Jumping back, Acacia's arms crossed as he took several punches from Gohan. The saiyan in front of him was powerful. So powerful that Gohan could easily have beaten him, before he met Heles. Nevertheless, that was in the past. Acacia had long ago acquired a strength that enabled him to compete with the Saiyan.

Clenching his fist, Acacia managed to punch Gohan backwards. Then he used his energy to create a gigantic hand above him.

" GOURMET HAND ! "

Attempting to crush Gohan, he saw the saiyan leap back to dodge hit her. Bad strategy. Having anticipated his dodge, Acacia had already created a giant second hand behind Gohan, who slapped him hard. The force of the impact propelled Gohan against a boulder. A moment later, Acacia ran towards him, as his two giant hands transformed into two huge fists.

" GOURMET PUNCH ! "

Getting ready to strike the spot where Gohan had crashed, both fists stopped, as a huge aura appeared. Blocking Acacia's attack, the energy source knocked the warrior back, as the rocks in front of him were pulverized.

Free, Gohan stood up, while still in his "Super Saiyan" form. Seeing him thus, Acacia understood.

" The real fight begins. "

In response, Gohan simply nodded, before getting into fighting stance.

Imitating him, Acacia concentrated again, before creating several more giant hands above him. Then, in an instant, all of his attacks rushed towards Gohan. Standing still, Gohan increased his energy again. Then, at the last second, he created various holograms of himself. The giant hands were able to strike several, causing them to disappear, as the other Gohans soared through the air.

Seeing this, Acacia understood Gohan's strategy. He had not multiplied. Only one of the Gohan was the real one. It was only a diversion to destabilize him. However, it didn't work with him. Now able to easily capture the energy, Acacia stared only at the Gohan to the far left and sent his giant hands attacking him.

Having no other choice, Gohan dodged the hands one by one, while bombarding them with ki-blast to destroy them. Wasted effort. No sooner was one of the hands pulverized than Acacia created another to replace it.

Seeing Gohan flying around to avoid his attacks, Acacia watched him closely, while flexing his legs. Finally, he jumped towards the saiyan. Sensing his energy, Gohan could not see him until the moment Acacia found himself in front of him. Using her gourmet cells, Acacia enlarged her own arms before punching Gohan.

" GOURMET HAMMER ! "

Crashing to the ground, Gohan winced in pain, feeling his back hit the ground. However, opening one eye, he saw Acacia's giant hands fall in his direction in order to crush him. Having no choice, Gohan quickly extricated himself from the crater where he was. Acacia's giant fists hit the ground, before chasing Gohan.

" You will not be able to flee anywhere. " Acacia asserted, while still floating in the air.

At that moment, he was surprised to see hundreds of energetic spheres appearing all around him.

" What ? " He wondered.

Turning around, he then saw Piccolo smiling at him, while the Namek had just gathered enough energy to create so many energy spheres.

" Gohan's diversion went perfectly well. " Assured the namek.

Seeing his attacks floating all around him, Acacia then saw Piccolo spread his arms. Unfortunately Acacia understood too late what was going to happen.

" No. "

With a quick movement of his arms, Piccolo directed all of his attacks towards Acacia and a series of explosions could be heard. Seeing this, concern was read on several faces in the stands of Universe 2.

" Acacia, no. " Pell frightened.

" If we lose another fighter, victory will become almost impossible. " Heles remarked.

Barely opening an eye to see the fight, Midora retorted.

" The old man will never be beaten by such a weak attack. "

" " What ? "

Watching the cloud of smoke in front of him, Piccolo caught his breath. With such a destructive attack, he hoped he had seriously injured Acacia. Still, looking down, he saw the giant hands continue to attack Gohan. If Acacia had been defeated, they should have disappeared.

" Impossible. " Cried Piccolo.

And yet, as soon as the smoke cleared, the namek saw Acacia floating in front of him. Having created two new giant hands, he had closed them around himself, using them as shields.

