West City, late at night
Vegeta looked at Bulma, whose head rested on his arm, and gently pulled the blanket back over her after she had kicked it off. Then he fell into a deep sleep himself. He hadn't had a proper rest lately either. After fighting Kakarot, he'd been busy working to increase his battle power, while the crushing pressure of Frieza weighed constantly on his mind.
The next day, after they got up and washed, they went about their separate business.
Vegeta was doing some simple warm-up exercises in the back garden when Mrs. Briefs came over with a cup of coffee in her hand.
"Well, well, you must be Bulma's little boyfriend. You're quite handsome, aren't you? You're making me want to go on a date with you..." Mrs. Briefs said with a smile.
"Cough, cough... Hello, Mrs. Briefs. I'm Bulma's boyfriend, you know. Aren't you afraid she'll get mad if you say things like that?" Vegeta said awkwardly.
Looking at the beautiful woman before him, who had clearly aged gracefully, he couldn't help wondering why someone so gorgeous had married that old man, Briefs.
Thinking back carefully to the original story, he recalled that although it was never explicitly mentioned, her bloodline seemed to be special too. She and Bulma both seemed to stay young for a very long time. They were nearly fifty, yet looked like beautiful women in their twenties...
"Hehe, don't mind her. She isn't even here right now!" Bulma's mother giggled.
"Cough, cough... I've got something to do... I'll be going now. Bye!" Vegeta made a clumsy escape.
Back in the workshop, he saw Bulma and Dr. Briefs hard at work and walked over to ask, "Bulma, why is your mother like that?"
Bulma replied calmly, "What, did she flirt with you? Did you like it?"
Vegeta was utterly embarrassed. "Of course not..."
Briefs explained, "Don't worry, she's always been a shameless flirt. I'm used to it. She can't help teasing handsome guys! Back in my day, I was even more handsome than you! I'm getting old now!" He puffed on his cigar, a blissful expression on his face.
Then he added, "Bulma inherited quite a few of her bad habits, so you'd better keep a close eye on her!"
"Dad! I don't have any..." Bulma snapped.
"Don't forget how you built the Dragon Radar and ran off to find the Dragon Balls. What did you want to wish for?" Briefs said.
"Dad, Vegeta's here! Could you stop bringing up my embarrassing past?" Bulma shouted angrily.
"Doctor, tell me, what was her wish? It wasn't to find herself a handsome boyfriend, was it?" Vegeta asked, pretending not to know.
"Well, well, how do you know that? Did she tell you?" Briefs said, playing along with Vegeta.
Bulma was so mortified by their teasing that she stormed off in a huff. As she left, she grumbled, "You're both awful! The two of you are making fun of me together!"
The two of them burst out laughing.
Back to the point. Briefs said to Vegeta, "Vegeta, I went out yesterday and found the spaceship Goku left behind when he was a child. I used the alien materials inside to build a Gravity Chamber. It can reach 1,000 times normal gravity now. Go try it and see if it meets your requirements!"
"What? A Gravity Chamber? It's already finished?" Vegeta exclaimed excitedly. As soon as he'd spoken, he headed for the room Briefs had pointed out.
Inside, it looked much like it had in the anime.
The room had a domed ceiling and a flat floor, with a thick, round control column standing in the middle.
He walked up to the control display and looked at the current setting: one times gravity.
He pressed the button to increase it. The multiplier shot upward, reaching 300 in no time. He stopped it there and stepped to the side. An immense pressure instantly bore down on him like a mountain, making it difficult even to stand. Yet the blood in his body surged and boiled without pause.
He could clearly feel the pressure on his body, and his battle power was slowly increasing as a result.
Feeling his battle power rise, he was thrilled. He could finally grow stronger again!
He slowly sat cross-legged and opened the images Mr. Popo had transmitted to him. He trained his mind and body at the same time.
The images in his mind stunned him. On Planet Sadala, which had not yet been destroyed, Saiyans were everywhere! Some even had golden hair—those were Super Saiyans. Others had red hair and gave off divine power: Super Saiyan Gods.
The scene shifted to a great hall at the center of the planet. A massive figure stood there, with hair even longer than Raditz's! Though it was only an image, Vegeta could still sense the powerful, violent aura that filled the hall.
One of his Saiyan subordinates said respectfully, "Great King Yamoshi! Our first army has conquered the entire South Galaxy!"
"Good. Next, send them into the West Galaxy. If they encounter any powerful enemies, send the Super Saiyans of our clan to support them! We need to use them for training, but we mustn't let too many of our people die!" Yamoshi said.
"Once we've conquered the entire universe, we'll attack the gods! Damn those gods for thinking they can order me around. Once I break through to Super Saiyan 5, it'll be the end of you!" he added viciously.
Suddenly, his body transformed against his will into Super Saiyan 4. His hair turned red, and red fur covered his body! He looked much like Vegito after fusing in GT. He had reached the absolute limit of Super Saiyan 4! His terrifying, savage aura was so overwhelming that even his subordinates fell to their knees.
At that moment, the image abruptly cut off! There was nothing more... The rest was sealed, so Vegeta couldn't see it. He gasped in terror. His current self couldn't withstand the pressure of Super Saiyan 4. No wonder Mr. Popo had sealed the later images. If he'd kept watching, his head would have exploded!
"So that's how it is. The regression to the Saiyan bloodline that Mr. Popo mentioned must mean transforming by fully awakening the Saiyan bloodline! Super Saiyan 4 appeared in the GT story too, but its battle power was nowhere near Yamoshi's. From what I saw, Yamoshi could probably kill the likes of Frieza and Cell with a casual blow in his base form!" Vegeta muttered to himself.
Time passed slowly. In the blink of an eye, two months had gone by...
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