Everyone saw Taopaipai's greeting. Goku looked at him while Lunch pulled out her gun, aiming at the assassin.
"And why did you come here?" Goku asked.
"If I tell you I was contracted by the Red Ribbon Army, you should understand, correct?" Taopaipai replied smoothly. "My job is to kill the boy who's been getting in the way of their Dragon Ball hunt."
"Red Ribbon..." Goku's eye twitched. "They're starting to piss me off. I should pay them a visit."
Bora stepped between Goku and Taopaipai. "This boy saved my son's life. If you do not leave at once, I will make you."
Taopaipai gave him a smirk.
"Don't worry about Mowgli. He isn't much of a threat," Goku said casually.
Taopaipai's eyebrow twitched. "Mowgli?"
"It's my duty to protect this sacred land of Korin!" Bora declared, raising his spear. "Stand back, boy!"
"What a fool," Taopaipai muttered and vanished, reappearing beside Bora. With one hand, he grabbed the spear.
"Not bad..." Goku observed.
"I couldn't see him!" Launch exclaimed.
Bora, shocked, tried to pull his spear back, flexing all his muscles, veins bulging. It didn't budge.
"What's wrong? Why aren't you moving?" Taopaipai mocked. "I guess I'll move you myself."
With just two fingers gripping the spear, Taopaipai lifted it—with the massive Bora still hanging on. He raised the huge man effortlessly, then tossed him into the air. Bora's hands slipped from the spear.
"Here, I'll give you back your spear." Taopaipai threw the weapon at the falling Bora.
Before it could impale him, a shockwave blasted the spear off course. Taopaipai noticed and looked toward Goku and Lunch. Goku's hands were pressed together like he'd just clapped.
Upa ran toward his father, who hit the ground hard, clutching his back.
"Don't kill a man in front of his son," Goku said.
"I see you have some skill, boy," Taopaipai acknowledged.
"I've got great power but no responsibility. Hahaha!... No?" Goku's joke fell flat, no one getting the reference.
Taopaipai started approaching slowly, hands behind his back. "Enough chatter. I'll end this in seconds."
Lunch stepped in front of Goku and opened fire. Taopaipai's hand moved in a blur, catching each bullet and dropping them one by one. When her Uzi clicked empty, he smirked and vanished.
Before he could reappear, Lunch felt herself being pulled violently backward. She found herself falling against Goku's chest as her gun—still in the air—split in two. Taopaipai stood where she'd been, hands behind his back.
Goku had pulled her from certain death. She lifted her head to see his face staring at Taopaipai with a serious expression.
"Hoho, you saved her. So you can see my speed."
Goku's hands started trembling. Both Launch and Taopaipai noticed.
"Shaking, huh?" Taopaipai said with a smirk. "Don't worry, boy. It's a normal reaction."
"Goku, what the hell?!" Lunch couldn't believe it.
He grabbed one hand with the other, trying to stop the trembling.
"Now I will claim your life!" Taopaipai declared.
The assassin vanished. The ground cracked where he'd stood. He reappeared behind Goku, index finger extended toward the base of his skull—a death point technique.
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Dragon Ball if I was Goku
FanfictionBunshichi, a morally questionable 28-year-old playboy who dies and reincarnates as baby Goku while retaining his adult memories and consciousness. With no prior knowledge of Dragon Ball, he must navigate growing up as the legendary Saiyan hero while...