"This is the Legendary Super Saiyan!!"
Vegeta stared at Ron after his transformation, holding his breath in stunned disbelief.
The sheer power of his aura was enough to make Vegeta's mind short-circuit.
This strength was completely beyond his imagination. He could think of only one thing: the Super Saiyan truly was the strongest warrior in the universe!
With power like that, becoming a Super Saiyan meant that someone like Frieza was nothing but an insect.
First came shock and disbelief, then excitement and exhilaration mingled together.
Finally, Vegeta felt his pride wounded and humiliation surge through him.
He silently screamed in his heart, Why wasn't I the first to become a Super Saiyan?!
With my natural talent and royal blood, how could I be surpassed by a Low-Class Warrior?
All these years, he had fought constantly, always striving to grow stronger.
And yet, this was how things had turned out.
Vegeta wasn't the only one feeling this way. Seeing a Super Saiyan again left everyone else just as stunned.
He was so powerful!
"All right, you've seen it now. I look forward to the day you become a Super Saiyan, too."
He sensed Dende drawing near. Ron deliberately dispelled his aura and drew the Super Saiyan Energy back into the energy pool deep inside his body.
Though he had returned to normal, the pressure still lingered in everyone's hearts for a long time.
Vegeta said nothing more. He simply swore to himself that he had to become a Super Saiyan and wipe away this humiliation.
The scene remained quiet for a long while, until a small figure flew down from the sky.
"Gohan, Uncle Krillin, Uncle Piccolo!"
When Dende saw the three of them, he cried out excitedly.
He didn't know exactly what had happened after his death, but he had already received a telepathic message from the Grand Elder. He knew that the great demon Frieza had been defeated and that Earth's Shenron had brought them back to life. Now, he was here to help Gohan and the others make their final wish.
"Dende!"
"Thank goodness! You look like your injuries have healed completely."
Son Gohan and Krillin greeted Dende with concern as he landed.
Piccolo said nothing. He simply smiled faintly at Dende and nodded.
Dende knew Piccolo could be stern, but he was a wonderful elder.
And since Piccolo had fused with Nail, Dende considered him one of the people closest to him.
After a few brief words, they all introduced themselves and got acquainted.
Son Goku, especially, had been curious about Dende before. Now that he had finally met this remarkable Namekian child, he found him very interesting.
Of course, this wasn't the time for a long chat. With Dende's reminder, everyone began considering what they should wish for as their third wish.
If they brought Yamcha back, what about Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu?
If they wished to revive Chiaotzu or Tien Shinhan, the other two would surely refuse to be left behind.
The problem was that Porunga, the Namekian Dragon, could currently revive only one person per wish.
No matter how they tried to work around it, there was no getting past that limitation.
However, Porunga had offered them a kind of consolation. Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu's bodies had long since decayed, and reviving someone with a single wish required their body to be intact.
Normally, bringing someone back to life would take two wishes. Now they didn't need to spend two: with one wish, they could restore any one of the three to perfect physical condition and revive him.
Chiaotzu's body, in particular, had been completely obliterated when he self-destructed.
It sounded like a pretty good deal.
They had all been led astray by Porunga's explanation.
Ron knew perfectly well that Porunga wasn't offering them a favor. He simply wanted to grant their wishes and clock off as soon as possible.
A long time had passed since he had been summoned.
Even though his creator had died along the way and he had been put out of work, his creator was now alive again, which meant he had been forced back on the job.
In short, he was growing impatient.
The problem was, if the wish-makers didn't make a wish, he could only wait there. He couldn't even hurry them along.
"What should we do now? What does everyone think?" Son Goku asked, looking at Krillin and Bulma, and of course Piccolo as well.
The main issue now wasn't simply deciding whom to revive.
Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu wanted Yamcha to be revived first. They would wait until the Dragon Balls could be used again and then come back together. With a whole year to wait, they could keep training under King Kai on North King Kai's Planet.
But Yamcha wanted to stay on North King Kai's Planet and train with them for a while longer, too, so he could improve his strength.
His reason was that everyone else was growing stronger, and if he returned to Earth now, he'd fall hopelessly behind.
He said it openly enough, but anyone perceptive could tell that Yamcha was avoiding something.
Bulma, in particular, could see right through him. Yamcha didn't want to come back yet, probably because he didn't want to face her.
She had already been so resolute before, practically tearing him to shreds and declaring him worthless.
What face could he show if he returned to Earth now?
Rather than live like that, he might as well stay on North King Kai's Planet and train under King Kai, making himself stronger.
Yamcha had another reason for wanting to stay.
He was wary of Ron.
Ron had deliberately drawn close to Bulma and said he intended to pursue her. What was more, Bulma didn't seem to dislike him.
The overwhelming gap in their strength made Yamcha feel that he had to become much stronger if he wanted to win Bulma back.
That was exactly how Yamcha had felt in the original story.
After suffering an absolute defeat at Vegeta's hands, he had embarked on what he called the path of martial arts training.
At the time, he hadn't realized that he couldn't even bear the hardship of gravity training. Instead, he had chosen a useless training method.
That alone had made it clear he was going to be left far behind.
In the original story, Vegeta had succeeded in winning Bulma over because she was drawn to his unyielding determination. Then, as time passed, they developed feelings for each other, and eventually their relationship became what it was.
"Heh. If none of you wants to be revived, why not just skip the wish?" Seeing that no one was speaking, Ron had an idea. As everyone looked at him in surprise, he continued:
"If Earth's Shenron can revive so many people at once, doesn't that mean Porunga could gain the same ability if the Grand Elder of Namek upgraded him?
"Also, from what you said earlier, the Dragon Balls can summon Shenron only once a year. But Porunga can grant three wishes. Doesn't that mean we can summon him again without waiting a year, since we've only made two wishes so far?
"And there's one last question: is a year on Namek the same length as a year on Earth?
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