"Bring out a few more cold dishes. One plate of peanuts isn't enough." Vegeta ordered.
"Y-yes, all right." Korin was speechless. Before long, he'd made Vegeta a plate of cucumber salad and a plate of shredded potato salad.
With the two cold dishes, Vegeta found the drinking much more enjoyable.
Vegeta quickly finished another cup.
He checked his own battle power.
Battle power: 57,000!
Was this increase completely random?
He kept drinking.
Another three hours passed.
The bottle of Ultra Divine Water was nearly empty.
"That's all?" Vegeta asked.
"Well... it needs some time to refill itself. The main thing is, you drank it too fast." Korin wiped away his sweat.
This kid had really treated the Ultra Divine Water like liquor.
The problem was... he'd drunk so much, and he still hadn't died?
Was he even human?
Vegeta was pleased with himself.
He'd drunk an entire bottle of Ultra Divine Water.
Vegeta's battle power had now reached 120,000.
He wondered if he could keep drinking this stuff forever.
"Wait, don't I remember your Ultra Divine Water being enough for a lot of people?" Vegeta asked, narrowing his eyes at Korin.
Vegeta remembered that in Dragon Ball GT, the people controlled by Baby's parasitic eggs had been freed when the Ultra Divine Water destroyed the eggs.
That had been an entire planet's population.
Yet after he'd drunk just this little, it was already gone.
"You've already drunk two jin..." Korin wiped away his sweat. "This liquor jug—ugh, I mean, this bottle of Ultra Divine Water—takes about three days to refill itself..."
"Forget it." Vegeta didn't make an issue of it.
He was getting a little tipsy, after all.
He'd drunk two jin without even realizing it.
Besides, Vegeta suspected the Ultra Divine Water in Dragon Ball GT had been diluted before it was used.
Or perhaps by that time, Korin had upgraded the bottle, so it could produce Ultra Divine Water faster.
"That's enough for today." Vegeta nodded in satisfaction, got up, and patted Korin on the shoulder.
Korin was at a loss for words.
"I'm taking this bottle of Ultra Divine Water with me. You don't mind, do you?" Vegeta asked.
Korin: "..."
"If I said I minded... would you change your mind?" Korin asked.
"No," Vegeta replied.
Korin didn't want to say anything more.
Why even ask?
Just take it.
Vegeta packed up the bottle of Ultra Divine Water.
He wanted to find out just how much he'd have to drink before his battle power stopped increasing.
As he was leaving,
Vegeta turned and gave Korin one last, long look.
"Is there something else?" Korin asked.
"I just remembered. Give me some of your Senzu Beans, too." Vegeta beckoned to him.
"You even know about Senzu Beans..." Korin sighed. He didn't bother hiding them, and went downstairs to bring up a large jar of Senzu Beans. "Help yourself."
"Great. I won't hold back, then." Vegeta meant it. He picked up the jar and flew away from Korin Tower.
Korin: "..."
Korin was close to tears.
I told you to help yourself. I didn't mean you should take them all.
You could've at least left me a couple.
Vegeta wobbled as he flew off.
A minute later,
Vegeta returned to Bulma's house, carrying the jar of Senzu Beans.
"Honey, you're back!" Bulma hurried over to him.
Thank goodness!
You're finally back, honey.
If you weren't here, who would I go on my honeymoon with tomorrow?
I was trying to figure out how to skip school tomorrow,
and then you just flew off.
Bulma eagerly ran up and took Vegeta's hand.
"Yeah, I'm back." Vegeta nodded, then patted his head.
He felt a little dizzy...
Was this Ultra Divine Water really that strong?
"What's wrong?" Bulma asked.
"Nothing. I drank too much of this stuff. Two jin, actually," Vegeta said.
"W-what is it?" Bulma asked, taken aback.
"Ultra Divine Water," Vegeta answered honestly.
"Is it some kind of really good liquor?" Bulma blinked. "You're so drunk you can barely walk straight."
"Yeah, I'm wasted," Vegeta said.
"Honestly, I don't like a husband who does nothing but drink all day!" Bulma pouted, looking displeased.
Vegeta: "..."
"By the way, what are you carrying?" Bulma asked.
"Senzu Beans. Eat one, and you won't feel hungry for ten days," Vegeta said.
"What? They just look like ordinary beans." Bulma took a handful and looked them over. They didn't seem very tasty, so she dropped them.
"Bulma, I'm going to take a nap over there," Vegeta told her, pointing to a lounge chair in the distance.
"So that means you're not leaving, right?" Bulma asked excitedly.
"Not for now." Vegeta nodded and headed toward the lounge chair.
"Great! Let's go on our honeymoon tomorrow!" Bulma clapped her hands excitedly.
Vegeta: "..."
What the hell do you mean, honeymoon?
You're only a four-year-old kid, and you already know about that?
But I'm not interested in going on a honeymoon with someone so young.
Maybe when you're older.
Vegeta ignored Bulma and wobbled straight toward the lounge chair.
Damn...
I really did drink too much.
Now it feels like my whole body's about to catch fire.
If I drink myself to death...
I'll be speechless.
Should I remove my head and regenerate it before the poison reaches my brain?
Vegeta thought about it, but in the end, he didn't do it.
It would be such a waste.
He'd gone to the trouble of drinking so much. Once he'd fully absorbed all that Ultra Divine Water, his battle power might get a massive boost.
The 120,000 battle power he'd reached was only what it looked like on the surface.
He wanted to see just how much power he was really hiding.
He'd draw out all the latent power in this body.
Would it have the same effect as Old Kai's potential unlocking?
It might.
After all, he'd drunk two jin of Ultra Divine Water.
Vegeta knew that his Immortal Body had a lot to do with why he hadn't died.
Without it, he thought he would've been poisoned to death long ago.
In fact, even now, the Ultra Divine Water's poison had already ravaged his body.
But Vegeta could regenerate, and his powerful regenerative ability was constantly repairing his body.
Each time his body repaired itself, Vegeta's strength increased a little.
Vegeta flopped down on the lounge chair and let his body regenerate and heal on its own.
Then Vegeta's head lolled to one side, and he fell fast asleep.