Beneath the blue sky.
More than a thousand kilometers from where Shinji and Kaguya had arrived, a round platform jutted from the middle of a tower that rose into the clouds.
A white cat stood upright on the platform, looking every inch a sage. Staff in hand, he squinted at the large water jar before him, every hair on his body standing on end.
"W-what terrifying people! Where did they come from? Their energy is countless times stronger than Goku's and the others'!"
The Cat Sage broke out in a cold sweat and paced back and forth.
Unease filled his face.
"Whether the sudden appearance of such powerful people on Earth is a blessing or a curse, I can't say!"
Bun Mountain.
A spiky-haired man stood with his hands on his hips, staring ruefully across an endless wheat field.
"Looks like I won't have time to train today either..."
Under a great tree nearby, a darling little boy blinked, sucking on his finger as he tilted his head at his "dad."
Confusion covered his small face.
On his head sat a hat with a transparent yellow glass ball set in its center...
It glittered in the sunlight.
Suddenly.
An idea struck the man. He raised a finger and turned to the child. "Gohan! Want to go play?"
"Huh?"
Little Gohan didn't understand what his father meant. He tilted his head.
"Haha! You said yes!"
"Let's go!"
Laughing heartily, the man scooped the boy up onto his shoulders and was just about to "play."
Then his eyes narrowed.
A shudder ran through his entire body.
"Th-this Ki?!"
The next second.
The man suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.
Even so, he stared gravely toward the distant horizon.
"It vanished in an instant... Who was that?"
He set the boy down,