Chapter 46: King Piccolo

However, he was disappointed; the person he thought was weak could also easily defeat him.

Facing Tambourine's attack, Krillin quickly dodged and seized the opportunity to land a punch on Tambourine's face.

Purple blood splattered into the air, along with Tambourine's ambition to dominate the world alongside King Piccolo.

With a loud "bang," Tambourine crashed heavily to the ground, looking utterly defeated.

He slowly lifted his head and asked, "Why? Why are you all so powerful now?!"

Tambourine's question left Goku and the others stunned, completely confused about what he meant by asking why they were so strong. Aside from training, was there another way to become powerful?

Among everyone, only John understood Tambourine's question, but he wasn't prepared to answer. He directly told Krillin, "Finish him off; Master Roshi and Bulma are still waiting for us in the restaurant."

Seeing Krillin approaching to kill him, fear of death immediately engulfed Tambourine's mind. He quickly flapped his wings, attempting to fly away.

Krillin would not let him escape that easily; a voice in his head kept urging him to kill him, kill him, kill him!

Krillin assumed the stance to unleash the Kamehameha wave and shouted loudly, "Kame—Hame—Ha!"

In an instant, a dazzling energy wave shot from Krillin's hands towards the fleeing Tambourine.

Tambourine let out a scream before vanishing into Krillin's Kamehameha.

At the moment of Tambourine's death, King Piccolo, who was resting in a massive spacecraft high in the sky, felt a sharp pain in his chest.

"Ah!" King Piccolo clutched his chest and let out a scream.

A demon servant standing next to King Piccolo immediately asked, "King Piccolo, what happened?"

King Piccolo's eyes widened with rage and disbelief as he shouted, "Tambourine! Tambourine has been killed! Who did it? Who killed my child?!"

"Ah! Tambourine has been killed? How is that possible?" The demon servant exclaimed in shock.

It should be known that as the first demon spawned by King Piccolo, Tambourine was one of the most powerful demons aside from King Piccolo himself.

Now that Tambourine was dead, it meant that any other demon warrior sent by King Piccolo would just be sending them to their deaths.

The demon servant looked at King Piccolo with concern and asked, "What should we do now, King Piccolo?"

"What should we do? We cannot let my child's death go unavenged. Since this person could kill Tambourine, it's clear they must be extremely talented in martial arts among humans. Such a person cannot be left alive; otherwise, they will surely become a threat in the future. I must personally eliminate them."

After saying this, King Piccolo looked at the one who had freed him and said, "Change the direction of the spacecraft immediately; I want to avenge Tambourine."

Pilaf, who was being stared at by King Piccolo, jumped in fright and quickly ordered his two subordinates to steer the spacecraft towards Papaya Island.

After killing that monster named Tambourine, Goku picked up his Power Pole and the Four-Star Dragon Ball and walked back towards the restaurant with everyone else.

John said, "Let's hurry up; we need to finish dinner quickly. That enemy kept saying he was King Piccolo's subordinate. Now that we've killed him, it's very likely that King Piccolo will come for revenge."

"We should eat quickly; I don't want to be attacked while we're halfway through our meal."

Upon hearing John's words, everyone felt it made sense and quickly ran towards the restaurant.

Meanwhile, those waiting in the restaurant were feeling quite bored until they saw John and the others rushing over. Bulma immediately called for the restaurant staff to hurry up with the food.

Soon a sumptuous feast was served on the table, and everyone began happily enjoying this extremely lavish dinner. Especially John and Goku; their eating speed left Tien Shinhan and Chaoz wide-eyed in astonishment.

Noticing Tien Shinhan staring at them without moving their chopsticks, John paused his actions and said, "There's no need to be surprised. Goku and I have special physiques that require an enormous amount of food for energy. That's why we're so strong."

After explaining this, John continued to devour food voraciously while competing with Goku for some particularly delicious dishes.

About an hour later, everyone finally finished their meal. John went to settle the bill while others slumped back in their chairs to rest.

At that moment, a sudden buzzing sound filled the air above them—a low-frequency noise that made everyone feel quite uncomfortable.

Immediately, people in the restaurant rushed outside to find out what was happening and prepare to ask them to turn off whatever machine was causing it.

After settling up, John followed everyone outside.

Stepping outside the restaurant revealed a large shadow covering a significant area. Everyone looked up and saw a massive spacecraft hovering overhead.

From a distance, they spotted five figures standing on an exposed platform of the spacecraft. One of them was extremely tall with deep green skin and a face full of wrinkles—he looked incredibly old.

However, contrasting this appearance was an immense and evil aura emanating from him.

Upon seeing King Piccolo standing on the spacecraft, Master Roshi's face turned extremely grim as he pronounced each word slowly: "King... Piccolo!"

Master Roshi's words snapped Tien Shinhan and Krillin out of their shock caused by King Piccolo's overwhelming presence.

Krillin exclaimed in surprise: "Is he really King Piccolo?!"

Master Roshi turned to Krillin and asked back: "How do you know about him?"

Krillin then recounted what had just happened at the martial arts tournament site.

Upon hearing that Krillin had killed one of King Piccolo's subordinates, Master Roshi immediately understood why King Piccolo had come here.

At that moment, King Piccolo suddenly jumped down from his spacecraft. Before landing, he used flight technique to cushion his fall gently without kicking up much dust.

Now everyone could clearly see King Piccolo's appearance; there was a huge demonic character emblazoned on his shirt's center.

He scanned his surroundings and slowly spoke: "I want to know who killed Tambourine earlier. I hope they will step forward voluntarily; otherwise, I will slaughter everyone on this island."