Stay Away from Bald Men!

The next day.

Mo Yuan woke up in a soft, fragrant embrace.

Feeling a pair of slender arms wrapped tightly around him and catching the rich, milky scent with every breath, Mo Yuan didn't dare move, afraid of waking Lazuli.

It definitely wasn't because of Yukiko!

Definitely not!

He closed his eyes, feeling as though he were walking on clouds.

This was the ultimate indulgence. Every extra second was a bonus.

But things didn't go as he wished.

The temperature in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber began to change again.

In just ten minutes, it rose by a hundred degrees.

The scorching heat woke Lazuli, too.

"Mm~" Lazuli opened her eyes.

The heat, now at fifty degrees, had made her start sweating. Her skin was already slightly damp.

"Still not awake?" Lazuli looked at Mo Yuan, who was "sleeping soundly" in her arms, and felt a little envious.

A body that wasn't bothered by either cold or heat was truly enviable.

Yesterday, when the temperature had dropped to minus fifty degrees, Mo Yuan had been like a little furnace, letting her sleep peacefully despite how much she hated the cold.

Now that it had reached a scorching fifty degrees, Mo Yuan's body temperature had fallen with it, becoming as cool as ice and giving off a faint chill.

Lazuli didn't wake Mo Yuan. She got up and went to wash.

After Lazuli left, Mo Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He hadn't pretended to be asleep for any particular reason. It just felt a little awkward.

Though he looked like a child, his soul belonged to an adult. And since this was his first time sharing a bed with a girl, he couldn't help feeling awkward.

Mo Yuan checked his body.

After some rest, the damage caused by using Kaioken yesterday had completely healed with the help of Vitality.

His power level had doubled again, too.

Both Kaioken and Super Saiyan increased combat power.

But their underlying principles were completely different.

Super Saiyan was a bloodline power, like an external memory card for a phone. No matter how many times it boosted your power, it didn't damage your body. It only consumed a great deal of stamina, so it couldn't be maintained for long.

Kaioken, on the other hand, forcibly expanded your own memory. The greater the increase, the more damage it did to your body.

It was like a balloon: the more you inflated it, the thinner it got. Once it was filled with more air than it could withstand, it would burst.

Without Vitality to repair the damage to his body, using Kaioken a few times would leave him ruined.

What was more, Kaioken could only be learned by using Vitality as a catalyst.

Otherwise, Mo Yuan would have wanted to teach Lazuli Kaioken.

Just imagine: Cell had absorbed countless people and thought victory was assured. He was about to absorb Lazuli and Lapis when Lazuli suddenly activated Kaioken.

She'd take Cell out in one blow.

But if Lazuli could use Kaioken, Cell definitely could, too.

In the original story, Cell's body was undoubtedly tougher than Son Goku's, but he never used Kaioken before he died. It stood to reason that it wasn't because he didn't want to use it, but because he couldn't.

Otherwise, he could have used Kaioken at double strength, and no one on Earth would have been able to stop him.

That was why no one in the original story besides Goku had ever used Kaioken.

If that hadn't been the case, given Son Goku's personality, he would definitely have taught Kaioken to his good friends.

Whether or not it could make them much stronger, at least they wouldn't have felt so helpless when facing their enemies.

"Time to get up and eat!"

Lazuli's gentle voice sounded beside him.

"Okay!" Mo Yuan called back loudly.

He stopped pretending to sleep and got up to wash.

The table was already covered with delicious food.

Looking at the feast, Mo Yuan's stomach couldn't help protesting.

"Go on, try it. See if you like it." Lazuli's eyes twinkled like stars as she watched Mo Yuan, full of anticipation.

This was her first time cooking since she'd been turned into an Android.

The last time she'd cooked had been seven or eight years ago, when she'd made meals while her parents were busy working.

It had been so long that she felt a little rusty.

But she'd tried the food herself, and it seemed pretty good.

She just didn't know whether the little cutie would like what she'd made...

Under Lazuli's expectant gaze, Mo Yuan reached for the food.

As a devoted meat lover, he immediately grabbed a tempting-looking giant meat drumstick.

A giant meat drumstick! It was one of the most popular foods in anime, and one of countless anime protagonists' favorite dishes.

The one Lazuli had made had crispy skin and tender meat inside. It was easy to chew, and when he bit into it, the juices burst across his mouth, leaving a lingering savory taste.

Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside—nothing could describe it better.

"Delicious!" Mo Yuan gave Lazuli a thumbs-up.

Lazuli was clearly delighted by the praise. Her face lit up with a smile, and her beautiful eyes curved into crescent moons.

Knowing how much Mo Yuan could eat, Lazuli had made plenty.

As he enjoyed the delicious meal, Mo Yuan suddenly remembered how, in the original story, Lazuli ended up with that bald guy Krillin. His mood soured at once.

Krillin was a decent person overall, but there was one thing about him that Mo Yuan found pretty disgusting.

He'd actually given his daughter the same name as his ex-girlfriend.

Every time Mo Yuan thought about it, he wanted to smash Krillin's head in.

That one thing alone had left Mo Yuan with a terrible impression of him.

After marrying such a wonderful woman as Lazuli, he still couldn't forget his ex-girlfriend?

Tch!

What a scumbag!

"What's wrong? Is it not good?" Seeing Mo Yuan suddenly stop, his face a little unhappy, Lazuli grew nervous.

Was the food not good? Was he unable to finish it?

"No... It's delicious. I really like it."

Mo Yuan wasn't just trying to flatter Lazuli.

Her food really was delicious, hardly any worse than his own cooking.

Mo Yuan continued eating.

After taking a couple of distracted bites, he finally couldn't hold back. He looked at Lazuli with sudden seriousness and said:

"Big sister, you have to stay away from bald men! They're all bad news!" (He meant Master Roshi and Krillin in particular: one had no respect for his elders, and the other was a scumbag.)

"Huh?"

Lazuli rested her cheek on her hand and looked at Mo Yuan, puzzled.

She had no idea why Mo Yuan would say that.

But seeing how serious he looked, Lazuli nodded anyway.

Stay away from bald men? Sure.

As long as her little cutie was happy.

Besides, not one of the people she cared about was bald.

Having found nothing in the Underground Laboratory, Krillin flew through the air, preparing to return to Kame House.

Suddenly, Krillin stopped in midair and clutched his chest.

"Strange..."

For some reason, Krillin suddenly felt hollow inside, as though he'd lost something.

While he was still wondering why he felt that way,

he spotted Cell on the ground chasing two people.

There was no time to think in a situation like this.

Krillin activated High-Speed Movement in an instant and rescued the two just as Cell was about to attack them.

Holding them in his arms, Krillin slowly descended to the ground, his eyes fixed on Cell.

His nerves taut, he didn't dare let his guard down for a moment.

"Sir!" a gentle voice sounded beside Krillin.

"Thank you for saving our lives."

Only then did Krillin notice that the person he'd rescued was a very beautiful girl.

Looking at her lovely face, Krillin felt his heart race like a sports car.

The hollow feeling from before seemed to vanish at once, replaced by something else.

But then Krillin thought of Marron at Kame House.

That sobered him up. He quickly let go of the two and said,

"Don't mention it... Hurry and get out of here!"

The girl knew this wasn't the time to chat. She and the little boy thanked Krillin before hurrying off.

Watching the girl's retreating figure, Krillin couldn't help blushing.