Babidi and Dabura stared blankly at Son Goku and the others playing rock-paper-scissors.
Pui Pui gaped at the five of them. What the hell were they doing? He was right here!
The Supreme Kai's forehead was beaded with cold sweat. Now that was how the big shots carried themselves. Incredible, you Saiyans.
"I'll go first." Trunks glared at Pui Pui. Pui Pui looked baffled. Why was he looking at him like that? He wasn't into guys.
"Hmph. You're sending a brat to fight me? You really are a bunch of good-for-nothings." Pui Pui mocked the three standing behind Trunks. (Because of the height difference, he ignored the protagonist.)
What an idiot. That was the only thought in the four Saiyans' minds. Kid, there were risks to showing off.
"Hmph." Trunks snorted, feeling that he was being underestimated.
Whoosh!
Trunks became a blur and silently appeared in front of Pui Pui, as if he had teleported.
"What?!"
Bam!
Before Pui Pui could even react, Trunks landed a sudden punch that sent him flying. Then Trunks caught up to him midair and kicked him toward the ceiling.
Pui Pui braced himself against the spaceship's wall and steadied himself, staring in disbelief at Trunks's small figure.
"N-no way. I... I got sent flying by a brat?" Pui Pui clenched his fists, humiliation washing over him. "This is the ultimate disgrace!"
"Idiot." Trunks looked coldly at Pui Pui, who was still refusing to accept it. He didn't even need to turn Super Saiyan to beat this moron. He could take on ten of him at once.
"Brat, you've made me angry!" Pui Pui roared, pushing off the wall with both legs and hurtling toward Trunks like a rocket.
Trunks glanced at Pui Pui with scorn, leaned aside to dodge his charge, then grabbed his foot and slammed him hard into the ground.
Bam!
"Argh!" Pui Pui screamed, landing face-first. Son Goten winced just looking at him. Still, Trunks had done a good deed by giving that guy a chance at a new face.
In the control room, Babidi stared dumbfounded as Trunks beat Pui Pui to a pulp. The sight of Pui Pui landing face-first even made Babidi's own face hurt.
"What's going on? How can Pui Pui be completely helpless against that brat?" Babidi could hardly contain his shock. He could accept the adult Saiyans beating Pui Pui senseless, but what was this about an eight- or nine-year-old kid doing it?
"W-well, maybe the spaceship is too cramped, which is affecting Pui Pui's performance. The brat has an advantage because he's small," Dabura offered weakly.
Babidi couldn't afford to lose face, so he accepted Dabura's explanation. Then he asked, "What kind of environment would give Pui Pui the greatest advantage?"
Dabura thought for a moment before answering, "The high-gravity planet Zun."
"Good." Babidi held out his hand and made a twisting motion over the crystal ball. "Baba Woba!"
The sudden change in surroundings made Trunks stop beating Pui Pui for a moment. Taking advantage of the distraction, Pui Pui got some distance from him.
"What's going on?" Son Gohan asked in surprise at the sudden change.
"It's Babidi's magic. This environment should favor that man." The Supreme Kai's pale purple face was covered in cold sweat.
Pui Pui's face was covered in blood, but he didn't seem to care. Instead, he laughed smugly. "Hahaha! This is my home planet, Zun. The gravity here is ten times Earth's!"
The Saiyans all looked at Pui Pui with the same pitying expression one might give an idiot. Ten times Earth's gravity was nothing. Planet Vegeta had the same gravity, so what difference did it make?
"Idiot," Trunks said coldly. My dad never trained in anything less than a hundred times normal gravity. "This level of gravity doesn't affect me at all."
Hearing Trunks's indifferent tone and seeing his contemptuous expression, Pui Pui blew his top. "Stop pretending!"
Pui Pui yelled and charged at Trunks with reckless abandon. Trunks glanced at him coolly and knocked him down with a casual punch.
"You're so weak. Just give up," Trunks said, walking over to Pui Pui.
Pui Pui, clutching his stomach, hadn't expected Trunks to approach without a shred of caution. A sly smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, though he begged for mercy. "I'm sorry. I was wrong."
Trunks was only eight, after all, and had never seen people scheme and deceive each other. Thinking Pui Pui had turned over a new leaf, he said, "Forget it. You can go."
Seeing that Trunks had let his guard down, Pui Pui was overjoyed. "Brat, die!"
Bam!
"Guh!"
Caught off guard, Trunks was struck in the stomach by Pui Pui's sudden attack and spat out a mouthful of bile.
"Trunks!" x5.
The sudden turn of events alarmed everyone. That one blow had given Majin Buu another tenth of his energy.
"Bastard!" Trunks glared viciously at Pui Pui as he rushed in to kick him while he was down. "You're dead!"
Trunks raised his hand and fired an energy blast at Pui Pui without mercy, killing him instantly.
Grrr!
After Trunks killed Pui Pui, a passage opened in the ground.
"You were too careless, Trunks. Against an opponent like that, you should've finished him off instead of turning your back on him." Vegeta lectured Trunks with an exasperated look. He was deeply dissatisfied with Trunks's behavior. If he'd fought instead, he never would have given his opponent a chance to catch his breath.
"I'm sorry, Dad," Trunks said, lowering his head.
Son Goku waved a hand, trying to smooth things over. "Come on, Vegeta. Trunks is still young, and he's never dealt with an opponent like that before."
"Hmph." Vegeta snorted and darted into the passage first. The first round was over.
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