Chapter 315
Naturally, in Xiaya, Xiling, and Myers' eyes, the battle between Launch and Goku was child's play. Each time Launch and Goku clashed, they couldn't escape their eyes. Seeing that Goku was gradually being pushed into the corner, Xiaya smiled and shook his head, saying, "The battle is about to come to an end."
The outcome of this battle had actually been determined long ago. Furthermore, after fighting for such a long time, Blonde Launch was losing her patience.
Sure enough, after a while, Blonde Launch's attacks became even swifter and more violent; Blonde Launch's attacks, which were delicate like a willow branch swaying in the wind, had now transformed into a strong gust of wind in the blink of an eye. In a flash, Blonde-haired Launch's attacks became swift, fierce, and oppressive.
Raising her leg, moving across, waving her fists and attacking— these simple actions integrated together, quickly causing Goku to be unable to hold on.
Bang!
Suddenly, Goku was sent flying by a powerful kick and crashed into the corner of the courtyard. The granite wall immediately sank inwards, forming dense web-like cracks.
"Goku, are you all right?" Bulma shouted nervously and rushed forward to help him up.
Goku ma.s.saged the spot on his back which was struck, bared his teeth at Blonde Launch and shouted, "Ohhh, you are very powerful; I am clearly not your match!" Goku had a simple nature, and he understood himself clearly; so he wasn't pretentious at all. A loss was a loss, and he would frankly admit it if he lost.
This point moved Myers.
Compared to Kakarrot's forthrightness, every time she lost when training with Xiaya, Myers always looked for all kinds of excuses to justify her loss. Although she threw more tantrums, she was more or less only looking for excuses in her heart.
Bulma supported Goku and checked his body anxiously. Seeing the black and purple bruises on his body, she quickly took out a healing spray and sprayed it gently on the bruised parts of his body. The portable healing spray immediately took effect, and the bruises on Goku's body quickly disappeared.
At this time, Blonde Launch grinned and walked over. She bent down in front of Goku and reached out her hand to touch Goku's head, saying, "Kid, your skills are not bad, but I am much more powerful."
Blonde Launch raised her chin, in a pretty good mood. In the past, on Planet Hongshan, she couldn't even beat some young Saiyans, but now, she had knocked down Aunt Gine's youngest son, causing her heart to suddenly be filled with a great sense of accomplishment.
"Launch, you are really powerful, and I am not your opponent at all. No wonder Grandpa said that the world outside is very wonderful. I would have to continue training," Goku cheerfully said.
"Ha ha ha, I am strong, right?" Blonde Launch was immensely pleased with herself.
Bulma, on the side, grumbled, "You two are monsters, okay? Normal earthlings are not as powerful as you both." Soon, she focused her sight on the dragon ball in Myers' hands.
Myers understood what Bulma wanted, so she smiled, handed over the five-star dragon ball and said, "This dragon ball is now yours."
"Thank you!" Bulma happily took the dragon ball and, as if it was a treasure, carefully put it into her bag.
Then, Xiaya looked at the time, smiled and said, "It's almost lunchtime, so would you like to stay for dinner?"
"Okay!" Goku answered happily.
"No thanks!"
Bulma's answer, however, was completely different from Goku. She politely declined Xiaya and the others' repeated invitation to stay, directly pulled Goku away from the villa and quickly rushed towards their next destination. She wanted to quickly leave this place — the lair of a rich young master.
Looking at Bulma leaving hurriedly as if she had seen a dreadful monster, Xiaya shook his head and mused, 'Do I look like a monster that she is so scared of me?'
'She actually ran away after taking the dragon ball.'
"Tights' sister is really interesting," Xiling covered her mouth and giggled. "She is treating you like an evil young master, afraid that you will rob her."
"Well, I only wanted them to stay for lunch," Xiaya sighed and said.
Xiling turned around and seriously said, "Kakarrot's strength already falls behind by so much, so can he really become Super Saiyan in future?" She expressed doubts because of the strength that Goku was currently showing.
