But they could not simply agree to Goku's demands. Those people were their subordinates, acting under their orders.
If Goku emerged now and they handed those people over, would that not prove that they feared Goku and were intimidated by him?
"Great Sage, what we did back then was out of necessity. After all, our positions were different, so naturally we had to do different things. If our positions had been reversed, I believe you would have done the same," Yuanshi Tianzun said with a faint smile.
"Cut the sarcastic nonsense. You were the one who came up with this method, weren't you?" Goku fixed Yuanshi Tianzun with an icy stare.
Yuanshi Tianzun could not help but freeze, taking a step back. "How did you know?"
Yuanshi Tianzun had indeed proposed the method: anyone who approached Five Elements Mountain was to be killed without exception, all to prevent anyone from discovering or approaching Goku.
But Yuanshi Tianzun had not expected Goku to know that he had devised this plan.
He had indeed come up with it, but only Tathagata Buddha and a few others knew. No one else was aware of it.
"How did I know? Don't you understand your own heart? You're exactly that kind of person. There's no need to investigate—you only need to think for a moment to know that such a cruel method could only have come from you," Goku said with a smile.
The demons burst into loud laughter upon hearing this.
Yuanshi Tianzun's expression turned ugly. It was humiliating. Was Goku not plainly calling him ruthless, vicious, despicable, and shameless?
Uchiha Shin had said the same about him before.
"This time, you must give us justice!" Goku continued.
"You want justice? That is impossible. We did nothing wrong in this matter. It was something