"Of course, no problem."
Shenron's voice rang across the clearing. Then under Zuke and Sayomaru's gaze, Garou's corpse lying on the ground instantly underwent changes.
At the originally pierced chest, countless flesh buds began self-assembling, forcibly piecing together a heart for Garou—even the devoured severed limb began growing out.
In the blink of an eye, Garou's damaged corpse recovered to normal. Zuke could hear Garou's heart resuming its beat.
Although Dragon Balls reviving others required keeping the corpse as intact as possible, if there was slight damage, it was still fine. As long as it wasn't destroyed too severely, it could still be patched back together.
"This completes your commission. I shall take my leave."
The bootleg Cyril Planet Shenron spoke to Zuke obsequiously, then its body instantly transformed into two rays of light, flying off separately toward the distance.
That was Dragon Balls' basic function—after wish fulfillment, Dragon Balls would scatter across the world, becoming non-functional stone spheres for a year until next use.
Of course, Zuke didn't go retrieve those two Dragon Balls that flew away this time... After all, those two were just things he "projected."
Before waiting a year for them to recover into Dragon Balls, probably in a month or two those two orbs would disappear due to losing "Projection's" magical power.
Zuke lowered his head to look at Garou still lying at his feet, kicking him, then saying irritably:
"Still sleeping? Wake up already."
"...Hng!?"
Kicked by Zuke, Garou seemed to suddenly wake due to the pain at his waist, then rolled over and jumped up alertly.
After landing in a vigilant posture, he saw Zuke and Sayomaru, then immediately recalled what had happened. His expression froze:
"This... I've already come back to life?"
"What? Would you rather die longer?"
Zuke narrowed his eyes looking at Garou—if Garou really hoped to die, then Zuke didn't mind giving him a ride.
Seeing Zuke's somewhat dangerous gaze, Garou shuddered, quickly shaking his head—he knew Zuke's personality. If he actually dared nod, Zuke would definitely twist off his head.
"Then properly feel your body's condition. Any abnormalities?"
Zuke was also using his own "projected" Dragon Balls to revive someone for the first time, so he was quite curious about Garou's current physical condition.
If his "projected" Dragon Balls had issues with revival function, he could continue adjusting—after all, his mind now contained complete knowledge of Dragon Ball creation and adjustment.
"Physical condition... there don't seem to be any issues, except my waist area still hurts a bit from your kick just now."
Hearing this, Garou also moved his body, then gave his assessment.
"However, the power I obtained from that 'God' before... it was called Divine Power, right? Now I feel like that power isn't in my body anymore."
"The Divine Power—the instant I carried your corpse out of Hero Association building, 'God' reclaimed it."
Zuke explained—just when he'd grabbed Garou's corpse leaving Hero Association, he'd sensed something being stripped from Garou.
Because Zuke himself also possessed "Divine Power," he'd immediately realized it should be "God" reclaiming the power from Garou's corpse.
But this was fine too. This way, the revived Garou wouldn't be controlled by "God" anymore.
Only Zuke looked at Garou's expression, raising an eyebrow as he asked:
"What? Feel some regret? That cube is still with me. If you want, you can pray again. Maybe that 'God' would be willing to give you Divine Power once more."
"...Better not. I don't want to hand my life over to someone else."
Hearing this, Garou immediately shuddered, then shook his head refusing—in the original, he'd actually refused "God's" power from the start.
"Comparatively, I trust my own power more."
Saying this, Garou clenched his fist, a hint of excitement appearing on his face—the abundant power within his body made him quite satisfied.
Zuke looked at Garou's satisfied expression, thought for a moment, but ultimately didn't voice the cruel truth that "part of your power was given by me."
Although Garou relied on his "limiter-breaking" ability to convert the energy Zuke gave him into his own power, that still wasn't power Garou trained for himself.
"Fine. As long as you're satisfied, then cooperate with Sayomaru's work next. Tell Hero Association about your specific situation."
"..."
Since Garou had no objections, Zuke naturally didn't bother caring—he'd completed his mission in One Punch Man world. As long as Garou didn't cause trouble, it was fine.
"Tch, I'm too lazy to deal with this guy. Let Sitch ask instead."
However, Sayomaru seemed quite disgusted with Garou. She glanced at Garou, frowned, then prepared to pass this task to Sitch.
As one of the few people in original Hero Association upper management who actually worked, Sitch should also be happy to help organize档案资料 for this "Hero Hunter" Garou.
"Wait, Master. Are you planning to leave me here?"
Garou seemed to hear the implication in Zuke's words, immediately startled as he called out to Zuke, as if afraid Zuke would vanish the next moment.
"...What? You still want to follow me?"
Hearing this, Zuke looked at Garou with a somewhat strange gaze—although he'd taken good care of Garou, he wouldn't keep him by his side.
Garou wasn't some beautiful girl. Keeping him around besides causing trouble, what other use would he have?
"That's not it. I also don't want to trouble Master."
Seeing Zuke actually didn't refute the "Master" title, a smile involuntarily appeared on Garou's face—but he still asked his question.
"It's just... afterward, I won't be able to return to Planet Sadala anymore?"
Although he'd only stayed on Planet Sadala for a few weeks, Garou actually preferred that atmosphere there.
The main appeal was fighting. Exciting.
He absolutely didn't want to join Hero Association—although due to Zuke's interference, Garou's troublemaking psychology had gradually faded, he still resisted heroes.
Instead, the Saiyans' rather cruel personalities suited Garou's taste quite well, making him feel very comfortable.
"So that's what it was about."
Zuke couldn't help but laugh—he hadn't expected to find Garou a new home.
But if Garou wanted to go... that wasn't impossible.
"Blackbird Requiem" could grant Garou a small portion of "King's World" ability, letting him single-handedly traverse between One Punch Man world and Dragon Ball world.
Since he liked going to Planet Sadala for training, then let him go.
To be continued…