Spaceship Modification Suggestions

Two hours later!!

"Damn it, finally here!!" Karochi, whose stomach was flattened by hunger, had finally arrived in West City and located Capsule Corporation.

It had to be said that Bulma's family was truly wealthy! The fact that their estate spanned 500 square kilometers in the heart of West City was simply outrageous.

He slowly descended in front of the Capsule Corporation entrance!

"Tch, not even a guard at the gate?? This is way too lax!!" Karochi was speechless; they didn't even have a security guard!

But the moment he stepped inside, Karochi understood why. Dozens of pitch-black gun barrels emerged from hidden compartments the instant he crossed the threshold!!

"What the—?! This isn't right, is it? I remember there weren't any of these things in the original story!" Karochi was dumbfounded; he hadn't seen this kind of hardware when he watched the anime!

"Ara-ra~~~! Whose handsome little boy is this!!!" A woman with short yellow hair appeared, speaking in a peculiar tone.

Even with his eyes closed, Karochi knew this was Bulma's mother, Mrs. Brief, whose real name was Panchy! Yes, you didn't misinterpret that; it was a pun on "bikini." In the original story, Mrs. Brief was extremely extroverted, hospitable, and uninhibited. It seemed that because Dr. Brief was too much of a flirt, she had always remained indifferent toward him.

He watched as she pressed some kind of button, and those guns vanished from sight! Even Karochi hadn't caught where they disappeared to! This was simply unscientific.

"Come, come~! Stop holding that, oh my~~ how could you keep holding something so heavy!!" She walked up to Karochi, looked at the massive flight pod he was carrying, and spoke in a gentle voice! Her demeanor was very bold.

Karochi didn't continue holding it; after all, he had carried it the entire way! He slowly set it down, scratched his head, and said to Mrs. Brief, "Um, hello, my name is Karochi. Sorry for the intrusion! I'm here to see Dr. Brief."

Karochi was a bit unaccustomed to Mrs. Brief's enthusiasm, even though he knew it was just her personality!!

"Oh my~! Why look for that old geezer? Why don't you come on a date with me instead!?" Mrs. Brief said while pulling on Karochi's arm. Saiyans grew quite fast; Karochi was already nearly a meter tall.

"Ah... this, this! That wouldn't be appropriate. I really need to ask Dr. Brief for a favor." Karochi turned bright red from Mrs. Brief's antics; after all, his mind wasn't that of a four-year-old! Some of the physical contact was still a bit stimulating for him.

"Alright then, I'll take you to him!!" Mrs. Brief said with a smile—though she had been squinting the entire time!!

Karochi was dragged along, his left hand instinctively grabbing the flight pod! He didn't want to have to run back out for it later and waste time that could be spent eating; his stomach was nearly flat from hunger.

Led by Mrs. Brief through several twists and turns, they arrived in front of a massive, semi-circular building. She let go of Karochi's hand, leaned in close, and said, "Little cutie, you wait here for a second, okay? I'll go call that old geezer down right now."

Karochi took a few steps back and wiped the sweat from his face: "Okay, thank you, ma'am!!"

"Oh my~! What a polite little handsome boy." She reached out to ruffle Karochi's hair before turning to walk into the building.

"Bulma's mom really is as enthusiastic as she was in the original story!!" Karochi found this personality type a bit hard to handle.

Before long, a middle-aged man walked out, with Mrs. Brief following behind him.

He was somewhat thin and short, with that iconic purple hair and the little black cat perched on his left shoulder—wait, was it already perched there back then?! Just how long had that cat lived!? It was still there during the Majin Buu era; it really defied all science.

"So, you're the little one who wants to see me!!?" As he approached, he removed the cigarette from his mouth, his tone very amiable.

Karochi bowed first: "Hello, Dr. Brief! It is indeed me who needs to see you." When asking for a favor, one had to be polite.

"Oh my~! No need to be so formal with this old geezer." Mrs. Brief covered her mouth and giggled.

"Indeed, no need for that. If there's anything I can help with, I certainly will!!" Dr. Brief smiled at Karochi's demeanor.

Karochi didn't beat around the bush: "You've seen the spherical object behind me; that's the space pod I used to travel to Earth! I hope to get your help in expanding it and installing a gravity device inside—preferably one that can reach over 300 times Earth's gravity. I need it for training."

