Konjiki no Gash!! Chapter 67

**The Strongest Combination** (最強のコンビ, *Saikyō no Konbi*) is the 67th chapter of Makoto Raiku's Konjiki no Gash!!. This chapter was originally released in Japan as part of volume 8 on December 18, 2002.

## Plot

   Somewhere in the middle of the Himalayas, two teams, Papipurio, Rupa, Zobolon, and Hige practice their combination attacks. After spending some time training, the two teams express a feeling of confidence that they have now become the ultimate combination. A flashback that takes place around eight weeks prior is then shown and it reveals how the two teams had first met to battle. When Papipurio and Zobolon’s spells collided, it created a massive explosion and a large crater in the ground. The power of these spells clashing caused both teams to become too hesitant to continue fighting out of fear of how strong it was. After some time, Papipurio and Hige begin to talk and they both have the same idea of wanting to team up with the other in order to make themselves more powerful. Focusing back on the present day, the two teams decide to head to the nearest city in order to show off their power to any demons they find.

   Meanwhile at the Mochinoki City amusement park, Kiyomaro and Gash arrive there much earlier than expected for their day out with some friends. Gash eagerly asks Kiyomaro if they can go into the park and Kiyomaro figures they can wait for their friends inside the amusement park since it will be a while before they show up. Gash sets his sights on a super shuttle ride but is severely disappointed to discover that he doesn’t meet the minimum height requirement for the ride. At the same time that Gash cries about this, Papipurio also sees that he’s too short for the ride and appears to be even more upset about it than Gash. As Kiyomaro takes Gash to try and find another ride, they overhear Papipurio threaten to blow up the shuttle ride for not letting him on. Kiyomaro then witnesses Rupa reluctantly take out Papipurio’s spell book and figures out that Papipurio is a demon. Before she could cast a spell towards the shuttle ride full of children, Kiyomaro casts *Zakeru* near their feet first. This catches the attention of both Papipurio and Rupa as well as Zobolon and Hige. The teams chase after Gash and Kiyomaro who then lead them to an empty pool area where they can fight without anyone at the park getting hurt.

    Papipurio and Rupa are the first ones to meet Kiyomaro and Gash in the empty pool area and Kiyomaro tries to give them one final chance to leave if they don’t hurt anyone at the park. Papipurio refuses this offer though and tells him that he had been looking for a fight and was eager to challenge them. Rupa casts *Dareido* and Papipurio spits out a gooey spell that gets on Gash’s feet. Despite it landing on him, it doesn’t seem to hurt him or initially appear to have any effect. Just then, Hige and Zobolon show up to the battle and they use *Dogurakeru* towards him. The spell appears large but moves extremely slow. Gash and Kiyomaro get away from it but the impact of the spell hitting the ground is shown to be powerful enough to knock them down even from a distance. Papipurio then tells Kiyomaro that he and Zobolon were a team and he proclaims that the two of them are the most powerful combination.

Papipurio tries to get Kiyomaro to surrender his spell book but Kiyomaro refuses. Zobolon uses another *Dogurakeru* attack but Kiyomaro feels confident that he and Gash have a chance at winning as the spell was slow enough for them to easily avoid and Papipurio doesn’t seem to have any powerful attack spells. Just then however, Gash tells Kiyomaro that he can’t move his legs at all and that he was stuck to the ground because of Papipurio’s *Dareido* spell. Kiyomaro tries his best to move Gash but he appears to be stuck in place no matter how hard Kiyomaro pulls. As they struggle, Zobolon’s *Dogurakeru* continues to slowly move closer toward them.

## Features

### Characters by Appearance

* Leopardon Papipurio
* Rupa
* Hige
* Zobolon
* Gash Bell
* Kiyomaro Takamine

### Locations

* Himalayan Mountain Range
* Mochinoki City

### Spells by Appearance

* Dareido (Debut)
* Dogurakeru (Debut)