Wish Granted

With a loud crash, Pilaf's castle, which had already lost half of its structure, finally collapsed completely.

"Ptooey! Ptooey! Kid Goku, can't you hold back a little? You almost buried us alive!"

Bulma's complaining voice echoed through the ruins. If Vegapunk hadn't intervened immediately and taken control of the castle's steel structure, both Bulma and Oolong might have been injured.

After all, Son Goku is a master at fighting, but when it comes to protecting others, the Kamehameha isn't so effective. Fortunately, Vegapunk sensed something was wrong the moment Kid Goku made his move and used his Electromagnetic Ability, thus avoiding the embarrassing situation of being wiped out by his allies.

"Sorry, I didn't expect this castle to be so weak. Listening to that little dwarf, I thought it was very sturdy!"

Kid Goku scratched his head, looking completely naive, while Oolong muttered something to himself:

"No matter how sturdy it is, can it withstand your attacks? Your Kamehameha can flatten a mountain!"

"Alright, enough of that. If we keep talking, Pilaf and his gang will be leaving soon!"

Bulma looked at the helicopter in the distance, which had already become a tiny dot, and shouted:

"Don't forget, the last Dragon Ball is still in their hands!"

Vegapunk, with a faint smile on his face, answered softly:

"Don't worry, those guys aren't going anywhere!"

As he spoke, Vegapunk stretched out his hand, and a powerful electromagnetic force instantly attracted the helicopter that was flying into the distance.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry! That brat looks like he's looking at us! I don't want to be reduced to ashes like the castle!"

Pilaf, covered in cold sweat, urged him loudly. Shu, who was piloting the plane, was flustered under Pilaf's urging, constantly adjusting the plane's speed.

"Don't worry, Emperor Pilaf... that brat shouldn't have seen us. He can't see people from this distance!"

Mai rolled her eyes helplessly. At this distance, the figure at the castle ruins was just a tiny black dot. How could she possibly see if the other person was looking at her? Pilaf was just scaring himself.

Just as Mai finished speaking, the helicopter suddenly trembled slightly and then stopped in mid-air.

"Huh... what... what's going on?!"

Pilaf asked, his face pale. The flustered Shu pressed almost every button on the helicopter, then gave a smile that looked more like a grimace:

"Um... it seems like something's wrong..."

Before Shu could finish speaking, the helicopter's rotors came to a complete stop, and the entire helicopter, like a rubber band stretched to its limit, bounced back to the castle ruins with a whoosh.

With a loud crash, the helicopter slammed to the ground. Fortunately, Vegapunk used electromagnetic force to slightly reduce the gravity; otherwise, not only would the helicopter have been flattened, but the Pilaf trio would probably have been turned into a pile of minced meat.

"Cough cough cough, what's going on, Shu? Is this how you fly a helicopter?"

With a bang, the helicopter door was kicked open, and Pilaf jumped out, glaring fiercely at Doghead Shu.

At this moment, Mai, who had also climbed out of the helicopter, reached out and gently poked Pilaf twice. Pilaf slapped her away without even turning his head.

"What are you doing? Don't you know how dangerous this is? Shu almost killed us! Without the helicopter, how are we supposed to escape from that brat?!"

"Emperor Pilaf!"

Mai's voice was tinged with tears as she tugged hard at Pilaf, finally making him turn around. And then... they saw the Dragon Clan squad standing right in front of them.

Because Vegapunk used electromagnetic force to pull them over so fast, in less than a second, Pilaf and the others didn't even have time to react to what was happening.

When Pilaf climbed out of the helicopter, he thought it was just a mechanical malfunction, so he was busy cursing Shu the Dog.

Mai, who also crawled out, had received some martial arts and ninja training. Although her strength wasn't great, she had developed an instinctive habit of being able to see in all directions and hear in all directions. Naturally, she saw Vegapunk and his group as soon as she looked up.

"You... you... how did you catch up with us?!"

