Planet Yardrat

"What? Ten million? Could you lower the price? How about 250,000?"

Sun Wumian went to Fortuneteller Baba, only to find that she was demanding an outrageous fee right off the bat: ten million Zeni before she would help him.

"No. I already gave you one fortune-telling session for free last time. This time, you want me to send you to Other World, which is even more trouble. Ten million is not too much at all."

Fortuneteller Baba refused to help, no matter what.

This left Sun Wumian in a bind. Even a hero could be stumped by a lack of money. Where was he supposed to find that much in such a short time? He couldn't exactly rob someone.

To his utter surprise, Sun Wumian eventually managed to scrape together ten million Zeni. Fortuneteller Baba agreed to help, and he made his way to North Kai's Planet via Snake Way.

The price was a month of working as Bulma's full-time chef.

Goku had taken six months to run Snake Way, but his battle power had only been in the hundreds back then. With Sun Wumian's current strength, it took him just one day.

"Hey, Bubbles. I want to see King Kai."

"Wuu wuu..."

"Oh, he's inside? He'll be right out."

Wearing sunglasses and a King Kai uniform, with blue skin, North Kai came out.

"System, try checking in with King Kai."

[ Ding~ Check-in with King Kai failed. Target's battle power is far below the host's. Nothing happened. ]

Sun Wumian had hoped that checking in might teach him Kaioken or some other technique, but it had clearly failed.

"Hey, who are you, and what do you want here?"

"I'm Sun Wumian. I have a few questions I'd like to ask you, King Kai," Sun Wumian said politely.

"Really? Don't you think that joke just now was hilarious? Heh heh! Don't be shy. Go ahead and laugh." King Kai suddenly started laughing to himself.

"Uh... Hahahaha! As expected of King Kai! You're amazing." Sun Wumian was confused at first, but then he remembered King Kai's peculiar sense of humor and pretended to double over laughing.

"I'm a joke-telling genius. Here's the deal: if you can make me laugh with a joke, I'll answer your questions," King Kai said solemnly.

"Sure. I have some questions, and I also want to learn Kaioken. Is that okay?"

"Kaioken? That's my secret technique. But I suppose it's not impossible. It depends on how good you are. I won't laugh easily, you know."

"Hmm... Once upon a time, there was a mountain. On the mountain stood a temple. In the temple lived an old monk and a young monk. The old monk was telling the young monk a story. The story went like this: Once upon a time, there was a mountain. On the mountain stood a temple. In the temple lived an old monk..."

Sun Wumian went straight for the ultimate deadpan joke.

"Pfft! Pfft! Hahaha..." King Kai rolled around on the ground, laughing. "Darn it, kid, you're something else! Are you a professional?"

Afterward, Sun Wumian asked where Planet Yardrat was, then got ready to begin learning Kaioken.

"Kaioken isn't easy to learn. First, let me see what you can do."

"What I can do?" At his words, Sun Wumian sprang into action, flying around the tiny King Kai's Planet so many times in an instant that it was impossible to count.

He's that strong? King Kai was completely stunned.

"Your strength is pretty good. You're definitely worthy of learning the Kaioken I worked so hard to create."

After that, Sun Wumian stayed on King Kai's Planet to learn Kaioken.

Two months later, Sun Wumian traveled back along Snake Way and returned to Earth. This was what he and Fortuneteller Baba had agreed on: she would come get him then.

"Shenron, come forth and grant my wish!"

When he arrived at Bulma's house, Sun Wumian took the Dragon Balls he'd left there and brought them into the yard to summon Shenron.

By then, the spaceship had already been modified. He'd asked Bulma to enter the coordinates and teach him how to operate it, then stored it directly in System Space.

The sky instantly darkened. A moment later, daylight returned.

Sun Wumian had already been transported away. His destination was Planet Yardrat.

"Hm? It's lively here. Is this Planet Yardrat?" Sun Wumian took in his surroundings. He seemed to be in the middle of a vast, modern city.

A crowd of Yardratians chattered as they spotted Sun Wumian, looking at him with curiosity.

"Hey, are you an alien?" A few Yardratians walked up to Sun Wumian, and one of them asked.

Luckily, Sun Wumian had learned the universal language from King Kai. Otherwise, he wouldn't have understood what they were saying.

"From your perspective, I suppose I am. My name is Sun Wumian, and I'm from Earth." Sun Wumian answered in the universal language.

"Hey! Welcome, Sun Wumian."

The Yardratians greeted him warmly.

"Heh, sorry to bother you. Actually, I came here to learn a technique called Instant Transmission. I was wondering if any of you know it?"

"Any of us? Sorry, sorry. I'm actually the only one here."

The large crowd of Yardratians who had been milling around vanished in an instant, leaving only the one who had just spoken.

Only then did Sun Wumian realize that the bustling crowd had been an illusion.

"Our strength is weak. To keep people from looking down on us, we usually increase our numbers a little."

"Increase..." Sun Wumian remembered that it was done by controlling something called Spirit Control—in other words, ki—to multiply themselves.

"Come with me. I'll take you to meet the elder."

Sun Wumian followed him. He hadn't expected things to go so smoothly. The elder must be the Yardratian who knew Instant Transmission.

"I see. I understand. You want to learn Instant Transmission. That's possible, but I have a request. It's clear that you have tremendous power. If our planet ever faces a disaster, I hope you'll come to our aid."

Sun Wumian had learned that the elder who knew Instant Transmission was called Piraba.

"Of course."

"Actually, everyone on our planet knows how to control Spirit Control. Instant Transmission works by moving Spirit Control from one place to another, so first, you have to learn how to control Spirit Control."

Elder Piraba made it sound simple, but once Sun Wumian tried, it became incredibly difficult. No wonder it had taken Goku so long to learn just one technique: Instant Transmission.

Fortunately, Sun Wumian had been prepared. Before leaving, he'd brought plenty of food with him and stored it in System Space, so he didn't have to worry about going hungry.

As long as he could learn Instant Transmission, nothing else mattered.

The Great God Wumeng Qiankong provided Dragon Ball: I Have a Super Saiyan Check-in System