Son Goku stood there in a daze, took up his stance, and was just about to “open the floodgates.” But the moment he looked up, he froze.
Tonight’s moon was perfectly round.
Big and round, like a silver plate hanging high in the sky without a single cloud to block it.
The full moon was reflected in Son Goku’s pupils.
“Huh…
huh…” What answered him was a bestial, low growl rising from Son Goku’s throat.
“Thud!
Thud!
Thud!” A heavy heartbeat, like war drums pounding, rang out clearly through the silent night!
“BOOM!” A wild, savage, primal energy erupted explosively from Son Goku’s small body!
His body began to swell, black fur sprouted madly across him, his teeth turned razor sharp, his pupils vanished, leaving behind nothing but blood red ferocity!
“ROAAAAR!” In mere seconds, a terrifying Great Ape standing over ten meters tall appeared in the yard!
“CRASH!!” The Great Ape swung one palm and reduced the stone house where Son Gokai and Goku had lived for six years to rubble!
Son Gokai, who had heard the commotion by then, had already come running over, and he knew Goku had transformed again.
“Grandpa!!” “Cough, cough…
Gokai!
Get back!” From the rubble, the figure of Son Gohan scrambled out in a sorry state.
“ROAR!!” The Great Ape (Son Goku) spotted the two “little bugs,” his blood red eyes locking onto them instantly, and his enormous hand like a giant fan tore through the air and came crashing down at them!
“Move!” Son Gokai grabbed Son Gohan by the arm, and the Rabbit Talisman (godly speed) activated in an instant!
“Whoosh!” The two of them became a blur and barely managed to dodge this devastating blow!
“KABOOM!!” Where they had been standing, a pit several meters deep was smashed into the ground.
Once Son Gohan steadied himself, he looked at the Great Ape raging and destroying everything around it, and his expression turned grim to the extreme.
“Again…
again!
Goku in this state…” Four years ago, and two years ago, Goku had each transformed once before, and both times it had been a full moon.
The first time, Son Gohan had handled it calmly, and after being reminded by Son Gokai, had cut off his tail!
The second time, Son Gokai’s training had caught up as well, and the two of them working together to deal with the transformed Great Ape Goku had not been too difficult.
Son Gohan’s expression became extremely grave.
“But Gokai…
this time…
it’s completely different!” “Goku’s strength…
is so much greater than two years ago!” Son Gohan was right.
Son Gokai could feel it too.
This aura was wild and chaotic, but in terms of “quality” it far surpassed two years ago!
Goku, who had been training steadily, had grown much stronger, and upon transforming into a Great Ape, had become ten times stronger still.
Son Gokai understood in an instant, this was perhaps the occasion in the original story where Son Gohan was crushed to death!
If the only ones standing here tonight were the grandfather and grandson from the original story, Son Gohan would without a doubt die before the night was over!
“But,” Son Gokai fixed his gaze hard on the Great Ape’s ankle, still not daring to look up at the moon.
“The one standing here tonight is me, Son Gokai!” “Grandpa!” Son Gokai called out in a low, composed growl.
“We adjust the strategy from two years ago, tonight you focus on drawing his attention and I’ll cut the tail!” “No!” Son Gohan rejected it immediately.
“He’s too strong now!
Too dangerous!
Tonight I’ll deal with him alone!” “ROAR!!” The Great Ape spotted them, opened its gaping maw, let out a shriek, and swung a palm at them!
“Rooster Talisman!
Rise!” Son Gokai’s pupils contracted sharply, and the powerful “telekinesis” (Rooster Talisman) activated in an instant, yanking both him and Son Gohan sharply sideways by over ten meters!
“BOOM!!” The ground where they had been standing was smashed into a giant crater by that one palm!
“Grandpa!
There’s no time to hesitate!” Son Gokai’s voice carried an absolute, unshakeable resolve.
“You and I both know that if we don’t cut the tail, he’ll keep destroying until dawn, and by then the whole of Mount Paozu will be wrecked!” Son Gohan looked into those determined eyes that did not belong to a nine year old child, and clenched his jaw.
