Showdown

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a month had passed.

Thanks to the promotion by Capsule Corp, smartphones had become the latest trend among the youth.

Over the past month, Son Gohan had also had Pilaf and his crew develop several pieces of software, such as the QQ, WeChat, and Tomato Free Novels he remembered from his past life.

Because smartphones had only just gone on sale, Son Gohan, Pilaf, and the others had not yet begun to receive the revenue from the phone sales themselves.

However, the apps they developed had already earned them a significant amount of money.

Many wealthy individuals, seeing this massive business opportunity, wanted to buy these apps from Son Gohan and his team.

But they were all rejected by Son Gohan.

The apps Pilaf developed were all incredibly popular in his past life; he knew their value well, so naturally, he could not just sell them off to anyone.

Inside a restaurant in West City.

Son Gohan, Pilaf, and the others were currently celebrating the money they had earned over the past month.

Mai: "Great King Pilaf, this is wonderful! The apps we developed this month are bringing in hundreds of thousands every single day!"

"Hundreds of thousands? That's nothing! Once our smartphones are spread across the globe, making tens of millions a day won't even be a big deal!"

Pilaf laughed heartily.

Shu: "That's right! With this, we'll have a massive amount of money to collect the Dragon Balls!"

Son Gohan: "Dragon Balls?"

"No, no, he said glass marbles. Shu is very fond of collecting glass marbles!"

"Is that so?"

"Yes! Oh, right, Gohan, we haven't thanked you yet. If it weren't for you, we never would have made so much money!"

As Pilaf spoke, he immediately raised his glass filled with fruit juice.

Seeing this, Shu and Mai also raised their glasses.

"Cheers!"

Pilaf said, downing his drink in one gulp.

Seeing this, Son Gohan and the others immediately finished their own fruit juice.

After that, the three of them spent their days busy with software development and their newly opened company.

Because they were so occupied, the three of them even forgot about the matter of collecting the Dragon Balls.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three months had passed.

Three months later, Son Gohan's strength had increased significantly.

His base combat power had now reached 4.5 billion.

At this moment, Son Gohan was sitting in the living room at home, looking nervous as he prepared to come clean to Chi-Chi about the company he had started with Pilaf.

"Gohan, what exactly is it that you want to tell me?"

"Mom, actually, I started a company!"

"A company? Gohan, stop joking. You're only seven years old; how could you possibly start a company?"

Just then, a series of knocks sounded at the door.

"Wait here, I'll go open the door!"

Chi-Chi said, immediately running to open the door.

Once the door opened, Chi-Chi saw two men in suits, each carrying a black briefcase.

"Hello, may I ask who you are?"

"Hello, we are employees of President Son's company. President Son asked us to come here today!"

"President... President Son!"

Upon hearing this, Chi-Chi looked at Son Gohan with an expression of disbelief.

"The President Son you're talking about... it couldn't possibly be Gohan, could it?"

"That's right!"

The man nodded.

Chi-Chi still couldn't quite believe it, so she pinched her left hand and said, "It hurts, it's not a dream!"

"You just said Gohan sent you here, so what did Gohan ask you to come here for?"

"President Son told us to come and deliver money!"

"Deliver money?"

"That's right!"

The man spoke, setting down the case in his hand and opening it to reveal a massive pile of high-denomination bills.

"So... so much money!"

"There is a total of fifty million here!" the man said.

"Fi... fifty million!" Chi-Chi gasped in shock.

She then raised her right hand and pinched her own cheek.

"Ouch! It seems this really isn't a dream! Then, is all of this... Gohan's?"

"Yes!" the man nodded.

Upon hearing this, Chi-Chi immediately looked at Son Gohan and asked, "Gohan, what on earth is going on here? You didn't use the Dragon Balls, did you?"

"No, Mom. I just partnered with someone, had them help me make some mobile phones, and then developed some mobile apps. I earned some money!"

Some? Is fifty million considered "some" money nowadays?

"But Gohan, aren't you studying every single day?" Chi-Chi asked, her eyes fixed intently on him.

"No... I just found people to make the phones during my spare time!"

"Oh, is that so? You certainly have a lot of spare time, then!" Chi-Chi said with a smile.

"Um... Mom, so about this fifty million..."

Chi-Chi let out a cold snort.

"Gohan, even though our family is poor, we have never stolen or robbed anyone. So, if you don't explain clearly where this money came from, I will absolutely not accept it!"

Hearing this, Son Gohan helplessly pulled his phone from his pocket and called Bulma.

The call was answered quickly.

"Gohan, is something the matter?"

"Aunt Bulma, my mom doesn't believe that I started a company, so I wanted you to talk to her!"

"I see. Hand the phone to Chi-Chi, then!"

Upon hearing this, Son Gohan immediately handed the phone to Chi-Chi.

"Chi-Chi, it's me, Bulma!"

"Bulma!"

"Everything regarding Gohan's company is true. The smartphones recently launched by Capsule Corp were indeed created by Gohan and his friends!"

"Smartphones!" Chi-Chi said, looking at the phone in her hand.

Recently, there had indeed been many smartphones appearing in West City, but they were too expensive, so Chi-Chi hadn't bought one.

She never expected that these phones were actually made by Son Gohan and his friends.

However, Son Gohan was only a seven-year-old child; the idea that he would have the ability to manufacture phones didn't seem right at all.

"Gohan, tell me honestly, did you really make these phones with your friends?"

"Not exactly. I just told my friends about the functions of a smartphone, and he and his associates were responsible for the research and manufacturing!"

"Your friends?"

"Yes, they are all adults. After they heard my ideas, they were very impressed, and then they went ahead and created the smartphones!"

"Is that so?" Chi-Chi asked, still half-doubting.

"And the company?"

"After my friends manufactured the smartphones, I partnered with Aunt Bulma to produce them in large quantities, and then my friends and I opened a company together!"

Chi-Chi still found it hard to believe.

"Gohan, don't you dare lie to me. Be careful you aren't being scammed by those strangers you call friends!"

"I won't be, Mom. Don't worry!"

"That's right, Chi-Chi. Gohan is incredibly bright and clever. Besides, I've personally visited his company; it is completely legal and compliant, and there are no issues whatsoever!"

"Is that so!" Chi-Chi said, finally feeling a little more at ease.

"Then Mom, you should believe me now, right?"

Chi-Chi let out a cold snort.

"Gohan, even if you really did start a company, you still can't just trust strangers so easily!"

"...Alright!"

Son Gohan nodded.

"Then Mom, can I... not study quite so much?"

The books and practice tests Chi-Chi had arranged for him were n-times the amount of any other child his age.