Unlucky Emperor Pilaf

"Kamehameha!"

A thick beam of light, like a rainbow in the sky, shot straight ahead, and with a deafening roar, the mountain in front of them was instantly blasted into dust.

Kid Goku lowered his hands, looked at his accomplishment, and a look of joy immediately appeared on his face:

"I've mastered the Kamehameha!"

"Wow... that's amazing! Is this the Ox-King's secret technique?! It's incredible!"

Oolong gaped, looking utterly shocked. Bulma, standing to the side, was equally shocked, but quickly shook her head.

"Those comic book-style secret manuals are utterly useless! Vegapunk, who can understand those manuals, and Goku, who can actually train and achieve results, are the truly powerful ones!"

Bulma had also seen that manual, but even with her extraordinary intelligence, she couldn't figure out anything from it without coming into contact with Supernatural Power.

Vegapunk himself possessed energy close to that of Qi, and with the exhaustive method of the Quantum Chip, he was able to roughly understand this secret manual.

Even so, ordinary people certainly wouldn't be able to master it. Only a genius like Kid Goku could cultivate the Kamehameha from such a basic description.

Looking at the flattened mountains in the distance, Vegapunk smiled, wondering if Emperor Pilaf would be beaten to a pulp if he met Kid Goku now.

Anyway, Pilaf's original castle definitely couldn't hold the current Kid Goku anymore. Not to mention the castle's reinforced walls, even the entire castle would probably be reduced to ruins by a single Kamehameha.

However, the group searching for the Dragon Ball will not be facing Pilaf next, but rather the so-called Rabbit Boss.

In fact, the early and later Dragon Ball are completely different manga with different themes. The early series is a comedy adventure type, while the later series is a hot-blooded upgrade type. As everyone knows, comedy manga always has a lot of characters with unscientific bugs.

This Rabbit Boss is truly the epitome of absurdity, possessing the bizarre ability to turn anyone who shakes hands with him into a carrot. Theoretically, this ability is very close to Majin Buu's ability to turn humans into food.

Majin Buu is a monster that destroyed countless planets, while the rabbit boss here is just a gangster boss. Without the superpower to turn people into carrots, he would be turned into spicy rabbit heads in no time.

For Vegapunk, if he couldn't defeat Majin Buu, surely he could handle a rabbit? With a single Genjutsu, he controlled the rabbit in no time.

This rabbit thus became Vegapunk's experimental subject, which he stuffed into his ever-growing warehouse of experimental subjects.

Next up is the first boss-level character in Dragon Ball – Emperor Pilaf.

Well, even though it's a comedic boss, it's still a boss!

Moreover, Emperor Pilaf is not entirely useless. At least he is quite skilled in technology. Although he may not be as good as top scientists, he is still a decent talent.

With Vegapunk around, the Dragon Ball would no longer be stolen. After Mai and Shu suffered several setbacks at the hands of Pilaf's two henchmen, Pilaf finally couldn't stand it anymore and directly piloted a mecha to stand in front of the Dragon Ball Team.

"You guys, hand over the Dragon Ball to me right now!"

"Piloting what looks rather bizarre, combat mech personally designed by Emperor Pilaf," the short-statured Pilaf shouted.

The head is the No. 1 unit piloted by Pilaf, the body is the No. 2 unit piloted by Mai, and the legs are the No. 3 unit piloted by Shu. In short, this mecha has a bizarre appearance, and as for its combat power...

Kid Goku's expression was serious. He clasped his hands together, and then, like a flower bud, he pushed them out. A dazzling light slammed directly into the robot.

After a Kamehameha, the entire mech was blown in two. Without saying a word, Pilaf abandoned Unit 2, merging his head and legs into an ostrich shape, and slunk away for his life.

Kid Goku blinked, completely surprised that the seemingly ferocious mecha was dealt with so easily.

"Isn't this mech all show and no substance? It's not even as good as a tank!"

