Planting Senzu Beans

Bardock nodded.

When he first saw those two hundred black huts, he'd been so startled he nearly jumped out of his skin. How had so many black huts appeared out of nowhere?

They stood packed together, and even in broad daylight they looked a little eerie. He'd thought they were places where people went to lie down after they died!

Now that he knew what they were, they were treasures!

Bardock decided that from then on, he'd lie in one of those huts every day.

Pfft!

He meant in a Gravity Chamber!

Northern Planet Sadala.

Lush forests stretched in every direction, but there was a vast clearing in the middle. It looked out of place, as if the clearing had suddenly appeared and taken over part of the forest.

In the middle of the clearing, more than two hundred Gravity Chambers stood in a row, black as night, like something from the Qing Dynasty...

Ahem...

Anyway, they looked pretty imposing.

Not far away was a patch of special soil about forty square meters in size.

Bardock brought Garis here.

"Captain, are you sure Little Biel really trained to that level with this thing?" Garis scratched his head.

"Probably!"

To be honest, Bardock was still in shock. Even though Ausbie was an Elite Warrior, how could she have accomplished so much at such a young age?

That meant the Gravity Chamber must be the reason!

Then it occurred to him: if he used a Gravity Chamber too, would he get the same results?

"Then we've hit the jackpot!"

"Shut up. Why are you shouting? Have you never seen anything before?" Bardock scolded him, exasperated.

This clueless guy was one of his own squad members. If anyone found out, Bardock would never live it down!

Garis: "..."

After Bardock walked away, Garis raised his middle finger at his back.

"You were gawking at Little Biel with your eyes wide and your mouth hanging open just now!"

But Garis was afraid of getting beaten up, so he didn't dare say it aloud.

He hurried after Bardock.

"You take the left side. Use the method Kasso showed us and pack up all the Gravity Chambers."

Bardock pointed to the left, his tone leaving no room for argument. Then he went to the right, and the two of them began collecting the chambers.

A little over ten minutes later, the ground was covered with capsules. Anyone who saw them might have wondered if the two had some kind of incurable illness. Why did they need to take so many pills—and why were they so huge?

Soon, only a few dozen Gravity Chambers remained. Bardock and Garis stood with their backs to the pile of capsules and worked toward one another from opposite sides, collecting the chambers.

They seemed not to care about the capsules behind them. Anyone who thought they truly didn't care would be completely wrong!

These two hundred Gravity Chambers were the foundation of the Saiyans' rise. If anyone dared lay a finger on them, Bardock and Garis would make him regret ever being born.

"Finally, that's done!" Bardock and Garis sighed with relief. All that was left was to distribute the chambers among their people.

The Saiyans were known as a warrior race. They craved battle and strength, and the Gravity Chambers were practically made for them.

So there was no need to worry that the Saiyans wouldn't like them.

"Captain, don't forget to give me one." Garis gazed longingly at the pile of capsules.

After seeing Ausbie's strength, he wanted a Gravity Chamber of his own too.

"Why are you in such a hurry? There are two hundred Gravity Chambers. There'll be one for everyone."

"Oh, right."

Garis scratched his head sheepishly.

To Bardock, this guy was nothing but a clown.

"Let's go!"

Bardock and Garis took the capsules and flew straight into the sky.

After the two of them left,

a small figure suddenly appeared in the clearing.

Kasso watched Bardock and Garis disappear into the distance. He'd heard their entire conversation just now.

He smiled. To be honest, Garis really was a bit of a goof.

Turning around,

Kasso walked to the edge of the patch of black soil and examined it closely. The dirt wasn't actually black; its true color was brown. It only looked different because so much soil had been piled together.

He reached down and touched it. It felt a little damp. Kasso looked up at the sky. Even in this scorching weather, the soil hadn't dried out!

And looking closely, he could even see a faint, hazy aura rising from the ground. It seemed quite extraordinary.

When Kasso made his wish on Namek, something unexpected had happened with his third wish. He'd then used Shenron's third wish to create this patch of land.

But it looked a little small, only about forty square meters.

Kasso remembered that Senzu Beans needed to be watered with Ultra Divine Water. He had no idea whether the land Shenron had created could grow them.

As the saying went, practice was the only way to test the truth.

He'd find out as soon as he planted a Senzu Bean!

With that thought, Kasso got right to it.

He planted a single Senzu Bean in the soil. He didn't plant more, in case it was a waste.

Once he'd planted it, Kasso squatted quietly beside it.

Half a day passed.

It was noon, and the sun blazed overhead.

Kasso still hadn't moved. At first, he'd been full of anticipation. If the Senzu Beans could really grow, nothing would be able to stop the Saiyans from rising.

But as time passed and the weather grew hotter, Kasso wiped the sweat from his face. He was practically being roasted into a dried-up husk.

The soil remained completely still.

Had Shenron tricked him?

"Damn it."

Kasso cursed under his breath. He was so angry he wanted to stomp on the soil a couple of times, but there was still a Senzu Bean buried in there. He couldn't afford to waste it.

Just as Kasso was about to dig up the bean,

suddenly!

He saw the sight he'd been waiting for.

For some unknown reason, the clump of brown soil shifted. Tiny bits of dirt slid off its edges, and soon a hint of green appeared before his eyes.

This...

Had it grown?

"Hahahaha!" Kasso threw his head back and laughed.

When he'd made the wish to Shenron, he'd only meant to try his luck. Though Shenron had granted his wish, he hadn't been sure whether the Senzu Beans would actually grow.

He hadn't expected that this patch of land really could grow them.

Looking at that hint of green, Kasso began to think through the possibilities. He wondered how many Senzu Beans a single seed would yield. If it only produced one, then the land would be useless.

But as long as it yielded two or three, he'd come out ahead. That way, Senzu Beans would no longer be a scarce resource.

"I'll see what happens once the Senzu Bean ripens. But while it's growing, I can't let wild animals damage it. I can ask those Saiyans to keep watch."

Kasso had already come up with a plan. Then he turned and left, intending to explain everything to Bardock.

Now all that was left was to wait for the Senzu Beans to grow. He hoped each seed would produce more than one.

Not long after Kasso left,

that hint of green seemed to grow a little taller.

And beneath the entire patch of land, something rumbled, like an underground river flowing by.

But Kasso had already left and didn't notice.