Yakamashi

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Son Gohan: [What should I do? Mom's arguing with Dad.]

Shi Tianwu: [Gohan, what are they arguing about?]

Lu Bian: [I'm guessing Goku wants Gohan to train with him and Piccolo, but Gohan's mom, Chi-Chi, is strongly against it.]

Son Gohan: [That's exactly what Big Brother Lu Bian said.]

Son Gohan: [What should I do?]

Edward Newgate: [Gohan, this is the time to summon your courage and boldly tell your mom what you think.]

Edward Newgate: [Do you want to study, or train with your dad?]

Son Gohan: [I understand.]

A few minutes later...

Son Gohan: [Mom agreed to let me train with Dad and Uncle Piccolo. I'll work hard to get stronger over the next three years.]

Lu Bian: [Don't forget to gather the Dragon Balls and wish for your dad to overcome his Heart Virus.]

Son Gohan: [I definitely won't forget.]

Gohan pulled his attention away from the Chat Group and looked at his parents.

Goku was wrapping a bandage around Chi-Chi.

Goku had grown too strong and hadn't controlled his strength. While discussing having Gohan train with him, he'd accidentally slapped Chi-Chi and sent her flying.

"Chi-Chi, I'm sorry..." Goku was filled with remorse.

"Either way, I'm always the one who gets hurt in the end." One of Chi-Chi's arms was broken.

"Mom, I'll go ask Aunt Bulma to borrow the Dragon Ball Radar and wish for Dad not to get sick and die," Gohan said to Chi-Chi.

"Ah..." Chi-Chi sighed softly.

"Honestly, when will our family ever get to live a peaceful life?" Chi-Chi said.

When Gohan was a little over four, his uncle Raditz kidnapped him, and Goku died in battle. After that, he was taken away by King Piccolo, and a year later he had to fight the Saiyans who invaded.

Around the age of five or six, after a grueling battle, they defeated the Saiyans who had invaded Earth. Then he went with Krillin to Namek to use its Dragon Balls to revive their fallen companions, only to encounter the Emperor of the Universe, Frieza.

Now seven years old, Gohan was once again facing a terrifying future that lay just three years ahead...

Chi-Chi's greatest wish was for Gohan to grow up normally, like an ordinary child. She didn't want him to become a hero who saved the Earth.

Gohan told Chi-Chi what would happen in the future. His father, Sun Wukong, would die of an illness, and everyone else would fall in battle, leaving Gohan alone to fight the terrifying Androids.

That hellish future could still be changed, and Goku had also said he needed Gohan's strength. Torn between worry and fear, Chi-Chi could only choose to let Gohan train with Goku.

Giving up three years of study was better than suffering for the rest of his life.

"Mom, I'm heading out."

"Gohan, be careful on the way."

"Okay."

"Gohan, you can stop by to see Korin and bring back some Senzu Beans," Goku said.

"I know, Dad."

Gohan waved and went outside to gather the Dragon Balls.

Piccolo followed him.

"Uncle Piccolo?"

"Gohan, I'm going to the Lookout. Leave the Senzu Beans to me."

"Oh, thank you, Uncle Piccolo."

"..." Piccolo was as aloof as ever.

With Piccolo's help, Gohan flew straight to Capsule Corp in West City to find Bulma.

"Ding-dong~!" At the entrance to Capsule Corp, Gohan pressed the doorbell.

"Oh, it's Gohan. You're here! Come on in."

The Nanny Robot opened the door for Gohan, and he entered Bulma's home.

"Gohan, here you go."

"Thanks, Bulma."

"Gohan, that computer design you gave me last time came from that friend in another world too, right?" Bulma asked him.

"Yes," Gohan admitted.

"I knew it. The design ideas and the accompanying Evolutionary Algorithm were completely different from Earth's technology. I thought you'd gotten alien tech from one of Frieza's spaceships."

"I even asked that guy Vegeta, but all he knows is fighting. He doesn't understand technology," Bulma complained.

"Is Vegeta here, Bulma?" Gohan asked.

"Yeah. My dad's working on a project with him right now."

"What project? Didn't you say Vegeta didn't understand technology?"

"He's a lab rat, collecting experimental data."

"Want to take a look?"

"Can I?"

"Come on."

In the backyard of Bulma's house, the 300x Gravity Chamber Dr. Brief had built for Vegeta was finished. Vegeta was training inside, with several wireless sensors attached to his body to collect data on his physical condition as he exercised.

Dr. Brief sat at the computer in his lab, monitoring and analyzing Vegeta's condition in real time.

"Vegeta, your body's reached its limit." Dr. Brief's voice came through the chamber's speakers.

"The computer estimates you can keep going for another thirty seconds."

"After that, I'll return the gravity to normal."

"..." Vegeta gritted his teeth and held on.

Thirty seconds later, the gravity in the chamber returned to Earth's normal level. Dr. Brief opened the chamber door and had the Nanny Robot carry Vegeta out on its back.

"You really push yourself, Vegeta," Dr. Brief said.

Dr. Brief wore a Scouter on his right ear. Vegeta had asked him to make a replica so he could keep track of his rising power level. It had wireless communication, making it a uniquely shaped wireless earpiece as well.

Bulma had once dismantled Raditz's Scouter. Dr. Brief had asked her about it before making the replica he was wearing now.

"Vegeta, Gohan's here," Bulma said as she walked over.

Hearing that Son Gohan had arrived, Vegeta forced himself off the Nanny Robot's back and stood upright.

"Gohan, what... what do you need?" Vegeta looked over at Son Gohan.

"I came to borrow the Dragon Ball Radar from Bulma. I heard you were here too, Vegeta."

"Is this about Kakarot?"

"His Heart Virus."

"Be careful."

"What's wrong, Vegeta?" Gohan asked.

"Heart Virus. If it's a virus, it might be contagious."

"Think it through before you make a wish to Shenron."

"Don't let Kakarot get healthy only for the rest of us to catch his Heart Virus instead," Vegeta said gravely.

"Thanks! I will!"

"Thank you, Vegeta!" Gohan bowed in gratitude.

"Hmph~!!" Vegeta snorted.

"You're so awkward, Vegeta." Bulma looked at him and laughed.

"You're way too concerned about Goku."

"Yakamashi." Vegeta glared at Bulma.