The Bug for Stacking Battle God Water

"Not bad. I finished it!" Frieza chuckled and held up five fingers. "I drank fifty gulps in total, and my power level increased fiftyfold."

"What? Fiftyfold!" Vegeta's pupils contracted, and his expression grew even more troubled.

This time, he wasn't pretending!

Why could this guy increase his power level fiftyfold?

And I could only increase mine twentyfold!

So how strong is he now? 150 million?

I'd better be careful!

Until Frieza enters his weakened state, I'd better act meek.

With a power level of 150 million, he could kill me with a fart.

"You mean... you've finished drinking the Battle God Water, and your power level is still increasing?" Vegeta suddenly realized something else. His expression changed again and again as he hurriedly asked.

"That's exactly what I mean. I feel like my power level can increase at least a hundredfold!" Frieza snickered, deciding to keep drinking.

I wonder if it'll keep stacking.

It was fiftyfold before!

One more gulp should make it fifty-onefold!

Frieza had no reason to hesitate. He took a small sip, then smacked his lips.

As he swallowed, Frieza once again felt his energy surge wildly.

His power level had increased again!

Fifty-onefold!

"Not bad, it's real! It increased again! And this time it tastes a little better than before. Does this stuff have an expiration date?" Frieza was overjoyed and praised the drink in front of Vegeta.

Vegeta: "..."

Vegeta was dumbfounded.

The reason he was dumbfounded was that Frieza's power level had increased fiftyfold nearly an hour ago.

Now, almost an hour later, he'd taken another gulp...

And even with such a long gap, his power level had increased again?

Was that really how it worked?

"Prince Vegeta... didn't you say the time for the power-level increase was counted from the last gulp?" Nappa tensed up and quickly asked in a low voice. "So... does that mean the time for Frieza's power level to increase... started over?"

Vegeta's mouth twitched sharply, and his expression grew even more troubled.

If the timer had restarted, then this was a complete disaster.

Frieza took three more gulps.

His power level kept increasing.

Frieza was ecstatic.

This power-level increase felt so good it was unreal.

Before long, Frieza had drunk a total of sixty gulps, and he still hadn't reached his limit.

"Ohohoho! Sixtyfold!" Frieza laughed so hard that snot bubbles sprayed from his nose.

Vegeta felt a pang in his heart.

His power level had increased sixtyfold!

Could he please stop being so absurd?

"Frieza... how... how long has it been since you started drinking the Battle God Water?" Vegeta couldn't hold back any longer and asked.

"A little over an hour. Is there a problem?" Frieza gave Vegeta an eye-roll.

Vegeta: "..."

Vegeta fell silent.

This is unbelievable...

An hour has passed. Why haven't any side effects appeared?

Could it be... the time really is counted from the last power-level increase?

Since Frieza hadn't reached his limit, drinking again within the hour reset the timer?

Earth.

At a town's food street.

Soya had changed into a set of Earthling clothes and was strolling around with Tights, enjoying all kinds of snacks and delicious food.

Soya had washed his Battle Suit and left it to dry in the hotel.

Raditz had changed into Earthling clothes too. He was eating so much his mouth was greasy, and he couldn't stop marveling at the food.

"That's ice cream... I haven't had any in ages. Want some?" Tights' beautiful eyes sparkled when she spotted a shop selling ice cream up ahead.

"Sure." Soya nodded.

"What about you, kid?" Tights asked Raditz with a smile.

"I'm not a kid!" Raditz scowled. "But what's this ice cream you're talking about? Is it good?"

"Wait here. I'll go buy some." Tights jogged over to get the ice cream.

"I never knew Earth's food was this good... Now I feel like the food on Planet Vegeta tastes like shit compared to Earth's." Raditz took a bite of a skewer and found it even more delicious than before.

"You've tried it?" Soya asked.

Raditz: "..."

"I was just using it as a figure of speech. Don't twist my words!" Raditz was at a loss for words.

"Raditz's Negative Emotion Points +666!"

"Soya, this really is a great idea!" Raditz exclaimed excitedly. He took a bite of his skewer, then a gulp of Battle God Water. "Drinking the Battle God Water before its side effects kick in not only increases your power level, it also extends the duration!"

"Not bad, not bad." Soya nodded with satisfaction.

On the way to Earth, Soya had suddenly come up with an idea.

The duration of the Battle God Water's effects was counted from the last gulp that increased your power level.

For example, say you could increase your power level tenfold.

The timer would start when you drank your tenth gulp of Battle God Water. Your power level would stay ten times higher for an hour.

It didn't start counting from the first gulp.

So you could drink two gulps of Battle God Water first, doubling your power level, then take another gulp just before an hour had passed. Your power level would increase again, and the timer would reset.

Repeat the process, and the duration of the power-level increase would keep getting extended.

As soon as they reached Earth, Soya had grabbed Raditz as his little test subject and put him through an experiment.

Sure enough, it worked!

Raditz had now drunk four gulps of Battle God Water, and his power level had stayed doubled for nearly four hours.

Raditz could increase his power level up to fivefold with the Battle God Water.

So he could still drink one more gulp.

That would keep Raditz's power level increased for five hours.

Soya hadn't tried it himself because he was worried the side effects might be worse.

With such a good bug to exploit... Soya couldn't help feeling like there had to be a catch.

What if the side effects were worse?

Luckily, he had Raditz as his little test subject. It couldn't be better.

"There's something I'm wondering about..." Soya mused.

"What is it?" Raditz asked, taken aback.

"Do you think it's possible that if your power level stays increased for several hours... the side effects will stack up too?" Soya guessed. "For example, if the side effect is one day for an hour, then four hours would mean four days."

Raditz: "..."

"Raditz's Negative Emotion Points +666!"

Are you just going to keep screwing me over?

"But at least if my power level increases fivefold, I'll still have a power level of 140 during the weakened period." Raditz let out a small sigh of relief. "The humans on this planet all have pretty ordinary power levels. A power level of 140 shouldn't be a problem."

"Mm-hmm." Soya nodded.

"Hey! What are you doing? My boyfriend's really strong!"

Just then, Soya suddenly heard Tights's voice coming from nearby.

Soya frowned and headed over.