Tambourine vs. Red Ribbon Army

"By the way, Bulma, have you looked for the Dragon Balls?"

"With the Red Ribbon Army all over the Earth now, how could I possibly look?"

"That's true!"

"But it seems someone has already collected six Dragon Balls!"

As Bulma spoke, she went inside and took out the Dragon Ball Radar to show Sun Wukong.

"One, two... five, six. That's strange. This Dragon Ball Radar only shows six dots. Shouldn't there be seven?"

"Hmm, I think there's one more Dragon Ball. It must have been swallowed by some animal, blocking the Dragon Ball Radar's signal! Do you want to find the Dragon Balls?"

"Yeah!"

"But the Earth is crawling with Red Ribbon Army soldiers right now!"

Sun Wukong chuckled.

"Bulma, do you believe I can destroy them with just one finger?"

Bulma snorted.

"Even though you're the champion of the World Martial Arts Tournament, I don't believe you're that powerful!"

"Then what if I destroy them with just one finger? What will you do?"

"You... If you really destroy them with one finger, I... I'll let you be my boyfriend!"

Sun Wukong stared at Bulma, feeling like he'd heard those words before.

Seeing Sun Wukong staring at her, Bulma blushed immediately.

When she first met Sun Wukong, she had found him quite annoying. Now... she was practically throwing herself at him!

"Bulma, don't you think you're taking advantage of me?"

"Who... Who's taking advantage of you? I'm only a few years older than you. A beautiful girl like me, full of youth and charm, is incredibly popular!"

"Forget it, I'll just pretend I didn't ask that question!"

"Wukong, what do you mean by that? Are you looking down on me?"

"No, I just don't want a girlfriend right now!"

Bulma huffed, but inwardly, she didn't quite believe him.

Meanwhile.

After King Piccolo took Pilaf and his gang as his subordinates, he asked them about the current situation on Earth. From Pilaf, he learned about the Dragon Balls.

"Can these Dragon Balls really help me regain my youth?"

"Yes, King Piccolo!"

"And where are these Dragon Balls now?"

"Reporting to King Piccolo, all the Dragon Balls are currently in the hands of the Red Ribbon Army!"

"The Red Ribbon Army? The same army you mentioned before that wants to rule the world?"

"Yes, King Piccolo!"

Upon hearing this, King Piccolo opened his mouth and spat out a giant white egg.

Pilaf and the others were immediately startled.

"Crack..."

At that moment, the eggshell cracked open, and a man with green skin and a pair of wings on his back appeared.

"Tambourine, that's the name I've given you!"

"Thank you, King Piccolo!"

Tambourine thanked King Piccolo.

King Piccolo nodded.

"Tambourine, I have something I need you to do for me!"

"What is it?"

"I want you to go to the Red Ribbon Army and retrieve six orbs called Dragon Balls!"

"Dragon Balls?"

"Yes!"

King Piccolo looked at Pilaf.

"Tell him what the Dragon Balls look like, and the location of the Red Ribbon Army!"

"Y-Yes, King Piccolo!"

Pilaf stammered tremblingly.

Following this, he handed a photograph of a Dragon Ball and a map to the Red Ribbon Army headquarters to Tambourine.

"Lord Tambourine, this is a photo of the Dragon Ball. There are seven Dragon Balls in total, and aside from the number of stars on them, they look basically the same. This is the map to the Red Ribbon Army headquarters!"

"Oh!"

Tambourine took the map and examined it carefully.

"Then, King Piccolo, shall I go and retrieve the Dragon Balls for you now?"

"Mm!"

"Wait, King Piccolo, do you really intend to let Lord Tambourine go to the Red Ribbon Army headquarters all by himself?"

Pilaf stepped forward and said.

"Is there a problem?"

King Piccolo asked coldly.

"It's not that... the Red Ribbon Army is the strongest army on Earth. I'm worried that Lord Tambourine might not be able to handle it alone!"

Pilaf whispered.

Upon hearing this, Tambourine gave him a stern look.

Pilaf's words were clearly a slight against him.

King Piccolo was also somewhat angered by this, but considering that Pilaf and his group were still of some use, he did not kill them, merely letting out a cold snort.

"A single warrior of our Demon Clan can rival tens of millions of you humans!"

Seeing that both were displeased with him, Pilaf was immediately drenched in a cold sweat and hurriedly agreed with King Piccolo.

Seeing this, Tambourine immediately flapped his wings and flew off toward the sky.

Seeing this, Pilaf let out a sigh of relief.

"It seems I really shouldn't speak carelessly in front of this demon in the future!"

The next morning.

After half a day of flight, Tambourine arrived outside the headquarters of the Red Ribbon Army.

Tambourine looked at the castle before him and checked it against the map Pilaf had provided.

"This should be the place!"

Red Ribbon Army headquarters.

The soldiers of the Red Ribbon Army had already spotted the approaching Tambourine via external surveillance and reported the news to Staff Officer Black.

"A green, humanoid monster?"

"Yes, Commander Black!"

"Then order the men to eliminate him!"

"Yes, Commander Black!"

After receiving the order, the soldier immediately returned to the operations room to have the men launch an attack on Tambourine.

By this time, Tambourine had already flown high above the headquarters.

Seeing this, the operations room commander immediately ordered the headquarters soldiers to fire missiles at Tambourine in the sky.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!

A large number of soldiers armed with rocket launchers fired a barrage of missiles at Tambourine.

Tambourine sneered, his body moving with extreme speed to dodge the missiles, even kicking some of them back.

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!

The missiles landed on the ground, and many soldiers were blown to pieces.

The surrounding soldiers were terrified and fled in a panic.

Tambourine chuckled and quickly descended from the air to the ground.

He then suddenly grabbed a soldier and demanded, "Where are the Dragon Balls?"

"I... I don't know!"

Tambourine let out a light laugh, his right hand acting like a sharp blade as it pierced through the soldier's body, causing a large amount of blood to splatter onto the ground.

The surrounding soldiers recoiled in terror.

After a brief moment of fear, many of the soldiers raised their submachine guns and unleashed a hail of gunfire at Tambourine.

Tambourine moved rapidly, striking down the soldiers who were firing at him.

At this moment, a large number of armored vehicles rolled out from within.

Tambourine sneered, spitting a golden energy wave from his mouth toward the armored vehicles.

BOOM!!

The armored vehicle was blasted into smithereens by the energy wave.

"M-monster!"

The surrounding soldiers were frightened into retreating once again.

Red Ribbon Army command center.

Upon learning that Tambourine's strength was extraordinary, Staff Officer Black immediately arrived at the command center.

"What is the situation?"

"That monster's strength is too great; even the armored vehicles are no match for him!"