King Kai

Looking across King Kai's Planet, aside from a small house, there were only a few lonely trees. At the center of the planet stood a driveway and an antique car.

Come to think of it, the places where gods lived were all rather boring. Kami's palace was equally empty, and even Supreme Kai's Realm was desolate beyond belief. No wonder gods needed servants or pets and enjoyed spying on the mortal world. Even Beerus sleeping for years at a time was understandable. Such a long life was simply far too boring!

Just as they were taking in the scenery of King Kai's Planet, an ape appeared.

"King Kai has appeared!" Tien Shinhan, who had the sharpest eyes, shouted to everyone.

"Could that be King Kai?!"

"Why does he look like an ape?"

"No, that should... not be him..." Piccolo made a quick judgment and shook his head.

Meanwhile, Goku had already started copying the ape, shouting, "Ooh, ooh, ooh!" while stretching out his arms and waving them around.

Krillin held onto Gohan, uncertain whether they should imitate it too.

"Ahem... what are you all doing?" A man with antennae growing from his head walked out of the house. His clothes were strange as well, and he wore sunglasses.

That was right. This was North Kai.

Raditz was the first to walk over. Respectfully, he said, "Lord King Kai, greetings. We came all the way from Earth to ask for your guidance in our training!"

Seeing Raditz's sincere attitude, King Kai nodded.

"Earth... it couldn't have been easy for you to get here. I haven't met anyone in a very long time. What a rare occasion." King Kai seemed exceptionally excited to see so many people. "However, if you want to train, you'll have to pass my test first!"

"A test?!"

"I'm a genius at telling jokes. If you can tell a joke that makes me laugh, I'll guide your training! Come on, give it a try. It won't be easy." King Kai smugly pointed at Goku. "Stop following my pet around. His name is Bubbles, and he can't teach you how to train."

"Huh? So he was a pet." Goku walked over dejectedly.

Seeing Goku's expression, Piccolo's lips curved slightly. But he too found himself in a difficult position. Asking him to tell a joke... that was the biggest joke of all.

Most of the others also looked stunned. They had never imagined such an outrageous form of examination.

Gohan was still too young, so he was not included in the test. Yamcha and Krillin easily passed King Kai's low-threshold humor test. Raditz, familiar with all sorts of corny jokes from Weibo, also passed with ease and even received King Kai's high praise—"You tell jokes professionally, don't you?"

The remaining Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, Piccolo, and Goku racked their brains but could not come up with any jokes at all. In the end, they barely passed with everyone's help.

King Kai wiped the tears of laughter from the corners of his eyes with a handkerchief and said nostalgically, "It seems you all came prepared. Well, nothing to be done about it. I'll teach you how to train, then. Come on, let me first see how strong you are."

King Kai looked unremarkable, but every gesture carried a certain imposing air that made everyone turn serious. Under ten times gravity, they could barely move, let alone fight. They struggled to assume their stances, yet none had the ability to launch an attack.

"It seems you haven't adapted to the gravity here yet. Earth's gravity is only about one-tenth of this, so it can't compare." King Kai relaxed and pointed at Bubbles beside him. "How about this? First, race Bubbles. Whoever can catch him qualifies, and then I'll teach him."

Catching that ape did sound interesting!

"Yes!" Goku and the others immediately perked up at the news.

Goku entrusted Gohan to King Kai so that he could slowly adapt to the environment first. After all, Gohan had Saiyan blood flowing through him, and Goku believed he had the potential. That was also why Goku had not objected when Raditz had originally suggested letting Gohan join them.

"Goku, I won't lose to you this time!" Piccolo was the first to move forward. Wearing his weighted clothing, he was a full step faster than the others and could more or less walk briskly.

Other than Goku, everyone else had a much harder time, and the distance between them gradually widened.

Meanwhile, Bubbles calmly watched a group of "foolish Earthlings" approach him, not taking them seriously at all. The moment he sprang forward, he vanished from sight, making all their earlier efforts futile just as they had gotten a little closer.

King Kai watched them smugly and was about to lead Gohan back inside when he suddenly noticed Raditz.

"Why aren't you going?"

"This level of gravity doesn't affect me at all. I want to begin training directly," Raditz said bluntly.

King Kai frowned. Seeing Raditz's Battle Suit and tail, his expression changed slightly. "You're a Saiyan, aren't you? No wonder. Your planet's gravity is about the same as this place's. But why are you with Earthlings?"

"Here's the situation. Within a year, two Saiyans will attack Earth. We came here to prepare for them. No matter what, we want to train until we're strong enough to fight them."

"Saiyans... that makes things difficult. But wait, aren't you a Saiyan too?" King Kai was a little confused.

"I'm different from them. I'm going to stop them."

"Hmm... there really is no evil Ki on you."

Of course not. I'm one of the Ten Outstanding Young People, certified by my neighborhood community. Raditz thought.

In truth, the soul inside this body had already been replaced. Although he had killed some aliens when he first transmigrated here, they had not been good people either, so it could be considered punishing evil. Even the records in King Yama's book had changed. The current Raditz was an utterly good person.

Only then did King Kai's two antennae begin to tremble, like antennas receiving a signal.

"Let me see... hmm, that's right. They are heading toward Earth. There are a little over ten months left. Don't worry, training here will improve you rapidly. However, one of them is very powerful. Even after training, you may not necessarily be able to defeat him!"

"No problem. I'm a Saiyan too!" Raditz said with confidence. "Please train me directly."

He was confident that he would be strong enough to deal with the incoming Saiyans, but that still did not satisfy Raditz. There was not much training time left. What about Frieza behind the Saiyans? What about the other ambitious figures in the universe? He was still far from strong enough!

Therefore, he placed particular importance on training on King Kai's Planet. At this stage, King Kai was the finest instructor available. Although King Kai himself might be somewhat lacking in strength, his two signature techniques and training methods were worth learning. If not to learn his Kaio-ken, Raditz would not have made this trip in the first place.

Seeing the determination in Raditz's eyes, King Kai could not help thinking, This guy is pretty capable. Maybe he can bring the Kaio-ken to its fullest potential!

"Very well, the first stage of training begins now. Try holding this child while dodging my attacks." King Kai tossed Gohan to Raditz. "Neither he nor you can suffer even the slightest injury. Once you accomplish that, we'll move on to the second stage of training."

Protect Gohan? Raditz held the exhausted Gohan, who was too tired to speak, in his arms and felt a little excited. "Gohan, don't be afraid in a moment." With that, he took a ready stance, and King Kai immediately attacked.

The next second, a sky-covering barrage of Ki Blasts shot toward Raditz!

I made a small change regarding the matter of whether the soul was good or evil.