"Goku, whether it's now or in the future, there'll come a time when we have to part ways. It's time you learned to grow on your own."
Son Gohan was filled with emotion. After all these years, he'd grown used to the two of them living together.
In that great mountain range, there had been no electricity and no troubles. After their grandfather passed away, the two brothers had grown up relying on each other.
They hunted and played together. Those had been such beautiful, innocent days.
If they could, who wouldn't want to stay hidden away in the countryside, practicing until they mastered the Martial Arts before venturing out into the world?
But failing to plan for the future meant trouble sooner or later. If they kept immersing themselves in those wonderful memories, even greater calamities would inevitably arise in the future.
Compared to Son Goku in other timelines, the current Son Goku was much stronger than his counterpart at the same point in time. But he was missing the most important thing: an independent spirit and personality!
There was no help for it. As the saying went, every gain came with a loss. Gaining one thing meant losing another.
They might as well take this opportunity to give the two brothers a chance to grow through experience.
At least for now, even without Son Gohan by his side, Goku still had his other senior brothers to keep him company, didn't he?
Once he gradually got used to it, he'd consider traveling alone and training further down the road.
After everyone had teased one another around the table, they ate their fill and then went their separate ways.
They were about to leave, so they had to make some plans.
Inside Bulma's Capsule House, she lay on the bed