As soon as King Piccolo appeared, he displayed an overwhelming aura of dominance, a haughty tone, and a tyrannical demeanor, along with his green appearance that clearly signaled danger, causing many people on the scene to feel tense.
Seeing this situation, Krillin prepared to step forward and admit that he was the one who killed Tambourine. Although he might not be able to defeat King Piccolo himself, he had John and Goku behind him.
However, just as Krillin was about to step forward, a voice rang out from the side. A tall man spoke up, "Old man, are you being arrogant? Who do you think you are to talk to us like that?"
"Do you think just because you have a green face, you're an alien? Hahaha..." After saying this, he laughed heartily.
This man was a burly figure who didn't appear to be a martial arts tournament contestant. Judging by his leather outfit and the firearms he carried, it was clear he was someone who relied on guns—possibly even a robber. Four similarly dressed companions were with him, laughing at King Piccolo.
King Piccolo had originally been focused on the martial arts contestants who had not yet left Papaya Island but turned his gaze towards the group when he heard someone speak.
Krillin, who had been ready to step forward, paused and looked towards the group of five to see how things would unfold.
King Piccolo ignored the clowns' taunts and asked, "So, are you the ones who killed Tambourine?"
One person from the group stepped forward and stood in front of King Piccolo. However, since he was shorter than King Piccolo, he had to look up at him and impatiently shouted, "Our boss is talking! Are your ears deaf? Or do you want us Five Tigers Gang to personally take you down?!"
Upon hearing the name "Five Tigers Gang," Krillin raised an eyebrow and whispered to everyone, "They call themselves Five Tigers Gang? I think they should be called Five Mice Gang!"
King Piccolo looked at this human who dared to provoke him and coldly smiled. He suddenly raised his hand and struck the top of the man's head, causing it to explode like a watermelon.
The crowd that had been murmuring fell silent in an instant, followed by several piercing screams from girls.
Bulma witnessed this bloody scene; after screaming, she immediately closed her eyes and hid in Yamcha's embrace, too scared to look.
John hadn't expected King Piccolo to suddenly kill someone; he knew it was time to intervene and prevent further harm.
John said to Yamcha, "Yamcha, take Bulma back to the restaurant and protect her. Leave King Piccolo to us."
Just as John and the others prepared to act, the remaining four members of the Five Tigers Gang immediately pulled out their submachine guns and began shooting at King Piccolo.
King Piccolo did not dodge or evade; he took all the bullets head-on until they had emptied their magazines.
The bullets only caused some damage to King Piccolo's clothing but did not harm his skin at all.
Once their attack ended, King Piccolo slowly lowered his arms and revealed a sinister smile as he said, "I don't care whether you are the killers of Tambourine or not. But since you dared to attack me, let me treat you to a feast of death! Let this world tremble in fear once again because of me—King Piccolo!"
After saying this, King Piccolo charged forward intending to kill the remaining four members of the Five Tigers Gang.
John immediately intervened and blocked King Piccolo's attack; their arms clashed with a powerful shockwave.
King Piccolo looked at this young face before him and showed a cruel smile as he said, "You finally came out. Humans are filled with weaknesses like this—especially this unreasonable sense of sympathy."
John looked at King Piccolo's aged face and sneered back, "I won't deny that I have sympathy. But do you think my sympathy will extend to those who are clearly not good people?"
Without waiting for King Piccolo's response, John continued, "Look at your face now; it's so old. How much power do you think you have left?"
"How dare you!" Hearing John's taunt about his age made King Piccolo furious as he swung his fist toward John again.
However, John's fist blocked it easily. He then retaliated with a punch that sent a powerful gust of wind through King Piccolo's body.
With another flying kick, John sent King Piccolo flying backward several hundred meters across the ground.
John did not continue attacking but waited quietly for King Piccolo to get up; he knew his previous attack wouldn't be enough to kill him.
Before long, they heard King Piccolo's maniacal laughter as he slowly stood up from the ground.
He removed his cape and said, "I never expected that after being away for hundreds of years, such a powerful young man would appear in this world."
"But it's really too bad that such a strong young man is about to die at my hands. I'm truly excited."
After saying this, King Piccolo unleashed an overwhelming aura towards John. His speed suddenly increased as if he vanished from everyone's sight and appeared right in front of John.
King Piccolo kicked directly at John's chin.
To his shock, however, that confident kick was easily blocked by John simply placing his hand under his chin.
At the same time, John spun around with a side kick that struck King Piccolo's cheek.
In front of everyone's eyes, King Piccolo's face contorted before he soared high into the sky and crashed heavily onto the ground.
At this moment, King Piccolo finally realized that being hit by his opponent wasn't due to underestimating him; it was because John's strength truly surpassed his own.
"This is impossible!" Both King Piccolo and Master Roshi exclaimed in disbelief along with those watching from above in their spacecraft.
John stated confidently: "There's nothing impossible here. I truly don't understand why you think you're invincible—just because you have a green face?"
"You bastard!" Wiping away the purple blood from his mouth corner as he stood up again with madness in his eyes, King Piccolo began shooting scorching energy beams from his fingers towards John.
John did not evade; instead, he waved both hands effortlessly deflecting all incoming energy beams without any sign of strain.