Meeting Goku

"Leave some for them!"

Kasso had originally planned to take all the Senzu Beans. After all, if he left them behind, Yajirobe would just eat them all, so he might as well keep them for himself.

But then he thought about it. If he took every last one, what would Goku and the others do later?

Goku was his favorite protagonist, after all!

"Master Korin, you probably know what Senzu Beans can do. They can instantly bring someone back from the brink of death."

Kasso felt he had to explain how important the Senzu Beans were to Korin. He couldn't bear to see Goku later on desperately trying to split a single bean in half.

With that, Kasso paid no attention to Korin's reaction. He took Ausbie by the hand and flew off.

"What's gotten into them?"

Korin watched the two fly away, utterly baffled. He'd grown the Senzu Beans himself. How could he not know what they did?

"What a strange person," Korin murmured.

A while later, he sat atop the pile of fish and fell into thought. He seemed to understand what Kasso had meant.

Korin had always lived atop Korin Tower, and could only learn about the world below by looking through the three water tanks. Over the years, not many outstanding martial artists had made it up the tower.

So the Senzu Beans had rarely been used. After growing them, Korin had treated them like fasting pills and forgotten what they were truly capable of.

Come to think of it, Senzu Beans really were something special!

Korin also thought of the commotion Kasso and Ausbie had made when they first arrived on Earth. He wondered if every alien was that powerful. If Earth were invaded, what would happen without Senzu Beans?

The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he became. It seemed he needed to discuss the matter with Kami.

Korin looked at the mountain of fish and immediately wore a pained expression, cursing under his breath.

What a waste!

Two streaks of light cut across the sky.

Kasso and Ausbie flew side by side. Neither of them knew what Korin had thought after they left.

"Big Brother Kasso, where are we going?" Ausbie asked curiously as she flew beside him.

"You'll see in a bit."

Kasso led her toward a distant forest.

They flew over the dense woods, with mountain peaks rising and falling all around them. Now and then, they spotted large wild beasts.

Before long, a narrow path appeared in the woods. The weeds on either side had been cleared away, making it obvious that someone often walked along it.

Following the path, they soon saw a mountain shaped like a steamed bun.

"Big Brother Kasso, that hill looks just like a steamed bun." Ausbie seemed to be imagining something delicious; she was practically drooling.

"This little mountain is called Mount Paozu."

Kasso smiled. He hadn't expected Little Biel to remember what steamed buns looked like after eating them once at Tights's house.

Mount Paozu was where Goku and his grandfather, Son Gohan, lived. Later, after Goku married Chi-Chi, they continued living there.

Kasso wondered if Goku had already landed on Earth by now.

As they flew on, they soon spotted a house.

Goku had a Dragon Ball at home. Kasso remembered that clearly.

He wanted to take the Dragon Ball back so Dr. Brief could make a Dragon Ball Radar.

Before coming to Earth, Kasso had figured that even if Dr. Brief helped him build a Gravity Chamber, he would probably only make one. But how could one be enough for more than a hundred Saiyans?

That was why he'd thought of using the Dragon Balls to wish for Shenron to create more than a hundred Gravity Chambers.

Thinking of this, Kasso gave himself a pat on the back for his brilliant idea.

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Then why not just have Shenron create more than a hundred Gravity Chambers directly?

Why make Dr. Brief build one first? Wasn't that completely pointless?

Who knew whether Kasso had thought of that.

"Big Brother Kasso, there's no one here!"

Ausbie followed Kasso down from the sky. After entering the house, she found it completely empty.

"They've probably gone out." Kasso looked around.

The place seemed plain and unremarkable, with nothing special about it. Yet Goku had lived here since he was little and would grow up to be so powerful.

Actually, Kasso knew that Goku's strength was mostly thanks to his pure, innocent heart and his devotion to martial arts.

"Oh!"

Kasso smiled. "Found it!"

He picked up a Dragon Ball from a corner. It had four stars inside, and no matter which angle he looked from, the stars' shape and position never changed.

That was pretty amazing!

Kasso marveled at it, then turned to Ausbie. "Little Biel, let's go."

"Did you find what you were looking for?"

"Yeah."

Kasso would borrow Goku's Dragon Ball for now. Once he'd made his wish and the Dragon Ball had returned to normal, he'd come back and give it to Goku.

They flew into the sky. The setting sun stretched across the horizon, its orange light spilling over the clouds and turning them a beautiful shade of golden orange.

Kasso examined the Dragon Ball in his hand and suddenly spotted an old man in the mountains. A newborn baby was strapped to his back in a basket.

Kakarot?

Kasso raised an eyebrow, then flew down with Ausbie.

In the mountains.

Son Gohan seemed to be searching for something nearby.

Suddenly, he sensed something and looked up.

"Flight Technique!"

Son Gohan's eyes widened as he watched the two children. They were using the legendary Flight Technique!

He'd once heard from his master, Master Roshi, that there was a wondrous technique that could let people fly through the sky.

He remembered asking, "Master, can you do it?"

In response, Master Roshi had just rolled his eyes.

Since his master hadn't answered, Son Gohan had assumed he couldn't do it either.

Actually, with Master Roshi's strength, learning the Flight Technique would have been easy. He simply looked down on it because it belonged to the Crane School!

Now Son Gohan was stunned to see not one but two children using the Flight Technique. He was utterly flabbergasted.

"Hello, old man!" Kasso greeted him as he and Ausbie landed.

Son Gohan opened his mouth. "H-hello."

Judging by their ki, the two children seemed no different from ordinary people. If he hadn't just seen them fly down from the sky, he would have thought they were a couple of lost little kids.

When had such powerful people appeared on Earth?

Kasso looked at the basket on Son Gohan's back. A chubby baby sat quietly inside, with a furry tail hanging over the edge.

But Kasso noticed a bandage wrapped around Goku's head. Was he injured?

He knew that when Goku was little, he'd fallen off a cliff and hit his head. After that, his personality had changed completely, and he'd even forgotten who he was!

Seeing this, Kasso chuckled to himself. The story was about to begin!

Son Gohan was puzzled. What was this child up to? Why had he stopped talking?

As he studied the two children, he noticed that each had a tail at the waist, just like his grandson!