When everyone saw Goku suddenly appear, they were all stunned.
"Goku!"
"It's really Goku!"
The mont Chi-Chi saw him, her eyes instantly grew wet.
It had been a full year and a half since she'd last seen Goku.
At this mont, no words could possibly express the emotions flooding her heart.
Goku swept his gaze across everyone—
then glanced at the scattered chunks of flesh on the ground.
He seed to understand what had happened.
At first, he'd been worried.
In this world, there was no Trunks.
Which ant there might not be a future youth coming back in ti to deliver dicine to him.
But now…
The blood and shattered remains on the ground—
that texture, that residue—
there was no mistaking it.
It was King Cold's.
Frieza was dead, so King Cold must have co personally.
Goku instinctively assud that Future Trunks—or soone from the future—must have appeared and sliced King Cold apart with a sword.
He hadn't really thought through how today would play out.
So details still didn't add up.
But as long as everyone was safe, that was enough.
Goku finally relaxed.
His gaze settled on Chi-Chi.
Her trembling pupils.
Her reddened eyes.
For a mont, Goku didn't know what to say.
Any words now would be unbearably weak.
He walked toward her, his eyes full of warmth, and opened his arms.
Chi-Chi rushed straight into his embrace, burying her head against his chest and rubbing against him desperately.
The tears she'd been holding back completely broke free.
She cried hard, her sobs shaking her body.
Her tears and runny nose soaked straight into Goku's clothes.
"You jerk!"
"You absolute jerk!"
"It's been over a year… you never ca back… I missed you so much…"
Goku felt her trembling body, felt the tears soaking into his chest.
He didn't say a single word.
He just held her tighter.
And tighter.
After a while, the mont finally settled.
Krillin couldn't help asking, "Goku, how did you get here? Why didn't we see a spaceship?"
Goku nodded. "Yeah. The ship's actually still about an hour away.
I was worried I wouldn't make it in ti,
so I used a new technique I just learned—Instant Transmission.
Bulma's still on the ship.
This was my first ti using it over such a long distance.
I was afraid sothing might go wrong…
I spent a long ti locking onto Vegeta's Ki before jumping."
"Instant Transmission?"
"You followed Vegeta's Ki?"
Everyone looked completely lost.
Goku explained, "This technique lets you move across huge distances instantly—but you have to lock onto soone's Ki.
Here, I'll demonstrate."
He pressed two fingers to his forehead and began sensing.
After learning advanced Ki control on Planet Yardrat, sensing everyone on Earth felt crystal clear to him.
Almost instantly, he picked up Master Roshi's Ki.
Raditz's Ki too.
Goku paused.
Raditz wasn't here.
He hadn't joined the battle?
Without overthinking it, Goku said, "I found Raditz's Ki.
He seems to be at the resort.
I'm going to jump over there real quick—I'll be right back."
Everyone nodded.
And Goku vanished.
They all looked around in shock.
"He disappeared!"
Vegeta snorted. "It's just ultra-high-speed movent. Kakarot finally learned a decent trick."
But only a few seconds later—
Goku reappeared.
He was holding Raditz's scouter.
"I'm back!"
Krillin's eyes widened.
"W–Wait, isn't that scouter from the gravity room?
That place is tens of thousands of kiloters away—how did you get back so fast?!"
Goku nodded. "Exactly.
As long as I can sense the Ki, I can jump to it—no matter how far.
Pretty amazing, right?"
Everyone nodded vigorously.
"Amazing—absolutely incredible!"
Vegeta recognized it instantly.
A signature technique from Planet Yardrat.
Even he couldn't hide his shock.
Now that he'd explained his arrival, Goku turned serious.
He looked at the remains on the ground, then at everyone.
"I sensed King Cold's Ki while I was still on the ship.
Then suddenly… it vanished.
After that, I picked up Vegeta's Ki again and jumped here.
I rushed over for nothing—it was already over.
So… who killed King Cold?
That's incredible."
Goku glanced around, instinctively searching for a mysterious figure from the future.
But there were no strangers here.
At that mont, Chi-Chi's nose lifted proudly.
She looked at Goku, her expression smug and playful.
"Hehehe~ Goku.
Killing King Cold was all thanks to my idea.
We worked together and killed him instantly.
Go on—praise !"
Goku froze.
"What?"
Chi-Chi continued proudly, "It was my plan.
