Chapter 148: Listen to me young padawan
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"The winner of the fourth match is Piccolo.
Thererfore, of the 6 possible matches the Broly team has won 4!
The Broly team should automatically be considered the winner, but as there are still individual combat awards we will continue ...
Damn… I have to clean up all this mess again… " Broly said as if he were a housewife tired tired of cleaning all the mmess herlittle children created when they play something.
"What kind of awards are we talking about?" Vegeta asked, that despite the fury he felt for having lost this stupid tournament in which he was humiliatingly forced to participate ... and that he had to continue participating in a forced way too ... he still had some kind of hope, pride or motivation to win something ...
[Even if they are forced, they must be motivated in some way ...
They have to have some kind of hope ...
It's more fun when they think they have something to gain] Broly thought while laughing interlay like a real devil
"Who knows ... will depend mainly on the quality of the combat you have offered me and what you really want ...
Who knows ... may I take pity on you as Saiyans and grant you what you have come to seek ... "Broly said ambiguously and cheatily to reawaken the greed and hope in Vegeta and Yam.
"What I want?
Do you really think you have the means to grant me what I want?" Vegeta said arrogantly and hesitantly to Broly
But Broly did not answer him ... he simply looked at him and smiled with confidence and even more arrogance than the prince of the Saiyans, who had no choice but to believe his words ...
It was then that Yam, worried about Vegeta's expression said "Vegeta don't let him incite you with his promises ...
He just wants… "
"I know...
He just wants to awaken our greed and the fighting spirit so that he can have more fun with the following battles...
There is no guarantee that he is able to give us what we want and he will surely not keep his word if we win...
This is all a game for him...
But we don't have much more options than fighting as he wants..." Vegeta said, who perfectly understood Broly's intentions ... they couldn't negotiate ... they could only play the game where they were forced to participate in the best possible way.
If they refused, there would surely be catastrophic consequences for them.
But if they fulfilled their role ... there was still hope ... not only to survive, but to get something out of this catastrophic experience.
And while Yam and Vegeta had this conversation Broly took the opportunity to bring Nappa back to life
Who did not know how he had died...
"What happened !? Where is he…" Nappa shouted very disoriented as he looked from side to side
"You have lost Nappa!
Come down from there and stop embarrassing us" Vegeta said authoritatively
"Wait!
How did I lose !? I can't accept this!
What kind of cheating has he used…" Nappa yelled very furious, he couldn't believe that he had been defeated without even knowing how…
"Didn't you hear what I said !?" Vegeta yelled angrily once more, making it clear that it wasn't a request… it was an order
"Wait Vegeta ... give me another chance ..." Said Nappa, who remembered again what happened to his two other companions and began to despair and his body filled with cold sweat.
"You still haven't come down ..." Vegeta said incredibly menacingly as he indicated again that he was not obeying his orders
"Fo ... Forgive me Vegeta ..." Nappa said, who reacted and obediently returned to lick his master's feet ...
And he was approaching him ... when Vegeta grabbed his neck with great speed and ferocity
"Vegeta what are you doing !?" Nappa asked very scared
"I tried to forgive you ... since you fought against someone who was far beyond you ...
But listening to you has made me change my mind...
I don't need Saiyans as useless as you!" Vegeta yelled as he launched his huge companion into the air and fired a powerful energy sphere to kill him.
Go ... Vegeta !!!" Nappa screamed as he received that powerful attack that deformed and disintegrated him in the process
BOMMMMMMMMMMMM !!!!
"He has done it again... that guy is a monster!" Gohan yelled very outraged to see how Vegeta treated his evil subordinates
"Yes ... he… has done… it ... again ...
Pff ... ghj ... " Broly said trying not to laugh abruptly for reasons that only a true Dragon Ball fan can understand [And with this I just saw another Dragon Ball meme]
"I certainly did well to protect the girl with the perky ass" Said Mueten Roshi while pervertly stroking the jar where Ginger was contained.
"Vegeta ...
If I lose the next match ...
Will I also become a useless and unnecessary Saiyan?" Yam asked which until now had kept quiet with Vegeta's tyrannical actions
But now she could no longer ignore it
She fully understood that Vegeta killed Raditz, since he was a weakling who was unable to fulfill his mission and that when he came back to life he behaved in a pathetic and unworthy way to any Saiyan…
He deeply embarrassed them.
She could understand why he killed Scallion, as he was just as useless as Radtiz.
And she did not suffer for their deaths, since she considered them mortal enemies who tried to steal the purity of her sweet sister
But Nappa?
Despite his many flaws such as his lack of self-control, limited intelligence, and moderate power compared to them… he had always shown to be someone useful both on and off the battlefield, helpful and loyal ... and she treated Ginger as a kind of niece ... a behavior that she could tolerate and even celebrate
She couldn't understand why he had done it apart from releasing all the frustration he felt by being under Broly's total control ...
