"You mean the Senzu Beans? Of course..."
Hearing Korin's question, Josen answered as though it were obvious, "I got them by wishing to Shenron!"
!!
Korin's fluffy white fur shuddered from top to bottom as though electricity had run through it. His shocked, narrowed eyes seemed to say-
What! You can do that?!
"These Senzu Beans are for you to use as seeds, so take them," Josen said seriously, feeling it necessary to condemn the locals' bad habit of wasting precious things. "The enemies Earth faces will only grow stronger from now on. Don't use something as important as Senzu Beans as everyday consumables."
After a pause, he added with particular emphasis, "Especially don't let that guy Yajirobe look after them!"
"Oh! All right, all right!"
Josen's words left Korin stunned. He truly had never imagined that these beans, which had sat unused for hundreds of years and had now practically all been gobbled up by Yajirobe, would become so important.
"I know you like to have a few snacks to satisfy your cravings, and occasionally you have to entertain martial artists who climb Korin Tower. How about this?"
Looking at the lonely old cat before him, Josen thought for a moment, then added, "I'll have someone prepare fresh sea fish and deliver it regularly from now on. Would that work for you?"
The person Josen meant was, of course, the ever-resourceful young rich girl, Bulma.
With Capsule Corporation's wealth rivaling that of a nation, feeding one cat would be a trivial matter.
Even if this cat was a little on the old side.
"Well, uh..."
Korin pictured himself with a fish in his left paw and another in his right. After thinking it over, he could find no reason to refuse.
After all, he was only helping Earth's Kami