Gravity Training

This time, Soro wanted to go to Namek mainly so he could use its Shenron to wish for the ability to survive in outer space.

Wishing for the ability to survive in any environment would work too.

As for whether the system would give him that ability... Soro wasn't counting on it for now.

Compared to that, Shenron seemed much more reliable.

Right now, Soro's priority was to raise his base power as quickly as possible.

He'd see whether training in the Gravity Training Room could produce the results he wanted.

It was a shame there weren't many Senzu Beans left at this point in time. If he had enough, he could increase his power by repeatedly recovering from near-death experiences.

"Soro." Dr. Briefs smiled at him and pushed up his glasses. "I built the Gravity Training Room just the way you asked. It can go up to one hundred times normal gravity."

"Thank you!" Soro hurriedly replied.

"We're family. There's no need to thank me." Dr. Briefs waved a hand with a smile, then patted Soro on the shoulder with a knowing look.

His palm landed on Soro's shoulder twice.

"Family?" Soro asked, momentarily taken aback. His brows furrowed slightly.

"But next time you and Bulma... well, you know what I mean." Dr. Briefs spoke earnestly, a serious glint in his eyes behind his lenses. "Don't give her that pill again!"

Soro: "..."

The corner of Soro's mouth twitched, and his whole face contorted.

Had they all gotten the wrong idea?

"Well..." Soro gave an awkward laugh and waved both hands in front of him. "Bulma and I really aren't together, Doctor. You've misunderstood."

"We're all adults. There's no need to be embarrassed!" Dr. Briefs laughed, his eyes narrowing to slits.

He paused, then held up one finger.

"After eleven o'clock that night, I saw Bulma go to your room."

"She went to my room because we were working on the spaceship." Soro replied calmly. "We had some things to agree on."

"Hahaha, you don't have to explain so much." Dr. Briefs laughed and patted Soro on the shoulder again. "I understand."

Soro gave up and fell silent, pressing his lips into a thin line.

Why did every explanation just make the misunderstanding worse?

He looked into the distance, toward the big tree in the yard.

"But speaking of which..." Dr. Briefs sighed deeply, his hands clasped behind his back. "Bulma hasn't dated anyone all these years... and you're the only one she seems to like."

"I heard from Krillin that the late Yamcha..." Soro ventured, glancing at the doctor.

But before Soro could finish, Dr. Briefs picked up the conversation.

"You mean Yamcha?" Dr. Briefs smiled and adjusted his glasses, the lenses flashing briefly. "He was always pursuing Bulma, but she wasn't interested in him at all!"

"Oh?" Soro rubbed his chin, running his fingers along his jaw as he fell into thought.

In this timeline, Bulma and Yamcha didn't seem to have gotten together.

"When Bulma was ten, some bad guys kidnapped her..." Dr. Briefs sighed at length, hands clasped behind his back as he gazed at the distant sky. "A man named Soro rescued her..."

He paused, lowering his voice slightly.

"That was a long time ago. She can't even remember what the man who shared your name looked like anymore!"

"Really?" Soro asked, momentarily stunned. His brows lifted slightly.

When she was ten, someone with the same name as me rescued Bulma?

Soro's eyes flickered.

Could I have gotten some kind of time-travel skill and ended up in the year Bulma was ten, then rescued her?

Soro considered it seriously, tapping his chin twice. It seemed entirely possible.

So that was why Bulma had never dated anyone.

Yeah! It all fit perfectly!

The corner of Soro's mouth lifted slightly, then quickly fell.

All right, this wasn't the time to think about that.

There were still a hundred cat-eared beauties on Atlantis Planet.

He'd put the matter with Bulma aside for now!

The most important thing was to raise his base power as quickly as he could.

Ideally, he'd raise it to three million, so he could stand a chance against Frieza on Namek.

Otherwise, going there would be pointless!

"Doctor, I'll go train now!" Soro laughed awkwardly and hurried toward the Gravity Training Room.

"When you have some free time, take Bulma out and spend time with her. Get to know each other better," Dr. Briefs called after Soro. His voice wasn't loud, but every word was perfectly clear.

Soro's mouth twitched. He immediately quickened his pace, practically fleeing into the Gravity Training Room.

"Clang!"

The metal door shut behind him with a heavy thud.

Once inside the training room, Soro took a deep breath, his chest rising before he slowly exhaled.

Then he composed himself and went over to the control panel.

His fingers paused over the buttons as he set the gravity to ten times Earth's.

"Whoosh!"

Soro immediately felt his body sink. His knees bent slightly.

Heavy pressure bore down on him from every direction, as if an invisible hand were pressing on his shoulders.

He nearly toppled over. Bracing both hands against the control panel, he managed to steady himself.

Although Soro had been born on Planet Vegeta and had lived there for the first five years of his life, he had naturally adapted to the planet's gravity.

Planet Vegeta's gravity was ten times that of Earth.

But Atlantis Planet's gravity was only half of Earth's.

In other words, if Soro weighed eighty kilograms on Earth, he'd weigh only forty on Atlantis Planet.

That was one reason his power had increased so slowly.

After all, Atlantis Planet's gravity was far too weak to put his body through much strain.

On top of that, Atlantis Planet had only just entered the steam-engine era. Its population was dwindling, and because it was inhabited entirely by women, it was at a disadvantage when it came to scientific research. Developing an advanced technology like a Gravity Training Room was beyond its reach.

In Soro's view, the fact that the catgirls of Atlantis Planet had reached the steam-engine era at all was already a testament to their great intelligence.

Now that he was on Earth and had access to the Gravity Training Room built by Bulma and Dr. Briefs, Soro had to put his body through some serious training.

Once his base power increased, his overall power would soar as well.

Soro first tried to adjust to the side effects of ten times Earth's gravity.

He stood still with his arms at his sides, feeling the pressure spread through every inch of his muscles.

Fortunately, his power was already quite high. It took less than five minutes for him to fully adapt to the tenfold gravity.

The heaviness in his body gradually faded, and his breathing steadied.

Still, Soro felt that something wasn't quite right.

He frowned, tapping his chin twice.

Let me think this through...

My base power is one thousand, but I have this [Power Level × 50] skill...

So my actual power has always been fifty thousand.

With a power level of fifty thousand, it makes sense that adapting to ten times gravity would be easy.

So is there any way to turn off this passive [Power Level × 50] skill?