"Hey, Josen..."
Son Goku suddenly noticed a problem and turned back. "Are you coming with us too?"
"No."
Josen said matter-of-factly, "Didn't I already tell Kami? I only came for a visit."
"...Huh! But you followed us all the way here!" Goku's eyes widened, sweat trickling down his forehead. "Kami isn't with us. How are you going to get back to Earth?"
"Idiot," Piccolo said, glancing at Son Goku, unable to hold back. "He can use Instant Transmission too."
"Oh, right!" Son Goku nodded in belated realization.
"Don't worry, Goku. Piccolo's right."
Josen smiled. To him, Other World was no different from an ordinary Imaginary Space. Both were simply alternate dimensions that intersected with Earth.
"I tried it as soon as we arrived. I can still sense Earth's coordinates here, so getting back won't be a problem. As for you two..." His gaze passed over them in turn. "Keep working hard together!"
"Thanks! We will!"
The corner of Piccolo's mouth twitched as he looked at the thoroughly enthusiastic Son Goku. Who are you calling 'we'?
Are we that close, damn it?!
Son Goku paid no attention to Piccolo's fierce glare and leaped onto Snake Way first. "We're off, then, Josen! Piccolo, hurry up and get up here! Don't waste time!"
Piccolo silently jumped onto Snake Way, veins bulging on his forehead. "Shut up!"
"Bye!"
Boom! Boom!
Two sonic booms rang out as both men used the Flight Technique to charge ahead in unison, disappearing in the blink of an eye.
"Well, I should head back too."
Josen withdrew his gaze and activated his Herrscher Authority.
Countless black hands reached out from the yellow clouds of Other World to grab his feet, but his figure abruptly turned insubstantial and vanished in an instant.
The Lookout.
"Kami, you're back."
"Yes."
The old