If Vegeta had done something like that to Nappa ...
What prevented him from killing her like the others?
Why would she have to believe that she was special and different from the rest?
Just because there was s.e.x.u.a.l tension between hem and she have some feelings for him?
And what would happen to her sister?
Would he also consider her a useless Saiyan for having lost her… combat…?
"Don't say stupid things.
I would never consider you ... and your sister ... useless Saiyans
Don't compare yourself to them" Vegeta said to Yam with what appeared to be moral authority and some fellowship…
"The next match is between Gohan and Yam!
Get ready and take the stage! " Broly said, cutting the conversation short for the next showdown to begin.
And while Yam went up to the ring, still with doubts about Vegeta's behavior, but a little more relieved than before ...
Gohan had a huge stage panic attack ...
"Aish ... Aish ...
I'm very nervous…
Ahhh ...
We have already won ... I don't understand why we have to keep fighting
And ... and ... and I don't like fighting ...
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!" Gohan shouted as he wondered like every child why he should do things that he didn't like to do, not want or that were not excessively necessary… but still he had to do them ...
Before screaming ...
"Hey what's going on now Gohan?" Said the strict professor Piccolo, who was about to fiercely scold his student, who had too many stupid fears and doubts before a fight ...
However, that scream momentarily worried him… maybe there was something that everyone should be surprised or worried about.
"Now that I think about it…
If I go up to the ring to fight I will be on television!
And if I fight, my mother will see me ...
And she will punish me !!
And she was already very mad at me before without even fighting !!" Gohan yelled as he realized the family drama that awaited him when he got home
"THAT'S WHAT WORRIES YOU !! ??
WHAT HAS BEEN OF ALL THE EFFORT AND DEDICATION THAT BROLY AND WE PUT IN YOU?
STOP BEHAVING LIKE A CONSENTED CHILD AND GO UP TO FIGHT!!!"
OR IN ADDITION TO YOUR MOTHER'S PUNISHMENT YOU WILL ALSO HAVE MINE IN THE NEXT TRAINING SESSION!!!" Piccolo shouted like a real hysterical ... so much that it seemed that his head had grown in size because of how much he was screaming in a comical way
Something that scared Gohan a lot and even hurt his feelings a little despite knowing that Piccolo was partly right ... but also ...
"Egh? Will you train with me again?
Why?
Weren't you just training me to fight the bad Saiyans, Piccolo-san?" Gohan asked, who was able to understand a very interesting subtext in Piccolo's involuntary sentence
And Piccolo, who did not expect Gohan to point out that detail ... full of shame and with a certain red color on his green cheeks ... shouted again but a bit more timidly "SHUT UP AND GO UP!"
… Later we will talk about the future training regimen… "
"YES!
SORRY!" Gohan said, who jumped quickly to get away from Piccolo and once he got far enough away of him… he moved slower towards the ring
"Did you just see the same thing as me?" Yamcha said, who couldn't believe that would ever see that attitude in which until this saga was the greatest threat in this world
"Was that really Piccolo?" Muten Roshi said, since he could not believe the reincarnation of the greatest evil on this planet ... for which his teacher gave his life to seal ... would have said, done and expressed what they had just seen
"Has he blushed?!" Krillin said, highlighting that embarrassing detail above all else.
And Piccolo-dere upon hearing those comments with his super ears ... shouted to hide his embarrassment "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT!?
MIND YOU OWN BUSINESS!!!"
And while that funny gag was taking place ... Gohan was moving very slowly on stage, trying to delay as much as possible that fight ...
Until…
SPLASHHHHH!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Broly appeared behind the crestfallen and slapped him with his open hand on the back with great force… so much so that he left a red mark with the contour of his hand
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT BROLY-SENSEI !!
IT HURTS SO MUCH !!!" Gohan yelled at his sensei as he complained for obvious reasons
"I saw you a little asleep and I thought you needed some of my help to wake up" Broly replied jokingly without feeling guilty at all
"THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO WAKE UP SOMEONE!!!
UICHHHHH !!!
It hurts!!" Gohan replied very indignantly as he tried to lessen the pain he felt in his back rubbing it
"What is troubling you, little one?" Broly asked now more serious than before, since he knew that his student had a strong moral dilemma
"Broly-sensei ...
Why do I have to fight?
Our team has already won and since they have seen how strong you are they have wanted to flee from the planet...
and even if you had not organized this tournament I am very sure that between all of us and dad we could have made them run away (he forgot that Yamcha died)…
It doesn't make sense that we have to keep fighting ...
In this way we will only continue to harm ourselves foolishly… "The peaceful Gohan said, expressing his deepest thoughts and doubts to his favorite teacher (from Broly's perspective)…
"Yes I know.
Precisely for this reason I put you in fifth place to fight.
Because I knew that before it was your turn we would have mathematically won this tournament.
