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Part A

As the last round of the Zen Exhibition Match is about to begin, the assembled gods are still alarmed at the prospect of their universes being wiped out if they lose in the upcoming Tournament of Power. Champa wonders if he could escape and save himself if need be, but Vados assures him that would never work. One cannot oppose the Omni-King and get away with it, after all.

Goku’s opponent introduces himself as “Crusher Bergamo”, the eldest brother of the “Trio de Dangers” siblings. Although his universe may have the lowest “mortal level” ranking, Bergamo accuses Goku of being far worse, since he is the one responsible for this deadly tournament. He is the true enemy of all the universes!

Bergamo suggests that if he wins, the rule for destroying losing universes should be abolished. The gods seem to agree with Bergamo and blame Goku, but Goku remains unfazed. Eventually the two Omni-Kings somewhat reluctantly agree to Bergamo’s suggestion. However, the Great Priest specifies that Goku must not hold back in his fight. If he does, the Omni-Kings will immediately destroy all the universes! Goku’s more than happy to comply.

On the sidelines, Cae, the Kaiōshin of Universe 11, asks the Universe 11 warrior Toppo what he thinks of Goku. Toppo vows to watch this match closely to size him up. The other gods ask Champa why Goku is so rude around Omni-King, and why Omni-King and the Great Priest let him get away with it. Even for someone of such a low mortal level, this defies comprehension!

The Universe 1 gods taunt Champa, since thanks to their universe’s high mortal level they are exempt from the tournament. Their universe’s high mortal level is due to providing good leadership, so the “god level” of their universes must be high too. Champa is quickly fed up with this sort of boasting from the top-ranked universes.

As the match begins the two fighters trade blows evenly, but then Bergamo stops and announces he will show Goku why he is known as “Crusher Bergamo”. He proceeds to allow Goku to hit him repeatedly, but after without showing any damage he begins to grow larger.

Rou explains that Bergamo transfers the energy he receives from his opponent’s attacks into his own power, countering with twice the power he was hit with. Goku is unimpressed, since that sort of ability is fairly common. As Bergamo grows larger and larger, he begins shooting waves of ki blasts at Goku, who now seems to be forced to keep on dodging.

Bergamo is now gigantic, but Goku hides on his back, then attacks his knees to knock him down. Bergamo has become so big that he has more blind spots. Bergamo doesn’t care though, he will just get even stronger! Indeed, Goku seems happy to keep on attacking Bergamo despite the fact that it just keeps powering him up. On the sidelines, Gohan speculates that this is because Goku is always more excited the stronger his opponent is.

Part B

Goku transforms into Super Saiyan Blue, and Rou is amazed to see that he has power on par with a gods. Even Sidra is impressed that Universe 7 has someone like this, but Goku is not done yet. To feed Bergamo even more power, he uses the Kaiō-Ken technique on top of Blue, and fires off a massive Kamehameha. Bergamo counters with his special “Wolfgang Penetrator” blast, but in the end he is pushed back and enveloped by Goku’s attack.

As the blast clears, Bergamo has shrunk down to his regular size once more. Goku wants to keep on fighting, but Bergamo collapses, and the Great Priest declares Goku the winner. The Omni-Kings are impressed with Goku’s power; he definitely did not hold back! He prevailed by hitting Bergamo with more power than he could take, really cutting it close… just the way he always likes it.

Goku does not think that he really got to see Bergamo’s true power though, since Bergamo only ever used Goku’s own strength against him. So Goku looks forward to seeing Bergamo go all-out in the main tournament. But Bergamo’s not as carefree as Goku: he warns Goku that all the other universes will surely target Universe 7 in the main tournament, so it is only a matter of time before they are destroyed. But Goku confidently challenges all strong fighters to take him on.

The Future Omni-King confirms that he is satisfied with the “Zen Exhibition Match”. It was a big success! Now the Great Priest explains the rules for the upcoming main event, and shows off the arena that will be used in the World of Void. If you knock your opponent out of the arena, you win. Simple, right? If your opponent is knocked unconscious inside the arena, you will still have to throw them out of bounds.

In addition, the use of weapons is prohibited (not counting techniques, of course), and it is forbidden to kill your opponent. Bukūjutsu and other techniques for flying through the air will not work in the World of Void. You must win through simple power alone! Obviously strategy will be important, too.

The match time will be limited to one hundred “takk”, or in Earth terms, forty-eight minutes. Everyone wonders if each round is that long, how long will the entire tournament take?! But the Great Priest explains that there will only be a single round; a battle royale between eighty fighters (ten from each of the eight competing universes). Thankfully, it’s a big arena!

At the end of the time limit, the universe with the most contestants still in the ring will win. Or alternatively, if only one contestant is left standing before the time limit expires, then that contestant’s universe will win. This all means team work will be very important… which was never been Goku’s strong suit, but that’s what they have Gohan for!

One single match to decide the fate of eight universes… the gods find this pretty extreme. The Great Priest is done talking, but then Toppo suddenly jumps into the ring. He wants to talk with Goku! Toppo introduces himself as the leader of the Pride Troopers from Universe 11, and a warrior of freedom. He challenges Goku to battle, warning that if Goku has an evil heart he will not be a match for him. Goku is happy, since he was not quite satisfied from his fight with Bergamo… and he is intrigued by Toppo’s insistence that he is evil…

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