Gohan also wanted to go to the Other World together.
Vegeta did not need to guess. He knew exactly what was going through Gohan's mind.
Whether he could take him, and whether he should take him, were things Vegeta needed to think about carefully.
After all, the situation in the Other World was currently unknown. While Vegeta had been to the Other World in his own timeline before, this was the future timeline's Other World. What awaited them there was something even he could not be certain of.
"I know what you're thinking," Vegeta said calmly.
"But I cannot take you this time. I will go first and confirm the situation. After that, I can bring you along."
He did not take Gohan directly, but he gave him hope.
Hearing this, Gohan's emotions surged even more.
"Yes. Thank you, Uncle Vegeta," Gohan said gratefully.
Vegeta nodded and said nothing more, shifting his gaze toward Bulma instead.
Right now, what mattered most was soothing Bulma's emotions.
The past few days had been harmonious. Although there had been no intimate contact, their feelings were steadily developing.
Gohan and Trunks sensed the subtle change in atmosphere and quietly left the space to Vegeta and Bulma.
"These two kids really are something," Bulma said, slightly embarrassed. She knew exactly what they were doing.
Vegeta did not beat around the bush.
"They understand everything. And they are not children anymore. You cannot keep treating them like kids. By age alone, Gohan is already twenty six or twenty seven."
"Yes. And I am already fifty one," Bulma sighed softly when age came up.
Fifty one.
That made sense. It was now Age seven hundred eighty four.
In Vegeta's memory, Bulma was born in Age seven hundred thirty three.
"Age is not that important," Vegeta said, then continued meaningfully.
"But I noticed something a couple of days ago, and today it is even clearer. You have changed. Have you noticed it yourself, Bulma?"
Bulma froze, then subconsciously touched her cheek.
Before Vegeta arrived, she had clearly aged. Years of exhaustion had left wrinkles and dulled her complexion. Everything showed it.
After Vegeta returned, she had instinctively started paying attention to her appearance again, even putting on makeup.
Then, after returning to West City, she realized something felt different.
At first, she thought it was just improved mood and reduced stress.
But today, she realized it was not an illusion.
She had truly become at least ten years younger.
The most shocking part was something even more private.
As a woman, that phase of her life had already ended long ago.
Yet this very morning, her cycle had returned.
Bulma's face flushed red.
She suddenly wondered if Vegeta had noticed something, and that was why he asked.
"It seems you have realized it too," Vegeta said, seeing straight through her thoughts.
"If my guess is correct, this change is because of me."
"Because of you?" Bulma asked in disbelief.
"What do you mean, Vegeta?"
Something like this happening to her was simply unbelievable.
"Some things did not develop the way you understand them," Vegeta said.
"The rough explanation is this."
He then explained the wish he had made in the past.
Only then did Bulma finally understand.
What she had not expected at all was that Vegeta's past life had been so completely different from the one she knew.
And more importantly, that wish could transcend time and affect her.
"So I am becoming younger because Porunga granted you that ability," Bulma said slowly,
"and your power is now affecting me, restoring my youth. Immortality."
She did not know whether to feel happy or stunned.
Happy, because becoming younger was something no woman could resist.
Stunned, because this made it even harder for her to know how to face Vegeta.
This Vegeta was not the Vegeta she once knew.
Yet he was Vegeta.
Fortunately, this Bulma had always been strong mentally. She quickly realized that crossing time itself must have caused the divergence, leading to a different future.
Otherwise, this Vegeta would not be standing in front of her now.
"There is something I want to confirm," Vegeta said suddenly.
"I want to test the limits of this ability."
Before Bulma could react, Vegeta scooped her up in his arms and headed toward the room.
"Wait. Vegeta. What are you doing?" Bulma exclaimed in shock.
At her age, she obviously understood what he meant.
"Do not play dumb," Vegeta said bluntly.
"I am doing what a husband and wife should do."
His domineering tone made Bulma's face turn red instantly.
"No. I cannot. I mean, that…" Bulma stammered.
Vegeta stopped. "What is wrong?"
"It came back."
"Oh."
Meanwhile,
After leaving the capsule house, Gohan and Trunks went straight into the mobile gravity training room.
"So this is the gravity chamber," Gohan said, looking around the spacious room.
"In just two or three days, it increased your strength this much, Trunks."
If Vegeta had not brought the gravity chamber with him, Gohan would have almost forgotten.
Back then, his father had trained under one hundred times gravity, gaining the power that saved them on Namek from the Ginyu Force.
After returning to Earth and entering a long period of peace, the urgency to grow stronger faded.
Gravity training gradually fell out of use.
Now that he thought about it, Gohan realized his training over the years had been far too one dimensional.
Fifteen years wasted.
If he had been bolder, or had clearer goals, Androids seventeen and eighteen would have been destroyed long ago.
The world would never have fallen into this state.
"Want to try it, Gohan?" Trunks asked.
"Dad said this mobile gravity chamber can go up to one thousand times gravity. I can only handle one hundred times so far."
But instead of answering immediately, Gohan corrected him.
"You used to call me Master because I was guiding your training. I know you insisted.
But things are different now, especially since Uncle Vegeta is here."
He smiled faintly.
"Calling me Master does not feel right anymore. Just call me big brother instead. That way, I will not feel so much pressure."
"But"
"No buts. Just call me Gohan, or Gohan brother."
"Alright. Gohan brother."
The shift felt natural.
Not brothers by blood, but closer than brothers.
Next came the gravity training.
As Trunks activated the chamber, Gohan experienced the crushing pressure of gravity for the very first time.
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