Game
Thoughts
"Talking"
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"You seriously want to learn that technique?" King Kai asked, looking doubtfully at Gray, "I don't know where you heard about it, but it isn't something just anyone can learn! It applies an insane amount of strain on your body! Even if you are a Saiyan, it could kill you!"
Gray stared down at the blue Kai in front of him, being overall a bit disappointed in his training on King Kai's planet. Currently, ten days had passed since his squad arrived here. One third of their time had been used up, and while Gray wouldn't complain about his results so far, he could definitely complain about King Kai.
I'm getting way stronger way faster, but it's not because of him.
Gray glanced at his stat sheet, taking in the massive power increase he had felt over the past 10 days.
Gray Tanaki:
[Saiyan S-Class Squad Captain]
Age: 18
Wallet: 35,123,940 Coins
Lvl: 26 (13,872,915/20,000,000 XP)
PL: 491.7 Billion
Available Points: 2550
HP: 59,600,100/59,600,100
TKI: 47,940,100/47,940,100
TMP: 6,000/6,000
STR: 7450
AGI: 8250
END: 8000
INT: 6000
CHA: 5995
LUK: 5295
KI: 7990
MP: 6000
HREG: 2470
EREG: 2500
Skills: [Observe LVL 50], [Running LVL 60], [Determination LVL 47], [Ki Control LVL 60], [Ki Gun LVL 48]. [Ki Enhancement LVL 50], [KI Suppression LVL 39], [Ki Sense LVL 40], [Pushup LVL 45], [Punch LVL 57], [Kick LVL 55], [Jump LVL 55], [Flight LVL 60], [Prediction LVL 70], [Zenkai Boost LVL 32], [Cognitive Acceleration LVL 60], [Ah! Lord Freiza! LVL 37], [Mouth-Beam LVL 45], [Ki-Blade LVL 45], [Cooking LVL 35], [Ki Barrage LVL 48], [Ki Explosion LVL 41], [Ki Vision LVL 38], [Attack Boost LVL 65], [Swimming LVL 36], [Clothes Materialization LVL 31], [Seal of Weakening LVL 37], [Portal Creation LVL 50], [Lie Detection LVL 29], [Reflect LVL 50], [Instant-Transmission LVL 45], [Healing LVL 39], [Multi-Form LVL 38], [Gigantification LVL 29], [Tracking MP Blast LVL 40], [MP Conversion LVL 50], [Tracking Ki Blast LVL 30]
Perks: [Gamer's Mind], [Gamer's Body], [Double-edged Sword], [Legendary Super Saiyan], [Perfect Ozaru], [A Cute Pawn], [A Humble Master],[Ladies Man]
Fighting Styles: [Boxing Style: Kolra LVL 4], [Fighting Style: Broly LVL 5]
Party: [Tamari, Fubuki, Tatsumaki, Celia]
While Gray's power level hadn't nearly doubled or anything, like when he had been training with Caulifla, it still had increased a lot, and he hadn't even had to use his available points to do it. The progress he was making on King Kai's planet was still pretty insane, having gone up by over a hundred billion in just ten days, but it was definitely not because of King Kai. Gray was quickly reminded over the past week that Goku's huge power boost during the Saiyan saga wasn't because of King Kai himself, but because of King Kai's planet.
Something which doesn't help me nearly as much.
The gravity on the planet under Gray's feet was 10x that of Earth, which was how Goku was able to grow so much stronger during his roughly half a year here. When he had first arrived, even walking had been difficult, so his training had been as if he were in a gravity chamber. For Gray, who was used the Planet Vegeta and had already trained in gravity far stronger than 10x Earth's, he didn't get much benefit. Along with that, King Kai himself wasn't actually much of a fighting or strengthening teacher - he had good techniques, like the Spirit Bomb or Kaio-Ken, but besides that, he wasn't much help.
Instead, most of Gray's progress could be attributed to being around strong fighters. It was a similar situation to when he first arrived back on Planet Vegeta and was able to grow so much from fighting against Caulifla, but in this case, it was Saitama. Gray had long since passed by Caulifla, and the woman who was once twice his power level couldn't even hold a candle to him anymore. Instead, Gray had spent a lot of time sparring with Saitama.
Which, for overall fighting skill, was surprisingly unhelpful.
Him and Caulifla are pretty similar.
