Deciding the Victor

Bang!!

With a violent impact, their right fists smashed into each other's faces. Both of their heads snapped back, and they were simultaneously forced several steps backward.

"Ah!!"

Roger let out a furious roar as an astonishing aura burst from his body and rapidly rose.

"What?!"

Feeling Roger's rising aura, everyone was stunned by his immense power, Pikkon included.

At that moment, Roger's hair stood even more erect. Lightning crackled around his body as he released energy, while the flame-like aura around him transformed into a blazing, fire-spewing aura.

This was Super Saiyan II.

Boom!!

As soon as Roger completed his transformation, he immediately released the energy gathered around his body.

A massive gale instantly arose and spread outward in all directions across the arena.

Seeing this, Pikkon and the others raised their hands to shield themselves from the fierce wind.

Once the gale subsided, Pikkon stared at Roger with an extremely grave expression.

Before the match began, Pikkon had looked down on Roger somewhat because he was just a child.

But now, not only did he no longer dare underestimate Roger, he greatly admired him as well.

Pikkon was powerful, but even he had forgotten how long he had trained on Grand Kai's Planet.

Yet Roger was only five or six years old and already possessed power equal to his own. He could truly be called a genius among geniuses.

Thinking this, Pikkon shot into the air and began spinning rapidly, forming a massive whirlwind.

"Pikkon-Style Whirlwind!"

Pikkon shouted, controlling the whirlwind as it swept toward Roger.

Seeing this, Roger leaped into the air above Pikkon.

Pikkon immediately controlled the whirlwind and sent it spiraling toward Roger.

"Law of Time!"

Roger shouted as he charged from the center of the whirlwind toward Pikkon.

Pikkon tried to move the whirlwind, but suddenly found that his body was unable to move.

At that moment, Roger rushed into the whirlwind and drove his right fist hard into Pikkon's face.

Bang!!!

With an earth-shaking crash, Pikkon's body shot down like a straight line and slammed heavily into the arena.

A massive cloud of dust was immediately thrown up across the arena.

"Pikkon!"

Seeing this, West Kai immediately became deeply worried for Pikkon.

After a while, when the dust settled, an enormous crater appeared in the arena.

Pikkon's body lay within that huge crater.

"P-Pikkon!"

The referee immediately ran onto the stage.

"Are you all right, Pikkon?"

Pikkon did not answer the referee.

"Pikkon is down! The count begins now!"

"10, 9, 8, 7..."

"Pikkon!"

West Kai grew extremely tense as he watched.

Meanwhile, North Kai, who stood nearby, wore a faint smile.

Just as the referee counted down to three, Pikkon pushed himself up from the ground with both hands.

"P-Pikkon is back on his feet! The match will continue!"

As the referee spoke, he immediately walked back down from the arena.

"Damn it!"

Pikkon snarled angrily and looked toward Roger in the distance.

Although he greatly admired Roger, he did not want to lose this match either.

By then, Roger had already descended from midair and landed back on the ground.

"I never expected this Saiyan called Roger to be so powerful!"

Grand Kai looked at the somewhat disheveled Pikkon and thought to himself.

Pikkon had always trained on Grand Kai's Planet, so Grand Kai knew Pikkon's strength very well.

"Looks like I can only use that move!"

At that moment, Pikkon looked at Roger with an incomparably determined gaze.

After saying that, Pikkon bent into a half-crouch, holding both hands forward and aiming them at Roger.

"Thunder Flash Attack!"

With a loud shout, Pikkon fired a massive flaming shockwave from both hands at Roger.

Because the flaming shockwave covered such a wide area, half the arena was engulfed by Pikkon's attack.

Seeing this, Roger quickly raised his hands to block Pikkon's Thunder Flash Attack.

Because the Thunder Flash Attack was so powerful, Roger was immediately knocked to the ground.

"Roger!"

Seeing this from below the stage, North Kai immediately began worrying about Roger.

"Contestant Roger!"

Seeing this, the referee immediately shouted toward Roger.

Roger immediately stood back up from the arena.

Parts of his clothes had been burned away by the flames of the Thunder Flash Attack.

When Roger had watched the anime before, he had not quite understood why Son Goku had been unable to dodge this move.

Now he understood. First, the Thunder Flash Attack was too fast to react to at all. Second, its attack range was too large, making it difficult to evade.

However, while this move was powerful, Roger possessed heaven-defying comprehension. As long as his opponent used a move once, he could learn it and break it.

"You can still stand?"

"Then I'll use this move again and make you fall for good!"

As Pikkon spoke, he once again assumed the stance for Thunder Flash Attack.

"You don't have another chance!"

As Roger spoke, he used Instant Transmission and appeared behind Pikkon.

Pikkon was startled and quickly turned around, aiming both hands at Roger.

"Time Law!"

Roger shouted, releasing a massive amount of Power of Time from his body and rendering Pikkon unable to move.

"M-My body won't move!"

Pikkon's expression changed drastically as he suddenly found himself unable to move.

"Time Law? Could that be some kind of time technique?"

After hearing Roger's words, Grand Kai spoke.

"Ha!"

At that moment, Roger shouted and drove his right fist into Pikkon's abdomen with all his strength.

Pikkon let out a miserable cry and flew backward off the arena like a shot arrow.

"Contestant Pikkon is out! Contestant Roger wins!"

Seeing this, the referee immediately announced it to everyone.

"Great!"

Upon hearing this, North Kai said joyfully to West Kai.

Hearing this, West Kai immediately collapsed onto the ground.

He had never imagined that Pikkon would lose to a child.

North Kai smiled as he looked at West Kai.

"West Kai, you still remember our wager, right?"

"I remember. Don't I just have to be respectful whenever I see you?"

"That's right!"

North Kai laughed.

"But looking at you now, you don't seem very respectful toward me!"

"How could that be? North Kai, I've actually always been very respectful toward you!"

West Kai said against his will.

"Is that so?"

North Kai immediately burst into laughter upon hearing that.

Hearing his laughter, West Kai cursed North Kai furiously in his heart, though he still forced a faint smile onto his face.

He had already made up his mind that he would never seek out North Kai again unless absolutely necessary.