MERCENARY TAO
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The ruthless, cold-blooded assassin hired by Commander Red who redefines early Dragon Ball's power ceiling. Tao famously kills General Blue using only his tongue, breaks a stone pillar off a building, and rides it through the air across continents to his target. He murders Bora in cold blood and delivers Goku's very first crushing defeat with his lethal Dodon Ray.
MERCENARY THROUGH THE ARCHIVE //
RED RIBBON ARMY //
Open page →The Army finally finds someone stronger than Goku
Mercenary Tao is not another Red Ribbon commander. He is an outside professional hired because the Army's own structure has failed to solve one child.
That matters immediately. Tao kills Bora, defeats Goku and leaves him alive only because the Four-Star Ball absorbs the blast that should have finished him. For once, Goku cannot keep moving forward by treating the next Red Ribbon obstacle like the last one.
The loss sends him up Korin Tower, where Sacred Water turns out to be training disguised as a shortcut.
That matters immediately. Tao kills Bora, defeats Goku and leaves him alive only because the Four-Star Ball absorbs the blast that should have finished him. For once, Goku cannot keep moving forward by treating the next Red Ribbon obstacle like the last one.
The loss sends him up Korin Tower, where Sacred Water turns out to be training disguised as a shortcut.
Why it matters
Red Ribbon accidentally pays for the opponent who forces Goku into his next major leap as a martial artist.
