Fortuneteller Baba

"By the way, Goku, how's your training going?" Ziye suddenly asked.

"Well..."

At that, Goku awkwardly rubbed his nose.

"In that case, once you're done training, let's head out and find Bulma!"

"Okay!"

Goku nodded seriously.

Three days later

Under the combined training of Korin and Ziye, Goku's strength had improved by leaps and bounds. He was already far stronger than Tao Pai Pai had been, though he was still a little weaker than Ziye.

"It's about time. Goku, let's go!"

"Okay, Flying Nimbus!"

Hearing Ziye, Goku nodded seriously, then shouted. A golden streak cut across the sky, and the Flying Nimbus appeared before them.

"Ziye, hold on to me!"

The two climbed onto the Flying Nimbus. After Korin told them that Bulma was at Kame House, they said goodbye to Upa and sped off!

The Flying Nimbus was fast. At full speed, they reached the entrance to Kame House in no time and jumped down.

"Grandpa, are you there?"

After leaping off the Flying Nimbus, Goku called out loudly.

Hearing his voice, Master Roshi, Bulma, and the others came out of the house. When they saw Ziye and Goku, they hurried over to greet them.

"Bulma, why are you looking at me like that?" Sensing the hostility in her gaze, Ziye awkwardly rubbed his nose and asked.

"Come with me!"

Bulma's cheeks flushed. She turned and walked toward a corner of the house, and Ziye had no choice but to follow.

"Don't you think you owe me an explanation?"

At that, Ziye scratched his head and said with a smile, "Bulma, would you believe me if I said it was a misunderstanding?"

"So you admit you saw?"

Bulma's expression tightened, and she asked angrily.

"Well... I..."

Ziye nodded awkwardly.

"Don't you know that peeking at a girl's body is really immoral?" Bulma planted her hands on her hips and said furiously.

"I'm sorry, Bulma! I really didn't mean to. Don't worry, I'll take responsibility!" Ziye apologized repeatedly.

At that, Bulma's cheeks instantly flushed. She asked softly, "All right, I forgive you. When are you going to marry me?"

"What?"

Ziye's eyes widened, and he was at a loss for words.

"Bulma, don't you think we're moving a little too fast?"

"That's true. We should start by dating first. This is so embarrassing!" Bulma touched her flushed cheek and said shyly.

With that, she wrapped both arms tightly around Ziye's, and the two walked into the house together.

"Huh? Bulma, Ziye, why are you two hugging?" Goku asked, looking astonished.

"You rascal, not bad! We'll have a proper chat sometime! Popo!" Master Roshi sidled up to Ziye and whispered.

"Master..."

Ziye looked at Master Roshi with a grave expression.

Thump!

"You lecherous old man, what kind of nonsense are you filling Ziye's head with now?" Bulma said angrily, gritting her teeth as she punched Master Roshi on the head.

"That's enough, that's enough."

Seeing Ziye and Bulma's angry expressions, Master Roshi immediately backed down and went over to Launch!

"By the way, Ziye! What brings you back here?" Krillin asked curiously.

"Yeah! We came to find Bulma!" Goku nodded, then said with a smile.

"Me?"

Bulma pointed at herself, her cheeks flushing again. She turned to Goku and asked, "Did Ziye come looking for me?"

"Sort of. Bulma, can you take a look at this Dragon Ball Radar? It seems to be broken." Goku scratched his head and gave a brief answer, then took the Dragon Ball Radar out and handed it to her.

"Broken? Let me see!"

Bulma took the Dragon Ball Radar and carefully checked it. Then she said, puzzled, "That's strange. There's nothing wrong with it!"

"It's not broken? Then why isn't it showing the location of the seventh Dragon Ball?" Goku asked in surprise.

"Could it have flown off into outer space?" Oolong suggested, rubbing his chin.

"It shouldn't have flown that far," Bulma said, shaking her head.

"But while we were searching, it showed the locations of all seven Dragon Balls!" Goku said, scratching his head.

"Maybe some living creature swallowed it!" Bulma suddenly said.

"Swallowed it?"

Everyone asked in surprise.

"That's probably it! If a living thing surrounds the Dragon Ball's special signal, the radar can't detect it," Bulma explained calmly.

"If that's really what happened, finding the seventh Dragon Ball would be like looking for a needle in a haystack. We'd have to wait for it to come out the other end!" Ziye said helplessly, spreading his hands.

"The Dragon Ball is so big. There's probably not much chance of that happening, right?" Krillin said, scratching his head.

"What do we do? I already promised Upa I'd use the Dragon Balls to bring his father back to life!" Goku said listlessly, his head bowed as he sat on the sofa.

"We could go ask Fortuneteller Baba at her palace. Maybe she knows where it is."

At Master Roshi's suggestion, everyone turned to him and asked, "Fortuneteller Baba? Who's that?"

"Whenever you can't find something, you can go to her. It seems there's nothing she can't find," Master Roshi explained calmly.

"Really? Then let's go find her right now!" Goku said excitedly.

"In that case, I'll go with you," Master Roshi said, getting to his feet.

"That's great! Thank you, Grandpa!" Goku said excitedly.

"By the way, Bulma! Where's Yamcha?" Goku asked suddenly.

"Don't get me started. He's probably surrounded by his group of girls right now. He doesn't even have time to train!" Bulma explained calmly.

Ever since Bulma had taken Yamcha back to West City, she'd tried to help him get over his fear of girls. She'd even introduced him to her best friends. Thanks to his handsome looks and impressive martial arts skills, Yamcha quickly became popular with the girls. Gradually, his fear of girls disappeared, but he also found himself surrounded by all the girls who admired him. Unlike in the original story, where Bulma kept him in check, Yamcha had now fallen completely into a life of romance.

"What a shame! I was hoping to have a good match against him at the next World Martial Arts Tournament," Krillin sighed regretfully.

Hearing that, Master Roshi shook his head helplessly and said:

"It's all right for young men to be interested in women, but they mustn't lose themselves in beauty. Fortunately, he's still inexperienced, so he should be able to pull himself away in time."

"And you three, remember this well from now on. Understand?"