Earth
"Ms. Bulma, where should I put this material?" Son Gohan carried the Thunder Steel straight to Bulma Manor.
He hovered in the air with his ki, not daring to let his feet touch the ground. If he set the Thunder Steel down, it would probably crush him right through the earth!
"Just find somewhere and put it down," Bulma said.
"I can't just put it anywhere... This stuff is too heavy."
"How heavy?"
"As heavy as a mountain!"
"That heavy? There can't be any metal that dense on Earth, can there?"
"This is material condensed after the collapse of a sun. It's called Thunder Steel, the hardest metal in the entire universe!"
Bulma had Intelligent Robots lay a ten-centimeter-thick steel platform measuring a hundred meters on each side behind the manor in just three minutes!
"Gohan, give it a try!" Bulma said.
"Stand back!"
Son Gohan floated to the center of the platform and slowly lowered the Thunder Steel.
Rumble!!
Even though Son Gohan handled it as gently as he could, the moment it touched down, the ground shook violently—though only for an instant!
The center of the ten-centimeter-thick platform caved in at once!
"Phew!" Son Gohan wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Aunt Bulma..."
"Miss, Miss!"
"Ahem. Ms. Bulma, melting this Thunder Steel is probably going to be a big problem. It was formed by a star collapsing at the end of its life!"
Bulma tapped on it and ran a scanner over it before saying, "The sun's surface is about 5,500 degrees Celsius, and its core is at least 20 million degrees. Given this metal's density, even flames hotter than 20 million degrees probably wouldn't be enough to melt it. But you don't need to worry. High-temperature flames aren't the only way to change a metal's shape. This metal is already dense enough, so there's no need to melt and forge it. I can reshape it chemically and turn it into a Gravity Chamber!"
As expected of a genius scientist, Bulma had found a solution in an instant!
"Then I'll leave it to you, Ms. Bulma! When will it be ready? Also, could you make the Gravity Chamber into a space ring so it's easier to carry?" Son Gohan asked.
He figured that since the Bulma Company could make space Capsules, changing a Capsule into a ring shouldn't be difficult!
"No problem. But I want the leftover metal once I've finished the Gravity Chamber!" Bulma said, laying down her condition.
"Sure. I wouldn't have any use for it anyway!"
"Once it's finished, this Gravity Chamber might be beyond your imagination! Come back for it in ten days." Bulma didn't even look at him. She waved him away and focused on examining the Thunder Steel.
"Okay! See you!"
Son Gohan teleported away!
King Kai's Planet
"Ha-da-da-da-da!"
Sun Wukong and Piccolo battled in the air. Their movements were too fast to follow with the naked eye; only by sensing their ki could anyone make out what was happening!
Suddenly, Piccolo stretched out his arm and wrapped it around Sun Wukong, restraining him. Then he pressed his left fingertips to his forehead and began charging the Demon Killer Light Cannon!
Sun Wukong powered up, trying to break free with his ki!
But how could Piccolo not have anticipated that? He stretched his right arm another loop and gripped it tightly, tying his arm into a knot!
"Not a chance... Ugh!" Sun Wukong didn't care about saving face. He opened his mouth and bit down hard on Piccolo's arm!
"Sun Wukong, you shameless jerk!" Piccolo's arm shook, and he pulled it back at once. At the same time, he fired the Demon Killer Light Cannon before it had finished charging!
If he didn't fire it now, he wouldn't get another chance!
Whoosh!!!
A golden beam, ringed with rippling light, locked onto Sun Wukong!
Sun Wukong bent his knees slightly and guarded with his right palm, using his ki. The instant the Demon Killer Light Cannon reached him, he raised his hand and slapped it aside, sending the beam shooting into the sky!
"Smack!"
Son Gohan's face twisted with killing intent. He tilted his head up, then slowly straightened it, a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth!
"Who... wants to die?" A powerful aura burst out!
