Dragon Ball: Reborn as a Saiyan, They Covet Me Chapter 2

"Why is this ball glowing?"

He hurriedly turned back and shouted, "Goku, Goku, come back quickly!"

However, when Son Gohan walked out of the room and looked down the mountain, he discovered that Goku had already run off without a trace.

Son Gohan sighed, "Forget it, I'll let Goku take a look when he gets back!"

Son Gohan picked up the Dragon Ball to examine it and said, "This must be a treasure. If it could stay lit like this, it would be great to replace the light bulbs; I wouldn't have to pay for electricity anymore."

Parallel timeline, future world.

"Trunks, go quickly!"

"Still looking for Son Goku!"

"Don't worry about me, just go!"

Goku Black's energy blast was about to strike Trunks, but at the critical moment, the time machine vanished with a "whoosh."

Having lost his target, Goku Black paused for a moment.

Then, with a ferocious look in his eyes, he grabbed the helpless Bulma and choked her by the throat.

"Mortal, you truly surprise me! I never expected that such tiny, filthy humans as you could actually build a machine capable of traveling through time..."

Bulma looked at the familiar face before her, yet it wore a strange and cruel expression, and her heart was filled with immense sorrow.

She understood that he was not Goku.

She also knew she would not live to see the Goku from the past travel to this timeline to save her.

Because the energy in the time machine was only enough for a one-way trip...

However, being able to send Trunks away before her death, and getting to see Son-kun's face one last time in such a manner, only to die at his hands—she was content.

She closed her eyes, and a crystalline tear slid from the corner of her eye...

As Bulma's life faded away, memories of the past flooded her mind like a movie.

At sixteen, she had set foot on Baozi Mountain in search of the Dragon Balls.

That day, she met Son Goku, who was like a little wild child, and led him out of the mountains.

No matter what difficulties they encountered, it was always that little guy Goku, who understood nothing, who resolved every crisis, protecting her and, even more, protecting all of humanity.

But Goku was a bit too young back then, and sixteen-year-old Bulma felt only trust and simple friendship toward him.

It wasn't until the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament that Bulma saw the grown-up Goku.

He was so handsome! So stunning!

Bulma had been completely dazed at the time.

From the moment she met Goku, she had experienced so much with him.

The sense of security Goku provided was truly incomparable to anyone else.

At that moment, Bulma had already realized that compared to that playboy Yamcha, Goku—the emotional idiot and battle maniac—seemed much more suitable for her.

She understood Goku better than anyone, and at the same time, Goku trusted her deeply.

It was just that before Bulma could do anything about it, Chi-Chi appeared and unreasonably whisked him away.

That year, the audience at the tournament happily congratulated the two on their marriage announcement.

They cheered for the newlyweds about to step into the halls of matrimony.

Yet, not a single person noticed the shock and loss in Bulma's eyes.

When she met Goku again, He and Chi-Chi's child was already four years old...

Everything was too late.

Bulma thought to herself, perhaps this was what they called being fated to meet but not to be together.

When Gohan was four, Raditz arrived.

Because the Dragon Balls existed, resurrection was possible.

To prevent him from destroying Earth, Goku perished together with him.

Facing the impending Saiyans, even their former enemy Piccolo joined forces with them, each training diligently to prepare for the battle one year later.

A year later, Vegeta and Nappa arrived on Earth and killed many people.

Yamcha, Chiaotzu, Tien Shinhan, and even Piccolo, who had merged with Kami, all died.

If the battle were lost, all of humanity would be extinguished, and Earth would be sold off.

Goku finally returned.

He was still as reliable as ever.

After a desperate, bloody battle, he finally defeated Vegeta.

Unfortunately, for the sake of the fight, he had risked his life and pushed his body beyond its limits.

Although he didn't die, his severe injuries left him unable to even move, which was truly heart-wrenching.

However, shortly after, Bulma and the others arrived at the post-battle scene.

Goku's wife, Chi-Chi, only cared about the lightly injured Gohan.

She didn't offer a shred of concern to Goku, who was too severely injured to move, and even looked at him with disdain, blaming him for letting a child fight.

She claimed that even if the Earth exploded, it had nothing to do with her.

As wives themselves, many of them felt that Chi-Chi had gone too far.

Goku hadn't done anything wrong; he had protected the Earth, yet she treated him this way.

Even Yajirobe couldn't stand it and claimed he wanted to beat Chi-Chi up.

In the end, it was Bulma who took care of Goku.

Chi-Chi was only concerned with tutoring Gohan on his homework.

Knowing that Goku was afraid of injections, Bulma stayed by his bedside for the next few days.

However, Bulma said nothing to either Chi-Chi or Goku.

She understood Goku; he wouldn't waste brain cells on anything outside of fighting.

She even knew that during those days lying in bed, his mind was still replaying the battle against Vegeta.

Later on...

The journey to Namek, and the arrival of Frieza and King Cold on Earth, were all instances where Goku turned the tide and saved the world.

In any case, as long as Goku was there, all difficulties were easily resolved. With him around, one could feel a sense of complete security...

Unfortunately, no one expected that Goku, who could even defeat the Emperor of the Universe, would die from a mere heart disease!

Earth truly could not do without Goku.

The Z Fighters were all killed in battle.

All of humanity suffered through the baptism of war, and the entire Earth soon fell into an apocalypse.

She vaguely remembered that Gohan, with his severed arm, had said before he died, "If only Dad were here..."

Chapter 3: Bulma's Rebirth

Bulma was deeply moved at the time, and she naturally understood.

If Goku were still around, none of this would have happened.

However, it was precisely that sentence from Gohan, "If only Dad were here,"

Bulma had only just ignited a glimmer of hope.

She had finally found a direction for her efforts.

After twenty years of research, she had finally built the time machine.

She sent Trunks back to the past to seek help and, at the same time, deliver medicine to Son Goku.

It had succeeded, just as she hoped.

When he returned and recounted the romance of Prince Vegeta to her, even she was somewhat surprised.

Bulma remembered it clearly.

When Vegeta was still alive, she had never felt a shred of security from him, nor had she experienced any care; there was only pride and coldness.

Bulma felt that for Trunks to have experienced that version of Vegeta after returning to the past, it must have been because Son Goku was present in that world, gradually changing him.

Were Tien Shinhan and Piccolo not living examples of this?

He looked foolish, but in truth, he was miraculous.

Decades had passed, yet the person Bulma trusted most in her heart remained Son Goku.

The appearance of the time machine had not only allowed the Son Goku of another timeline to receive the special medicine and survive, but it had also saved the world she lived in.

Bulma felt immensely gratified; all her efforts had not been in vain.