The Three Wishes of the Dragon God

"What are you two yelling about? You're both mine!"

Jiang Ling glared at the two women.

He decided to embrace his inner chauvinist!

He'd given up!

What he hated most was women nagging in his ear all day long, never giving him a moment's peace.

Who cared who was right? The worst that could happen was losing them both!

Bulma and 18 exchanged a look, then fell silent at the same time.

Seeing that he'd brought the situation under control, Jiang Ling said, "Come on, let's go have a barbecue!"

"16 and 17, you two come along, too."

He looked at the two androids standing dazed a short distance away.

17 was still caught up in how Jiang Ling had single-handedly subdued two tigresses. When he heard Jiang Ling call him, he snapped back to attention.

"Okay."

"I don't mind."

Android 16 spread his big hands.

Jiang Ling led the five of them to the place in the wilderness where he'd barbecued with Goku before.

The barbecue party was underway, and everyone was having a good time.

Jiang Ling, 17, and Goku sat together, eating barbecue and drinking.

"17, Goku, these oysters, chicken gizzards, and grilled chives are great for you. They're good for your manly side!"

Jiang Ling ate as he urged the other two to dig in.

17 scratched his black hair, looking a little troubled. "I see, but I don't have a girlfriend..."

"That's fine. It's still good to build up your strength in advance!"

"Does it really work?" Goku's eyes lit up a little at Jiang Ling's words.

"It's food therapy. You need to eat it regularly over a long period."

Jiang Ling explained, then watched Goku start eating like there was no tomorrow...

He looked at Goku and suddenly understood.

Oh, right!

Goku had two Chi-Chis now, too!

Even though Goku was strong, keeping up that kind of activity for a long time would naturally take a toll on his body...

"I wonder how many times a day Goku does it..."

Jiang Ling muttered under his breath.

Android 16 was a pure robot. He held a bottle of beer, drinking as he helped grill all kinds of meat...

He could eat food, but he didn't need to, and he didn't particularly like it anyway.

So Jiang Ling had stationed him off to the side, where he could focus on grilling meat for them...

As for the four women...

Bulma and 18 were secretly competing with each other. Each pulled one of the Chi-Chis aside and started asking how to cook and the like...

Jiang Ling didn't really care whether they knew how to do housework or cook. He could do it himself, and if he was feeling lazy, he could order takeout...

But Bulma and 18 both wanted to do a better job than the other...

The Android arc had ended without much explanation, but the outcome was pretty good.

Unlike in the original story, Trunks didn't come back a second time in the Time Machine, because Jiang Ling had brought it over...

The three androids had somehow become friends with Earth's warriors and gotten onto the right path.

That was different from the Future Timeline.

In the Future Timeline, after the androids first appeared, their hearts were like blank sheets of paper. They got their revenge by killing Dr. Gero, and that was that.

But everyone they met afterward was evil, so their hearts were stained black. It was like a drop of ink falling into a glass of clear water and turning it all black! That was what led them down the wrong path.

But the androids in this timeline had met Jiang Ling, a model young man, from the very beginning...

So they naturally went down the right path.

A few days later.

17 couldn't stand watching his sister 18 get all lovey-dovey with Jiang Ling, while Android 16 wanted to go see some natural scenery. So the two of them set out on a trip together.

That day.

At the villa.

One of the rooms was filled with complicated research equipment. Bulma sat in front of a large screen, studying something.

Jiang Ling walked over and looked at the complicated data on the screen, feeling a headache coming on.

"Bulma, sweetheart, what are you working on?"

Bulma didn't turn around.

Her brow was tightly furrowed.

"18—Lazi Li—knows I'm a scientist, so she told me a secret. It's something that's been weighing on her."

"They all have a bomb inside them. There's no way to make it explode right now, but it's still a potential threat, so she asked me to see if I could remove it."

"There's also a device inside them that can control their bodily functions and leave them completely unable to move."

"The only controller was in Dr. Gero's hands. They destroyed it when they killed him, so we don't have to worry about it for now..."

Jiang Ling listened from the side, the corners of his mouth lifting.

"Bulma, how did you and 18—Lazi Li—get so close?"

"Whatever." Bulma pursed her lips. "It's not like we're close, but she's with you now, so she's family. I can't just leave her to deal with this on her own."

Seeing how she said one thing but meant another, Jiang Ling smiled.

"Fine, fine. Did you figure out a way?"

"I did, but I'd have to cut her open and take it out..."

Bulma frowned.

Removing the bomb and the control device would inevitably leave scars.

She wasn't a biologist and couldn't do it without leaving scars.

Dr. Gero, on the other hand, was a top-tier biologist and could certainly manage it.

As a woman, Bulma knew how painful it was for a woman to be left with scars!

That was why she was so troubled.

"Isn't that easy?"

Jiang Ling smiled. "Why not just ask the Dragon God?"

"Oh, right! How did I not think of that?"

Bulma slapped her thigh, her eyes lighting up.

Jiang Ling ran a hand through her blue hair. "Go tell Lazi Li the good news. Say you came up with the idea yourself."

Bulma paused.

Then she gave him a long, meaningful look.

Jiang Ling bent down and kissed her on the cheek.

"You two can call each other sisters."

Bulma rolled her eyes. "I suspect you're buttering me up, but I don't mind. What can I do? I ended up with a man like you."

After the three of them had lived and eaten together for the past few days, she understood.

18—Lazi Li—hadn't taken any of Jiang Ling's love away from her. Things were just the same as before.

Besides, Jiang Ling, that old lecher, still hadn't made a move on Lazi Li. He was being considerate of her feelings.

Bulma thought it over, then got up and headed to Lazi Li's room.

Before long, the two of them could be heard laughing and playing around.

Jiang Ling breathed a sigh of relief.

After all, what man didn't want a peaceful, harmonious home?

The next day.

Bulma and Lazi Li went out hand in hand to look for the Dragon Balls.

They didn't bring Jiang Ling along.

He couldn't be bothered to go anyway...

This was their chance to get closer.

With the arrival of the new Kami, Dende, the Earth Dragon Balls had been upgraded.

They could grant three wishes!

It didn't take long for Bulma and Lazi Li to gather all seven Dragon Balls.

They successfully made their wishes.

All three wishes had been used up...