All this was part of my plan" The calculating Broly answered quite naturally, as if he did not care about Gohans feelings.
"Hey?! Why did you do that?!" Shouted Gohan who did not understand why Broly had manipulated the tournament in this way... at the same time he felt used... like all the others now ...
"Tell me Gohan ... why did you decide to train with me to beat these bad guys?" Broly asked in a Socratic way
And Gohan who tried to remember quickly replied "It was to protect my loved ones from those who wanted to harm them"
"Exactly, that's why we were training." Broly replied, satisfied with his student's answer
"And for this reason I have organized this combat.
Because I wanted to check what you would do when it was not necessary to fight for the safety of your loved ones...
And see how far you could hesitate...
Although it is not something that has been achieved thanks to you, I must add…" Said Broly, who was beginning to act in a mysterious way, like a very ambiguous and enigmatic orthodox Jedi knight…
And realizing what Broly was trying to do, Gohan got really mad at him ... but in less than a second he lowered his head and directed that anger at himself "I see ... it's another test ...
I guess now you will tell me as Piccolo that you are disappointed with my attitude…
…That I am being a spoiled child…
...That I am not… "
But Broly quickly interrupted his self scorn ""I know you Gohan, at least well enough to know that you do not like to fight or harm others And that with great difficulty and with doubts you would only do it to protect your loved ones ... and that only if you have been motivated enough by the circ.u.mstances
That is something admirable ...
However, we cannot always choose our battles ...
And those battles will not always be to protect our loved ones ...
But even so we cannot look back and ignore them, since doing so could hurt someone ... especially ourselves ...
And if you hesitate too much between fighting or not ... you risk being destroyed before you can put yourself on guard
And this is in all facets of our life"
And with every word he heard from his now profound teacher ... Gohan understood less what he meant with this speech "I don't get it very well, Broly-senei ..."
"I know, otherwise it would not be a test
You have to find out for yourself" Broly said once again in an irritatingly ambiguous way
"What happens if I don't understand it?
What happens if I do it wrong?" Gohan said, which aside from feeling confused and uncomfortable for having to do something he did not liked... also have the expectations of his teacher, which he did not know how to please.
"There is no 100% correct answer on this test ...
This test is only existi to verify what kind of person you are currently ...
And from what you have learned from this victory or failure ... whatever you think it has been... you can decide what to be in the future.
Don't try to please me, or Piccolo, or your mother, or your father, or the world!
Just try to be indebted to yourself.
Do what you know is right ...
But always looking forward ... fearlessly ... you can't just do nothing every time problems knock on your door
But I can only show you the door
You're the one that has to walk through it" Broly said once more ... sometimes putting the same voice as Master Yoda unconsciously ... And sometimes the voice of Morpheus from the matrix ... which confused everybody
And after a few seconds in which Gohan's young and inexperienced mind tried to understand something that was possibly too advanced for him ... a test totally different from now ...
A test where he did not have to achieve a solid goal and prefixed by his teachers ...
Gohan raised his head and looked at his teacher and decisively said without fully knowing what it meant "I'll try Broly-senei ...
I will open that door in the best way I can…"
"Perfect ... I'm glad to hear that ...
Would you like another pat on the back to give you good luck? " Broly said joking again to relax Gohan's mind a bit after the complex or maybe absurd speech
"This…
better not…" Gohan said running towards the center of the ring to have his blissful almost rigged fight …
A match that would mark Gohan's life from now on.
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"The winner of the fourth match is Piccolo.
Thererfore, of the 6 possible matches the Broly team has won 4!
The Broly team should automatically be considered the winner, but as there are still individual combat awards we will continue ...
Damn… I have to clean up all this mess again… " Broly said as if he were a housewife tired tired of cleaning all the mmess herlittle children created when they play something.
"What kind of awards are we talking about?" Vegeta asked, that despite the fury he felt for having lost this stupid tournament in which he was humiliatingly forced to participate ... and that he had to continue participating in a forced way too ... he still had some kind of hope, pride or motivation to win something ...
[Even if they are forced, they must be motivated in some way ...
They have to have some kind of hope ...
It's more fun when they think they have something to gain] Broly thought while laughing interlay like a real devil
"Who knows ... will depend mainly on the quality of the combat you have offered me and what you really want ...
Who knows ... may I take pity on you as Saiyans and grant you what you have come to seek ... "Broly said ambiguously and cheatily to reawaken the greed and hope in Vegeta and Yam.
"What I want?
Do you really think you have the means to grant me what I want?" Vegeta said arrogantly and hesitantly to Broly
But Broly did not answer him ... he simply looked at him and smiled with confidence and even more arrogance than the prince of the Saiyans, who had no choice but to believe his words ...
It was then that Yam, worried about Vegeta's expression said "Vegeta don't let him incite you with his promises ...
He just wants… "
"I know...
