Korin looked at him as though he were a highly respected senior, treating him with immense reverence. Especially at this moment, the respect in his expression was almost overwhelming, as if he were beholding everything itself.
"Cough, cough. I still don't know what to call you. It wouldn't be right to keep calling you young man, would it?"
Korin wiped his crimson eyes and stood up, asking respectfully, as though he truly wanted to know his name.
Uchiha Hikaru carefully sized up the Palace Guardian Spirit before him. For a moment, he truly did not know how to describe this fellow. He looked utterly bedraggled, yet he had never lost the dignity that belonged to a Palace Guardian Spirit. Even in his strength, he had never lost it. This was the most important thing Hikaru had noticed.
"My name is Uchiha Hikaru. You can call me that from now on."
He slowly lowered himself from his original towering stance, crouched down, and patted the Palace Guardian Spirit on the head with a relaxed smile. Although Korin instinctively tried to dodge backward, Hikaru still caught him.
Korin was momentarily confused by his actions and wanted to ask, but he stopped himself. Remembering that he had come to buy capsules, he immediately gave up on getting to the bottom of it.
"Mm."
Korin nodded at him, then took out nine hundred million from his robes and spoke. Korin thought it was a perfectly reasonable request, but if Bulma heard it, she would definitely send him flying into the sky to stare at the stars.
"I have nine hundred million on me. I'd like to buy one hundred capsules. Do you have that many?"
Korin was somewhat wary as he asked. He had already noticed some clues from Bulma's earlier questions. Even though