Grateful for Nature's Bounty

"Finally, we're back!"

As the motorcycle stopped, Yamcha, with Puar, returned to their old lair.

Only then did he let out a long sigh of relief.

On the way back, his eyelids had been twitching non-stop, always feeling like something big was about to happen.

That feeling still lingered like a thorn in his side.

Seeing the unusually silent Puar, Yamcha thought Puar felt the same way and quickly spoke to comfort his great contributor.

"Don't worry, Puar. You know, our hideout just looks like a pile of broken rocks scattered across the wasteland from the outside."

"Even if they discover the capsules were stolen, they won't be able to catch up!"

He said this with great certainty, less to Puar and more as a self-reassurance to calm his own mind.

Because his brow was twitching fiercely now, and he was very flustered!

"Hey, hurry up and get my treasures out for me to see! Even though they were only away from me for half a day, I feel like they're going to leave me again any second!"

As Yamcha spoke, he took out a small box from under a floorboard in a corner.

"I need to store some more this time. If this kind of situation happens again, we won't be completely wiped out, will we?"

After saying that, he began to sort through the pile of capsules Puar had just placed on the table.

"All my precious treasures!"

Happy at their recovery, he caressed each one, as if savoring the feeling of having his treasures in hand.

But as he was admiring them, he felt something was slightly off!

Puar's shadow behind him had suddenly stretched considerably at some point. Puar wasn't that tall, was he?

Confused, he was about to turn around when, in the next instant, he felt a numbness in the back of his neck, his vision went black, and he collapsed.

"Heh heh, it was effortless. Thanks for the bounty of nature!"

At some unknown time, Puar had vanished without a trace. Only Son Gohan stood in his place.

It turned out that the moment Puar entered, Son Gohan already knew the person before him was Puar in disguise. But he didn't expose him. Instead, he led him into the bedroom and knocked Puar out as soon as they entered.

After instructing Son Wukong to guard Puar closely, Son Gohan transformed into Puar's appearance and returned to their lair with Yamcha.

He glanced at the remaining furnishings in the room and, finding no other valuable supplies, looked at Yamcha, still lying on the floor, and ignored him.

When he returned to the Capsule House again, he found Puar had woken up, and Son Gohan was chatting with him.

Anyway, Puar was no longer of any value, so Son Gohan let him go.

"Hey, little guy, go back. Comfort your young master when you get there and tell him not to cry!"

In a good mood, Son Gohan rarely joked with Puar, but Puar didn't find this hellish joke funny at all!

He endured his fear, bowed in thanks, and quickly slipped out of the Capsule House.

"Phew, that was terrifying. I need to find Young Master Yamcha quickly!"

He had just heard a huge secret, and if he didn't leave quickly, he might not be able to!

After searching the surroundings and not finding Yamcha, he had to return to their lair with a worried heart.

When he arrived, he saw Yamcha lying unconscious on the ground.

"Young Master Yamcha!"

With a cry, Puar rushed to his side. Only when he saw the faint rise and fall of Yamcha's chest did he breathe a sigh of relief.

"What on earth happened!"

Puar complained with a troubled expression.

He tried shaking Yamcha for a long time without success. After thinking for a moment, he decided to get serious.

"Transformation! BOOM!"

Puar disappeared, and a large fly swatter appeared in mid-air.

"Sorry, Young Master!"

"Slap!"

"Ah!"

"..."

Yamcha, holding half his face, looked at Puar with some indignation.

"Hey, I know you're trying to save me, but that was too hard! Have I offended you somewhere usually!"

"Hehe, a mistake, it was just a mistake!"

Puar scratched his head. To ease the awkwardness, he quickly changed the subject.

"Young Master, weren't you supposed to be waiting for me near their hut? How did you end up unconscious at home!"

"Oh no!"

If he hadn't said anything, it would have been fine. Yamcha, still groggy from just waking up, felt his mind clear up with that reminder.

"Puar, why did you knock me out just now!"

"Huh? No, you told me to go in and lure the tiger away from its mountain. But as soon as I went in, I was seen through. It was only later that that demon king named Son Gohan took pity on me and let me escape!"

Puar felt extremely wronged looking at Yamcha's suspicious face.

"But I clearly saw you come out of their room with my own eyes, and you said you got our stuff!"

"And then I brought you home!"

As Yamcha and Puar communicated, they immediately discovered something suspicious.

"So there were two Puars at the same time!"

They were both startled.

Yamcha quickly went to look for the hidden compartment.

"It's over! Even the last bit of my savings is gone!"

Yamcha looked at the empty hidden compartment, confirming once again that the scene just now was not an illusion.

"Someone among them must know the Transformation technique like you! It must be!"

He recalled the chilling feeling he had at that time, and now he finally understood. Among those people, there was only one person who could give him such a feeling!

"Son! Go! Han!"

Yamcha cried out to the sky in grief, like a wounded old wolf.

"Achoo!"

"Huh? Who's thinking of me?"

Inside the Capsule House, Son Gohan scratched his head, then immersed himself back into the activity of playing with capsules.

"Young Master Yamcha, there's no time to be sad! I heard a huge secret!"

Puar quickly changed the subject.

"While I was captured, that boy named Son Goku mentioned that they were looking for something called Dragon Balls!"

"According to what he revealed, if you gather seven Dragon Balls, you can summon Shenron."

"Shenron will grant any wish of the summoner!"

It sounded quite magical!

"?!"

"There's such a thing?!"

"Right, right! They've already found five Dragon Balls, they only need two more to make a wish!"

It just goes to show what a simple child Goku is. He truly didn't treat the little cat as a prisoner. Aside from keeping an eye on him and preventing his escape, he spilled almost everyone's secrets.

"Puar, do you know the whereabouts of the next Dragon Ball?"

Yamcha looked at him expectantly.

"Mhm, mhm! He said where they're going!"

"It's said the sixth Dragon Ball is around Fried Bread Mountain. They're preparing to look for Ox King."

"Is that the murderous maniac who can chop down a small mountain with one axe?!"