As soon as Piccolo appeared, he exuded an aura of dominance, his arrogant tone, domineering demeanor, and his green, uninviting face instantly made many people at the scene tense.
Krilin, seeing the situation, was about to step forward and admit that he had killed Tambourine.
Although he wasn't sure he could beat Piccolo, it didn't matter. He still had John and Goku by his side.
Just as Krilin was about to step forward, a voice rang out from the side, and a tall man spoke up, "Old man, you're pretty cocky, aren't you? Who do you think you are, talking to us like that?"
"Do you think just because you have a green face, you're an alien? Ha ha ha..." After saying this, he burst into laughter.
This man was tall and burly, but he didn't look like a participant of the World Martial Arts Tournament. He was wearing a leather jacket and pants, and had a gun on his back, clearly a gun-wielding individual, possibly even a robber.
Beside him was another similarly dressed companion, who was also laughing at Piccolo.
Piccolo's gaze had been fixed on the World Martial Arts Tournament participants who had not yet left Papaya Island, but upon hearing the voice, he turned his attention to the speaker.
Krilin, who was about to take a step forward, paused and looked at the group of five, wondering how the situation would unfold.
Piccolo ignored the mockery of the group and asked, "So, you're the ones who killed Tambourine?"
A person immediately stepped out from the group of five and approached Piccolo. Because he was shorter than Piccolo, he had to look up at him. With an impatient tone, he shouted, "Didn't you hear what our boss said? He said he's going to let the Five Tigers Gang personally take care of you!"
Upon hearing the name 'Five Tigers Gang', Krilin raised an eyebrow and said to everyone, "They're not even the Five Tigers Gang, they're more like the Five Mice Gang!"
Piccolo looked at the human who dared to provoke him and gave a cold smile. Suddenly, he raised his hand and slapped the top of the man's head. The man's head burst like a watermelon, splattering blood everywhere.
The crowd, which had been chattering, suddenly fell silent, and then several girls let out ear-piercing screams.
Bulma, after screaming, immediately closed her eyes and hid in Yamcha's arms, not daring to look again.
John was surprised by Piccolo's sudden act of killing. He knew it was time to stop him, to prevent further harm.
John said to Yamcha, "Yamcha, take Bulma back to the restaurant and protect her. Leave Piccolo to us."
As John and the others were about to make their move, the other four members of the Five Tigers Gang, upon seeing their companion killed, immediately raised their machine guns and started firing at Piccolo.
Piccolo dodged and blocked the hail of bullets until they had all been fired.
The bullets only caused some damage to Piccolo's clothes and did not harm his skin at all.
After the attack ended, Piccolo slowly lowered his arms and said with a sinister smile, "It doesn't matter if you're the ones who killed Tambourine or not. But since you dared to attack Piccolo Daimao, I will give you a feast of death. Let the world tremble once again before Piccolo Daimao!"
With that, Piccolo charged forward to kill the remaining four members of the Five Tigers Gang.
John immediately stepped in and blocked Piccolo's attack, their fists colliding and sending out powerful shockwaves.
Piccolo looked at the young man before him and smiled cruelly, "You finally showed yourself. Humans are like this, full of all kinds of weaknesses, especially this kind of unreasonable sympathy."
John looked at the aged Piccolo and smiled contemptuously, "I don't deny that we have sympathy, but do you think our sympathy is for people who are obviously not good?"
Before Piccolo could respond, John continued, "Piccolo, look at your face now, so aged. How much strength do you think you have left?"
"Damn you!" Piccolo was enraged by the mockery of his age. He swung his fist at John again.
However, John blocked the punch and counterattacked with a powerful blow that pierced through Piccolo's body from behind.
John then kicked Piccolo, sending him flying through the air and sliding several meters on the ground.
John did not continue his attack, but waited quietly for Piccolo to get up. He knew that his previous attack had not killed Piccolo.
Soon, the sound of Piccolo's maniacal laughter filled the air as he slowly rose from the ground.
He took off his cloak and said, "I never thought that in the few years since I was born, such a powerful young man would appear in this world."
"But it's really a shame. Such a powerful young man is about to die by my hand, and I'm really excited."
After saying this, Piccolo unleashed an incredible aura and rushed towards John. His speed suddenly increased, as if he had disappeared from everyone's eyes, and appeared directly in front of John.
Piccolo kicked John's chest.
Unfortunately for Piccolo, his confident attack was easily blocked by John.
John simply placed his hand in front of his chest and blocked Piccolo's attack.
At the same time, John spun and kicked Piccolo in the face.
In front of everyone's eyes, Piccolo's face was deformed, flying high into the sky before falling heavily to the ground.
At this moment, Piccolo finally came to his senses. He realized that he had been hit not because he had underestimated his opponent, but because his opponent was truly stronger than him.
"Impossible!" Everyone, including Piccolo, Kame-Sen'nin, and those watching from the flying nimbus, exclaimed in disbelief.
John said, "There's nothing impossible about it. I really don't know what makes you think you're the strongest in the world, invincible. Is it just because you have a green face?"
"Damn you!" Piccolo wiped the purple blood from the corner of his mouth, stood up, and revealed a look of madness. He raised his hand and shot a stream of hot ki from his fingers towards John.
John dodged and waved his hands, easily deflecting the incoming ki blasts without any strain.