The Perfect Plan

Bulma thought she was so beautiful that she worried the two of them might have lewd thoughts about her.

But then she thought it over. The two of them were rather strange: one was an innocent little boy who had never even seen a girl, and the other was a simpleton who did nothing but grin.

Neither of them looked like the sort to have lewd thoughts.

She took out the Dragon Radar and checked it again. The Dragon Balls were in the direction Son Goku and Li Shu had come from.

"Could the Dragon Balls be at their house?" Bulma finally made up her mind to go have a look, and to persuade the two of them to join her in searching for the Dragon Balls.

As they walked, the conversation between innocent Wukong and Bulma struck Li Shu as so amusing that he kept grinning foolishly beside them.

In the five years they'd been together, Li Shu hadn't taught Wukong anything. Every day, they did nothing but eat together and train together.

He didn't want to change Wukong's innocent nature or alter the course of his life.

"Do you have a little pee-pee?"

"Why do you girls wear another pair of pants under your pants?"

"Can you take your pants off and show me?"

Bulma's forehead bulged with veins. She punched Wukong on the head and roared, "You little pervert!"

"If you don't want to look, then don't look, you meanie." Wukong held his head and muttered indignantly.

Bulma gave an angry huff.

When they arrived at Wukong's home, Bulma immediately spotted the Dragon Ball shining brightly. She ran over excitedly and picked it up.

"One, two, three, four—four stars! It's the Four-Star Ball!" Bulma was delighted.

Son Goku quickly snatched it back, insisting it belonged to his grandpa. Everything was unfolding just as it had in the original story.

After Bulma explained things, Son Goku finally understood what the Dragon Balls could do.

The story hadn't deviated in the slightest. At Bulma's request, Wukong agreed to join her in searching for the remaining Dragon Balls.

After the three of them finished eating, they set off on their Dragon Ball hunt.

After they'd walked for a while, Li Shu offered a suggestion. "Miss Bulma, do you have another Dragon Radar? I think we could split up. That way, we'd collect all seven Dragon Balls faster."

"Oh, right! Why didn't I think of that?" Bulma's eyes lit up. As she searched for the Hoi-Poi Capsule containing her laboratory, she said, "Give me a moment. I'll make another one right away."

Li Shu was quite envious of Bulma's Hoi-Poi Capsules. When he'd watched Dragon Ball as a child, he'd had a dream: when he grew up, he'd become a great scientist and invent Hoi-Poi Capsules.

But reality was harsh. He'd gone to an old Eastern culinary school to learn how to cook. The past was too painful to look back on.

Bulma was worthy of her reputation as a genius girl. In just over ten minutes, she'd made another Dragon Radar.

"Wukong, you go with Bulma. I'll be fine on my own." After testing the Dragon Radar, Li Shu turned to Wukong.

That was just an excuse. Since he knew the story, he'd never planned to search for the Dragon Balls. He knew that even without his help, they would still manage to collect all seven.

All he had to do was wait until they'd gathered them, then reap the benefits.

Besides, in the end, Oolong would steal the wish and ask for a pair of women's underwear.

Wouldn't wishing for Pain Immunity be a lot more useful than underwear?

He wouldn't even need to steal the wish. The next sign-in reward would grant him a wish.

Pain Immunity was already as good as his.

More than anything, Li Shu didn't want to interfere with the original story.

He'd rather be a spectator and experience this magnificent Dragon Ball world firsthand.

His next plan: wait for the cat to come to him!

After getting Bulma's contact information, Li Shu parted ways with Wukong.

Now that he no longer had any reservations, he immediately used the Flight Technique to rise into the air and speed off toward the distant city.

With Ki Sense, he'd mastered the Flight Technique long ago. After all, flying was an ability every human wanted, and Li Shu was no exception.

As for why he hadn't taught Wukong, the reasons were as follows.

If he taught Wukong the Flight Technique early, the story might change drastically. They might never meet Master Roshi, and that could trigger a whole series of knock-on effects.

Mount Paozu was about fourteen or fifteen hundred kilometers from the city. Li Shu reached the skies above it in half an hour.

Looking down at the city's glittering lights, Li Shu was in high spirits. He decided to eat his way through the whole city first.

"Oh no, I forgot to ask that rich girl Bulma for some money." Li Shu suddenly realized that he'd come straight out of the mountains with not a penny to his name.

During his five years on Mount Paozu, he'd provided for himself and had everything he needed. Gradually, he'd stopped thinking much about money.

Li Shu wandered the streets in frustration, gazing at the countless restaurants and breathing in their tempting aromas. He was practically in tears—though the tears spilling from his mouth were the giveaway.

"I really want some yakitori!" Li Shu stopped outside a yakitori shop, unable to go any farther. He watched the diners feast greedily, longing for a bite.

"I've trained in the mountains for five years. My battle power must be around thirty by now. Surely I can make some money?"

Just as Li Shu was about to head into the mountains to catch a few dinosaurs and sell them, he spotted someone unexpected out of the corner of his eye.

No, to be precise, it was a cat person.

"Korin? Does he like yakitori too?" Li Shu was taken aback. Memories of Korin instantly surfaced in his mind.

Korin was a cat who lived atop Korin Tower. He was over eight hundred years old and rarely came down from the tower. Yet now Li Shu had run into him at a yakitori shop.

If he remembered correctly, Korin had a food in the Dragon Ball world that was practically a cheat: Senzu Beans.

Just one bean could keep someone from going hungry for ten days. It could also heal even the worst injuries in an instant, restoring the eater to perfect condition.

Later in the story, Wukong and the others relied on Senzu Beans to turn the tables when all seemed lost, time and again.

Li Shu was immediately tempted. With his Undying Body, instant healing didn't matter much to him. What mattered was that the beans could keep him from going hungry for ten days and restore his stamina.

He could revive infinitely, but his stamina didn't recover. During the first ten days after he'd crossed over, he'd truly learned what it meant to starve.

With Senzu Beans, plus the Pain Immunity he was about to obtain, his Undying Body would have no weaknesses left.

He'd be impossible to kill, and the longer he fought, the stronger and more vigorous he'd become. He'd have endless stamina and wouldn't have to worry about going hungry in a drawn-out battle. He'd be invincible.

At the same time, the system's voice rang out in his mind.

Side quest sign-in triggered: Reach the top of Korin Tower to sign in. Quest reward: Beginner Senzu Bean Can.

[Beginner Senzu Bean Can]: Automatically produces one Senzu Bean per day.

"System Daddy, you're amazing!" Li Shu didn't hold back in lavishing it with his most eloquent praise, complimenting it thoroughly in his mind.

Unfortunately, he didn't know the exact location of Korin Tower. But, having read all sorts of idiom stories, he already had a perfect plan.

"Wait-for-the-Cat Plan, commence!" Li Shu waited outside the yakitori shop for Korin to come out.