"I heard that back on Earth, Raditz tricked Broly off the ring with a bottle of drink." Alisha said with a laugh. "I wonder if the same trick will work on Broly this time."
"Let's watch." Soya was also looking forward to this match.
Because the difference in strength between the two sides in this match was simply too vast.
One could say, Broly could probably blast Raditz away just by farting.
But Broly didn't seem very clever.
So, for Raditz to win, he could only rely on his own cunning.
Right at the start of the match, Broly charged towards where Raditz was standing.
"Wait!" Raditz panicked, hurriedly waving his hands to signal Broly to stop.
Broly performed an emergency stop on the spot, leaving a long mark on the ring, and stared blankly at Raditz.
"Look, what's this?" Raditz grinned, shaking the repackaged bottle of drink he had been hiding in his hand in front of Broly.
"New Drink?" Broly's eyes lit up.
"Correct." Raditz's smile widened even more, and he intended to throw the drink out of the ring, even saying the words out loud, "Off you go!"
Just as Raditz was about to throw the drink out.
"Slap!"
Broly reached out with super speed and snatched the drink right out of Raditz's hand.
Raditz: "..."
Raditz's expression froze on his face, he was completely at a loss.
No way!
Why aren't you following the script, kid?
You snatched my drink, what am I supposed to do now?
"You… give me back my drink!" Raditz said anxiously.
"Mine!" Broly glared.
Raditz shut his mouth, his lips twitching violently.
Broly gleefully opened the drink bottle and started drinking from it.
However, after Broly drank the beverage, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
"Sprite?" Broly felt like Raditz had played him for a fool.
You actually used a different bottle to trick me?
Broly immediately glared angrily, grinding his teeth in hatred.
"Take another sip." Raditz quickly said. "You can't tell from the first sip."
Broly, without suspicion, took another sip.
But immediately after, Broly suddenly felt something was off.
Strange, why do I feel my energy is increasing?
"Referee, Broly is cheating, he's drinking Combat God Water!" Raditz hurriedly reported.
The audience was completely dumbfounded.
Not just the audience, even Soya, seeing this scene, couldn't help but sigh.
This kid Raditz… is setting Broly up here?
"Match paused." Alisha announced loudly, then arranged for staff to go check if Broly was drinking Combat God Water.
After all, Raditz was Soya's subordinate and also the son of Bardock, the main organizer of this World Martial Arts Tournament.
As the referee, Alisha had to proceed carefully.
The test results came out quickly.
It was indeed Combat God Water mixed with Sprite!
Broly was indeed cheating, drinking Combat God Water right in front of everyone.
But… this was clearly Raditz tricking him into drinking it.
Broly himself didn't know.
This put Alisha in a difficult position.
According to the match rules, Broly did drink Combat God Water, so his qualification should be revoked.
The problem was… Raditz was essentially entrapment.
Alisha didn't know how to handle it, so she just said something to the live audience and ran backstage to discuss with Bardock.
"Mr. Bardock… you see this matter…" Alisha's lips twitched, wearing a bitter smile.
"Raditz intentionally made Broly drink Combat God Water, rule Raditz as the loser." Bardock didn't even think, immediately giving the order to Alisha.
"Should we report this to King Soya…" Alisha quickly asked, "After all, Raditz is King Soya's subordinate…"
Bardock: "..."
"I'll go ask." Bardock nodded helplessly and immediately flew towards Soya's direction.
Soon, Bardock arrived beside Soya and bowed in greeting.
"You want to ask about the ruling for this match, right?" Soya understood Bardock's meaning.
"Yes, King Soya." Bardock nodded.
"What do you think the ruling should be?" Soya asked.
"Raditz deliberately induced Broly to drink Combat God Water, so Raditz should be considered cheating." Bardock stated his opinion.
"The match rule is that the person who drinks Combat God Water is cheating." Soya smiled.
"This…" Bardock was taken aback.
"This is just like the current laws of us Saiyans. They can only be perfected step by step. For now, just follow the established rules." Soya waved his hand towards Bardock.
"Yes." Bardock nodded vigorously, bowed once more, and then left.
Afterwards, Bardock conveyed Soya's command to Alisha.
"I knew it would be like this, that's why I said we should ask King Soya." Alisha giggled. "I know what to do now."
At this moment, Raditz and Broly were standing on the ring.
Although Broly felt he had been played for a fool, after drinking a couple of sips of the Combat God Water mixed with Sprite, he suddenly found himself drinking more and more, enjoying it more and more. He quickly forgot about being tricked and instead started drinking it sip by sip.
This stuff made his body's power grow stronger the more he drank.
No one disliked that.
Especially Broly, a Legendary Super Saiyan.
And Broly had already drunk over a dozen sips without reaching his limit.
Raditz was secretly delighted inside.
Finally, I don't have to fight Broly one on one.
Otherwise, he'd beat me to death.
Alisha walked with small, quick steps back to the ring, holding a microphone and announcing loudly, "Audience members, according to the conclusion just provided by the tournament committee and the suggestion from King Soya, for the first match of the semi finals, Broly's drinking of Combat God Water leads to disqualification. Therefore, Raditz wins the match."
"Boooo…"
The audience immediately made the kind of jeering sounds heard at crosstalk show.
This favoritism is way too blatant, isn't it?
Instantly, many audience members provided Soya with a wave of negative emotional value.
Soya was overjoyed.
Showing favoritism to his own subordinate, and even getting negative emotional value out of it… could it get any better than this?
Also, it's not just that Raditz is my subordinate; Broly is my subordinate too.
I really didn't mean to favor Raditz!
After the chorus of boos, many audience members quickly came back to their senses.
Because many spectators knew that Broly was also one of Soya's subordinates.
Probably King Soya also found it difficult to decide who should win or lose this match, right?
In principle, it was Broly who cheated.
But in practice, it was Raditz who deliberately led Broly to cheat.
For a match, this was already insignificant.
The audience was here for the spectacle.
They're just two kids.
Who wins is basically up to the referee's call, isn't it?
"Congratulations to contestant Raditz for winning the match and qualifying for the finals!" Alisha announced.
Amidst the continued jeering, Raditz gleefully raised his right hand, grinning foolishly.