"Of course," Xiaya affirmed "Don't look down on Goku's current strength because there are also advantages to his slow growth in strength. At least, his comprehension of each stage will be much deeper. Haven't you noticed his open-minded personality? That's the key to his success."
The reason for Xiling's doubt was because she didn't know how Goku's Battle Power was in the original work when he first appeared; furthermore, the current Goku was much stronger than the original work's Goku.
"Umm, someone pure like Kakarrot can be said to be really unique amongst Saiyans," Xiling thought for a bit and also agreed.
Generally, Saiyans had a violent nature, whether they were strong or weak. Xiling and Myers were comparatively quite rational. A person's environment could influence their personality, and Planet Hongshan's atmosphere of learning martial arts was much better than Planet Vegeta's; however, it's impossible to thoroughly eradicate it.
"We can wait and see," Xiaya smiled and said. He wouldn't interfere in Goku's matters too much, and let him develop freely.
He was not afraid to disturb Goku's growth trajectory, but he simply felt that it was not necessary.
Currently, Xiaya had reached the Full Power Super Saiyan realm, but according to his Battle Power, his level was at Super Saiyan 2. With such a formidable strength, why would he care about this small Earth? To put it bluntly, Earth was like a small pond, and he simply didn't give a d.a.m.n about it.
For him, the real stage was the whole Universe 7 and even the entire multiverse. The so-called original work's storyline had already become inconsequential. It only gave him a bystander's delight but wasn't able to touch his heart.
Maybe it's because his level was too high that the small pond could not accommodate him, a dragon.
Furthermore, before he became a Super Saiyan, Frieza and the Androids were unsurmountable peaks in his eyes, but as he became stronger, his sights gradually rose. Now, Frieza and the Androids were already not his opponents, so his next target stretches beyond Majin Buu to opponents such as the even more powerful G.o.d of Destruction, Beerus!
On the other side, after leaving Xiaya's villa, Bulma and Goku immediately rushed to the next destination indicated on the dragon ball radar without stopping, because Bulma's holidays were only one month long. Now half of her holiday was already over, but she had still only collected 4 dragon b.a.l.l.s. Their time was a little rushed.
However, the previous successful harvest had made Bulma's mood very pleasant.
'There are only three more before I can summon Shenron,' Bulma mused happily.
Goku who was sitting on the Flying Nimbus, suddenly said to Bulma, "Bulma, what kind of wish would you like to make after you have found the dragon b.a.l.l.s?"
"Hee-hee, I want to find a handsome boyfriend!" Bulma giggled, lost in her fantasies.
Bulma was lost in the fantasies of little girls her age; saying it in coa.r.s.e words, she was being a love-struck fool. If the current Goku didn't know a little more about the worldly concepts compared to the Goku of the original work, with Bulma's character, she would have perhaps already been taken advantage of by someone.
It must be known that in the early days of the dragon ball, Bulma was taken advantage of many times.
"Oh," Goku replied.
"Goku, what about you? Will you follow that old man to learn martial arts in the future?"
"Umm, Grandpa Master Ros.h.i.+'s martial arts are very amazing. I still want to grow stronger." Thinking of his battle with the Blonde Launch, Goku especially discovered that there were still many areas that he was lacking in.
"It's not bad that you want to learn martial arts, but you must not learn the lecherous habits of that old man or I will not be friends with you," Bulma said as she recalled Master Ros.h.i.+'s lecherous look when they first met. Her belly was still full of fire, so she exhorted Goku to not be led astray.
"Um, I know." Goku repeatedly nodded.
The two of them chatted, as their adventurous days pa.s.sed.
The storyline also continued to progress. Goku and Bulma got the fifth dragon ball from a small mountain village which was hara.s.sed by a demon, and at the same time, they caught a pig called Oolong. In order to prevent Oolong from continuing to do evil, they tied up Oolong and gave him a pill that Bulma had invented, and then, they brought it together with them on their journey.
However, at this time, Bulma was careless and lost the whole box of Hoi-Poi Capsules, and in the end, she had no choice but to drive Oolong's House wagon to continue on the journey.
