Having eaten his fill, Yajirobe lay contentedly on the ground, surrounded by a pile of picked-clean bones.
Not far away, Alvin and Goku continued their training, practicing how to sense an opponent’s Ki.
Suddenly, Alvin’s expression changed.
“Someone’s coming.”
He snapped his head toward the western sky.
“I can feel an evil Ki.”
“It’s much stronger than Cymbal’s…”
“And it’s heading straight for us.”
Goku looked in the same direction.
“I feel it too.”
His face immediately darkened.
“I think…”
“…it’s the one who killed Krillin.”
Before learning to sense Ki, Goku wouldn’t have been able to recognize Tambourine’s aura.
But now, his instincts told him without a doubt.
The approaching enemy was Krillin’s murderer.
Yajirobe hurried over.
“Another bad guy?”
He looked excited rather than worried.
“Is he like that really tasty one from before?”
Goku nodded.
“Yeah.”
“But this fight belongs to us.”
“You stay out of it.”
Seeing Yajirobe’s disappointed expression, Alvin added with a smile,
“When we’re done…”
“You can have the body for your barbecue.”
Yajirobe’s eyes immediately lit up.
“Now that’s what I wanted to hear!”
“I’ll go get the fire ready.”
Without another word, he ran into the forest to gather firewood.
Watching him disappear into the trees, Alvin could only shake his head speechlessly.
The man had just finished an enormous meal.
Yet the moment another “ingredient” appeared, he was already looking forward to eating again.
Alvin finally understood why Korin grew so many Senzu Beans.
With an appetite that rivaled—or perhaps even surpassed—a Saiyan’s…
Yajirobe’s stomach truly was a bottomless pit.
Not long after Yajirobe left…
Tambourine arrived.
Hovering above the clearing, he looked down at the scene below.
The pile of gleaming white bones.
The still-smoldering remains of the campfire.
His expression twisted with fury.
“So…”
“It really was you who killed my little brother.”
His voice dripped with murderous intent.
“You filthy humans…”
“You’ll pay for daring to oppose the Demon Clan!”
Tambourine slowly descended to the ground.
Then his gaze landed on a familiar face.
The spiky-haired boy he had fought only yesterday.
“So…”
“You survived.”
He sneered at Goku.
“I beat you half to death yesterday, yet somehow you’re still alive.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
“This time…”
“I’ll blast you so completely that not even ashes remain.”
His tone was filled with absolute confidence.
Alvin stepped forward.
“The Demon Clan…”
He laughed coldly.
“Every one of you is unbelievably arrogant.”
“Cymbal was the same.”
“And so are you, Tambourine.”
His eyes turned icy.
“Demon King Piccolo owes this world a mountain of blood.”
“…with you.”
Before Tambourine could react—
Alvin’s legs exploded with force.
His figure vanished.
In the next instant, he appeared directly in front of the demon.
Boom!
His fist slammed into Tambourine’s abdomen.
The impact folded the demon over.
Blood sprayed from his mouth as he dropped to one knee, retching violently.
Tambourine stared at Alvin in utter disbelief.
“T-That’s impossible…”
“How can…”
“…a human be faster than a member of the Demon Clan?”
“I refuse to believe it!”
Tambourine, who had always taken immense pride in belonging to the Demon Clan, flew into a rage.
With a vicious snarl, he lashed out, his tongue shooting from his mouth like a long, flexible whip.
He intended to capture Alvin…
Then make him regret ever being born.
Alvin sidestepped effortlessly.
The slick, saliva-covered tongue whipped harmlessly past him.
Before Tambourine could react, Alvin had already crossed the distance between them.
Boom!
Alvin grabbed the demon by the head and slammed him violently into the ground.
The impact blasted a crater into the earth.
Yet Alvin didn’t finish him off.
He had no intention of ending the battle so quickly.
His real objective wasn’t simply to gain Power Inheritance.
He wanted to learn.
