Give a Man a Fish and You Feed Him for a Day; Teach a Man To Fish and You Feed Him for a Lifetime

The three of them streaked through the air like three meteors, their speed astonishing. A heart-stopping chase unfolded between them.

At last, after an intense contest, the three of them landed on the ground one after another.

The one-armed man wreathed in golden flames was panting heavily, clearly drained by the chase. In sharp contrast, the young man and woman across from him stood there calm and composed, their breathing so steady it was as if what they had just gone through was not a chase, but a leisurely stroll.

"Son Gohan, you're still the same as ever. You haven't improved at all!" Android 17 wore a mocking look, his tone filled with disdain and contempt.

The woman beside him urged, "Android 17, stop wasting words with him. Hurry up and kill him, then let's go find a spaceship and play around in the universe. Earth is just too boring!"

Android 17 nodded lazily and replied, "Fine, fine, I get it. I'll send him on his way right now."

"Hmph. We didn't spare you before because we were softhearted. We just wanted to see what tricks you could come up with. But now? We're tired of this game, and you heard her—we're heading into space to start a new adventure. So today is the day you die!" Android 17's eyes were icy as he stared fixedly at Son Gohan, the chill in them seeming as if it could pierce straight through a person's soul.

Suddenly, Android 17 moved. He crouched slightly, and his entire body shot out like an arrow leaving the bowstring, so fast that he even let out a sharp whoosh as he tore through the air.

In the blink of an eye, Android 17 had already arrived in front of Son Gohan.

Even Son Gohan, who had been fully focused and on high alert the whole time, could only catch a blurry afterimage.

Before he could react any further, Android 17's lightning-fast palm strike came crashing down with thunderous force. That palm seemed to transform into an unbreakable iron net, tearing through the air ahead with ease and stirring up a shrill, howling wind as it struck straight toward Son Gohan's face.

Seeing this, Son Gohan's expression changed abruptly, shock flooding his heart. But the instincts honed through years of battle allowed him, at that critical instant, to spring backward at a speed beyond that of an ordinary person.

Amid a dazzling series of flickering afterimages, Son Gohan successfully retreated several hundred meters.

"Hmph. Your reaction speed is pretty sharp, I'll give you that. Too bad your actual strength is pathetic." Just then, a cold, mocking voice exploded beside Son Gohan's ear.

He instinctively raised his head and discovered that Android 17 had somehow closed in like a ghost once more, now right before his eyes, so close he was almost within reach.

The next second, Son Gohan felt a colossal force like an overwhelming tide slam into him.

The force was terrifying, utterly impossible to resist. His entire body flew backward uncontrollably like a kite with its string cut.

Just like that, Son Gohan was sent flying back a considerable distance. Just as he was about to crash heavily into the ground, a strong, powerful arm suddenly reached out and caught him steadily. When he focused his eyes, he saw it was a young man.

"You... who are you?" Gohan's face was full of vigilance. He struggled with all his might to break free from the other party's hand, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not move even an inch.

"Me? Haha. Just like you, I'm a Saiyan too. I really didn't expect the son of the great Son Goku to be this weak." The corners of Luo Chuan's mouth lifted slightly, revealing a faint trace of regret.

By now, he had completely figured out what kind of timeline he had ended up in—it was that future timeline filled with endless despair! And the final outcome was even more heartbreaking: Gohan died in battle, with only the still-young Trunks surviving by luck, using the grief and rage brought by Gohan's death to successfully transform into a Super Saiyan.

Hearing the other party mention his father's name, Gohan could not help feeling suspicious. He stared closely at the unfamiliar man before him, trying hard to search the depths of his memory for any information about him, but found nothing. "You know my dad? But why have I never seen you before?" Gohan asked with a frown, confused.

Faced with Gohan's question, Luo Chuan merely smiled faintly and gave no answer.

Immediately afterward, he turned his gaze toward Android 17 and Android 18, who stood not far away, and called out in a relaxed, slightly teasing tone, "Hey, you two. You're blocking my way! If you know what's good for you, move aside. I'm taking Son Gohan out of here."

After saying that, he even winked at the two of them, the unreadable smile still hanging on his face.

Android 17's originally rather handsome face twisted somewhat with anger, his eyes widening until they looked as if they might spit fire.

