Descend to Earth

Master Roshi quickly pressed his palms together, closed his eyes, and prayed to the universe with what he thought was the most devout heart: "Shooting star, shooting star, can you... can you grant me a young, beautiful, hot-bodied, gentle and caring young lady? Please!"

But no sooner had the wish been silently uttered in his heart than, before he could even open his eyes, he felt a powerful pressure descending from the sky!

Master Roshi snapped his eyes open, horrified to discover.

That shooting star he had just pinned his hopes on hadn't vanished into the horizon at all—instead, it was growing bigger and brighter.

And the meteor, trailing blazing flames, was diving straight toward his area with terrifying precision!

Master Roshi: "!!!!"

Master Roshi's face instantly shifted from delight to pallor, his graying beard bristling in fright.

I asked for a pretty young lady!

Mister Meteor, you've got the wrong target!

A silent scream echoed in Master Roshi's heart.

"Boom—!!!"

The next moment, a deafening roar shattered the island's tranquility!

The meteor didn't strike Master Roshi's House directly, but slammed violently into the sea less than five hundred meters from the island!

Like a colossal bomb dropped into the water, the sea surface instantly cratered into a depression nearly a hundred meters wide, the surrounding waters blasted apart by the savage force.

Then, something even more terrifying happened.

The displaced seawater rushed back with even greater fury, forming a ring-shaped tidal wave hundreds of meters high, like a wall of destruction, crashing down toward the central island!

"Ah..."

Master Roshi barely let out a short cry before the murky wall of water descended!

In an instant, it swallowed the entire island.

Master Roshi felt like a fallen leaf, swept along by an irresistible force, tumbling through the violent currents.

Darkness surrounded him, and salty seawater flooded his mouth and nose.

The giant wave came fast, and receded just as quickly.

Dozens of seconds later, the raging waters finally ebbed, exposing the devastated island to the air once more.

Master Roshi's House, sturdy in structure, hadn't collapsed, but it was tilted and battered; the tables, chairs, umbrellas, and other items outside had long been swept away to who knows where.

And Master Roshi himself lay like a beached fish, soaked through, sprawled pathetically on the ground, coughing violently and spitting out several mouthfuls of seawater.

Just as he struggled to get up, he felt something soft on top of his head, carrying a faint... fragrance?

Dazedly, Master Roshi reached up and touched it—his fingers met a cool, smooth body...

He lifted his wet face in confusion.

Through tear-blurred eyes, he saw a beautiful mermaid perched right on top of his head.

The golden rays of the setting sun spilled over her, making her fish-scale tail shimmer.

Her upper body was human, with fair skin and a pretty face; her big eyes held a mix of curiosity and wariness. Her lower half was a sleek, scale-covered fish tail.

"A... a mermaid?" Master Roshi's pupils contracted sharply. His drooping eyelids, once sagging with disappointment, shot up, and his old eyes seemed to reignite, turning into two wildly pounding pink hearts!

His mouth fell open, and drool nearly trickled down his beard again.

A mermaid... that works too!

And this mermaid—she was so fresh and pretty!

Her delicate, petal-like lips, so tempting...

Tsk, tsk, just looking at her made his heart race.

Was this the gift the shooting star had granted me?

Shooting star, you're the best!

If I feed the mermaid some mint and chili...

This... this feeling is absolutely awesome!!!

The mermaid was still in a daze.

How did I end up here?

I remember I was swimming in the ocean!

"Beautiful mermaid, want to be friends? I've got all kinds of skills!" Master Roshi said excitedly to the mermaid.

"Slap! Slap!"

The mermaid's pretty face darkened, and she whipped her tail across Master Roshi's face twice.

"Plop!"

The next moment, she dove straight into the sea, kicking up a splash, and vanished from sight in no time.

Master Roshi stayed where he was, his expression blank, still processing what had just happened.

"Hey, don't go! We can talk about something else!" Master Roshi shouted at the top of his lungs.

But the mermaid had long since vanished, and no matter how loudly he called, there was no response at all.

Master Roshi felt like crying but had no tears, instinctively believing he had lost the beauty that Meteor had gifted him.

What a fine fish she was...

Staring into the depths of the sea, two streams of hot tears flowed from his eyes.

Just as Master Roshi was weeping in sorrow, mourning the gift from Meteor that he had gained and then lost—

Slap!

Broly's spaceship suddenly rose from the depths of the ocean and hovered above the sea's surface.

Master Roshi turned around in confusion, his eyes blurry with tears, and saw that giant baseball that had sunk to the seabed moments ago now steadily floating on the water near the shore.

Seawater still streamed down its surface, glinting faintly gold in the sunset.

Master Roshi rubbed his tear-blurred eyes, blinked hard, and focused on the strange object.

This... how did this thing float back up on its own?

Could it be... there's another beauty inside?

The real gift must be waiting behind this!

Wahaha!

Master Roshi was overjoyed.

The next moment, he cupped his hands around his mouth and yelled with an eager, hopeful voice: "Sea Turtle! Sea Turtle! Get over here!"

Splash—

The water broke, and Sea Turtle swam over slowly, stretching his neck to ask, "Master Roshi, you called for me?"

"Quick, let me ride you!" Master Roshi beckoned.

With that, without waiting for Sea Turtle's reply, Master Roshi lightly leaped and landed precisely on Sea Turtle's broad but clearly uncomfortable shell.

Sea Turtle: "..."

Inside, Sea Turtle felt like ten thousand horses were galloping through his mind.

What splashed up wasn't water, but endless complaints.

You called me over just to be a mount?

This lecherous old man who doesn't act his age!

Absolutely shameless!

But Sea Turtle didn't say it out loud, simply resignedly paddling his limbs.

"See that floating big baseball? Hurry, swim over and take a look!" Master Roshi pointed excitedly ahead.

Sea Turtle turned his head, squinted his beady eyes at the sphere, and though he grumbled inwardly, he dutifully carried Master Roshi and swam toward the spaceship.

Soon, the man and the turtle approached the hovering vessel.

Master Roshi couldn't wait to grab onto the smooth outer shell, pressing his face against the observation window and peering inside.

There, wrapped in a simple spacesuit, a small infant was sleeping soundly with his head tilted, his little mouth slightly open, seemingly completely unaffected by the upheaval outside.

That earth-shattering crash and the subsequent journey to the seabed had all been nothing more than an insignificant interlude in Broly's dream.