn't understand why he always lost to Kakarot.
Soon, both sides submitted their contestants' order to the referee.
The referee was from the Sixth Universe and seemed to be a very famous host there.
After receiving the order of contestants from both sides, the referee, who was also the host, stood on the stage with a microphone and shouted, "The Sixth and Seventh Universe Martial Arts Exchange is about to begin!"
"To warm up the atmosphere, we invite our Sixth Universe's top-ranked singer to perform for us!"
Soon, colorful lights flashed on the stage, and a short alien climbed onto the performance platform.
John Doe and the other Earthlings had never heard a universe-class singer before and were curious to see the so-called number one singer in the Sixth Universe.
"Wow~" The singer opened his mouth and simply called out, then stopped singing. The host took the opportunity to shout, "Okay, the performance is over. Let's applaud and thank him."
Hearing the host's words, John Doe and the others were stunned.
Bulma awkwardly said, "This is quite surprising, but I think I'll never believe in any 'universe's number one' again."
The others expressed their agreement.
After the pre-match performance, the host shouted, "The first match is about to begin, featuring Goku versus Botamo!"
Goku tightened his fighting suit and, with encouragement from his supporters, flew onto the stage.
Botamo, the Sixth Universe's contestant, was a bear, but he had no fur and looked more like a rubber bear toy.
Botamo folded his arms and looked at the short Goku with a mocking smile, full of confidence.
Vegeta said to John Doe, "I hate that bear's smile. I really want to smash his face!"
John Doe smiled and said, "Don't worry. He won't be a match for Goku. He's probably used to being invincible in the Sixth Universe and thinks he's invincible in other universes too. I think Goku will teach him a good lesson."
After both contestants took their places, Lord Champa raised his hand and shot a beam, ringing the hanging gong.