"Ow, that hurts! Why does it hurt so much?" Goku squatted on the ground, clutching the top of his head with both hands. Tears welled at the corners of his eyes, and his face twisted in pain.
He-El's three hand-chops were an attack he had never encountered before. The pain seemed to bore straight into his flesh, as though He-El had struck his nerves directly.
It hurt far more than grandfather's lessons, more than monster attacks, and even more than getting hit by the car just now.
Seeing that He-El had won, Bulma let out a sigh of relief. She could not help feeling proud again, thinking that she truly had good judgment.
It never occurred to her that He-El bullying a child was a problem.
After all, this child was a monster who had just lifted her little car and thrown it away.
"Twenty, or twenty-five?" He-El watched Goku crouch there with his head in his hands. After their brief exchange, he had roughly gauged Goku's combat power.
Using Goku as a reference, his own combat power should be somewhere between twenty and twenty-five.
At this point in time, Master Roshi's combat power was probably no more than around a hundred.
Having gained a clear understanding of himself, He-El walked over to the crouching Goku. Gentle golden Ki gathered in his right hand as he stroked Goku's head, easing his pain.
"I used a subtle Ki technique. During the fight, it invaded your body through your skin, making it hurt far more than an ordinary attack." He-El covered his right hand in Ki and touched Goku's thick-haired head, using it to soothe the pain inside his body.
Over the past twelve years of research, He-El had studied his own Ki in depth. He had discovered that his Ki possessed