Just like that, as the journey continued, in the blink of an eye, nearly five more months passed.
Counting from when they left West City and began this journey, it had been a full six months.
Talot and his group traveled all around the Earth, visiting all kinds of places.
Along the way, they even encountered some people and things that had appeared in the original work.
Fortunately, they happened to meet Krillin and Yamcha, who were both on their own training journey. These two had made rapid progress in strength, likely influenced in part by Talot and the others. In just these short few months, their power levels had already exceeded 120.
If memory serves, during the 21st World Martial Arts Tournament, their power levels were 105 and 103 respectively.
You might say: isn't that just an increase of a dozen or so points in power level?
That's right!
But one must understand that, for them in this era, such an increase was still astonishing.
At the very least, compared to their original work's counterpart, their current strength was much, much higher.
By the time the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament is held, they'll be even stronger.
Maybe not surpassing a power level of 200, but at least comparable to Tien Shinhan's strength.
Of course, even that level still isn't enough.
So, to help them push their strength even further, Talot intentionally gave them some guidance.
Goku's strength has now increased tremendously, if they can't keep up, the gap will become too wide.
To put it simply, their very existence also serves to stimulate Goku's growth.
In addition, they naturally also encountered Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu.
Perhaps it was fate that brought them together.
Of course, Talot didn't pay them much attention, since he didn't know them.
But as they passed by, Talot deliberately released a hint of aura and gave them a glance.
This was intentional on Talot's part, he wanted that single glance to show Tien Shinhan that there are always higher skies, always stronger people.
In this way, Tien Shinhan could also become stronger.
Clearly, Talot's move was effective. It threw Tien Shinhan into a panic.
From that moment on, his future was slightly altered.
At the very least, it made Tien Shinhan realize that his current strength was far from enough, pushing him to train even harder in the future and grow stronger, so that when the 22nd World Martial Arts Tournament came around, he could face off against an equally stronger Goku.
During their travels, they naturally also heard many stories about Goku.
Especially how Goku kept destroying the Red Ribbon Army's forces, earning the love of countless people.
This is the Goku of the early, first part of the series...
No, put another way, it's the people of this era who are truly wise, not blindly trusting, with a simple and honest culture.
Unlike the future, where people were easily deceived by Satan, to the point that they forget everything Goku once did for Earth.
...
West City.
Inside the Super Gravity Chamber at the Hoi-Poi Capsule estate.
In the days following the end of their journey, whether it was Talot, Salari, or Raditz, all of them once again began training.
Of course, it wasn't a return to long-missed gravity training, but rather a search for quiet, each retreating to their own sealed room for meditation and introspection.
After a balance of work and rest, jumping straight into intense training might have yielded good results, but in the current situation, what the three of them needed to break through was their respective levels, not merely their base power levels.
During training, a sudden sound came through. Talot looked up toward the display screen above.
The screen was showing the scene of Bulma, her face filled with anxiety.
"What's wrong, Bulma? Did something happen?" Talot stopped training and stood up. Bulma's expression was strange, making him quite worried.
In the past half-year, not only had he confirmed his relationship with Salari, but also with Bulma.
Talot was a greedy man. After all, Bulma liked him, and he liked Bulma, so how could he let her down?
During those months, Talot had also done his best to balance everything, and his efforts eventually paid off. He managed to ease the tension between Salari and Bulma to the greatest extent possible.
At the very least, both sides accepted one another.
However, the matter of who held the "primary" position hadn't been decided yet. According to the agreement between the two, the one who gave birth to Talot's child first would become the main wife.
Talot was speechless, but since they were both so determined, he decided to let things run their course.
"It's like this, Brother Talot. Just now, my sister and Jaco contacted me and said something happened over there that they can't resolve. They hope we can go to Planet Nutts and help them," Bulma explained.
"Planet Nutts? Tights and Jaco?" Talot was slightly stunned.
Tights and Jaco, it had been many years since he'd last seen them.
Talot wasn't unfamiliar with Planet Nutts, because back then, he'd escorted Jaco there while transferring Amond, and had taken a look at the Galactic Prison Branch on Planet Nutts.
If it were just Jaco's issue, he wouldn't really care.
But since it involved Tights, he had no choice but to go.
Fortunately, back then he had left a spatial marker on Planet Nutts, just in case something happened.
Then suddenly, a light flashed in Talot's mind.
If this involved Planet Nutts, could it be that incident had finally happened?
Could that guy also exist in this world?!
"Got it. I'll come find you now. By the way, have you told Salari and Raditz about this?" Talot asked.
Bulma shook her head. "I contacted you first. I haven't had time to tell them yet. Should I contact them now, Brother Talot?"
"No need. I'll go get them, and then we'll come to you."
Talot shook his head. After saying that, he immediately vanished from the Gravity Chamber.
He found Salari and Raditz in their respective Gravity Chambers, then went to the research lab where Bulma was.
After a brief explanation of the situation, both Raditz and Salari were a bit surprised.
Of course, not surprised that someone needed help, but that, after so many years, they were suddenly contacted at this moment.
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