He was a little ugly, sure, but the tenfold increase in his power was real.
Still, the sight of those two tails swaying between his legs made Son Gohan's scalp prickle.
Fortunately, no one was around on Mount Paozu in the middle of the night.
Otherwise, he would have died of embarrassment.
"Roar, roar~"
Son Gohan roared twice like King Kong, pounding his chest with both hands like a lunatic.
He had officially entered goofball mode.
But after just a few thumps, Son Gohan's expression turned serious.
He hadn't turned into a black-furred Great Ape tonight just to fool around. He had another goal.
The enormous black-furred Great Ape looked up at the moon and clenched both fists.
Then he threw back his head and roared.
"Aaaaah~!"
Surging waves of energy rippled out from the black ape, rushing in every direction.
The clouds overhead churned.
In an instant, fierce winds swept backward, and the surrounding forest rustled.
Then the entire Earth began to tremble faintly.
Son Gohan's energy skyrocketed. His black fur took on a metallic sheen and began turning golden.
Meanwhile,
At Capsule Corp in West City.
Trunks jolted awake, his face filling with horror.
Energy—an incredibly powerful wave of energy washed over him.
"Is this Gohan's energy? What's going on? This energy is terrifying!"
He sprang out of bed, got dressed, and rushed out the door.
Deep in the Ten Thousand Mile Mountains near South City.
Android 16, who had been planting trees through the night, turned toward Mount Paozu near East City.
"Son Gohan. Such tremendous power."
After speaking, he fell silent for a while, then lowered his head and resumed planting trees.
It was as though none of it had anything to do with him.
In a higher plane of the Dragon Balls world.
The Sacred Land of Gods, the Supreme Kai Planet!
Supreme Kai Shin abruptly raised his head, his pupils contracting sharply as shock spread across his face.
Kibito noticed the Supreme Kai's strange reaction and asked, "Lord Supreme Kai, what's wrong?"
A bead of sweat rolled down the Supreme Kai's forehead. "Energy. An incredibly powerful energy just erupted."
"What? Energy?"
Kibito's eyes widened as well. Now that the Supreme Kai had mentioned it, he too sensed an unimaginably powerful energy reaching the Sacred Land from the mortal realm.
Disbelief covered his face as he exclaimed, "H-how is that possible? Someone's energy actually reached the Sacred Land? Who could this person be?"
Then the Supreme Kai and Kibito looked at each other, the same terrifying suspicion forming in their minds.
"Could it be..."
"Could it be Majin Buu?"
"That direction—isn't that where Majin Buu is sealed?"
"Heavens, has Majin Buu awakened?"
"No, no." The Supreme Kai shook his head and continued, "This isn't Majin Buu's energy. I remember his energy being different."
"Besides, this energy is considerably stronger than Majin Buu's. Just who is this?"
A whole array of expressions flickered across the Supreme Kai's face.
Then he said to Kibito, "Kibito, let's go. We need to take a look in the mortal realm."
"Yes, Lord Supreme Kai," Kibito replied. He placed a hand on the Supreme Kai's shoulder, and with a whoosh, they both vanished.
On Mount Paozu.
Son Gohan had become a Golden Great Ape, covered from head to toe in golden fur.
A golden aura surged around him, and his overwhelmingly powerful energy spread throughout the Four Galaxies.
Super Saiyan Great Ape!
This was the form achieved by transforming into a Super Saiyan on top of a Great Ape Transformation.
Power ×10 ×50!
A 500-fold boost!!!
Feeling the immense power within him, Son Gohan grew excited.
He remembered perfectly well.
Even Super Saiyan 3 only provided a 400-fold boost over one's base form.
Yet this form had already reached a 500-fold boost.
That was a whole hundredfold more.
Although he had become a hideously ugly Great Ape and lost some speed, his strength was truly immense.
Son Gohan muttered, "I wonder if I can transform even further. If I can reach Super Saiyan 2, that would be a thousandfold boost. Whew, that's terrifying!"
Son Gohan sucked in a breath of cold air, doing his part for global warming.
He put the idea into action immediately.
He stirred up his energy, preparing to push for Super Saiyan 2.
"Aaaaah~!"
"Bzzzt~"
His thick golden tail twitched, and Son Gohan's fur stood on end as though he had been electrocuted.
His entire body tingled, but his power didn't increase noticeably.
What's going on?
Just then,
A figure descended from the sky. Trunks had arrived.
Trunks stared dumbfounded at Son Gohan's Golden Great Ape form.
"G-Gohan? How did you turn into this?" he stammered.
This was his first time seeing Son Gohan as a Great Ape.
If not for the vaguely familiar energy coming from Son Gohan, Trunks wouldn't have dared recognize him.
Wasn't this change a little too drastic?
Before Son Gohan could answer, realization dawned on Trunks. "Right, the moon! It's the moon, isn't it?"
As he spoke, he looked up at the sky.
"Uh..."
Son Gohan swallowed the explanation he had been about to give.
At the same time.
Two figures appeared out of thin air not far from them.
The Supreme Kai and Kibito had arrived as well.
Although neither of them gave off any fluctuations in energy, Son Gohan's senses were exceptionally keen now.
He had detected them the moment they appeared.
Then he looked over.
Suddenly finding themselves under the gaze of a pair of blood-red eyes as large as lanterns, the Supreme Kai and Kibito recoiled in fright.
Perhaps feeling that this undermined their divine dignity, they forced themselves to stop after that first step back.
Kibito moved in front of the Supreme Kai protectively and frowned. "Lord Supreme Kai, what race is this?"
The Supreme Kai racked his brain for a few seconds before saying gravely, "If I'm not mistaken, he's one of the Saiyans, the warrior race."
Just then.
A thunderous roar interrupted their conversation.
"Aaaaah~!"
Trunks's body rapidly twisted and changed, and he too became an enormous black-furred Great Ape.
Now a Golden Great Ape and a black-furred Great Ape stood before the Supreme Kai.
Both apes were immensely intimidating.
Kibito rested a hand on the Supreme Kai, looking ready to teleport away at any moment.
In perfect unison, they both swallowed, staring silently at Son Gohan and Trunks.
Son Gohan also watched Trunks warily now that he had become a Great Ape.
He still didn't know whether Trunks could retain his reason after a Great Ape Transformation.
In case Trunks really went berserk, Son Gohan had already decided where to strike to knock him out.
Just then, Trunks turned his black-furred Great Ape head toward Son Gohan.
"Gohan, I-I think I've turned into a monster too. I'm just a different color from you," he said in a rumbling voice.
Hearing Trunks speak, Son Gohan let out a sigh of relief.
Good, good. No need to land a cheap shot.
Son Gohan laughed. "Hahaha, congratulations, Trunks! You can still keep your reason as a Great Ape. That's the Saiyan Royal Family's bloodline for you. Hmm, you're pretty well endowed too."
As he spoke, his eyes flicked down between Trunks's legs.
"Ah~!" Trunks cried, hastily covering his crotch. "You're one to talk, Gohan! Yours is twice as big as mine!"
"Hahahaha..." Son Gohan burst out laughing.
"Let's get out of here. There are two perverts over there peeping at us. They're making my hair stand on end."
"Gohan, we're both already covered in hair."
Son Gohan: "..."
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