To study every way Tambourine manipulated Ki.
Partly to prepare for his inevitable battle against Demon King Piccolo.
Partly because he wanted to create something entirely new—
A technique similar to the Kaio-ken, capable of dramatically amplifying his combat power.
Tambourine staggered back to his feet, fury blazing in his eyes.
“You bastard!”
“I’m really angry now!”
He gathered Ki into his right hand.
Moments later…
The energy transformed.
Crackling arcs of electricity danced around his arm.
With a violent wave, bolts of lightning shot toward Alvin one after another.
“Die!”
At the same time, Tambourine condensed more Ki into his left arm.
The energy reshaped itself into a crimson, beast-like claw radiating a sinister aura.
Alvin calmly dodged.
The claw slammed into a nearby cliff face.
Stone exploded.
Deep gouges were carved into solid rock as though it had been sliced apart by giant talons.
Watching carefully, Alvin remained surprisingly calm.
“His techniques aren’t particularly impressive.”
“The only interesting part…”
“…is the way he converts Ki into electricity.”
Another thought immediately appeared in his mind.
“If lightning can be generated from Ki…”
“Could I spread it throughout my entire body?”
“Maybe something similar to Lightning Release Body Activation from Naruto?”
Throughout the battle, Alvin had never stopped observing.
Using his Ki perception, he carefully watched every change occurring inside Tambourine’s body.
He had already figured out the basic principle behind the lightning technique.
In theory…
He should be able to reproduce it himself.
Dodging another attack, Alvin casually countered with a kick.
Tambourine was launched backward.
“Hah!”
Alvin immediately gathered Ki into his own right arm.
Moments later…
Tambourine stared in horror.
“You…”
“How could you copy my technique after seeing it only once?!”
Without answering, Alvin shouted,
“Change!”
The lightning instantly spread.
It raced across his entire body until arcs of electricity danced over every inch of his skin.
He flexed his arms experimentally.
Then frowned.
“Nothing.”
“I can’t feel any stimulation.”
The lightning looked genuine.
But in reality…
It remained nothing more than Ki shaped into the appearance of electricity.
Its essence had never changed.
It couldn’t stimulate his muscles the way real electrical current would.
“As expected…”
“It doesn’t work.”
“It only looks like lightning.”
“Against other people, it may possess electrical properties.”
“But on my own body…”
“…it’s no different from ordinary Ki.”
With a thought, Alvin dispersed the energy.
That brief experiment had already consumed five points of Ki.
Worse…
It hadn’t increased his strength or speed at all.
He sighed.
“Looks like there really aren’t any shortcuts.”
“A technique like the Kaio-ken is still far more practical.”
Across the battlefield, Tambourine’s confidence had completely collapsed.
Watching Alvin covered in crackling lightning, he realized one thing.
He couldn’t win.
“You…”
“Just wait!”
“I’ll be back!”
Without another thought, Tambourine shot into the sky.
Seeing him flee, Goku instinctively reached for the Power Pole.
Before he could move—
A brilliant white aura erupted around Alvin.
He rose into the air as well.
A grin appeared on his face.
“So that’s how it works.”
“The Flying Technique really is useful.”
From the moment Tambourine had appeared, Alvin had been studying the movement of Ki within his body.
His goal…
Had always been to learn Flight.
Thanks to Ki perception, he had already understood the basic theory.
The only thing missing had been practical execution.
Now, as Tambourine released a massive burst of Ki to propel himself through the air…
Everything clicked into place.
The mystery vanished.
Only seconds earlier, Alvin had been completely unable to fly.
Now—
He overtook Tambourine in midair.
Appearing directly in front of the fleeing demon, Alvin threw a devastating punch before Tambourine could dodge.
Boom!
Tambourine crashed back to the ground.
The blow knocked him unconscious instantly.
At that very moment—
[Power Level +32]
Alvin smiled with satisfaction.
His power level had finally broken through the 200 mark.
[Current Power Level: 216]
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