Chapter 81 - 78: Nao & Elsa Vs Dia & Isabella (I) (2/2)

”Great! With that being said, we will now give fighters twenty minutes to warm up. Once these twenty minutes are over, please proceed to the stage immediately. Besides the rules the Grand Kai laid out for us, everything else is A-OK!”

With one last cheer, the crowd soon started to die down again and they either got up to go get something, or started to talk among themselves. The fighters then split off into Group A and Group B sections off to the sides of the two stages.

Once the two split off, disappointment streaked across Sayuri's face. She ended up being placed in Block B so she would not be with Nao during the preliminaries. Nao, Elsa, and Oscar then split off from the other fifteen into their own small group. Nao saw Dia and Isabella also go off into their own little world. The remaining 13 too split into their own group of twos and threes.

Seeing everyone split off like this made sense, as anything could happen in a battle royale. Forming teams early on was one of the best strategies against others in a fight like this. Nao then looked back at his father, only to see him laugh.

”Haha, Nao I didn't think we'd end up together like this. While I'd love to fight you right off the bat, it'd be better for the three of us to form a team right? I have no idea what the others are like, but it seems that Missy over there has quite the reputation.”

Hearing this, Nao nodded in approval.

”I do say that's for the best, Father. we only need to eliminate 10 to move onto the next round. I'm interested in fighting those two specifically.”

”But Nao, that's the number one idol in all the galaxies! Even I'm a huge fan of hers. If you kick her out of the preliminaries, you'll definitely incur everyone's wrath!”

At this time, Elsa spoke up with a worried expression.

”She's that famous? I wasn't even aware that there existed galactic idols in the first place. But idol or not, she is here to fight, not perform. I'm mainly here to further develop my combat techniques. Speaking of that, how are you coming along, Father?”

”I guess now is a good time to say it. Son, you remember I've previously stated I've been seriously for these last five years, right?”

”Yeah, you brought that up last night. I still remember it clearly.”

”Good. That makes the next part simple then. You see during this training I've managed to unlock a new state us Saiyans can achieve!”

”A new state...? Wait, Father, are you referring to that?”

”Gahaha! Looks like nothing goes past by you Nao. You see, I deeply regretted dying back then, causing your mother such an emotional trauma. The South Kai took pity on me, seeing how righteous my soul was. You probably find that weird too, don't you?”

”With the recent activities, not really. Plus I also dug up some history on our ancestors as well. As I recall, back on our home world, Planet Sadala, we had two factions, the righteous and evil Saiyans, right?”

”I didn't think you'd reach that point, son. That's right. Well, to put it simply, our family line derives from one of the strongest powerhouses of the righteous faction back when we were still on Planet Sadala. Each side hated each other to the bone, enough to where they would swear eternal damnation to one another. Our righteous faction had an end to this but we did not expect the evil faction to actually blow up the planet, causing us both to nearly be wiped out of existence.”

”It did mention that Planet Sadala did blow up due to an internal strife in hour history records, what happened exactly, Father?”

”Before I go about this, Nao, you remember our legend right?”

”Of course, how could I not know about the legend of the Super Saiyan? They were quite common back then!”

”That's right. I'll say it now, I finally managed to achieve Super Saiyan, but it wasn't easy. That trauma I caused to your mother became an emotional trigger for me, a very deep sadness. It even reached the point to questioning why I received an exception to keep my physical body in the Other World, and I even attempted to end it all right there. Thankfully, with South Kai's help, I managed to pull through and through this deep sadness, I became a Super Saiyan. While it is most common to transform via extreme hatred, we are able to transform regardless as long as one is triggered by some sort of extreme negative emotion.”

Nao was not expecting Oscar to drop a bombshell like this to him, right before the start of the preliminaries. Even Elsa was shocked to hear about this from Oscar, as he always used to appear very cheerful and easygoing when he visited her planet twenty years ago. Thankfully Nao kept a cool head and the three were talking rather quietly, so the other fighters couldn't hear this. He was not expecting to hear that his father actually attempted to end his own life, but to not raise any suspicions, Nao decided to continue the conversation.

”Father...I'm not sure how to respond to that...are you feeling fine now?”

Hearing this warmed Oscar's heart a bit, seeing his son worried on his behalf. He then laughed again once more.

”Gahaha! You don't need to worry about me, Nao. I managed to stand back on my own two feet. Thanks to South Kai's training facilities, I've been busy these last five years. I didn't want to get all sappy with this, but the main point of this story was that your great grandfather participated in a certain ceremony back on Planet Sadala. Nao, are you aware there exists another legend, one beyond the Super Saiyan?”