Kami's Lookout
"Old geezer, is that what you think too? You'd consider fusing with me, like he said?" Piccolo had been born on Earth!
So he didn't feel the same way about Namek that Kami did!
He was more interested in the fusion Son Gohan had mentioned!
"Go see your homeland for me. Once you return, if the Lookout has a new successor, I'll fuse with you. After all, you're still young, and I don't want my lifespan to be the reason you die!" Kami gave Piccolo some reassurance.
"Fine, I agree!! I'll go with you to Namek! But I can't guarantee the Namekians will accept me. After all, I'm an Evil Thought Clone—the Great Demon King Piccolo!" Piccolo spoke with unmistakable pride.
"Pah! You're way too blindly confident. From what I know, someone with your level of power wouldn't even make the rankings on Namek! If you fuse with Kami, you might at least earn a sliver of status!" Son Gohan said, taking him down a peg.
"I, the Great King, don't believe it!! There can't be that many freaks in the world! Apart from you and Sun Wukong, I fear no one!" Piccolo didn't believe a word Son Gohan said!
"Talk about being a frog in a well! I can't wait to see your face when you get proven wrong!" Son Gohan couldn't be bothered to argue.
"Enough. Let's get down to business. Call Shenron and have him send Piccolo and me to Namek!" Son Gohan strode over to the Dragon Balls, ready to summon Shenron!
"Wait a minute. I have a half-baked idea!" Piccolo stopped Son Gohan from summoning Shenron.
"Oh? What are you planning? Don't tell me you're coveting Shenron too?" Son Gohan gave Piccolo a threatening look.
"No. From what you said, the old geezer came to Earth aboard a spaceship. Couldn't we take that ship back to Namek?" Piccolo asked.
"Right! I thought it was my home, but it turns out that place was a spaceship. If we take it to Namek, we could save a wish!" Kami readily agreed with Piccolo.
"I've already thought of that. But taking your old spaceship would mean a month's journey to Namek. Every second counts, and I don't want to waste time on something pointless. Besides, spending a month cooped up in a spaceship with you? Just thinking about it annoys me!" Son Gohan had naturally thought of using the spaceship, but in the end, he'd rejected the idea.
After Raditz came to Earth, the entire world of Dragon Ball had been turned upside down!
Countless powerful enemies had attacked, and every time, they'd been pushed to the brink of death!
He was confident he could defeat Frieza now, but later there would be the Androids, Android 17, Android 18, Cell, Majin Buu, and more!! Even the Gods of Destruction and Angels from Dragon Ball Super, Moro, and the immortal Zamasu—
He had to grow stronger as quickly as possible and unleash his full potential!
His knowledge of the future was his advantage. He had to use that advantage to the fullest!
Back to the matter at hand!!
"I don't want to spend a month with you either. Summon him already." Piccolo imagined being stuck with Son Gohan for a month and recoiled!
"Come forth, Shenron, and grant my wish!"
Whoosh!!!
A powerful wind swept through Kami's Lookout. The sky darkened in an instant, lightning flashing and thunder rumbling overhead!!
A thick pillar of yellow light shot into the sky, taking shape in just a few seconds!
A dragon resembling those from Chinese mythology appeared!
"Speak your wish. I can grant any wish!" Shenron's booming voice rang out!
"Shenron, send Piccolo and me to Namek! Can you do it?" Son Gohan made his wish.
"Namek? It's quite far. I'll try!" Shenron's body soared through the air, his head held high as a brilliant red glow blazed in his eyes!
"I've found it!! Shall I send you there?" Shenron asked.
"Yes, that's my wish. Send Piccolo and me to Namek!"
Bzzzz!!!! Whoosh!
Son Gohan and Piccolo vanished in an instant!
"Your wish has been granted. Farewell, creator!" With the wisher, Son Gohan, gone, Shenron could only bid Kami goodbye!
Shenron felt a measure of respect for Kami, who had created him.
"Go on, then!" Kami raised his aged hand and waved.
Whoosh!!
The seven Dragon Balls shot up from the ground and streaked off in all directions! The moment they landed, they turned to stone, waiting a year before they could meet their next fortunate finder!
Namek
Two figures suddenly appeared in the village where Second Elder Moori lived!
"What a wonderful feeling!!" The moment Piccolo appeared, he felt as if he'd been placed inside an embryo!
"Who are you? Which village are you from? Why haven't I seen you before?" Second Elder Moori approached slowly.
"Second Elder Moori?" Son Gohan asked, looking at the familiar face before him.
"You know me?" Moori asked in surprise.
"Hello, Second Elder Moori. I'm a human from Earth in the North Galaxy, and he's a Namekian who has returned home from Earth!" Son Gohan made no attempt to hide where they came from. He was entirely sincere!
He knew the Namekians could clearly sense good and evil!
"How did you find Namek? I can't sense any ill intent from either of you, but I must ask you to explain yourselves." Though Moori sensed no malice, as a Namekian elder, he remained wary of visitors from beyond their world!
Even if one of them was a Namekian!
"You can tell he isn't a complete being, can't you?" Son Gohan asked, pointing at Piccolo.
"An Evil Thought Clone? That unreasonable technique was banned long ago! Good and evil are both parts of any living being. Though separating them can create an exceptionally kind and wise person, it can also produce a violent, wicked one. Everything has its opposite. Namek's history even includes a disaster caused when an Evil Thought Clone broke out of confinement! That's why the clan eventually banned the cloning technique." Moori could tell that Piccolo's body was incomplete.
"But his good side is an exceptionally gifted member of the Dragon Clan. He can create Dragon Balls. Piccolo and I were sent here by Shenron—the one you call Porunga!" Son Gohan explained.
"I see! But he seems to have moved beyond pure evil. He isn't that violent," Moori said.
"That's right. He was born from an Evil Thought Clone."
"Welcome home. I'll inform the Grand Elder at once!" Second Elder Moori sent a telepathic message to the Grand Elder.
"Moori, bring them here," the Grand Elder instructed.
"Yes, Grand Elder!" Moori replied respectfully.
"Please, come with me."
Moori rose into the air and flew toward the Grand Elder's residence with the two of them!
Son Gohan remained as unconventional as ever, flying upright with his arms folded!