5 Shoplifting for a Good Reason (1/2)

A day passed since Raditz stepped into the Room of Spirit and Time.

Creak... The door to the Room of Spirit and Time opened, a man with spiky hair reaching his calves wearing ragged clothes stepped out of the door.

”As expected, a Saiyan learns best in battles!” Raditz clenched his fist, a bang sound could be heard as the air in his fist exploded. Feeling the newfound strength coursing through his arm, Raditz smiled.

Raditz was more talented than earthlings when it came to learning martial arts, but the speed was too slow for him, who had no martial arts foundation. If he were to learn it the normal way, it would probably have taken him several years to master Kami's martial arts.

But he is a Saiyan, why would he need to practice the martial arts forms for hours each day? A Saiyan learned best in combat, imprinting each information he receives from a battle into his mind. Raditz couldn't control his strength in the beginning, as such, the spar with Mr. Popo was quite awkward, with Raditz gaining very little each time.

But as they sparred more and more, Raditz was like a sponge, soaking in all the knowledge of Mr. Popo's martial arts. Raditz learned to suppress his own Ki and was able to have satisfying spars each time with Mr. Popo, his martial arts knowledge increased rapidly, and in 8 months, he had learned everything. The last 4 month was spent on gravity training since Raditz had learned everything he had, Mr. Popo left early. Unlike others, Mr. Popo was not restricted by the number of times he could enter the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, nor the amount of time he could stay, even if he stayed longer than 1 year, the door leading to the real world would not disappear.

These were the information Mr. Popo had told Raditz immediately, once the two of them had stepped inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. This was because Raditz could potentially get trapped inside the room if he did not follow the rules.

The reason Raditz walked out in ragged clothes were due to all his extra training clothes had been destroyed, once Raditz could suppress his Ki down to Mr. Popo's level, his clothes got destroyed quite easily. His training in the gravity chamber also destroyed the rest of his extra clothes. This was because Raditz did not fear to overstrain his body, he had brought some senzu beans before he had entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

Because he trained in higher gravity than his body could bear, Raditz had used up all the senzu beans he brought with him. The remaining time was spent on more moderate gravity, whenever his body was badly injured, he would meditate until his body recovered. Luckily, Saiyans had much higher recovery ability than earthlings, normally a week or two would be enough to heal all his injuries.

”Raditz!” Goku sensed the large Ki coming from the center of the Lookout.

”Goku, have you finished gathering the dragon balls?” Raditz asked, although only one day had passed, he had waited a week before entering the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. The fact that Goku was back in the Lookout should mean he had finished gathering all the dragon balls.

”Yes, they're here.” Goku pointed at the 7 dragon balls glowing a bit away.

”Never mind that, let's fight!” Goku said excitedly.

”... Did your powers increase after a week?” Raditz asked helplessly, there was no meaning for him to fight Goku before he had powered up.

”Ahahaha, no. I've just finished gathering the dragon ball. Let's ask Shenron to send us to King Kai.” Goku embarrassingly scratched the back of his head. He already knew he was no match for Raditz even before Raditz entered the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, now that Raditz had trained for a year inside, and his Ki had increased by so much, there wasn't really any meaning for Goku to try fighting Raditz.