Finally, only Gine remained. Her power level was just over five thousand, which, while strong among the many competitors, was too far below Goku's. So, they were randomly matched. While he was thinking, Rhode had everything clearly arranged for the three of them.
"Good!" Upon receiving Rhode's affirmative answer, Bardock's eyes flashed with a bright light. He not only wanted to see if Earth truly had as many masters as Rhode claimed, but also wished to witness Kakarot's current strength with his own eyes. If he could fight his youngest son, that would be even better!
As for whether to trust Rhode, Bardock considered it and decided it wasn't important. Firstly, this person's power was too immense; he had no chance of fighting back. Even if he immediately fled in a spaceship, it would be impossible. Secondly, judging from his words and actions, the other party seemed only to want them not to cause trouble on Earth and held no ill will.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you, the reason Kakarot is so strong is because he received my guidance. This is also why I didn't deal a heavy blow to you all." Before leaving, Rhode's clone suddenly said this to the three of them.
Hearing Rhode's words, Gine was surprised and immediately thanked him from the bottom of her heart: "Thank you for taking care of Kakarot!" However, compared to Gine's gratitude, Bardock and Raditz's mouths twitched, as they recalled the scene where they were instantly severely injured by the other party. And that was without a heavy blow. If he had struck heavily, would they have died directly?
"Thank you!" Though he grumbled inwardly, Bardock still uttered a thank you. Knowing that Rhode was Kakarot's mentor, he immediately understood why the other party, despite such immense power, hadn't done anything to the three of them. It seemed they were benefiting from Kakarot!
However, Kakarot was not yet an adult and already possessed such immense power. Was this unfamiliar Saiyan truly so terrifying? If he were to seek guidance from him, would he also be able to make a breakthrough? At this moment, after understanding the relationship between Rhode and Kakarot, such a thought couldn't help but arise in Bardock's mind. As for a proud Saiyan disdaining to ask others for guidance? He had already died once; what else was there to be hung up about?
"Oh, and this!" However, just as Bardock was thinking this, a voice reached his ears again. Immediately after, he saw Rhode raise his hand to open a huge spatial gate, then toss their medium-sized spaceship inside.
Whoosh~ As the spatial gate closed, the area became incredibly quiet for a moment. The three of them exchanged glances, revealing puzzled expressions.
"Alright, now you can set off with peace of mind!" Ignoring their thoughts, Rhode said casually, then looked at the three of them: "I'll take you over now." As he spoke, Rhode used Instant Transmission to bring the three to the World Martial Arts Tournament venue, or more precisely, they appeared before Bruce, one of the organizers.
"Bruce, arrange for these three to participate in the competition. Don't worry, their strength is definitely sufficient!" Upon seeing Bruce, Rhode didn't stand on ceremony and directly stated his purpose.
"No problem!" Hearing Rhode's words, Bruce naturally nodded without any hesitation. The Martial Arts Hall was now the number one Martial Arts Hall on Earth. In fact, due to the Martial Arts Hall's development, martial arts on Earth had become increasingly prosperous, coupled with the rapid technological advancements in recent years, further promoting martial arts practice. Therefore, this World Martial Arts Tournament was different from previous ones. Not only were there numerous participants, but the number of both offline and online spectators had also multiplied compared to the last tournament.
In fact, due to the immense influence of this Martial Arts Tournament, official personnel, including Bruce, were discussing changing the five-year interval to three years. This showed Bruce's high position and authority in the competition as the nominal head of the Martial Arts Hall, so arranging for three powerful martial artists to participate was naturally not a problem.
Not long after, the three of them, Bardock, received their participation qualifications.
"You can just follow the staff to participate. I won't accompany you." As he spoke, Rhode gave the three some instructions, then directly returned to the cheerleading squad where Master Roshi was.
At the same time, in the waiting area for contestants, Baobao-jie, in Aira's transformed state, was telepathically communicating with Saitama, in Rhode's transformed state: "You let them all participate in the Martial Arts Tournament?" Although Aira was unaware of the conversation between Rhode's clone and the three of them, she could clearly sense that they had come to the Martial Arts Tournament.
"Indeed. Their strength isn't particularly high. Participating in the Martial Arts Tournament will make them suitable opponents for Goku. Furthermore, after we defeat Goku, we can also awe them, lest they become arrogant!"
Receiving Aira's telepathic message, Rhode didn't hide his thoughts and directly stated his idea.
"Gine and Bardock? The remaining one should be Raditz, right?" As unusual Saiyans who came together due to emotion, Aira was quite familiar with Gine and Bardock. Therefore, the moment she sensed their ki, she confirmed their identities.
"You guessed correctly!" Rhode confirmed Aira's words.
"How did Bardock revive?" Aira was quite certain that Bardock had died when Planet Vegeta was destroyed.
"It's like this..." Seeing Aira's confusion, Rhode briefly explained the trio's experiences.
"I never thought my unintentional act back then actually saved Gine!" At the time, when Frieza instantly blew up Planet Vegeta, Aira used Super Instant Transmission to escape. Afterward, she transformed into a Great Ape and returned to seek revenge on Frieza. She vaguely remembered that when she returned, she happened to encounter Frieza's not-very-powerful Death Beam and casually swatted it away. Aira was extremely furious at the time and didn't pay attention to other circumstances. Therefore, she didn't know that Gine had survived all these years.
"Planet Cereal also has dragon balls?" While lamenting Gine's survival due to her unintentional act, Aira was also very surprised by the two-star dragon ball on Planet Cereal.
"It's nothing. There are quite a few dragon balls in the universe. Besides the two-star dragon ball, there are also the dragon balls of the Great Demon Realm, and the Super dragon balls, which are as large as a planet and can grant any wish. Furthermore, in some parallel worlds, there are also Black Star dragon balls and other types of dragon balls. If we get a chance in the future, I'll take you to see them!" Seeing Aira's surprise, Rhode immediately gave a brief introduction.
Just as the two were telepathically communicating, the crowd stirred. Immediately after, Bardock and the other two, wearing battle suits, followed a staff member to the waiting area.
The moment the three appeared, Krillin, the little bald monk at Goku's location, stared at Bardock's face with a look of surprise and quickly shouted to Goku, who was observing the ring matches nearby: "Goku, come look! That person looks so much like you!"
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