Return to Kami's Lookout!

King Kai's Planet.

As Shenron granted the wish, the halo above Son Goku's head slowly vanished, signifying that he had been revived.

"Since Goku's back to life, we should get going. See you later, North King Kai," Jiang Ling said to North King Kai with a smile.

Son Goku scratched his head and grinned. "Goodbye, King Kai. I'll come visit you again if I get the chance."

"Have a safe trip."

North King Kai, wearing his sunglasses, reluctantly pulled out a handkerchief and waved it.

His pet gorilla and firefly had also grown attached to them over these past few days. They stood at North King Kai's feet, watching them leave with reluctant expressions.

"All right, you don't have to see us off. It's not like we'll never meet again, right, Goku?"

"Huh? Right! Once I die again, we can meet!"

"Are you stupid? Didn't you see that I could come here even though I'm not dead?"

"Huh? Oh, right."

Jiang Ling and Son Goku said goodbye to North King Kai again, then their figures returned to Snake Way and gradually disappeared into the distance.

Above Snake Way.

Two figures flew at high speed over the yellow sea of clouds.

Wherever they passed, the cloud sea churned, raising stormy waves of cloud!

"Jiang Ling, let's see who gets there first!"

"Tch, only kids play childish games like that."

Jiang Ling showed no mercy with his words, but his speed picked up by a few notches.

Son Goku laughed and followed closely behind him, not falling behind by much.

The two chased each other one after the other, without the slightest sense of crisis before the Saiyans' arrival.

Jiang Ling called this relaxing. Only by relaxing could one bring out their strength better.

If someone stayed tense all the time, not only would their strength fail to improve, it would stagnate instead.

A balance of work and rest—that was exactly the principle.

Jiang Ling believed that in the original manga, the reason Vegeta remained the eternal number two was that his body had always been too tense. He trained every moment, constantly thinking about surpassing Kakarot.

But precisely because of that, he could never surpass Kakarot, whose mind was free of distractions, and could only keep following behind him eating dust.

Suddenly, Jiang Ling saw an antique-style residence on Snake Way and immediately stopped.

Seeing this, Goku also slammed on the brakes and stopped with him.

"What's wrong, Jiang Ling?"

"Nothing." Jiang Ling shook his head and instructed, "Wait for me here for a bit. I've got something to do."

Jiang Ling walked into the residence.

This place was none other than the home of the three Snake Beauties.

When they saw Jiang Ling had returned, the fear of being dominated welled up inside them.

Their expressions became utterly respectful.

"Um... Jiang Ling, you're here again..."

"Would you like some fruit..."

"I'll massage your shoulders!"

Jiang Ling shook his head and looked at these beauties, whose faces were lovely and whose figures were curvy, alluring, and graceful.

A smile tugged at his face, and then he took out several lengths of rope...

"Be good and don't move."

Swish, swish, swish—

A few minutes later, Jiang Ling looked at his handiwork, extremely satisfied, clapped his hands, and left directly.

"Sister, does Master have some kind of weird fetish?"

"Don't you already know?"

The mature, elegant beauty rolled her eyes and struggled against the sturdy ropes binding her. "Still... you all looked like you were enjoying it~ You're even calling him Master now~"

"Hehe, Sister, aren't you the same~"

After this little interlude.

Jiang Ling and Son Goku had lost any interest in competing.

The two walked along Snake Way, chatting as they went.

As they talked, the conversation turned to family.

Goku scratched his head, his expression a little troubled.

While training on King Kai's Planet, he had not thought about these things, but now that he was about to go home, he suddenly did not dare face it.

It was not that he was afraid of Chi-Chi. He just felt guilty.

"What's wrong?"

Jiang Ling asked when he saw him like that.

"Nothing. I just don't know what to tell Chi-Chi when I get back."

"Pfft."

Jiang Ling laughed. "What's there to explain? You're husband and wife—just give her a kiss. There's no conflict a kiss can't solve. If there is, then give her two."

"A kiss?" Son Goku froze, then showed a disgusted expression. "Ew~ Isn't that dirty?"

Jiang Ling: ?

"You..." Jiang Ling asked tentatively, "You've been married for years, and you've never kissed Chi-Chi on the mouth?"

"What does that have to do with being married?"

Son Goku looked utterly innocent, to the point Jiang Ling almost wondered if he was the one in the wrong.

"Don't worry about whether it's dirty or not. Just kiss her, got it? Be gentle."

"Ah... okay then."

After half a year of hellish training, Jiang Ling and Son Goku's strength was no longer what it had been.

Compared to before, it was like heaven and earth.

Even though they did not travel at full speed, they still quickly returned to the starting point of Snake Way, then followed the road to King Yemma's office.

Earth's Guardian was already waiting there.

"Welcome back."

The Guardian looked at them with relief on his face.

