"He-El!!!" Bulma piloted her modified transport plane at top speed to Kami's Lookout, scraping a long skid mark across the ground as she landed. She burst out of the nearly crashed transport without even greeting Goku and the others in the plaza. Under their puzzled gazes, she sprinted toward Kami's house.
Before she reached the door, He-El walked out from inside Kami's house. Seeing that he still looked exactly as he had before, without becoming an old man after centuries of wear like Master Roshi, Bulma burst into tears and rushed into his arms, hugging him as she cried miserably.
"Bulma, what happened? Did someone bully you?" He-El was slightly puzzled, but he sensed from her emotions that there was not much grievance in them. Instead, she seemed overwhelmed with excitement and joy.
Unable to understand it, He-El could only gently pat Bulma's back and soothe her.
"I'm fine." Bulma cried for quite a while, soaking He-El's chest before wiping away her tears and replying.
"Are you sure? I'm already the strongest on Earth. Whatever happens, I can handle it," He-El said doubtfully.
"Hmph, I'm also the world's number one beautiful girl, the world's number one inventor, and the world's number one rich girl." Bulma proudly raised her fair, delicate chin—if not for her reddened eyes.
After saying that, Bulma secretly made up her mind. She immediately changed the subject and asked, "Where's the spaceship you mentioned, He-El? I want to take a look first."
He-El looked at Bulma twice and confirmed that she truly was fine. At most, she had not seen him for too long and had thought that after spending three hundred and sixty-five years in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, he would emerge frail, aged, and close to death. Seeing that he was fine, she had simply