Champa was secretly causing trouble, preparing to send an assassin and several Saiyans to the Seventh Universe—naturally, no one in the Seventh Universe knew about this.
After testing the "Unlimited Blade Works" abilities, Zuke was quite satisfied and left the training ground, also leaving the Dragon Ball world.
After all, today in the Dragon Ball world, he'd confirmed quite a few things—not only various new abilities of "Unlimited Blade Works," but also confirmed the "King's Army's" protection mechanism for its sphere of influence.
Without his permission, even angels couldn't freely enter Planet Sadala... This was good news. At least he didn't have to worry about others running to his territory causing trouble.
Of course, "can't enter" and "can't attack" were two different things. Angels indeed couldn't enter Planet Sadala, but if they directly launched attacks at Planet Sadala, it still couldn't withstand it.
Ultimately, Merus had no ill intent toward Planet Sadala, which produced this result.
If someone with malicious intent toward Planet Sadala came, they probably wouldn't test whether they could enter Planet Sadala—they'd directly fire a ki blast from distance and blow up Planet Sadala.
That's right, talking about Frieza—but now Frieza and Cold had both been eliminated. Zuke temporarily didn't need to worry about anyone doing the same thing.
As for whether the refused Champa would become angry and cause trouble... One could only say that as long as Gods of Destruction still held reverence for Zeno and the Grand Priest, they wouldn't dare act recklessly.
Even if they wanted to act recklessly, they should try every means to conceal the facts—at least now, with both Whis and Merus knowing about this, Champa didn't dare come to the Seventh Universe causing trouble.
Leaving the Dragon Ball world and returning to the real world, Zuke's figure appeared in the courtyard.
Entering worlds through the system, his body could appear intact in its original position on the bed, so no need to worry about being noticed by others on the bed.
But entering other worlds through "King's Army," Zuke couldn't guarantee his body would return to its original position intact when coming back.
So to prevent waking others, Zuke could only choose to manifest in the courtyard.
{Transitioning to Shin}
"Lately I've been coming back earlier and earlier."
After returning to the courtyard, Shin looked up at the sky—the sky was still dark, but in the distance, a faint light could be seen at the horizon.
Taking out his phone to check the time, it was just past 6 AM… Although there was still time before school, Shin was too lazy to use this time to make another trip to a mission world.
He found the clean stone in the courtyard he used for practicing the Spirit Bomb after returning each day, then sat on it.
However, today he didn't plan to continue practicing the Spirit Bomb, but to use this time attempting another matter.
"Can Dragon Balls be used in other worlds?"
Shin extended his hand and took out from the "Gate of Babylon" the two Planet Cyril Dragon Balls that had just been wished upon and turned back into stone balls, pondering this matter in his heart.
He'd wanted to try this long ago—Dragon Balls could grant wishes in their original world, which was normal, but could they also function normally in other worlds?
"Now my mind already has knowledge about Dragon Balls, with deeper understanding of their structure."
Shin looked at the stone balls in his hand, frowning in thought.
"So even Dragon Balls that just turned to stone, I can use 'Unlimited Blade Works' to repair them back to normal Dragon Balls… just that this would consume their lifespan."
That's right. After obtaining Dragon Ball-related knowledge, Shin could now even "repair" freshly wished-upon Dragon Balls back to their original form.
Meaning as long as he was willing, he could make consecutive wishes until… the Dragon Balls' lifespan was completely exhausted.
Just like some ordinary items, after continuous use and repeated repair, their internal composition would age and eventually become unusable—Dragon Balls were the same.
Originally, using normal methods, Dragon Balls could last tens of thousands of years or even longer without issues.
But if Shin forcibly "repaired" them, it would squeeze out their remaining lifespan. Eventually, after not many uses, these two Dragon Balls would be drained and shatter.
However, Shin had thought of a solution—since Dragon Balls might shatter, just have the Namekians repair them again.
In the original work, there were situations where Shenron was killed or the Dragon Ball system needed upgrading, all ultimately handled by Namekians like Kami or Dende.
Worst case, Shin could just visit the Namekian Grand Elder again.
"Anyway, repairing once won't consume too much."
Thinking this, Shin stopped hesitating and directly "repaired" the stone balls in his hand.
Because this house was within his "King's Army" range, Unlimited Blade Works could naturally be used here.
Soon, as Shin's stamina was drastically consumed, the two stone balls once again turned back into Planet Cyril Dragon Balls.
Though it might have been an illusion, their glow seemed slightly dimmer—probably indicating their lifespan had been affected.
Shin didn't mind this, placed the two Dragon Balls on the ground, and prepared to recite the summoning incantation for Shenron.
But just as he opened his mouth, Shin suddenly realized—if he summoned Shenron here, the light would illuminate the entire area's sky, easily attracting attention.
Although Shin didn't care much—if anything happened, the Shinomiya family could easily handle public opinion—unnecessary disturbances were better avoided.
Just as he was about to store the Dragon Balls and find another place, he suddenly thought of something.
He stood up, walked to the bedroom, and quietly opened the door.
Inside, Tohru and the others were still asleep.
Sleeping Tohru felt her body being poked several times.
Normally, as a dragon, Tohru could go very long without sleep. However, because she was exhausted by Shin every night, she had grown accustomed to sleeping at night like humans.
Feeling the poking sensation, Tohru irritably opened her eyes, wanting to see which person had such a bad sleeping posture.
But when her eyes opened, she saw Shin crouching by the bed, looking at her.
Tohru's heart jumped, then her expression brightened. She instinctively wanted to call out "Akawa"—but stopped when she saw Shin making a shushing gesture.
She understood, quietly climbed out of bed, and followed Shin outside. Only then did he speak:
"Tohru, you mentioned before that you and Kanna often spar outside, right? The place where you spar won't be noticed by others, will it?"
"Ah, you mean that."
Although Tohru didn't understand why he suddenly asked, she answered honestly.
"Kanna and I checked carefully. The place where we train is very secluded. No one will notice us."
That made sense. Tohru and Kanna's "training" probably caused massive commotion. If it could be seen, someone would have complained long ago.
"Then that's good. Take me to your training place."
Shin nodded.
"I happen to need a place where I can make a big commotion without being noticed by anyone."
To be continued…