Jackie had wanted to face Ranfawn, but was paired
against Yamcha, and wins his match. Ranfawn uses her feminine
wiles, but Namu is desperately hoping to win the cash prize so
that he
can buy water for his dying village -- Namu overcomes his moral
sense,
and knocks her out. Yamcha thinks that Jackie's
"dirty-old-man"
reaction to the girl is somehow familiar, and he accuses Chun of
being
Kamesennin. Gokuu fights Gilan, who uses a rubber phlegm to
entrap our
hero. As Gilan swoops in for the kill, Gokuu gets his tail free,
and
finally his entire body. Realizing that he's about to be pounded
into a
pulp, Gilan forfeits the round.
There is now an interview with "the two kids," Gokuu
and Kiririn.
When asked how old he is, Gokuu gets it wrong. After, Jackie
complains
about not being interviewed himself, takes the mike, and breaks
into a
"dirty old man" rap (in the TV series, this is really
funny.) Gokuu
joins in.
In round two, Kiririn faces Jackie Chun. He's getting beaten
badly,
but some of the action is going by so fast that the announcer
asks the
two to recreate one of the attacks in slow-motion. Then, Kiririn
tries
using "the panty attack." Chun's reaction convinces
Yamcha that Jackie
and Kamesennin are the same person. Jackie is knocked out of the
ring,
and has to use Kamehame-ha to propel himself back. This sends the
announcer into a fit, since Kamesennin is the only person in the
world
capable of using it -- Jackie now makes it two (although, Yamcha
knows better.) One of Jackie's other tricks is the "fake
image": when
you move away so fast that it looks like you're still standing in
place.
Finally, Kiririn charges Jackie, and is simply knocked out.
Yamcha confronts Jackie, first accusing the old pervert of having
fake
hair, and then having a fake head. When Gokuu tries checking
Chun's
scent, they discover that Chun uses perfume.
In his round, Gokuu faces Namu, and uses the "fake
image" technique
himself. Yamcha is impressed at Gokuu's ability to pick up a
skill like
that, but Jackie is more impressed that Namu is not deceived by
it.
Gokuu tries a "whirlwind" attack that nearly succeeds
except that Gokuu
gets so dizzy that he makes himself sick. Eventually, he does win
through sheer speed and power. Namu gracefully accepts the fact
that
he's let his village down, but feels that a miracle has occurred
when
Jackie gives him a "rain-maker" capsule and tells him
that Jackie really is
Kamesennin. Chun explains that to win the competition requires
that you
do more than just fight. Gokuu and Kiririn are strong, but
inexperienced, so Chun is there to teach them how to win. To
return
Jackie's favor, and to further confuse the issue, Namu
impersonates
Kamesennin in the crowd, completely fooling Yamcha.
The last round starts with Gokuu opposite Jackie Chun. Jackie
attacks full-out, and gets in a good kick. He's sure that he's
won, but
Gokuu uses his tail to fly back into the ring. Gokuu suggests
having a
Kamehame-ha contest, and Jackie doesn't believe that the shrimp
knows
how to use that attack. But, Gokuu wins by a slight margin, and
Chun
uses his "fake image" attack ("wan pataan" =
"one pattern") but upgrades
it to be two patterns. Gokuu does him one better with a
"three pattern"
attack. The blow to his head is so strong, that Jackie nearly
gives
away his secret identity. Which is when he decides to try his
"drunken
fighting" style. This works quite well, but Gokuu recognizes
it as
something his dead grandfather had mastered, and wants to know
how
Jackie had learned it. Jackie remains silent, continuing his
attack,
when Gokuu decides to implement his "crazy fighting"
style. However, he
gets one of the kanji wrong and it becomes "mad dog"
style (which makes
Jackie even angrier.) The book ends at this point.
-- Curtis H. Hoffmann May 16, 1993