"Why aren't they reacting at all..." Seeing that Goku and the others showed no response to Hercule's entrance, the reporter was utterly baffled.
Krillin looked speechless as he turned to Goku. "Goku, forget it. Let him go first."
Although he really wanted to fight Cell, Goku considered that Hercule would not last long anyway and nodded. "Then... okay."
Time quietly passed. Cell's gaze on the stage suddenly sharpened. "Time's up." He slightly turned his head and swept his eyes over the crowd. "It makes no difference who goes first."
Hercule stepped forward. "Of course I'll be first." As he spoke, he untied his cape.
Goku kindly warned him that Cell would kill him. The reporter immediately had the cameraman focus on Goku and relayed his words to the audience, triggering a wave of complaints from viewers in front of their televisions.
Krillin simply said to leave him alone; they could just use the Dragon Balls to revive him if he died. Hearing that, everyone stopped caring whether Hercule lived or died.
Just then, the roar of a helicopter came from the sky—Hercule's disciples, Piroki and Caroni, had arrived with Beautiful Manager Pizaa to join the fight.
The battle quickly began.
The first to take the stage was Caroni, who called himself "the fastest man in the world." He leaped high into the air, intending to land a brutal blow on Cell, but with just a glance from Cell, he flew straight upward. When he would come down was no longer up to him—eventually, he crashed hard outside the ring and was eliminated.
The second to enter was Piroki, who claimed to possess "the strongest power in the world." He used a move called Tiger Rampage, supposedly one that never stopped—though it was really just a bull rush. Yet when he