"This is great! There's only one Dragon Ball left."
Bulma sat on the sofa with her feet propped up on the table in front of her, looking delighted.
"Oh, right. Once we've gathered all the Dragon Balls, which of you is going to make a wish?"
Oolong turned his head as he drove and asked.
"Bulma is. She dragged me along too. By the way, Bulma, what are you going to wish for? I asked you last time, but you never answered."
"Hmm, take a guess?"
Bulma gave Goku a playful wink.
"Bulma, after you summon Shenron, can I ask him a question first?" Goku thought for a moment, then said it anyway.
"Sure. What question?"
"I want to ask whether my grandpa wants to be revived."
"Huh? I can let you have the wish."
"Not necessarily. Knowing Grandpa, he might not want to come back to life."
"Let's ask Shenron when the time comes. If your grandpa agrees, we'll bring him back."
"Okay."
Goku and the others drew closer and closer to the last Dragon Ball. Along the way, they also dealt with the Rabbit Gang.
"The Dragon Radar says the Dragon Ball is somewhere around here," Bulma said, looking at the Dragon Radar in her hand.
"Stop for a moment. I'm going down."
Goku rose to his feet, emerging from his meditation.
"Huh? Going down? What for?" Bulma asked, a little puzzled.
"I can sense two people's Ki. They probably have the Dragon Ball."
"King Pilaf, their car stopped."
Mai and Pilaf were lying on the slope behind the hill.
"Just as I thought. They have a Dragon Radar too, and they were drawn here by the Dragon Ball I have. Tell Shu to be on alert."
Pilaf had taken out the Dragon Radar and learned that all six Dragon Balls were together. Realizing that some people were searching for the Dragon Balls just like them, he had set a trap and put out the one he had as bait.
"Wait, King Pilaf! Someone got out of the car. He, he, he's flying!"
Mai's eyes went wide as saucers when she saw Goku take flight.
"What? He's flying?"
For a moment, Pilaf couldn't process it.
"He, he's flying toward us..."
Before Mai could finish, a fierce wind swept over them. The powerful gust forced them both to shut their eyes, and when they opened them again, Goku had flown in front of them.
"Hand over the Dragon Ball. I know what you're planning."
Goku smiled at Mai and Pilaf.
"Who are you? Dragon Ball? We've never even heard of one."
With that, Pilaf gave Mai a look.
Mai caught his look and immediately understood. She raised the rifle in her hands, aimed it at Goku, and pulled the trigger.
"Rat-tat-tat..."
Gleaming golden shell casings sprang from the scorching chamber one after another, clinking as they hit the ground.
After the burst of gunfire, a strong smell of sulfur stung their noses.
But neither of them reacted. They were so frightened that their limbs had gone numb and cold sweat poured down their faces.
The bullets struck the boy in front of them, but the blood-spattered scene they had imagined never appeared. Instead, the bullets flattened one after another and fell to the ground.
Goku lowered his head and brushed the dust off himself, then looked at the two of them.
"Don't waste your energy. Call your accomplice underground out."
"I suggest you stand still and hand over the Dragon Ball. Don't try any tricks, or else..."
Goku formed a ball of energy in his hand and flicked his hand to the side. The energy ball grazed past their ears and landed behind them.
Boom!!!
A violent explosion rang out, and they could clearly feel a wave of heat wash over them.
The two turned their heads shakily. Several dozen meters away, a crater ten meters wide and two meters deep was steaming.
They both swallowed. Pilaf took out the Dragon Ball and carefully handed it to Goku.
Goku took the Dragon Ball and noticed that their accomplice still hadn't come out from underground.
"Aren't you going to call your accomplice out?"
"What accomplice? There are only two of us," Pilaf said, looking a little flustered.
"Still trying to play tricks? Fine."
With that, Goku formed another energy ball in his hand and fired it at the spot where he had locked onto the Ki.
An explosion rang out, sending the robot's metal wreckage flying in all directions. A little dog in a ninja outfit was blasted out.
Goku had controlled his strength well. Shu had only suffered a few scrapes, and his life was not in danger.
"So this is what you meant by having no partner?"
Goku turned and tilted his head as he looked at Pilaf and Mai.
"King Pilaf, what do we do about the Dragon Balls now?"
After the three regrouped, Shu watched Goku fly away and asked Pilaf.
"What can we do? Are you going to fight him? We'll look for them again next time. We only have to wait a year anyway."
Pilaf glared fiercely at Shu, as if to say that if Shu wanted to throw his life away, he could go.
"Bulma, the Dragon Ball."
Bulma was watching television when she suddenly heard Goku's voice. She quickly turned and, seeing the Dragon Ball he was holding out, hurriedly took it.
"Great! We've finally gathered all seven Dragon Balls."
Bulma's smile spread across her face, impossible to hide.
"Are we summoning Shenron now?" Yamcha asked from the side.
Bulma looked at Goku, and he nodded.
"Then let's go outside and summon Shenron in an open space."
The group carried the seven Dragon Balls in their bag out of the RV.
"Come forth, Shenron! Grant my wish!" After arranging the Dragon Balls, Bulma spoke an incantation.
In an instant, darkness fell. The perfectly clear sky turned to night, and the seven Dragon Balls became a golden light that grew larger and larger, finally forming a long, slender dragon.
"He's s-so big!" Oolong said involuntarily.
"Speak your wish. I can grant any wish, but only one!"
Bulma looked at Goku, signaling him to hurry and ask.
Goku caught Bulma's look and finally spoke. "Shenron, can you ask my grandpa whether he wants to be revived?"
Shenron was silent for a few seconds before saying, "He does not wish to be revived. He also wants you to live well and not worry about him. He is doing very well."
"Speak your wish!"
"Go ahead, Bulma," Goku said, looking at her.
Bulma slowly stepped forward and shouted with a smile, "Shenron, please give me a gravity chamber inside a Hoi-Poi Capsule!"
Goku looked at Bulma in surprise.
"Bulma, you, you..."
"What about me? Can't I?"
Bulma clasped her hands behind her back and hopped over to Goku, asking with a bright smile.
"Very well, your wish has been granted. Farewell!"
Shenron disappeared and turned into seven Dragon Balls, which flew off in all directions.
"N-no, it's nothing."
"Think about it. Wouldn't it take time for me to make you a gravity chamber? Since I couldn't think of a wish, wouldn't wishing for one save a lot of time?"
"Thank you, Bulma." Goku caught the Hoi-Poi Capsule as it fell from the sky and thanked her solemnly.
"What are you all planning to do next? Yamcha, I'll give you ten million later," Bulma asked the group.
Then she thought of something and fixed her eyes on Goku.
"You're not allowed to run off. Come back to West City with me. You promised to teach me how to train!"
"Ha, haha, why would I run?" Goku scratched his head and laughed awkwardly.
"Me? I'm going to train with Master Roshi." Yamcha was still very happy to hear he would get ten million.
"I'm going home, of course," Oolong said without hesitation. He wasn't short of money; what he had stolen before was enough to last him a lifetime.
"Hey, Oolong, don't let me find out you're still robbing people and kidnapping girls after you go back," Goku warned.
"N-no, I won't."
Goku's words frightened Oolong into responding at once. He had no choice; if he didn't answer, he was sure to get beaten up, and it wasn't as though he was asking for a beating.
Bulma threw out a Hoi-Poi Capsule and produced a plane. They had bought it when they defeated the Rabbit Gang earlier.
"Come on, everyone. I'll take you where you need to go."
After getting into the plane, Bulma spoke to the others.