Saitama was similar in a sense to Caulifla, as the man's actual fighting skill was surprisingly subpar. He wasn't a martial artist, and he had no real fighting style. Instead, he was just fast as hell and punched just as hard. Add in the fact that no matter how many times Gray hit him, or how many Ki blasts he shot point-blank into the bald hero, Saitama was never injured more than a bruise or a scratch, and it was clear to see why he was overpowered.
His body is fuckin' broken.
The man's body was just powerful - point blank, full stop, period.
Which actually does make sense.
In this world, having a high power level tended to make you pretty invincible. It didn't instantly close the gap if your opponent was a way better fighter than you, but in terms of strength, speed, and endurance, having a high power level put you at a whole different level. At this point, even King Vegeta would look like a toddler if he tried to fight Gray, as the difference in power level meant he could just wail on Gray forever as the younger Saiyan barely took any damage.
And that was exactly how Gray felt against Saitama. He could beat the man's ass in a fighting sense, but no matter how hard he hit him, the bald hero didn't even flinch.
Not optimal, but fine.
Gray would've enjoyed having someone who could match or even surpass him in a fighting skill sense as a sparring partner, but Saitama's strong body meant that he was still pushing Gray to his limit in a different way. It took everything the Saiyan had to adapt to the man's insane speed, and as a result, his AGI-based skills were gaining experience at an insane rate, even with the difficulty of raising them being far higher after his evolution. His END was being trained a shit-ton as well, as despite not having many END-based skills, taking a missile-like punch from Saitama was strengthening his body with every blow. As a result, his once-lacking END had caught and surpassed his STR, and was closing in on his AGI. It'd been trained by far the most, as most of the sparring with Saitama resulted in Gray getting punched a lot more than he punched the baldy.
His KI skills and overall KI pool had also increased a ton just from using it during the spars, as for the past 10 days, Gray had pretty much just been fighting, resting, then fighting again. His squad was doing much the same, though most of them could actually learn from King Kai, as while the Kai was far weaker than Gray, he was still stronger than nearly everyone else on his planet. Overall, the Kai's planet had been a never-ending fight club, with there being barely any rest for any of the Saiyans or Harroians as they struggled to become stronger in just the month they had.
As for what Gray was discussing with King Kai right now, it was the very reason he chose the North Kai's planet in the first place - the Kaio-Ken.
"I can handle it," Gray said bluntly, staring down at King Kai, "Why do you care if I die using it anyway?"
This is how we complete the mission.
In Gray's eyes, the Kaio-Ken was pretty overpowered. It was essentially just a base multiplier, doubling his power level from using the safer basic technique, and then multiplying his power level multiple times over for using the more risky versions.
I don't know how risky it actually is because Goku is a fuckin' monster.
During Goku's first fight with Vegeta, the Saiyan had used up to Kaio-Ken x4, which was more than a level above what King Kai said was safe for him. Initially, that transformation might've actually done irreparable damage to his body, but after having all his bones crushed by Vegeta and then eating a Senzu Bean to heal it off, that damage had been overlooked.
Then, against Frieza, he'd completely throw any warning out the window and go all the way to Kaio-Ken x20. He'd only been able to maintain the form briefly, but he hadn't seemed to suffer any aftereffects from it, as he continued to fight against Frieza without slowing down much even before he transformed into a Super Saiyan.
Pretty much, Goku either became too strong to feel the harm from the technique pretty quickly, or the aftereffects were greatly exaggerated.
If Goku was able to use the most extreme version of the technique, multiplying his power level by 20x in the process, and then be fine enough to continue fighting afterward, then Gray figured he could use the technique and be fine.
I don't even need the 20x either - even 10x would be fine by me.
Gray estimated that he'd be able to reach 1 trillion power level, or at least close to it, before they had to return to Monas. That high power level meant that if he was able to find a way to combine the Kaio-Ken with his Ozaru transformation - which was his overall goal of training with King Kai - then he wouldn't even need the 20x's massive boost. Considering that he could at least keep track of Saitama's movements now, who could fight on par with Boros, Gray estimated that Boros was probably around 50 trillion.
Hopefully less, but for him to beat me so badly before even in my Ozaru, he's got to be at least that. At most, he's a 100 trillion.
