Chi-Chi's Conditions

Son Goku was not worried about the crisis Son Gohan had run into, because with his speed, he could stop that fierce tiger before it struck to kill.

What he truly wanted to see now was what method his son would use to handle a situation like this.

Because in the face of death, a person's true nature could be seen most clearly and directly.

Likewise, this was Son Goku's final test for Son Gohan!

Only by truly facing the fear of death could one comprehend the true martial way.

Ha!

Just then, Son Gohan suddenly leapt up and threw himself straight onto the fierce tiger's back, gripping its neck tightly while clamping his feet firmly around its body.

Trying to defeat this fierce tiger head-on was utterly impossible with Son Gohan's current physical condition and circumstances.

So against this kind of mount-like animal, he had to use the most primitive method humans once had to defeat it.

The fierce tiger roared and began shaking its body violently, trying to forcibly throw the human on its back off.

But no matter how hard the fierce tiger tried, Son Gohan on its back was stuck to it like a magnet, and it could not shake him off no matter what it did.

However, Gohan was not having an easy time either. The violent jolting made him feel as though every bone in his body was about to fall apart.

If not for his incredibly firm will, his hands and feet might have been shaken loose long ago, and he would have fallen to the ground and become food in the fierce tiger's mouth.

Just like that, after the two sides had struggled for nearly twenty minutes, even the fierce tiger's stamina could not withstand such intense expenditure, and it could only lie on the ground, panting heavily.

But Son Gohan was in just as bad a state. Forget counterattacking—right now, he could not even do something as simple as lift a finger.

It was also at this moment that he suddenly heard a patter, and then a figure dropped from the sky, landing beside him and the fierce tiger.

"Come on, Gohan, open your mouth."

At this point, Son Gohan had already fallen into a dazed state, but after hearing that voice, he instinctively opened his mouth.

"Bite it up and swallow it."

Hearing this, Son Gohan immediately remembered what the thing in his mouth was, so he used the last of his strength to bite it apart and swallow it down.

A warm energy quickly spread from his throat throughout his entire body. All the pain from before vanished, replaced by an unprecedented feeling of fullness and power.

"How is it? Are you all right?"

Son Goku looked at Son Gohan, who had already regained consciousness in his arms. Even though he knew how effective this thing was, he still could not help asking with concern.

"I'm fine, Father."

After standing up again, Son Gohan took a deep breath and looked at the fierce tiger beside him. By now, the creature had long since started trembling.

Because it had seen the nemesis of its family—the man who had scared its grandfather to death and exhausted its father to death.

Son Gohan was not surprised by Son Goku's appearance. In fact, he had predicted this long ago, so his fear of death had not actually been that strong.

One had to know that Earthlings had an extremely powerful sense for "ki." As long as his own ki fluctuated or weakened, Son Goku would definitely sense it clearly and hurry over at once.

As for the thing he had just eaten, it was naturally one of the strongest bugs in the world of Dragon Balls—the Senzu Bean.

This terrifying thing, which could instantly replenish even the energy of Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan, was something Sun Chao was determined to obtain.

Otherwise, if it ended up like in the original work, where that fat man Yajirobe ate them like candy beans, Son Gohan felt his heart would ache.

"What do you want to do with it?" Son Goku looked at Gohan and asked.

Hearing this, Son Gohan narrowed his eyes slightly, seeming to reveal a trace of killing intent, but he still said, "Let it go. In the future, when there's nothing else to do, I can also use it for training."

When he heard this, Son Goku's face showed satisfaction. After all, pure-hearted as he was, he would not want his child to be a cruel person who delighted in killing.

After they returned home, with the help of the Senzu Bean, Son Gohan had nothing wrong with him except for his clothes being a little dirty, and Chi-Chi did not notice anything amiss.

While the family was eating, Chi-Chi was the first to put down her bowl and chopsticks and said, "Goku, Gohan is already at the age to start studying. I'm planning to hire a private tutor to come over and give him some basic education first. What do you think?"

Goku, who was busy swallowing his food, paused when he heard this. He put down his bowl and chopsticks, and while chewing the food in his mouth, he answered indistinctly, "Sure, I've got no problem with it."

"Goku!"

Chi-Chi frowned helplessly and said, "You have to go out and work to earn money. After all, there isn't much money left in our family now. You have to understand that in a couple of years, we'll have to pay for Gohan's schooling too, and that won't be a small expense."

As soon as he heard the word work, Son Goku's face immediately filled with worry. "Chi-Chi, you know that aside from fighting, I've never worked before. I don't know how to go to work."

Chi-Chi covered her forehead. She knew Goku was right, but now she could not back down.

"You have to go out and get a job starting tomorrow!" Chi-Chi said in a tone that allowed no argument. "Of course, if you can get enough money for our family to live on, I won't have any objections to whatever you want to do."

"I..."

Goku still wanted to say something, but Chi-Chi picked up her bowl and chopsticks, stood, and left her seat, leaving him no choice but to swallow his words back down.

Son Gohan, who was eating off to the side, remained the same as ever, as if he could not understand the conversation between the two of them at all, though there was a faint smile on his face.

At night, father and son lay on the roof, watching the sky full of twinkling stars.

Sigh...

Goku let out a sigh, causing Son Gohan beside him to glance over.

He naturally knew the reason for the sigh. In truth, with Son Goku's current strength, on this Earth, how much money could he possibly want and not be able to get?

But Son Gohan knew Son Goku's personality very well, so he had come up with a solution long ago.

"Dad," Son Gohan called.

"Hm?" Son Goku turned his head.

"Do you have Aunt Bulma's phone number?" Son Gohan asked.

"Yeah. Why?" Son Goku asked in confusion.

Son Gohan's cheek twitched slightly. He hadn't expected that even after hinting this much, Son Goku still wouldn't get it.

"Aunt Bulma's family is on the board of Capsule Corporation, the world's biggest tech group, right?" he could only say helplessly.

"Capsule Corporation?"

Son Goku sat up and scratched his head. "Now that you mention it, I think you're right. I remember the president of Capsule Corporation is Bulma's father. But what does that have to do with anything?"

"Then what's your relationship with Aunt Bulma like, Dad?"

Looking at the utterly speechless Son Goku, Gohan could only keep guiding him along.

"It's great. We went on adventures together for a long time back then, you know. I saved her so many times!" Son Goku said happily, his face full of the look of someone recalling the wonderful days of his life.

Son Gohan was so angry he nearly fainted. He decided to remind him one more time. "Then, Dad, do you know that Bulma's family is the richest in the world?"

If that still didn't work, then he might as well suggest that this man of pure steel go gather all seven Dragon Balls and make a wish.