According to the direction indicated by the dragon ball radar, their next destination was the blistering-hot Fire Mountain, and because it had an active underground volcano, there was a blistering-hot area of a hundred li surrounding it.
Fire Mountain was blistering-hot like a frying pan, and as Bulma and Goku approached it, the ample water source in the surroundings gradually disappeared; the environment became harsher, and the temperature rose.
Yellow sand and raging heat filled the sky above the desert.
There were no tree and vegetation around, only hollow stalagmite pillars in the middle. Such a strange environment could be seen everywhere in the Dragon Ball World. Although this type of stalagmite pillars and protruding barren-hills were rare on Earth, they could still be found everywhere.
Here, Goku met the desert robber, Yamcha, but Yamcha was nowhere near Goku's opponent with Goku's current strength; thus, Yamcha was defeated in a few seconds, and because the strength revealed by Goku
"Master Yamcha, are you okay?" After Goku and others left, Puar flew over and tried to help Yamcha up.
Cough! Cough!
"I… I am fine. I didn't think that brat would be so powerful. I was really careless!" Yamcha coughed and exclaimed.
"What do we do next? Give up that target?" Puar asked worriedly.
Yamcha carried a big sword on his shoulder as he said ruthlessly, "I am the desert bandit Yamcha. How can I easily give up! Puar, we must follow them closely and rob their money and Hoi-Poi Capsules."
"OK!" Puar nodded, and then the master and servant duo began to follow them.
Next, Bulma and others arrived at the Fire Mountain very smoothly, with Yamcha following closely behind. When they saw Fire Mountain which was surrounded by raging flames, both Goku and Bulma were shocked.
As the Ox King of the Fire Mountain saw the Flying Nimbus, he arranged a marriage match with Goku. Soon, he also learned that Goku was the grandson of his senior brother, Gohan.
"If I have the Bansho Fan of the Martial Arts Master, I will definitely be able to extinguish the large fire." Dressed in mainstream clothes, he said in reverence. Although Ox King looked fierce and intimidating, he was not an evil person. He also admired Master Ros.h.i.+ very much. At this time, he was like an NPC that advanced the development of the storyline.
"Would it be fine as long as the large fire is extinguished?" Goku asked.
"Yes," The Ox king affirmed.
"Leave it to me!" Goku said as he jumped down from the Flying Nimbus, patted his chest, and then began to condense Ki while facing the burning castle.
Seeing Goku's movements, Oolong asked in surprise, "What is Goku doing? Could it be he wants to extinguish the large fire by himself?"
Bulma slapped Oolong's head and scolded, "Why are you speaking so much? Just watch carefully." After that, she seriously stared at Goku.
Unlike the original work, although Goku was still just a little brother in Bulma's eyes, she obviously had much more trust in him.
Goku calmly stood at the foot of the Fire Mountain. He held his breath and concentrated with an extremely serious expression. At this time, the imposing aura around his body became powerful and dominating. He slowly lifted his hands apart to the top of his head, opened his fingers, and then he slowly began to close them, a.s.suming the starting gesture of the Kamehameha.
"Ka!"
"Me!"
Goku closed his palms and moved them to his waist, and as a cyclone began to circulate, a strong aura gathered between his palms, and it started exuding heat!
"Ha!"
As more energy gathered between his palms, the faster its quant.i.ty changed to quality, as it shone with a dazzling light-blue l.u.s.ter. At the same time, a majestic feeling arose, giving people a dreamy feeling.
At this time, Ox King suddenly exclaimed, "Ha ha ha, this is the Martial Arts Master's unique skill—Kamehameha! He is really worthy of being senior brother Gohan's grandson; he has unexpectedly already learned Kamehameha…"
"Wukong's energy wave is very powerful." Bulma felt honored, looking proud.
This scene also happened to be seen by the desert bandit Yamcha and his little companion, Puar, were hiding behind a broken wall. Their eyes opened wide as an unprecedented pressure rose in their hearts.
"So that is the legendary Kamehameha? d.a.m.n it! This little brat has such a legendary move… It will be even more difficult to defeat him." Yamcha tightly clenched his fists, and gritted his teeth in unwillingness.
