Chapter 95: Know Yourself and Your Enemy, and You Will Never Be Defeated
"Ten Senzu Beans? Is it normal to get that many?"
Hearing Franklin's question, Korin pulled back the cat paw holding out the beans.
"Of course not. These things don't even produce five beans in three years. Giving you so many at once is a serious waste."
Franklin's reaction was lightning fast. In an instant, he had already snatched the Senzu Beans into his hand.
"Thanks. These are incredibly useful, so I'll make sure to use them well. Oh, by the way—if I climb up from the bottom again, will you give me another ten?"
"In theory, climbing Korin Tower should only reward you with two Senzu Beans. But you…" Korin shot Franklin a glare, clearly annoyed by how smug he was acting.
"This time I gave you ten because you're planning to fight King Piccolo and save the world. It's a special allowance.
Since you think I'm being too generous, after you deal with King Piccolo, come back and climb the tower four more times. I'll seal all your power like I did two days ago, and you'll have to climb it four times with nothing but a body slightly stronger than a normal human."
Franklin was speechless. Right then, he really wanted to smack himself. Why couldn't he just keep his mouth shut?
"I'll do it. Once that huge problem is settled, I'll come back. After all, that guy up in the sky is the good half of Piccolo, and the Dragon Balls are his creation. There are definitely a few questions I need to ask him."
Korin froze for a second at that, which made Franklin feel a lot better. Looking around, he suddenly realized something—
"Where's Goku? Where did he go? I haven't seen him around."
Korin came back to himself at Franklin's question. He gave Franklin a long look, then slowly led him down the staircase.
"Goku's Flying Nimbus was destroyed. I'm planning to give him another one. Do you want one too? I can give you one as well."
Franklin shook his head helplessly. "According to Master Roshi, I'm not pure-hearted like Goku. I can't use the Nimbus."
The cat hermit chuckled. "I also have a purple Nimbus. It's not nearly as picky. Want to try it?"
Korin's reminder triggered Franklin's memory—Mercenary Tao had once gotten a purple Nimbus too, and before even fighting Goku, the thing had already done him in.
Franklin was about to refuse, but after thinking it through—Korin had no reason to harm him—he nodded. Looking at the seven Dragon Balls on the radar gathered in one place, his expression grew serious.
"I really do need a way to get around fast. If you can spare it, I'd really appreciate it."
Korin tapped the floor lightly with his wooden staff, and a blackish-purple cloud flashed in from the horizon, finally stopping in the center of Korin Tower.
"Go on, try it out. Goku's already chosen his."
Franklin hesitated for a moment before jumping onto the strange Nimbus. Feeling how it wrapped around his feet securely, he exhaled deeply.
On the other side, with a loud cheer, Goku rode his golden Nimbus into the tower. The moment he saw Franklin, his eyes lit up. He jumped off the cloud and pounced on Franklin.
"I knew it, Franklin! You're the best. You actually survived drinking the Ultra Divine Water."
Hearing Goku's excited words, Franklin understood roughly where the two mysterious things inside his body had come from.
"Korin, we'll be going now. The sooner we take care of this, the better. If we wait too long, we might lose track of him."
The two Nimbus clouds rose one after the other, quickly flying toward where the seven Dragon Balls had gathered. The fact that they hadn't dispersed after all this time made Franklin's guess obvious—Master Roshi was probably planning to use the Evil Containment Wave as a last-ditch gamble.
Thinking of that, Franklin urged the Nimbus to speed up.
During the flight, Franklin didn't waste time. His power had grown enormously, but there were countless mysteries within his body. He needed to figure them out as soon as possible. But his knowledge of immortal cultivation was still very basic.
If not for that strange dream that left fragments of cultivation knowledge in his mind, Franklin wouldn't have even been able to make sense of the Space Overlord Art.
After returning to the Dragon Ball world and spending years with his parents, through endless questions, he gradually pieced together an understanding of cultivation.
But anything deeper than that remained beyond his grasp. He had to figure it out himself.
Now, as he extended his spiritual sense inward, trying to probe the mysterious lightning rune and black droplet inside him, the feeling was like a grade-schooler trying to read calculus—completely incomprehensible.
He only knew that one was a thunder rune, the other a black drop of water. These two must have been formed by the clash between the lightning tribulation and the Ultra Divine Water.
Opening the Dimensional Heavenly Tome again, Franklin found no entries on either of them.
Channeling spiritual energy into his eyes, he activated his True Sight. Only then did information on the two items appear before him.
[Yang Thunder] (Growth Type)
Grade: Blue · Rule (Heaven and Earth Creation Item)
Growth: 0%
Usage: Activated with spiritual energy; freely releases destructive, yang-type lightning attacks.
Description: A material embodiment of destructive yang thunder energy.
[Yin Water] (Growth Type)
Grade: Blue · Rule (Heaven and Earth Creation Item)
Growth: 0%
Usage: Activated with spiritual energy; freely releases water-type attacks with destructive power, or restorative water imbued with life energy.
Description: A material embodiment of destructive and regenerative yin water energy.
Franklin exhaled deeply after reading their descriptions. So that was how he'd survived burning his life force.
With his lightning control talent and the support of Yang Thunder, he felt far more confident about facing King Piccolo.
Looking at Goku closely following behind, Franklin took another deep breath and decided to check his status—know yourself and your enemy, and you'll never be defeated.
Spiritual energy surged into his eyes, and True Sight activated instantly.
Name: Son Goku (Kakarot)
Age: 15 / 700 (300 years average Saiyan lifespan; 200 years for physical cultivation up to Stage 50; 200 years for spiritual cultivation up to Stage 50)
Race: Saiyan
Bloodline: Saiyan Bloodline
Physical Cultivation: Body Training, Stage 600
Spiritual Cultivation: Qi Training, Stage 600
Mental Cultivation: Mortal Heart Realm
Heart Method: Turtle School Style
Techniques: Kamehameha, Afterimage Fist, Rock-Paper-Scissors, Drunken Fist, Basic Martial Arts…
Talent: Protagonist Halo (Main protagonist of the world; the protagonist overrides everything; if the protagonist dies, the worldline collapses)
Combat Power: 1260–2520
Seeing Goku's combat power, Franklin finally felt at ease. Both of them had broken past a power level of a thousand. That should be more than enough to take on King Piccolo…