22 Chapter 22
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As I took the 3-star Dragon Ball in my hand, I felt mysterious energy coming from it. I was not able to understand what this mysterious energy was, but it felt godlike.
"Arlic, is there some kind of problem, is this Dragon Ball fake?" Roshi asked me as he saw me examining the Dragon Ball so thoroughly.
"No Master, this is a real Dragon Ball, I was just observing it," I answered.
"I see," Roshi nodded, "By the way, what are you going to wish for, Arlic?"
"I don't know, I have not decided yet," I answered.
Hearing my answer, Roshi's smile grew wider, and he came closer to me, "Well if you are not sure about your wish, how about you fulfil mine,"
"You have a wish, Master?" I inquired.
Roshi blushed and replied with a wide grin, "Yeah, all I want is a Bouncy Bouncy, Pichi Pichi Gal,"
"Uh, Master, I don't think we should wish for something like that," I said with an awkward smile.
"Ahh, what are you saying, Arlic, that is an important wi….." Roshi was stopped mid-sentence by a loud sound.
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[Rumble][Rumble]
"Eeep," Roshi immediately sat down trying to protect himself from the lightning.
'Ahh, that must've brought back some memories from 2 years ago,' I thought to myself.
Roshi stood up after he realized the embarrassing act he just performed, "Cough, Arlic, I think you should keep the wish for yourself, I wish you luck on your adventure,"
"Uh, thanks," I thanked him.
"Alright, I'm going back inside to rest, you should go ahead and complete your adventure," Roshi said and started walking towards his house.
"Okay, bye Master," I replied and floated up towards the sky.
After I reached the level of clouds, I stopped and started observing the Dragon Ball again.
"Hmm, this mysterious energy that I'm sensing from this Dragon Ball is really strange, it's not like Ki or Magical energy at all, just what is it?"
"Does every Dragon Ball radiate such energy, then can I use this energy as a beacon to locate the Dragon Balls?"
I started spreading my magical sense over the whole Earth to locate the similar energy signature I felt from the Dragon Ball in my hand.
Soon my senses picked up six different objects with the same energy signature as the Dragon Ball in my hand.
"I can't believe I don't need Dragon Ball Radar to locate them, I did the right thing when I chose to become a mage," I mumbled happily.
"Hmm, now that I know the location of every Dragon Ball, let's start picking them up,"
I then picked up the location of the nearest Dragon ball and rushed towards it.
After flying for 20 minutes, I arrived at an old castle.
"Hmm, this is the place where Pilaf found his first Dragon ball, it seems he hasn't found it yet,"
I immediately entered the castle and flew toward its deeper part as it was the place I was feeling the energy of the Dragon ball coming from. After navigating myself inside the castle for 5 minutes I reached the room where the 1-star Dragon Ball was placed on top of a small cushion stool.
I carefully picked it up using telekinesis, and then placed it inside my ball sac….. Cough… Dragon Ball cloth sac.
"Alright, now I have 1-star and 3-star Dragon Balls, let's find the rest too,"
After mumbling, I started backtracking myself out of the castle.
After coming out, I then took off towards the next Ball.
After flying for 5 minutes, I arrived at a burning mountain.
"I see, so this is Mount Frypan, I have to enter the burning castle to find the Dragon Ball,"
Then I created a barrier around my body and dived into the burning castle.
It took me some time as I had to navigate carefully throughout the burning castle as it could collapse if I caused even a small amount of damage. After some time I was successful in finding the 7-star Dragon Ball inside the treasury.
After coming out of the burning castle, I took off toward the next Ball.
It took me 15 minutes, but I reached the next place.
"So, this is West city, it's massive,"
"Okay, I can feel that the energy signature is in that direction,"
Then I flew towards the signature and arrived at the Capsule Corp.
"I don't think I can go inside without someone capturing my face,"
I started spreading my magical sense inside the Capsule Corp and soon found the Dragon Ball, in the storage building.
"Hmm, what to do?"
As I was pondering over what to do, I noticed a guy in a lab coat walking around the building the Dragon Ball was in.
"Hmm, maybe I can use him," I mumbled, "Sorry Mister, but I need you to do something for me,"
I immediately sent a mental wave toward the guy, and as the wave entered his mind he quickly clutched his head and grunted in pain.
After a second or two the man slowly let go of his head and stood straight like a mannequin.
"Okay, now go inside that building, and go to the location I have sent you, then bring that thing to me," I ordered, and the man nodded and then went inside the storage building.
After 5 minutes the man came out of the building while holding the 2-star Dragon Ball in his hand. I used telekinesis to take the Ball from him and then released him from the mind control.
The man grunted in pain again and started looking around, after finding no one he left the place while rubbing his temples.
"Alright, now I have four of them, three more to go"
Then I left towards the next location of the Dragon Ball.
The next place I reached was a small town. After identifying the house which I felt had the same energy as the Dragon Ball, I quickly landed in front of its door and knocked.
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[Knock][Knock]
After a minute or two, an old woman opened the door and greeted me.
"Yes, what can I do for you dear," the old woman asked me with a smile.
"Uh, Grandma do you have something like this," I showed her a Dragon Ball.
"Oh this, yes, I do have a crystal orb similar to this," she replied.