The more energy gathered in Goku's hands, the more the radiant ball of light gleamed like the sun. Because the Fire Mountain was enormous beyond imagination, in order to extinguish the whole burning mountain, Goku would've to use his entire strength, so he built up this "Kamehameha" for a particularly long time.
"Ha!!" As the last character was uttered, it seemed as if all the energy had suddenly gathered together and started to operate.
Goku pushed the palms, placed at his waist, forward.
Suddenly, a radiant and gleaming energy wave broke through the sky, like a giant pillar standing between heaven and earth. A powerful energy wave—s.h.i.+ning with a bright blue light—swiftly shot out, and then accompanied by a ring-like cyclone surrounding it, the seething energy immediately swept through everything around it like a tornado.
Everyone present felt pain in their eyes because of the gorgeous blue light, forcing them to shut their eyes. Then, the wind whistled and the ground trembled., and as a huge fireball rose above the Fire Mountain, their line of sight became blurry.
When the chaos settled, the dense smoke and energy airflow dissipated, and Bulma and Yamcha opened their eyes and were shocked to discover an unbelievable sight before them.
In their blurred vision, the large fire had already been extinguished, and the whole Fire Mountain had disappeared…
"The whole mountain has been… destroyed!" Bulma stared with a dumbstruck look. At this moment, Goku's mighty and brave image began to take root in her heart, which was impossible to get rid off. Great waves couldn't help but appear in her small heart.
Yamcha, who was hiding in the corner was badly frightened. His clenched fists trembled as he said with a stammer, "Monster… this monster has… has destroyed the whole Fire Mountain…"
Yamcha bit his teeth as his face revealed a fierce look. Suddenly, as if facing a majestic mountain, he found him to unreachable.
"d.a.m.n it, I won't lose to him."
After that, Goku and Bulma achieved what they wanted and found a seven-star dragon ball amongst the ruins of Ox King's collapsed castle. Now, only the last dragon ball was left on their quest.
After bidding farewell to the Ox King, Bulma and Goku continued on their journey, while Yamcha could only give up following Goku and others with extreme unwillingness and resentment because he knew that with his current strength, there was no possibility of defeating the other side. He still needed to continue training, and maybe one day, he would defeat Goku with his own hands.
"Wait for me, Goku. I will definitely defeat you by my own hands!" Yamcha vowed in his heart.
However, the trajectory of the storyline had deviated here.
In the original work, Goku would promise to marry Chi-Chi in the future on the Fire Mountain and lay a foreshadowing for his future marriage, but at this time, because the Ox King's daughter, Chi-Chi, was still hurrying on her way to Kame House, she missed the occasion to meet with Goku.
So, the marriage between Goku and Chi-Chi could not be discussed.
If Xiaya was here, he would definitely sigh. The storyline had already deviated! Initially, he especially hid a dragon ball in the Ox King's castle in order to not break the marriage between Goku and Chichi; however G.o.d's plans supersede our own, and now it seems to be impossible.
However, considering it from another angle, this was not necessarily a bad thing for Chi-Chi.
Both youngsters, Goku and Chi-Chi, in the original work carelessly agreed to marry in their ignorant state. At first, Chi-Chi's fancy for Goku may be a kind of admiration for a strong person, and as time elapsed, it slowly became love. Such a choice may seem very romantic, but the price was also very huge. It almost exhausted Chi-Chi's youth in the latter half of life to maintain this difficult life.
Goku was a person who was not able to support the family. He had his mind set on training, and all the trivial matters in life were pushed on Chi-Chi alone. Moreover, not even a few years had pa.s.sed after marriage, that Goku died due to Saiyans arrival. After returning from Planet Namek, not even three years had pa.s.sed and he again died when the Androids incident occurred.
In just a few years, during the Majin Buu Saga, Chi-Chi seemed to have suddenly aged a lot and could not compare with Bulma of the same age.
It could be said that after marrying Goku, Chi-chi did not even have a few years of a happy life…
If there is no fate, it is not necessarily a bad thing!
