Punching Machine

A long time later, after finishing his meal, Son Goku took Gohan and his group to the World Martial Arts Tournament venue.

As they were leaving the resting area, Son Goku saw two men, one tall and one short.

The tall man had red skin all over, looked somewhat old, had long white hair, and wore a red uniform.

The short man's feet were off the ground, floating in mid-air. He had light purple skin, a white punk hairstyle, and wore a cyan uniform.

These two were Kibito and East Kaioshin.

When Son Goku saw them, he immediately felt they were extraordinary.

"Hello, are you Son Goku?"

East Kaioshin greeted Son Goku with a smile.

Son Goku nodded.

"Yes, I am. May I ask who you are?"

East Kaioshin smiled.

"I cannot reveal my identity at the moment, but I believe we will meet on the tournament stage soon!"

"The tournament stage?"

"Yes, we have also registered for this competition!"

"I see!"

"Mm!"

East Kaioshin nodded.

"Then I'll see you on the tournament stage!"

After speaking, East Kaioshin led Kibito towards the resting area.

Piccolo, who had been standing nearby, looked displeased.

For some reason, he felt a strong pressure from East Kaioshin.

"What's wrong, Uncle Piccolo?"

"N-nothing!"

Piccolo said, and then followed Son Goku and the others to the preliminary round venue for the World Martial Arts Tournament.

This time, the preliminaries for the World Martial Arts Tournament would not eliminate contestants through fighting, but by hitting a punching machine.

Simply put, whoever got a higher score on the punching machine would advance to the top sixteen.

At this moment, Mr. Satan was standing in front of the punching machine, preparing to strike it.

Beside him, many reporters stood with cameras, following him.

Gohan looked at the cameras and worried they might capture him, exposing his identity. His expression became very tense.

Piccolo seemed to notice Gohan's concern. He opened his eyes and released a powerful aura, causing all the reporters' cameras to explode.

"What... what's going on?"

The reporters, seeing their cameras suddenly explode, were all confused.

"I destroyed their cameras and video recorders. That way, even if your clothes fall off, your schoolmates won't know!"

"Thank you, Uncle Piccolo!"

Gohan said, touched.

"What's going on? What happened?"

"Honestly, you media are so useless!"

Mr. Satan said discontentedly upon seeing that the reporters' and media's cameras and video recorders were broken.

He then assumed a punching stance and powerfully struck the punching machine.

BANG!!

With a heavy impact, Mr. Satan's right fist hit the punching machine.

Two numbers immediately appeared on the punching machine's display screen and rapidly increased.

The numbers finally stopped at 137.

"137!"

Many passersby who had come to watch couldn't help but shout.

Many contestants were also surprised.

Mr. Satan looked at their astonished expressions and burst into laughter.

Then, he walked forward with what he considered his most dashing posture.

When he reached one of the entrances to the tournament, he suddenly turned around and said to the contestants:

"Everyone, do your best. I look forward to someone defeating me!"

At this moment, the staff in charge of the preliminary rounds spoke to Gohan and his group.

"Alright, next, all contestants please receive your number plates, then line up one by one for the punching machine test!"

Upon hearing this, Gohan and his group immediately went to draw their number plates.

The number plates Gohan and his group drew were all towards the later end.

Because Mr. Satan's strength was "not bad," no one could break his record before Gohan and his group even got to the punching machine.

After waiting a while, it was László's turn to step up and punch.

"László, go easy on it, whatever you do, don't break the machine!"

Krillin whispered to László.

"I know, can you stop being so nagging?"

László replied, somewhat impatiently.

As László spoke, she walked up to the punching machine and threw a punch at it.

BANG!!

With a heavy thud, three numbers appeared on the punching machine and rapidly climbed upwards, finally stopping at the value of 774.

"774!"

The staff member nearby, upon seeing the number stop on the punching machine, was greatly astonished.

The crowd gathered around, all with vacant stares.

It should be known that before this, the highest score on the punching machine was Mr. Satan's 137 points.

Mr. Satan was the world champion, and he had once "defeated" Cell and saved the world.

His score being surpassed meant that her strength might have already surpassed Mr. Satan's. (This was the thought of ordinary people.)

After a moment of shock, the staff member slowly regained their composure and said:

"This punching machine might be malfunctioning. I'll have someone check it first, everyone wait a moment before you punch!"

"So it was a machine malfunction, I knew it was impossible for her score to surpass Mr. Satan's!"

The surrounding contestants, upon hearing this, immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Krillin, seeing this, said to László again:

"László, I told you to go easy on it!"

"I know, but this strength is really hard to control!"

At this moment, the staff member "fixed" the machine and said to László with a smile:

"The punching machine has been repaired, please punch it one more time!"

László nodded, and her right hand, like a dragonfly touching water, struck the punching machine with a punch.

Three numbers immediately appeared on the punching machine: 203.

"2...203!"

The staff member's eyes widened.

If it was a machine issue just now, then this time... they certainly couldn't blame the machine anymore.

At this moment, Krillin stepped up and scored 192 points.

"1...192!"

The staff member said numbly.

Seeing this, Son Goku stepped forward and scored 186 points.

"1...186!"

Upon seeing Mr. Satan's score being broken one after another, the staff member's heart had completely gone numb.

At this moment, Piccolo stepped up and scored 210 points.

The staff member once again suspected a machine issue and said to another staff member:

"This punching machine might be broken, I think we should get a new one!"

Just then, Vegeta stepped up, swung his right fist with all his might, and directly smashed the punching machine into pieces.

The surrounding crowd and contestants were stunned into silence.

Some contestants were so scared that they forfeited the competition.

Seeing this, Gohan covered his face in exasperation.

He had originally wanted to keep a low profile in front of Videl, but with Vegeta acting like this, he definitely wouldn't be able to.

As expected, after Vegeta smashed the punching machine, Videl was quickly drawn over by the commotion.