Bulma couldn't help but complain, Vegapunk shrugged:

"There's nothing we can do about it. After all, it's just a comedic character. Not every robot that can combine is called Voltron!"

"But... that guy just asked us to hand over the Dragon Ball, right? So they're collecting Dragon Ball too!"

Bulma seemed to remember something and spoke up, and Vegapunk nodded in agreement.

"That should be right. Look at the direction of the Dragon Radar. The last Dragon Ball is exactly in the same direction they escaped, so the One-Star Dragon Ball should be in their hands."

"What are we waiting for? Let's hurry and get the Dragon Ball back!"

Bulma waved her arms twice and smiled.

"Pip pip... Emperor Pilaf, those people are attacking!"

The dog-headed ninja Shu ran over looking utterly terrified, just in time to see Pilaf with a smug expression, placing the Dragon Ball in his hand into a lead box.

"As long as this box blocks the radiation from the Dragon Ball, there's no way they'll be able to find me... Huh!? What did you say?!"

Shu blinked and repeated what he had just said, leaving Emperor Pilaf speechless:

"Why did these people come knocking on our door so quickly? Damn it! Since that's the case, we have no choice but to fight them head-on!"

"My castle is equipped with the highest level of defense system. Even an army of 100,000 men would have no chance of taking it down! The castle's reinforced walls are so strong that even cannonballs can't break them."

"That's good. We can put them in the castle and then lock them up with traps. Then we can steal the other Dragon Ball... I'm so clever, hahaha!"

Shu cautiously asked:

"Emperor Pilaf, what if, I mean, what if... our castle can't hold them back... what should we do then?"

Emperor Pilaf, who had been laughing wildly, hiccuped and glared at his subordinates with hostility. Shu immediately shrank back.

"My castle is made of the finest materials I invented! They are stronger than the materials used by robots, and are simply indestructible! Don't try to demoralize the troops here!"

Pilaf roared, his eyes darting around, and a few beads of cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

Fortunately, Shu kept his head down while being scolded, otherwise he would have definitely been able to see that Pilaf was guilty.

At that very moment, the Dragon Ball Team arrived in front of Pilaf's castle.

"Is this the shorty's lair? Logically, the Dragon Ball should be there!"

Bulma looked up at the castle in front of her, and heard a clicking sound as many cannon barrels appeared on the castle and were aimed at several people.

"How dare you trespass on my territory! You're courting death!"

On the castle, Pilaf's voice came from a loudspeaker, but apart from Oolong, the rest of the Dragon Ball Team showed no fear. Even Bulma, who was equally timid, didn't take Pilaf seriously because of Kid Goku's outstanding performance.

Sitting in the main control room of the castle, Pilaf pressed a red button in his hand, and a bunch of machine guns and cannons immediately opened fire on everyone. Unfortunately, Vegapunk simply waved his hand, and all the bullets and shells flew to the side, as if making way for the entire Dragon Ball Team.

"What's going on? Has my castle's defense system broken?"

Pilaf was completely baffled. He studied the problem for a long time but couldn't figure it out. He just watched as the bullets seemed to have eyes and deliberately avoided the Dragon Ball Team as they moved forward. He knew very well that this was the other side's doing.

"Damn it!! The castle's defense system is completely ineffective against these guys! Next time I'm definitely upgrading to Laser Weapon!"

Pilaf slammed his fist on the control panel in a huff and cursed loudly. At that moment, Shu spoke up:

"Emperor Pilaf, didn't you always want to lure these people into the castle and lock them up? Now is the perfect opportunity!"

Upon hearing this, Pilaf's face stiffened, then he nodded with a touch of arrogance:

"Indeed, that was my original idea! These people have simply fallen into my trap."

"Your Majesty is so powerful! You've easily manipulated these people!"

The dog-headed Shu's adoring expression made Pilaf even more arrogant. The slightly smarter Mai glanced at Pilaf suspiciously, but considering her king's personality, she ultimately said nothing.

