After obtaining another Dragon Ball at Mount Frypan, Master Roshi also proposed taking Goku as his disciple and training him.
However, Goku said he wanted to continue collecting the Dragon Balls with Bulma and would go find Master Roshi after finishing this task.
From beginning to end, Master Roshi did not speak to Ethan or Yoruichi. Even though Ethan had previously shown admiration for him, Roshi still did not offer to let Ethan train together with Goku.
Ethan knew it was not because Roshi looked down on him. It was simply that Roshi had not planned to take disciples. However, considering Roshi's personality, if Ethan and Yoruichi had persistently pleaded as Goku's friends, there was a high probability that Roshi would have agreed to teach them.
Perhaps for these martial arts masters, this was a test to see whether the aspiring disciple's will was firm. Young people who give up after a slight refusal certainly cannot endure hardship. Such disciples are unlikely to achieve much, and Roshi does not want to take such students.
After all, he is a world famous martial arts master. It would be very embarrassing to train a useless disciple.
After leaving Mount Frypan, they encountered the Rabbit Gang. Because Bulma was turned into a carrot, Yamcha had to step in to resolve the crisis.
Then Yamcha naturally joined the small team and went to search for the Dragon Balls together.
Ethan knew that Yamcha had been hiding in the shadows and following them. This decision came after he accidentally learned about the Dragon Balls. He wanted to use them to cure his fear of women.
In short, everyone in this small adventure team had their own goals. There was no talk of unity, friendship, or working together. Only Goku had the purest intention. He simply wanted to help Bulma and see the vast world, experiencing all kinds of new and interesting things.
He also agreed to Ethan's request to tell him about the training he had received every day.
Ethan asked this to confirm the training methods of this world.
In the previous world, he improved his strength according to the training methods of the Soul Reapers, and his own power gradually recovered through the unique power system of the Zanpakuto.
In this world, the method was to train the body without reservation. However, Goku said he had been very healthy since childhood, so his grandpa's training felt easy.
Unfortunately, his grandpa Gohan did not have time to teach him more before he died in an accident.
"..."
Everyone listened to Ethan and Goku's conversation. When Goku talked about a monster appearing during the full moon and how his grandpa died at the hands of that monster, everyone had a bad feeling.
Because they knew about this beforehand, when everyone was trapped in a cage by Pilaf, Ethan directly told Goku to look at the full moon. Everyone immediately understood what he was planning.
"Ahhhhh, this guy is going to kill us!"
Fortunately, Yamcha showed considerable strength and protected everyone during the chaos. Aside from some bumps and bruises, everyone escaped safely.
Yamcha had originally planned to use his knowledge of Goku's weakness to defeat him at a critical moment and steal the Dragon Balls. Unexpectedly, things changed too quickly. Pilaf and his gang stole the Dragon Balls first. Fortunately, Oolong made his wish at the critical moment and ruined Pilaf's dream of world domination.
The enraged Pilaf locked everyone in a special cell and planned to roast them all. They escaped by relying on Goku's ability to transform into a monster. Afterward they used the weakness in his tail to subdue the rampaging Great Ape.
"This trip was really exciting."
Aside from Goku, whose tail had been cut off and who had returned to his original form and fallen asleep, the others sat nearby. They were covered in dirt and looked extremely disheveled.
As for Pilaf and his gang, they tried to escape by plane during the Great Ape's rampage. However, they were struck by a rock thrown by the ape and crashed.
Bulma and Yamcha could not be bothered with whether that group lived or died. Right now they did not want to do anything. It was not only physical exhaustion, but also mental fatigue.
The events of just a few days were more exciting than the experiences of many years before.
"Anyway, the crisis is finally over. Although the Dragon Balls have scattered across the world again, we just need to find them again."
Yamcha did not yet know the specific characteristics of the Dragon Balls. Although the time to make his wish had been delayed, he had only been searching for them for a few days, so collecting them again did not seem like a big problem.
However, Bulma's explanation made him realize that his thinking was too optimistic.
"After the Dragon Balls are used once, besides scattering across the world again, they cannot be used for another year. All the Dragon Balls will turn into ordinary stones. Even if you want to collect them early, you will not be able to find them."
"What?"
Yamcha's face showed an exaggerated expression.
"Then I have to continue... huh?"
