However.
Son Goku laughed. "Haha, Gohan, I'm not that amazing!"
"I told Vegeta this earlier, but I've been trying to find a way to surpass Super Saiyan 3 for a long time."
"Unfortunately, I still haven't found the right method."
"Hey, Tarble, how did you surpass Super Saiyan 3? Could you tell us?"
Tarble was just about to say, "No problem," when Vegeta beat him to it.
He reached out again as fast as lightning, grabbed Son Goku, and dragged him aside.
"No!"
"Kakarot, Tarble already agreed to spar with you. That's more than enough! Don't push your luck!"
"You never told me how to become a Super Saiyan 3, either!"
"Hmph!"
"Tarble, don't tell him!"
Caught off guard, Son Goku stumbled when Vegeta yanked him. The moment he heard what Vegeta said, he grew flustered.
"What? Vegeta?"
"You should've just said you wanted to know how to turn Super Saiyan 3!"
"Fine, since you don't know the trick yet, I'll tell you right now. How's that?"
Vegeta looked at him as if he were an idiot. "I don't need you to!"
"If I wanted to know, I'd ask Tarble before I asked you!"
Hearing Vegeta's words, Son Goku complained like a child. "Vegeta, you're so stingy!"
But then his eyes darted around, and he came up with a great idea.
Grinning, he went around Vegeta, flashed over to Tarble, and asked, "Hey, Tarble, you'll tell me how to become a Super Saiyan 4, right?"
When it came to getting stronger, he would try anything he could, as long as it didn't endanger other people or society.
In that regard, he and Vegeta were actually alike.
To some extent, they were both willing to do whatever it took to grow stronger.
Seeing this, Vegeta clenched his teeth. "Kakarot!"
Son Goku acted as if he hadn't heard him, keeping his eyes fixed on Tarble.
He looked just like a mischievous old child.
Vegeta was furious when Son Goku ignored him.
He couldn't beat him, so all he could do was glare viciously.
His eyes looked as if he wanted to tear Son Goku apart.
Seeing Son Goku's ridiculous expression, Tarble merely smiled. He didn't rush to answer, instead returning to his normal form first.
He looked around at the other six Saiyans present, his gaze settling on each of them in turn. Son Goku was the last.
"I'll tell you the method, but not right now."
"Rix and I just came out of the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, and we haven't had a proper meal yet."
"I'll tell you once I've eaten my fill."
"But before that, I can share a little secret with you!"
He deliberately paused, hoping to whet the appetites of Son Goku and the others.
When it came to training and getting stronger, Son Goku was naturally the most impatient.
The instant Tarble finished speaking, Son Goku's eyes lit up, and he asked eagerly, "What secret?"
He wasn't the only one curious about the "secret" Tarble had mentioned. Everyone present was now eager to know.
Seeing them all craning their necks, Tarble slowly explained, "The secret is... after you become a Super Saiyan 4, your training speed increases several times over. It should be about ten times faster."
Everyone present looked astonished.
But no one interrupted Tarble.
Since nobody said anything, Tarble continued:
"Even breaking through from Super Saiyan 2 to Super Saiyan 3 makes your training speed faster—about four times faster."
"So even though Super Saiyan 3 has a flaw, I still recommend that you become Super Saiyan 3 first. That way, your training speed can increase to about four times what it was."
"After training for a while, you can try transforming into Super Saiyan 4."
After listening carefully, Vegeta immediately understood a lot.
For example: why Son Goku had always been stronger than him!
It turned out that the training speeds after different transformations were completely different.
No wonder he had worked hard at training all these years, yet whenever he faced Son Goku, he could tell without even fighting that he wasn't a match for him—and that the gap between them was huge.
Now he finally knew why.
As soon as he figured it out, an inexplicable fury surged within him.
His eyes blazed as he glared viciously at Son Goku and roared:
"Kakarot!!!"
"Vegeta, why are you shouting so loud? I can hear you..."
"Bastard! Don't interrupt me!"
"You knew all along that different transformations meant different training speeds, didn't you?"
"And all this time, you only cared about yourself. You never even thought of sharing this with anyone, did you?"
"I didn't—"
"Shut up!"
"I knew it! I'm more talented than you, and I train harder, so why are you always ahead of me?"
Son Goku blinked, looking utterly innocent, and spread his hands. "Vegeta, I really didn't know anything about this!"
"If I'd known, I definitely would've told you all."
Vegeta wasn't buying it. "Hmph. You make it sound better than a song!"
Son Goku insisted with complete sincerity, "If I'd known, I would've told you!"
"Vegeta, you know what I'm like!"
Vegeta scoffed and retorted, "Don't flatter yourself. I don't know you at all."
In truth, he already believed Son Goku about halfway.
He also guessed that Tarble knew because of the improved scouter.
Otherwise, Tarble might not have known either.
After all, only by quantifying their strength could they reach an accurate conclusion.
He had questioned Son Goku simply because he felt aggrieved.
If he'd known sooner, wouldn't he have had a chance to surpass Son Goku long ago?!
Although he knew Son Goku probably hadn't been lying, getting him to apologize to Son Goku was out of the question.
After hearing him, Son Goku rubbed his nose and grinned, but didn't argue further.
At that moment, Tarble shared another piece of news that shook both Vegeta and Son Goku.
"I also figured out what prevents Super Saiyan 3 from gathering ki."
Compared to Super Saiyan 4, solving Super Saiyan 3's flaw was far more urgent.
Being unable to gather ki and rapidly losing stamina were problems Son Goku had wanted to solve for a long time.
Unfortunately, he couldn't think of an effective solution, and even the knowledgeable North Kai had no clue.
So when he heard Tarble say this, he asked excitedly, "Really?"
"Tarble, you really found a solution?"
"I've also been thinking about how to fix Super Saiyan 3's flaws, but I haven't gotten anywhere."
"I spent so much time thinking about it that I barely trained. Otherwise, I'd be even stronger than I am now!"
"Hehe!"
"Tarble, you managed to find a solution in such a short time. That's incredible!"
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