" It was well played. " Acacia asserted. " If I hadn't succeeded in time, your attack could have hit me! However, I doubt that she could have weakened me enough to allow you to defeat me. "

Simply growling, Piccolo directed his hand towards Acacia and created an energetic wave.

" GOURMET SPANK ! "

One of her giant hands moved towards the attack and hit her. Being deflected, Piccolo's attack flew away further before ending its race in the void. And before Piccolo could react, the giant second hand was next to him.

" GOURMET PUNCH ! "

The giant fist hit the namek and knocked him to the ground. Seeing him crash, Acacia turned to Gohan, deeming him to be a greater threat than the namek. He was going to defeat him first and deal with Piccolo afterwards.

So flying towards Gohan, he noticed that the saiyan had taken advantage of Piccolo's diversion to destroy the giant hands that wanted to attack him. Kicking his last "opponent," Gohan then rushed towards Acacia with a clenched fist.


Getting up with difficulty, Piccolo felt a trickle of purple blood run down his face. He had been swept away in a single attack. It was disappointing and humiliating for him.

" It is not possible ! There can't be such a big gap between me and the warriors of other universes. "

Suddenly, he stepped aside in extremis to avoid the flames of a flamethrower. Taking a step back, Piccolo then turned to see Bols, aiming at her with Rubicante.

"Attacking in the back, it's really cowardly. "

" I tried to call you but you were so lost in your thoughts that you didn't hear me. " Bols retorted.

Looking at the weapon Bols held in his hands, Piccolo wanted to know.

" What do you hope to do with this toy ? "

" To conquer yourself, of course. "

" You will be incapable of it. "

" I will still try. " Assured Bols.

" Why try ? " Piccolo questioned him.

" To win the dragon balls. "

" To do what ? "

" Resuscitate my family. " Bols asserted, without the slightest hesitation.

Listening to him, Piccolo nodded weakly before apologizing.

" Sorry, but I have to prevent this. "

" Why ? "

" To protect my universe. " Piccolo assured.

" I will also protect mine. " Bols retorted, pointing Rubicante at Piccolo. " MAGMA DRIVE. "

Jumping out of the path of Rubicante's flames, Piccolo stared at Bols who vainly attempted to move Rubicante's mouthpiece so that his flames could hit the namek. Simply dodging, Piccolo noticed the enormous difference in power between him and Bols. With what he could see, Bols had to easily place himself among the five weakest fighters in this tournament. As for his flames, Piccolo understood that they were special. They seemed to be able to devour people's energy and consume them. However, Piccolo was far too powerful for his flames to hurt him.

" What you do is useless! Even if your flames reach me, they won't do me any damage. "

Disregarding his words, Bols took aim at him and let the flames burst at Piccolo. Spreading his arms, Piccolo let out a great wave of ki from his body, which he used as protection. Crashing against her, the flames vanished without a chance to touch the Namek's skin.

" I repeat, it's impossible. "

Then, rushing towards Bols, he rounded him at full speed, before kicking him in the middle of the back, while being careful not to aim at the tank he was carrying.

Screaming behind his mask, Bols felt himself fall to the ground and had the greatest difficulty in standing up. To top it off, he hardly looked up when he saw Piccolo right in front of him. Pretending to point Rubicante at him, he received a kick from the Namek in the face that made him flutter before landing not far from the edge.

Spitting blood through his mask, Bols felt his eyesight blur as his strength left him.

"I am there… I am I losing there ? "

" You are no match for me. " Piccolo assured, walking towards him.

" It is true. " Wanted to confess Bols, knowing full well that the little time he had spent in the universe of the gods had not been enough to prevent him from being the weak jersey of his team, with Leone. " So, you might as well give up now! "

So deciding to let it go, Bols then heard a voice in his head.

" Darling ! What's the matter with you ? "

" Dad ! Don't you want to win ? "

Opening his eyes, behind his mask, Bols mumbled.

" Kije ! Logue ! "

" It's over. " Piccolo assured, pretending to grab his arm.

