"Piccolo!"
Mr. Popo called out, and a section of the underside of Kami's house descended.
Whenever he'd visited before, he'd gone inside to take a look, so Mr. Popo had memorized the password for the entrance.
"Wow, it's voice-activated? This alien technology really is advanced."
Bulma said with admiration.
If Earth's technology were as good as the aliens', they would've built spaceships long ago. Would they really have needed to search for an alien spaceship?
In the end, it all came down to Earth being far too technologically backward.
"Bulma, stop marveling and come on. Let's go take a look inside."
Son Gohan and Mr. Popo jumped onto the section that had descended from the ship, then reached out to Bulma.
Bulma reached out, too, and Son Gohan pulled her up.
Mr. Popo called out, "Piccolo!" The platform carried them into the house like an elevator, and all the lights inside came on at once.
"Why is there nothing in here? Is this really a spaceship? Come on, fly! Show me what you can do!"
Bulma took in the whole interior at a glance. It was battered and run-down everywhere, really more like a house than a spaceship.
There was only one chair and something that looked like the ship's controls. She called out to the controls several times, but nothing happened.
The spaceship was probably voice-activated, too, but they didn't speak the same language.
She remembered Kami and Piccolo speaking in Namekian Language when they fought.
"Mr. Popo, use Namekian Language to tell the ship to fly near Jupiter."
It was Son Gohan's first time seeing a spaceship, and he found it pretty exciting, too.
In the world he'd come from, the fastest means of transportation had been an airplane. Now he wanted to test the speed of a spaceship.
Mr. Popo chattered away in Namekian Language, a language neither of them understood.
Suddenly, the object that looked like the spaceship's controls lit up and started speaking in Namekian Language, too.
"Would you look at that, it really is voice-activated! What did it say?"
Bulma's eyes lit up. Mr. Popo actually understood Namekian Language.
"It said it understood."
Mr. Popo explained.
Suddenly, the spaceship shot into the sky at incredible speed. The three of them were on the floor inside the ship, and the acceleration was truly astonishing.
"Ah! What's going on? Why doesn't this spaceship even have seat belts?"
Bulma screamed in fright. The ship was climbing so fast that all three of them were sprawled on the floor.
In the time it took to burn half a stick of incense, the spaceship had passed through Earth's atmosphere and stopped near Jupiter.
So this was space? Incredible! And that was our home, Earth?
Bulma and the others stood up inside the ship, staring at the scene before them in shock. Earth hung in front of them like a basketball.
It was Son Gohan's first time in space, too. He couldn't help marveling quietly at the sight.
"Yes! We finally did it! This really is a spaceship. Now we can go to Planet Namek and find the Dragon Balls to bring Kami back to life!"
Mr. Popo wept with joy. He took out a white handkerchief and wiped the tears from his eyes.
He was so excited. They'd finally found a spaceship.
"This spaceship is really outdated, and the controls need a complete overhaul. It'll probably take about ten days."
After they'd finished marveling, Bulma spoke to Mr. Popo and Son Gohan.
The spaceship was so old and had practically nothing inside. She wanted to turn it into a two-bedroom, one-living-room setup, with a bathroom and all sorts of other things.
"No problem. We need time to get ready, too. Could you call my mom and dad and let them know? I'm going to train with Mr. Popo."
Son Gohan had no objections. He also asked Bulma to tell his family what he'd be doing.
Bulma and her father, Dr. Brief, worked together to study and renovate the spaceship.
After taking the ship and Bulma back to Capsule Corp in West City, the two of them said goodbye to Bulma and her family and left.
"Mr. Popo, I want to train with you for a while, then train in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber at Kami's Lookout."
Son Gohan said from his seat on Mr. Popo's Flying Carpet. Mr. Popo's strength was unfathomable. In the anime, he'd even been able to fight Gotenks.
If he fought Mr. Popo, would even more Battle Power attributes drop?
He wanted to use these ten days to train and raise his strength once again.
Even with the system's help, he didn't want to waste Son Gohan's incredible talent for training.
He remembered that in the Majin Buu Saga, Old Kai had drawn out all of Son Gohan's potential, turning him into the Gohan God everyone praised!
Gohan could defeat Son Goku's Super Saiyan 3 form without even transforming. That showed just how absurd Gohan's talent for training was.
He'd trained hard under Piccolo since childhood and knew how to endure hardship.
I'm going to become one of the strongest in the Dragon Ball World. I'll become Gohan God, a Super Saiyan 1, a God of Destruction, Super Blue, Super Red...
"No problem. Mr. Popo doesn't like fighting, but for the sake of bringing Kami back to life, I'll help you. The stronger you become, the better our chances of finding the Dragon Balls."
Mr. Popo quickly agreed to Son Gohan's request. He didn't know how Son Gohan had found out about the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, but that didn't matter.
What mattered was bringing Kami back to life!
Kami's Lookout!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Two figures kept clashing in the courtyard.
A closer look confirmed it: they were Son Gohan and Mr. Popo.
[The control and use of ki have dropped.]
[Battle Power attribute +10. Battle Power attribute +50.]
System notifications rang out in Son Gohan's mind one after another.
Every time the two of them collided, Battle Power attributes dropped.
Seeing the Battle Power attributes scattered across the ground, Son Gohan was overjoyed. This way of increasing his strength was simply amazing.
Every day, the two of them did little besides eat, sleep, and fight.
Mr. Popo really was a perfect sparring partner. No matter how strong Son Goku's attacks were, he could take them lying down without even getting tired.
Collect them all!
Son Gohan thought to himself, and all the Battle Power attributes on the ground flowed into his body.
"Dad, put a shower room here and the toilet over there, along with some speakers."
"Bulma, I don't think that layout looks good. The speakers should be mounted overhead, so we'll have more room."
Back in West City, Bulma and her father, Dr. Brief, were working together to plan and design the spaceship. Neither of them had to worry about money; they could make it as comfortable as they wanted.
Once the two of them had agreed on the plan, they immediately began renovating and repairing the spaceship.
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