The match officially began.
Trunks and Hongrui stood facing each other on the arena.
With his arms crossed, Trunks lifted his chin proudly.
"Hongrui, I suggest you give up now!"
"Even though you're a girl, I have to win this match, so I won't go easy on you."
Hongrui smiled faintly, her red braid swaying gently in the wind.
"Brother Trunks, come at me."
"I won't lose either!"
"Begin!"
The moment the referee gave the signal, Trunks erupted with golden aura and entered Super Saiyan form.
In the stands, Vegeta nodded with satisfaction.
"That's more like it."
But the moment Hongrui saw Trunks transform, she quickly transformed as well.
Afterward, she calmly pressed her hands together—
And suddenly created three clones.
The clones rushed toward Trunks from different directions.
Trunks snorted disdainfully.
"Hmph. Cheap tricks!"
He quickly locked onto the "real" Hongrui and threw a rapid punch.
But after two consecutive strikes destroyed his target—
He suddenly realized what he had hit was only a clone.
At that exact moment—
Hongrui's real body appeared behind him.
Her hand chopped down precisely against the back of his neck.
"Ugh!"
Trunks let out a muffled groan and staggered several steps, nearly falling over.
"Damn it!"
Embarrassed and angry, Trunks spun around and began swinging both hands wildly.
It was clearly Vegeta's famous rapid-fire energy attack.
Dozens of ki blasts roared out across the arena.
But Hongrui remained calm.
Even though the attack covered a huge area, she moved lightly through the rain of energy blasts without taking a single hit.
"That girl…"
Vegeta frowned as he watched her movements.
"She can actually read Trunks' attack trajectory."
Hongrui seized the gap in Trunks' assault and suddenly changed tactics.
Imitating Piccolo's stance, she quickly gathered energy with both hands.
"Masenko!"
A green energy wave struck Trunks directly in the chest, blasting him toward the edge of the arena.
Trunks barely managed to steady himself and was just about to counterattack—
But Hongrui had already leapt high into the air.
Her hands cupped together in a familiar shape.
"Kaaa… meee… haaa… meee… HAAA!!"
"What?!"
Vegeta shot to his feet.
"Trunks, dodge!"
But the blue energy wave came crashing down.
Trunks had only just regained his balance.
There was no time to dodge.
He hurriedly raised his arms to defend, but Hongrui's blast was too powerful.
The force pushed him straight out of the ring.
For a moment—
The entire stadium fell silent.
Then, thunderous applause and cheers erupted.
"YES!"
"That was amazing!"
"The Junior Division actually has fighters this strong?!"
"Incredible!"
"That little girl is amazing!"
"This is stronger than the adult division!"
The referee raised his hand and announced loudly—
"Contestant Trunks is out of bounds!"
"Contestant Hongrui wins!"
The crowd's cheers became even louder.
Trunks climbed up from the ground, covered in dust, his face filled with disbelief.
Vegeta was so angry his hair nearly stood on end.
"Useless!"
"You couldn't even beat a little girl!"
Molly hurriedly comforted him.
"Don't say that. Hongrui really is strong…"
"Hmph!"
Vegeta angrily turned his head away.
Next came the final match.
Hongrui versus Goten.
The two stood across from each other on the arena and smiled.
Goten gave her a thumbs-up.
"Hongrui, that Kamehameha just now was so cool!"
"Brother Goten, I won't hold back this time!"
After saying that, Hongrui immediately took her fighting stance.
The match began.
Both of them transformed into Super Saiyans, golden auras blazing across the arena.
Hongrui used the same trick again—
Clone technique.
But Goten was already prepared.
He suddenly closed his eyes and relied entirely on sensing her ki to find her true body.
Seeing Hongrui use the clones again, Goku looked slightly helpless.
A strange technique like that was enough once.
If used repeatedly, the opponent would naturally find a way to counter it.
Sure enough—
Within just a few seconds, Goten broke through her trick.
"Found you!"
Goten flashed behind Hongrui and threw a heavy punch.
Hongrui was struck and cried out as she was sent flying backward.
She was about to fall out of bounds—
But at the critical moment, she stopped herself in midair.
"She stopped!"
"Contestant Hongrui stopped herself!"
The referee cried out in shock.
