Vilgax limiter

Whether it was her body, mind, or soul, there was a limit of power she couldn't surpass. Tatsumaki was as strong now as she could ever become. In the future, as her brain aged, her abilities would only deteriorate.

Tatsumaki didn't know that back on earth, there was a certain man who had destroyed those limitations (and, as said before, that man's fate will be revealed in due time). He'd achieved strength enough to best any enemy in a single punch. But that wasn't the kind of power any human could just achieve. It was theoretically possible for anyone that invested the effort. So was winning the lottery. What mattered were all those inscrutable little checkboxes you'd have to tick to accomplish what he did, unlocking the alchemy that led to infinite growth.

It wasn't for lack of trying. No one could ever say that Tatsumaki didn't try as hard as she could. It wasn't about effort. It definitely wasn't worthiness, or virtue. Maybe it was about mentality. Or maybe it was all luck. Tatsumaki had been such an unlucky woman that this may have been the moment Fortuna's wheel spun in her favor, for once in her life.

Maybe she had to exhaust every last resource and burn every last wick before she could find that last extra bit of strength.

But something happened. That strength existed. Tatsumaki found it and pushed it out, and then in the blink of an eye EVA's hand was gone, shattered into one million metal splinters.

She picked up EVA-02 and smashed it into the ground. The splash alone was enough to kick up skyscraper-sized waves. Yes, it had an AT field. Nuclear missiles or conventional weaponry would have had no effect, the same way they had almost no effect on Tatsumaki herself. But they were both made out of the same "material", if it could be called a material. If Asuka could break through Tatsumaki's barrier, then Tatsumaki could break through hers. And once she was underneath the skin, all she had was metal. It may as well have been made of paper.

- Round 5