Rounding Up to a Hundred Million

Li Lin crossed his arms over his chest and said indifferently, "Alright, if you're going to pay, then that's easy to talk about!"

Upon hearing this, Android 17 finally felt the stone in his heart drop.

It seemed the other party wasn't an unreasonable person; it all depended on how the compensation would be calculated.

"Look here," Li Lin said, counting on his fingers, "My capsule house, at market price, is about 350,000, and the various household appliances inside are about 100,000!"

"And the clothes on my back, those cost several thousand a set!"

Li Lin calculated slowly, sticking strictly to standard market prices.

Android 17 nodded as he listened; although these prices weren't cheap, it was still better than losing his life.

However, Li Lin's next words left him frozen in place.

"Add in all the other miscellaneous expenses, and rounding up, you just need to pay me 100 million!" Li Lin said calmly.

Android 17's jaw nearly hit the floor when he heard that figure.

He had never seen rounding like that before; it was just being calculated in the tens of thousands, so how did it turn into 100 million after rounding?

Android 17 was too shocked to speak, but Android 18 was instantly displeased upon hearing the price.

For some reason, she was naturally very sensitive about money, perhaps even a bit greedy.

"Hey, what's with you? Aren't you just trying to extort us?"

Android 18 lowered her hands and stared directly at Li Lin.

She no longer cared about feeling embarrassed; despite the lingering flush on her face, she began to argue her case against Li Lin.

Li Lin didn't back down, retorting, "How can you call it extortion? This includes a massive amount of emotional distress compensation, which money can't buy. Asking for 100 million is actually a bargain!"

Android 18 was annoyed, her face puffing up as she said, "You look perfectly normal to me! Even with emotional distress, you can't just name an astronomical price!"

They had just emerged and didn't have that kind of money on them at all.

Even if they did, they wouldn't just hand it over to this guy for nothing!

"Tch! Then that's not my problem!"

Li Lin said coolly.

He wasn't intentionally trying to extort them; he just wanted to teach them a lesson.

He knew they couldn't come up with that much money, so wouldn't it end with them getting a good beating from him, just as planned?

"Hah!" Android 18 gave a cold laugh, acting haughty. "Well, we don't have the money anyway, so that's that!"

She wasn't an unreasonable person; it was normal to pay for things one had destroyed.

She wouldn't even have blinked if she had to pay a little extra.

It was just that this guy was being completely absurd—he was practically robbing them in broad daylight!

Watching Android 18 act so stubborn, Li Lin found it somewhat amusing. Whether it was the psychological effect of being a lecher, he felt a slight physiological reaction.

Li Lin quickly reined himself in—control, control, and more control—then put on an annoyed expression and said, "In that case, prepare to face my wrath. Who's going first, or are you both coming at me together?"

Android 17 looked at his aggressive stance, his heart suddenly tightening to the breaking point.

The person before them was terrifyingly powerful; who would want to be the first to face his wrath?

But he simply didn't have the money on hand, let alone 100 million.

Even if he went out to rob people right now, it would take him half a day!

Seeing that Li Lin seemed to be serious, Android 18 quickly hid behind Android 16.

Android 16 was also in a bind; he had been created specifically to defeat Son Goku.

Now, not only had he failed to find Son Goku, but he had run into such a freak instead.

Li Lin took a step forward, causing cracks to spiderweb across the ground, and the birds that had just landed in the forest took flight in a dark, panicked swarm!

Time and space seemed to freeze in that instant, and the atmosphere became so oppressive that it was impossible to breathe.

Hundreds of miles away, in a deserted city.

Cell, entirely green and covered in spots, looked up at the sky.

"This energy, it's here again? Who is this? How could such a terrifying existence exist on Earth?" he said, shivering.

He had thought that with his current strength, he had nothing to fear from anyone on Earth.

Once he absorbed Android 17 and Android 18, he would be invincible.

But the current situation completely exceeded his expectations. This energy was terrifyingly strong; even if he reached his Perfect Form, he might not be this person's match!

"No, this place is still too dangerous. I should get further away!"

Cell decided on the spot to run further away before deciding on his plan to absorb the androids.

However, he stopped after taking only two steps.

He found it very strange; someone capable of emitting such energy must be in a fight, otherwise, they wouldn't be unleashing such power for no reason.

Yet, from start to finish, he could only sense this monstrous aura, with no sign of anyone else.

"Wait. Could it be..."

Cell suddenly had a grim thought. "Could it be that those two reckless things, Android 17 and Android 18, are fighting this monster?"

The more Cell thought about it, the more alarmed he became, and the more likely it seemed.

He decided to suppress his energy and go take a look; after all, his purpose in coming here was to absorb the Androids.

He couldn't have them beaten to death by someone else before he even got the chance to absorb them!

Over on Li Lin's side.

Just as he was preparing to strike, a group of figures suddenly appeared in the sky.

"Li Lin, we're here to help you!"

It was Piccolo who spoke, and no sooner had the words left his lips than he landed right beside him.

However, when he saw Li Lin, he was completely stunned!

He was incredibly bewildered—why on earth was this guy not wearing any clothes?

Krillin and the others were a step behind, but they managed to arrive on the scene just then as well.

The moment they laid eyes on Li Lin, the expressions on their faces became quite colorful.

"W-what is going on here?"

Tien Shinhan looked at Li Lin's muscular physique and asked, perplexed.

"Ahem!" Seeing the strange looks from everyone, Li Lin felt a bit embarrassed and gave two dry coughs. "That's a long story. I didn't want to end up like this either; it was mainly the Androids' doing!"

Only then did everyone snap back to reality, realizing this wasn't the time for sightseeing.

The Androids were still here, and the current priority was to deal with them first.

"It seems the Androids really aren't easy to handle. Someone as powerful as Li Lin is struggling so much that even his clothes have been blasted off," Yamcha whispered.

The others nodded slowly, though they found it strange that while Li Lin's clothes were gone, the opponents didn't seem to have a scratch on them.

Could it be that the Androids were so formidable that even Li Lin couldn't handle them?