"What happened to contestant Son Goku...?" The host poked his head out from a corner behind the wall. Seeing He-El cut off Goku's tail and Goku revert from a Great Ape into a child, snoring soundly amid the ruined arena.
Jackie Chun, Yamcha, and Krillin looked at each other in silence.
If asked what had happened to Goku, they genuinely had no idea.
They had never seen Goku in this Great Ape form before.
"It was probably Goku's transformation form. He lost his mind because he had no consciousness," He-El casually explained.
Weak animal-type humans all learned transformations at Southern Kindergarten to protect themselves and escape enemies.
Goku had learned the opposite kind of transformation, becoming even stronger. It seemed understandable—except that he lost his mind in the end.
After thinking it over, the host reluctantly accepted the explanation.
Although Jackie Chun, Yamcha, and Krillin felt this did not seem like the Earth animal-type humans' transformation arts, unlike Puar's, they could not come up with any other explanation. So be it.
Krillin carried Son Goku on his back and ran backstage. The doctors examined Goku and concluded that he was perfectly healthy; he simply had no strength left and had fallen asleep from exhaustion. Jackie Chun, Krillin, and Yamcha breathed sighs of relief.
Seeing that the Great Ape had vanished, some of the braver audience members ran back. They found only a devastated arena and learned from the host that the matter had been resolved. Everything was fine, and they could return to watch the final match.
The audience rushed back. When Bulma saw He-El, she called out loudly, "He-El, what happened to Goku?"
"Goku's fine. He's just exhausted and asleep now." He-El answered, tossed Goku's tail to Rabbit Can-Can, told him to freeze it and keep it safe, then