However, if one was not a fish, how could they know the joys of a fish. Maybe Chi-Chi in the original work liked this kind of dull and 'being busy for the family' life. As the storyline deviated, the future path seemed to have a different development.
Returning to our story, after obtaining the sixth dragon ball, Bulma and Goku met the Rabbit Gang and defeated them. Goku also met the first boss in the Dragonball storyline — Emperor Pilaf.
Of course, the so-called "boss" was only when concerning the original storyline, and as for the current Goku, Pilaf was only a minor character; Goku dispatched him in two or three seconds, and there was no later scene of transforming into a Great Ape in the prison cell.
"Bulma, you can summon Shenron now!" Goku giggled as he gave his four-star dragon ball to Bulma.
Finally, all the seven dragon b.a.l.l.s were gathered in Bulma's hands.
Bulma looked at the seven s.h.i.+ny dragon b.a.l.l.s on the ground with an excited expression. She gratefully glanced at Goku and then loudly chanted the incantation to summon Shenron.
"Come out, Shenron!"
As soon as her voice fell, the seven dragon b.a.l.l.s suddenly erupted out with a golden glow, as dark clouds gathered in the sky, and then it turned pitch-black, causing the surroundings to fall into frightening darkness.
"Ahh, why did the sky become dark all of a sudden?"
It was Bulma's first time summoning Shenron, so these frightening changes startled her. She stared at the sky which had already turned pitch-black and felt frightened in her heart, and her body couldn't help but retreat to Goku's side.
Goku's countenance also turned grave, and he stood in front of Bulma while holding the Power Pole as if he was facing a powerful enemy.
In a small town thousands of miles away, Xiaya was holding a teacup and sipping tea. He stared at the pitch-black sky and mused, 'Goku and Bulma are quite fast. They summoned Shenron so quickly. Would they also waste a wish as they did in the original work?'
In the original work, Shenron was summoned during nighttime, but now he was being summoned during the daytime. Xiaya guessed that the storyline may have changed a bit. However, Xiaya didn't know that the change in the storyline was beyond his imagination.
At the same time, people around the world were also discussing the sudden reversal of day and night, and they couldn't help but speculate if it was a solar eclipse.
Rumble! Rumble!
Golden lightning, like an angry lightning serpent, continuously struck down from the dark sky, and then after some build up, with a loud dragon roar resounding throughout the world, Shenron's green figure charged through the dark clouds.
"People who have gathered the dragon b.a.l.l.s, say thy wis.h.!.+"
The rough and loud voice spread throughout the wilderness like the sound of a bell. The imposing aura frightened the small animals in the surroundings into hiding.
"So, Shenron looks like this… he looks so frightening!" Bulma exclaimed. She was scared by Shenron's shocking aura and took a while to react.
"Shenron, I want to find a handsome boyfriend, ah no… forget it! I hope that I and my family will be healthy forever!" Bulma was about to make a wish, but quickly stopped and changed her wish instead; she wished for her family to be healthy.
Perhaps in her subconsciousness, she also felt that it was absurd to have Shenron give her a boyfriend.
"Thy wish is very easy!"
Shenron was silent for a while, and then, his eyes glowed red and Bulma's wish was fulfilled. At the same time, Bulma felt her brain reinvigorate and her body become a lot stronger.
"Thy wish has been fulfilled, goodbye." After that, Shenron soared into the sky and again turned into seven dragon b.a.l.l.s in midair; the dragon b.a.l.l.s rotated a few times in the sky and flew towards different parts of the world. Even Goku's four-star ball disappeared.
"Ahhh! Sorry, Goku. I didn't know that the dragon b.a.l.l.s will fly away after Shenron fulfills the wish," After the sky again turned bright again, Bulma put her palms together in front of her and apologized to Goku.
Goku shook his head and said, "It's fine. I'll find Grandpa's four-star dragon ball later."
"But it is written in the doc.u.ments that after fulfilling a wish, a dragon ball will only again appear after one year," Bulma looked at Goku and said apologetically.