Upon hearing Karochi's request, Dr. Brief had already walked over to the pod to inspect it!! "It's definitely not Earth technology. Modifying it is no problem at all! Besides, the pod you brought has great research value. If possible, I'd like to study it for a while!"

For a scientist like him, as long as he understood the internal structure of such a space pod, he was confident he could build a full-fledged spaceship! This wasn't just nonsense; hadn't Bulma later built a time machine, a device forbidden by the gods?!

"Of course, no problem!! I'll be staying on Earth for quite a while, so feel free to study it as much as you like!" He still had to train on Earth for a while, probably about a year.

"Then that's settled. Just leave it to me!" Dr. Brief said with a beaming smile.

Grumble~ Grumble~!

At that moment, Karochi's stomach let out an uncooperative growl, causing his face to flush red, even though he had intended to mooch a meal here from the start!

"Oh my, little brother Karochi, are you hungry? Come, come, let's go eat. Leave this thing to the old man!" Mrs. Brief quickly grabbed Karochi's arm and led him inside.

"Yes, yes, just leave the pod to me for research!!" Dr. Brief agreed.

"Then I'll leave it to you!" After another bow, Karochi followed Mrs. Brief, feeling quite embarrassed.

"Sis... sister!" Bulma trotted after Tights.

At this time, Tights was only 11 years old, and Bulma was about the same age as Karochi—around four!

Tights looked curiously at the chefs coming and going, puzzled! How many guests were in the house?? So much food!! She stopped a chef who was delivering a dish and asked curiously, "How many guests are here?"

The middle-aged chef wiped his sweat, a look of disbelief on his face: "This... Miss, you might not believe it, but it's just one four- or five-year-old kid!!!" He didn't know how much that child had eaten; over twenty chefs had been busy for three hours, and they still couldn't keep up. It was simply absurd.

If he told anyone, they wouldn't believe it, and even he, having seen it with his own eyes, couldn't believe it!!

"!!! A four- or five-year-old kid eating that much??" Tights was shocked; she didn't even notice Bulma clinging to her.

What kind of beast was he?! She had watched these chefs running back and forth for hours, thinking a whole army had arrived.

Her curiosity piqued, Tights picked up Bulma and followed the chef; she had to see what kind of kid could have such an appetite.

Inside, Karochi was devouring food like a madman, stuffing buns into his mouth two at a time, and tearing meat directly off a large leg! Mrs. Brief, watching from the side, looked shocked, occasionally wiping the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.

"How long has this child gone without eating to be this hungry!! How pitiful."

This scene left Tights, standing at the door, stunned. My god! Even a beast wouldn't eat like that. Is this guy's stomach a bottomless pit?? And he really looked to be only four or five, about the same age as her little sister.

"Sister~ he can eat so much!!" Although Bulma was still young, she was stunned by Karochi's astonishing eating style, and her eyes lit up when she saw the tail behind him.

She climbed down from Tights' arms, snuck up behind Karochi, and grabbed it!!

Karochi, who had been focused on devouring his meal, was struck as if by lightning; his entire body went limp, and he collapsed face-first into his bowl of noodles!

"Oh my! What's wrong, little Qi? Did you choke? Come, come, Auntie has some milk here to help you wash it down." Seeing this, Mrs. Brief assumed Karochi had eaten too quickly and choked, so she hurriedly picked up the milk nearby.

"No... it's not that! My tail, don't grab my tail!" Karochi forced a bitter smile. Damn it, I never imagined I'd actually get my tail grabbed by someone.

Turning around, he saw a young child with teal hair clutching his tail and refusing to let go, playing with it as if it were the most fun thing in the world! Holy crap, isn't this Bulma? Judging by her age, she seemed to be about the same as him.

Karochi swore to himself that he would definitely learn to overcome the weakness of the tail, just like Vegeta!

"Oh my! Bulma, how did you get over here? You mustn't cause trouble." Prompted by Karochi, Mrs. Brief finally noticed Bulma behind him, still gripping the tail. She set down the milk and scooped the girl up!

With his tail released, Karochi let out a long sigh of relief. Aside from the weakness of the tail, there was also the issue of losing his sanity upon transforming into a Great Ape that needed to be overcome! On Planet Vegeta, a full moon only occurred once every fifteen years, but on Earth, it appeared every fifteen days. If he were to accidentally fall victim to it one day, Earth would basically be finished!