He just wants to awaken our greed and the fighting spirit so that he can have more fun with the following battles...
There is no guarantee that he is able to give us what we want and he will surely not keep his word if we win...
This is all a game for him...
But we don't have much more options than fighting as he wants..." Vegeta said, who perfectly understood Broly's intentions ... they couldn't negotiate ... they could only play the game where they were forced to participate in the best possible way.
If they refused, there would surely be catastrophic consequences for them.
But if they fulfilled their role ... there was still hope ... not only to survive, but to get something out of this catastrophic experience.
And while Yam and Vegeta had this conversation Broly took the opportunity to bring Nappa back to life
Who did not know how he had died...
"What happened !? Where is he…" Nappa shouted very disoriented as he looked from side to side
"You have lost Nappa!
Come down from there and stop embarrassing us" Vegeta said authoritatively
"Wait!
How did I lose !? I can't accept this!
What kind of cheating has he used…" Nappa yelled very furious, he couldn't believe that he had been defeated without even knowing how…
"Didn't you hear what I said !?" Vegeta yelled angrily once more, making it clear that it wasn't a request… it was an order
"Wait Vegeta ... give me another chance ..." Said Nappa, who remembered again what happened to his two other companions and began to despair and his body filled with cold sweat.
"You still haven't come down ..." Vegeta said incredibly menacingly as he indicated again that he was not obeying his orders
"Fo ... Forgive me Vegeta ..." Nappa said, who reacted and obediently returned to lick his master's feet ...
And he was approaching him ... when Vegeta grabbed his neck with great speed and ferocity
"Vegeta what are you doing !?" Nappa asked very scared
"I tried to forgive you ... since you fought against someone who was far beyond you ...
But listening to you has made me change my mind...
I don't need Saiyans as useless as you!" Vegeta yelled as he launched his huge companion into the air and fired a powerful energy sphere to kill him.
Go ... Vegeta !!!" Nappa screamed as he received that powerful attack that deformed and disintegrated him in the process
BOMMMMMMMMMMMM !!!!
"He has done it again... that guy is a monster!" Gohan yelled very outraged to see how Vegeta treated his evil subordinates
"Yes ... he… has done… it ... again ...
Pff ... ghj ... " Broly said trying not to laugh abruptly for reasons that only a true Dragon Ball fan can understand [And with this I just saw another Dragon Ball meme]
"I certainly did well to protect the girl with the perky ass" Said Mueten Roshi while pervertly stroking the jar where Ginger was contained.
"Vegeta ...
If I lose the next match ...
Will I also become a useless and unnecessary Saiyan?" Yam asked which until now had kept quiet with Vegeta's tyrannical actions
But now she could no longer ignore it
She fully understood that Vegeta killed Raditz, since he was a weakling who was unable to fulfill his mission and that when he came back to life he behaved in a pathetic and unworthy way to any Saiyan…
He deeply embarrassed them.
She could understand why he killed Scallion, as he was just as useless as Radtiz.
And she did not suffer for their deaths, since she considered them mortal enemies who tried to steal the purity of her sweet sister
But Nappa?
Despite his many flaws such as his lack of self-control, limited intelligence, and moderate power compared to them… he had always shown to be someone useful both on and off the battlefield, helpful and loyal ... and she treated Ginger as a kind of niece ... a behavior that she could tolerate and even celebrate
She couldn't understand why he had done it apart from releasing all the frustration he felt by being under Broly's total control ...
If Vegeta had done something like that to Nappa ...
What prevented him from killing her like the others?
Why would she have to believe that she was special and different from the rest?
Just because there was s.e.x.u.a.l tension between hem and she have some feelings for him?
And what would happen to her sister?
Would he also consider her a useless Saiyan for having lost her… combat…?
"Don't say stupid things.
I would never consider you ... and your sister ... useless Saiyans
Don't compare yourself to them" Vegeta said to Yam with what appeared to be moral authority and some fellowship…
"The next match is between Gohan and Yam!
Get ready and take the stage! " Broly said, cutting the conversation short for the next showdown to begin.
And while Yam went up to the ring, still with doubts about Vegeta's behavior, but a little more relieved than before ...
Gohan had a huge stage panic attack ...
"Aish ... Aish ...
I'm very nervous…
Ahhh ...
We have already won ... I don't understand why we have to keep fighting
And ... and ... and I don't like fighting ...
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!" Gohan shouted as he wondered like every child why he should do things that he didn't like to do, not want or that were not excessively necessary… but still he had to do them ...
Before screaming ...
"Hey what's going on now Gohan?" Said the strict professor Piccolo, who was about to fiercely scold his student, who had too many stupid fears and doubts before a fight ...
However, that scream momentarily worried him… maybe there was something that everyone should be surprised or worried about.
"Now that I think about it…
If I go up to the ring to fight I will be on television!
And if I fight, my mother will see me ...
And she will punish me !!
