My Dad's Power Level Is Probably... One Hundred Million

He looked at the Moonlight Box, then glanced up at the moon. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly.

Zhi Zun Bao walked out of the stronghold, his expression as complicated as a pot of stew.

"Hey, Goten."

Goten turned around. "What is it?"

Zhi Zun Bao came over and sat beside him, then fell silent for a long time.

"Just now... I felt someone talking inside my head." Zhi Zun Bao pointed to his temple. "He said—he was Sun Wukong."

Goten watched him, waiting for him to continue.

"He said... he'd been waiting for me for five hundred years."

Zhi Zun Bao gave a bitter smile.

"But I don't know him. I'm just the chief of a band of mountain bandits. I even picked up my own name. There's no way I could be the Great Sage, Equal to Heaven—I can't even lift the Golden Cudgel."

Goten thought for a moment, then asked seriously, "Do you want to become him?"

Zhi Zun Bao froze.

"I don't know."

Goten patted him on the shoulder.

"It's all right. That Sun Wukong—my dad told me—said a true strong person is free at heart. Only you can decide who you want to become."

Zhi Zun Bao looked at him, a flicker of emotion in his eyes.

"Where do you get all this profound wisdom?"

"My dad taught me."

"Your dad—that Sun Wukong—is he really that powerful?"

Goten smiled.

"He's the strongest person I've ever met."

"What about compared to you?"

Goten thought for a moment, then seriously held up one finger.

"If my power level right now is 100, then my dad's power level is probably... one hundred million."

Zhi Zun Bao's mouth twitched. "A hundred million times?"

"More or less."

"...Then why don't you ask him to come help?"

Goten's smile faltered.

He lowered his head and fell silent for a long time.

"Because... my dad is in another world."

"You can't go back?"

Goten didn't answer.

But Zhi Zun Bao understood his silence.

The moon climbed to its highest point.

The Moonlight Box's glow also reached its peak.

Goten stood up and took a deep breath—

He was going to push the Moonlight Box's power to the limit of what he could control.

Golden energy flared up around him—not the faint glow from before, but a true golden aura, unique to Saiyans!

The grains of sand around him burned and floated in the aura, forming a golden vortex!

Zixia took several steps back, raising a hand to shield her eyes from the dazzling light.

The sheer force of Goten's presence nearly knocked Zhi Zun Bao off his feet.

"This kid—he said he'd recovered forty percent just now. Forty percent is already this terrifying?—"

Just as Goten was about to try driving the box again—

Boom!

The earth shook!

On the distant horizon, four enormous waves of demonic energy surged into the sky!

One was red—as if blazing with flames!

One was blue—as if swept up in a gale!

One was white—as chilling as ice!

One was gold—as if it were the king of demons!

The four waves of demonic energy converged in midair, forming a colossal vortex!

Then—

A furious voice tore through the night sky, crashing into everyone's ears—

"Sun Goten—!!!"

Bull Demon King's voice!

"This King will tear you—to—pieces—!!!"

Roar—!!!

The four waves of demonic energy erupted at once, bearing down toward the Axe Gang's stronghold!

Goten clenched his fists, and golden energy shot into the sky!

"Perfect."

He grinned.

"I just got a little of my strength back—"

"—and I was looking for someone to test it on!"

Standing behind Goten, Zhi Zun Bao's palms were slick with sweat. He'd been agonizing over whether he was Sun Wukong, but when he saw those four waves of demonic energy, he suddenly wasn't afraid anymore.

"Hey, Goten..." Zhi Zun Bao swallowed. "Four Demon Kings—can you beat them?"

Goten looked back at him and grinned.

"No idea."

"No idea?!"

"That's why we have to try." Goten clenched his fists as his golden aura blazed brighter and brighter. "My dad always said—you'll never know your limits if you don't give it a try."

Zhi Zun Bao froze for a moment, then smiled too.

"All right, all right. If you're going to fight, then this bandit chief can't chicken out either." He picked up a broken wooden stick from the ground. "Tonight, we'll show those demons that the Axe Gang isn't to be messed with!"

Zhu Bajie shivered in a corner. "Chief, have you lost your mind? Those are four Demon Kings! We can't even beat Bull Demon King alone—"

"Shut up!" Zhi Zun Bao kicked him in the backside. "Go light every torch in the stronghold! We may lose the fight, but we won't lose face!"

Zixia stood beside Goten, the Violet-Azure Treasure Sword gleaming faintly in the moonlight. She turned her gaze from the distant waves of demonic energy and looked at Goten.

"Are you really not afraid?"

Goten thought about it.

"I am," he said. "I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you all."

Zixia fell silent for a moment.

"Then why are you smiling?"

Goten looked up at the four waves of demonic energy drawing closer and closer, their monstrous light reflected in his golden eyes.

"Because—"

The corners of his mouth lifted.

"This is what makes it fun."

Zixia drew the Violet-Azure Treasure Sword and stood beside Goten.

"The Four Demon Kings working together pose a greater threat than the Heavenly Court."

She looked at Goten.

"Are you sure you want to fight?"

Goten didn't answer.

He simply watched the four waves of demonic energy drawing ever closer, battle lust unique to Saiyans burning in his eyes.

Under the moonlight, the boy stood on the Gobi Desert, three companions behind him and four waves of demonic energy surging toward him like a tide.

The Moonlight Box at his waist gave a low hum—

Like a war drum.

The Four Demon Kings?

Perfect.

He'd been wanting to find out just what he could do with the forty percent of his power he'd recovered...!