"So you live off a woman too!" Aku looked at Goku in surprise. He hadn't expected the two of them to be so alike, and he had Saiyan blood in him too.
"I didn't expect us to have so much in common. How about I acknowledge you as my big brother?"
Aku figured Goku was so strong, was a Saiyan, and had even defeated Cooler. He would gain a lot by acknowledging him as his big brother.
He had sensed those two terrifying auras in the sky earlier.
"Acknowledge me as your big brother?" Aku's sudden train of thought left Goku bewildered.
"Yeah! We're so alike, and I have Saiyan blood in me too."
Hearing that, Goku opened the panel and looked at Aku in surprise.
Aku Race: Half-Saiyan (Beyondian and Saiyan hybrid) Power Level: 10086
Seeing this, Goku finally understood why Aku's Ki had felt familiar. It was because Aku was a Half-Saiyan.
But that Power Level... was he China Mobile?
"You're a Half-Saiyan? Where's your tail?"
"Yeah, I cut my tail off. My father was a Saiyan, but I've never met him." Aku gritted his teeth. He hated his father quite a bit. If he hadn't ignored them, his mother wouldn't have...
"All right, I'll accept you as my little brother."
"Big brother!"
"Little brother!"
"All right, you two, give it a rest." Izu could barely stand to watch from the side.
"Mm, my sister-in-law is right." Goku nodded.
"Mm, big brother is right." Aku nodded.
Izu looked at the two of them helplessly. They were beyond saving.
"By the way, little brother, how old are you?" Goku could clearly tell that Aku was older than him.
"Twenty-four this year, big brother. Say no more. What's wrong with being older?"
Well, that stopped Goku from saying what he was about to say. He shook his head helplessly and asked Aku,
"All right, then what are you two planning to do now?"
"We're planning to leave this planet and live on another one. The income from this street will be deposited automatically into my wife's Galactic Bank card anyway," Aku said casually. He really didn't want to see those people again.
The Galactic Bank was founded jointly by many major powers, and even the Frieza Race had a hand in it. The currency it issued could be used almost anywhere in the universe.
Goku looked at the two of them, wondering whether he should bring them to Earth. After all, there were pitifully few Saiyans left, even counting Half-Saiyans.
In any case, once he could transform into a Super Saiyan, his Power Level would be over a hundred million.
"Why don't you two come with me to Earth? It's a beautiful planet. I'm sure you'll both like it," Goku suggested.
Hearing that, Aku and his wife exchanged a glance. Then Aku nodded.
"Okay, big brother, we'll do as you say."
"Then go pack your things first. You can leave with me afterward."
Half an hour later, Aku and his wife had finished packing and said to Goku,
"Big brother, you go ahead. We'll follow you in our spaceship."
Goku nodded at that. That worked too.
In the vast depths of space, two spaceships traveled one behind the other.
Aku and Izu were chatting when Goku suddenly appeared beside Aku with Instant Transmission.
"Huh? Big brother, what is it?" Aku looked at Goku in confusion.
"Do you want to learn my skill for controlling your Power Level?"
Goku had come to teach Aku how to control his Ki, so that when they reached Earth, his Ki, with a Power Level of over ten thousand, wouldn't give the people there a fright.
"Holy crap, of course I do! Big brother, teach me!" Aku's eyes lit up. He had envied Goku's ability for a long time.
Although he had figured out a skill of his own that could conceal some of his strength, it was far inferior to Goku's.
With this ability, wouldn't he be able to better play the pig to eat the tiger? Bah, what did he mean, play the pig to eat the tiger? He was clearly living an ordinary life.
"Put your hand on my shoulder and come with me. You can train on my spaceship. This place isn't suited for training." Goku glanced around the spaceship as he spoke.
His spaceship had been specially modified by Dr. Brief, with a large open space set aside for training. Aku and Izu's spaceship, on the other hand, was almost entirely living and leisure space.
"Okay!" Aku put his hand on Goku's shoulder, and the two of them vanished from the spaceship in an instant.
Izu watched the two disappear, unsure whether going to Earth this time was a good or bad thing. Aku hadn't been very fond of training before.
Once Goku began teaching Aku, he couldn't help marveling that a Half-Saiyan really was a Half-Saiyan. In less than half a day, Aku had sensed Ki and gained a basic grasp of it. Though he wasn't as good as Goku had been back then, he was much better than the many people on Earth.
In just ten days, Aku could freely control the Power Level he displayed.
Goku also taught him the Kamehameha. The Kamehameha wasn't actually difficult. Once someone had mastered Ki, it was quite simple to learn.
"All right, you've gotten a pretty good grasp of Ki. Go back to your spaceship. Your wife is still waiting for you. I could tell she's been looking at me with a lot more resentment these past few days," Goku joked to Aku.
"She wouldn't dare!" With Izu absent, Aku was much bolder.
"Heh, try saying that in front of Izu if you've got the guts." Goku exposed him without mercy.
"Ahem, never mind. Big brother, I'll head back first."
"Mm, we're almost at Earth too. See that blue planet up ahead? That's it." Goku pointed through the glass window.
Aku looked through the window in the direction Goku pointed, and a beautiful blue planet appeared before his eyes.
Sure enough, big brother hadn't lied to him. This planet called Earth really was beautiful.
The sky was overcast, and a fine drizzle fell silently, like countless silvery threads spun by silkworms. Myriad delicate strands rippled in the air, a hazy veil draped over the dark, glossy wilderness.
Bulma stood with an umbrella at the exit of the World Martial Arts Tournament registration area, waiting expectantly for the person in her heart to appear.
The rain gradually grew heavier, pattering against the umbrella, but the person she was waiting for still hadn't appeared. Bulma's eyes reddened, and she couldn't help feeling a little down.
She had already waited for more than a year.
"Goku, didn't you promise you'd come back?"
Her faint voice was like a whisper in the wind, almost swept away by it. She pressed her lips tightly together, holding back her tears, but her reddened eyes betrayed everything.
"Yes, I did say I'd come back."
Bulma looked up. Rain pattered down, and through the misty drizzle, she saw that familiar figure. At that moment, she could no longer hold back her tears.
"All right, don't cry. I'm back, aren't I?"
Goku stepped forward and pulled Bulma into his arms, reaching up with one hand to wipe the tears from her face.
"Goku, don't leave again, okay? I don't want to wait alone anymore."
Bulma's soft murmur reached Goku's ears. His arms tightened around her, and then he lowered his head to kiss her soft lips.
Just then, an opaque barrier enveloped the two of them. Goku had formed it with Ki.
A short distance away, Aku and Izu, who had been watching the show, couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
"Seriously, Goku actually put up a barrier. Damn it!"
At that moment, Krillin's voice reached Aku's ears. Aku looked toward the sound and saw a short bald man.
"You know Goku too?" Aku walked over and asked.
"Yeah, I'm his junior fellow disciple. All of us here are his friends. By the way, who are you? How come I've never heard Goku mention you?" Krillin pointed at Master Roshi and the others as he spoke.
"I'm the new little brother my big brother just accepted!" Aku said without a trace of embarrassment. Then he spotted Master Roshi, and his expression changed instantly.
"Hey, you old pervert, keep looking at my wife like that and I'll chop you to pieces!"
Aku glared at Master Roshi in displeasure. What else could he do when Master Roshi was ogling Izu? No man could stand that.
"Ah, sorry, sorry. I didn't know she was Goku's sister-in-law." Master Roshi immediately looked away and apologized.
"Hmph!" Aku decided to let him off for his big brother's sake.