"What the hell do you think you are, talking to me like that!" Along with that furious roar, Android 17 raised his hand without hesitation, and a dazzling energy wave howled out like lightning, shooting straight toward the other party.

However, Luo Chuan, standing opposite him, merely clicked his tongue softly, as if he had expected everything happening before him. Facing the energy wave racing toward him, he calmly flicked his sleeve, and a powerful force instantly surged out, colliding fiercely with the energy wave.

There was a loud bang, and the energy wave flew back as if it were a ball that had been struck, hurtling away at an even greater speed before vanishing into the sky in the blink of an eye.

Immediately afterward, Luo Chuan narrowed his eyes slightly, and a heart-stopping aura spread from his body.

That aura was like a surging ocean wave, sweeping overwhelmingly toward Android 17 and Android 18. In just an instant, Android 17 and Android 18 felt as if a mountain had slammed into them, and their bodies flew backward involuntarily.

They traced two long arcs through the air before finally smashing heavily into the ground tens of thousands of meters away, sending up a cloud of dust.

After repelling Android 17 and Android 18, Luo Chuan did not pause at all. With a thought, he used Instant Transmission and disappeared from where he stood together with a somewhat dazed Son Gohan.

By the time Android 17 and Android 18 finally managed to crawl up from the ground and return, covered in dirt, to the place where the battle had just taken place, they discovered that it was already empty. Not even the shadows of Luo Chuan and Son Gohan could be seen.

Android 17 was so furious that he flew into a rage, wildly destroying everything around him. For a time, the entire scene became utter chaos.

At the same time, far away atop the Lookout.

"This is the Lookout. What did you bring me here for?" Son Gohan looked at Luo Chuan with a puzzled expression, his heart full of confusion.

Luo Chuan smiled faintly and said in a firm tone, "It's simple. I'm going to train you and make you stronger, so you can defeat those two terrifying androids."

Hearing this, Son Gohan could not help widening his eyes. He pointed at himself and asked in disbelief, "Me? Is... is that possible?"

Those two androids' strength was truly too terrifying. If not for the fact that there were still people he needed to protect, Gohan would probably have fallen into despair long ago.

Earlier, Luo Chuan had taken a look at their battle power. Gohan was at 600 million, Android 17 at 650 million, and Android 18 at 630 million. Both were stronger than him, and besides, androids had unlimited stamina and basically never felt tired.

"Don't worry. Come with me!"

After saying that, he turned and walked toward the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

The current Lookout had no one to maintain it anymore. All the flowers and plants had withered, but the Hyperbolic Time Chamber could still be used.

Gohan hesitated for a few seconds, but still followed. In any case, he could not beat the other party. If this man wanted to kill him, he would have done it long ago.

They walked through the corridor and arrived in front of the door to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Luo Chuan lightly pulled the handle, and the door opened.

"What is this place? Why are the air and temperature so high? Even the gravity seems to be several times stronger than outside."

Gohan looked around at this pure white space.

"You don't know?"

Luo Chuan was puzzled. How was that possible? Even if Goku had died of heart disease, Piccolo or Dende should have known.

Gohan shook his head, a sorrowful expression on his face as he said, his voice somewhat choked, "Ever since my father died of heart disease, the androids appeared just a few months later. They were too powerful, and Uncle Vegeta, Uncle Krillin, Piccolo, and everyone else all died."

"And because I neglected my training back then, even now I still haven't reached the level my father and Vegeta were at."

Although Luo Chuan had watched the anime, it had been so long that he only knew the general plot. He hadn't expected it to have happened like this.

"All right. From now on, I'll train you properly. The time ratio in this Hyperbolic Time Chamber is 1:1—one day outside is one year in here. There's also some stored food, so prepare yourself mentally. My training won't be easy."

Luo Chuan smiled and patted Gohan on the shoulder.

In truth, Luo Chuan could have simply stepped in and destroyed the androids himself, but if a powerful enemy appeared later and he wasn't there, what would Gohan and the others do? So it was better to teach a man to fish than to give him one.

He would pass on Son Goku's and Vegeta's training knowledge to Gohan as much as possible. How much Gohan could learn would depend on his own effort.

For some reason, all the hairs on Gohan's body stood on end, but he still took a deep breath and nodded with a determined look, indicating that he understood.

And just like that, Gohan began his training in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.