Preparations Before Leaving (1)

When Son Goku activated the fourfold Kaioken, he did not show the extremely strained expression he had in the original work. Clearly, fourfold was not his limit.

Bang!

The instant they clashed, Son Gohan's abdomen was caught in an opening by Son Goku, and he took a solid punch.

That punch carried four times the power of his base form. Son Gohan's expression turned a little ugly from the blow, but in the next moment, he gritted his teeth hard and launched the counterpunch he had already prepared straight at Son Goku's face.

That solid feeling of contact told Son Gohan that his punch had landed squarely on the other man's face. But the latter did not even turn his head. He simply drove another three or four punches in succession into Son Gohan's abdomen.

This time, Son Gohan was blasted down like a meteor and smashed into the ground.

Fortunately, King Kai's Planet under ten times gravity was extremely sturdy. Son Gohan's body only smashed out a small pit. If this had been on Earth, it would have been at least half a meter deep.

Standing up from the pit, Son Gohan patted the dust from his body. He did not look as if he had suffered much injury. After all, the moment he was about to be hit, he had decisively activated the threefold Kaioken to raise his body's defensive power.

Son Goku did not pursue him. Instead, he released the fourfold Kaioken and slowly descended from the sky.

Son Gohan, standing on the ground, knew there was no need to continue this fight. After all, with Son Goku able to activate the fourfold Kaioken, he was already in an invincible position.

If there was one thing that still offered a glimmer of hope, it would be using a big move to clash beams. But Son Gohan still chose to admit defeat.

Clashing beams with Son Goku, the representative of the Son family—and just now, he had even been standing in the legendary losing position on the left. If he still insisted on a beam clash after that, there would be something wrong with his head. So Son Gohan accepted it.

"I know you can activate the fourfold Kaioken too, right?" Son Goku suddenly asked.

Though his words were phrased as a question, his tone was completely certain.

Son Gohan smiled and said, "As expected, I still can't hide it from you. That's right, I can use the fourfold Kaioken too."

"Hahaha, as expected of my son. You really didn't disappoint me!" Son Goku walked over to Son Gohan, patted him on the shoulder, and laughed heartily.

King Kai, at the side, was so shocked his mouth opened slightly. Only after quite a while did he say, "You two—when did you learn the fourfold Kaioken!?"

How long had it been? They could already use the fourfold Kaioken. If a few more years passed, wouldn't they reach a level even he did not dare imagine?

"About a week ago, I think. I'm still not very practiced with it at the moment," Son Gohan explained.

King Kai thought for a moment, then asked in a low voice, "By 'not very practiced,' you mean you can't use it the way you just did while sparring with Son Goku, right?"

"That's right. Lord King Kai has very sharp eyes," Son Gohan said, offering a small bit of flattery.

Pushing up his sunglasses, King Kai said with a serious, earnest expression, "It seems there is hope for this universe to return to peace. You must both keep working hard!"

"Don't worry, Lord King Kai!" Son Goku answered first, full of confidence.

Watching King Kai leave, Son Goku returned to his training state again, while Son Gohan thought for a moment before quickly chasing after King Kai.

"Why are you leaving so early? We still have plenty of time. We can absolutely make it to the scene before those guys called Vegeta and Nappa arrive on Earth."

"And I'm confident that with our current strength, the few of us can handle the two of them completely."

Looking at Son Gohan, who was already preparing to leave, Son Goku simply could not understand why he wanted to depart so early.

Son Gohan looked at his father. After thinking for a moment, he said, "Father, I have my own path of cultivation. I've already planned it out, so I need to go walk my path first."

After hearing this, Son Goku fell into thought. Only after quite a while did his face break into a smile. "Well said. Everyone has their own road to becoming stronger. If you want to chase after your path, I naturally won't stop you."

The others beside them all sighed inwardly. A child not yet six years old could actually have this kind of understanding of martial arts.

But ever since the very beginning, Son Gohan's display of overwhelming talent had already left them somewhat numb to shock.

With a powerful leap of both feet, Son Gohan broke away from King Kai's Planet and fell straight onto the tail end of Snake Way.

He swept his gaze over the surrounding environment. The corners of Son Gohan's mouth lifted slightly, and with a light tap of his toes, he leapt down from Snake Way and dropped into the yellow clouds.

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"You really met Lord King Kai?" King Yemma looked at Son Gohan, who was waiting for someone below the high platform, thought for a moment, and asked.

"That's right. Lord King Kai has been guiding our training the whole time," Son Gohan answered very gently.

"Then your strength should have improved a great deal by now, right?" King Yemma asked again.

"Yes, it has improved a great deal." Son Gohan nodded.

"If I have something I need to trouble you with when the time comes, you won't refuse, right?" King Yemma asked again.

"If you run into trouble, please feel free to come to me," Son Gohan agreed with a smile.

"Hahaha, good, good, good. If you ever come to my place in the future, I'll definitely let you go to heaven!" King Yemma laughed loudly.

Hearing this, Son Gohan's cheek twitched slightly. He wanted to open his mouth and say something, but in the end, he chose silence.

Just then—

"Son Gohan!"

Kami's aged voice rang out, and he quickly came to Son Gohan's side, respectfully bowing to King Yemma while he was at it.

"Are we leaving now?" Kami asked.

"Yes. I'll have to trouble you."

Kami's Lookout.

"Kami, I'd like to trouble you to take me to Capsule Corporation in West City," Son Gohan asked Kami.

Kami nodded slightly. He did not ask why Gohan had come back early from King Kai, or why Goku and the others had not come with him.

As for how they were going to deal with the aliens who would soon arrive, Kami was not worried.

He only knew that Son Gohan was a child with a very independent mind. Since he had made this choice, he must have had his reasons.

In this world, only Son Gohan knew that his soul came from another world, and only Karin knew that he came from the future.

After first arriving at Kami's Lookout, Son Gohan had made a point of going to see Karin and asked him to keep the fact that he came from the future a secret.

The worldly-wise Karin had smiled and nodded in agreement. This secret was known only to him and Son Gohan.

"You really are Son Gohan?"

Bulma circled Son Gohan, looking him up and down. Staring at this child who already nearly reached her shoulder, she asked in disbelief, "What on earth have you been eating to grow like this? You know you're not even five yet!"

"Sister Bulma, technically speaking, I'm already over five now." Son Gohan helplessly explained his experience in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

But after hearing him out, Bulma still refused to let it go. "Even if you grew ahead of schedule, it shouldn't be to this extent. A build like yours usually wouldn't show up until someone was at least ten."

As she spoke, she even reached out and squeezed the clearly defined, solid muscles on Son Gohan's body. She showed not the slightest shyness; instead, her face was full of interest.