"Lord Guardian, Lord Yemma." "Long time no see."

Jiang Ling and Son Goku greeted them with smiles.

"Long time no see. I'm very glad to see you return."

King Yemma, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, nodded. "Is Lord North King Kai doing well?"

He was North King Kai's disciple, so a greeting like that was only natural.

"He's doing pretty well, eating great, sleeping great, and still hale and hearty," Jiang Ling said with a smile.

"That's good." At the mention of North King Kai, a trace of reminiscence flashed through King Yemma's eyes. "I'd like to visit the old master too, but I'm swamped with official duties and can't get away."

Jiang Ling glanced at King Yemma's enormous build, his expression odd.

With that size of yours, North King Kai probably wouldn't even let you onto King Kai's Planet...

"Lord Yemma, we'll be going now."

After saying goodbye, under the Guardian's power, the group teleported back to Kami's Lookout.

Son Goku took a deep breath of fresh air.

"Familiar air. Earth's atmosphere suits me best after all."

On Kami's Lookout, Krillin, Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Yajirobe had learned they were back and were already waiting there ahead of time.

There were still a few days before the Saiyans arrived on Earth, so whether they trained or not would not make much difference. The most important thing now was to rest properly and prepare for the great battle!

"Goku, you're finally back!"

"I'm so happy to see you're okay!"

"Goku, my strength now is way stronger than yours was back then, you know."

"Jiang Ling, it's good that you're back. I wonder what level your strength has reached."

"Yeah, when we first met, you weren't even as strong as us, haha."

Everyone came forward one after another to exchange greetings.

During these days, their strength had made a substantial improvement compared with a year ago.

That huge progress had allowed them to see hope of defeating the Saiyans.

"Long time no see, everyone! Have you all been doing well?" Son Goku was also very happy to see his familiar friends.

Jiang Ling laughed. "Let's all go out to eat tonight and relax."

At the word "relax," Yamcha's eyes lit up, and he suggested, "Relax? Great, I'll take you guys to a bar to pick up girls!"

"Uh..."

"I think I'll pass..."

"Having Chiaotzu by my side is enough for me."

"No thanks. Women would affect my battle power!"

Chiaotzu said, "Women? Not interested..."

Yajirobe said, "You might as well treat us to a meal..."

Jiang Ling looked at Yamcha with a strange expression and said earnestly:

"Picking up girls at a time like this? Haven't you heard the saying? The kidneys are the source of strength. When it's time to deal with the Saiyans, if your kidney essence runs dry, your body will get weak. If you're weak, you'll get beaten to death. If you get beaten to death, then you'll..."

"Stop, stop, stop, cut it out! Don't say any more. No girls!" Yamcha said with a bit of a headache, hurriedly stopping him.

Then he continued, "Then let's all get together. My treat!"

When Krillin heard that, he was a little surprised. "I remember you're a professional baseball player. How do you have money to treat all of us to a meal?"

Everyone looked curiously at Yamcha. They were also wondering why Yamcha had so much money.

"Heh heh, of course I have money!" Yamcha puffed out his chest, lifted his chin slightly, and said rather smugly:

"You guys have no idea how much money the bank has deposited with me!"

As soon as he said that, everyone looked at one another, completely baffled.

Jiang Ling blinked and said, "If I'm understanding this correctly, you took out a loan from the bank?"

"What kind of way is that to put it?! That's called the bank depositing money with me!" Yamcha widened his eyes and argued.

At this, everyone burst into laughter, and the plaza filled with a cheerful atmosphere.

Son Goku waved his hand with a smile. "I appreciate the thought, but I just came back to life, so I need to go home and take a look..."

"Oh~"

"I get it!"

"Go on, go on. Chi-Chi won't be easy to explain things to, right?"

"Yeah. Back when you died, you have no idea how heartbroken Chi-Chi was."

Everyone was very understanding and all said that family was important.

"Goku, remember what I told you, okay?"

Jiang Ling blinked.

Son Goku nodded, then said goodbye to everyone and leaped down from Kami's Lookout.

His figure fell straight down from high in the sky.

Before long, he had reached the height of Korin Tower.

Korin had long since been standing there waiting. Seeing Goku come down, he tossed over a small pouch in his hand.

"These few are all the Senzu Beans left now. I feel at ease leaving them with you. Use them sparingly in battle."

"Got it. Thanks, Korin."

Son Goku caught the Senzu Beans and thanked him.

His body was still falling.

He did not use the Flight Technique. Instead, he shouted directly.

"Flying Nimbus—"

Whoosh—

From among the clouds in the distance, a golden-yellow cloud came shooting over. Before long, it had flown beneath Goku and caught him steadily.

"Good to see you again, old buddy!"

Son Goku was in a cheerful mood. He sensed the ki for a moment, then had Flying Nimbus fly in one direction.

The yellow cloud drew a long, straight line across the sky.