Krillin watched the rest of today's battles and despite knowing the outcome, he's was still a little dumfounded by what he saw.
The first battle had a woman stripping her clothes off to try to distract and sneak attack a man, only to fail and give up. The second battle Goku had to fight a literal talking dinosaur!
In the battle Goku was sent flying but summoned the flying nimbus to save him just in time, the judges called a time out and ruled that while they'll look past him using a magical cloud in battle, he couldn't use it again.
Goku then regrew his tail back which seemed to give the young saiyan a small power boost. The dinosaur watched the boy destroy a wall with ease after the boost and immediately surrender.
With that the quarterfinals were over and the semi finals were tomorrow, the gang went back to their hotel rooms but Goku asked to sleep over at Krillins room, which he agreed to. Not only did he have memories of being friends with Goku, new Krillin himself really wanted to befriend Goku.
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"How did I lose to that little shit Krillin? I nearly had him off the arena but he got that lucky shot on me! Damn it, I didn't even get revenge on him tattling and getting me kick out of the temple!" In the alley next to the venue of the Tournament, the man named Gori venting his inner dissatisfaction to alone
"Do you want to become stronger and defeat him?" At this time a voice came from behind them.
Gori quickly turned around quickly, that voiced sounded familiar to the man who gave him that white pill! There, standing a couple feet away, was a man's silhouette standing in the shadows.
"You... Are you that grey haired old man?"
"Yes, it's me...Follow me, and I can give you unimaginable power," said the mysterious man.
"Why should I believe you?"
"Didn't you feel your strength increased after taking the pills? I can give you much more than pills" the mysterious man asked.
There was a moment of silence as the monk contemplated the offer, eventually his craving for power and revenge won out.
"...Okay I'll go with you. When my strength increases, I'll destroy the Temple that kicked me out then skin that Krillin that got me kicked out!" a bloodthirsty gleam shimmered in Gori's eyes
"Of course, you can do whatever you want with your power, but you'll have to kill the friend of that Krillin kid... You'll have to kill Son Goku as well!" As the mysterious man said this he stepped out of the shadows.
If Krillin were here, he would definitely see the Red Ribbon Corps logo on this mans chest!
'Ill kill that boy Goku before he can grow strong enough to stop my Androids... Death is the only consequence of daring to go against me, Dr Gero!'
Yes, this mysterious man is Dr. Gero of the Red Ribbon Corps, but this Dr. Gero has memories that should not belong to current him! This was future Dr. Gero who was reborn with the memories of being killed by adult Goku!
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"Master Roshi, Where have you been all this time?" Goku grumbled out with a mouth full of food.
"I went to the bathroom," Master Rosh replied.
"You've been in the bathroom for too long," Bulma said.
"Diarrhea, there's nothing I can do about it. When you get to my age you'll understand." Master Roshi replied shamelessly.
Krillin kept his mouth shut on such matters, he didn't want to expose Roshi since he was doing it for Goku benefits. Roshi didn't want Goku or Krillin to grow arrogant and overconfident with their power, so he went undercover to beat them.
Despite the group of friends hanging out and eating together, they were all very tense and nervous as they looked at Goku. The boys furry tailed swinged in the air with contentment as he ate a huge steak.
The terrifying scene of Golh turning into a giant ape a year ago was still vivid in their minds. They could not help but feel scared, especially knowing the day after tomorrow was the night of the full moon.
All they could do was to go just tell Goku not to look at the moon.
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"Ladies and gentlemen, today is the semi-finals of the 21st world Martial Arts Tournament! The fighters who are entering the semi-finals is one of the previous tournament winners Jackie Chun, Krillin of the turtle style, son Goku also of the turtle style, and our very own Master Namo. Today, the first semi-final will be held between Jackie Chun and Krillin. Who will make it to the finals? Let's find out!"
As the referee finished speaking a notification resounded in Krillins mind.
