Son Gokai landed at the Native American tribal village at the base of the tower (the home of Upa and Bora), and did not linger for long, merely releasing a slight burst of energy to intimidate the surrounding beasts that wanted to approach, before heading straight to the base of the tower.
He looked up at the pillar that shot straight into the clouds and smiled.
“So this is the ladder mortals use to reach the gods?” “For me now, it’s honestly a bit short.” He did not use the floating power of the Rooster Talisman, nor did he painstakingly climb for three days and three nights the way Goku did in the original story.
He simply bent his knees slightly.
“Ox Talisman, Strength, times Rabbit Talisman, Extreme Speed.” “Boom!!!” The ground caved in violently, kicking up a massive cloud of dust.
Son Gokai’s entire body shot upward like an intercontinental missile, dragging a terrifying sonic boom cloud straight up along the tower!
The wind roared past his ears as the clouds shattered layer by layer beneath his feet.
A journey that would normally take a mortal several days to climb took less than ten minutes in the face of Son Gokai’s unreasonable burst of power.
At the top of Karin Tower.
A fat white cat leaned on a cane, dozing with its eyes narrowed.
This was Korin, and over the past eight hundred years, it had watched countless martial artists attempt to climb this tower, though very few had ever managed to make it up.
“Snore…
snore…” Suddenly.
A powerful gust of wind surged up from below, blowing its whiskers askew.
“Meow?!” Korin jumped in fright, and before it could react, a figure had already landed steadily on the railing in front of it.
It was a young man in an orange martial arts uniform, not even breathing hard, without a single drop of sweat on him.
“Yo, so this is the Cat Sage?
A bit rounder than I imagined.” Son Gokai hopped down from the railing, eyeing the legendary cat with interest.
“You, how did you get up here?!” Korin’s eyes went wide, it hadn’t sensed any presence of someone climbing at all, this guy had appeared as if he’d teleported up!
“Ran up here.” Son Gokai shrugged.
“Ran…
ran up here?!” Korin wiped at the cold sweat that wasn’t actually there on its forehead.
‘This tower is ten thousand meters tall, a sheer vertical drop, and in the time it took me to look away for a moment, you’re telling me you ran up it?
Are the young people these days really this monstrous?’ “Ahem.” Korin had lived eight hundred years after all, and quickly regained its composure.
“Well, if you managed to get up here, that shows you’ve got some skill.
I’m the sage of this tower, you’ve come seeking the Ultra Divine Water, haven’t you?” It pointed toward a jug of water at the center of the hall.
“As long as you can snatch it from my hands.” “Ding.” A crisp bell sound interrupted its words.
Korin froze.
It felt like something was missing from its hand.
Looking down, the cane it had been holding was still there, but the small bell hanging from the cane, used to test speed, was gone.
It jerked its head up.
There, Son Gokai stood twirling the bell in his hand, wearing a smile.
“This bell?
Doesn’t seem that hard to grab.” “…” Korin turned to stone.
One second?
No, not even 0.1 seconds!
Its proudest technique, in front of this young man, had turned out to be slow as a snail?
“You…
you…” Korin stammered for a while, then finally let out a sigh.
“Alright, you win.
You’re the first person in several hundred years to grab the bell this fast.
Even stronger than Master Roshi back in his prime, by a huge margin.” “That jug of Ultra Divine Water, you may drink it now.” However, to its surprise, Son Gokai simply tossed the bell back to it, without even glancing at the jug of water.
“That kind of self deceiving water, better to leave it for the ones who come after.” Son Gokai said flatly, “My strength doesn’t need something like that to prove itself.” “Besides, you’re not my target here.” Son Gokai lifted his head, his gaze seeming to pierce straight through the dome of Karin Tower, looking toward the empty void far above.
“I’m going up there, to meet God.” “!!!” This time, Korin was truly startled enough for its fur to stand on end.
“You, you know there’s a god up there?” The existence of the Guardian was the Earth’s greatest secret, known to no one except the successive generations of the Guardian’s attendants and this cat!
“Don’t worry, Cat Sage.” Son Gokai waved a hand.
“I mean no harm.
I just want to go train up there.” “This, this isn’t according to the rules.” Korin looked troubled.
“Without the God’s permission, even the Power Pole can’t.” Just then.
A dignified, elderly voice rang out directly in Korin’s mind through telepathy.
“Korin, let him come up.” “Huh?
Lord God?!” Korin quickly bowed toward the sky.
“There is something extraordinary about this young man’s fortune and power.
And besides, although his heart holds a powerful desire to fight, there is no trace of malice in him.” The voice continued, “I would like to meet him myself.” “Yes, Lord God.” Korin let out a breath of relief, its gaze toward Son Gokai now filled with even greater reverence.
“God has given his permission.
You may go up.” “Much appreciated.” Son Gokai nodded and was about to set off, when he suddenly seemed to remember something and stopped in his tracks.
He turned his palm over and, as if performing a magic trick, pulled several jars of plump, fresh fish, which he had just caught in the forest below, out of the pack on his back.
“First time meeting you, and I didn’t bring much of a gift.
These fish can be my greeting present for the sage.” The moment Korin saw the fish, its lofty sage demeanor instantly crumbled, drool nearly dripping from its mouth.
“Meow!
Such big fish!
And still alive too!” “However.” Son Gokai’s tone shifted.
“I’d also like to trade the sage for a bit of local specialty.” “Trade for what?” Korin asked warily, hugging the fish.
“Senzu beans.” Son Gokai held up two fingers.
“Two jars.” “Two jars?!” Korin nearly dropped the fish.
“You think Senzu beans are candy?!
One bean alone can keep you full for ten days and heal any wound short of death!
Two whole jars, are you planning to go to war?” “Better safe than sorry.” Son Gokai smiled.
“Look, the enemies I’ll be facing from now on might be quite strong, and if I end up half dead somewhere with no beans on hand, wouldn’t that be embarrassing?” “Besides, once I’m training up in the Sacred Temple, I won’t have time to come down and catch fish for you, will I?” Korin agonized over it for a while, glancing at the lively fresh fish in its arms, then at Son Gokai’s expression that clearly said “if you don’t give them to me I’m not leaving.” “Fine, fine, fine!
You win, I give up!” It ran into the inner chamber and came back hugging two jars that didn’t look too large, but were packed absolutely full.
“Ration them carefully!
This is stock I’ve been saving up for several hundred years!” “Thanks a bunch!” Son Gokai waved his hand and swept the two jars of Senzu beans away into storage (in reality, sealed away using a capsule).
Although he had the Dog Talisman and Horse Talisman, and in theory shouldn’t need the Senzu beans at all.
But who knew, maybe the Z Fighters would end up in a fight sometime while he wasn’t around?
Better safe than sorry.
With the trade finished, Son Gokai didn’t linger any longer.
“I won’t be borrowing the Power Pole, I’ll fly up myself.” His feet lifted off the ground as the power of the Rooster Talisman activated, his entire body transforming into a streak of light as he tore straight through the clouds, flying toward the sacred temple suspended high above the ninth heaven.
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