Another Dragon Ball

When they saw the group looking at him, he adjusted his sunglasses and said, "Sorry to keep you waiting!"

Bulma exclaimed in surprise, "Wow, what a fashionable old man!"

Son Mirai lowered his voice. "That's Master Roshi, Bulma. You'd better keep your distance..."

Bulma froze for a moment, then remembered Son Mirai had said Master Roshi was a lecher. She smiled and said, "Mm, I know...

Don't worry, I won't let him take advantage of me."

Son Goku looked at Master Roshi with anticipation.

"Are you Master Roshi, the Turtle Hermit?"

Master Roshi smiled. "That's right, I'm Master Roshi. Nice to meet you!

I heard you rescued my Sea Turtle!"

He looked over the three of them and asked, "Which one of you was it?"

The Sea Turtle pointed straight at Son Goku.

"It was him!"

Master Roshi smiled. "Is that so? Then thanks for your effort.

In that case, I'll give you a treasure as a token of my gratitude!"

Goku blinked and asked curiously, "A treasure?"

Master Roshi didn't explain. He raised his cane toward the sky and shouted, "Come forth, Phoenix!"

"..."

Nothing happened.

The Sea Turtle reminded him, "Um, that Phoenix fellow died of food poisoning a while ago."

Master Roshi scratched his head.

"Really?"

"I guess so. Good grief, I'm getting old. I forget so many things..."

Bulma couldn't help asking, "I don't know what a Phoenix is, but can a Phoenix die?"

Master Roshi coughed and explained, "I wanted him to live forever, so I named him Phoenix..."

Bulma: "..."

As he spoke, Master Roshi pondered.

"Since the Phoenix is gone, I'll give you this instead!"

With that, he shouted again, "Flying Nimbus!"

"Whoosh!"

A cloud drifted over and landed in front of Master Roshi.

Son Mirai looked at the cloud, feeling a little stirred.

"So this is the Flying Nimbus?"

"I wonder if I can ride it."

Goku looked curiously at the Flying Nimbus, then at Master Roshi.

"How do you eat it?"

Master Roshi explained to Goku, "This is a treasure, not food.

If you sit on the Flying Nimbus, you can fly through the sky!"

When Goku heard it could take him flying, he immediately perked up.

"It can fly in the sky?"

Master Roshi explained, "Amazing, isn't it?

But only someone pure of heart can ride this Flying Nimbus.

In other words, you have to be a good kid. Let me show you!"

With that, Master Roshi jumped toward the Flying Nimbus.

"Thump!"

He landed on the ground without any resistance.

"Ow, ow, my back..."

Bulma couldn't help covering her mouth and laughing.

"Ha ha ha ha..."

Son Mirai asked curiously, "Grandpa Master Roshi, could you ride it before?"

"Of course... Otherwise, where do you think I got it?"

Son Mirai nodded as if he understood.

"I see. So a change in a person's state of mind has a huge effect..."

As expected, cultivating the mind was essential to becoming stronger!

As for how to cultivate his mind, Son Mirai didn't know. But he knew that some things required the right moment and a spark of inspiration.

All he had to do was train hard and grow stronger. He was confident that, once he reached certain levels, everything would fall into place.

Son Goku really wanted to fly. "Can I give it a try?"

As he rubbed his back, Master Roshi said, "Of course. If you can ride it, it's yours!"

"Then I'll try!"

Goku jumped up excitedly.

The Flying Nimbus didn't let him fall; it caught him securely.

Goku exclaimed with delight, "Wow! This is great! I'm riding it!"

The Sea Turtle's face filled with joy.

"I'm so glad he can ride it."

Master Roshi scratched his head. "Looks like there's nothing wrong with the Flying Nimbus..."

Standing on the Flying Nimbus, Goku circled through the sky several times, moving with incredible agility.

After an exhilarating flight, Goku rode the Flying Nimbus over to Master Roshi.

"Grandpa, this thing is amazing! Thank you!"