Trying to fight someone over a hundred times stronger than you was definitely an uphill battle, but Gray had an overpowered 10x multiplier that came with being a Saiyan. Combine that with a 10x from the Kaio-Ken, and suddenly Boros didn't seem unbeatable.
Even if it does fuck up my body, I just need it to not be fucked up enough that I die before I can eat a Senzu Bean.
Essentially, having access to an infinite amount of Senzu Beans was overpowered. If the technique really was too much for him, as long as he didn't die literally instantly and was able to buy a Senzu Bean, then Gray could heal up and be fine.
If Goku were smarter, he would've just carried a bag of those fuckin' god beans around with him.
Granted, if Goku were smarter, then a lot of problems would've been avoided. But, Gray didn't care about that now, because he was more focused on King Kai.
"You're still my student!" King Kai huffed, crossing his arms as he looked sternly at Gray, "When you go out there, you represent me! If you die in the middle of a fight from your own technique, it'll make me look bad!"
Wow, and to think I thought he was actually worried about me for a second.
"You don't need to be worried about that," Gray just hummed, grinning widely as he towered over the smaller Kai, "I won't die from something that simple, because…"
Why did King Kai teach Goku such a dangerous technique? Because he was a fuckin' genius.
King Kai hadn't wanted to teach Goku the Kaio-Ken because he knew it was a technique that could lead to his student's death. It wasn't something a normal fighter could handle, and there was a reason Goku had never tried to teach it to anyone else. King Kai had only taught Goku the Kaio-Ken because he knew he could control it - because he knew Goku was a prodigy and a fighting genius in every sense of the word.
"I don't know who you've trained before, or how many students you had, but I can guarantee none of them have been like me," Gray grinned down at the blue man, being completely honest, as he was the only one with a gamer system, "Whatever growth rate you expect, I'll exceed it. Whatever you think my body can't handle, I'll shrug off like it's nothing. There's nothing you can teach me that I can't handle, so…"
If I want to beat Boros, I'll need everything. Not just the Kaio-Ken, but everything King Kai has to offer. Every ability, every technique, every fighting style. Everything. So-
"King Kai," Gray finished, locking eyes with the Kai, "Teach me everything."
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Gray Tanaki:
[Saiyan S-Class Squad Captain]
Age: 18
Wallet: 35,123,940 Coins
Lvl: 26 (13,872,915/20,000,000 XP)
PL: 491.7 Billion
Available Points: 2550
HP: 49,086,750/49,086,750
TKI: 56,569,300/56,569,300
TMP: 6,000/6,000
STR: 7450
AGI: 8250
END: 8000
INT: 6000
CHA: 5995
LUK: 5295
KI: 7990
MP: 6000
HREG: 2470
EREG: 2500
Skills: [Observe LVL 50], [Running LVL 60], [Determination LVL 47], [Ki Control LVL 60], [Ki Gun LVL 48]. [Ki Enhancement LVL 50], [KI Suppression LVL 39], [Ki Sense LVL 40], [Pushup LVL 45], [Punch LVL 57], [Kick LVL 55], [Jump LVL 55], [Flight LVL 60], [Prediction LVL 70], [Zenkai Boost LVL 32], [Cognitive Acceleration LVL 60], [Ah! Lord Freiza! LVL 37], [Mouth-Beam LVL 45], [Ki-Blade LVL 45], [Cooking LVL 35], [Ki Barrage LVL 48], [Ki Explosion LVL 41], [Ki Vision LVL 38], [Attack Boost LVL 65], [Swimming LVL 36], [Clothes Materialization LVL 31], [Seal of Weakening LVL 37], [Portal Creation LVL 50], [Lie Detection LVL 29], [Reflect LVL 50], [Instant-Transmission LVL 45], [Healing LVL 39], [Multi-Form LVL 38], [Gigantification LVL 29], [Tracking MP Blast LVL 40], [MP Conversion LVL 50], [Tracking Ki Blast LVL 30]
Perks: [Gamer's Mind], [Gamer's Body], [Double-edged Sword], [Legendary Super Saiyan], [Perfect Ozaru], [A Cute Pawn], [A Humble Master],[Ladies Man]
Fighting Styles: [Boxing Style: Kolra LVL 4], [Fighting Style: Broly LVL 5]
Party: [Tamari, Fubuki, Tatsumaki, Celia]
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