Pilaf

Ox-King sat limply on the ground, his face pale.

"It's over. It's all over."

Just then, Chi-Chi spoke up.

"Dad, I couldn't borrow the Banana Leaf Fan, but Master Mutaito said he would come put out the fire."

"Master Mutaito!"

"Mm!"

As soon as she finished speaking, Master Roshi appeared, riding Flying Turtle.

Master Roshi soon landed in front of them.

"Master Mutaito!"

Ox-King greeted Master Roshi.

Master Roshi nodded, then looked at the buxom Bulma.

"Who's this young lady?"

"She's Goku's friend, Bulma!"

"Goku!"

Master Roshi glanced at Sun Wukong.

"Then, Master Mutaito, how are you going to help us put out the fire?"

"I have my own way!"

"Is that so? Then hurry up and put out the fire, Master Mutaito!"

"But before I do, I have one small condition!"

"A condition?"

"My condition is that you let me see Miss Bulma's panties!"

Master Roshi leered at Bulma.

"P-panties!"

Bulma's mouth twitched.

At first, she'd thought Sun Wukong's master was a dignified, otherworldly sage. She hadn't expected him to be a hopeless old pervert.

"Grandpa Master Roshi, the method you mentioned is the Kamehameha, right?"

Originally, Sun Wukong had planned to have Master Roshi destroy Fried Bread Mountain and play the "bad guy" himself, but now he had no choice but to do it himself.

"H-how did you know?"

Sun Wukong smiled but didn't answer.

"The Kamehameha?"

"The Kamehameha is Master Mutaito's signature technique!" Ox-King explained.

Just then, Sun Wukong brought his hands together behind him.

"Ka~me~ha~me~ha!"

A deep-blue wave of energy gathered between Sun Wukong's hands and shot toward the fire on Fried Bread Mountain.

At first, nothing happened. Then a violent explosion erupted inside the flames, and a massive gust of wind swept through, extinguishing the blaze engulfing the entire mountain.

Fried Bread Mountain was instantly reduced to a flat wasteland.

Seeing this, Ox-King fell to his knees in anguish.

All the treasures he'd spent so many years gathering had vanished in an instant.

"That brat!"

Master Roshi glared at Sun Wukong, displeased.

Although Sun Wukong had ruined his plans, judging by the Kamehameha he'd just unleashed, his strength was already close to Master Roshi's.

That made him look forward to the World Martial Arts Tournament seven months away.

Chi-Chi didn't care much about the treasure. Instead, she gazed at Sun Wukong with admiration.

She never would have imagined that Sun Wukong, who was about her age, could be so powerful.

"Thank goodness the fire on Fried Bread Mountain is out. Now we can get the Dragon Ball!"

Bulma hugged Sun Wukong, pressing her face against his.

Chi-Chi immediately felt a little jealous.

As soon as Bulma let go, Chi-Chi hurried over and took Sun Wukong's hand.

"Thank you so much, Goku!"

"It's nothing!"

"Could you teach me the Kamehameha?"

"I'm afraid not. I still have to help Bulma find the Dragon Balls, and you couldn't learn the Kamehameha in just a short while anyway!"

"All right, then!"

"Shall we go find the Dragon Balls, Goku?"

Sun Wukong nodded.

Then the two of them searched through the ruins for the Dragon Ball.

Meanwhile,

Master Roshi saw Ox-King's anguished expression. Instead of comforting him, he lectured him for making himself king of the mountain.

After a long while, Sun Wukong and Bulma found the Dragon Ball on Fried Bread Mountain.

"Well, Chi-Chi, if there's nothing else, we'll be going!"

Sun Wukong said goodbye to Chi-Chi.

"Goku, you're leaving already?"

"Yeah!"

"But you put out the fire for us. We wanted to thank you properly!"

"That's right, Goku!" Ox-King chimed in.

"Maybe next time!"

"When will that be?"

Chi-Chi pressed him.

"I'll come back once we've found the last Dragon Ball!"

"How many Dragon Balls do you still need?"

"One!"

"All right, then it's a promise!"

Sun Wukong nodded.

"Those clothes don't look very nice on you. You should change into something an ordinary girl would wear!"

"An ordinary girl?"

Before Chi-Chi could ask what he meant, Sun Wukong had already left with Bulma.

"Goku, that girl named Chi-Chi seems to like you quite a bit."

After they'd walked some distance, Bulma suddenly spoke up.

"Does she?"

"Didn't you notice her watching you the whole time?"

"Were you watching me too?"

"No!"

"Then how do you know she was watching me?"

Bulma snorted and said nothing.

Two days later, Sun Wukong and Bulma arrived outside a huge castle.

"According to the Dragon Ball Radar, the last Dragon Ball is inside this castle!"

Inside the castle,

A short man with blue skin wore a little round cap and a shirt with the characters "Fried Rice" on it.

He was watching Sun Wukong and Bulma arrive on the castle's surveillance screens.

His name was Pilaf, a minor villain who wanted to gather the Dragon Balls and become ruler of the world.

Standing beside Pilaf was a man dressed in a purple ninja outfit who looked like a yellow dog.

His name was Shu, and he was one of Pilaf's underlings.

Beside Shu stood a beautiful woman in a military uniform, her long hair falling around her shoulders.

Her name was Mai, and she was also one of Pilaf's underlings.

"King Pilaf, who are those two?"

"I don't know, but it looks like they have all the Dragon Balls we're looking for!"

"All of them?" Shu exclaimed, startled.

"Besides the one we have, they must have collected six Dragon Balls!"

"That's right!"

Pilaf suddenly broke into an evil grin.

"I bet they know the last Dragon Ball is in our hands, so they came here looking for it!"

"Then what should we do, King Pilaf?"

"What do you think? We take every Dragon Ball they have! The two of you, grab your guns and weapons and make sure you get the Dragon Balls from them!

Once I have the Dragon Balls, I'll give you anything you want!"

"Yes!"

The two of them left the control room.

A little while later, they found Sun Wukong and Bulma.

They pointed their guns and weapons at the pair and threatened them.

"Don't move! Hand over the Dragon Balls you have, or we'll shoot!"

Bulma immediately stepped behind Sun Wukong.

Sun Wukong flashed forward and knocked them both down in an instant.

"Useless fools!"

After seeing what happened from inside the castle, Pilaf immediately left the control room.

A little while later, Pilaf appeared in front of them, operating a humanoid robot.

"Hand over all the Dragon Balls you have, nice and easy, or I won't go easy on you!"

"Is that so?"

Sun Wukong brought his hands together behind him.

"Ka~me~ha~me~ha!"

A deep-blue wave of energy gathered between Sun Wukong's hands and shot toward Pilaf.