Kami's Lookout!
Son Gohan took out the seven Dragon Balls he had found and placed them in the center of the palace platform!
Vrrrrm!!
The seven Dragon Balls began to shine!
"Son Gohan, are you planning to use Shenron's power to take Piccolo back to my homeworld?" Kami immediately understood Son Gohan's plan.
"That's right. The Namekians are a kind people, but they're also rather insular, and they're the only race on Namek. To avoid causing trouble, bringing Piccolo along will make things a lot easier!" Son Gohan explained why he was taking Piccolo.
"Piccolo was born from my Evil Thought Clone. Knowing his temper, he'll probably cause trouble if he goes. Why not take me instead?" Kami thought for a moment, then offered his idea.
"As far as I know, you don't have much longer to live, do you? The tiring journey would wear you out, and I don't want to be the one responsible for turning the Dragon Balls to stone!"
"You have a point. Then let him go. If my people accept him, by the time he returns, I should let this broken body return to where it belongs. With you and Sun Wukong on Earth, I can rest easy!"
"Do you mean fusing with him? That might be a good choice, too. Who can really say what's good or evil? Piccolo isn't the same King Piccolo he used to be. You must have noticed that other than his obsession with defeating my father, he has no desire to do evil anymore." Son Gohan wholeheartedly agreed with Kami's idea.
"But if I fuse with Piccolo, Shenron will die with me! When I was whole, I also created a set of Dragon Balls. But the influence of my evil thoughts made them uncontrollable. Even a single wish would plunge Earth into the apocalypse! That's why I sealed those Black Star Dragon Balls away and never let them see the light of day. I'm afraid that if Piccolo revives Shenron after fusing with me, things could get out of control!" Kami said worriedly.
In the original story, Kami merged into Piccolo, who remained the dominant one. Piccolo hadn't actually lost his ability to create Shenron!
That was precisely why Piccolo didn't revive Shenron himself!
"Don't worry about that. I'm sure you're not the only Namekian who can make Dragon Balls!" Son Gohan had already come up with a plan, relying on his memories!
"By the way, could those Dragon Balls you mentioned grant wishes on other planets?" Son Gohan asked suddenly.
"Are you thinking of making a wish on a planet without any living creatures?" Kami immediately guessed what Son Gohan had in mind.
"Right. If we don't make the wish on Earth, it won't destroy Earth, will it?"
Kami shook his head. "I've never tried, but I suspect that even if it didn't destroy Earth, it would still bring endless disasters upon it. After all, the Black Star Dragon Balls were made from materials taken from Earth!"
"Then you'd better keep them sealed away. They're a ticking time bomb!" Son Gohan furrowed his brow.
"Don't worry. Mr. Popo personally sealed that set of Dragon Balls away and hid them. Even I don't know where they are!" Kami wasn't worried about that at all.
"If Mr. Popo took care of it himself, then I'm relieved!" Hearing that Mr. Popo had handled it, Son Gohan immediately breathed a sigh of relief.
Even now, he still couldn't guess where Mr. Popo had come from!
But in his mind, Mr. Popo was every bit as terrifying as the Gods of Destruction from his memories of his previous life. No, perhaps even the Gods of Destruction were less frightening than Mr. Popo!
He couldn't imagine why such a terrifying figure was hiding on Earth!
Whoosh!!! Whoo!!
"You old geezer, you'd better be telling the truth!! Otherwise, I'll tear down your palace!!"
Piccolo came in swinging—he was already threatening to tear down someone else's palace!!
"Relax. You and I were originally one. You know perfectly well whether I'm lying or not," Kami said calmly.
"Who's this brat?" Piccolo asked, looking at Son Gohan in surprise. Suspicion flashed in his eyes!
He sensed something familiar about Son Gohan!
Then he took in Son Gohan's appearance and hairstyle!!
"You're that guy Sun Wukong's son??" Piccolo's expression turned vicious.
"What? Got a problem with that?" Son Gohan looked at him impassively.
"Hahaha, what an arrogant little brat!! You're far more arrogant than your naïve father. If I kill you, I'll have avenged my blood feud!!" Piccolo powered up, his aura whipping his white cape through the air.
"You think you can kill me? You're not even worthy." Son Gohan released one percent of his power!
One percent of three million was still a full thirty thousand in battle power!
That level of power might not amount to much, but to the Piccolo standing before him, it was like a nightmare had descended!!
"It—it was you... That powerful energy that burst out from Korin Tower not long ago... It was you!!" Piccolo broke into a cold sweat, his whole body trembling!
Son Gohan's terrifying aura pressed him flat against the ground!
No matter how hard he struggled, he couldn't get up!
That fearsome, overwhelming aura had actually come from a child who wasn't even three years old!
Alongside the terror in Piccolo's eyes, a trace of despair appeared!
Just as he thought he was about to die, Son Gohan instantly withdrew his pressure!
Piccolo scrambled to his feet, backed away, and took up a fighting stance!
"If I wanted to kill you, it wouldn't matter how far away you hid. I wouldn't even need to lift a finger."
Whoosh, bam!!! Clang!!
Son Gohan narrowed his eyes. An invisible wave of energy burst forth, instantly flipping Piccolo into the palace balustrade!
The railing shattered under the impact!
"How dare you humiliate me like this... Damn you. Damn you!!" The veins bulged across Piccolo's body!! Fury set his mind ablaze, burning away his reason!
"Masenko!!"
A thick beam of yellow energy shot toward Son Gohan, who stood with his hands behind his back!
Attacking in his fury, Piccolo exceeded his own limits and reached a battle power of 1,100!!
"Phoo!!!" Son Gohan gently blew, and the beam of Masenko immediately curved upward toward the sky!
"N-no way!!" Piccolo stumbled backward, his eyes full of disbelief.
Son Gohan, Kami, and Mr. Popo simply stood there. None of them moved or said a word!
Son Gohan had expected Piccolo to be so violent!
Because of him, history had already changed!
Aside from Sun Wukong's influence, a large part of the reason Piccolo turned over a new leaf was Son Gohan!
In the original story, Raditz's arrival had made him realize that the enemy of your enemy was your friend!
He had teamed up with Sun Wukong to kill Raditz, and the news that Vegeta and Nappa were coming to Earth left him no choice but to put aside their old grudges!
He had personally trained Son Gohan, and under the boy's influence, a crack had appeared in his cold heart!...
But now Son Gohan had personally interfered with history, completely disrupting the course of this timeline!
Back to the main point!
After firing his strongest attack, Piccolo finally calmed down completely!
Three minutes later!
"Why did you call me here? With my current level of strength, I'm no use to you, am I?" Once Piccolo had calmed down, his intelligence and clear judgment returned as well!
"Calmed down? Done throwing your tantrum?" Son Gohan curled his lips in amusement.
"Hmph! Cut the nonsense. If you called me here, you must need me for something! I may be weaker than you, but I'm no fool!" Piccolo crossed his arms, his voice full of resentment.
"Since you've figured that out, I'll get straight to the point..." Son Gohan began explaining why he had called Piccolo there and told him about his origins!