The Wonderful Use of Tails

On the airship.

Yamcha, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu's bodies were placed in a storage compartment, then put away in a capsule.

Because Piccolo had not died in battle like in the original, they only had to wait a year; once the Dragon Balls' cooldown period passed, they could make a wish to revive them.

Chi-Chi and Gohan stayed by Son Goku's side, asking after him with concern.

Since the Senzu Beans had been used up, Son Goku's injuries could not recover immediately, so Bulma could only pilot the ship toward the best hospital in West City.

On the way, Jiang Ling explained Kami and Piccolo's origins, along with his idea of going to Namek.

"Namek has Dragon Balls too? I never thought Kami was actually an alien."

Bulma was surprised for a moment, then her brows furrowed.

"But if we want to make a long-distance interstellar trip, with what we have, even using the most advanced engine my dad just developed, it'd still be very hard to pull off..."

"No need to worry about that. Do you still remember how Son Goku came here when he was little?" Jiang Ling smiled.

"I heard his brother say he came from outer space..." Bulma answered instinctively, then her eyes lit up. "Oh, right! He must have come in a spaceship!"

Jiang Ling nodded. "Exactly. We can find the ship from back then, modify it a little, and it should still be usable."

"Besides, we drove Vegeta off this time, and didn't that leave one spaceship behind? Perfectly enough, I happened to pick up the remote control for their spaceship."

As he spoke, Jiang Ling took a remote control out of his pocket and waved it.

"We can use the spaceship to reverse-engineer the technology we haven't mastered yet."

Hearing this, Bulma's eyes started shining.

From Jiang Ling's description, she could imagine all kinds of advanced technology Earth did not have, as well as an easy, pleasant interstellar trip that did not seem very dangerous.

These were all things she was interested in.

The sea of stars!

What scientist would not be interested?

"Good. Once we get back, we'll get that spaceship and modify it. As for researching the technology, I'll let my dad handle that. Right now, I'm more interested in interstellar travel."

"But if this many people are going, we might have to make the space a little bigger."

After saying that, the more Bulma thought about it, the more excited she became. She directly cupped Jiang Ling's face and gave him a hard kiss.

Then she reacted, and froze.

She had been too excited just now and ended up doing something she had long fantasized about in her daily life.

A flush instantly spread across her fair, pretty face. She lowered her head slightly, her heart pounding wildly, not daring to meet Jiang Ling's gaze.

Looking at her shy, blossoming appearance, Jiang Ling felt his blood begin to stir.

He swallowed, then slowly leaned toward that pretty face.

An ambiguous atmosphere spread between the two of them.

Bulma closed her eyes and lifted her head slightly.

Their breaths drew close, and both of them could feel the warm air the other exhaled.

For a moment, apart from the faint hum of the airship's engine, only the sound of their heartbeats remained.

Just as Jiang Ling was about to meet those tender red lips—

Gohan suddenly appeared and interrupted them.

"Auntie Bulma! We're going to crash!"

Gohan pointed at the mountain peak ahead of the airship and said anxiously.

"Ah!"

Bulma cried out in alarm and hurriedly turned back to control the airship.

Jiang Ling, having been interrupted, looked at Gohan with an unfriendly expression.

"Huh? Auntie Bulma, are you sick? Why is your face so red?" Gohan asked with an innocent look.

"Huh? Well... maybe."

Bulma was a little embarrassed and laughed it off.

"Gohan!"

"Huh?"

Jiang Ling took a deep breath, grabbed Gohan, and carried him over to Goku and Chi-Chi on the other side of a wall.

He felt he had to let Gohan experience the sinister nature of society!

Gohan had not noticed that danger was approaching step by step, and was still saying, "Uncle Jiang Ling, what's wrong?"

Jiang Ling ignored him.

Instead, he looked at Chi-Chi and said with a serious face, "Chi-Chi, I think Gohan has great potential. He shouldn't neglect either his studies or martial arts!"

"Huh?" Chi-Chi froze, then looked troubled. "Well... Gohan is still so young... We should ask his opinion."

"Gohan, what do you think?"

"Huh?" Gohan tilted his head and thought for a moment. Whether it was studying or martial arts, he felt he liked both. "I like both."

Jiang Ling smiled.

"Good, liking both is best. Then from now on, on top of your original studies, you'll add some martial arts training! I believe you can do it!"

"Chi-Chi, listen to me. You have to teach children early, or they won't be able to catch up to other people's kids later!"

Hearing this, Chi-Chi immediately voiced her agreement!

Jiang Ling nodded in relief.

He continued, "Also, don't treat children like precious treasures. If they don't listen, you have to discipline them! Don't just lecture them!"

After that, Jiang Ling fiercely promoted a wave of stick-based education.

However, with Gohan's strength, it would be very hard for Chi-Chi to actually hurt him, right?

If Chi-Chi could not do it, surely Goku could?

Jiang Ling returned to the cockpit in great satisfaction.

As for how Goku would persuade Chi-Chi to let the father and son go to Namek, that was none of his business.

Sitting in the copilot's seat, Jiang Ling closed his eyes and feigned sleep, calming his mind as he checked the sign-in reward he had received from Vegeta today.

[Congratulations, host. You have received a reward: the ability "Maintain Sanity in Great Ape Form."]

"Oh?"

Jiang Ling was somewhat surprised. This ability was actually pretty good.

He could not bear to cut off his tail.

After all, Gohan had said that having a tail was very convenient.

For example, when peeing standing up, he could brace his tail against the ground and form a tripod with his two legs, which could effectively prevent him from falling over due to excessive recoil after peeing...