It Wasn't Like I Could Enjoy Myself, Too???

How utterly despairing—to exist only because it was worthless!!

Meanwhile, Karochi had already used Instant Transmission to return to Capsule Corp. He crouched like a thief, trying to sneak back to his room. After all, he hadn't slept all night and was pretty tired.

"Oh, my~! Look who's back! Our young master Karochi managed to come home after a night out!!!" Tights's voice rang out behind him. Karochi snapped upright, even his tail going stiff as the hairs stood on end.

He looked just like a trembling kitten.

Of course, Tights wasn't being sarcastic because Karochi had gone out on the town. It was because the bastard had said he was going to the bathroom, then disappeared for the entire night! He'd made her wait for over half an hour, and she'd thought he'd fallen into the toilet.

"Um, Sister Tights, you're up early?" Karochi turned around with an awkward smile. Damn, he was so unlucky. How had he not sensed Tights's anger?

"Oh, yes. I had to get up early to see Young Master Karochi crawl out of the toilet!!!" Tights was smiling, but the terrifying expression on her face sent a chill down Karochi's spine.

Karochi backed away step by step, while Tights advanced toward him!!

What are you doing? Come any closer and I'll report you for molesting a minor! Karochi screamed internally. Where was the law? Where was justice? Oh, what? I'm not from Earth in this life? Then never mind.

"No, Sister Tights, let me ex—damn it, explain! I can explain." Sweat beaded on Karochi's forehead as he waved his hands like a pendulum, speaking with a bitter smile.

Tights crossed her arms. "Go on, where did you go last night? More importantly, you made me wait so long! You little brat, have you forgotten who your big sister is?!" She'd only meant to ask him a question, but the more she spoke, the angrier she got.

Hold back for a moment, and the more you thought about it, the more cheated you felt. Take one step back, and you only got angrier!! If Karochi's entire body weren't as hard as freaking steel, she'd have gone over and kicked him a couple of times.

Seeing Tights getting more and more worked up, Karochi hurriedly told her about Goku's Great Ape Transformation!!

"You remember my fellow Saiyan, Sister Tights, right? The one from when I finished training at the Lookout three years ago!!" Karochi spoke at top speed.

Tights thought it over. That had indeed happened. She nodded. "I remember. What about it?"

"Three years ago, I asked Kami to remove his tail at the right time! Who knew what happened? Kami actually forgot." Karochi couldn't help feeling helpless. What kind of nonsense was this?! It turned out senility wasn't something only humans on Earth suffered from. Namekians could get it, too.

Tights seemed to realize something. Yesterday had been a full moon. She stared at Karochi in disbelief. "So...?"

"Uh~! My fellow Saiyan must have seen the full moon and transformed into a Great Ape! I sensed it and went over right away." Karochi retreated step by step. He saw that Tights was so furious her hair was practically floating.

"Ah~~! Why didn't you take me with you, you brat! No, if you won't take me, then next full moon you can transform in front of me!" Tights was furious.

Ever since she'd first met Karochi and learned that Saiyans could transform into Great Apes, Tights had been curious about what they looked like! But Karochi had never granted her this little wish of hers. He seemed to hate turning into an ape.

Tights had no choice but to give up. It wasn't as if she could force Karochi to do it!!

But... but!! She'd had a chance to see one, and her bratty little brother hadn't taken her along~! What a precious subject! Tights felt like she'd missed out on a hundred billion.

Wait, what?! You want me to transform? No thanks. What if I can't control myself and lose it? Who'd be responsible then? For all I knew, the whole Earth might end up getting destroyed along with me.

After all, his power level was already 2.1 million. Transforming into a Great Ape would multiply it by ten, bringing it to 21 million!!

If he lost control and crushed the Earth, it'd be as easy as reaching out and grabbing it. It'd be like a game. After all, a power level of ten thousand was enough to destroy a planet! That would bring the story to an abrupt end. The end.

"Um, Sister Tights, I've told you before that transforming into a Great Ape makes you lose your reason! What if something goes wrong? Even if you don't care about me, you have to care about all the flowers and plants on Earth, don't you? They're innocent." He hurriedly explained. Truthfully, he thought he should be able to control his Great Ape form.

Of course, there was always the chance something could go wrong. There was a kind of delusion called "I think I can do it"!!

Tights realized he had a point. Karochi's power was too high! If he lost control, things could get out of hand. It really was dangerous. But she was still so unwilling to let it go.

"Oh my~! Little Chi, you're back. Would you like some milk and breakfast?" Mrs. Brief called out as she came outside to water the flowers.

Karochi nodded. "Sure, sure!!" He hadn't even eaten his fill last night before heading out. With all that exercise, he was starving.

Just as Karochi was about to run inside, he suddenly felt someone grab his tail! He turned around with a bitter smile. Good grief, what did she want now? He'd overcome the weakness that made his whole body go limp when someone grabbed his tail, but it still felt awful.

