The Tail Seal Is Removed

"I can't make your tail grow back, but I can remove the divine power sealing it," the Guardian replied. Then, sounding a little uncertain, he asked, "But Goku, are you sure you want your tail back? That guy named Vegeta was right. You'll lose your rationality when you turn into a Great Ape."

"I won't anymore." Sun Wukong laughed. "Hurry up and remove the divine power sealing my tail..."

As he spoke, Sun Wukong scratched his head, looking a little troubled.

Back then, I actually used such a stupid method and yanked my tail right out.

Just thinking about it hurts!

So the reason my tail couldn't grow back was that the Guardian's divine power had sealed it.

Wait, that doesn't make sense!

Vegeta's tail... In the timeline I came from, Yajirobe seemed to have cut it off with a single stroke.

But I never saw Vegeta grow another one.

"Guardian, can you seal my tail from far away?" Sun Wukong suddenly remembered Vegeta's tail and hurriedly asked.

"What do you mean?" The Guardian was taken aback.

"For example, if I'm at home, can you seal my tail from here at the Lookout?" Sun Wukong asked.

"Of course. I only need to cover your tail with invisible divine power. It's very easy to do." The Guardian nodded.

Only then did Sun Wukong understand.

So Vegeta never grew his tail back because the Guardian secretly sealed it.

Thinking about it, the timing would fit. After Vegeta died and was resurrected on Earth, the Guardian was probably worried he'd cause trouble, so he secretly sealed Vegeta's tail to keep it from growing back.

After that, the whole matter was forgotten.

That must be why neither Vegeta nor I ever grew our tails back.

"Please undo the seal, Guardian," Sun Wukong urged him.

"I've already undone it." The Guardian smiled.

"Huh? You've already done it? I didn't see you do anything." Sun Wukong stared at him in surprise.

"There's nothing to do. I only had to disperse the bit of divine power I used before." The Guardian smiled.

"That's great!" Sun Wukong rubbed his hands together, overjoyed. "Does that mean my tail will suddenly grow back, just like when I was a kid?"

"More or less." The Guardian nodded.

"Thanks, Guardian. I'm off." Sun Wukong waved goodbye.

"Whoosh!"

Sun Wukong vanished from the spot in an instant.

A certain wilderness.

"Why do you keep following me?" Piccolo glared at Son Gohan trailing behind him and asked irritably.

Son Gohan tapped his index fingers together, head lowered, looking a little aggrieved.

"Hurry home. Your mother told you to come back for dinner!" Piccolo snorted.

"I want to train with you, Uncle Piccolo." Son Gohan mustered his courage, clenched his fists, and said it.

"Don't be ridiculous! Your dad's already become so strong. You should train with him!" Piccolo rolled his eyes and snapped angrily. "Besides, didn't you say yourself that your dream was to become a great scholar? What's the point of training now? The Saiyans have already been defeated!"

"Well..." Son Gohan stammered, unsure what to say.

"Whoosh!"

Just then, Sun Wukong used Instant Transmission and appeared right there.

"Dad!" Son Gohan cried out in delight and hurried into his father's arms.

Sun Wukong picked Son Gohan up and set him on his shoulder.

"Sun Wukong!" Piccolo felt a little bitter.

In less than a year, Sun Wukong's strength had increased at an astonishing rate.

"Piccolo, how about I take you somewhere to train?" Sun Wukong asked with a smile.

"Somewhere to train? Where?" Piccolo was taken aback.

"King Kai's planet. Its gravity is ten times that of Earth's. Training there will get twice the results for half the effort!" Sun Wukong laughed.

"King Kai's planet?" Piccolo raised an eyebrow and asked curiously. "Isn't that place... only for the dead?"

"It's fine. I can use Instant Transmission to take you there." Sun Wukong smiled.

Piccolo fell silent.

After a brief moment of stunned silence,

Piccolo looked Sun Wukong in the eye and asked with a smile, "Sun Wukong, you need to get one thing straight. Making me stronger is very bad for you! Don't forget, my ultimate goal is to kill you and rule this world again!"

"Hahaha, Piccolo, you're hilarious." Sun Wukong burst out laughing and couldn't resist giving Piccolo a slap on the body.

"Bang!"

Piccolo went flying, crashed headfirst into the ground, and rolled over a dozen times.

When he finally stopped, Piccolo spat out a mouthful of blood and felt utterly awful.

Son Gohan was so frightened he went pale.

"Uncle Piccolo!" Son Gohan cried out.

"Ah... Piccolo, I'm really sorry. I'm too strong, and I accidentally sent you flying." Sun Wukong was shocked and hurried over to help Piccolo up.

Piccolo felt as though every bone in his body had been scattered. The pain was unbearable.

"I've got it! I'll find someone to treat you. You'll be back to normal in no time!" Sun Wukong said, immediately grabbing Piccolo. Then he warned Son Gohan, "Gohan, don't move!"

"Yes, Dad." Son Gohan nodded.

"Let go of me! I don't need treatment! This little injury is nothing!" Piccolo gritted his teeth, his nostrils practically smoking with anger.

"All right, forget it." Sun Wukong let go of Piccolo.

"Were you trying to beat me to death and send me to King Kai?" Piccolo asked darkly.

Sun Wukong: "..."

"You don't have to die to get there," Sun Wukong replied.

"Hmph. Thanks for the offer. Let's go, then." Piccolo nodded.

"Dad... I want to train with Uncle Piccolo too." Son Gohan clenched his fists and insisted.

"You want to train too, Gohan? All right, you can go with him." Sun Wukong didn't object. He took Piccolo and Son Gohan with him and used Instant Transmission.

"Whoosh!"

In the blink of an eye, Sun Wukong appeared on King Kai's planet with Piccolo and Son Gohan.

As soon as they arrived, Piccolo and Son Gohan felt a powerful pressure bearing down on them.

Piccolo gritted his teeth, struggling to keep his body from bending.

Son Gohan, however, lost his footing and fell flat on the ground, his body pressed tightly against the earth.

"King Kai, I'm back!" Sun Wukong waved to him.

King Kai: "..."

"King Kai, I brought Piccolo and my son Gohan here to train. You don't mind, do you?" Sun Wukong added.

King Kai's face went black as coal.

You've already brought them here, and now you're asking whether I mind?

That's pretty rude, you know?

"Since you don't mind, I'll bring a few more people over." Sun Wukong laughed, then added, "Krillin and the others need to get stronger too!"