Thinking of something, Yamcha turned his head to look at Bulma nearby and suddenly realized that he had unconsciously overcome his fear of women.
Bulma, on the other hand, thought Yamcha was quite handsome, and her wish to find a Prince Charming seemed fulfilled. Even without considering Yamcha, Ethan was also handsome, but she felt that Ethan had a strange personality, as if he was hiding some huge secret. Because of that, she now preferred Yamcha.
When dawn arrived, Goku finally woke up, and this temporary team began to consider their next destination.
"I am going to train with Grandpa Roshi."
After waking up, Goku did not question why his clothes were gone. Everyone silently agreed not to mention that he had turned into a Great Ape when he saw the full moon. They did not want him to learn the truth that his grandpa died at his own hands.
"My vacation is almost over. It is time for me to go back."
Bulma was a student and had come out to collect Dragon Balls during her vacation. Although the Dragon Balls were not used for a wish in the end, her adventure was still considered successful because she found two good potential boyfriends. Ethan did not even realize that he had somehow become a candidate.
"Do you want to come to my house?"
As an extremely wealthy person, Bulma did not think bringing friends home for free food and lodging was a problem. Her family was so rich that supporting dozens or even hundreds of idle people would not cause any pressure, let alone a few individuals.
"That sounds like a good place to go."
Yamcha and Puar had nowhere else to go. Yamcha's long standing wish was to overcome his fear of women and find a girl he liked to marry. Although he never got married by the end of the story, after overcoming his fear he did become a genuine playboy. At the moment he thought Bulma was quite good.
Oolong also had nowhere to go, so he accepted Bulma's invitation as well.
Bulma finally looked at Ethan and Yoruichi. At first she had not been very fond of them, but after spending time together and experiencing many things, they had become some of her few friends.
"Ethan, do you still want to become Master Roshi's disciple?"
"Ethan, if you want to become Grandpa Roshi's disciple, you can come with me."
Ethan thought for a moment and finally gave up the idea of going to Roshi's place. He was just an ordinary person now, and Roshi would definitely focus on teaching Goku. In his current state, he could not keep up with Goku's training pace.
Even Krillin, who later trained with Goku under Roshi, was not simple. Ordinary people could not complete those terrifying training routines. If it were the current Ethan and Yoruichi, they would have been eaten by a shark at the beginning.
"I will go to Bulma's place. I am too far behind you now. I need to start training from the basics."
Yamcha was very enthusiastic and said he was willing to give Ethan some guidance.
Yamcha was confident in his strength, and Ethan did not care about his embarrassing record in the future. For now, Yamcha teaching him was perfectly fine and he would be a very good training partner.
"Alright then. We will meet again the next time we collect the Dragon Balls."
Calling the Flying Nimbus, Goku flew directly toward Mount Paozu. He planned to go home, pack his belongings, then bring his luggage to train with Master Roshi.
Everyone else boarded Bulma's plane and flew toward West City, where her home was located.
Watching the Flying Nimbus gradually disappear into the distance, the people on the plane began chatting casually.
"Oh right, Bulma, is your house big enough for so many people?"
After being busy all night and saying their goodbyes in the morning, they finally calmed down and began to feel thirsty and hungry. Fortunately, the plane Bulma took out was a large one with complete facilities. It had spacious seating and stored food and drinks.
"It is big enough."
Hearing her say it so confidently, Oolong remembered the large amount of clothes, food, and supplies she had prepared during the journey, as well as the way she casually discarded various vehicles. This was clearly not something an ordinary family could afford.
"It seems your family is very rich."
"It is okay."
Ethan rolled his eyes. The others did not know, but he knew that Bulma's family was not just rich. They were unimaginably wealthy.
Because they were so rich, Bulma's family hardly cared about money. Even if her friends stayed at their house, ate and drank for free, and asked for anything they wanted, the family would not care.
It could be said that this family had already lost the concept of money.
Ethan had originally considered finding a job, or even working part time as a designer or engineer at Capsule Corporation to earn some living expenses. At that moment he suddenly realized that it probably would not matter even if he lived there for free.
And that was exactly what happened. When everyone arrived at Bulma's house, her parents warmly welcomed them. Not only did they arrange rooms for everyone, they also bought a large amount of daily necessities and clothes for them.
They almost even gave everyone pocket money, making them look like poor relatives who had come to rely on Bulma.
(To be continued.)