Gripping his wrist to immobilize him, Bols rose to his feet in an instant, before thrusting one knee into his stomach. Surprised by this, Piccolo felt himself pull back a little, before noticing.

" I see ! So you still have a little power. "

" I would not lose. " Cried Bols. " No I can not … "

Pointing Rubicante at Piccolo, he screamed.

" To resuscitate my family, I will beat you all, no matter who you are. "

Suddenly illuminating, Bols' weapon seemed to be surrounded by light.

" What … ? " Piccolo wondered, preferring to step back a little.

" To obtain maximum power with my teigu, it and my soul must be in perfect harmony. " Bols announced. " Until now, I used Rubicante to do tasks that disgusted me and made me hate myself! However, even today, I am fighting for a goal that is close to my heart! I will resuscitate Kije and Logue! Go ahead, Rubicante. "

Similar to a column of light, golden flames came out of the teigu and mingled with each other to form a kind of energy ray. Fast and powerful, the attack aimed straight at Piccolo, who barely had time to dodge it by jumping to the side.

" What … ? "

"These flames are more powerful than before! They seem to be in total harmony with the soul of this man. "

Continuing to target him, Bols let Rubicante spit out his flames one by one, hoping to hit Piccolo at least once. Continuing to gracefully avoid them, Piccolo suddenly disappeared from Bols's field of vision, only to find himself behind his back once again.

" It's the end of you. "

However, having learned his lesson, Bols stooped as soon as he noticed Piccolo's absence. Feeling the Namek's hand brush against his head, he then turned, before aiming at him with his teigu.

" I've got you. "

His eyes widened, Piccolo immediately put his arm in front of his face, just as the flames burst out. Touched, he began to moan in pain, and backed up several meters, as the flames licked the skin of his arm.

" What ? " The alien wondered, trying to shake his arm to remove the flames.

" I'm controlling these flames. " Bols retorted. " My soul is connected to my weapon! If you want those flames to get out of your body before it burns up, give up right away and fall into the void! I would make them disappear then. "

" Oh, so that's it. " Understood Piccolo. " It's true that with another opponent it could have worked, but… "

Screaming then, he used the edge of his hand to sever his arm, and let the latter fall to the ground, as the flames consumed him entirely.

" What ? " Bols wondered.

Disappearing again, Piccolo found himself in front of him and began punching him several in the abdomen, causing him to recoil with each impact. Caught in quick succession, he seemed to be stunned, while it was impossible for him to reply.

" AHHHH! " Cried the namek, striking one last time, Bols, as they were both at the edges of the field.

Receiving the punch, Bols remained motionless for a few moments, as if his body had petrified. However, eventually he fell back and his body sank into the void.

" It's finish. " Piccolo said, concentrating on pushing back his missing arm.

However, nothing turned out as he had planned. Managing to grab hold of his good arm, Bols shrugged into space, trying to knock Piccolo down with him.

" What … ? Let go of me now. "

" Never. " Cried the arsonist.

Nevertheless, he began to panic, as soon as he saw Piccolo recreated his arm.

" Very well. " He began, pointing the latter at Bols face. " In that case, … "

Something suddenly threw him in the face. His eyes widened, Piccolo saw Rubicante, right in front of his eyes, while Bols had a remote control in his hand.

" What ? "

" If I fall, you fall. " Bols roared, pressing the button on his remote.

A powerful explosion shook the whole field, as the place where Bols and Piccolo were found was completely destroyed.

" Piccolo-san. " Gohan horrified, immediately running to the edge of the field.

There he could see the completely charred body of Bols, which sank into the void before vanishing. Then there was Piccolo's, whose left side was also charred. Still able to open one eye, he could see the saiyan seeing him on the edge of the field.

" Gohan ! " He shouted, before stretching his right arm towards him.

Knowing exactly what he was going to do, Gohan hurriedly reached out his own arm to grab him.

