Piccolo

That afternoon, Sun Wukong had no desire to train after Bulma and the others had distracted him, so he took a walk around the courtyard.

"Goku!"

Suddenly, Chi-Chi's voice rang out.

Sun Wukong turned around and saw Chi-Chi.

"Chi-Chi!"

Chi-Chi nodded.

"Goku, aren't you training this afternoon?"

"You girls argue all the time. How am I supposed to focus on training?"

Sun Wukong grumbled inwardly.

"I'm taking a break from training today!"

"Really? Then, Goku, do you not like me?"

"What kind of like do you mean?"

"I... I mean the kind between a man and a woman!"

"We haven't known each other for very long. To be honest, I still think of you more as a friend."

"What about Bulma?"

"She's a very close friend!"

"Really!"

After asking, Chi-Chi immediately headed toward the courtyard in front of them.

Sun Wukong was momentarily stunned, then continued strolling around the courtyard.

The next day, Sun Wukong resumed training.

After yesterday's conversation, Chi-Chi suddenly became much less troublesome.

Just as Sun Wukong thought she had gone home and everything would return to normal,

Chi-Chi suddenly appeared outside the Gravity Room where he was training.

"Chi-Chi!"

Sun Wukong stopped training and came out of the Gravity Room.

Chi-Chi nodded.

"Chi-Chi, what brings you here?"

"Goku, I've made up my mind. I want you to teach me how to train!"

"Train?"

"That's right! You've won the World Martial Arts Tournament twice, so you must be really strong. I want you to teach me how to train!"

"But weren't you going home?"

"I'm going to ask my dad to move to West City!"

"You... want to move to West City?"

Sun Wukong was taken aback.

Chi-Chi had only been here for two days, and he already felt overwhelmed.

If she came to see him every day, wouldn't that start a "world war"?

At the thought, Sun Wukong immediately gave Chi-Chi a bright smile.

"Chi-Chi, houses in West City are very expensive. And if your family buys one here, your daily food expenses will be huge too. You know how much your dad eats!"

Chi-Chi immediately began to reconsider.

Her family had money, but Ox-King ate so much that a single meal could easily cost hundreds of thousands.

If they stayed at Fried Bread Mountain, Ox-King could often hunt wild game outside and provide for himself.

"Oh, right, Goku. Can't you use Instant Transmission? How about you come to my house and teach me to train?"

"Well..."

Sun Wukong hesitated.

Teaching Chi-Chi would take up a lot of his time, and if Bulma found out, she would definitely get angry.

"Forget it. I'll still ask my dad to move to West City!"

"Okay, okay! I'll teach you, but only when I have the time!"

"Okay!"

Chi-Chi smiled.

"Then I won't bother you while you train!"

Sun Wukong nodded.

With that, Chi-Chi left the Gravity Room.

Three days later, Sun Wukong took Chi-Chi home.

"Chi-Chi, you're back!"

Seeing Chi-Chi return, Ox-King happily hurried over and hugged her.

Chi-Chi nodded.

"Thank you for bringing Chi-Chi back, Goku!"

Ox-King thanked him.

"It was nothing. If there's nothing else, I'll head back now."

"Okay!"

"Whoosh..."

Sun Wukong used Instant Transmission and disappeared.

"He... he vanished!"

Ox-King was startled.

Chi-Chi nodded.

"Chi-Chi, does Goku know you like him?"

"He does!"

"What did he say?"

"He said we haven't known each other long enough, and for now he only thinks of me as a friend!"

"A friend? Oh, right, Fortune Teller Baba said Goku was living with a girl. Who was she?"

"Bulma!"

"Bulma?"

"The girl who went looking for the Dragon Balls with Goku!"

"So it was her!"

"What's the relationship between the two of them?"

"They're just friends for now!"

"For now?"

Did that mean they might become a couple later?

"Chi-Chi, if Goku really doesn't like you... you should give up."

Chi-Chi neither nodded nor shook her head.

West City, at Bulma's house.

Sun Wukong had returned to Bulma's house.

"Goku, you're back!"

Sun Wukong nodded.

"By the way, Goku, it's been a long time since we looked for the Dragon Balls. How about we go find them together?"

"Find the Dragon Balls?"

"That's right!"

Bulma was still bothered by the fact that she was four years older than Sun Wukong, so she wanted to use the Dragon Balls to make herself four years younger.

"But... looking for the Dragon Balls takes a lot of time!"

Bulma fixed her gaze on him.

"Didn't upgrading your Gravity Room take time too?"

"Well... all right!"

"Then I'll go get my bag. We can leave right now!"

"You're already ready?"

"Of course!"

Bulma smiled triumphantly.

"Bulma, how about I go find the Dragon Balls by myself?"

"By yourself?"

"Yeah! I'm incredibly fast now. I can find the Dragon Balls and bring them back for you in no time!"

"All right, then!"

Bulma hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Bulma gave Sun Wukong the Dragon Ball Radar and sent him off to search for the Dragon Balls.

Half a day later, Sun Wukong returned with the seven Dragon Balls and handed them to Bulma.

"The Dragon Balls!"

Bulma was delighted as she looked at the Dragon Balls Sun Wukong had brought back.

"Bulma, what are you going to wish for?"

Bulma smiled.

"You'll find out soon!"

A little while later, Bulma summoned Shenron.

"State your wish. Any wish can come true, but I can grant only one!"

"Shenron, I want you to make me four years younger!"

"Very well!"

Shenron's eyes flashed red.

"Your wish has been granted. Until we meet again!"

With that, Shenron immediately turned into seven stone Dragon Balls and scattered across the Earth.

"..."

In a forest in the southern part of the Earth,

a child with green skin stood there, wearing a shirt with the character "Demon" on it.

This was Piccolo, King Piccolo's son.

Standing beside Piccolo was a pterosaur.

This pterosaur was Piano, King Piccolo's subordinate.

"Lord Piccolo, according to what Pilaf and the others said, the strange sight in the sky just now was very likely the Dragon Balls they mentioned!"

"The Dragon Balls!"

"That's right. If you find them, you can bring your father back to life!"

"I don't want to bring him back. All I want now is to defeat Sun Wukong!"

"... Yes, Lord Piccolo!"

"Sun Wukong!"

As Piccolo spoke, a bolt of lightning suddenly appeared in his right hand.

The Lookout.

The Guardian of Earth was silently keeping an eye on everything Piccolo did.

Piccolo was already stronger than King Piccolo had been. If he continued to grow, there might soon be few people on Earth who could stand against him.