I’m looking for a chapter where hayate faces off against a group referred to as something along the lines of elite four. It may have been four devas/kings/etc. instead. Rather than four though there were way more, they were censored, yet clearly major characters from several popular anime at the time. I recall lelouche and the four main pilots of 0 Gundam, but there were more.

I feel like it was closer to the beginning than the end but it’s actually such a slog rereading it and I’m starting to feel like I might be wrong, and my guessing has not worked out.