Pilaf was so frightened that his tongue was tied in knots. After shouting, he looked around and realized that it wasn't the other side that had caught up with him, but that he and his companions were still in the castle ruins.

Shu brought the helicopter back? The thought only crossed his mind for a moment before Pilaf dismissed it. He wasn't stupid; he knew the reality perfectly well.

We were in a helicopter, not a jet plane. It was impossible for a helicopter to fly back and crash in the ruins of the castle we had already left in just about a second!

So the matter is quite simple. The other party, using some unknown means, pulled the helicopter back with them—meaning they couldn't even escape.

But before Pilaf could finish thinking, reality pulled him back to reality.

"Hand over the Dragon Ball now!"

Bulma, feigning superiority, said something, then took out a pair of pistols and fired several shots into the sky.

Upon hearing the gunshot, Pilaf's knees buckled and he collapsed to his knees.

"Don't kill me, don't kill me! The Dragon Ball are yours, the Dragon Ball are yours!"

While shouting, Pilaf handed over the box he had been holding. Bulma snatched it away, and sure enough, it contained the One-Star Dragon Ball.

"Hahaha, I've finally collected all the Dragon Ball!"

Bulma chuckled twice, ignoring the cowardly and dejected Pilaf, and walked back with the Dragon Ball in her hand.

"Let's go make a wish! I still want to see what the Shenron looks like!"

Bulma said smugly twice, then walked over to Vegapunk and placed the seven Dragon Ball together. The seven Dragon Ball began to glow as if breathing, and Kid Goku, Oolong, and the others looked over with great curiosity.

As for Pilaf, seeing that none of them had noticed him, he quickly knelt on the ground and slowly crawled backward. After taking a few steps back, he stood up, exchanged a glance with his two subordinates, and then immediately scrambled away.

Vegapunk swept his Observation Haki over them, ignoring the three. As long as they didn't come over and try to cause trouble while he was making a wish, like Oolong, Vegapunk naturally wouldn't bother with them.

"Come forth, Shenron! Grant my wish!"

With a shout, the entire sky of the Dragon Ball World darkened, and the seven Dragon Ball emitted a dazzling light, shooting straight into the sky and finally coalescing into a blue Shenron.

"Tell me your wish, and it can come true for any wish, but there can only be one!"

The Shenron in the sky emitted a deep, rumbling sound, like muffled thunder. Vegapunk pursed his lips, feeling slightly nervous.

After all, he didn't know what the Earth's Shenron were capable of. The so-called knowledge of the entire universe actually included many things that theoretically exceeded the Shenron' limits.

Even excluding the God of Destruction and Angels from Dragon Ball Super, this world also has beings like Supreme Kai, Kai, and even King Yemma. The knowledge of these beings is theoretically considered part of the knowledge in the universe, and whether Dragon Ball can influence these high-level beings is really hard to say.

Not to mention the sheer volume of knowledge in the universe; even Vegapunk's original body would likely have its head overwhelmed by it, let alone a clone.

Although consciousness is a whole, the physical body's hardware also needs to keep up!

Reaching out, Vegapunk immediately opened his Portable Space and pulled out a floating Light Orb. Upon closer inspection, it was revealed to be a crystal-like object shaped like a brain. Within the crystal, countless brilliant points of light were constantly moving, but their speed and intensity made it appear as if it were a Light Orb.

"My wish is to input all the knowledge of the universe into this Quantum Brain!"

Yes, what Vegapunk was standing in front of was the brain that he had removed and subsequently quantum-modified.

It's important to know that the Brain-Brain Fruit's power still exists inside this brain. A complete Devil Fruit has unfathomable potential and may even grow along with its host.

For the Brain-Brain Fruit to grow, it needs to continuously absorb a large amount of knowledge. Knowledge is the nourishment for the Brain-Brain Fruit's growth. The more knowledge it absorbs, the faster the Brain-Brain Fruit grows. Therefore, it is the only memory device in Vegapunk's possession that can store the knowledge of the entire universe.