And she was already very mad at me before without even fighting !!" Gohan yelled as he realized the family drama that awaited him when he got home
"THAT'S WHAT WORRIES YOU !! ??
WHAT HAS BEEN OF ALL THE EFFORT AND DEDICATION THAT BROLY AND WE PUT IN YOU?
STOP BEHAVING LIKE A CONSENTED CHILD AND GO UP TO FIGHT!!!"
OR IN ADDITION TO YOUR MOTHER'S PUNISHMENT YOU WILL ALSO HAVE MINE IN THE NEXT TRAINING SESSION!!!" Piccolo shouted like a real hysterical ... so much that it seemed that his head had grown in size because of how much he was screaming in a comical way
Something that scared Gohan a lot and even hurt his feelings a little despite knowing that Piccolo was partly right ... but also ...
"Egh? Will you train with me again?
Why?
Weren't you just training me to fight the bad Saiyans, Piccolo-san?" Gohan asked, who was able to understand a very interesting subtext in Piccolo's involuntary sentence
And Piccolo, who did not expect Gohan to point out that detail ... full of shame and with a certain red color on his green cheeks ... shouted again but a bit more timidly "SHUT UP AND GO UP!"
… Later we will talk about the future training regimen… "
"YES!
SORRY!" Gohan said, who jumped quickly to get away from Piccolo and once he got far enough away of him… he moved slower towards the ring
"Did you just see the same thing as me?" Yamcha said, who couldn't believe that would ever see that attitude in which until this saga was the greatest threat in this world
"Was that really Piccolo?" Muten Roshi said, since he could not believe the reincarnation of the greatest evil on this planet ... for which his teacher gave his life to seal ... would have said, done and expressed what they had just seen
"Has he blushed?!" Krillin said, highlighting that embarrassing detail above all else.
And Piccolo-dere upon hearing those comments with his super ears ... shouted to hide his embarrassment "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT!?
MIND YOU OWN BUSINESS!!!"
And while that funny gag was taking place ... Gohan was moving very slowly on stage, trying to delay as much as possible that fight ...
Until…
SPLASHHHHH!!!!
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
Broly appeared behind the crestfallen and slapped him with his open hand on the back with great force… so much so that he left a red mark with the contour of his hand
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT BROLY-SENSEI !!
IT HURTS SO MUCH !!!" Gohan yelled at his sensei as he complained for obvious reasons
"I saw you a little asleep and I thought you needed some of my help to wake up" Broly replied jokingly without feeling guilty at all
"THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO WAKE UP SOMEONE!!!
UICHHHHH !!!
It hurts!!" Gohan replied very indignantly as he tried to lessen the pain he felt in his back rubbing it
"What is troubling you, little one?" Broly asked now more serious than before, since he knew that his student had a strong moral dilemma
"Broly-sensei ...
Why do I have to fight?
Our team has already won and since they have seen how strong you are they have wanted to flee from the planet...
and even if you had not organized this tournament I am very sure that between all of us and dad we could have made them run away (he forgot that Yamcha died)…
It doesn't make sense that we have to keep fighting ...
In this way we will only continue to harm ourselves foolishly… "The peaceful Gohan said, expressing his deepest thoughts and doubts to his favorite teacher (from Broly's perspective)…
"Yes I know.
Precisely for this reason I put you in fifth place to fight.
Because I knew that before it was your turn we would have mathematically won this tournament.
All this was part of my plan" The calculating Broly answered quite naturally, as if he did not care about Gohans feelings.
"Hey?! Why did you do that?!" Shouted Gohan who did not understand why Broly had manipulated the tournament in this way... at the same time he felt used... like all the others now ...
"Tell me Gohan ... why did you decide to train with me to beat these bad guys?" Broly asked in a Socratic way
And Gohan who tried to remember quickly replied "It was to protect my loved ones from those who wanted to harm them"
"Exactly, that's why we were training." Broly replied, satisfied with his student's answer
"And for this reason I have organized this combat.
Because I wanted to check what you would do when it was not necessary to fight for the safety of your loved ones...
And see how far you could hesitate...
Although it is not something that has been achieved thanks to you, I must add…" Said Broly, who was beginning to act in a mysterious way, like a very ambiguous and enigmatic orthodox Jedi knight…
And realizing what Broly was trying to do, Gohan got really mad at him ... but in less than a second he lowered his head and directed that anger at himself "I see ... it's another test ...
I guess now you will tell me as Piccolo that you are disappointed with my attitude…
…That I am being a spoiled child…
...That I am not… "
But Broly quickly interrupted his self scorn ""I know you Gohan, at least well enough to know that you do not like to fight or harm others And that with great difficulty and with doubts you would only do it to protect your loved ones ... and that only if you have been motivated enough by the circ.u.mstances
That is something admirable ...
However, we cannot always choose our battles ...
