Goku is crossing the bridge leading to Fortuneteller

Baba's palace. It's been almost one month since the

tournament of power was announced (for real this

time, no more dreams). He came here about one month

ago to recruit Invisible Man, one of Witch Baba's fighters,

who, as his name says, is invisible.

Goku decided to ask for Baba's help one more time,

since he's yet to find the tenth member of his team

and time is going by.

'So, Goku, are you going to ask for my master's help

again?' Invisible rhetorically asks, walking next to

Goku.

The Saiyan slightly jumps up, startled. 'How long have

you been following me?' he asks.

'The whole time,' Invisible casually answers.

'Don't you know it's rude to follow someone without

their knowledge?' Goku says, annoyed. 'Can't you

stop being invisible till the tournament begins?'

'I can't just stop being invisible, Goku,' the fighter

answers. (When speaking the 'stop being invisible'

words, he made the quotation marks gesture, though

Goku couldn't see him.) 'Do you want to know why?

Do you want to know how I ended up like this? Do you

want to listen to my story?'

'I really don't, but I'm afraid you're going to tell me

anyway,' the Saiyan sighs.

And true, as the two warriors keep walking, Invisible

starts telling his story: 'I used to be a normal, visible

person. I was a pretty strong and gifted fighter by

normal humans standards. But I couldn't care less

about that. You see, I was ugly like hell. What was

the use of my power since I knew no chick would ever

let me touch her on her own free will?'

Invisible stays silent for a while. Seeing Goku is not

going to answer his question, he continues: 'One

day, I met Baba. She proposed a deal. I would

accept to become a henchman of hers if she rid me

of my ugly looks. I accepted. And she did keep her

word. Except I believed that, when she said she'd

rid me of my ugliness, she meant she'd turn me into a

handsome man. I had never imagined she meant

she'd just turn me invisible, permanently and

irreversibly. However, technically, she had done what

she promised, so I had to keep my end of the bargain.

And so, I became a fighter at her service. Eventually,

I got used to that life. I mean, it's not as bad as being

an ugly incel. At least now nobody ever derides me

for my horrible physical appearance. The only disadvantage

is that I have to go around naked all the time. But a

fighter with my superhuman strength rarely gets a cold,

so...'

'Wait a minute,' Vegeta interrupts him, gagly surprised.

(His non gag self wouldn't give a fuck.) 'You are naked?'

'Of course,' the invisible man answers. 'Did you think

clothes get invisible as soon as they come into contact

with my body?'

'Vegeta! How long have you been following me?' Goku,

who hasn't really heard anything of what Invisible said,

cries in surprise.

'The whole time,' the other Saiyan casually shrugs.

'Darn, where the fuck is my mind?' Goku thinks as he

facepalms.

After making sure no one else has been following him

unbeknownst to him, Goku asks Vegeta: 'And why are

you following me?'

'Hah,' the proud Saiyan crosses his arms. 'Did you

really think I'd let you go to fetch a warrior from

Otherworld all by yourself, Kakarrot? I'll come with

you, either you like it or not.'

'Whatever,' Goku sighs.

'You're going to revive a dead warrior?' the invisible

man cries. 'I thought you'd just ask Baba to lend you

one more of her warriors. Devil, for example, would be

really useful with that beam that makes the evil in a

person grow till that person goes BOOM...'

'NO!' Goku snaps. 'That maniac would kill all participants

with that crazy technique.'

'Don't tell me you're going to revive one of Ginyu Forces,'

Vegeta tries a guess. 'Ginyu or Guldo would be omnipotent

in that tournament, but, if they ambush us and use

their techniques against us after the tournament, we're

screwed. It was just dumb luck that we defeated them

last time.'

'No, Vegeta, I don't intend to bring back such dangerous

persons either,' Goku laughs. 'The person I want to

resurrect is someone with a vast arsenal of techniques

and a fighting genius inherited by you, me and many

others.'

Vegeta widens his eyes. He's realized whom Goku is

talking about.

'Vegeta,' Goku says with a solemn expression. 'We're

going to revive Cell!'