Son Gohan nodded again.
"So, Gohan, your clone won't be found out by Chi-Chi, right?"
"No, my clone has all the same memories as me!"
"Really? But where did you learn this Cloning Technique? I've never seen a clone this powerful!"
"Well... I learned it in a dream!"
"A dream?"
"Yeah. When I was dreaming, I saw an old man. He was the one who taught me the Cloning Technique in my dream!"
"A dream? You can still remember what happened in your dreams, Gohan?"
Piccolo sounded doubtful.
"Yeah! That old man taught me not only the Cloning Technique but also Instant Transmission!"
"Instant Transmission? What's that, Gohan?"
Son Goku asked.
Hearing Son Gohan make up this story, the system couldn't help but scoff inwardly.
"What do you mean, you saw an old man in a dream? I'm the one who taught you!"
Son Gohan ignored the system and explained Instant Transmission to Son Goku.
"Instant Transmission is a technique that lets you sense someone's ki and appear right beside them in an instant. It has an enormous range. Even if the person you're looking for is on some planet in the universe, as long as you can sense their ki, you can teleport to that planet!"
"You can teleport to someone else's planet?"
Son Gohan nodded.
"Then, Gohan, can you teach me that technique?"
"Sure, but it's pretty difficult to learn. It might take a lot of time!"
"That's fine. I can learn it little by little!"
As he spoke, Son Goku glanced at Piccolo, who was still covered in dust, and asked,
"Piccolo, were you fighting Gohan just now?"
"No! I was fighting his clone!"
Son Goku looked at Son Gohan's clone, whose ki was weaker.
"Then, Piccolo, did you beat Gohan's clone?"
"No!"
Piccolo shook his head.
"Then, Gohan, can I spar with your clone?"
"Of course!"
Son Gohan said, then gave his clone a meaningful look.
Son Gohan's clone had a combat power of at least 800,000. At Son Goku's current strength, there was no way he could beat him.
So he wanted his clone to go easy on Son Goku, so he wouldn't lose too badly.
When Son Goku saw that Son Gohan had agreed, he immediately flew over to a nearby clearing.
Son Gohan's clone flew to a spot a few hundred meters in front of Son Goku.
Son Goku gave a light laugh and raised his hands into a fighting stance.
"Then, Gohan, shall we begin?"
Son Gohan's clone nodded.
"Ha!"
Son Goku shouted and charged straight at Son Gohan's clone, his fists and feet striking like the wind.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."
Son Gohan's clone shifted slightly, easily dodging Son Goku's attacks.
Son Goku was startled.
Just then, Son Gohan's clone suddenly vanished and reappeared behind Son Goku.
"H-he's gone!"
As soon as the words left his mouth, Son Gohan's clone jumped and kicked Son Goku hard in the body with his right foot.
Bang!!
Son Goku was sent flying, crashing into a mountain in front of him.
A huge amount of rock immediately came tumbling down the mountain, burying Son Goku beneath it.
"Damn it!"
Son Goku shouted angrily and quickly climbed back to his feet.
"Kaio-ken!"
With a loud shout, a crimson aura blazed around Son Goku.
Then Son Goku shot toward Son Gohan's clone like a red flash.
"Whoosh..."
Just as Son Goku was about to reach Son Gohan's clone, the clone suddenly disappeared.
Thud!!
Son Goku stopped and looked around.
Just then, Son Gohan's clone appeared on Son Goku's left and kicked him hard in the body with his right foot.
Bang!!
Son Goku plummeted from the sky like a meteor.
With a thunderous crash, he slammed into the ground.
A huge cloud of dust immediately billowed up from the earth.
After a while, when the dust around Son Goku had cleared, a sizable crater was visible in the ground.
"Huff, huff..."
Son Goku panted heavily, staring at Son Gohan's clone in the sky.
"You're amazing. Just two moves, and my body can barely take it!"
"Ha!"
As he spoke, Son Goku clenched both fists and used Kaio-ken again.
"Fivefold Kaio-ken!"
With a loud shout, Son Goku became a red flash and charged at Son Gohan's clone.
Fivefold Kaio-ken was the limit his body could handle right now. If he still couldn't beat Son Gohan's clone with it, there was no point in continuing the fight.
"What!"
Piccolo was startled.
Son Goku's combat power was at least around twenty or thirty thousand. With fivefold Kaio-ken, that would put him at over a hundred thousand.
Thud!!
At that moment, Son Goku reached Son Gohan's clone and threw a full-power punch.
Son Gohan's clone shifted to the side, dodging it.
Son Goku flew past Son Gohan's clone, then quickly landed and doubled back.
Bang!!
With a heavy thud, Son Goku's right fist slammed into Son Gohan's clone.
Son Gohan's clone was sent flying a thousand meters away.
Seeing this, Son Goku immediately suppressed his ki and flew over beside Son Gohan.
"Gohan, did you tell your clone to hold back?"
Son Goku fought people often, so he could tell how strong they were by fighting them.
More importantly, Son Gohan's clone had gone so easy on him just now that it had been utterly obvious.
"Y-yeah... I told him to hold back a little!"
At that, Piccolo said unhappily,
"Gohan, if you make your clone hold back against us again, we'll fight you instead!"
"I understand, Uncle Piccolo!"
Son Gohan lowered his head.
Seeing Son Gohan bow his head and admit his mistake, Piccolo let it go.
"Then, Gohan, about how strong is your clone compared to you?"
"One-thousandth!"
"One-thousandth!"
Son Goku was astonished.
"So that means I'm not even one-thousandth as strong as Gohan?"
Piccolo said, "Neither am I!"
Hearing that, Son Goku felt a little comforted.
"Good. From today on, I'll train hard and do my best to catch up to Gohan as soon as possible!"
Piccolo said nothing.
He wasn't even as strong as Son Goku right now, so there was no need to mention catching up to Son Gohan.
"Then, Gohan, how did you get so strong in just one year?"
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