The Tights Family

After a long journey, the two finally arrived at the city where Tights lived—the bustling metropolis of West City.

Entering West City felt like stepping into a future world several eras ahead of its time. Countless miraculous vehicles filled the air, traveling along long, suspended corridors that crisscrossed the sky.

On Earth, the polarization of technology was particularly stark. Some groups still lived in primitive tribal societies, some areas had only just popularized basic electricity, while others had already developed advanced technology capable of space travel. It was not uncommon for two completely different worlds to exist just a few hundred kilometers apart; it was a mystery how such a complex society managed to coexist in harmony.

This also reflected the diversity of Earth's civilization and races.

Earth's most technologically advanced cities were the five major hubs named after the cardinal directions and the center. Aside from the Central City, which served as the capital of the Earth Kingdom, the other four were sprawling, modern metropolises. Their technological level was a staggering hundred years ahead of other regions—an incredible gap.

Upon his first entry into West City, Roland marveled at its prosperity, thinking that even many alien cities might not be as advanced as this.

When it came to West City, the most famous entity was undoubtedly the Capsule Corporation, which had risen to prominence in recent years. Founded by Dr. Brief, this enterprise had swept the world in just a few short years thanks to its miraculous Hoi-Poi Capsule technology. In West City, the names of Capsule Corporation and Dr. Brief were known to absolutely everyone.

One could ask anyone on the street, and they would be able to point out the location of the Capsule Corporation headquarters.

"This way, that's my home right there." Tights walked in front, pointing toward a massive, five-story hemispherical building that occupied a vast expanse of land.

"Truly, the home of a wealthy person."

Tights' home covered an enormous area, with various flowers and trees planted around the house, along with a private swimming pool. The scale of it looked like an independent villa complex; the annual utility costs alone were more than an average family could afford.

Guided by Tights, Roland entered the villa without issue. Inside, he met Bulma's father, Dr. Brief—a slovenly, unkempt man wearing a white lab coat with a cigarette dangling from his lips, his light purple hair messily covering his ears.

Seeing his eldest daughter return with a young boy, Dr. Brief asked curiously, "Tights, is this a new friend of yours? No wonder you've never had a boyfriend; so you prefer younger boys!"

Tights rolled her eyes in annoyance. "Roland is a friend I met during my travels."

"Oh, so not a boyfriend." Dr. Brief shook his head with a look of regret, then smiled at Roland as they entered. "Help yourself to whatever you'd like to drink. Sorry, my wife is busy looking after our youngest daughter, so we couldn't greet you properly."

"It's no problem."

Roland watched Dr. Brief, who returned a moment later carrying some drinks.

Tights tossed her backpack onto the sofa, took out the Four-Star Ball, and said to Dr. Brief, "Dad, can you build a radar to detect the signals of these Dragon Balls based on this one?"

Dr. Brief took the Dragon Ball and examined it. "No problem. As long as this orb radiates electromagnetic waves, I think I can develop an instrument to detect its specific fluctuations, though it will take a few days."

Tights gave Roland a cheeky grin and said triumphantly, "I told you it was possible."

A smile appeared on Roland's face as well.

Just then, Mrs. Brief walked over, leading a four-year-old girl. Her eyes lit up when she saw Roland. "Oh, this is the first time Tights has brought a boy home! How cute. If you were a few years older, you could be Tights' boyfriend. Actually, if you don't like Tights, I wouldn't mind either."

"Mom!" Tights shouted at Mrs. Brief with a sour expression.

"Haha..." Roland chuckled awkwardly.

This family was certainly interesting.

As the saying goes, "Birds of a feather flock together," and Tights' family was full of eccentrics. Dr. Brief was a genius inventor who couldn't be bothered with his own appearance; Mrs. Brief was young at heart, fond of flirting with young, handsome men and teasing her daughter; and Tights, along with her younger sister Bulma, were never the type to sit still, preferring to spend their years traveling abroad.

"Are you my big sister's friend?" came a small, milky voice.

Roland looked down to see a little girl with light purple hair, looking to be about four years old, wearing her hair in two small pigtails.

"Bulma!!"

The young Bulma was indeed very cute, but she was quite wary of Roland, pointing a toy laser gun at him. Roland knew that this laser gun could actually fire real lasers.

"That's right, I'm a friend of Tights."

"I won't let you have my big sister," Bulma declared seriously.

Roland couldn't help but laugh. He wasn't about to argue with a little girl, and besides, there was nothing between him and Tights; the age gap was far too large.

After getting acquainted with Tights' family, she began to recount her experiences since she started traveling. When she reached the part about how she had nearly ended up homeless after losing her capsules, only to be luckily taken in by Roland, Mrs. Brief and the others looked at him with even warmer expressions.

Even Bulma decided that this big brother wasn't so bad.

After an afternoon tea, the hosts and their guest chatted happily.

Mrs. Brief went off to tend to her cats, while Dr. Brief took the Dragon Ball to begin developing the Dragon Radar. Only Bulma remained, listening enthusiastically to Tights' adventure stories, her eyes sparkling from time to time.

Since developing the Dragon Radar would take some time, Roland stayed at Tights' home. Because the house was so large, there were several vacant rooms, and it was easy to set one up for him to stay in.

Entering the room, he washed away the dust of his travels with a hot shower. Soaking in the warm water, he thought to himself:

"I already have one of the seven Dragon Balls. Once Dr. Brief finishes the radar, I can head out to search for the rest. Hmm, aside from the one Master Roshi has, which is fairly certain, there are some clues about the one in the Ox-King's castle. As for the others, I'll have to wait until the doctor builds the radar!"

With the Dragon Radar, the search process would actually be quite fast. In the original story, Bulma and Goku spent an entire summer break collecting all the Dragon Balls while stopping along the way. Roland figured that at his speed, he should be able to do it even faster.

He would definitely be able to summon Shenron before Planet Vegeta was destroyed.

"Tights' home is truly luxurious. There are over twenty rooms of various sizes, and if you count the living room, kitchen, laboratory, bathrooms, and so on, there are over forty small areas in total. The renovation alone must have cost a fortune! They are truly a wealthy family."

Roland wasn't short on money himself; he had over a hundred million in his bank card, and the treasures he hadn't yet sold were worth several billion. However, compared to the world's richest people, this was still a far cry.

Tights was a "white, rich, and beautiful" girl in the truest sense. It was quite interesting that such a wealthy young lady would prefer the life of an adventurer.

Come to think of it, that little girl Bulma grew up to be quite the flirt, providing most of the fan service in the early parts of the Dragon Ball story. By comparison, Tights was probably the most normal one in her family.

Content below the neck cannot be described; the original Chapter 17 has already been censored, so it has been deleted.