
Oolong's shapeshifting tricks run out of time as Goku chases the panicked pig through Aru Village, exposing the so-called demon as nothing more than a lazy swindler whose stolen girls were living in pampered luxury all along.
Just as Oolong squares up against Goku, he suddenly notices the hour and bolts. Goku takes off after him but loses the trail almost immediately. A small piglet points him toward where the bull supposedly ran, though that piglet is Oolong himself in his true shape. The chase reveals the rules of his power: he can shift forms freely for five minutes, after which he must wait a full minute before shifting again.
Back in the village, Oolong's cooldown ends and he morphs into a hulking ramen-carrying creature, threatening to drop Goku into boiling broth. The moment fizzles when a village boy fires a slingshot at him and stings his finger, planting doubts in Goku about how tough this monster really is. Trying a new angle, Oolong dares Goku to smash a stack of bricks, and Goku splits them effortlessly with a single finger.
Panicking, Oolong becomes a bat and flees, but Goku catches him almost instantly on the Flying Nimbus. A failed attempt to become a rocket ends the second his timer runs out, leaving the pig exposed. Goku drags him back so the villagers can see their tormentor for what he is. Led by Oolong on a leash, the group walks to his enormous mansion and finds the missing girls living in comfort, worked only as attendants.
Later, Bulma pilots a boat down a river with Goku and Oolong in tow, having decided his abilities could prove useful on the hunt. Oolong tries to back out until Bulma teases that the weather is warm enough she may start sleeping in her underwear, which instantly convinces him to stay. A casual pat from Goku confirms Oolong is male, much to the pig's outrage.
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