As he stood in boredom while awaiting the Tournament to play out, something finally caught Kouta's attention. Just before the second fight of Round 2 could start, the announcer halted the round and announced that the Dragon Balls were stolen. Kouta, knowing this could incite Zabura's wrath, quickly looked up toward where he saw the demon, making sure to shoot him a look to prevent him from going into a rage of some kind. Instead, he tilted his head in a direction to indicate that they should talk and thus left the stands and went to a spot outside the tournament grounds to await his "ally".
"I can't say this is good." he would say when his alleged friend appeared, "All those tournament participants will be going after the thief, so let's not wait around for them to get a head start and find them ourselves. I don't know about you, but I didn't sense a single thing other than the fights going on, so I'm pretty sure the thief didn't fly away, which means he couldn't have gotten far and we should be able to catch up." of course, the demon could fly so chasing after the thief would likely be no problem for him. Kouta, on the other hand, didn't know how to fly, but he did possess the sacred All-Seeing Eye technique, and could surely use it to track the thief's location, "Don't suppose I could hitch a ride?" he asked, then followed it with, "You'll have an easier time tracking the thief with my help so you may as well take me with you."