In the open training area of the hideout, Shen keenly scans the disciples standing upright before him. "You three will be competing in the upcoming Tenkaichi Budokai... It's about time the Crane School makes a new splash in the world."
"Master, what is this Tenkaichi Budokai?" Giran raises his hand and asks like a cadet in the military. Indeed, Shen's style of teaching is not unlike that of an actual military.
Understanding, his students must have many queries about the World Martial Arts Competition, also known as Tenkaichi Budokai, he imparts them with all the information he knows regarding this topic.
"Wow!!! we finally get to show our power to the world, aren't you two also excited??" Giran remarks, sharing his joy with his fellow disciples.
"You are right, this is a golden opportunity for us to test ourselves against other people." Bora replies agreeingly...
Nam doesn't speak but the smile on his face makes it evident what is in his mind.
The students really appreciate this decision of their master. Giving them this opportunity is a dream come true for the three boys, who have been training non-stop for the past three years.
Only his three new disciples are participating, as all the old students are busy with their new jobs.
In preparation for the competition, he gives the Magic Book created by Kami to his student, Giran. He is the only one with talent in the field of magic.
When the boy opens the book, the information is directly transplanted into his brain. Even in the series, Giran had a power very similar to magic that lets him release a metallic slime-like substance from his mouth, which he uses to bind his opponent's body.
As for his other two students, he will further train them both to utilize their Ki more efficiently.
There are a plethora of approaches to training; nonetheless, every methodology has to have the same result, and that is pain. What doesn't kill you makes you stronger—the way of Crane follows this principle.
Sometimes Shen would give his disciples tasks like climbing snowy peaks in thin clothes and swimming across the world ocean. The cold breeze on top of the mountains was enough to freeze their bones..., while on other days, their limbs nearly fell off due to nonstop swimming. Every day is an exhausting day.
Nonetheless, the disciples were persevering somehow. But in regards to his own training, Shen is at a loss. He could continue doing what he has been doing and train without any external help, but that would result in slow progress.
One day, when Shen was in the same dilemma, Dr. Flappe approaches him, bringing along with him wonderful news—one that completely solves his critical problem: his long-awaited gravity room has been created.
This happens to be at just the right time, as recently he was already starting to wonder if he should just make a wish to Shenron the next chance he gets.
Shen inquires about the room's gravity multiplier capacity, and to his pleasant surprise, it is able to increase the gravity by a whopping ten times.
His daily routine drastically changes from the following day. Most of his time is now spent doing workouts in the gravity room, only getting out for bodily necessities and to occasionally train his disciples.
Months pass by in a gist. Overall, nothing noteworthy happened except for the fact that Shen isn't able to perceive time normally anymore. His sense of time has seriously been disoriented by the endless grind, starting all the way back from his awakening as a brand-new person in this world.
Recently, staying cooped up in the gravity room and continuously doing the same thing over and over again has surely not helped. Obviously, this repetitive action has only worked to aggravate the issue.
Such a monotonous life tends to mess up one's head.
'Everything suddenly feels like a dream nowadays... I am bored... bored out of my mind. I truly need some fresh change of pace. Hope these disciples can give me that.'
Today is the day of the tournament, as well as the the moment when the three new stars of martial arts are revealed to the world.
Nearly a year has passed since Shen had announced their participation in this event.
After registering, Shen, with his three disciples, enters the event location. The excitement in the air has reached heights never before felt by the three boys.
Naturally, Shen isn't a participant, as that would defeat the whole purpose of coming here in the first place. All the other disciples are also not present here, as they are busy with work.
Right away, the first round of the event commences.
Before the match; Shen, using his psychic power, secretly arranges the grouping in a way that makes sure his three disciples do not face off against each other before the semifinals. the tournament wouldn't be fun otherwise.
Seeing the young kids, all the other participants shake their heads in disapproval, sighing and wondering who could have brought these milky kids to such a dangerous place. Some kind-hearted people even start to pray for their safety.
Being the center of attention makes them the target of mockery from more and more people.
This leads to the hot-headed Giran, bubbling with rage...
'These idiots... Wait until I get my hands on them... I'll show them.'
"No, don't be blinded by rage. Hasn't master taught us not to use our full strength on unworthy opponents?... Your actions represent out Crane School, Don't try to embarrass our master. " Bora implores the dragon boy.
"Tch! Boring." The reasonable words somewhat works on the fuming boy.
All while this is going on, Nam, being Nam, is calm throughout the whole ordeal. He doesn't mind the harsh words 'i have to stay calm... according to master, the best reply one can give is through action, not by words.'
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During the matches, Nam, especially because of his very young age, is underestimated by every one of his initial opponents.
Nobody had taken him seriously, the trend continuing even after his overwhelming victory in the first fight, as the skeptics think either he was lucky or the opponent happened to be a weakling.
But as the clock ticks on and he continuously wins all of his matches with a clear upper hand, the people are proven otherwise..
Bora and Giran are also doing the same as Nam.
Giran, although he tries very hard to avoid accidentally killing his opponents.... He technically succeeds, but even so, near-death injuries were unavoidable, no matter what method he used.
Thankfully Shen provides the seriously injured ones with Senju beans, thus healing their injuries, Doing this to minimize his bad Karma is not a huge loss for Shen. he has lots of them, he won't run out of of these Beans any time soon. But more importantly there is no foolish yajirobe around him to eat these miraculous drugs like everyday candies.
In every match, the three boys secure victory after victory, each taking only a split second. The other participants who were previously ridiculing the kids are left speechless.
As the preliminary rounds conclude, the three become the target of admiration and envy of every fighter spectating their fights.
the eight qualifiers for the main event draw lots, after which the announcer declares who is going to fight whom. Of course, similar to last time, Shen covertly arranges the matches.
Following this, the main event takes place in the view of an actually large audience. This is in total contrast to the earlier indoor matches that only the other fighters could see. The common folks weren't permitted near the fights.
The huge crowd both cheers and sneers at the fighters battling on the elevated platform.
The crowd doesn't have high hopes for the three new and young faces. However, to the amazement of everyone present, their matches unfold in no time at all. Their opponents are defeated without much difficulty.
The spectators are compelled to see the youngsters in a new light.
Without much effort, the Crane School disciples reach the semifinals.
The upcoming matches are as follows:
Giran vs. Bora
Nam vs. King Chappa
They are scheduled to be conducted the next day.