[Main storyline has been detected, and the system will issue quests. Please select one quest.
Option 1: Be defeated by Master Roshi and complete the main storyline.
Reward: Divine water (Safety guaranteed)
Option 2: Defeat Master Roshi and break the plot
Reward: Martial Arts Prodigy (Max)
'Damn, so I have to pick one quest and can't switch... The reward for beating Roshi is extremely enticing, but Im definitely not able to defeat him yet. Option one is the best option.'
Krillin had full adopted to his body and even grew stronger at a power level of 68, his power grew because he focused on an aspect that the old Krillin hadn't even thought of... meditation!
Meditation as a way to train was only mention in Dragon Ball Z, using it at the very beginning seemed to work very well for Krillin as he'd only been doing it for two days and his powerlevel already grew by nearly 10
That being said his strength was nothing in comparison to master Roshi. The old man was currently suppressing it but his system showed he had a power level of 139!
As the referee finished hyping up the crowd both Krillin and Master Roshi stood up and walked over to the Arena. They enterred there combat stances and told the referee they were ready before even being asked.
With the referee slamming a hammer into a gong, the fight began!
Krillin immediately launched an attack on Jackie Chun and used all his strength, he knew he couldn't win and he didn't want to win as that would mean he failed his quest.
Seeing that Krillin was coming at him fiercely, Jackie Chun calmy blocked his punch first, then smacked him with a backhand that sent the monk stumbling back.
Krillin dropped to the floor as Jackie Chun's leg sweeped over his head and sent a gust of wind towards the crowd. Krillin capitlized on this and tried to tackle Jackie's only leg out but the old man simply hopped back and re-entered a stance.
"Your doing well boy, your attacks are sharper, faster and more accurate then what I'd thought you were capable of." Master Roshi was genuinely impressed as Krillins sudden growth.
Krillin didn't pay those compliments any attention, he simply took a deep breath and tried to calm his rampaging mind. He knew he couldn't win against Roshi but there was a large part of him that wanted to try!
Slamming his fist into the ground, Krillin created a large crater in the ground and began pulling out rocks to begin throwing at Jackie Chun!
This was actually a brilliant plan on Krillins part as Jackie Chun could easily have dodged these rocks but doing so would mean the crowd would be pelted with rocks!
By the time his rocks would've reached the crowd it would've lost its lethality but it would still cause immense pain and bruising on normal people. This meant that Jackie Chun had to endure the onslaught of rocks, forcing him to block and redirect the rocks in all directions.
Master Roshi's thoight it was child ignorance on Krillins part to do such a thing, not realizing it was all planned out!
Krillin could see the scuffs and bruising on Jackie's hand and began throsing the rocks with more effort.
'Master Roshi might be much stronger than me but taking repeated weak blows to the same arena would eventually cause serious damaged, that's how just water can carve though mountains after all!'
Just as it seemed things were going Krillins way, the bald boy felt his body tingle as he witnessed Jackie catching his rocks instead of deflecting then! Just as he saw this, he suddenly saw a rock whizz pass his and then another!
Krillin had to let go of his rocks as he started dodging the stones that Jackie Chun rocketed towards him. As they missed Krillin the rocks continued past him and hit the spaces in-between the crowd members, not hitting a single person!
"Stop throwing rocks like a child!" Jackie yelled out as he dropped the rocks and launched himself at Krillin.
"I am a child!" Krillin yelled out as he entered a defensive stance.
The two martial artist went at it, Jackie's Chuns quick and accurate attacks landed on Krillin body and face. As the fight went on Krillin slowly got better at blocking and seeing through Jackie Chun's feints but it didn't matter.
Seeing Jackie Chun cock his fist back for a powerfulright punch, Krillin pretended to block it realizing the real attack was a front kick!
Moving his hand down to block the kick, Krillin suddenly felt a sharp pain in the back of his neck and his conscious drew dark.
'It was a double feint?...'