Hearing that Tights wanted to train too, Lin Chen paused, then raised his hand, pulled her close, and kissed her.
"Silly girl, what do you want to study martial arts for?"
Over the year or so Lin Chen had spent training on Earth, his relationship with Tights had progressed by leaps and bounds. They had long since become a couple.
They simply hadn't married, and Tights hadn't asked him to.
"It's not that you can't train, but if you really wanted to, why didn't you ask me before?" Lin Chen asked.
Tights smiled. "You're not even from Earth. What could you teach me? Master Roshi is famous all over the world. He's the right person to ask."
Lin Chen thought for a moment, then nodded. "That's true."
Just as they reached their decision, Bulma suddenly spoke up beside them. "Lin Chen, I want to learn martial arts too!"
"Bulma?" both of them exclaimed.
Tights planted her hands on her hips. "Bulma, why are you making trouble?"
"How am I making trouble? I just want to study martial arts!" Bulma explained.
In truth, though, she wanted to spend a few more days with Lin Chen.
Although she was still a little girl, Bulma had already begun developing romantic feelings.
In the original story, Bulma had been boy-crazy from the moment she appeared.
Though she was younger now than she had been at her debut in the original story, she had already fallen for Lin Chen.
But her older sister Tights had gotten together with him first, leaving the little girl to keep her feelings bottled up.
That possibility never occurred to Lin Chen. He simply thought it would be good for Bulma to get some training.
The original story hadn't mentioned Bulma having any talent for martial arts.
But if she trained a little, she would at least be able to defend herself when she went adventuring with Kid Goku in the future.
Besides, with Lin Chen's strength, he certainly wouldn't stay with Master Roshi for very long.
If Tights gave up early, that would be that. But if she stuck with it, having Bulma there would keep the sisters from getting bored.
So Lin Chen persuaded Tights to let Bulma come along.
After saying goodbye to Dr. Brief and his wife, Lin Chen took the sisters and flew toward Master Roshi's island.
Since he didn't know the exact location of Master Roshi's home, he couldn't use Instant Transmission to go straight there.
Fortunately, he remembered that Master Roshi's home should be somewhere out at sea, so he flew there with the sisters.
This time, Lin Chen also carried a new Scouter made by Bulma.
Bulma had redesigned it using the principles behind the Saiyans' portable Scouters. Although it was a little larger than the original, it had no detection limit.
In other words, this Scouter wouldn't explode because its target's Battle Power exceeded its upper limit.
To calibrate its accuracy, Lin Chen had even served as Bulma's test subject several times.
Master Roshi understood Ki Sensing, and outside combat, he was no different from an ordinary old man. Finding him by his Ki would be very difficult for Lin Chen.
With Bulma's new Scouter, however, Lin Chen soon located him.
"Bulma, this Scouter of yours works great!"
"Really?" Bulma blushed at his praise. "Lin Chen, there are another hundred in the Capsule I gave you. Go ahead and use them. My dad has the blueprints too, so if you need more later, you can have him make them for you."
Meanwhile, on a small island in the vast ocean, Master Roshi sat in front of his television with a roll of tissue, watching a sexy yoga instructor give a lesson while using the tissue to stem his nosebleed.
Beside him, Sea Turtle lay beneath the window, leisurely basking in the sun.
Suddenly, Master Roshi jolted, sprang up from the television, and hurried out of the room.
"Master Roshi, what's wrong?" Sea Turtle asked, following him out in confusion.
"A terrifyingly powerful Ki is approaching us!"
Cold sweat poured down Master Roshi's face. The Ki he sensed was hundreds, even thousands of times greater than that of the nightmarish King Piccolo he had once encountered!
Who could it be?
How could anyone possess such terrifying strength?
"They're here!"
As Master Roshi spoke, his muscles immediately swelled.
The approach of this unidentified, powerful being made him instinctively prepare to defend himself, like an animal sensing danger.
Just then, three figures descended from the sky and landed on the beach.
"Wow! This is where Master Roshi lives?"
"What a remote island! No wonder nobody knows where to find him."
Master Roshi's bulging muscles immediately seemed to deflate, and his solemn expression gave way to a lecherous grin.
"Hello, beauties! What brings you here?"
Master Roshi's gaze landed on the sisters, then lingered on Tights, whose revealing outfit showed off her shapely figure.
But a moment later, he suddenly noticed Lin Chen stepping out from behind the sisters.
Beads of sweat immediately appeared on his face.
So the terrifying Ki he had sensed had come from this man.
Looking at the Scouter's reading of just 20 Battle Power for Master Roshi, Lin Chen thought that the old man really did keep his Ki concealed in everyday life.
Without Bulma's Scouter, he really would have struggled to notice Master Roshi's Ki, with a Battle Power of only 20, out in this vast ocean.
"Hello, Master Roshi," Lin Chen said with a friendly smile.
"What do you want with me?" Master Roshi asked nervously.
Lin Chen said, "Master Roshi, my name is Lin Chen. This is my girlfriend, Tights, and this is her younger sister, Bulma. We're from West City, and we'd like to become your students!"
"My students?" Master Roshi looked stunned.
"Young man, you're far stronger than I am. Do you really need me as your teacher?"
"Of course," Lin Chen replied. "You're renowned as the God of Martial Arts, Master Roshi, and you know all kinds of techniques. By comparison, I only know how to use brute force. I can't begin to compare with you. Besides, I'm not the only one who wants to learn. Tights and Bulma would like to become your students and receive your guidance too."
"Ahem..."
Master Roshi cleared his throat, feeling rather pleased with himself. He hadn't expected to be so famous that even someone this terrifyingly powerful would want to become his student.
The next time he saw Master Shen, he would have plenty to brag about.
"I could accept you as students, but I do have conditions. You..."
Master Roshi was about to state his conditions when a white light suddenly flashed before his eyes. Lin Chen had raised his hand and fired a Ki Blast toward the distant sea.
BOOOOM!
An astonishing mushroom cloud suddenly rose above the water.
Lin Chen turned to Master Roshi with an innocent expression. "What were you about to say, Master Roshi? Huh? Why are you kneeling on the ground?"
"I..." Master Roshi sniffled. "Welcome to the Turtle School!"