The Person Not Spared by Fate

"Computer? Online class? What are those?"

"Big Brother, do you see that square object on Gohan's desk?"

"I see it."

"That is a computer."

"A computer can be operated just like our Chat Group, allowing you to meet and communicate with people from all over the world. With a computer, attending class is no longer limited to a school classroom," Lu Bian explained to Edward Newgate.

"I see."

"Because my home is in the very remote mountains, the nearest city is over a thousand kilometers away, so I study at home," Son Gohan also chimed in to explain.

"What a fine thing," Whitebeard remarked with emotion.

He had learned something new again today.

"This Chat Group is called Peaceful Remainder of Life..."

"Does it mean 'to spend one's later years happily and comfortably'?" Son Gohan flipped through his dictionary, looking up the meaning of the Chat Group's name.

"Later years? Grandpa Edward and Brother Lu Bian, have you both entered your later years?" Son Gohan asked.

"Grandpa Edward? Gurararara~!" Whitebeard laughed again.

Lu Bian had taught Son Gohan how to view other people's personal information, and Son Gohan had seen that Edward Newgate was 69 and Lu Bian was 27.

"Big Brother's age would count as elderly."

"As for me, although I am still considered a young man, the first half of my life was already like that of an old man's long ago."

"Brother Lu Bian, your body is the frailest I have ever seen."

"Mm, that's because I used to be a sick person."

"But it seems you are better now."

"I am currently looking for a place to settle down. Once my life stabilizes, I will become strong very quickly."

"Sickness?" Son Gohan looked at Lu Bian's body with great sympathy.

"Gohan, have you ever been sick?" Lu Bian asked.

"No, I've had a very strong body since I was little," Son Gohan shook his head.

"Has your mother ever been sick?"

"Mm, Mom has," Son Gohan nodded.

"Health is very important to everyone."

"Gohan, Edward Newgate is my Big Brother, my sworn brother. His body has many injuries and illnesses. Look, he needs to use oxygen and an IV drip every day."

"To think it was like that!"

Son Gohan looked at the muscular, powerful-looking Whitebeard Edward Newgate, who also had an oxygen tube hanging under his nostrils, and felt a sense of poignancy.

"Naming the Chat Group Peaceful Remainder of Life is my small wish," Lu Bian said.

"I understand."

"Hm? My break time is over; I have to continue studying," Son Gohan said.

"Gohan, go ahead and study," Lu Bian said.

Son Gohan's video chat window closed, and Son Gohan went offline.

"..."

Mom said that when studying, one must be focused and not get distracted.

In Son Gohan's field of vision, the Chat Group had completely disappeared. Yet, whenever he wanted the Chat Group to appear, it would manifest in his vision once again.

"Student Gohan, good afternoon!"

"Hello, Teacher."

"Mm, good. Let us continue our studies~! Open your textbooks to lesson five..."

Wearing his headphones, Son Gohan began his online class with full concentration.

Lu Bian continued on his way.

He did not know where the Desolate Road led, nor did he know what was waiting for him ahead; he simply kept walking along the path.

Whitebeard remained on the video chat, and the two would speak a few words to each other from time to time.

"Lu Bian, you seem to know this little friend Gohan very well?"

"Yes, I know him very well."

"Not just generally well, but extremely well."

"How should I put it?"

"Once he grows up, he will be the strongest person on his planet."

"Oh?" Whitebeard became interested.

"It's not that others boast he is the strongest; it's that his own strength is truly the greatest."

"That is, if he doesn't choose to become a scholar instead."

"What do you mean?" Whitebeard asked.

"Son Gohan's father is a martial artist, and Gohan has possessed terrifying latent power since he was a child."

"However, he doesn't like to fight; he prefers reading, studying, and researching, as well as protecting nature."

"If he had persisted in martial arts training year-round like his father, there wouldn't be a single person in the world who could be his match."

"I see. Lu Bian, you mean that Gohan gave up his martial arts training for his studies, is that it?"

"Mm, that's about the size of it."

"But fate might not let him off so easily," Lu Bian said.

"Sworn brother, what is this about fate again?" Whitebeard frowned.

"The reason I asked if Gohan's father was home earlier was because I wanted to know if he had returned from space."

"Since Gohan answered no, his father, Son Goku, must still be training somewhere in the universe."

"The universe?"

"It's a bit complicated to explain, so let me give you a simple version, Big Brother."

"In short, Son Gohan's father, Son Goku, is the number one expert in that world's universe, having achieved that status after defeating the former strongest cosmic emperor, Frieza."

"Planets in the universe are just like islands in the sea."

"The two of them dueled on another planet, and although he defeated Frieza, Gohan's father was unable to return to the Earth where they lived alongside Gohan."

"Gohan's father, Son Goku, is currently training on some planet out in the cosmos."

"The stars in the sky?"

"Did he miss the ship home?" Whitebeard looked up at the sky and said.

"Gohan is seven years old now, and his father will return soon."

"And so will his enemy."

"Gohan's father did not kill the cosmic emperor Frieza; after recovering his strength, Frieza descended upon Earth with his army."

"Frieza was defeated by Gohan's father once again. This time, Son Goku did not show mercy."

"The Earth in Gohan's world is a peaceful place."

"However, three years later, when Gohan is ten, his father will pass away due to a sudden viral heart disease."

"A few months after that, the peace will be destroyed, and two demons will appear on Earth."

"Gohan's father's friends will be killed by those two demons one after another, until only Gohan and another child remain as the final warriors."

"Lu Bian, is this the fate you were talking about?"

"Those two demons are incredibly powerful, and Gohan will be unable to defeat them even after giving it his all."

"Later, in order to protect the other child I mentioned, Gohan will even lose his right arm."

"In the end, he will be killed by those two demons."

"Didn't you say Gohan would be the strongest person?" Whitebeard did not understand; Lu Bian's words were contradicting themselves.

"The prerequisite for Gohan to become the strongest in the world is—someone must teach him."

"With his father dead from illness and everyone else killed shortly after, Gohan won't be able to break through to the strongest realm by training alone in the dark."