The Second Trial: Catching Gregory (2) [Second update, seeking votes!]

If events followed the original plot, many people said Piccolo's change began when he and Son Gohan spent time together, and reached its peak during the Cell arc.

Krillin's death had enraged Son Goku and turned him into a Super Saiyan, while the deaths of Piccolo and Android 16 had also been the reason Son Gohan broke through to Super Saiyan Two.

Even after Son Gohan had a child, Piccolo had directly replaced the official grandfather, Son Goku, and taken on the responsibility of being a full-time grandpa.

So Son Gohan's feelings toward Piccolo were somewhat complicated.

But since Piccolo was one of the official main supporting characters, and his growth potential in battle power was not weak, Son Gohan would do everything in his power to help him grow stronger.

Right now, Piccolo had only the thoughts of becoming stronger and defeating Son Goku in his heart, with no other ideas.

Son Gohan really wanted to know what exactly Son Goku and Piccolo had done during that period in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, that they could still maintain this kind of competitive relationship.

In truth, Son Gohan sometimes quite admired this bargain-bin old man of his. As long as someone had once been his enemy, whether Piccolo, Vegeta, the androids, or Majin Buu, all of them had changed sides.

Even Frieza, who had refused to betray his faction and maintained his evil nature, had ultimately been won over by Son Goku at the Tournament of Power.

So was this protagonist halo, or Son Goku's own personal charisma? That was something worth pondering.

Just as Son Gohan was thinking, he saw that Piccolo had already begun chasing Gregory.

It was a very ordinary way of pursuing, but it was completely unlike the style of an intelligent warrior like Piccolo—unless all of this was one of the methods he had arranged.

Gregory naturally did not know Son Goku, Piccolo, and the others. Otherwise, it would definitely have been very wary of a guy like Piccolo.

Son Gohan discovered that Piccolo had been imitating Son Goku's earlier manner, maintaining his own speed as he tried to catch Gregory, with nothing strange about it at all.

But if one observed carefully, they would discover that even when Gregory vanished from sight, there was not the slightest panic in Piccolo's eyes.

Son Gohan even noticed that the position where his pupils moved was, astonishingly, exactly where Gregory would appear in the next moment.

He's judging Gregory's movement habits!

The moment Son Gohan saw this, this thought immediately surfaced in his mind, and he confirmed it at once.

As expected of the intelligent warrior Piccolo. Son Goku had purely wanted to rely on the other side's carelessness to catch it, while Piccolo had begun analyzing the other side's habits, achieving victory in every battle by knowing both himself and the enemy!

And judging by this situation, it would not be long before Piccolo truly made his move.

Sure enough, just as expected, after ten minutes of pursuit, Piccolo suddenly burst out with the speed and strength he had been hiding, trying to catch Gregory the same way Son Goku had.

"Don't use the same trick on me!"

Gregory spoke in a mocking tone, transforming into a streak of golden light and rapidly dodging away, breaking out of Piccolo's capture range.

"Is that so?"

But in the next moment, beside its ear, it heard Piccolo's equally mocking counterquestion.

"He did it!"

Seeing this, Son Goku immediately clenched his fist and said happily.

But had Gregory really been caught by Piccolo just like that? At the very least, Son Gohan did not think it would succeed so easily.

"Hahaha, do you really think you're the only one hiding your strength?"

Gregory's voice rang out, and its already fast speed instantly surged again!

At this point, even if Piccolo had figured out Gregory's movement habits, with the other side's speed now having risen another level, he was already powerless to do anything.

Thinking of this, Piccolo returned to his original position with a cold expression—one could only imagine it—and closed his eyes, beginning to think about who knew what.

"Uncle Raditz, you go first."

Son Gohan did not go third. Instead, he turned to look at Raditz beside him.

"Me?" Raditz pointed at his own nose and asked back.

"Yes, you go first. This time, I won't require you to catch it, but you have to use all your strength. If you want to improve yourself as comprehensively as possible, you have to understand exactly what shortcomings you have," Son Gohan instructed.

"I understand."

Raditz stood up. A thoughtful look appeared in his eyes, as if he had gained some understanding from Son Gohan's words just now.

Faced with Gregory's speed, Raditz naturally knew there was no way he could catch it, but Son Gohan's words just now made him start to calm his heart.

Son Gohan actually did not hope for Raditz to grow to the heights of Son Goku and Vegeta, but at the very least, he had to be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with Son Goten or Trunks.

After all, they were all of the Son family, and the same blood flowed through their bodies. It was impossible for Son Goku and Son Gohan to both have such immense potential, for Son Goten to also have a certain talent, and even for their father to be able to turn Super Saiyan...

Yet Raditz alone was this useless?

Son Gohan did not believe it. And after coming to this world, aside from the goal of defeating those enemies from the original timeline, there were still many things he wanted to do.

One of them was that he wanted to see, after Raditz, this pure-blooded Saiyan, transformed into a Super Saiyan, just how much that head of golden hair would resemble Super Saiyan Three.

As for that guy Nappa, forget it. A bald head gave Son Gohan no interest at all.

Raditz also used conventional tactics at first, but Son Gohan discovered that his expression seemed to show he was thinking about something.

That was right. Raditz had also begun thinking in battle. This bit of change alone was enough for Son Gohan to raise his status a little more.

Raditz began learning and applying the methods Son Goku and Piccolo had used earlier to strengthen his battle power and techniques.

In the end, although Raditz still did not catch Gregory, and could not even catch up to it, his performance was far better than when he had chased Bubbles earlier.

Looking at Raditz as he walked back with a thoughtful look on his face, Son Gohan rose and said, "Uncle Raditz, you did well enough. Remember this feeling."

With that, Son Gohan walked straight toward Gregory.

"The three of them all failed. You seem pretty confident in your application?" Gregory looked at Son Gohan and said with a smile.

"You'll know once you try." Son Gohan didn't waste words either. His body moved, and he grabbed toward Gregory.

Gregory turned into a streak of golden light and dodged away, only to discover that Son Gohan had already grabbed toward the spot where it was about to stop.

The sight scared Gregory into immediately increasing its speed again to dodge.

Son Gohan likewise increased his speed and once again arrived at the point Gregory wanted to reach. If someone did not know better, they would have thought Gregory was ramming into him.

Piccolo opened his eyes. He had not expected that Son Gohan, just by watching, had also grasped the traits and habits of Gregory's movement path!