Bulma turned to Son Mirai, then to Shu.
"Even you saw what just happened.
His head's harder than steel. Your king could have all the robots in the world, and they still wouldn't stand a chance!"
"Hand over the Dragon Ball, now!"
Goku looked at Bulma in surprise. "Bulma, you seem like a bad guy."
Son Mirai murmured, "She's just throwing her weight around because you and I can fight."
Bulma heard him and flew into a rage, planting her hands on her hips. "All you two ever do is sleep.
I've been driving for three days straight without a break. I'm in a terrible mood!"
Goku and Son Mirai fell silent at once.
It was probably best to let her take out her frustration on Shu.
Shu trembled in fear.
Just then, Pilaf's voice came through Shu's communicator.
"Hahahaha! Want the last Dragon Ball?
Come and get it! I put it in the deepest part of my castle!"
Inside Pilaf's Castle, Pilaf burst out laughing. "Ahahahaha! The world will finally belong to me, Pilaf!"
Mai stood respectfully to one side. When she noticed movement on the surveillance feed, she immediately reported, "Your Majesty, they're here!"
Pilaf smirked. "They have a Radar, so of course they couldn't stray from the path.
But that's perfect. They'll walk right into my trap while carrying the Dragon Balls!"
Mai chimed in at once. "As expected of Your Majesty!"
"Now, go get ready. Anyone who's collected six Dragon Balls can't be an ordinary opponent."
"Yes!"
A short while later,
Son Mirai, Bulma, and Goku arrived at the entrance to Pilaf's Castle.
Bulma checked the Radar. "The Dragon Ball should be somewhere inside.
But the door's wide open. There must be traps in there. Should we go in?"
Son Mirai said, "Let's go. What trap could stop us?"
Bulma thought for a moment. "Good point. Let's go!"
The three of them entered the castle together.
"It's so empty. Which way do we go?" Goku asked, looking around.
Bulma spotted arrows on the floor and called out, "Look! There are arrows on the ground. Let's follow them!
That's how it works in adventure games..."
Son Mirai: "..."
Was Bulma really a genius girl?
How could she be so childish?
Well, it didn't matter. Pilaf's traps couldn't stop him anyway.
A short while later, the three of them reached a dead end.
At the same time, an iron gate dropped behind them, blocking their way out.
Bulma gasped.
"Oh no, we fell into a trap!"
Just then, the security monitor on the wall lit up, and Pilaf's face appeared.
"Hello there! I'm King Pilaf!"
Bulma stared in surprise. "So that's their king? He doesn't look very tall!"
Goku nodded. "He doesn't look very strong, either."
Pilaf paid no attention to their comments and continued on his own:
"Hand over your Dragon Balls, or you'll regret it!"
Bulma stuck out her tongue at the monitor and laughed. "Like we'd give them to you!"
Son Mirai ignored Pilaf's blustering and tapped on the walls around them.
Soon, he pointed to one section. "It's hollow behind this wall. Is the Dragon Ball that way?"
Bulma took out the Radar and checked. Then she nodded. "That's right!"
Son Mirai raised his fist. "Then you two should step back."
Bulma and Goku hurried out of the way.
On the other side of the screen, Pilaf cried out in alarm. "Wait! What are you doing?"
Son Mirai grinned. "What do you think? I'm breaking through the wall!"
Mai laughed. "Hmph! What a joke. That's a custom-made alloy wall from His Majesty. You'll never get out!"
The next second, Son Mirai slammed his fist into the wall.
"Boom!"
A huge dent appeared in the entire wall, caving it inward.
Son Mirai frowned. "It's pretty flexible!"
If one punch wasn't enough, he'd just throw another.
"Boom!!!"
"Crash!"
The entire wall broke free from its frame and slammed heavily onto the floor.
A clear path to Pilaf's office opened up.
The smug look on Pilaf's face froze, then turned to disbelief and terror.
"Y-you... how is that possible? That's a custom-made alloy wall!"
Bulma looked at Pilaf's terrified face on the monitor and laughed. "Hahaha! Forgot to tell you—he's harder than alloy!"
Mai tugged at Pilaf, terrified. "Your Majesty, we have to run..."
"Don't be ridiculous! I'm about to rule the world. Why would I run?"
"Then what do we do?"
Pilaf's face twisted into a snarl. "It's come to this. We fight with everything we've got!"
Soon, the two of them climbed into their mechs.
The dust hadn't even settled when Son Mirai, Bulma, and Goku stepped over the fallen wall and emerged from the passageway.
The passage opened into a vast chamber.
Two enormous mechs stood there.
Unlike Shu's slapdash machine, these appeared to be much better equipped.
The mech on the left was dark blue from head to toe, with a multibarreled launcher mounted on its shoulder. Mai was piloting it.
The one on the right was Pilaf's Pilaf Machine.
Its head was designed as an exaggerated version of Pilaf's signature crown, and enormous alloy pincers were attached to its arms.
At the sight of the two giants, Bulma couldn't help retreating behind Son Mirai.
Goku's eyes lit up. "Wow! Those robots are huge!"
He looked at Son Mirai, eager to jump in. "Son Mirai, can I handle them this time?"
Son Mirai shook his head.
"These mechs are too weak. Fighting them wouldn't help either you or me improve at all."
Goku asked, "They're weak?"
Pilaf's voice came from the red mech.
He tried to sound confident. "Hahaha! You're finished! Behold the latest technology of the great King Pilaf.
Hand over the Dragon Balls and I might spare your lives..."
"You talk too much."
Son Mirai cut him off, looked over the two mechs, and settled into a fighting stance.
"Come at me together. I'm in a hurry."
"Arrogant!"
Mai's mech sprang into action first. It accelerated in an instant, swooping in from the side as a blue blur.
The launcher on its shoulder fired a metal net crackling with high-voltage electricity.
"Gale Capture Net! You can't escape!"
Son Mirai didn't even look at the net. Just as it was about to fall over him, his figure blurred.
The next second, he was right in front of the blue mech, almost pressed against its cockpit.
He raised his hand, held two fingers together like a blade, and gave a light slash.
"Riiip!"
Mai hadn't even realized what was happening when she felt the mech jolt violently.
"W-what happened?"
The next instant, an explosion erupted inside, and the mech split in two.
Mai screamed as the blast hurled her out of the cockpit. She crashed into a corner and passed out.
Pilaf was horrified.
He'd never seen anyone rip a mech apart with their bare hands!
"A-a monster!"
His instinct to survive overwhelmed everything else. He spun his mech around and fired the thrusters on its back.
He was actually trying to smash through the wall on the other side of the control room and escape!
Son Mirai flashed into place in front of Pilaf.
"Leave the Dragon Ball behind, and I won't kill you!"
After Son Mirai's simple, brutal approach, Bulma finally got the seventh Dragon Ball, but she felt strangely empty.
"We finally have all the Dragon Balls. That day came so fast!"
"But I already have a boyfriend. What should I wish for?"
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