"I never knew Goku was such a playboy back then..." Even Tien couldn't help commenting.
"It doesn't make any sense." Krillin, Goku's good brother, still spoke up for him. "I know Goku. If he really did something to that cute girl, he'd admit it."
"Refusing to admit it even if it kills you, that's a Yamcha move."
"Hey, Krillin, you're questioning my true feelings for Bulma." Yamcha protested. "I have never chased women."
"Tch. You expect anyone to believe that?" Krillin shot Yamcha a disgusted look, then turned to Naruto, fully intending to drag him into the singles camp so they could denounce Yamcha together.
"What the, Naruto, where did you get that watermelon?"
Krillin found Naruto holding a watermelon from nowhere, happily munching away while watching the arena.
"You want some?" Naruto offered Krillin a slice. "It's really sweet."
"Man, that's good watermelon."
On the arena, seeing that Goku was still wearing his clueless expression, Anonymous could no longer hold back. She charged forward, launching a ferocious assault.
Every technique targeted Goku's vital points, especially his groin.
One brutal groin kick made Krillin and Yamcha wince in sympathetic pain. Naruto quietly remarked, 'Good thing Goku dodged fast. One second slower and Gohan and Goten would have been saying goodbye to his father forever.'
"You don't remember anything?!"
"You heartless jerk! You made me wait all this time!"
"Huh? What are you talking about?" Goku's utterly clueless reply sent the young girl's rage spiking to its absolute limit once again.
"Have you forgotten the promise between us?"
"We have a promise?" Goku blinked. 'Since when?'
The second half of his thought never left his mouth before she spoke again.
"You said you would marry me and make me your wife!!!"
A collective silence fell over the crowd. "Uh..."
*Pfft!* Krillin choked, spraying an entire mouthful of watermelon over Yamcha's face.
"Wife? Huh? When did I ever say that?" Goku was even more confused. "Then I should at least know your name. I don't even know your name yet." Goku might be rising steadily through the ranks of martial arts, but when it came to romance, he was completely oblivious.
Most of the time, the things he said and did seemed utterly incomprehensible to outsiders.
No one expected Goku to become as devoted a family man as Vegeta later on. If he had even half the sense his father possessed, Chi-Chi wouldn't have turned into the shrew she became in Z. Bardock and Gine were a model couple, rare even among Saiyans.
Chi-Chi composed herself. Seeing that Goku didn't seem to be lying, she finally said, "Hmph. If you defeat me, I'll tell you."
"What? You should've said so sooner." Goku breathed a sigh of relief. "That's easy."
"Hmph." She let out a dismissive scoff, but a faint smile crept onto her face. "You think you're guaranteed to win? I'm pretty strong, you know."
"Don't expect me to go easy on you."
Goku clenched his right fist, gathered his power, and threw a punch in her direction. There was no holding back for the sake of her gender. The girl felt tremendous force slam into her. Before she could react, she was sent flying, crashing into the wall outside the arena.
Attacking with ki. This was a basic method of ki manipulation.
"See? Told you. That was easy." Goku scratched the back of his head with a grin. "Now will you tell me who you are?"
"That hurt." She rubbed the back of her head as she got up. "As expected of my future husband."
"Clearly, you still haven't remembered me." She took a deep breath. "I'm Chi-Chi. The Ox-King's daughter."
"Do you remember now?"
"Chi-Chi?!" Everyone present who had met her before jolted. In their minds, an image of the little girl from years ago automatically surfaced.
'No way, right? The difference is that huge...'
Even Naruto couldn't help but marvel. 'Back then, you looked like you walked straight out of an Ultraman show. Now you've suddenly turned into a traditional beauty. Anyone who could recognize you right away, now that would be ridiculous.'
"Ah, I remember now. I did say I'd marry you." Whether Goku was truly this dense or just playing dumb, his memory suddenly kicked in, and he recalled the promise.
"Since I promised, I'll keep my word." Goku smiled. "Let's get married!"
Chi-Chi instantly melted into a picture of gentle devotion. "Mm!"
With that one question and one answer, the two of them sealed the relationship and got married.
Even a flash marriage wasn't this fast.
The onlookers watched with pure envy. Chi-Chi truly was a great beauty. Yamcha was fine, after overcoming his gynophobia (an intense, irrational, and persistent fear of women), the guy had turned into a total playboy. As for Krillin, his eyes were practically bugging out with jealousy.