"It's okay. But Bulma, didn't you want to find a boyfriend? Why did you change your mind in the end?" Goku asked in surprise.
Bulma's pretty face was red as she said embarra.s.sedly, "I had originally intended to, but I suddenly felt that it would be meaningless to do so; or are you saying that this miss is afraid that she won't find a boyfriend with her natural beauty?"
"Um um, Bulma is very beautiful," Goku rea.s.sured her.
"Obviously!" Bulma's eyes were like clear water, as her face burst into a peach blossom-like smile.
"Oh and Goku, you are going to Master Ros.h.i.+'s place to learn martial arts later, right? I am warning you, you must not get infected with bad habits like Master Ros.h.i.+!"
"I know." Goku nodded and asked, "Bulma, are you also going back?"
"Yeah, I came out as I had holidays. I have to go to school after I go back. If you have time in the future, you can come to West City to look for me. When you arrive in West City, you can ask any random person, and you'll find my home."
"Ok!" Goku agreed.
After that, Goku and Bulma went to a nearby city, and she paid for Goku to have a hearty meal in a family restaurant. Only the sounds of bowls and chopsticks colliding could be heard. Soon, the small table was stacked with half-person high plates.
Bulma cupped her chin in her hands and looked at Goku gorging himself in amazement. She thought to herself, 'If I didn't have enough money on me, he really wouldn't have been able to afford the meal.'
"Goku, your appet.i.te is really good," Bulma praised.
"Because I practice martial arts, I can eat a whole dinosaur during a meal!" Goku said as he peeked his head out from the small mountain of bowls and plates.
Bulma rolled her eyes and said, "That's just your appet.i.te. I haven't seen any martial artist that can eat like you."
Goku listened with a chuckle and urged the boss of the restaurant continue to serve more meals. The boss of the restaurant hotel was constantly wiping the cold sweat, urging the kitchen to hurriedly prepare food.
Bulma leaned against the corner of the table, propped her chin, and suddenly felt very interested. This strange little boy had left a deep impression in her heart.
After eating to his heart's content, Bulma officially separated from Goku. Bulma was going to go back to her home in West City, and Goku was going to Master Ros.h.i.+'s place to learn more profound martial arts.
"Goku, come visit me later in West City. This is my communication device, so contact me regularly in the future." Bulma handed a small communication device to Goku, and then also stuffed the dragon ball radar into his hand.
"Umm, I will keep in touch!" Goku nodded and curiously fiddled with the communication device.
After that, the young boy and girl went to their own respective lives after the not-so-long journey, but the memories of spending this one month together had been engraved in their minds like a wonderful movie.
On the other side of Earth.
A small town was surrounded by tall mountains as far as the eyes could see. In a place dozens of kilometers away from the town and amidst a green forest, mountains and rivers, a tall and st.u.r.dy young man was sitting erect under a waterfall like an old monk sitting in meditation, allowing the rapidly flowing water to hit his body.
Hualala!
The turbulent currents poured down on his body, putting great pressure on the young man under the waterfall.
Suddenly, the young man opened his eyes, and a glistening electric light exploded from his eyes. He suddenly spread out his arms which were covered in muscles; instantly, energy seethed, and the rapid waterfall froze for a short moment. After a few seconds, the water flow charged down again from a height of 100 meters.
On the side, a short person was floating in the air, as he continuously controlled several hundreds of piece of rocks around him to make regular movements.
After noticing the reaction of the young man under the waterfall, the short person suddenly directed a watermelon-sized rock to smash towards the waterfall.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A splash appeared, as the young man under the waterfall rapidly threw out punches and kicks, crus.h.i.+ng the entire rock.
"Tien s.h.i.+n, my training is over." The short person floating in the air said and landed on the ground; the green martial arts robe on his body had gotten wet from the water.
"Umm." Tien s.h.i.+nhan grunted and jumped out from under the waterfall. He jumped to the sh.o.r.e and put on his clothes. These two people, who were training near the waterfall, were the disciples of Crane School—Tien s.h.i.+nhan and Chiaotzu.