Piccolo vs. Tien Shinhan

Piccolo snorted, ignoring Master Roshi.

"Long time no see, Sun Wukong!"

"Damn!"

Seeing Piccolo ignore him, Master Roshi immediately grew angry.

"Long time no see!"

"Goku, you know him?"

"He's King Piccolo's son, Piccolo!"

"King Piccolo's son?"

Master Roshi was startled.

"Yeah! King Piccolo spat out of the rice cooker he'd been sealed in, and then I ran into him and defeated him. But just before he died, he spat out an egg. That egg hatched into the Piccolo standing here now!"

"Then why didn't you tell me about this?"

"He was too weak to be worth mentioning!"

"Too weak!"

Piccolo gritted his teeth in anger.

"Sun Wukong, don't get too cocky. I'm countless times stronger now than I was a year ago!"

"A year ago?"

"He came after me for revenge a year ago, but I beat him!"

"Oh, I see!"

As Sun Wukong spoke, he suddenly noticed Piano standing behind Piccolo.

"Aren't you one of King Piccolo's useless lackeys?"

Piano nodded, trembling.

He still remembered the scene of Sun Wukong defeating King Piccolo.

Back then, he and Pilaf's group hadn't even seen Sun Wukong make a move before a huge hole appeared in King Piccolo's body.

That scene had even appeared in his dreams, startling him awake several times.

Piccolo snorted.

"This time, Sun Wukong, I'll definitely defeat you and wipe away my disgrace!"

"But I'm not planning to enter this tournament."

"Not planning to enter?"

"That's right! You left too quickly last time. I hadn't even finished speaking before you were gone!"

"Damn!"

Piccolo clenched both fists.

"Then let's settle this right here!"

Sun Wukong smiled.

"Even if I'm not competing, my junior disciples are. If you can beat them, I'll fight you!"

"Fine! I'll defeat your junior disciples first, then you!"

After saying this, Piccolo took Piano and went to register.

"Goku, since you knew Piccolo was King Piccolo's son, why didn't you kill him back then?"

"King Piccolo and Earth's Kami are actually the same person!"

"King Piccolo and Kami are the same person?"

Master Roshi was shocked.

"King Piccolo was created when Kami split off the evil thoughts in his heart! If I kill Piccolo, Earth's Kami will die too!"

"I see!"

Master Roshi leaned on his cane and fell silent.

"Goku, do you have any good ideas for dealing with this?"

"Piccolo doesn't seem to be like his father!"

"Not like him?"

"Right. Since he was born, he doesn't seem to have done anything bad."

"Is that so?"

Master Roshi pondered this.

A little while later, Krillin and the others returned from registering, and Master Roshi told them about Piccolo.

"Then, Senior Goku, just how strong is this guy named Piccolo?"

"A year ago, he was pretty weak. I don't know about now, but I think you should be able to beat him."

"Really?"

Hearing this, Krillin breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's getting late. You should all go compete. Goku and I will cheer you on from the stands!"

Master Roshi said.

"Okay!"

Krillin nodded.

Then Krillin and the others went to compete in the preliminaries.

Krillin and the others easily passed the preliminaries and advanced to the quarterfinals.

Besides Krillin and his friends, the four other contestants who advanced to the quarterfinals were Piccolo, Yajirobe, Mercenary Tao, and Giran.

Krillin was up first, against Giran.

He easily kicked his opponent off the ring.

Yamcha was up in the second match, against Yajirobe.

Yamcha also easily defeated his opponent.

The third match was Chiaotzu against Mercenary Tao.

Mercenary Tao was Master Shen's younger brother, making him their martial uncle.

"Long time no see, Chiaotzu!"

Mercenary Tao looked at Chiaotzu coldly.

"U-Uncle!"

Mercenary Tao snorted.

"I'm no uncle of yours. Besides, you and Tien Shinhan have joined another school. Why call me Uncle?"

At that moment, Tien Shinhan shouted to Chiaotzu from below the ring.

"Chiaotzu, don't worry about who he is. Just knock him off the ring!"

Mercenary Tao shot Tien Shinhan a cold look.

"Big words! Today, I'll discipline my elder brother's wayward disciples!"

"Contestants, the match has already begun. Could you please start fighting? You can settle everything else after the match."

The referee, urged by the audience to get the match underway, hurried the two contestants along.

"Fine!"

Mercenary Tao replied, then charged at Chiaotzu.

Chiaotzu raised his right index finger and used his psychic powers to freeze Mercenary Tao in place.

"Psychic powers!"

Mercenary Tao was startled.

He'd fought Chiaotzu before, and Chiaotzu's psychic powers had had no effect on him back then. But now, he couldn't move at all.

While Mercenary Tao was still astonished, Chiaotzu kicked him off the ring.

"Mercenary Tao has fallen out of the ring. Chiaotzu wins!"

The referee announced listlessly.

He'd thought the quarterfinals would be tense and exciting, but the first three matches had ended almost as soon as they began. There was barely anything to see.

Hearing the announcement, Chiaotzu immediately flew down from the ring.

"The fourth match: Tien Shinhan versus Piccolo!"

"Good luck, Tien!"

Chiaotzu cheered him on.

Tien Shinhan nodded and leaped onto the ring.

Piccolo snorted and stepped onto the ring as well.

"Go, Lord Piccolo!"

Piano immediately cheered for Piccolo.

"Now that both contestants are in the ring, let the match begin!"

The two contestants raised their hands and took their fighting stances.

"Ha!"

With a loud shout, they shot toward each other like arrows, closing the distance in an instant and launching their attacks.

"Whoosh..."

Bam! Bam! Bam!!

They dodged and struck at each other in a flurry.

Bam!!

After they'd fought for a while, Piccolo was kicked away and nearly fell out of the ring.

"Damn!"

Piccolo clenched his fists in anger.

He hadn't expected to be at a disadvantage against Tien Shinhan before he'd even fought Sun Wukong.

"Is that all you've got?"

Piccolo roared in anger, removing his outer clothes and turban and throwing them to the ground.

"Could it be..."

Hearing the heavy thud as they hit the ground, Tien Shinhan immediately realized Piccolo had been fighting him while wearing weighted clothes.

But Tien Shinhan hadn't been using his full strength either. He'd only been playing around with Piccolo.