And those battles will not always be to protect our loved ones ...
But even so we cannot look back and ignore them, since doing so could hurt someone ... especially ourselves ...
And if you hesitate too much between fighting or not ... you risk being destroyed before you can put yourself on guard
And this is in all facets of our life"
And with every word he heard from his now profound teacher ... Gohan understood less what he meant with this speech "I don't get it very well, Broly-senei ..."
"I know, otherwise it would not be a test
You have to find out for yourself" Broly said once again in an irritatingly ambiguous way
"What happens if I don't understand it?
What happens if I do it wrong?" Gohan said, which aside from feeling confused and uncomfortable for having to do something he did not liked... also have the expectations of his teacher, which he did not know how to please.
"There is no 100% correct answer on this test ...
This test is only existi to verify what kind of person you are currently ...
And from what you have learned from this victory or failure ... whatever you think it has been... you can decide what to be in the future.
Don't try to please me, or Piccolo, or your mother, or your father, or the world!
Just try to be indebted to yourself.
Do what you know is right ...
But always looking forward ... fearlessly ... you can't just do nothing every time problems knock on your door
But I can only show you the door
You're the one that has to walk through it" Broly said once more ... sometimes putting the same voice as Master Yoda unconsciously ... And sometimes the voice of Morpheus from the matrix ... which confused everybody
And after a few seconds in which Gohan's young and inexperienced mind tried to understand something that was possibly too advanced for him ... a test totally different from now ...
A test where he did not have to achieve a solid goal and prefixed by his teachers ...
Gohan raised his head and looked at his teacher and decisively said without fully knowing what it meant "I'll try Broly-senei ...
I will open that door in the best way I can…"
"Perfect ... I'm glad to hear that ...
Would you like another pat on the back to give you good luck? " Broly said joking again to relax Gohan's mind a bit after the complex or maybe absurd speech
"This…
better not…" Gohan said running towards the center of the ring to have his blissful almost rigged fight …
A match that would mark Gohan's life from now on.
"The winner of the fourth match is Piccolo. Thererfore, of the 6 possible matches the Broly team has won 4! The Broly team should automatically be considered the winner, but as there are still individual combat awards we will continue ... Damn I have to clean up all this mess again " Broly said as if he were a housewife tired tired of cleaning all the mmess herlittle children created when they play something. "What kind of awards are we talking about?" Vegeta asked, that despite the fury he felt for having lost this stupid tournament in which he was humiliatingly forced to participate ... and that he had to continue participating in a forced way too ... he still had some kind of hope, pride or motivation to win something ... Even if they are forced, they must be motivated in some way ... They have to have some kind of hope ... It's more fun when they think they have something to gain Broly thought while laughing interlay like a real devil "Who knows ... will depend mainly on the quality of the combat you have offered me and what you really want ... Who knows ... may I take pity on you as Saiyans and grant you what you have come to seek ... "Broly said ambiguously and cheatily to reawaken the greed and hope in Vegeta and Yam. "What I want? Do you really think you have the means to grant me what I want?" Vegeta said arrogantly and hesitantly to Broly But Broly did not answer him ... he simply looked at him and smiled with confidence and even more arrogance than the prince of the Saiyans, who had no choice but to believe his words ... It was then that Yam, worried about Vegeta's expression said "Vegeta don't let him incite you with his promises ... He just wants " "I know... He just wants to awaken our greed and the fighting spirit so that he can have more fun with the following battles... There is no guarantee that he is able to give us what we want and he will surely not keep his word if we win... This is all a game for him... But we don't have much more options than fighting as he wants..." Vegeta said, who perfectly understood Broly's intentions ... they couldn't negotiate ... they could only play the game where they were forced to participate in the best possible way. If they refused, there would surely be catastrophic consequences for them. But if they fulfilled their role ... there was still hope ... not only to survive, but to get something out of this catastrophic experience. And while Yam and Vegeta had this conversation Broly took the opportunity to bring Nappa back to life Who did not know how he had died... "What happened !? Where is he" Nappa shouted very disoriented as he looked from side to side "You have lost Nappa! Come down from there and stop embarrassing us" Vegeta said authoritatively "Wait! How did I lose !? I can't accept this! What kind of cheating has he used" Nappa yelled very furious, he couldn't believe that he had been defeated without even knowing how "Didn't you hear what I said !?" Vegeta yelled angrily once more, making it clear that it wasn't a request it was an order "Wait Vegeta ... give me another chance ..." Said Nappa, who remembered again what happened to his two other companions and began to despair and his body filled with cold sweat. "You still haven't come down ..." Vegeta said incredibly menacingly as he indicated again that he was not obeying his orders "Fo ... Forgive me Vegeta ..." Nappa said, who reacted and obediently returned