Master Roshi praised him. "Great! You control the cloud really well."

Bulma watched enviously, forgetting Son Mirai's warning.

She immediately said, "Old man, I want one too. Give me one of those!"

Master Roshi turned to the Sea Turtle and asked, "Did she save you?"

The Sea Turtle replied, "No, not at all!"

Bulma shot back angrily, "What do you mean, not at all?

The water you drank was mine!"

The Sea Turtle pointed at Son Mirai and said, "Now I remember. But I think the water I drank was from him!"

Bulma retorted, "He's my boyfriend, so what's his is mine..."

Master Roshi looked at Son Mirai and scratched his head awkwardly.

"This is a bit of a problem. Unfortunately, I only have one Flying Nimbus."

Son Mirai immediately said, "No need to worry. I don't want it."

Although Son Mirai wanted a Flying Nimbus too,

it was Goku's destined opportunity, and he had never considered taking it from him.

Bulma immediately rushed in front of Son Mirai. "Are you stupid? If you don't want it, you can give it to me..."

Son Mirai shook his head at Bulma. "It won't work. Even if you got the Flying Nimbus, it'd be useless. You can't ride it."

Bulma glared at him. "What do you mean? Are you saying I'm not pure of heart?"

Son Mirai nodded.

"It's fine. I won't hold it against you if you're not pure of heart..."

"You actually said this beautiful young woman isn't pure of heart!!!"

Bulma turned to Goku and huffed, "Get down. Let me try riding the Flying Nimbus!"

Goku climbed down right away.

Bulma jumped onto it, but sure enough, she fell straight through with a thump.

She clutched her bottom, tears almost coming to her eyes from the pain.

"Waaah, why?"

"Is being too beautiful a sin?"

Son Mirai and Goku wanted to laugh, but they held it in.

Seeing that Bulma was about to blow up again, Son Mirai quickly tried to change the subject.

He looked at Master Roshi, who had a cord around his neck. A Dragon Ball hung from its end, partly visible beneath his floral shirt.

"Grandpa Master Roshi, could you give me that ball?"

Master Roshi paused, then took the Dragon Ball off his collar.

"You mean this?

I found it a long time ago. I was planning to sell it for a high price..."

Bulma saw the Dragon Ball, and her eyes lit up at once.

"Oh, I almost forgot about the Dragon Balls... Old man, give this to us, will you?"

The Sea Turtle said, "Give it to him. If you sell it for money, you'll just spend it on a couple of trips to the nightclub..."

Master Roshi had lived for three hundred years and didn't care much about material things.

After a moment's thought, he handed over the Dragon Ball.

"All right. I haven't been able to sell it for decades anyway, so you can have it..."

Bulma snatched the Dragon Ball first, overjoyed.

"Great! We found another Dragon Ball! Ha ha ha..."

She jumped up happily, her curvaceous figure partly visible.

Only then did Master Roshi notice how nice Bulma's figure was beneath her tracksuit.

He immediately scratched his bottom and made an embarrassed request:

"Since I've given you all my treasures, could you let me see your panties..."

Before he could finish, Son Mirai immediately objected. "No. We don't want the Dragon Ball anymore..."

As he spoke, Son Mirai took the Dragon Ball from Bulma and put it back in Master Roshi's hand.

Master Roshi froze.

This kid's way too decisive!

He won't even let me see his girlfriend's panties. What a cheapskate!

How embarrassing!

Master Roshi looked at the Dragon Ball in his hand and thought, But it seems like this thing isn't worth much anyway...

When Bulma saw Son Mirai getting jealous and standing up for her, she couldn't help feeling secretly pleased. She didn't rush to ask for the Dragon Ball back.

After all, what she wanted had never been the Dragon Ball. She wanted a boyfriend she'd dreamed of having.

Master Roshi found an excuse to save face. "Come now, young people shouldn't be so hot-tempered!

I was only joking just now. It's just a ball. I said I'd give it to you, so it's yours..."