Chapter 24: Who are you?

"What happen? Do you not remember me?" asked the unknown girl looking at Goku, who was extremely confused.

"I'm sorry but I don't remember you," the boy mumbled with his hand on the back of his neck, seeing how the girl made a face of disgust.

Krillin and the others were confused, perhaps Goku had forgotten about her, because there was no reason for that girl to just show up like that, claiming Goku.

The girl sharpened her eyes looking sharply at the black-haired man, before leaving that place with an angry face.

Goku didn't know why but seeing that angry girl gave him a bad feeling, the same one he had when he saw Bulma in that state.

'Who will it be?' The dark-haired man wondered with curiosity, the face of that black-haired woman seemed familiar to him but at the moment he couldn't remember anything about her with enough clarity.

"Wow, apart from that Akemi you have also met another girl in this time" Krillin blurted out while his friend shrugged his shoulders.

"Attention participants, the round of combat is going to take place now so we ask you to stay in your respective place"

They all saw a short man making that announcement with a microphone.

Great emotion ran through the bloodstream of each participant. Each one of them was gathered there for different reasons, whether for mere recognition, glory, money or pleasure.

In a matter of minutes several fights took place between some participants, until finally Goku's turn ended up coming, who was looking forward to his fight.

"Look! It seems that it's Goku's turn" Puar spoke, who was floating outside the enclosure while he watched the fights from the window.

Master Roshi was on his staff while Oolong and Launch were sitting around having ice cream. Luckily for the pink pig, Launch was still in her "holy maiden" mode, she hadn't sneezed yet.

"That's great, I hope you win!" Launch spoke with a friendly smile, before a flower went past his nose and made me sneeze. Big mistake.

"ACHU!!"

Master Roshi fell off his cane at the sight while Oolong comically recoiled at the sight of a blonde Launch holding a submachine gun.

'Great, my ice cream fell on the floor' Oolong tearfully saw his strawberry ice cream spilled on the floor. He hadn't even enjoyed it.

'It's time to see how strong you've become over the years Goku' thought Tenshinhan looking at the black-haired man with an analytical look.

"Good luck Goku, you can" Krillin spoke bumping her fist with Goku's as a sign of friendship.

Goku jumped into the ring where his first match in the preliminary phase would take place. He began to do little stretches to warm up his muscles, hoping to have fun in the fight that he would have next.

"It seems that we will fight again, young Goku"

A dark-skinned man spoke as he climbed into the combat ring, the man had afro hair, wore a yellow robe and was barefoot.

"King Chapa, I'm glad to see you after so long" said the dark-haired man with a smile on his face "I hope this is a good fight and that the best man wins" Goku added getting into a fighting position to start once and for all.

"I say the same boy" King Chapa spoke in turn showing his combat posture.

Both had faced each other once precisely in the preliminary phases, that fight culminated in Goku's victory three years ago.

However, who would win now?

With this combat, Goku could demonstrate the teachings that he had acquired in the Kamisama watchtower throughout these three years.

For his part King Chapa could take his revenge, three years ago he lost against Goku but now he had the opportunity to win and win in that tournament.

King Chapa was eliminated by orders of the evil Piccolo Daimaō three years ago, the tyrant gave the order to kill each and every one of the participants of the twenty-second edition of the world martial arts tournament.

Even Krillin was killed by Piccolo's henchman Tambourine, despite defending himself as best he could. Chaotzu and Master Roshi himself were victims of him, luckily Goku managed to defeat the despot and restore world peace... at least momentarily...

"BEGIN!"

The referee shouted at the top of his lungs to mark the start of the first match for both rivals.

Goku and King Chapa bowed to each other before returning to their respective fighting stances before beginning.

They began to analyze each other in search of holes in their defenses to take advantage of them as soon as possible and thus win the fight.

"Aaahhh!" King Chapa shouted running towards his adversary at a remarkable speed while Goku seemed to undo his guard.

King Chapa landed a strong punch on the black-haired man's abdomen and without wasting time placed another knee in the same place of his anatomy.

Goku did not react to any of the blows that King Chapa gave him, if he continued like this soon he was going to be defeated and eliminated from the tournament.

Why doesn't he react? Krillin asked seeing his friend with a very strange expression on his face, without a doubt that was quite strange.

"This is absolutely weird" Yamcha agreed, his facial expression one of concern.

King Chapa gave Goku a hard kick to the torso, a movement that made him go back a couple of meters until he stood at the edge of the ring.

"Mmm, it seems that today is not your day Son Goku..." muttered that man with a smile as he walked towards his opponent "Then, this will be the last blow!!" The King Chapa exclaimed throwing his fist to give the final blow to Goku, but the black-eyed man stopped him while he kept his head calmly looking at the ground.

"What was that?/Did it stop him?/How is it possible?" Tenshinhan, Krillin and Yamcha spoke at the same time, very surprised.

Goku began to slowly raise his head, a smile was installed on his face implying that he was not fighting seriously, but that he received all the blows on purpose.

"Ammm... you have become stronger King Chapa" the boy spat smiling, before frowning "But not enough!" he added.

King Chapa only saw a flash before falling off the platform... he didn't get to see the exact moment Goku attacked him, he only saw a brief flash before being knocked out by the boy.

"The winner of the match is participant number 4" announced the referee of that match, blowing his little whistle.

Goku got out of the combat ring and with a smile approached his opponent, King Chapa, whom he defeated a few moments ago.

"King Chapa, you are quite strong, I hope we can have another fight soon" Goku spoke, shaking hands with the king to help him up, the man accepted that assistance smiling gladly.

"You are quite strong young man, I wish you luck for this tournament" King Chapa pronounced cordially before quietly leaving the place.

King Chapa knew that he had to hand over to the following generations, the time had come to withdraw from him and it was not necessary to keep stubbornly winning the tournament.

After that, Goku went to the area where his friends were, who were waiting for their corresponding fights.

"The truth is that it was quite an entertaining fight" the dark-haired man admitted with a smile as he rested his hands on the back of his neck.

"You will never change, right Goku? You were just trying to test his strength, that's why you took all his hits on purpose" Tenshinhan concluded and Goku nodded at that smiling nervously.

"Looks like I won't have it easy judging by your fight" Yamucha mumbled with a smile while Krillin agreed.

"Don't say that, maybe you'll beat me hahahaha anything can happen" Goku said laughing nervously. "We have to give our best effort to win this tournament, right?"