Journey Nearing Its End

"What's going on? Kid Goku seems a bit listless lately? And why isn't he riding the Flying Nimbus anymore?"

Bulma, driving an SUV, looked at Kid Goku, who was panting and still running alongside the car, and asked him a question with some curiosity.

You should know that Kid Goku used to ride in an off-road vehicle without any effort. Even if he ran for a whole day, he would only break a light sweat.

But now, seeing him covered in sweat and panting, something just doesn't seem right. Not to mention, he doesn't even ride the Flying Nimbus anymore. When he first got the Kid Goku Flying Nimbus, he would ride it all day and wouldn't want to get off.

"That's his special training. See those two bracelets on Kid Goku's wrist? Those are called Gravity Bracelets. Kid Goku is currently under a gravity field ten times stronger than normal."

"With this kind of gravitational field, the Flying Nimbus can't drag him, and running while carrying the gravitational field would also have a great training effect on him."

Ten times the gravity? Bulma stuck out her tongue. Let alone ten times the gravity, even ten times the weight would be enough to crush someone, right?

This kid in front of me is running around like nothing happened. Is this guy a monster?

Vegapunk could sense even more. Although he didn't have a way of sensing ki, his incredibly precise Observation Haki allowed him to sense the burgeoning life Magnetic Field emanating from Kid Goku.

Despite wearing two bracelets for only two days, judging from the life Magnetic Field, Kid Goku's strength has nearly doubled.

If things continue like this, it's uncertain whether Master Roshi will be able to defeat Kid Goku when he goes to become a Kid Goku at the Turtle School.

Not to mention the World Martial Arts Tournament later on, where Jackie Chan, who was actually Sage Transformation Jackie Chun, would probably have been badly beaten.

If things continue to develop this way, it's entirely possible that Kid Goku could defeat Piccolo without even drinking the Ultra Divine Water.

But... wouldn't that be interesting?

Vegapunk smiled slightly as he looked at Kid Goku, who was still running hard. He thought to himself that he should develop more training machines for him, and wondered how strong Son Goku would become with his help.

As evening approached, the group arrived at another village, but the entire village was eerily quiet, without a soul in sight.

Of course, Vegapunk's Observation Haki had already sensed the villagers hiding in the houses. If he was not mistaken, this should be Oolong.

Oolong is a pig-headed Orks with the ability to transform. Of course, his transformation ability is similar to the Transformation Technique in the Ninja World; it can only be considered a kind of illusion, and he has a five-minute time limit.

However, unlike the Transformation Technique in ordinary Ninjutsu, this Transformation Technique can create an appearance much larger than the original body, and compared to pure Genjutsu Transformation Technique, it can also have a certain physical form.

In other words, while the strength remains unchanged, the person can inflate like a balloon, adding an effect to scare people, compared to the Transformation Technique of the Ninja World.

These unfortunate villagers were terrified. What was clearly a piglet that could be easily defeated had easily deceived the entire village. Not only were their daughters taken away, but they also had to suffer from repeated Oolong attempts.

Of course, Oolong himself didn't get away with it either. He extorted money from the villagers, and the villagers' daughters turned around and extorted money from him. It was a case of karma coming back to haunt him.

Seeing that there wasn't a single villager out and about, Bulma knocked on the door, somewhat puzzled, only to find that it didn't seem to be locked.

Just as Bulma was about to push open the door and go in, Vegapunk suddenly pulled her back. A flash of cold light appeared, and a huge axe smashed directly in front of Bulma.

Bulma saw a few strands of her blue hair slowly falling down before she realized what was happening. Her face turned deathly pale, and she almost wet herself in fright.

"What do you want to do?! Are you trying to kill someone?!"

Seeing the middle-aged male villager pulling out an axe in the room, Bulma trembled all over. She hurriedly reached around her waist, pulled out a pistol, and pointed it at the villager in front of her.

However, the villager seemed even more frightened than Bulma. When he saw her pull out a gun, he was so scared that he raised his hands and surrendered.

"I'm so sorry, I really thought it was the King of Oolong! I'm so sorry!"