“Alright then!
Gokai, you have to be extremely careful!” “You too!” “Hey!
Over here!!” Son Gohan stomped the ground hard, channeled his “ki” into his legs, leapt up into midair, and shouted a loud taunt.
The Great Ape’s attention was drawn as expected, and it turned its head toward Son Gohan up in the air.
“Now’s the time!” Son Gokai moved.
Rabbit Talisman, Godly Speed!
“Whoosh!” His figure left a white streak across the ground, moving at a speed almost impossible to follow with the naked eye, charging straight for the back of the Great Ape!
However, the Great Ape’s battle instincts were terrifyingly sharp as well!
It was as if it had eyes in the back of its head, and without even turning around, its massive tail, thick as a giant python, came sweeping around with crushing force!
‘Bad!
Too fast!’ Son Gokai only had time to throw up a defense in front of himself using the Ox Talisman (strength) and the Rooster Talisman (telekinesis).
“CRASH!!” It was like being struck by a speeding train!
Son Gokai was sent flying like a cannonball, and with a thunderous impact he was driven deep into a cliff face a hundred meters away!
“Pfft!” Son Gokai coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Searing pain!
It felt as if every one of his internal organs had been displaced!
“Gokai!!” Son Gohan watched from midair, his heart seizing with fear.
“ROAR!!” Landing the blow made the Great Ape even more savage, and ignoring Son Gohan entirely it turned and charged toward Son Gokai embedded in the cliff face, raising its enormous fist high to smash him completely into pulp!
“Dog Talisman…” Son Gokai, wedged into the cliff face, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.
“…Really does come in handy.” Horse Talisman, Healing!
A warm current surged through his entire body in an instant.
He felt his whole body enveloped in strength, and Son Gokai understood that the Saiyan passive ability was taking effect.
Recover from injury, and grow stronger.
One second before the Great Ape’s fist came crashing down, every wound on his body was fully healed!
“Goku!!” Son Gokai let out a fierce roar, and in the instant the fist came down, he activated the Rabbit Talisman!
“BOOM!!” The massive fist smashed the cliff face into an even deeper crater, sending fragments of rock flying through the air.
But Son Gokai had already vanished from the spot.
“Whoosh!” He reappeared on the Great Ape’s shoulder, head down, just running!
He pushed the Rabbit Talisman’s speed to its absolute limit!
The Great Ape madly slapped at its own body trying to grab this “fly,” but Son Gokai was simply too fast!
“Grandpa!
Catch me!” Son Gokai leapt down hard from the Great Ape’s back!
“Coming!” Son Gohan had already been waiting below to intercept him.
“ROAR!” “Now!
Pig Talisman!!” Son Gokai, caught in Son Gohan’s arms in midair, let both eyes erupt with two blinding beams of heat vision!
Target, the Great Ape’s eyes!
“ROAAAR!” The eyes were the only weak point of the Great Ape aside from the tail!
Struck head on by the heat vision beams, the Great Ape let out a world shaking howl, covered its eyes, and went crashing wildly backward!
“RUMBLE…” The Great Ape fell, crushing a wide swathe of forest beneath it.
“Gokai!
Well done!” Son Gohan was overjoyed and landed with him in his arms.
“It’s not over yet!” After landing, Son Gokai did not stop for even a moment.
“Grandpa, cover me!
His tail!” “Understood!” Son Gohan grabbed his Power Pole and charged forward, landing a full force blow directly on the fallen Great Ape’s head and leaving it unable to rise again for a brief moment.
Son Gokai meanwhile circled around to the back of the Great Ape.
That enormous tail was swinging aimlessly across the ground.
“Dragon Talisman (explosion)!
Ox Talisman (strength)!” Son Gokai gathered the power of both talismans into his right hand, and condensed a mass of high density, continuously compressing “ki” in his palm.
This was a technique he had developed by combining the Dragon Talisman with his martial arts training!
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