to lick his master's feet ... And he was approaching him ... when Vegeta grabbed his neck with great speed and ferocity "Vegeta what are you doing !?" Nappa asked very scared "I tried to forgive you ... since you fought against someone who was far beyond you ... But listening to you has made me change my mind... I don't need Saiyans as useless as you!" Vegeta yelled as he launched his huge companion into the air and fired a powerful energy sphere to kill him. Go ... Vegeta !!!" Nappa screamed as he received that powerful attack that deformed and disintegrated him in the process BOMMMMMMMMMMMM !!!! "He has done it again... that guy is a monster!" Gohan yelled very outraged to see how Vegeta treated his evil subordinates "Yes ... he has done it ... again ... Pff ... ghj ... " Broly said trying not to laugh abruptly for reasons that only a true Dragon Ball fan can understand And with this I just saw another Dragon Ball meme "I certainly did well to protect the girl with the perky ass" Said Mueten Roshi while pervertly stroking the jar where Ginger was contained. "Vegeta ... If I lose the next match ... Will I also become a useless and unnecessary Saiyan?" Yam asked which until now had kept quiet with Vegeta's tyrannical actions But now she could no longer ignore it She fully understood that Vegeta killed Raditz, since he was a weakling who was unable to fulfill his mission and that when he came back to life he behaved in a pathetic and unworthy way to any Saiyan He deeply embarrassed them. She could understand why he killed Scallion, as he was just as useless as Radtiz. And she did not suffer for their deaths, since she considered them mortal enemies who tried to steal the purity of her sweet sister But Nappa? Despite his many flaws such as his lack of self-control, limited intelligence, and moderate power compared to them he had always shown to be someone useful both on and off the battlefield, helpful and loyal ... and she treated Ginger as a kind of niece ... a behavior that she could tolerate and even celebrate She couldn't understand why he had done it apart from releasing all the frustration he felt by being under Broly's total control ... If Vegeta had done something like that to Nappa ... What prevented him from killing her like the others? Why would she have to believe that she was special and different from the rest? Just because there was s.e.x.u.a.l tension between hem and she have some feelings for him? And what would happen to her sister? Would he also consider her a useless Saiyan for having lost her combat? "Don't say stupid things. I would never consider you ... and your sister ... useless Saiyans Don't compare yourself to them" Vegeta said to Yam with what appeared to be moral authority and some fellowship "The next match is between Gohan and Yam! Get ready and take the stage! " Broly said, cutting the conversation short for the next showdown to begin. And while Yam went up to the ring, still with doubts about Vegeta's behavior, but a little more relieved than before ... Gohan had a huge stage panic attack ... "Aish ... Aish ... I'm very nervous Ahhh ... We have already won ... I don't understand why we have to keep fighting And ... and ... and I don't like fighting ... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!" Gohan shouted as he wondered like every child why he should do things that he didn't like to do, not want or that were not excessively necessary but still he had to do them ... Before screaming ... "Hey what's going on now Gohan?" Said the strict professor Piccolo, who was about to fiercely scold his student, who had too many stupid fears and doubts before a fight ... However, that scream momentarily worried him maybe there was something that everyone should be surprised or worried about. "Now that I think about it If I go up to the ring to fight I will be on television! And if I fight, my mother will see me ... And she will punish me !! And she was already very mad at me before without even fighting !!" Gohan yelled as he realized the family drama that awaited him when he got home "THAT'S WHAT WORRIES YOU !! ?? WHAT HAS BEEN OF ALL THE EFFORT AND DEDICATION THAT BROLY AND WE PUT IN YOU? STOP BEHAVING LIKE A CONSENTED CHILD AND GO UP TO FIGHT!!!" OR IN ADDITION TO YOUR MOTHER'S PUNISHMENT YOU WILL ALSO HAVE MINE IN THE NEXT TRAINING SESSION!!!" Piccolo shouted like a real hysterical ... so much that it seemed that his head had grown in size because of how much he was screaming in a comical way Something that scared Gohan a lot and even hurt his feelings a little despite knowing that Piccolo was partly right ... but also ... "Egh? Will you train with me again? Why? Weren't you just training me to fight the bad Saiyans, Piccolo-san?" Gohan asked, who was able to understand a very interesting subtext in Piccolo's involuntary sentence And Piccolo, who did not expect Gohan to point out that detail ... full of shame and with a certain red color on his green cheeks ... shouted again but a bit more timidly "SHUT UP AND GO UP!" Later we will talk about the future training regimen " "YES! SORRY!" Gohan said, who jumped quickly to get away from Piccolo and once he got far enough away of him he moved slower towards the ring "Did you just see the same thing as me?" Yamcha said, who couldn't believe that would ever see that attitude in which until this saga was the greatest threat in this world "Was that really Piccolo?" Muten Roshi said, since he could not believe the reincarnation of the greatest evil on this planet ... for which his teacher gave his life to seal ... would have said, done and expressed what they had just seen "Has he blushed?!" Krillin said, highlighting that embarrassing detail above all else. And Piccolo-dere upon hearing those comments with his super ears ... shouted to hide his embarrassment "WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT!? MIND YOU OWN BUSINESS!!!" And while that funny gag was taking place ... Gohan was moving very slowly on stage, trying to delay as much as possible that fight ... Until SPLASHHHHH!