Absorb powers - Saiki has the ability to absorb the powers from other people to increase his strength.Dark Flames - Saiki can control dark flames, somewhat similar to the ones Evil Ash controls.Translocation - Saiki can translocate himself from one place to another.He often talks down on the fighters that face him, quipping sarcastic and rude dialogue towards his opponent (a trait that his modern descendant seems to have inherited) and often pointing out that he/she is a human, something Saiki considers as "worse than trash". He is very arrogant, and he takes pride in his "ascendant" status as an ancient entity and as such, has a "God complex" that is the primary source of his arrogant behavior, further reflected even in his fighting style. Saiki is rather malevolent and doesn't feel the slightest speck of remorse for the carnage he causes. He talks in the same flamboyant manner as Ash, openly stating whatever lack of interest he feels. Ash refuses to restart time with Saiki, resulting in both being erased from existence.Ĭonfident in his own strengths, Saiki believes himself to be a supreme entity of power. He is defeated, however, and as Ash manages to retake control over his body after the battle, Saiki orders him to cross the gate so they can retry again. But, contrary to Ash's plan, Saiki finds him to be a suitable new host, manipulating the youth's body as his own and desiring to complete the job by fighting the winning team once again. Before he can suspect his followers of betraying him in some manner, Ash uses this moment of weakness to rob Saiki of his spirit. He then suddenly notices that, instead of opening, the Gate was closing. With their combined strengths, Saiki faces the fighters, hoping to sacrifice them.Īfter the fight, Saiki remarks that they are doing well, though not good enough to satisfy him. When Mukai volunteers to deal with the winning team, Saiki isn't up to seeing his follower fail yet again and absorbs Mukai's energy into himself. In the tournament finals, he appears to the winners to kill them, in order to gain the energy required to open the gate. To do so, he requires a particular ceremony to open a direct doorway to it. A being that has been described as the Western emissary of Gaia, he desires to gather life energy throughout the tournament to reawake Gaia's will and use the entity for his own means. Saiki is the leader of Those from the Past, the mysterious aforementioned "master" from the early games of the Ash saga arc.