The Scouter

"Wait, why does the way I just got knocked face-first onto the ground look so familiar... I remember now. Isn't this Yamcha's signature face-plant pose? Looking alike is one thing, but you've got to be kidding me... What rotten luck."

As Sun Wumian changed into his martial arts uniform, he seemed to remember something.

Still, he'd achieved his goal. After recovering from his serious injuries, his battle power had nearly doubled, rising from 1,900 to 3,500.

The fourth tier covered battle powers from 3,001 to 50,000.

The fifth tier consisted of those powerful enough to destroy a planet, with battle powers from 50,001 to 530,000.

In other words, anyone within those ranges whose battle power was higher than Sun Wumian's could be checked in with. Most importantly, checking in with a Saiyan increased his own battle power by 10% of the target's.

"Hey, are you done yet? Hurry up and come out. I've got questions for you." While Sun Wumian was lost in thought, Caulifla's voice came from outside.

"What is it, Miss Caulifla?" He opened the door and stepped out, asking casually.

"Tell me what just happened. You were so badly injured—how did you suddenly get better?"

"Well..." Sun Wumian paused for a moment. "I don't mind telling you, but you have to agree to one condition."

"What? Are you trying to order me around? Why should I agree to anything? Do you want me to beat you up again?" Caulifla said, waving her fist.

Damn, my luck's terrible, getting stuck with a violent woman like this, Sun Wumian thought.

"How about this? I'll give you a Senzu Bean. Just one can make someone's injuries heal quickly. What do you say?" Sun Wumian rubbed his nose and smiled. Surely she'd agree now.

"Tsk... trying to use such a despicable trick..." Caulifla gave Sun Wumian a scornful look, then said, "Tell me your condition first."

"It's simple. Take me to meet the powerful Saiyans on Planet Sadala." He'd already thought it through. With a genius Saiyan like her as his bodyguard, he should be able to go anywhere on this planet.

"Powerful Saiyans? Why do you want to meet them? I'm one."

"I mean Saiyans with battle powers between 3,000 and 530,000. That's not you."

"You could've just said that. I know what battle power is. The Sadala Army has Scouter watches that can measure it. But those people aren't exactly powerful. According to them, Saiyans with battle powers from 3,000 to 50,000 are Low-Class Warriors, while those from 50,000 to 500,000 are Mid-Class Warriors."

"So that's how it is." Sun Wumian hadn't expected the Saiyans of Universe 6 to have Scouters for measuring battle power, either.

"Easy. We just have to go to the Royal City. I can take you, but give me two of those beans that restore you instantly."

"You said it was easy. Why are you asking for an extra bean?" Sun Wumian was speechless. She was blatantly raising the price on the spot.

"So, are you giving them to me or not?" Caulifla put her hands on her hips and leaned toward him, her expression threatening.

"Fine, fine." Sun Wumian had no choice but to take two Senzu Beans out of the System Space and toss them to her. She really was a bandit, and she demanded what she wanted without the slightest shame.

"That's more like it." Caulifla nodded in satisfaction, then turned to Kale, Colen, and the others. "Hey, you guys. You still have those Scouters you took from the Sadala Army, right? Go find them for me."

So Scouters really were a thing. Sun Wumian waited with interest.

He wanted to see how these Scouters compared to the system's detection function.

After a while, Kale came back with several watches in her hands. "Big Sis, I found them. Here you go."

"Come on, put them on me and him." Caulifla pointed toward Sun Wumian.

At her words, Kale came over and was about to put a Scouter on Sun Wumian.

"Uh, don't trouble yourself. Just give it to me." He hurriedly waved her off.

"Hmm, this seems more useful than the system's detection function." Sun Wumian tried it out and found that the Scouter had a much longer range than the system. It could detect people even a hundred thousand li away.

The system was far worse, with a range of less than ten thousand li.

System, why are you so useless? You can't even beat a little gadget.

"That's not right. The system's abilities are tied to the host's strength. Aren't you insulting yourself?" The system's voice suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Is that so? Never mind. Help me check in with those people over there."

The core members of Caulifla's base had decent battle powers. Besides her and Kale, whose battle powers were 800,000 and 1,000,000 in their normal forms, the other four each had battle powers between 10,000 and 100,000.

[ Ding~ Successfully checked in with a Saiyan. Target's current battle power: 20,000. Host's battle power increased by 2,000.]

[ Ding...]

"Beep, beep..."

"Hm? What are you doing? Why is your battle power going up over and over?" The Scouter on Caulifla's wrist beeped repeatedly.

"5,500... 8,000... 12,000... 20,000!"

"Don't make a fuss. I'm just getting stronger." After finishing the check-ins, Sun Wumian answered casually.

"Strange. When I knocked you down just now, I didn't notice you had any hidden strength," Caulifla said, puzzled.

"Don't worry about the details. By the way, Miss Caulifla, when are we heading to the Royal City?"

"Are you in a hurry? Then we'll go later."

"Huh? What do you mean? If we don't have anything else to do, shouldn't we go soon?"

"Before that, we need to pull off one big score." With that, Caulifla led the others straight back to her house.

"What do you mean, pull off a big score?" Sun Wumian called after them, but no one answered.

He didn't see Caulifla and the others again over the next two days. It seemed they really had gone off to do something big.

On the third day, Sun Wumian finally found out what they'd been doing.

"Wow, there's so much food today."

"Haha, I don't know why anyone would hoard food, but it sure was unlucky for them."

"Great! Let's take some for my little brothers and sisters, too."

Sun Wumian was there as well. Looking at the boxes piled high with food, he couldn't help exclaiming, "Where did all this food come from? You didn't rob someone, did you?"

"Hey." Caulifla's annoyed voice came from the sofa, where she was lounging. "Watch how you speak, kid. It's not robbery. We're redistributing wealth to help the poor, got it?"

"That may be true, but this isn't a long-term solution. I have an idea, though I don't know if I should bring it up," Sun Wumian said after a moment's thought.

"Hmph, if you've got something to say, say it. Don't keep asking whether you should. I don't know what you're talking about."