Watching the Dragon Ball Team slowly walk into his castle, Emperor Pilaf shut down the castle's outer defense system, secretly swallowed, and turned on the castle's internal surveillance.

After entering the castle, the Dragon Ball Team was quite relaxed, except for Oolong, the little pig, who was a bit scared.

"Everyone be careful! I think that short guy is up to something!"

"Don't worry! No matter what kind of enemy he is, I will defeat him!"

Kid Goku waved his staff nonchalantly. Just two days ago, Vegapunk had increased the gravity on his bracelet, and now Kid Goku could withstand 12 times the gravity.

Although Kid Goku's original adaptive advantage no longer existed after exceeding ten times the gravity (after all, Planet Vegeta only had ten times the gravity), the Saiyan's incredibly powerful physique still allowed him to adapt to this increased gravity in a very short time.

Moreover, because he no longer had the ability to adapt, the increased gravity this time was almost stronger than the initial 10 times gravity. If Kid Goku's fighting power was about 20 points when he first put on the bracelet, and he could have 70 or 80 points after the 10 times gravity, then Kid Goku's fighting power is now over 100 points.

What does a power level of over 100 points mean? In the Dragon Ball World, it basically ignores normal firearms. It can easily take on an entire army single-handedly, and a full-powered ki blast is enough to destroy half a city...

Even when Kid Goku fought in the World Martial Arts Tournament later on, he didn't necessarily have a power level of over 100! It was only after he climbed Karin Tower that he was guaranteed to have a power level of over 100.

This level of combat power is overkill for the first boss, the comical Pilaf. To say that it's like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut would be an understatement!

Just a few minutes after they had walked through the castle, a huge stone door suddenly appeared at the front and back of the castle passage, trapping them in the very center.

Hahahahahahahahaha!

With a burst of maniacal laughter, a section of the castle wall suddenly flipped open, revealing a monitor. Pilaf, looking smug, glanced at the Dragon Ball Team and said directly:

"You brats, didn't expect that, did you? This trap I specially made is indestructible. Now hand over the Dragon Ball, and I might consider letting you go. Otherwise, you'll all starve to death here!"

Kid Goku blinked, a serious expression on his face, and gathered all his energy once more.

"It looks... it does seem quite hard. Let me try to break it!"

"Don't dream about it, it's impossible. Even missiles can't penetrate this kind of specially made wall!"

Emperor Pilaf's eyes also showed signs of tension, and his calves were cramping a bit, but he still managed to maintain a confident expression on his face. This made Kid Goku even more cautious, and he clasped his hands together, constantly compressing and circulating terrifying ki.

"Kamehameha!"

After a burst of bright light, followed by a deafening roar, when the light and dust completely disappeared, a gentle breeze blew in.

Bulma and Oolong stared blankly ahead. The castle wall was no longer just punched with a large hole; the entire wall had completely evaporated without a trace. Not only the wall, but even half of the castle opposite had vanished without a trace.

The powerful Kamehameha wave even left a semi-circular, canyon-like mark on the ground, stretching to the horizon.

As for the monitors hanging inside, although they didn't explode because they weren't within the range of Kid Goku's Kamehameha attack, the monitors went completely black—half of the castle had been blown away, and the electrical circuits were definitely destroyed.

Therefore, the Dragon Ball Team did not see Pilaf's expression change from smug to terrified, and his skin, which was originally a pale blue-green, turned deathly pale.

"It's all over... it's all over!"

Dog-headed Shu let out a miserable scream, trembling all over. He turned his head and saw that Mai had already prepared the helicopter.

"Emperor Pilaf, retreat immediately! The entire castle structure has been destroyed; it's about to collapse!"

Upon hearing Mai's words, Pilaf suddenly realized what was happening and quickly nodded.

"Yes, yes, hurry up and leave, the house is about to collapse..."

Even if the house doesn't collapse, that monster brat is coming to kill us soon, okay? Seeing Kid Goku's current performance, Pilaf has completely lost the will to fight him. He just wants to run as far away as possible.