"Is saying sorry enough? You almost killed me! Should I shoot you twice before you apologize?!"

Bulma spoke angrily, but ultimately did not fire the shot.

In the original story, it was actually Kid Goku who was supposed to push open the door, but Kid Goku was immediately chopped up by a villager's axe.

However, this time, Kid Goku was exhausted from the gravity training and ended up at the back of the group, which is why he didn't open the door immediately.

An attack that could create a large bump on Kid Goku's head would have been far more than just a split open head if it had been Bulma. She might have even chopped off his Delia. Luckily, Vegapunk stopped her, or this genius young lady would probably be dead.

Although he was startled by Bulma's pistol and volatile temper, he ultimately realized he was in the wrong. The middle-aged villager quickly invited the group into his house and explained to Kid Goku and his friends the reason for his wariness.

There's not much to say after that. It was just an Oolong. It couldn't possibly cause any trouble for someone as reckless as Kid Goku, let alone with Vegapunk who already knew his true nature.

The moment Oolong arrived in the village, Vegapunk struck him with a bolt of Inazuma, nearly turning him into a roasted pig.

The unlucky Oolong was quickly beaten up by the villagers, who then released the girls he had abducted. The villagers discovered that their daughters had not suffered any torment and were actually doing much better than they had in the village.

This is why Oolong didn't actually turn into a roast suckling pig in the end. Finally, after the Dragon Ball Team received the Six-Star Ball and a pig that Transformation Technique five minutes, they embarked on a new journey.

In the Desert, Yamcha, who jumped out to rob, was beaten black and blue by Kid Goku in no time. Even though Kid Goku was hungry this time, his fighting power had almost tripled under the development of ten times gravity, and Yamcha still couldn't stop him.

After Kid Goku and the others left, Yamcha, who was lying on the ground looking like a lazy bum, finally made up his mind—to go and train properly!

Well, because he was defeated by Kid Goku without any chance to fight back this time, unlike in the original story where there was at least some back and forth, Yamcha was severely stimulated and lost all interest in the Dragon Ball. Instead, he decided to wait until he had mastered his skills and then go find Kid Goku to beat him up.

"Where should I go to train...? I heard that on a nearby island, there lives the legendary martial arts master, Master Mutaito. Why don't I give it a try there!"

"Puar, let's go! Next time, no matter what kind of opponent we face, I will definitely not be as helpless as I was this time!"

"Yes, Young Yamcha!"

Unaware that his butterfly effect had inadvertently altered the plot, Vegapunk used his Observation Haki to scan for a long time but still couldn't find any trace of Yamcha following him, and in the end, the matter could only be left unresolved.

After that, Bulma followed the Dragon Radar's senses and quickly found the Fire Mountain, where she also encountered Ox-King and Chi-Chi. However, Ox-King was defeated with a single punch in front of the enhanced Kid Goku.

After being beaten up, the Ox-King, who had been insane, immediately came to his senses—if he hadn't, he probably would have been killed by the now-enhanced version of Sun Wukong.

"So, the Dragon Ball must be on that Fire Mountain! But the flames on that mountain can't be extinguished so easily, can they?"

Bulma frowned, looking at the Fire Mountain before her, a look of utter distress on her face.

Although it's a bit strange for a mountain to burn for several years, it's nothing unusual in the Dragon Ball World. Bulma was just thinking about how to get into the Fire Mountain and get the next Dragon Ball.

"Yes, only Master Mutaito's Basho Fan can summon a torrential rain to extinguish the fire on Fire Mountain. So if you want to go to Fire Mountain, you must go find Master Mutaito!"

The Ox-King also looked worried and spoke.

"Is that Master Roshi? I'll ride the Flying Nimbus to find him!"

Son Goku immediately spoke up.

However, Vegapunk shook his head and directly dissuaded Kid Goku from his actions.

He knew that if he summoned Master Roshi Kamehameha flatten the Fire Mountain with a single Kamehameha.

To be honest, the reason why Goku and Chi-Chi lived in poverty after getting married was largely due to Master Roshi's Kamehameha.

