Seeing this, Cell said, "This is nothing but a futile struggle, Son Gohan."
At Son Goku's home beneath Mount Paozu, Chi-Chi watched Gohan being beaten and clutched the television as she cried out, "My Gohan! I've already given up all hope in him. These past few years, he's never listened to me. Whenever he has nothing to do, he goes off to fight others. I stopped wanting to control him a long time ago, but my Gohan..."
"I clearly kept telling him over and over not to let Gohan take the field, but how could Gohan possibly duel that monster-like creature?"
Beside her, Ox-King looked helplessly at Chi-Chi, not knowing how to comfort her.
Cell walked step by step toward Gohan, then leaped into the air. He gathered an energy blast in his left hand and fired it at Gohan below. Gohan dodged with a backflip, but the instant he regained his footing, Cell fired another energy blast with his other hand. Gohan quickly dodged left, yet faced with the nonstop blasts Cell kept gathering, he could only keep moving rapidly to evade them.
Just as Gohan burst out of the smoke, Cell instantly appeared behind him. Though Gohan had noticed him and turned to defend himself, he was punched in the face, then kicked in the head. Before he could steady himself, Cell appeared in front of him again and kicked him, sending him staggering backward.
Although Gohan could track Cell's movements, his body had yet to adapt to a battle of this intensity. After taking another vicious beating, Cell extended one hand toward Gohan on the ground and said harshly, "Son Gohan, if you want to hate someone, hate that foolish father of yours for coming up with such an unwise idea!"
A dazzling white light erupted from