"Good, if you don't mind, can I borrow this for some time, I will return it to you in an hour or less," I asked politely.
"I'm sorry, but I can not give you my family heirloom," the old woman shook her head.
"Then what if I give you this," I said to her as I created a big gold bar in my hand, "I'll give you this right now and then give you another one when I return this back,"
"This… This… is gold?" the old woman stuttered.
"Yeah, so do you agree?" I asked her seriously.
"Please promise me that no harm will come to my family heirloom," she asked nervously.
"Don't worry, I will not cause any harm to your family heirloom," I assured her.
"Okay, then I'll give it to you," the old woman said happily.
The old woman went inside and brought the 6-star Dragon Ball with her. I gave her the gold bar and took the Ball from her.
After the exchange, I said bye to her and floated up.
'Thank Kami she agreed for gold, otherwise, I had no choice other than to hypnotize her,'
Then I left for the next location, after some flying I reached a valley, where I found the 5-star Dragon Ball inside a crack in the valley.
'Okay, next stop, Grandpa Gohan's hut,'
After putting the Dragon Ball inside the ball… Dragon Ball cloth sac, I took off towards Mount Paozu.
It took me 5 minutes to reach Gohan's hut.
As I landed in front of Gohan's hut, I saw him meditating under the shade of a tree.
"Hmm, who?" Gohan said and slowly opened his eyes as he heard me walking toward him.
"Huh, do I know you… Ahh, Arlic, is that you?" Gohan asked as he recognized me.
"Arlic, what happened to you, how did you grow up so fast?" Gohan asked in confusion.
"I entered a magical place where time moves slowly, so I grew up faster there," I answered.
"I see, Earth certainly has some weird places," Gohan muttered.
"By the way, where's Goku, I can see him anywhere?" I inquired.
"Oh, you see Goku had gone hunting, but, as he has not come back yet, maybe he wandered off too far and got lost," Gohan answered.
"I see, then do you need any help in searching for him?" I asked worriedly.
"Oh, don't worry about him, he will come back on his own, he has a good sense of smell, so once he finds his trail he'll know where to go," Gohan replied nonchalantly.
"I… I see," I nodded awkwardly at Gohan's nonchalant behaviour.
"So, what brings you here, Arlic, are you here to stay for another day or two?" Gohan asked.
"I just came here to borrow this from you," I showed him a Dragon Ball.
"Oh, you also have a crystal ball similar to mine," Gohan said as he saw the Dragon Ball in my hand, "If you want it then you can have it,"
"Oh, I don't want it, I just want to borrow it for some time," I explained.
"Hmm, okay, then I'll bring it to you," Gohan said and went inside his hut to bring the Dragon Ball.
Gohan came out with a 4-star Dragon Ball in his hand, and walked up to me, "Here, you can do whatever you want with this,"
"Sure, I'll be back in 10 minutes," I said and flew towards the hilly region.
After landing in a well-hidden place I scattered the Dragon Balls on the ground. As all seven Dragon Balls were together, they were shining and releasing faint growls.
'I'm so freaking excited right now, I can finally summon Shenron,' I thought excitedly.
"Come Forth, Eternal Dragon Shenron"
As soon as I said that black clouds started gathering in the sky and darkness took over the sun's bright light.
The Dragon Balls started shining even brighter and then suddenly released a blinding yellow light towards the sky, which then started taking the shape of an Eastern Dragon.
The Eastern Dragon known as the Eternal Dragon Shenron slowly opened his eyes and stared at me.
Shenron opened his huge jaw and words came out of it, "You who has summoned me, state your wish and I shall fulfil it,"
Looking at Shenron in real life was a completely different experience than looking at him in the anime.
"Eternal Dragon Shenron can you fulfil anything I wish for," I inquired.
Shenron nodded his head and said, "Yes, I can grant any wish you have,"
"Then do you know the map of the whole universe?" I asked him
Shenron's eyes started glowing red and kept glowing for three seconds after which he nodded his head and answered, "I do know now,"
"Then my wish is to know the whole map of the universe, along with general information about each planet," I stated my wish.
"You wish can be granted, however, it will cause you great pain, and may even cause your death due to overloading your brain with information,"
"Do you still wish to continue?" Shenron asked as he narrowed his eyes.
"Don't worry, my brain is strong enough to handle large amounts of information," I assured him.
"Very well," Shenron nodded, "YOUR WISH IS GRANTED"
Shenron's eyes started glowing again, and I felt a stinging pain in my head as several needles started piercing it from all directions.
"Aaaah," I groaned in pain and clutched my head with both of my hands.
After some seconds which felt like hours, the stinging pain slowly faded, and I let go of my head and looked up towards Shenron.
"Your wish has been granted, Farewell," Shenron said and turned into yellow light and returned to the Dragon balls.
The Dragon Balls soon started floating upward and then shined brightly, then as soon as they separated to shoot themselves into seven different directions, I used my telekinesis to bring them back to me.
After placing the stone Dragon Balls inside the sac, I started grinning widely, "I can't believe I now know every location in the universe, I even know about 2495847726 planets that have life on them,"
"Hmm, I won't be able to go to each planet, maybe I'll go to every one of them once this universe is at peace,"
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{Current Power Level ≈ 11 Raditz}
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