"Eat, eat, eat~! What's there to eat? Weren't you full last night? Come on, we're leaving!" Tights was getting angrier by the second. She took hold of Karochi's tail and dragged him toward the parked spaceship.

Karochi was completely bewildered. Leaving? Where were they going? Hadn't he only just gotten back yesterday?

"Um, Sister Tights, where do you mean when you say 'leave'?" Karochi had a bad feeling.

Tights answered as though it were obvious. "Where else? We're going back into space to gather more material!! Where else would we go? There's nothing on Earth worth exploring."

No, I think the bottom of the sea would be pretty good!! Karochi answered in his heart, though he only managed a bitter smile. "Sister Tights, I only got back yesterday!!"

"So what? I've been on Earth for two years!! I've run dry of inspiration. I need some new material." Tights huffed. This was what he got for not taking her along.

What the hell? Two years?! There were only thirty days in a month, and every two or three days she called him over to be her ride. Had she lost her memory or something?

"Don't be in such a hurry, okay? At least let me eat first!!" Besides, he was exhausted and wanted to sleep!!! He'd had a great fight yesterday, but now he was completely drained.

Tights wasn't moved. She kept dragging Karochi along and shot down his suggestion. "Hah! By the time you finish eating, the sun will have set. I've prepared food for you on the spaceship."

Couldn't they just take a break? Even Karochi, a training maniac, couldn't help thinking that! He'd been in this world for seven years, almost all of which he'd spent training. He'd planned to relax for a month or so after coming back.

After all, haste made waste. Sometimes, growing too quickly wasn't a good thing.

There was a saying from his previous life. After fighting wars all your life, couldn't you enjoy yourself for once? Keep the music playing and the dancing going. Right now, all he wanted was a hearty meal and a good night's sleep.

"Sister Tights, whichever planet you want to visit, we can just use Instant Transmission to get there!! There's no need to waste time traveling by spaceship, is there?" Karochi looked at the spaceship just ahead of them, still hoping to put up a fight.

Tights opened the hatch and dragged him inside while he looked on in despair. "It's precisely because we don't know where to go that we're taking a trip through space!!" Her reasoning sounded perfectly sensible.

"Oh my~! You're leaving without finishing your meal?" Mrs. Brief asked as she stood there, apparently uninvolved.

You should be telling your daughter to stop!!! Karochi screamed internally. I want to eat! I want to sleep!!!

"Don't worry, Mom. Go back inside first! The spaceship's going to start up soon, and it'll be pretty noisy." Tights answered for Karochi and warned Mrs. Brief.

"Oh~! Right, it will. I'll head back inside, then. Bye, Little Chi! Next time you're back, we'll go on a date." She blew him a kiss. Karochi replied in his heart, Sure, but on the outside he could only give Tights another bitter smile.

After watching Mrs. Brief go inside, Tights shut the hatch!! She also released Karochi's tail.

Ah! Much better. Having someone hold him by the tail really did feel awful.

"All right, go eat. We're heading to the East Galaxy this time!!" With that, she headed off to the cockpit, leaving Karochi standing there in a daze.

He'd been planning to take a vacation! But the East Galaxy... Karochi furrowed his brow. That region of space was far more dangerous than the North Galaxy!! For example, Cooler, Frieza's older brother, was in that region.

In the original story, Cooler claimed to be ten times stronger than Frieza. Of course, that was an exaggeration. Cooler was a fully grown Frost Demon, with a base power level of 150 million. He was much stronger than Frieza at full power, and he could still transform one more time.

At full strength, Cooler's power level reached a terrifying 470 million, nearly four times Frieza's.

But Karochi soon relaxed his frown. What was there to fear? If he couldn't win, he could always run!! With Instant Transmission at his disposal, should he really be afraid of that slow-witted fool who couldn't even dodge?

Just then, the spaceship began to lift off. Its powerful thrust kicked up a cloud of dust from the ground.

The takeoff looked much like it had when they'd gone to Namek. Once they'd broken through the atmosphere, an announcement suddenly came over the speakers.

"The spaceship is about to begin its warp jump~! All passengers, please take your seats."

Huh? A warp jump? Where had Dr. Brief gotten this technology from!!! Karochi was stunned.

The scenery outside suddenly changed. The stars vanished, and the spaceship seemed to enter a tunnel through time!! Strange lights appeared all around them.

"Tsk~! Dr. Brief is incredible. Starting from nothing, he managed to combine technologies in a way that's truly revolutionary." Karochi couldn't help clicking his tongue in admiration as he looked out the window.

There were three scientists on Earth who could be said to have peerless minds.

Dr. Brief had researched space-folding technology and soon created the Hoi-Poi Capsules, making life much more convenient for everyone.

Dr. Shengda had invented a time-stopping machine that successfully stopped the entire universe for one second. This was the entire universe, not the knockoff Time Stop Karochi had taken from Guldo.

Dr. Gero had invented the Androids. Androids 16, 17, and 18 all possessed enough power to surpass ordinary Super Saiyans! Cell had even reached Super Saiyan 2 at one point.