As soon as Vegapunk finished speaking, the Shenron floating in the sky paused slightly, and after a moment, replied:

"There is some knowledge that even I cannot obtain. I can only give you the knowledge of the entire universe that belongs to the mortal realm!"

"Knowledge at the mortal level? That's fine, let's input all knowledge!"

Vegapunk was taken aback. Fortunately, he had expected this. Now he just didn't know what the so-called knowledge of the mortal stage included.

After a long roar, the Shenron in the sky instantly disintegrated. Strange beams of light shone on the entire Quantum Brain burst forth with incredible intensity. In the end, it seemed to melt completely in the light, and its original crystal brain-like shape disappeared without a trace, leaving only a Light Orb in a completely energy state.

Despite lacking a physical form, Vegapunk, who still maintains a certain connection with the Quantum Brain, can sense the almost endless flow of knowledge within it.

Moreover, the Quantum Brain before him had even entered Awakening mode—this was the first time Vegapunk had ever seen an example of Devil Fruit item Awakening.

Of course, if we just think about the exaggerated desire to know everything in the universe, then the Awakening of the Quantum Brain is not an incredible thing. Even without the ability to think for itself, having so much knowledge would definitely be enough to push the Brain-Brain Fruit to the point of Awakening.

Unfortunately, this example is impossible to replicate. Other Devil Fruit items have almost no chance of Awakening. As Vegapunk thought to himself, he reconnected to the Quantum Brain. In just an instant, he felt as if his brain was working at an exponentially faster speed.

To draw a concrete analogy, it's like someone who just ate the Brain-Brain Fruit. Their mental abilities are roughly equivalent to Awakening their Cosmo, barely able to throw a near-sonic punch. And by continuously developing the Devil Fruit to this point, they've become something akin to a Silver Saint.

As a result of this wish, the entire Quantum Brain evolved to an incredible level, equivalent to an ordinary Saint Seiya evolving into a Gold Saint, jumping directly from the speed of sonic punch to the speed of light punch, and its thinking speed increased many times over!

Just like now, even though Vegapunk has been thinking for so long, in his perceived time, Shenron in the sky is still slowly disintegrating and turning into seven Dragon Ball.

Bulma and the others still showed surprise and amazement on their faces. Oolong, who wanted to blink, could only blink halfway. This was because his thoughts, accelerated to the limit, brought him an ability almost like bullet time.

Of course, this is not a time stop. Although Vegapunk's thinking speed has increased, his action speed has not. In this slow world, Vegapunk himself is also in an extremely slow state. Even raising a hand would take half an hour in his perceived time.

It might have some effect in combat, but its greatest benefit lies in scientific research.

Of course, this is just an unexpected bonus brought about by the evolution of the Quantum Brain driven by the knowledge of the entire universe. The real main course is still in the knowledge of the entire universe.

After just a brief glance, Vegapunk was overjoyed. Although there was no knowledge about Supreme Kai or Kai, the knowledge about planetary administrators, or the Kami of Earth, had been inputted into his Quantum Brain.

Cyborg, mechanical warriors, the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, the method of creating Senzu Beans, the method of creating Dragon Ball, summoning souls, Future Sight, developing potential, and even Vegapunk saw the method of creating Majin Buu inside!

It can be said that once Vegapunk has fully digested this knowledge, he will be the most overpowered member of the entire Dragon Clan World. Apart from the Grand Zeno and other powerful beings, he will have plenty of ways to deal with even the God of Destruction!

As for the method he initially sought to repair the Pirate Planet, he easily found no fewer than several hundred solutions within this Quantum Brain.

A moment later, Vegapunk, having finally emerged from the ocean of knowledge and caught his breath, severed his connection with the Quantum Brain. In that instant, time seemed to flow again, and the seven Light Orb flew off to all corners of the world.