You should know that the Ox-King was a very wealthy man. He established a stronghold in this area and plundered countless gold and silver treasures, which he stored in the Fire Mountain. In the end, they were all destroyed by Master Roshi.

Otherwise, with such a wealthy father-in-law, Son Goku and Chi-Chi's living conditions would definitely not be so bad.

"Leave the fire of Fire Mountain to me. I'll try to extinguish it."

Vegapunk spoke, then Hand Seals and unleashed Ninjutsu. Instantly, dark clouds gathered in the sky, and a light drizzle began to fall. The raindrops grew larger and larger, eventually turning into a torrential downpour.

If it were the Fire Mountain from the original Journey to the West, ordinary rainwater would be a pipe dream to extinguish it. But the Fire Mountain in the Dragon Ball World, although the flames burn for a long time, are just ordinary flames, not some kind of Samadhi True Fire or Six-Ding Divine Fire. Otherwise, even if Vegapunk were there in his true form, throwing an ocean at it would definitely be useless.

Sure enough, with the torrential rain, the flames of the Fire Mountain did appear to dim considerably. However, the fact that these flames could burn for several years without ceasing clearly indicated that they had a special igniter, and it seemed that they would not be so easy to extinguish in a short period of time.

Vegapunk's expression remained unchanged. Although he was only a clone with 1% of the power, even with 1% of his Chakra, Vegapunk was comparable to the Nine-Tails or Hashirama Senju, a calamity-level being. Summoning a torrential rain was just a drop in the ocean for him.

The current downpour wasn't very effective. Vegapunk estimated that it would take three to five days for the rain to completely drench the entire Fire Mountain and extinguish the flames. He didn't have that much time to wait here.

Taking a deep breath, Vegapunk gently blew, and a terrifying icy storm surged forth, instantly freezing the Fire Mountain that had been soaked with rain.

The rainwater froze into ice, and the water droplets falling from the sky turned into hail. Under such low temperatures, the flames on the Fire Mountain could no longer be sustained and turned into wisps of blue smoke.

"It's... it's gone out! That's amazing! What kind of power is that?"

The Ox-King looked at the frozen Fire Mountain with a shocked expression, then his expression turned to great joy, and he rushed up the mountain.

Although most of the Fire Mountain had been burned to ruins, the castle on the summit somehow did not catch fire. Even though it was blackened by the flames, its overall structure remained largely undamaged, and the treasure inside was naturally unaffected.

The Ox-King had been robbing people for so long that his reputation had spread throughout the surrounding area. He was considered the king of bandits, and naturally, he had accumulated a lot of gold and silver treasures, all of which were safely stored in his castle.

"Thank you for helping me extinguish the fire on the Fire Mountain. In addition to this Dragon Ball, you may also choose to take some of my treasures that you can carry away."

The Ox-King had an excited smile on his face, but Bulma was the daughter of the world's richest man and didn't care about the Ox-King's gold and silver treasures. She just casually picked out a few pieces of jewelry.

Of the others, Kid Goku is pure of heart, Vegapunk goes without saying, and only Oolong managed to acquire some treasure—given his small size, even with all his strength, he could only carry a dozen kilograms at most.

This made the Ox-King a little embarrassed, especially towards Son Goku —after all, he was his son-in-law, and he valued him quite a bit.

He retrieved a secret manual from a hidden chamber in the castle and gave it to Son Goku. It was said to contain many of the Turtle School's signature techniques, including the secrets of the skills that Sun Wukong himself had not mastered.

Unfortunately, Kid Goku couldn't read at all, so in the end, the manual was given to Vegapunk then taught it to Son Goku.

Vegapunk flipped through the manual, which was roughly similar to a comic book, and shook his head repeatedly. The martial arts of the Turtle School emphasize experience over words, and the Ox-King himself was not a learned person. Even if a normal person obtained this manual, he probably wouldn't be able to figure it out.

However, for intelligent people like Vegapunk and those with exceptional martial arts talent like Kid Goku, this is not a major problem. As long as they have a direction, they can learn all the special techniques of the Turtle School.