Borrowing!

"Big sister, I can fly by myself."

By now, Mo Yuan and Lazuli had parted ways with Lapis and Android 16.

Mo Yuan and Lazuli headed to the Lookout to train in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

Meanwhile, Lapis and Android 16 continued toward Son Goku's house.

After they dealt with Son Goku, they would go to the Lookout and meet up with the other two.

As soon as Mo Yuan got out of the car, Lazuli hugged him again, so he made a small suggestion.

Lazuli's expression remained blank, and there was a hint of disdain in her voice. "You fly too slowly."

"Oh, all right."

Mo Yuan felt a little disappointed. He buried his head in her ample chest and consoled himself with a little face-washing.

Lazuli played with Mo Yuan's tail, a smug smile on her face. Nice try. You think you can take me on? (≖ᴗ≖)✧

Mo Yuan: Completely under control.

"Hold on tight."

Lazuli reminded him, then drew on the energy within her and began to speed up.

Reluctantly lifting his head from her soft embrace, Mo Yuan said to Lazuli, "Big sister, let's stop by West City first. I need to pick something up."

"Mm."

Lazuli didn't ask any questions. She simply changed direction.

A few minutes later.

Lazuli and Mo Yuan arrived at Bulma's house in West City.

They had come to Bulma's house to get the training cheat code known as the "Gravity Chamber."

After all, Mo Yuan's battle power was still too low.

If he wanted to grow stronger quickly, training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber's ten times Earth's gravity wouldn't be enough.

Son Goku could withstand a hundred times Earth's gravity with a battle power of only 90,000.

The Hyperbolic Time Chamber already had more than ten times Earth's gravity. Using the Gravity Chamber inside it would let him train under even greater gravity.

Mrs. Brief looked up, unusually opening her eyes as two strangers descended from the sky.

"May I ask who you're looking for?"

Mo Yuan looked at the beautiful blonde woman in front of him and immediately recognized her as Bulma's mother, Mrs. Brief.

"Hello, Mrs. Brief. We're here to see Miss Bulma."

"Bulma's out at the moment. What did you want to see her about, sweet little boy?"

Mo Yuan had horns on his head and a tail behind him, but that didn't change how cute he was!

His adorable looks instantly won Mrs. Brief over.

At Mrs. Brief's affectionate tone, a cold glint flashed in Lazuli's eyes.

Mrs. Brief suddenly felt a chill run down her spine.

Every hair on her body stood on end.

"Strange. Why do I suddenly feel cold?"

Mrs. Brief rubbed the goose bumps on her arm, then glanced at Lazuli standing beside Mo Yuan.

"We'd like to borrow Miss Bulma's Gravity Chamber," Mo Yuan said.

"The Gravity Chamber..." Mrs. Brief thought for a moment.

"I know where it is. I'll have someone bring it over. Bulma seems to have something important to take care of, so who knows when she'll be back?"

Mrs. Brief immediately made a phone call.

Before long, a robot arrived with a small box.

Inside the box was the Gravity Chamber, shrunk down into a Hoi-Poi Capsule.

Mo Yuan had never dreamed they'd get their hands on it so easily.

He'd thought they'd have to resort to threats and bribes.

Were people in Dragon Ball really all this trusting and innocent?

They believed anything after just a few words? (O_O)

Still baffled, Mo Yuan thanked Mrs. Brief, then left with Lazuli and the Hoi-Poi Capsule.

He couldn't make sense of it, but getting what they came for was a good thing.

Mo Yuan didn't want to hurt them unless it was necessary.

Not long after Mo Yuan and Lazuli left, Bulma flew home in her plane.

As soon as Bulma entered the house, she saw that her mother looked shaken.

"Mom, what's wrong? Did something happen?"

"Two people came looking for you just now. They wanted to borrow the Gravity Chamber..."

"The Gravity Chamber? Who were they? Did you give it to them?"

"I don't know who they were, but the girl had the Red Ribbon Army's emblem on her clothes... So I gave them the Gravity Chamber Vegeta's been using."

"What? The Red Ribbon Army? Could they be Androids? They didn't cause any trouble, did they? Are you hurt?"

At the mention of the Red Ribbon Army, Bulma's heart sank.

She'd already heard from Krillin.

Vegeta, Trunks from the Future Timeline, Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, and the others couldn't beat the Androids even when they all fought together.

If the Androids had caused trouble, the security robots in her house wouldn't have stood a chance against them.

They'd probably have been reduced to scrap in an instant.

"I'm fine, I'm fine. They took the Gravity Chamber and left."

Mrs. Brief even comforted Bulma.

She'd been afraid they might hurt Bulma, so she'd handed over the Gravity Chamber right away to keep them from meeting.

Otherwise, with Mo Yuan looking so cute, Mrs. Brief would've insisted they stay for a meal.

"That's good..."

Relieved that nothing had happened at home, Bulma let out a breath.

No, I need to tell Krillin and the others right away.

The Gravity Chamber was mainly for training. The Androids were already so terrifyingly strong, yet they were still training so hard.

While Bulma contacted Krillin,

Mo Yuan and Lazuli had already reached the area near Korin Tower.

At that moment, the only one at the Lookout was Mr. Popo, whose whole body was as black as a lump of coal.

As for Piccolo,

after merging with Kami, he'd left the Lookout to hunt down the monster that was devouring people everywhere.

Mr. Popo was still secretly grieving Kami's departure when the sight of Mo Yuan and Lazuli left him panicking in fright.

A lot of people in Mo Yuan's previous life had speculated that Mr. Popo was a hidden big boss.

Mo Yuan used to think so too.

But looking at the coal-black figure before him, so frightened he looked utterly distraught, Mo Yuan finally abandoned that old fantasy.

Still, as a polite young man—and child—Mo Yuan greeted Mr. Popo courteously.

"Hello, Mr. Popo. We'd like to borrow the Hyperbolic Time Chamber."

Having always been by Kami's side, Mr. Popo knew who Mo Yuan and Lazuli were.

After all, he and Kami had been "spying" from the Lookout.

They'd seen everything that happened below.

But their battle power was simply too low.

Even if they wanted to help, they couldn't do anything.

Faced with Mo Yuan's request, Mr. Popo refused, of course.

He turned them down firmly.

After he was refused, Lazuli silently rolled up her sleeves...

After a round of friendly negotiations,

Mr. Popo was finally persuaded.

He prostrated himself and saw them into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

Of course, Lazuli hadn't hit him too hard.

Still, Mr. Popo would probably be out cold for a while.