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Broly appeared behind the crestfallen and slapped him with his open hand on the back with great force so much so that he left a red mark with the contour of his hand "WHY DID YOU DO THAT BROLY-SENSEI !! IT HURTS SO MUCH !!!" Gohan yelled at his sensei as he complained for obvious reasons "I saw you a little asleep and I thought you needed some of my help to wake up" Broly replied jokingly without feeling guilty at all "THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO WAKE UP SOMEONE!!! UICHHHHH !!! It hurts!!" Gohan replied very indignantly as he tried to lessen the pain he felt in his back rubbing it "What is troubling you, little one?" Broly asked now more serious than before, since he knew that his student had a strong moral dilemma "Broly-sensei ... Why do I have to fight? Our team has already won and since they have seen how strong you are they have wanted to flee from the planet... and even if you had not organized this tournament I am very sure that between all of us and dad we could have made them run away he forgot that Yamcha died It doesn't make sense that we have to keep fighting ... In this way we will only continue to harm ourselves foolishly "The peaceful Gohan said, expressing his deepest thoughts and doubts to his favorite teacher from Broly's perspective "Yes I know. Precisely for this reason I put you in fifth place to fight. Because I knew that before it was your turn we would have mathematically won this tournament. All this was part of my plan" The calculating Broly answered quite naturally, as if he did not care about Gohans feelings. "Hey?! Why did you do that?!" Shouted Gohan who did not understand why Broly had manipulated the tournament in this way... at the same time he felt used... like all the others now ... "Tell me Gohan ... why did you decide to train with me to beat these bad guys?" Broly asked in a Socratic way And Gohan who tried to remember quickly replied "It was to protect my loved ones from those who wanted to harm them" "Exactly, that's why we were training." Broly replied, satisfied with his student's answer "And for this reason I have organized this combat. Because I wanted to check what you would do when it was not necessary to fight for the safety of your loved ones... And see how far you could hesitate... Although it is not something that has been achieved thanks to you, I must add" Said Broly, who was beginning to act in a mysterious way, like a very ambiguous and enigmatic orthodox Jedi knight And realizing what Broly was trying to do, Gohan got really mad at him ... but in less than a second he lowered his head and directed that anger at himself "I see ... it's another test ... I guess now you will tell me as Piccolo that you are disappointed with my attitude That I am being a spoiled child ...That I am not " But Broly quickly interrupted his self scorn ""I know you Gohan, at least well enough to know that you do not like to fight or harm others And that with great difficulty and with doubts you would only do it to protect your loved ones ... and that only if you have been motivated enough by the circ.u.mstances That is something admirable ... However, we cannot always choose our battles ... And those battles will not always be to protect our loved ones ... But even so we cannot look back and ignore them, since doing so could hurt someone ... especially ourselves ... And if you hesitate too much between fighting or not ... you risk being destroyed before you can put yourself on guard And this is in all facets of our life" And with every word he heard from his now profound teacher ... Gohan understood less what he meant with this speech "I don't get it very well, Broly-senei ..." "I know, otherwise it would not be a test You have to find out for yourself" Broly said once again in an irritatingly ambiguous way "What happens if I don't understand it? What happens if I do it wrong?" Gohan said, which aside from feeling confused and uncomfortable for having to do something he did not liked... also have the expectations of his teacher, which he did not know how to please. "There is no 100% correct answer on this test ... This test is only existi to verify what kind of person you are currently ... And from what you have learned from this victory or failure ... whatever you think it has been... you can decide what to be in the future. Don't try to please me, or Piccolo, or your mother, or your father, or the world! Just try to be indebted to yourself. Do what you know is right ... But always looking forward ... fearlessly ... you can't just do nothing every time problems knock on your door But I can only show you the door You're the one that has to walk through it" Broly said once more ... sometimes putting the same voice as Master Yoda unconsciously ... And sometimes the voice of Morpheus from the matrix ... which confused everybody And after a few seconds in which Gohan's young and inexperienced mind tried to understand something that was possibly too advanced for him ... a test totally different from now ... A test where he did not have to achieve a solid goal and prefixed by his teachers ... Gohan raised his head and looked at his teacher and decisively said without fully knowing what it meant "I'll try Broly-senei ... I will open that door in the best way I can" "Perfect ... I'm glad to hear that ... Would you like another pat on the back to give you good luck? " Broly said joking again to relax Gohan's mind a bit after the complex or maybe absurd speech "This better not" Gohan said running towards the center of the ring to have his blissful almost rigged fight A match that would mark Gohan's life from now on.
