"I can do the kind of things Jiang Ling and I do every day. Can you?!"
Bulma looked at 18 provocatively.
The latter's face flushed red, and she blurted out, "I can too! Who's afraid of you? Anything you can do, I can do!"
Seeing the two girls' argument grow more and more outrageous, Jiang Ling hurriedly pulled them apart.
17 and 16 stood frozen in place, not knowing what to do.
They were still young, after all, and had never seen anything like this.
"Both of you, cut it out!"
Jiang Ling shouted.
Bulma looked at him, covering her little mouth with one hand as tears glimmered in her eyes.
"Fine! You yelled at me! You don't love me anymore!"
Jiang Ling: "..."
Seeing this, 18 immediately linked her arm with Jiang Ling's and gazed straight at him with her beautiful eyes. "Jiang Ling, I like you. Don't be with this unreasonable woman. Be with me instead!"
How could Bulma let go of her dream man so easily? She stepped forward and linked her arm with Jiang Ling's other one.
"Jiang Ling, you're mine. Don't let this blonde trick you!"
"You're the one who shouldn't let that blue-haired woman beguile you!"
Jiang Ling: "..."
As the two girls tugged him back and forth, Jiang Ling suddenly felt his head buzzing.
"Both of you, quiet down!"
Jiang Ling glared, displaying his chauvinistic side as he declared, "Only kids have to choose. I want both of you!"
"Not happening!"
Bulma and 18 said at the same time.
Jiang Ling immediately backed down. He looked at the two girls. "Ladies, I know this is all my fault. I'm just too handsome, so I attracted you both. But you both like me, and I don't want to hurt either of you. So, what do you think we should do?"
"Hmph!"
"Hmph!"
The two girls turned away at the same time, each facing in the opposite direction.
Seeing that the situation had temporarily calmed down, Jiang Ling breathed a sigh of relief.
He walked over to 17 and 16.
He pulled a pack of cigarettes out of the system and offered them around.
With a chuckle, he said, "I didn't expect 18 to be so cute. She's giving me a bit of a headache."
17 blew out a long ring of smoke, then choked on it. "Cough, cough. I didn't know my sister liked you so much. I didn't think she'd go this far..."
The big man, 16, took a puff too, then slowly exhaled two streams of white smoke from the sides of his ears.
He glanced at the cigarette in his hand and said, "These are pretty good. Where'd you buy them?"
Jiang Ling looked at the pack's red wrapper. "Well... you can't buy these."
For men, sometimes all it took to become good friends was a cigarette, a movie, or a game.
Just as the three of them were chatting and puffing away, Bulma and 18 glared at them and rushed over!
One on each side, they grabbed Jiang Ling by the ear.
"You're not allowed to start smoking!"
"Oh, so you've learned to smoke now? Want a beating?"
Jiang Ling yelped and quickly tossed the cigarette butt away, stomping it out.
"My dear ladies, I'm sorry! I definitely won't smoke again!"
"That's more like it!" the two girls said together. Then they realized they'd said it in unison, looked at each other, and turned away at the same time. "Hmph!"
Then 18 put her hands on her hips and glared at her younger brother, 17, as well as 16, who was a pure robot.
The two of them shuddered.
At that moment, a thought suddenly occurred to them.
"Never mess with an angry woman, no matter how strong she is."
They each tossed their cigarette into the air and fired an energy blast, reducing it to ashes.
"Heh heh, we're not smoking! See, 18..."
"That's more like it!"
Mount Paozu.
Goku lay in bed, fast asleep.
Jiang Ling had originally left him out in the wilderness, but the crisis caused by the androids had more or less passed, so Gohan had brought him home.
Beside the bed, Future Chi-Chi's eyes were red. Remembering how Goku had once died when his Heart Virus had gone untreated, she had fainted several times.
"My poor Goku... He took the Heart Virus medicine, so he should be all right, shouldn't he?"
Nearby, Chi-Chi wiped away her tears, sobbing without pause. "Goku, please don't let anything happen to you. What would I do without you..."
At that moment, Gohan took on the responsibility of the eldest son and comforted both of his mothers.
"Don't worry. Dad took the Heart Virus medicine. He's only asleep right now."
Outside the house.
Tap, tap, tap, tap...
Strange footsteps sounded.
A nonhuman, humanoid creature with a green body appeared outside the house.
His entire body was a mix of orange and green, speckled with black spots.
He stood two meters tall.
If Jiang Ling had been there, he would have recognized him immediately. It was Second Stage Cell!
Cell gave the wall a gentle shove from outside, and it immediately collapsed, exposing the room.
One Goku lay in bed, two Chi-Chis cried beside him, and the eldest son bore the weight of the household—like the Milky Way cascading from the heavens.
"Y-you, who are you?!"
Gohan immediately took a fighting stance!
The two Chi-Chis looked frightened.
"Heh heh heh, who am I? Heh heh heh..."
Cell let out a sinister laugh.
"I'm Cell, and I'm here to kill you all!"
"Then I'll just have to test you."
Gohan's eyes narrowed. Whoosh!
He transformed into a Super Saiyan!
His hair and eyebrows turned golden, and his eyes became pale green.
Whoosh!
Gohan attacked at once!
As someone who understood the law, he knew Cell's actions constituted unlawful entry into a private residence and endangerment of the occupants' lives. That was illegal!
So Gohan didn't hesitate to defend himself!
His fists rained down on Cell's chest like a storm.
Cell staggered backward, and the two of them retreated outside the house.
Then Cell smiled faintly and suddenly released a burst of energy, sending Gohan flying.
A domineering CEO-like smile curled at his lips.
"Heh, that's it? I've already got a general sense of your strength!"
Cell dusted off his chest.
He vanished in an instant and reappeared behind Gohan. With a single chop to the neck, Gohan returned to normal and passed out on the spot.
"Heh heh heh, now for the two little ladies."
Whoosh.
Cell moved quickly again, appearing inside the room with a sinister grin. "You two can either obey me or be absorbed by me!"
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