As it turned out, the attack had struck Son Gohan just as he teleported in!
And it had hit him right on the chin!
"Calm down, calm down... Gohan, it was an accident!" Sun Wukong hurried over to reassure him.
Piccolo looked mortified, with a hint of embarrassment in his eyes!
He hadn't finished charging the attack, but it had still been a full-power shot at his normal strength!
Yet all Son Gohan had was a tiny trickle of blood at the corner of his mouth!
And he'd only just appeared—he hadn't even had time to defend himself!
"Dad... are you trying to make your parents bury their child?" Only after hearing Sun Wukong's explanation did Son Gohan realize that his father had been the one to change the beam's direction!
What could he do? He spoiled his own father!!!
Son Gohan had all this anger with nowhere to put it, so he could only bottle it up!
"I'm so mad, so mad. I really need to find someone to take it out on!" Son Gohan said, patting his chest.
At the same time, his eyes darted around as he searched for something to vent his anger on!
No matter where he looked, there were only Sun Wukong and Piccolo!
Suddenly, a wicked smile curled his lips!
"Dad, Piccolo, you've been training for ages. You must have improved a lot, right? Let me see how strong you are now!"
Sun Wukong shivered for no apparent reason, but Son Gohan's words filled him with excitement and sent his fighting spirit surging!
Piccolo, meanwhile, sensed that something was off!
"Come on! Give it everything you've got!" Son Gohan raised a hand, beckoning them to attack.
"Okay, Piccolo, let's go together!" Sun Wukong attacked first.
"Don't order me around!" Piccolo shot back, unwilling to be outdone.
They attacked Son Gohan from above and below!
Son Gohan raised his right arm to block Sun Wukong's axe kick!
He bent his left leg slightly to stop Piccolo's sweeping kick!
"Ha!" Son Gohan powered up and blasted them both away!
Then he flashed over Piccolo at high speed and brought his elbow down on Piccolo's crown!
Piccolo was instantly dazed, stars flashing before his eyes as he fell toward King Kai's Planet!
Son Gohan immediately flashed again, appearing behind Sun Wukong!
"Uh-oh! King Kai Fist—Triple!" Sun Wukong cried, realizing the danger. He instantly unleashed his full power and used Triple Kaio-ken to dodge at high speed!
But he'd been too optimistic. No matter how he tried to dodge, Son Gohan remained right behind him!
"Dad, you're going down too!" Son Gohan punched him in the small of the back!
Sun Wukong's whole body instantly went limp!
Thud! Thud!
Two figures fell one after the other!
They landed on top of each other like a human pyramid!
"Maybe that was too quick. I didn't get all my anger out," Son Gohan said, dissatisfied.
Gohan had knocked them both unconscious with his pent-up rage!
One blow had struck Piccolo on the crown, the other had hit Sun Wukong in a man's weak spot. The intense pain had knocked them both out!
It wasn't that the two of them were weak. Son Gohan was simply too strong. With a base battle power of five million, he was on a whole different level!
"King Kai, I'm hungry!"
Son Gohan slowly descended.
"You two are already freaks, but you're a full-blown monster!" King Kai shook his head and got up to prepare some food.
An hour later
Sun Wukong and Piccolo managed to stand up. The moment Sun Wukong caught the aroma of food, he perked right up!
Piccolo slowly walked over to a tree, sat cross-legged, folded his arms, and meditated to recover from his injuries!
His head still throbbed faintly! Son Gohan's blow really had been like an immortal gently laying a hand on his crown, then shattering it with a palm!
"Gohan!!! You hit us way too hard!" Sun Wukong complained.
"...I used less than one percent of my normal strength. Sorry," Son Gohan replied coolly.
What a humblebrag. What a ridiculous humblebrag!
Sun Wukong suddenly found that the food in his hand didn't taste good anymore. It was like chewing wax!
Seeing Sun Wukong's state, the last of the resentment in Son Gohan's heart finally faded away!