Alex had spun this entire web of lies just waiting for Goku to say those exact words.
He didn’t bother playing hard to get.
Nodding with a calm smile, he said, “I accept.
I am quite curious to see what Super Saiyan 3 paired with the Ultimate Kaio-ken looks like.”
Overjoyed, Goku pressed his palms together and bowed deeply.
“Thank you, Master Alex!”
To keep Goku motivated to train properly, Alex pretended to mull it over for a moment before adding, “You know, Goku, it isn’t entirely impossible for us to spar.”
Goku’s eyes instantly lit up.
He rubbed his hands together, practically bouncing on his heels.
“Really?!
Can we fight right now?
Wait, didn’t you just say you’d get in trouble with the divine laws?”
“You misunderstand me,” Alex chuckled.
“We still cannot fight right now.
However, once you ascend to the same realm as the gods, it will be a different story.”
The concept completely lost Goku, and the others were equally confused.
“The realm of the gods?” Goku asked, scratching the back of his head.
“What does that even mean?
Do I have to actually become a god?”
Tien and the others were thinking the exact same thing, though they felt it was an impossible goal.
Mortals couldn’t just become gods.
Seeing their sheer disbelief, Alex knew it was the perfect time to dangle the ultimate carrot.
“Exactly,” Alex nodded.
“You must become a god.
Only then will we be allowed to spar.”
Goku scratched the back of his head harder.
“Man, how am I supposed to do that?
That sounds way too hard.” To him, if godhood was based strictly on combat power, he should have already qualified—every god he had ever met was way weaker than him anyway.
Tien and the others shared the sentiment; the gap between mortal and divine felt unbridgeable.
Alex just smiled, deciding to push the bait to its absolute limit.
“Goku, since you have chosen to take me as your master, I can teach you exactly how to achieve that.”
Goku didn’t actually care about holding a divine title, but if it meant he got to fight Alex, he was all in.
Before Goku could even express his excitement, Alex dropped the bombshell.
I will multiply your current power countless times over.
I will teach you how to transform into a Super Saiyan God!”
It was the first time any of them had ever heard the term.
“Super Saiyan God?” Goku’s jaw dropped.
“Whoa…
that sounds even stronger than Super Saiyan 3!”
Alex chuckled lightly.
“Truthfully, Goku, Super Saiyan 3 is nothing.
You might be one of the strongest mortals around, but in the grand scheme of this universe, there are still plenty of people who could defeat you without breaking a sweat.”
Tien and Chiaotzu stared at Alex in sheer horror.
They knew exactly how strong Goku was—he was the absolute powerhouse who had defeated Majin Buu!
If there were beings out there who could effortlessly crush someone of Goku’s caliber, just how terrifying was the true peak of this universe?
While Yurin didn’t fully understand Goku’s exact power level, seeing the absolute shock on Tien’s and Chiaotzu’s faces told her everything she needed to know.
This goofy guy with the spiky hair was vastly stronger than Tien.
And yet, this universe was apparently hiding even greater monsters!
Instead of being discouraged, Goku’s Saiyan blood completely took over.
His eyes burned with intense excitement.
“Really, Master Alex?!
Who can beat me?
I want to fight them!”
Alex smiled faintly and held up two fingers.
“I will give you two names for now.
The first is Beerus.
The second is Whis.”
In reality, those two were the only people in Universe 7 who could easily swat Goku down at this point, but Alex had to play the part of the omniscient master.
Goku tilted his head, staring up at the sky as he racked his brain.
“Beerus?
Whis?
I’ve never heard of those guys.” He quickly looked back at Alex.
“Where are they right now?!”
Alex had anticipated the question, but there was no way he was going to answer it.
If they went looking for Lord Beerus right now, they would all be wiped out with a single sneeze.
“The time is not right.
I cannot tell you,” Alex replied calmly.
Goku groaned, feeling like he had just been left hanging off the edge of a cliff.
Giving him half the information was absolute torture.
Seeing Goku open his mouth to beg, Alex raised a hand to stop him.
“Don’t bother asking, Goku.
I won’t say another word on the matter until the time is right.”
Leaving Goku with a massive, unresolved goal was the only way to keep him hooked.
Seeing Alex’s unwavering stance, Goku knew pressing the issue would be useless.
But it ignited a raging fire in his chest.
‘My path hasn’t ended yet!’ he thought wildly.
‘I have to keep training.
I have to reach that next level!’
And the key to that next level was standing right in front of him.
Goku pressed his palms together, his expression shifting into complete, undeniable reverence.
“Master Alex, please teach me how to become a Super Saiyan God!”
“Ding!
Congratulations to the host for successfully taking Goku as a disciple.” “Rewarding: 3 Billion Power Level, Super Saiyan Bloodline, Super Saiyan God Form, Boundless Core, and Ultimate Final Flash.” “Current Host Base Power Level: 9 Billion.”
Alex was genuinely caught off guard.
He hadn’t expected Goku to fully and sincerely submit to him at this exact moment.
His Slacker Master System only issued rewards when a disciple genuinely acknowledged him from the bottom of their heart.
Goku had excitedly called him ‘Master’ a few minutes ago, but the system hadn’t reacted—proving it was just empty politeness at the time.
But this?
This was the real deal.
Even more surprisingly, he had actually scored the Super Saiyan God form directly from the system.
If he hadn’t gotten this reward, Goku would have eventually had to use the ritual—gathering six righteous Saiyans to channel their divine light into one.
Alex had purposefully kept the ritual a secret.
If he had told Goku about it, the battle maniac would have immediately run off to gather his friends and family, triggered the transformation, and rushed straight back to challenge him.
Once a Saiyan tapped into Super Saiyan God, their power level could no longer be calculated in mere billions.
It was a complete qualitative leap into an entirely different dimension of power.
Alex had always felt that the power scaling in Dragon Ball Super was completely broken.
Super Saiyan God, Super Saiyan Blue, Ultra Instinct—those weren’t just multipliers; they were fundamental evolutions of existence.
Honestly, if Alex had received the Super Saiyan God form a few minutes earlier, he would have gladly accepted Goku’s challenge.
With the power of a God, crushing a Super Saiyan 3 would have been child’s play.
However, since he had already established the grand lie that they couldn’t fight until Goku achieved godhood himself, he had to stick to the script.
Going back on his word now would just make him look like a total fraud.