Ashu and Mai, still bowing, exchanged a glance, a strange light flashing in their eyes.
Their goal on this trip had been the Dragon Balls. But in Dragon Valley, they had confirmed that the legendary, incredible light was merely the glare reflected from a pack of Wild Wolves' eyes. The wolves had tormented them badly, and they had nearly died.
They had not expected that, just as they were planning to wait for Ashu to finish compensating Bulma for her car before returning to report to Emperor Pilaf that they had failed to find the Dragon Balls, the situation would suddenly take a turn. The Dragon Balls were actually in Bulma's car, burning right now.
Still bowing, Ashu and Mai communicated through their eyes.
"Looks like the legend of Dragon Valley might be true. They got the Dragon Balls before us! We need to find a way to take them from them." Mai kept flicking her right eye at Ashu beneath her lowered head.
"That strong guy doesn't look easy to deal with. And they've got another person as tall as me now. How are we supposed to steal their Dragon Balls?" Ashu's dog ears twitched incessantly as he silently communicated with Mai as though tapping out Morse code.
"Hmm..." Mai pondered for a moment. Then, suddenly struck by an idea, she continued communicating with Ashu. "We'll befriend them first and confirm that the Dragon Balls the woman has are real. Then we'll find a way to lure them apart from each other, steal their Dragon Balls, and run."
"...Will that work?" Ashu was somewhat timid. Won't that strong guy tear me apart? He glanced at He-El again and found his muscles terrifying. Ashu felt that He-El could flatten Emperor Pilaf with one stomp.
Ashu's instincts told him that if