The Flexing of Muscle Tower

An Open Invitation

As Goku searches for any sign of the kidnapped Jingle Village Chief, General White's voice suddenly booms out of the tower's loudspeakers asking what the intruder wants. The general assumes the boy has come up from Jingle Village and, in a show of twisted hospitality, invites him to step right inside. Within moments a detachment of guards on the second floor receives authorization to gun the child down, but their bullets and blades never find their mark. Goku dismantles them with such ease that he works himself into a sweat and peels off the thick winter gear Suno lent him, tossing it aside before continuing upward.

A Ninja and a Juggernaut

On the third floor General White and his subordinate Ninja Murasaki watch the footage with rising concern. Murasaki is forced to admit that the boy is impressive, though he confidently states that Major Metallitron will almost certainly handle the intrusion before it ever reaches the fourth floor, where the ninja himself stands guard. Goku climbs the staircase and finds a hulking armored figure waiting for him. Metallitron silently points to the next set of steps and announces that Goku will have to get past him before he can use them.

A Hug That Crushes

Goku opens the engagement with a string of fast strikes that seem to do nothing, and his confidence balloons so quickly that he shouts a triumphant "Fighto" after his initial flurry, convinced that the famous Muscle Tower is no challenge at all. The towering soldier has other ideas. In a sudden burst of violence Metallitron seizes Goku in a bear hug and begins crushing him with terrifying pressure, squeezing the air out of his lungs. Goku wriggles free through sheer determination and hammers his opponent across the room with a solid kick into the wall. Metallitron thumps to the floor, but before Goku can celebrate, the enormous fighter hauls himself back upright as if nothing has happened, leaving the boy blinking in genuine shock.