Unfortunately, a huge fist slipped past. Having followed Gohan, Acacia had created a new giant fist. The latter had been propelled in the direction of Piccolo and struck him. Thrown back, the namek could only fall further and disappear in turn.

" Bols-san and Piccolo-san both fell. "

Appearing then, Bols began to wince in pain, as every part of his body made him suffer the martyr. He was bleeding all over, and both of his arms were now unable to move.

" So … Sorry. " He apologized, despite everything.

Glancing at him, Sidra ends up directing her gaze towards the bleachers of Universe 7 to see Piccolo appear in turn.

" Its good ! You fought someone much stronger than you and you were able to eliminate him too! He's one less powerful warrior for our team to fight! Well done ! "

Barely able to see him through his melted mask, Bols eventually passed out, as Mojito finally approached him to heal him.


'' How could you have lost so miserably ? " Beerus roared.

Grimacing, feeling the god's voice destroy his eardrums, Piccolo sighed before asserting.

" You have to be lucid! even if I hadn't been eliminated, I would never have been able to stay on the pitch until the end. "

" What ? "

Watching the fighters fight, Piccolo finally said.

" Goku ... Vegeta ... Frieza! They're the only ones who have a chance to be on the pitch before time runs out. "


Growling, meanwhile, Gohan finally turned to Acacia who was staring.

" Sorry, kid! But that's the game! We must know how to take advantage of each opportunity if we want to win our universe. "

" AAAAAAAHHHHH! " Yelled Gohan, clenching his fist. " Take this. "

Nonetheless, Acacia dodged his attack gracefully, and his own fist landed in front of Gohan's stomach. He then hit him several times. Yet, to his surprise, Gohan felt no pain despite being hit several times.

" What … ? "

" DAMAGE RELEASE ! "

Simply putting her hand on Gohan's stomach, Acacia smacked all the damage Gohan should have received. Screaming in pain, the saiyan spat some blood, as it felt like his stomach had just exploded.

" GOURMET VIKING ! "

Striking him again, Acacia hit Gohan with enough force to knock him back with each impact. Finally, Gohan felt his back touch a cliff. Nonetheless, continuing to punch him Acacia banging him more against her. Cracks then appeared and the cliff shattered into pieces. Falling rocks fell on Gohan as Acacia backed up in time to avoid them.

Watching a cloud of dust form, Acacia stared at the area for a few seconds. Finally, nothing more moved. There was no more noise or movement. Gohan had just been buried under the rocks.

Yet, standing idly by, Acacia did not profit from his victory. He felt it. The energy of Gohan. She was increasing.

Finally, the Warrior of Universe 2 stepped back as an explosion of energy created in front of him. A golden aura and lightning could be seen, as could Gohan's figure. This time around, Acacia saw him in his 'Super Saiyan 2' form.

" Interesting! I see the saiyans have a lot of cards up their sleeves. "

However, no sooner had he finished his sentence than Gohan's fist appeared in front of him and hit him in the face.


1 = Universe 3 (5): Luffy, Katakuri, Kaido, Big Mom, Teach, Akainu, Shanks, Kizaru, Doflamingo (9)

2 = Universe 4 (3): Saitama, Boros, Tatsumaki, Bang, Genos, Sea King, Blast, Garou (8)

2 = Universe 10 (3): Natsu, Erza, Gray, Laxus, Gildarts, Jellal, Cobra, Wendy (8)

4 = Universe 7 (6): Goku, Vegeta, Gohan, C-17, C-18, Muten Rochi, Frieza (7)

5 = Universe 12 (5): Midoriya, Shoto, Bakugo, Tokoyami, lida, Kirishima, Ibara (7)

6 = Universe 9 (2): Tatsumi, Wave, Esdeath, Budo, Kurome, Seryu, Mine (7)

7 = Universe 6 (4): Hit, Cabba, Caulifla, Kale, Saena (5)

8 = Universe 2 (2): Toriko, Zebra, Acacia, Starjun (4)

9 = Universe 11 (1): Jiren, Top, Dyspo (3)