"Incredible!"
"Such a young girl can already fly, and she controls it this well!"
Hongrui stabilized herself in the air, her small face now filled with seriousness.
She quickly formed hand signs again and instantly created five clones, surrounding Goten from all sides.
"This time, you won't see through me so easily!"
Seeing her use the same move again, Goku had already guessed the outcome.
Hongrui and her clones spoke at the same time, their voices coming from every direction.
But Goten simply grinned.
"Hongrui, your ki is way too obvious!"
He suddenly spun in place.
His golden tail swept out like a whip, instantly shattering all five clones.
The real Hongrui hurriedly retreated, but Goten had already predicted her movement.
He stepped forward and caught up instantly.
"Take this!"
In panic, Hongrui placed both hands beside her temples and shouted—
"Solar Flare!"
A blinding light exploded across the arena.
Goten instinctively shut his eyes.
Hongrui seized the opening and flew forward with a spinning kick.
But even though Goten couldn't see—
He still raised his hand with perfect accuracy and blocked the kick.
Then he grabbed her ankle.
Goten shouted happily—
"Got you!"
Goku had also covered his eyes because of the Solar Flare.
But when the white light faded and he saw Goten actually holding Hongrui in place, even he was surprised.
Children really did react quickly.
Goten's response to the Solar Flare was far too fast.
By fighting without relying on his eyes, he had directly broken her technique.
Goku couldn't help shouting—
"Amazing!"
"That was amazing!"
Goten held Hongrui and gently swung her upward, throwing her into the air.
Hongrui flipped midair and quickly stabilized herself.
Then she gathered energy in both hands again and shouted—
"Masenko!!"
In an instant, a green beam of energy blasted toward Goten.
Goten remained calm, as though he had already prepared for this.
He placed both hands at his waist.
"Kaaa… meee… haaa… meee… HAA!"
A blue-white energy wave surged upward to meet it.
BOOM!
The two beams collided violently before exploding apart.
Hongrui was caught in the blast and cried out as she was sent flying backward.
Snow stood up in panic.
"Hongrui!"
Goku watched Hongrui's falling trajectory closely.
Just before she was about to hit the ground—
He used Instant Transmission and appeared beneath her, catching her securely in his arms.
Hongrui's scream stopped immediately.
"Dad…"
Goku smiled.
"Hongrui, you lost."
Hongrui puffed out her cheeks.
"It's your fault!"
"If you hadn't caught me, maybe I wouldn't have touched the ground!"
Goku gently tapped her nose.
"Don't keep using the same trick over and over."
"Once someone sees through it, it becomes easy to catch your weakness."
"Oh…"
"I know."
The referee hesitated awkwardly.
"Uh… contestant Hongrui should technically count as out of bounds…"
"But she was caught before touching the ground…"
"So how should this be judged…?"
Before the referee could make a decision—
Hongrui shouted toward the arena.
"I surrender!"
The referee's face brightened immediately.
He raised his hand and announced loudly—
"Contestant Hongrui has surrendered!"
"Contestant Son Goten wins!"
The moment Goten was declared champion, Vegeta's face in the audience turned even uglier.
"Damn it!"
"Son Goten won the championship!"
"That means Trunks didn't even get second place!"
Molly gently held his arm.
"Don't be angry. They're still children. There will be plenty of chances in the future."
In the end—
Son Goten won the championship.
Hongrui became runner-up.
And Trunks got nothing at all.
During the award ceremony, Chi-Chi and Snow happily clapped, took photos, and showed off the prize money.
Meanwhile—
Vegeta had already left early in anger.
Seeing Trunks covered in dust with a bitter expression on his face, Molly crouched down and comforted him gently.
"Trunks, don't be sad."
"Keep training hard from now on."
"Next time, you can win it back."
Trunks looked up at his mother.
Then he clenched his fists.
"Yeah!"
"I'll train hard like Dad!"
"Next time, I'll definitely beat both of them!"
Molly rubbed Trunks' hair and smiled.
"That's my good boy."
Trunks immediately looked up.
"No."
"I'm not a good boy."
"I'm a man!"
Molly covered her mouth and laughed softly.
"Hehehe…"
"A good boy and a man don't conflict."
"But you're right."
"Trunks is a man."
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