West City.
The three of them met Bulma, and they also saw Brief, whom they hadn't seen in a long time.
Bulma felt somewhat resentful that Talot was leaving again, but she was helpless and couldn't stop him.
She liked Talot, but didn't have the courage to confess directly. She could only act like the girl-next-door.
In truth, Talot knew about Bulma's feelings toward him. Not just Talot, anyone with eyes could see it.
But when it comes to things like this, both parties choose to play dumb. Who would really come out and say it plainly?
Only Salari would occasionally reprimand Bulma for her excessive behavior, as a way of asserting her own claim.
Speaking of which, things had been very harmonious between her and Bulma lately, which led to Salari sneaking into his bed every night during those days.
She was getting bolder and bolder, hoping to "cook the rice," and then naturally establish her relationship with Talot to secure her position.
It was extremely tempting, making the young and vigorous Talot suffer greatly. Fortunately, he had strong endurance, even staying awake for days wouldn't affect him much.
How could he possibly go through with it?
Though they were both already 18, they were still just 18.
Salari had developed well, with a curvaceous figure that exuded an aura of ripeness ready to be picked.
But Talot's adult mindset from his past life told him that a woman should be at least over 20 before she was truly ready for the forbidden fruit.
So, he just held Salari in his arms and didn't do anything else.
Salari was happy for a long, long time; at least her wish had come true.
Speaking of which, Talot didn't know that this whole approach was actually taught to Salari by Gine.
If Talot had known, he would've suspected that Bardock had probably fallen for Gine's trick in the same way.
"These Hoi-Poi Capsules in this box are all labeled with their contents. If there's anything missing, just tell me and I'll prepare it for you right away." After some conversation, Bulma took out the things Talot had asked her to prepare.
She had thought of everything; various foods, daily necessities, and even some trendy Earth products, including a floating sports car...
It had to be said, Bulma must have remembered everything he said by heart. She probably even guessed at North Kai's preferences, which is why she prepared all this.
Bulma's ability to understand people's hearts was top-tier even in the original work.
Not to mention pleasing just one North Kai, later on, even Angel Whis and God of Destruction Beerus were coaxed by her like little children. She even managed to get the God of Destruction to obediently babysit her child, and the Angel to act as her bodyguard.
"Thanks for your effort, then I'll gladly accept this." As he stored the Hoi-Poi Capsule box into his personal space, the atmosphere once again turned slightly ambiguous.
Salari, as usual, asserted her claim, but was completely ignored by Bulma.
In Bulma's words, even if they were officially together, she still wouldn't give up.
Either Salari leaves on her own, or doesn't even give her a glance.
As it turns out, Bulma had a handle on Salari, who really had no way to deal with her.
What about Raditz?
He was indifferent. Other than an interest in improving his strength, he had no curiosity about anything else.
However, even though he was indifferent, he still ended up attracting a woman.
This all started back when they rescued everyone from Devil's Castle. Not only did blonde-haired Launch develop feelings for Raditz, but after that, she became extremely devoted to him. Even going so far as to visit him at Mount Paozu all the way from Kame House dozens of times after transforming.
Those days, Gine was quite happy.
The only flaw was that Launch was a dual-personality type, and the blue-haired Launch had no interest in Raditz at all.
Otherwise, he really would've been swimming in luck with women.
They stayed at Bulma's place for quite a while longer. During that time, of course, they discussed some upgrades to the Gravity Chamber and the scouter.
There was also research on the healing liquid. It was something Talot had brought from Planet Vegeta and only later remembered to hand over to Bulma and Brief for research.
Oh right, and five Saibaman seeds too.
He used to plan for everything, striving for perfection and leaving no room for error. At that time, with his strength not sufficient, he made even more preparations.
In the end, he gradually realized that sometimes he had overthought things. It's been nearly thirteen years now, and none of it has even been used.
Of course, not needing to use them was a good thing; it meant they'd made it through peacefully and safely.
After leaving Earth, Talot promised Bulma that he would come back from time to time. If possible, he'd even take her to see more of the world.
....
North Kai's Planet.
As space rippled with a wave of distortion, Talot, Salari, and Raditz appeared out of thin air.
The tenfold gravity of Earth pressed down on them, but it had no effect, as they had long gotten thoroughly accustomed to it
"I knew you'd come looking for me soon, just didn't expect it to be this quick. Congratulations to all three of you for having your potential unlocked with the Ultra Divine Water. It's a big leap in strength."
North Kai's Planet wasn't large, so he saw the three of them as soon as they arrived.
With his hands behind his back, he spoke as he walked toward them.
"It's been a while, North Kai." Raditz gave him a slight nod.
In terms of personality, he was quite similar to Talot; prideful to the core and not one to use honorifics.
Salari, on the other hand, had built a good relationship with North Kai over the years. She chuckled and said, "Lord Kai, you're still exactly the same as ever."
"Of course. By the way, I assume you didn't come empty-handed this time?" North Kai gave Talot a signal.
Talot instantly knew what he was implying.
"This is the stuff Bulma helped prepare. You should know how to use a Hoi-Poi Capsule." Without hesitation, Talot raised his hand and pulled out a Hoi-Poi Capsule box from his personal storage space, handing it over to North Kai.
With the goodies in hand, North Kai's face lit up with a smile.
In truth, he had been keeping an eye on Earth all along, and naturally knew that Talot had asked Bulma to prepare something for him.
He casually picked out two Hoi-Poi Capsules.
'POOF!!!'
'POOF!!!'
Two muffled bursts echoed out.
One Hoi-Poi Capsule exploded open, releasing a mountain-like pile of simple food.
The second capsule released its contents—an ultra-modern, high-end floating supercar, the latest model on Earth.
North Kai was overjoyed. Even though he tried to hide it, the corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily as he reached out to touch the supercar. "Hehe~! Didn't expect you guys to bring me so many nice things. Very thoughtful of you."
Taking advantage where he could. This seemed to be North Kai's usual style.
Talot and the others were already well used to it and didn't find it strange in the slightest.
Seeing that North Kai wasn't planning to pay attention to them for now and had instead gotten absorbed in checking out the brand-new car, Talot couldn't help but shake his head in helplessness.
He then looked at Salari and Raditz, gave them a glance, clenched his fist with a thumbs-up, and pointed behind him.
"Let's go."
"Alright!"
"I've been dying to get started."
The two instantly understood, and the three of them set off just like that, leaving North Kai's Planet and arriving on Snake Way.
As they departed, North Kai finally shifted his attention away. "Off to spar again, huh? You three really are something else. Then again, fighting is in a Saiyan's nature. Just try not to blow up the Snake Way… with your current power, you're in a whole different league than back then."
Saying this, North Kai climbed into the car.
At that moment, Gregory and Bubbles, having heard the commotion, came out of the house. When they saw the pile of supplies and the supercar, they quickly figured out that Talot and the others had arrived.
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