Trying the Great Ape Transformation Again!

"Honestly, it's always like this." Bulma stared at the spot where Son Goku had vanished and complained bitterly.

After all, she was the one who had collected all the Dragon Balls. Not only had she missed out on the last wish, she hadn't even heard a word of thanks from Son Goku.

But she was used to it. As a friend who had known him since childhood, Bulma understood Son Goku better than anyone.

Bulma stretched, turned around, and headed for the rest area on her estate.

Vegeta stayed where he was, the last thing Son Goku had said before leaving echoing in his mind.

"The tail does more than increase power... it has other functions?" Vegeta muttered to himself, pondering the true meaning of those words.

He couldn't shake the feeling that Son Goku was hinting at something.

But soon, Vegeta swept all his doubts aside.

He wanted to see how much stronger he could become now that his tail had grown back.

Under Vegeta's deliberate direction, the vast pool of Super Saiyan energy within his body was stimulated and erupted.

A golden aura burst forth without end, like erupting magma.

His S-Cells activated, and Vegeta's upright black hair turned gold.

In an instant, Vegeta completed his transformation from his normal state into Super Saiyan Second Grade.

The strength he had gained in his normal state would be amplified to the limit once he became a Super Saiyan.

After stabilizing his Super Saiyan Second Grade transformation, Vegeta could clearly feel that his strength had increased considerably.

The bottleneck he had vaguely sensed while training before was now unmistakable.

"Hm?! This feeling...!!" Vegeta's heart suddenly tightened as an unprecedented sensation welled up within him.

Was this... a sign of a breakthrough?!

On King Kai's Planet.

Son Goku returned to King Kai's Planet through Instant Transmission.

Before King Kai could ask, Son Goku explained his reason for coming.

He asked King Kai to help him find a planet where the full moon was about to appear, or where it was already full.

After hearing Son Goku's request, King Kai immediately guessed what he intended.

"I finally understand. You had your tail grow back so you could undergo the Great Ape Transformation."

"But Goku, you're already so strong, and you've mastered the Super Saiyan Third Grade transformation. Surely you don't need the Great Ape Transformation anymore?"

In King Kai's view, Son Goku was wasting his time going to such lengths to regrow his tail and transform into a Great Ape.

The Super Saiyan transformation was far, far stronger than the Great Ape Transformation.

"You'll find out soon enough, King Kai." Son Goku offered no explanation, only a meaningful smile.

"All right, then let me see if I can find a sparsely populated planet where the moon is full." Seeing how confident Son Goku was, King Kai asked no further questions.

King Kai exercised his authority, the two antennae on his head continuously releasing his thoughts to cover the entire North Galaxy as he searched its countless planets one by one.

Time ticked by, and before they knew it, ten minutes had passed.

By now, sweat was pouring down King Kai's face from the intense mental strain.

Finding a sparsely populated planet with a full moon approaching in the vast, boundless North Galaxy was no easy task. It placed an enormous burden on his mental strength.

If Son Goku weren't his disciple, he would never have done it.

Son Goku, meanwhile, was in no hurry and waited quietly beside him.

"I found one. There are no humans living on this planet, only some animals, and the full moon will appear soon."

"I'll send you its direction and coordinates. You can get there with Instant Transmission."

With that, King Kai transmitted the planet's coordinates and direction into Son Goku's mind.

"Thank you, King Kai." Son Goku smiled calmly and placed two fingers of his right hand against his forehead.

Using the coordinates King Kai had given him, Son Goku extended his senses and soon located the planet.

With a thought, Son Goku vanished from the spot, leaving King Kai's Planet.

On an insignificant little planet in the Pulan Star System, located in the North Galaxy.

Son Goku arrived on the little planet through Instant Transmission.

The planet's environment was much like Earth's, and it could meet the needs of human life. It was currently nighttime.

All was silent, and the life on the planet had entered the land of dreams.

Son Goku stood on a barren stretch of ground as gusts of night wind brushed against him, a chill sweeping through his body. The moonlight lent him an air of mystery.

The moment he arrived, Son Goku covered the entire planet with his thoughts.

Just as King Kai had said, no humans lived on this planet. There were only wild beasts with little intelligence.

The energy he had just used as a medium was now beneath his feet-or more precisely, beneath the ground.

Son Goku looked up into the silent night sky, where a crescent moon hung overhead.

"Is the full moon coming?" Son Goku gazed at the silent sky, and as he watched, the full moon arrived!

As Son Goku's eyes absorbed the Blutz Waves emitted by the full moon, he felt the blood in his body begin to boil, and his tail began to resonate in response to the Blutz Waves.

"It's coming... this is the feeling!!!" Son Goku clenched both fists, thrilled as he experienced the pleasure of his blood surging within him.

The S-Cells in his body, stimulated by the Blutz Waves, grew restless. His blood boiled, its temperature rising until it was as scorching as magma.

Son Goku's body underwent an astonishing change. His muscles swelled all over, his strong physique growing ever more ferocious and frightening, while the restless Saiyan blood within him seemed ready to burst his body apart.

The Great Ape Transformation was excruciatingly painful. Son Goku gritted his teeth and held on, enduring the agony of every cell in his body dividing and restructuring.

It had felt the same when he underwent the Great Ape Transformation before, and having already experienced it once, he wasn't worried.

"So this is what the Great Ape Transformation feels like? I was too badly injured to feel much of it back then... I didn't expect it to be so painful the second time..."

"Come on!! Great Ape Transformation... then Super Saiyan 4!!"

Son Goku let out a low roar as the Saiyan blood within him fully awakened.

"Thump! Thump! Thump! Thump!..."

Son Goku's heart pounded fiercely, its sound as startling as muffled thunder. His body underwent a terrifying change, swelling at a speed visible to the naked eye.

A bloodthirsty, savage, and cruel will gradually began to take control.

"Rooaaar~~!!!!!!" Son Goku unleashed a roar even wilder than that of a beast.