Amid everyone's blessings, Chi-Chi hooked her arm through Goku's and walked off the arena, radiating happiness.
Whether her marriage to Goku was happiness or misfortune... only the two of them would ever know.
Unlike Bardock and Vegeta, Goku really wasn't the family-oriented type.
"Third match: Lei Wu vs. Krillin. Both contestants, please prepare."
"Krillin, be careful. There's more to your opponent than meets the eye." Before Krillin stepped onto the stage, Goku warned him. "The moment you see an opening, go all out."
The opponent's ki was strange. Even Goku couldn't fully read it, but one thing was certain: this was an immensely powerful being.
"Show them the strength of our Demon Clan." Before Wu took the stage, Piccolo gave his own instructions. "Defeat that little baldy with absolute power."
"Yes, King Piccolo." Wu smiled with confidence, appearing on the arena a second later.
'Watch closely. This is one of my three strongest subordinates.' Piccolo's gaze shifted to Naruto, his voice echoing in Naruto's mind.
'Impressive ki.' Naruto nodded, acknowledging Wu's strength. 'In terms of raw power, your subordinate is indeed stronger. But Krillin isn't weak either. If your man holds back or gets careless at the start, he could stumble.'
On the scouter, Wu's power level read 700, putting him below Krillin's 770.
But Naruto said this because he had seen through Wu's hidden power.
"Hahahaha." Seeing that Naruto had noticed, Piccolo burst out laughing instead. "You saw right through it. But that's what makes this interesting."
"My... teacher."
"Hey, Little Baldy." Wu squinted at Krillin. "If you don't want to get hurt, you'd better surrender now."
"I won't even need to use my hands against you."
Unlike the subserviance he showed Piccolo, Wu brimmed with arrogance here.
He had every reason to be. With half a Demon bloodline in his veins, his physique was far beyond that of any ordinary human. To this day, no human martial artist had ever matched him.
Especially now that his Demon bloodline was fully awakened.
"Is that so?" Krillin wasn't dismissive, he was on full alert. "Then let's see."
The words barely left his mouth before Krillin attacked.
His nimble movement caught Wu off guard. In the span of a breath, Krillin closed the distance.
Wu flinched, but his reactions were fast. What's more, he remembered his own boast. He kept his hands still, blocking Krillin's strikes with elbow checks alone.
Then he took a deep breath, pressed down on the left side of his nose with his left hand, and blew hard.
A dark object shot out and slammed into Krillin's chest, knocking him back several meters.
Krillin moved to counterattack. Wu pressed down his right nostril the same way.
Another projectile, this time, right to Krillin's forehead.
"So painful. So disgusting." Krillin touched his forehead. A trickle of blood smeared his skin. He stared at the sticky mass in his hand, on the verge of tears, his face a mix of pain and revulsion.
"Hahaha, Baldy, you're not even a match for my boogers!" Wu pointed at Krillin and sneered.
Krillin actually had plenty of experience dealing with opponents who used filthy techniques. At the 21st Budokai Tenkaichi, he had defeated the Barbarian contestant, a man who had never bathed in his life.
But this was different. This guy fired boogers like a machine gun, *rat-tat-tat*, in an inexhaustible supply.
And the key thing: each one was massive.
Where the hell did he store all of that?
Maybe he was like the Barbarian, except instead of never bathing, he had never once picked his nose?
"Hahaha, Baldy, now you see the power of The Great Wu." Krillin was driven back step by step by the barrage, forced to the edge of the arena. Wu's arrogant voice rang out again. "If you kneel and admit defeat right now, I might just spare you."
The moment he stepped onto the arena, Wu became a completely different person, incredibly arrogant.
Krillin said nothing. He dodged the disgusting projectiles and waited for his opening.
Down in the audience seats, the spectators exchanged bewildered glances. No one knew what to say. Wu's fighting style was far too revolting. They didn't even know if they should cheer.
Except for one person.
'Hahaha, beautiful. That's exactly how it should be done.' Master Shen watched Krillin, now covered in filth, and clenched his fists in pure delight.
'Still, Wu is playing it too safe. He should let those Turtle School bastards feel the true power of shit-based attacks.'
Master Shen had developed a sudden obsession with excrement after being tormented by Arale.
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