One-Finger Push-Ups

After eating the dinosaur meat, Son Gohan immediately returned to the hilltop and took a nap.

When Son Gohan woke up that afternoon, he first found a source of water and washed up.

According to the original Son Gohan's memories, he still hadn't mastered the Flight Technique.

So after washing up, Son Gohan tried practicing the Flight Technique.

Once he learned it, getting around would be much more convenient.

Son Gohan had taught Son Goten and Videl the Flight Technique in Dragon Ball Z, so he had a general idea of how to master it.

Since Son Gohan had already learned how to use ki, he quickly used it to lift himself into the air.

Then he controlled his ki and flew around the sky.

"Woohoo!"

It was his first time flying, and Son Gohan was instantly thrilled.

After practicing for an hour or two until he was fairly proficient, Son Gohan dropped from the air and started doing push-ups.

The Flight Technique was a very basic move in Dragon Ball. He should focus on improving his strength as quickly as possible.

As dusk fell,

Son Gohan had done 5,000 push-ups after an hour of training.

His battle power had now reached 15,700.

"Grrr..."

After training, Son Gohan quickly felt hungry.

Just then, a man with green skin, wearing a dark purple-blue battle suit and a white cape, flew over from afar.

It was Piccolo.

"Uncle Piccolo!"

Son Gohan called out to Piccolo excitedly.

"Whoosh..."

"Thud..."

Piccolo descended onto the hilltop and tossed a large fish he'd just caught in front of Son Gohan.

"I caught this big fish in the river up ahead. Take it and roast it!"

"Thanks, Uncle Piccolo!"

"Mm!"

Piccolo nodded.

"Gohan, how has your training been going lately?"

"I've made a little progress!"

"Really!"

Son Gohan nodded, jumped down from the hill, and went to find some firewood to roast the fish.

Once he'd found some, Son Gohan gathered energy in his hand and started a fire.

When the flames had grown large enough, he put the fish he'd skewered over the fire to roast.

Just then, Piccolo came down from the hill and sat beside Son Gohan.

The two sat around the fire in silence.

After a long while, the fish was ready.

Son Gohan picked it up and looked at Piccolo beside him.

"Uncle Piccolo, would you like some fish?"

"No. You eat it."

Son Gohan immediately began eating the fish in his hands.

After a long while, Son Gohan finished the whole fish, let out a huge belch, and flopped onto his back.

"I'm so full!"

Piccolo looked at Son Gohan and a faint smile appeared on his face.

But it vanished almost at once, and his expression returned to its usual seriousness.

He liked Son Gohan, but he was still Son Goku's son, not his own child.

Just then, Son Gohan fell asleep without even realizing it.

"He... fell asleep?"

Piccolo froze.

Then Piccolo sat beside Son Gohan all night.

He didn't leave until just before dawn the next day.

"Uncle Piccolo!"

After waking up and noticing Piccolo was gone, Son Gohan called out tentatively.

But no one nearby answered.

"Did he leave?"

Son Gohan murmured to himself.

Then he found a small river nearby, took a bath, and washed up.

After washing, Son Gohan caught a wild boar nearby and roasted it for breakfast.

After breakfast, Son Gohan quickly returned to the hilltop to train.

"I'll do 20,000 this morning!"

Son Gohan set himself a small goal, then braced his hands against the ground and got started.

"One, two, three..."

The morning passed quickly. Son Gohan not only met his goal, but also did 3,000 sit-ups.

"I'm exhausted!"

Son Gohan wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked down at the ground below the hill.

He watched for a while, but didn't see any dinosaurs. He felt a little disappointed.

Yesterday's dinosaur meat had really been delicious.

After taking a moment to compose himself, Son Gohan jumped down from the hill to look for something to hunt for lunch.

There might not be any dinosaur meat today, but he still had to eat.

After searching the area for a while, Son Gohan caught a wild boar.

Then he skillfully gathered firewood from around him and roasted the boar.

After waking from his nap that afternoon, Son Gohan found some water and washed up before starting his training.

Since his strength had increased so much, Son Gohan decided to try one-handed push-ups.

"Ding! Congratulations, Master, you've done one one-handed push-up. Battle power +2!"

"Ding! Congratulations, Master, you've done two one-handed push-ups. Battle power +4!"

Son Gohan heard the system's voice and froze for a moment.

"System, why did my battle power go up by 2?"

"Replying to Master: the Cultivation System increases your battle power based on the difficulty of your training!"

"What if I trained under a hundred times gravity?"

Son Gohan asked.

"Under normal gravity, regular push-ups give you 50, one-handed push-ups give you 100, and two-finger push-ups give you 150. Under two hundred times gravity, multiply that by two; under three hundred times gravity, multiply it by three!

"And the stronger you are, Master, the more you gain from training!"

Son Gohan considered this.

He remembered that the highest gravity in the Dragon Ball Gravity Chamber was eight hundred times normal gravity.

If he did two-finger push-ups under eight hundred times gravity, each push-up would give him 1,200 battle power. Ten thousand push-ups would give him 12 million.

There were 365 days in a year, so he could gain tens of billions of battle power in a year.

Of course, he'd need an eight-hundred-times-gravity chamber first.

"Then, System, if I don't have a gravity chamber and train with extra weight instead, can I still gain that much battle power?"

"Of course! The system is very flexible!"

"How flexible?"

"As flexible as you need it to be!"

"Is that so!"

As he spoke, Son Gohan started doing one-finger push-ups.

His battle power had already reached 40,000, so one-finger push-ups without extra weight were still easy for him.

The afternoon passed quickly. Before he knew it, the sun had set.

Drenched in sweat, Son Gohan finished 15,000 one-finger push-ups.

Each one-finger push-up added three points of battle power. Son Gohan had done 15,000 in one afternoon, which meant he'd gained 45,000 battle power.

At this rate, he could reach three million battle power in just a month.

And as Son Gohan's strength increased, he could do push-ups much faster than before.