Son Goku, the timeline wanderer, gets going; God of Destruction Candidate Vegeta takes up his post

At those words, Vegeta, who had still been hesitating over whether to go to Universe 6, finally made up his mind.

He thought, Kakarot is already on par with the Angels, while I'm not even half as strong as a God of Destruction in his normal state. When will I ever catch up to Kakarot? It looks like my only choice is to seek out Champa.

His mind made up, Vegeta told Son Goku, "Kakarot, I'll catch up to you sooner or later."

Son Goku smiled. "Then you'd better work hard, Vegeta."

"Hmph, just you wait," Vegeta snorted.

Everyone chatted a little longer before going their separate ways.

That night, after finishing his campaign, Son Goku asked Bulma, "Bulma, how's your Time Machine coming along?"

"It's been finished for ages. Why?" Bulma asked.

"Oh, good. I want to visit Trunks' world. That kid hasn't come to see us in so long. I'm worried something might have happened, so I'm going to head over," Son Goku said.

"That's true, but do you know the coordinates for his timeline?" Bulma asked.

Son Goku smiled. "I've been there once, so of course I know the coordinates."

"Oh, all right. How about I come with you?" Bulma said.

"No. If you come with me, what about everyone else? If they all want to tag along too, won't things get chaotic? Besides, Bulma, traveling between timelines is a serious crime," Son Goku said.

"Oh, all right. But what do you mean by a serious crime?" Bulma asked curiously.

Son Goku explained, "If you think of time and space as a towering tree, parallel worlds are its branches. Normally, the branches only grow so much, and the gods who govern time prune them. But if someone travels through time, they create more parallel timelines, which means