The planet's far northern reaches, the frozen wasteland.
The bitter wind whipped snow across his face, making a faint, crisp sound.
Son Goku landed on a massive glacier and looked around. Everything was white as far as the eye could see, nothing but ice and snow.
"I should be far enough away from everyone here," he said to the empty air. "I won't disturb anyone, and no one will be caught in the destruction."
He took off his winter coat and tossed it onto the ice. With his constitution, this cold was nothing.
[Since Vegeta left, I've finally made a start on Godly Power.]
[It's time for my Super Saiyan transformation to see the light of day!]
Son Goku sat cross-legged and closed his eyes.
[Let's begin.]
He didn't immediately summon his ki. Instead, he let his consciousness sink inward. Since he'd reached the introductory stage of Godly Power training, his mental strength had undergone a fundamental change. Now, he focused all his attention on his body.
In the darkness, he "saw" them.
Countless cells appeared in his field of vision. Among them, the most unusual, the S-Cells, lay quietly scattered throughout his blood and muscle tissue. They were slightly smaller than ordinary cells, with a faint golden sheen, and were dormant.
[These are the ones...]
Son Goku slowly released his mental energy, dividing it into countless threads that gently connected to each S-Cell.
[In the original story, anger or some other extremely powerful emotion drove them into a frenzy. But that's unstable. You can lose control.]
[This time... I'll guide them with my mental energy. I won't force them. I'll just give them a signal.]
His mental energy seeped into the S-Cells. The pale golden cells began to tremble slightly, as if they'd received some kind of instruction.
Then