All four of them were powerful warriors with their own pride, so naturally, there was no way they could all move together to catch Bubbles.
That made the first person to volunteer very important, and without question, that role naturally fell to Son Goku.
Son Goku had nothing to say about that. In any case, he did not really care about these things.
He took off his shoes, finished warming up, then knocked his fist against his palm and walked forward.
Bubbles squatted in place, staring at Son Goku with a pair of big eyes. He looked simple and honest, and there was not a single defensive movement anywhere on his body.
Son Goku approached Bubbles step by step, as if wanting to catch him off guard while he was not paying attention.
The distance between the two sides kept shrinking, and soon they reached a very peculiar range.
At that moment, there were less than two meters between the man and the ape. Son Goku's eyes narrowed slightly, and in an instant, the muscles in both legs erupted fiercely. His entire body immediately charged toward Bubbles.
One had to know that the current Son Goku was not the guy from the original work who could not even run, but someone who had been tempered in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber under ten times gravity.
But the instant his body rushed forward, Son Goku's expression changed.
The three people beside him saw Son Goku move and charge at Bubbles, only for the latter to make one nimble leap and directly dodge his hands.
Son Gohan watched very carefully. The instant Son Goku rushed out just now, the force in his body had become disordered because of the irregular fluctuations in gravity.
That disorder greatly reduced his control over all the muscles in his body in that instant, causing him to be unable to change direction in time according to Bubbles' movements.
Son Goku was not discouraged by that. The moment he lost his target, he used his palm as a support point, regained control of his body in that instant, and charged toward Bubbles once more.
And just like that, Son Goku and Bubbles, one man and one ape, began a game of "eagle catching chicks" under the watch of three people and one insect.
Time passed second by second. Son Goku grabbed at Bubbles again and again, but each time, the latter dodged him.
Every time Son Goku failed, he also summed up the experience, but no matter how persistent he was, he still could not catch Bubbles.
Although judging from the actual situation, given enough time, Son Goku's talent meant he would definitely be able to catch him, there were still three other people here right now.
"Get down. Stop embarrassing yourself."
Just then, Piccolo finally could not keep watching and shouted. Son Goku also knew he was losing a bit of face, so he retreated to the side.
Piccolo took off the clothing on his body and tossed it aside, twisted his neck, and looked toward Bubbles not far away. A trace of confidence was on his face.
Son Gohan was rather interested. After all, Piccolo was an intelligent warrior. As long as he made a move, he basically had more than a sixty percent chance of success.
Whoosh.
Just then, Piccolo suddenly disappeared from where he stood. With the eyes of everyone present, aside from Raditz barely managing, both Son Goku and Son Gohan could completely keep up with Piccolo's speed.
Piccolo rushed in front of Bubbles in one breath. His left hand reached out to grab him, but the latter lightly leaped backward and avoided Piccolo's grasp.
But the corner of Piccolo's mouth curled slightly. His body suddenly moved again, and he dashed out once more, even faster than his first burst!
Son Gohan, watching the fight, smiled. As expected of Piccolo, an intelligent warrior. He had held something back in the first dash and used a change-of-rhythm tactic. An ordinary person really would not have adapted in time.
Moreover, Piccolo had clearly prepared in advance to deal with the changes in gravity. These two dashes had almost not been affected by gravity at all.
But would Bubbles be fooled by this change of rhythm?
The answer was no.
Facing Piccolo's sudden change of rhythm, Bubbles still dodged away with a calm and relaxed expression, as though gravity was not restricting him, but helping him instead.
Thinking of this, Son Goku's eyes suddenly lit up!
In the field, just as Piccolo missed for the second time, something shocking happened again. Using the explosive force of his left leg and left hand, his body actually made a third change of rhythm!
Bubbles' originally relaxed expression finally changed, but his body still made a movement that left Piccolo utterly astonished, narrowly dodging past his hands.
Piccolo did not continue pursuing. Instead, he stood in place and looked at Bubbles.
After several breaths, he directly turned and walked to the side. Clearly, he had given up on this attempt.
Son Gohan turned to look at Raditz beside him, and the latter also looked at him. The two immediately stared at each other, wide-eyed.
"Aren't you going to try?" Son Gohan asked helplessly.
Hearing this, Raditz hurriedly waved his hand and said, "Forget it. If they can't catch him, then don't even mention me. You go first."
Son Gohan's eyes narrowed slightly as he said, "If you won't even try, how do you know you're definitely going to fail? This isn't some life-or-death battle. It won't kill you."
Sensing the dissatisfaction and faint threat in his words, the muscles on Raditz's face twitched slightly. Helpless, he could only step forward and give it a try.
Only then did Son Gohan nod slightly. Raditz's personality had to be corrected. Before, he had been the typical sort who bullied the weak and feared the strong.
In front of Vegeta and Nappa, who were stronger than him, he was simply like a piece of trash, but in front of Son Goku and Piccolo, who were clearly weaker than him, he was wildly arrogant.
These rotten habits and flaws in character had to be corrected as much as possible. Don't talk about how a leopard can't change its spots. Anyone who had seen how much Son Gohan had changed under Piccolo's training knew very well, even though he later changed back again.
Taking a deep breath, Raditz's eyes focused sharply, locking tightly onto Bubbles.
Whoosh~!
Raditz also pushed off with both legs and charged toward Bubbles. There were no shortcuts in this test. No matter what method was used, one had to catch Bubbles.
With Raditz's strength, he naturally could not catch Bubbles in a short time. Son Gohan naturally knew this.
Aside from wanting to temper Raditz, Son Gohan was also thinking about how to deal with Gregory.
One had to know that Gregory was a guy even faster than Bubbles. The speeds of the two creatures were on completely different levels.
But no matter what something was, the more outstanding its advantage in one aspect, the more obvious one of its flaws would be.
Very soon, as expected, Raditz was completely unable to catch Bubbles either and could only helplessly go to the side and sit down to rest.
Only Son Gohan remained in the field without having tried. Everyone cast their eyes on him, very curious what method he could use to attempt it.
Son Gohan stopped thinking. He lowered the arms crossed in front of his chest, took a step, and walked toward Bubbles step by step.
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