After Shenron disappeared, the dark clouds also dissipated, and Bulma, Oolong, and the others quickly rushed over.
Bulma looked at John, who now appeared quite handsome. If it had been earlier, she would have teased him, but now she was genuinely happy for him.
"Congratulations, John! You've finally realized your wish and taken the first step toward becoming the world's greatest martial artist," Bulma said with a smile.
John replied earnestly, "Thank you, Bulma. I couldn't have achieved this wish without your help. So from now on, if you ever need assistance, no matter where I am, I will come back to help you immediately."
Bulma laughed and said, "You said it! If I ever find myself in danger, I'll definitely come looking for you. You better not refuse!"
After John and Bulma finished talking, the others came over to congratulate him as well on achieving his wish.
John expressed his gratitude: "Thank you all for your company these past few days. The Dragon Balls will turn to stone for a year. After that time, they will revert back to their original form, and we can search for them again to help fulfill your wishes."
Regarding the search for Dragon Balls to fulfill wishes, everyone was less concerned now. Bulma, the daughter of the Capsule Corporation's president, initially wished for a handsome prince but had gradually shifted her focus onto Yamcha and no longer needed the Dragon Balls for her wish.
As for Yamcha's wish, it had already been discussed; it was a psychological issue that Shenron could not change.
Goku remained innocent and carefree; he currently had no wishes that needed fulfilling.
As for Puar and Oolong—well, one just wanted to follow Yamcha around while the other wanted pretty girls' underwear—neither of which required Shenron's intervention.
At that moment, Pilaf and his subordinates Mai and Shu had regained consciousness. Upon seeing Shenron's disappearance and John's group celebrating, they realized that John and his friends had stolen their chance to make a wish with Shenron. They were filled with rage.
However, Pilaf knew he was no match for John and his companions at this moment. So they rushed back into their castle to pilot their robots out toward John and his friends.
Caught up in their joy from fulfilling their wishes, John and his group only then noticed Pilaf charging toward them in three robots.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The three robots launched missiles at John's group.
Yamcha quickly shielded Bulma as they dodged out of the way. Oolong and Puar also ran away as fast as they could while John and Goku charged directly toward the missiles.
Each of them kicked two of the missiles away while John caught the last missile in his arms. He spun around with it before redirecting it back toward Pilaf's group.
Seeing the missile coming back at them terrified Pilaf's trio. They turned to flee but were too late; the missile exploded beneath their robots, sending them flying apart in mid-air.
Just then, a full moon rose in the sky, casting clear moonlight down upon them.
At this sight, John suddenly felt alarmed and shouted: "Goku! Don't look at the full moon!"
But after shouting that warning, John realized he shouldn't have said it at all.
Sure enough, as soon as he finished speaking, Goku instinctively looked up at the full moon. Instantly he was struck as if by lightning; his eyes turned red as his mouth elongated with protruding teeth. His body began to grow larger until he transformed into a giant black gorilla.
Goku's rapid transformation startled everyone. John shouted: "Get away! Yamcha! Help me subdue him! His weakness is his tail!"
The giant gorilla noticed John's group and charged toward them with heavy steps.
The gorilla swung its massive hands trying to grab John. He jumped onto its hand and ran up its arm.
Meanwhile, Yamcha took advantage of the gorilla's distraction with John to dash behind it and aimed to cut off its tail.
Seeing John running on its arm made the gorilla roar angrily as it swiped at him with its other hand.
Although Goku's transformed state was powerful, his large size made him less agile. John avoided direct confrontation while drawing attention away from Yamcha.
Finally reaching the giant tail of the gorilla, Yamcha crafted a stone knife using his Wolf Fang Fist technique and aimed to sever that thick tail.
However, when the stone knife struck the tail, instead of cutting through it snapped into pieces upon impact.
The sudden sensation startled the giant gorilla; it turned its attention away from John toward Yamcha instead.
Faced with those fierce red eyes staring back at him made Yamcha jump back in fear; he almost turned to run but knew that cutting off the tail was crucial since it was Goku's weak point. So he bravely grabbed hold of the gorilla's tail despite his fear.
Instantly, the giant gorilla began to calm down gradually.
John then leaped off the gorilla's shoulder and raised his hand to gather energy into a blade before striking down at the base of its tail.
With a loud thud, the massive tail fell to the ground kicking up dust while Goku slowly shrank back down until he returned to his original form.
Seeing Goku revert back brought a sigh of relief from everyone present.
Due to all this chaos caused by Goku's transformation into a giant gorilla, Pilaf's luxurious castle had been significantly damaged by Goku's rampage.
Watching his castle being destroyed from afar brought tears to Pilaf's eyes; he felt immense pain knowing that this castle represented generations of wealth built by his family—now in ruins.
But unable to fight back against them, Pilaf could only bite down on his clothing's edge to suppress any sounds of despair escaping him.
Mai and Shu quietly comforted their leader: "A gentleman takes revenge ten years later; King Pilaf! We still have a chance! Once we gather all seven Dragon Balls again next year we can make our wish!"
John said: "This is still enemy territory; we don't know what dangers might be lurking here. Let's leave in our plane."
With that said, John picked up Goku and boarded their newly conjured aircraft along with everyone else before departing from Pilaf's castle.