Mission Complete, Strength Soars

A sharp, piercing sound rang out.

Xiao Wu and Ashu, who had been fawning over Li Xing, shuddered instinctively.

"Ah, King Pilaf."

"You two idiots, where did you go?"

"It's been two months since you came back!"

"Bastards, do you still have me, your King, in your eyes?"

Xiao Wu and Ashu exchanged glances, understanding each other's thoughts, and nodded.

They stood up in unison.

"We don't."

"If you don't, then why did you—wait, what?"

King Pilaf was in the middle of a rage, but he froze mid-sentence.

Ashu marched up to King Pilaf with his chest puffed out.

"Come, look."

He grabbed the stunned King Pilaf and led him straight to the vehicle.

"See this? What is it?"

Little stars appeared in King Pilaf's eyes.

"Wow, gold, silver, and jewels! So much money! Am I dreaming? Wake me up!"

Xiao Wu strode over on her long, slender legs, stood silently beside King Pilaf, raised her hand, and swung it down.

Smack! Smack!

"Ow!"

"You bastard!"

King Pilaf immediately flew into a rage, glaring fiercely at Xiao Wu.

"What do you think you're doing?"

Xiao Wu held her head high. "Wasn't it you who asked us to wake you up?"

"Idiot."

Ashu and Xiao Wu exchanged glances, confirming their resolve once more.

"Now, Pilaf, you listen to us!"

Xiao Wu spoke haughtily, leaving not just King Pilaf, but even Li Xing, dumbfounded.

Had these two, who had always been loyal to King Pilaf, finally lost their minds?

"We've followed you, chased nothing but pipe dreams, and suffered so much."

Ashu continued.

As Ashu finished, the two spoke as if they had rehearsed it, with Xiao Wu picking up right where he left off.

"We've endured hardship and exhaustion, yet we've gained nothing."

"That's right, and we've had to suffer your insults and take your abuse."

"So, we've made a decision."

Xiao Wu said coldly.

"The two of us no longer recognize you as our King."

"We are going to recognize Li Xing as our King."

Ashu shook his body, forcing himself to suppress his fear of King Pilaf.

"That's right. By following King Li Xing, we can eat and drink well, and live a good life."

"So, you are no longer our King from now on."

Xiao Wu and Ashu looked at each other and spoke in unison.

"We earned the money to build this castle, and we put in the labor; you didn't contribute a thing. So, get out. From now on, this will be the residence of Lord Li Xing. By following Lord Li Xing, we can eat well, drink well, and live a good life."

The two wore expressions of arrogance.

They stated their true feelings with firm, resonant voices.

King Pilaf's mouth hung open, his face flashing between shades of green and red.

Then, overcome with shame and anger, he didn't even bother to argue with them and ran straight toward the top of the castle.

"Remember to clean up your things so we can invite Lord Li Xing to move in."

Li Xing watched Ashu's smug expression and felt an urge to rush over and slap him twice.

The man must be an idiot.

Pilaf's actions were by no means an admission of defeat.

He was preparing to trigger the mechanisms within the castle to eliminate him.

Although Li Xing was confident, he wouldn't just let Pilaf run wild and lose face for no reason.

With a burst of strength, he moved as swift as a rabbit, closing the distance in a few bounds to stand directly in front of Pilaf.

"W-what do you want to do?"

Though Pilaf was furious and wished he could kill Li Xing on the spot, he wasn't entirely brainless.

Seeing Li Xing arrive before him despite starting later, and noting his larger stature, he couldn't help but retreat, questioning Li Xing directly.

Li Xing stared at Pilaf with a beaming smile.

He had a crystal-clear grasp of the man's intentions.

"My apologies, I wasn't aware of this matter. However, I think they are right."

Blood rushed to his head, and Pilaf's face turned beet red. Gritting his teeth, he glared at Li Xing with a ferocious expression.

"Are you planning to make a fool of me?"

As Pilaf's questioning voice faded, before Li Xing could even speak, Xiao Wu and Ashu, who had hurried over, couldn't help themselves.

"Shut up! Is that any way to speak to Lord Li Xing?"

"Exactly, you're a grown man, yet you have no sense at all."

Pilaf gnashed his teeth in hatred, yet he could do nothing to them.

Li Xing waved his hand, and the two immediately fell silent.

Li Xing raised an eyebrow.

He hadn't done anything, so why were they so obedient?

Could it be that the system, seeing he hadn't completed a mission in a long time, had intentionally put a hex on them?

Li Xing didn't dwell on it, focusing his gaze on Pilaf.

"How about this? I truly hadn't considered these things. I'll give you a chance: you may use every means at your disposal, and if you can defeat me, I will leave."

Li Xing couldn't force Pilaf to work for him.

He still needed to research a great deal of technology later on.

Pilaf, this genius scientist, was still quite useful.

On Earth, besides Bulma and Dr. Brief, only Pilaf was capable of manufacturing a Dragon Ball Radar.

This guy's scientific talent was not low.

It was a pity he had taken the wrong path, obsessed with becoming a king.

Then again, there was nothing inherently wrong with Pilaf wanting to be a king.

The guy didn't want to enslave humanity or wreak havoc on the world.

At the very least, his ultimate goal wasn't to oppress people or commit atrocities.

Ironically, his goal was simply to be able to eat as much delicious food as he wanted and throw away whatever he couldn't finish.

Li Xing certainly wouldn't let such a talent go to waste.

He would bring him to heel and keep him under his command to get things done.

He had seen, learned, and applied plenty of psychological manipulation in that other world.

An orphan who could establish a foothold in a city at fifteen and rent a place to live comfortably—that wasn't something someone with an ordinary temperament could achieve.

"Fine, you said it."

Xiao Wu and the others didn't stop him, and Pilaf agreed decisively.

Xiao Wu and Ashu didn't intervene either.

They had witnessed Lord Li Xing's strength with their own eyes, so they weren't worried.

After the contest, Pilaf was naturally unconvinced in his heart, even if he didn't say it.

Fortunately, Li Xing appealed to his emotions and reasoned with him, eventually persuading Pilaf with the promise of benefits.

Pilaf wasn't inherently evil, so once he was promised the benefits, he naturally agreed to serve as a researcher under Li Xing.

Li Xing's lips curled into a sharp smirk.

He had been in the Dragon Ball World for nearly three months.

He had finally established his own faction.

Although they were three fellows who couldn't seem to get anything right, they were his foundation, nonetheless.

As long as he utilized them well, they would naturally produce miraculous results.

"Alright, off you go now. Rest up tonight, and first thing tomorrow morning, I'll tell you how to make a fortune."

Upon hearing this, the trio's eyes immediately sparkled, and they stared at Li Xing with longing.

This was a promising prospect.

Even Pilaf set aside his resentment, daydreaming about sleeping on a mountain of gold, surrounded by seven or eight beautiful handmaidens, eating one portion of food while tossing another aside.

Li Xing hadn't expected the mission to go so surprisingly smoothly; the part he considered the most difficult—Pilaf—had turned out to be the simplest.

He was in a wonderful mood.

"Congratulations to the host for completing Option Three: Subjugate the Pilaf Gang. Reward received: Energy +5."

Li Xing looked at his data with delight.

Lifespan: 26
Physique: 1.4
Energy: 20
Overall Combat Power: 28