Dragon Ball: What if Son Goku became an evil villain?

Papaya Island, the day when the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament is held.

In his previous life, Vegeta participated in the 27th Martial Arts Tournament.

At that time, the venue of the martial arts conference had been moved to another place, so this was his first time to visit Papaya Island.

Compared to his previous life, the martial arts competition at this time seemed quite different to Vegeta.

Not only were there no age groups, there was no boring strength test either. Instead, a preliminary round that was close to actual combat was used to decide the places for the finals.

"That's pretty decent."

After knowing the situation, Vegeta looked around and muttered to himself.

Beside him, Bulma and Son Gohan were looking at the lively scene around them with emotion on their faces.

"This conference seems to be much more lively than the last one!"

"I heard it was because of the final match between Krillin and Yamcha?"

According to them, the success of the 21st Martial Arts Tournament attracted more powerful people from Earth, especially the Crane Senryu, which was once as famous as the Kame Senryu, and they also sent their outstanding disciples this time.

When Vegeta went to sign up, he saw Tien Shinhan and Gyoza, as well as Krillin and Yamcha who were confronting them.

Next to these four people, Hermit Roshi was arguing with Hermit Crane.

"I didn't expect that an old man like you would come!"

"Old pervert, I heard that your two disciples made quite a splash last time! But this time, with my disciples here, everyone will understand that the Crane Immortal School is the strongest school in the world!"

The Crane Hermit twirled his mustache and said with a sly smile.

Master Roshi was originally angry, but after hearing his words, he was happy.

"That's not necessarily true. My two apprentices are now so capable that only one person on this earth can surpass them!"

"are you talking about me?"

Tien Shinhan smiled conceitedly.

Master Roshi looked him up and down and shook his head: "Kid, I think you do have some talent, but there are always people who are better than you."

"He was talking about me."

Suddenly, a tall figure in a white cloak approached.

The faint murderous intent emanating from him made people on both sides look solemn in an instant.

"This guy's eyes are so cold." Tien Shinhan muttered, and suddenly saw that his master was trembling all over.

"Master, what's wrong with you?"

"Slutty old turtle, could this guy be..."

"That's right!" Master Roshi took off his hat and said, "He is Piccolo!"

"Master, is Piccolo the demon that wreaked havoc on the world three hundred years ago?" Tien Shinhan said in surprise, "Why is he here?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Tien Shinhan suddenly noticed that Krillin and Yamcha next to him looked relaxed and even smiled when facing Piccolo.

"Oh, so you are the new student Piccolo? I didn't expect you to attend this conference."

"Yeah, I originally thought it would be another one-man show between Krillin and me. It looks like this competition will be very interesting."

Piccolo swept his cold eyes over everyone with disdain on his face. Except for Vegeta, he looked down upon everyone here.

"Picker, you're here after all!"

At this moment, a voice made Piccolo feel like he was facing a formidable enemy, and he turned around suddenly.

Then, everyone saw Vegeta walking towards them with his arms folded and a disdainful smile on his face.

"Vegeta? Are you, are you going to participate in the competition too?" Krillin and Yamcha both widened their eyes.

Their training in the Temple of Heaven was not over yet, they just came out temporarily to participate in this competition.

I had wanted to use this conference to test the results of my training during this period, but I didn't expect Vegeta to come.

"Do you think I'm interested in this kind of competition? It was Son Gohan who asked me to participate!"

Behind him, Son Gohan came over with Bulma, smiling, and bowed to Master Roshi first.

"Master, I was the one who asked Vegeta to come and see this. If he doesn't come this time, I won't have a chance to persuade him in the future."

Master Roshi frowned slightly: "Gohan... Could it be that you..."

The two spoke so quietly that no one around them noticed.

Compared to Son Gohan, everyone else's attention was still focused on Vegeta.

Yamcha shrugged with a helpless look on his face, and said to Tien Shinhan and Gyoza who were still unaware of the situation, "It seems that it will be difficult for you two to even make it to the finals this time. I hope we have good luck and don't run into this monster."

"What? He is very powerful? He is also a disciple of your Kame-ryu?" Tien Shinhan asked.

"I guess so. And he is the strongest disciple of our Kame-sen-ryu."

Tien Shinhan snorted coldly, obviously not believing it.

That little dwarf?

In the afternoon, the preliminary competition was held inside the martial arts hall.

Although he didn't believe what Krillin and the others said, Tien Shinhan still asked Jiaozi to tamper with the list of people out of caution.

As a result, Krillin, Yamcha, Vegeta, and Piccolo were all divided into different groups and successfully passed the preliminaries.

Among them, Vegeta and Piccolo showed unprecedented strength, and both of them defeated their opponents as soon as they took the stage.

"Lord Piccolo... he really lives up to his reputation."

Because of the rule that he couldn't kill people, Piccolo's moves were extremely restrained, but from just one or two moves, Tien Shinhan could see Piccolo's powerful strength and amazing control.

In comparison, Tien Shinhan really couldn't understand Vegeta.

Because from beginning to end, no one saw how Vegeta made his move.

He just stood there and his opponent flew out of the ring.

So much so that Tien Shinhan couldn't help but wonder, does Vegeta have super powers like Jiaozi?

Only Master Roshi, holding up his sunglasses, said to Son Gohan who was standing beside him, "Vegeta's strength is no longer in the same dimension as Krillin and the others! His movements are so fast that they are beyond the limits of everyone's perception."

"Gohan, what's the point of letting Vegeta participate in the competition when he's like this?"

"study."

Son Gohan smiled and said, "Teacher, the weak also have their own way of survival. Although Vegeta and I have only been together for a year, I can still be considered half his master."

"I can no longer teach him anything about strength, so this time, I want to give him some final pointers on martial arts. Let him learn how to view himself, others, his opponents, and everything around him..."

"Otherwise, Vegeta will probably continue to pursue power without limits and go astray in martial arts."

"After all," Son Gohan said softly, "strength is not just physical energy. Courage and righteousness are also part of strength."

Master Roshi looked at Son Gohan who was mumbling to himself and couldn't help but sigh:

"Gohan, you have become a true martial arts master."

“Thank you, Master…”