Majin Buu

A day later, Gogito and the others emerged from the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Everyone had improved considerably.

First was Kid Gohan. His power level had reached 30,000, and he had built a solid foundation. He no longer shrank back from battle like before.

But Gohan still hadn't changed on the inside. Maybe it was because of Chi-Chi's upbringing, or maybe it was just his nature, but Gohan was too kind. That wasn't a good trait in battle. Only after suffering a setback would he be able to change on his own.

One thing worth mentioning was that Kid Gohan's tail had grown back during training.

Future Gohan, on the other hand, didn't have that problem. After fighting the Androids for so many years, he had long since developed an unshakable resolve.

Future Gohan's power had already reached the late stages of Super Saiyan 2, and he was just shy of its peak.

Trunks had made less progress by comparison. He had only just begun to master the Super Saiyan 2 transformation, but that was already impressive. Not everyone could compare to Gohan. Gohan had enormous potential, and only Broly could match him.

Just before they came out, Vegeta had successfully transformed into a Super Saiyan 3, barely managing to keep pace with Goku.

Goku, meanwhile, had reached Super Saiyan 3 Full Power. He had overcome the form's drawbacks: its energy leakage and immense stamina drain. Goku really was a genius. He could always find a way.

Gogito had perfectly mastered Super Saiyan 4, reaching Super Saiyan 4 Full Power—the state Goku achieved in the anime after absorbing the Saiyan energy of Gohan, Goten, and the others.

When they emerged, Mr. Popo had already prepared a sumptuous feast. After enjoying the meal, they all returned to West City.

West City was still in ruins, but reconstruction had begun. It would surely regain its former prosperity soon.

Bulma was still researching the Time Machine, and Tights hadn't returned from her trip yet. Only Master Roshi and the others were there.

After Gogito and the others returned, they began discussing their plans. Master Roshi spoke first.

"Given the situation, we've decided to promote martial arts on Earth. We'll introduce it to everyone and encourage them to train, so the art can be passed down. That way, when we face enemies in the future, we'll have some hope. We can't keep relying on Gohan and Trunks while everyone else barely survives without any hope at all."

"But how do we promote it?" Future Gohan asked, getting to the heart of the matter.

"We can make use of the king's influence and the World Martial Arts Tournament. Several of us have won first place, and Goku defeated King Piccolo and saved the world. We can build our reputation with that, as well as through Bulma's Capsule Corp. Then we can open martial arts schools and find talented people with good character to teach."

Krillin laid out the basic plan.

Teaching was best left to Master Roshi and the others. The Saiyans only knew how to fight. If they were asked to teach newcomers, they'd probably blow a fuse.

At that point, Gogito went over to Chi-Chi and said, "When we get back, you could have Goku open a martial arts school or something. People from that time still know him. He could train and make money at the same time. I'm sure Goku wouldn't refuse. Wouldn't it be even better if Gohan studied there too?"

Chi-Chi thought it sounded reasonable and nodded.

A few more days passed. By now, the whole world had heard that the Androids had been defeated, and reconstruction was underway everywhere. In another month or two, the world would probably be back to how it was before the Androids appeared. The population, however, was still low, and only time could change that.

Tights had also returned. She had learned most of the history of this world and was now organizing her notes in preparation for writing later.

But as soon as she got back, Gogito glued himself to her. Counting the time spent in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, he hadn't seen his girlfriend in a year. Now he wanted to spend every waking moment with her.

Tights had no choice but to put her work aside and keep him company.

Gogito had been living the good life these past few days: Tights by his side all day and all night. Heh.

One day, beside the swimming pool, Gogito was lying with his head in Tights's lap, opening his mouth as he waited for her to feed him fruit.

Suddenly, he sensed a huge, deeply evil ki somewhere on Earth. The others felt it too and hurried to their feet.

"What an evil presence! And it's terrifyingly powerful!"

"Is it a new enemy?"

"It hasn't even been long since the Androids!"

Cold sweat broke out on everyone's faces.

"The Androids don't even compare. This is on a completely different level," Piccolo explained.

"Let's go see what it is."

Gogito got up.

That ki was powerful, far stronger than Super Saiyan 3 Goku, but Gogito could handle it with one hand.

The group took to the sky and flew toward the source of the ki.

Elsewhere, in some part of the Earth, a spatial vortex suddenly appeared. A man crawled out of it, with pink skin and a tentacle-like appendage growing from his head that reached about to his waist. He wore a top similar to the one Goku wore.

As soon as he emerged, he looked around and saw a landscape full of craters, utterly devastated.

"Was this world destroyed by me too?"

"That can't be right. If I'd destroyed it, there wouldn't still be so many people alive on Earth."

Majin Buu could sense that many humans still lived on Earth. The Earth warriors' ki was still there, too. Son Goku and Vegeta had about as much ki as their counterparts in his world, though Son Gohan was weaker than the Gohan in his world.

But Buu had no intention of looking for them. First, he planned to find the egg that sealed away this world's Majin Buu and absorb him. That might make him even stronger.

"He's moving!"

"He's so fast!"

"Where's he going?"

The others powered up and followed him.

They followed Buu to a mountain range, where his ki came to a stop.

In front of Buu was an egg—the egg in which this world's Majin Buu had been sealed.

Buu reached out and poured energy into it.

By then, Gogito and the others had arrived. Gogito recognized Majin Buu at a glance. He had originally thought it was Janemba, but he hadn't expected it to be Majin Buu. The egg beside him must belong to this world's Buu, which meant this Buu had come from another world.

Seeing Gogito and the others arrive, Buu stopped pouring energy into the egg and turned to face them with a smile.

"You got here pretty fast."

Buu's gaze swept over the group. When he saw Gogito, his pupils contracted. Something about this man felt very wrong.

In Buu's world, Goku and Vegeta had never fused into Vegito. Buu had absorbed Goku before Vegeta could arrive, and Vegeta had suffered the same fate after he got there. So Buu didn't recognize Gogito, who looked just like Vegito. But Gogito gave him a sense of danger.