"Have another sip!" Soya suggested, deciding to give it another try.
"Will it really work? Don't lie to me!" Raditz gritted his teeth.
"Just try it. It's not like trying costs anything," Soya said with a smile.
Raditz: "..."
Why do I feel like you're treating me like a lab rat?
"Fine. I'll trust you one last time!" Raditz decided to give it a try.
Soya poured Raditz another cup of Battle God Water.
Raditz tipped his head back and downed it in one go.
As soon as Raditz drank the second sip of Battle God Water, he clearly felt his energy surging wildly.
Soya quickly used his Scouter to check Raditz's battle power.
"Battle power: 1,400!"
It had doubled!
The system hadn't screwed me over after all.
But what was with that first sip not doubling it?
Did doubling it not count as doubling?
Or was it because you couldn't calculate a mere doubling?
Thinking it over, that actually seemed to make sense.
What did it mean to double something? Raditz's battle power was 700, so what was one times 700?
Apparently, still 700!
The problem was, you said it would double. Doubling should mean increasing it.
Forgive me, I never even finished elementary school...
I got fooled by the system!
But none of that mattered now.
It looked like drinking two sips of Battle God Water made your battle power twice what it had been.
That seemed to make sense.
Soya took another careful look at the description of the Battle God Water: One sip multiplied battle power by one; two sips, by two; three sips, by three... and so on. The effect depended on one's physical constitution and lasted for one hour. (Note: There are side effects. Use with caution!)
Uh, wait... when did you remove the word "multiply"?
This damn system even updates in real time?
I clearly remembered the word "multiply" being there before.
Did I remember wrong?
"Battle power: 1,400!" Raditz exclaimed, dancing with excitement.
My battle power has finally passed 1,000!
"Soya... did you see that?" Raditz asked, overcome with excitement.
"Told you I wasn't lying, didn't I?" Soya's smile grew even brighter.
"This is great! This stuff really can double your battle power!" Raditz was overjoyed.
If you had something this good, why didn't you bring it out sooner?
"What if... I have another sip?" Raditz asked curiously.
"Let's try it." Soya was more than happy to let Raditz be his heroic little lab rat.
"Okay!" Raditz was full of anticipation.
So Soya poured Raditz another cup of Battle God Water.
Raditz was just about to down it in one go.
"No need to finish it! Try a small sip!" Soya hurriedly corrected him.
The system said one sip multiplied your battle power by one.
It didn't say how much counted as a sip!
Going by the size of a kung fu tea cup, you could get three sips out of this little bamboo cup.
Take small sips!
Wouldn't it be a waste to gulp down that much Battle God Water?
"Uh... I'll give it a try." Raditz took a small sip.
At once, Raditz felt powerful energy spread through his entire body again.
His battle power had increased once more!
Soya checked Raditz's battle power with his Scouter.
Battle power: 2,100!
Sure enough, his battle power was now triple what it had been!
"Wakakaka!" Raditz was thrilled and took another sip.
Battle power: 2,800!
"Another sip!" Raditz cried, his heart pounding with excitement, and drank a fifth sip.
But then the thing Raditz had been hoping for didn't happen.
"Huh? It's not going up anymore?" Raditz scratched his head.
"Maybe you've reached your limit," Soya said thoughtfully.
It seemed the Battle God Water really did determine the multiplier based on the drinker's physical constitution.
For Raditz's physique to boost his battle power fourfold was already pretty good.
Also, it made no difference whether you drank a big sip or a small one.
Even a tiny taste counted.
At this rate, you could drink this whole barrel of Battle God Water in 10,000 sips.
Raditz: "..."
"Negative Emotion Points from Raditz +111!"
His battle power had only quadrupled, and he'd already hit his limit?
"Why did your battle power increase sixfold?" Raditz asked, a little disgruntled. "I, Raditz, am an elite warrior!"
"Enough bragging about being an elite warrior. Hurry up and move." Soya really wanted to find out what the side effects of the Battle God Water were.
That way, I could make better use of the Battle God Water.
I just don't know how many times it would multiply my battle power if I drank it.
If I drank 50 sips and my battle power shot up fiftyfold, that'd be a transformation only a Super Saiyan could manage!
What about 100 sips? Could I unlock Super Saiyan 2?
And 400 sips would mean Super Saiyan 3!
Holy crap...
Would drinking 400 sips of Battle God Water make me burst?
But Saiyans had unusual stomachs. They could definitely handle 400 sips of Battle God Water.
"Wakakaka!" Raditz was thrilled. He pushed his speed to the limit and charged toward the dense cluster of monsters ahead.
The monsters in the area Soya and Raditz were heading toward had battle power ratings of only a little over 1,000 at most.
Now that Raditz's battle power had surpassed Nappa's, he had nothing to fear.
Just as Raditz was about to reach the dense area and attack the monsters,
Soya grabbed him by the tail.
Raditz: "..."
Raditz's body immediately went limp, and he lost all his strength.
"Negative Emotion Points from Raditz +999!"
Who grabbed my tail?
Raditz mechanically turned his head to look behind him.
"Y-you... why did you grab my tail?" Raditz stared at Soya, speechless and scowling.
"You go fight over there. I'll handle this dense area," Soya ordered Raditz.
"Got it... Next time, just tell me. You don't have to grab my tail!" Raditz said hastily.
"Sure, sure." Soya agreed readily.
Then, without another moment's hesitation, Soya shot into the sky and pressed down with one huge hand.
An Energy Blast instantly spread across the dense area below.
"Rumble!"
A huge explosion tore through the area crowded with monsters.
Quite a few monsters were left covered in dust and grime.
"Negative Emotion Points from Rulalakari Guguzatean +999!" "From..."
Soya gained more than 100,000 Negative Emotion Points from that one attack.
According to the Scouter, there were at least 500 monsters in the area.
That blast had hit quite a few of them.
Soya hadn't used much energy, in case he accidentally killed them.
I'm here to earn Negative Emotion Points!
If I wipe out the monsters, there won't be any Negative Emotion Points left to earn.
"Everyone, look at me!"
Soya shouted as he hovered high in the air.
The monsters on the scene glared at him, their eyes bulging. They all roared furiously.
"Solar Flare!"
Soya raised both hands beside his cheeks and unleashed Solar Flare once again.
The monsters' pupils all turned white, and they could no longer see a thing.
"Negative Emotion Points from Raditz +666!" "From..."
Soya: "..."
Soya took a closer look and was shocked to find that Raditz had gotten caught in it again.
Will you never learn?
*Why were you looking at me?
Before you continue