We cooperated and killed King Cold in one shot.
We saved Earth.
Impressive, right?"
Goku blinked. "You… all worked together and killed King Cold instantly?"
Chi-Chi nodded firmly.
"Yep.
We used tactics, caught him off guard, and ambushed him hard.
We killed him in a very, very brutal way!"
She even made a fierce chopping gesture, striking a mock-villain pose.
Goku stared at her, completely dumbfounded.
Them killing King Cold together was already shocking enough.
But what truly stunned him—
was that it wasn't a future Trunks.
Not a future warrior at all.
It was them.
A flash of realization struck Goku.
Right…
I already know the future.
So if there's no future youth bringing dicine…
I'd never let myself die from illness in the first place.
I'd just wish on Shenron to never get sick.
Which ans… this world doesn't need a parallel tiline at all.
Just then, Krillin walked over and slapped Goku on the shoulder.
He looked smug beyond belief.
"Yeah! We killed King Cold together.
Pretty aweso, right?
So don't go thinking you Super Saiyan can push us around.
Our teamwork is terrifying.
We beat King Cold instantly."
Krillin pointed at the scattered remains.
"He died horribly.
Dozens of Destructo Discs—he didn't even get to scream."
Goku stood there, completely stunned.
Seeing Goku like this only made everyone even more pleased.
Instantly killing a monster with over a hundred million in battle power—
that proved sothing undeniable.
When Earth's fighters worked together, their strength surpassed even forr cosmic emperors.
Maybe even surpassed a Super Saiyan.
Because killing instantly wasn't the sa as simply winning.
For a mont, Krillin, Tien, and the others felt their fighting spirit reignite.
The sense of inferiority they'd felt when Goku beca a Super Saiyan vanished.
They weren't useless.
They carried their own responsibility.
After a while, Chi-Chi tugged on Goku's arm.
"Goku, let's go ho.
You've been training off-world all this ti…
You didn't even see Son Gohan when he was born.
Co on—let's go see our child."
When Bulma had gone to pick Goku up from Planet Yardrat, she'd already told him Chi-Chi had given birth.
He'd wanted to give the child a refined, poetic na.
But when the ti ca, his mind went completely blank.
After discussing it with Bulma, they settled on the na Son Gohan.
Yes—Grandpa Gohan wasn't dead in this world.
But there were no such taboos here.
Goku nodded.
"Chi-Chi… you've worked so hard…"
Just then, Krillin shouted, "Hey! Goku!
You two can't just be lovey-dovey and forget about us!
Chi-Chi, didn't you say you were treating everyone to a feast?
Feeding us dog food doesn't count as dinner!"
Goku: "..."
Krillin was getting way too witty.
Chi-Chi turned toward everyone.
"Of course we're eating!
I'll call Raditz and have him prepare things.
You guys head over first.
Goku and I will grab the kid and then go to the resort."
Krillin nodded. "Alright! We're on it!"
With that, everyone flew off toward the resort.
Goku and Chi-Chi headed back to West City.
Not long after, Bulma's spaceship finally landed.
"Huh?"
"Why is there nobody here?"
"Did they seriously not wait for ?"
"I was going to tell everyone about the future Androids… now what?"
Suddenly, inspiration struck.
"Wait—this is perfect.
If no one's here, I can just make sothing up.
I'll say a youth from the future ca and warned that powerful Androids will appear.
As for his na… he didn't say.
That'll motivate them to train hard for the future.
Heh—perfect."
Soon, Bulma returned to West City.
But Chi-Chi wasn't there.
Neither were the others.
Not even Son Bra.
From the nanny, she learned that everyone had gone to a celebration—
and that she was supposed to head there directly.
Bulma scratched her head.
Long-distance travel really drained her.
Her hair was a ss.
Her makeup was ruined.
She checked herself in the mirror.
"I should clean up and get ready before going to the party."
As soone who'd grown up wealthy and carefree, she still cared a lot about her appearance.
Just then, Bulma's mother ca ho.
"Oh? This lady looks familiar…
She kinda looks like my daughter Bulma!"
Bulma's eyebrow twitched.
"What do you an 'kinda'?! I am Bulma!"
Mrs. Briefs laughed. "Oh! So it really is you.
That's wonderful.
I'll co to the party too—you can fly there."
Bulma sighed.
"…Got it."
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