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!'
