Tights only gave Yamiru ten minutes, which of course wasn't enough time to do much.
Besides, Yamiru didn't intend to do much anyway.
He simply didn't want to be separated from Tights at this moment.
"You, you always push yourself too hard, getting yourself into such a mess."
Tights, wearing a tank top, shorts, and slippers, was helping Yamiru clean his body in the bathroom.
"When I first met you, it was the same. You were so seriously ill and injured, almost dying. In that state, you were still thinking about saving others, still able to dodge bullets, you're such a strange person."
Touching his bruised and swollen body, even through the towel, she could feel the pain this body had endured.
"When I saw you again after some time, I could also immediately tell that you had gone through a very painful experience. You don't know, that day in the cafe, I didn't even dare to ask you in detail what had happened to you. Because you kept smiling, smiling just like when we first met, it made me afraid to ask."
His muscles were a bit tense. Tights massaged them for him, as he still had the World Martial Arts Tournament to attend later.
"After training for a few years, you finally seemed to have returned to how you were before everything happened. But, what happened, happened. Fortunately, you resolved things today."
Tights thought lightly about her thoughts these past few days. No one spoke in the bathroom, only the sound of the shower, but they could both feel each other's presence.
"Alright, change your clothes."
Tights quickly wiped Yamiru's body clean and glanced at the time. Seven minutes had passed.
"Ah, I feel much better."
Yamiru stood up, comfortably stretching his body, grinning and putting his hands on his hips, making a pointed remark.
Tights glared at him, throwing clothes at him. "Alright, put them on."
Tights grabbed Yamiru, who had changed, and walked out. She put away the capsule apartment, and the two climbed into the hover car.
Vroom! Tights floored the accelerator, and the hover car sped towards the city.
Due to the urgency, the car was extremely fast, the wind whistling past their ears.
Yamiru simply lay down, resting his head in the crook of Tights's legs. Tights wasn't a homebody; her long legs were quite springy. Yamiru buried his face in her abdomen, lightly smelling the girl's fragrance... oh, it was high-end perfume, the kind that could buy the entire Kame House. Yamiru had heard Tights say that although she liked to work hard herself, her mother would occasionally send her things like underwear and cosmetics. Tights wasn't foolish enough to think of herself as a Cinderella, and she wouldn't be careless about taking care of her body.
"Stop it, your breathing is tickling me," Tights wriggled.
"I can feel your stomach, jumping," Yamiru said, his head still buried.
"No, strictly speaking, the part you're leaning on should be the intestines, right? If there's anything inside, it's..."
"Oh, how disgusting."
Yamiru raised his hand and scratched—Tights's arm. Her armpit, or... never mind, since she was driving. He suddenly looked up, looking at Tights's serious jawline as she drove, and said: "I know, you said that on purpose. Because you also said 'how disgusting' when you saw Tao Pai Pai before, right? Haha, 'I got you!'"
Tights smiled, focused on driving and not looking down. But then she heard Yamiru ask in confusion, "Wait... can you understand 'I got you'?"
"Is it difficult? It's a very common English idiom. 'I caught you,' 'I understand you'" Tights snorted. "Although I'm not as smart as Bulma, I'm not stupid, okay?"
"English..." Yamiru murmured, his head still resting on her thigh.
"It's a kind of very popular language, although only simple words and short sentences remain, and no one knows which small place or culture it came from," Tights said. "That's why Bulma has never really liked her name. Although most people probably don't know the specific meaning of her name, Bulma knows. She told me it means women's panties... haha! I'm much better off. Tights, well, tights, it's acceptable. Anyway, it's much better than hers, haha."
Just like how modern Chinese also retains many classical Chinese phrases, as well as many loanwords from modern times. Tights's description of her understanding of "English" was roughly this idea.
Yamiru remembered that when he rescued a group of people at the Rabbit Gang's place, he had also asked about Chinese characters. As a result, the other party had no problem recognizing both the simplified and traditional forms of the character dragon/龍. The "turtle/龟" in the Turtle School's uniform, the "crane/鹤" in the Crane School's uniform, the "kill/杀" on Tao Pai Pai's clothes, and the characters on the desert bandits' clothes were all written clearly in black on white, leaving Yamiru no room to play deaf or blind.
Tights glanced over and noticed that this guy was spacing out again, so she said, "I know you need to recover your stamina, but let me tell you, after you left with Tao Pai Pai, Master Shen flew to chase you. Goku was worried about you, so I had him transform using the method you told him. Don't worry, it really worked; he was able to maintain his rationality, just like Shenron said. But I don't know if he caught up with Master Shen. On the way back to the martial arts temple, keep an eye out for him."
"Goku? He transformed?"
Yamiru suddenly sat up straight, his Golden Veil activating. Only then did he realize that the hover car had entered the city.
Tights explained, "Master Roshi said that with Goku's original power, recklessly chasing Master Shen could get him killed, so I had him transform. Luckily, it worked. I don't know if he caught up with that person. With the Flying Nimbus, it should be fine, right?"
"The Saiyan's transformation increases their fighting power tenfold!" Yamiru muttered. "Wait, turn left. Goku is right there."
His tone was very certain.
After all, in his Golden Veil vision, the person at the left turn, his aura was like a small sun, intense, brilliant, almost blinding.
Yamiru couldn't help but deactivate his Golden Veil.
The hover car screeched as it made a sharp turn. Sure enough, on a deserted road, a humanoid black ape was looking at the sky. The ape wasn't wearing any clothes, but just this level of aura was enough to rule out any ordinary animal-type Earthlings.
Hearing the sound of the car stopping, the ape turned its head and happily said, "Yamiru, you're okay, that's great."
It was indeed Goku! Yamiru nodded. Moreover, this Ozaru who was the size of a normal person, had the same expressions and mannerisms as Goku. This sight was truly bizarre!
"Where's Master Shen?" Yamiru asked. "With your current strength, defeating him should be simple, right?"
Ape Goku said, "It was difficult. I'm so clumsy in this form. That bad old man also turned into a strange form. I tried everything, but I just couldn't hit him... Later, he suddenly looked in one direction, sadly said something like 'Tao is dead', cursed at me a few times, and then flew away into the sky himself. I guessed that you won, so I waited for you here. I was right!"
Tights said, "That kind of bad guy, why didn't you chase after him with the Flying Nimbus?"
Ape Goku said, "But even if I caught up with him, I still couldn't hit him. That old man, although he has a bad attitude, is really strong."
"It's more because you haven't adapted to this form yet!" Yamiru shook his head. "But, why haven't you changed back?"
Ape Goku was silent for a moment, then awkwardly said, "I don't know how to change back..."
"Forget it!" Tights said helplessly, then smiled and told them both to get in the car. "Goku's opponent is Jaco, right? Hehe, Yamiru said your strength is ten times greater after transforming, Goku! Teach that 'elite' guy a good lesson!"
Ape Goku plopped down on the back of the hover car, causing the car to tilt and almost touch the ground.
Tights had to adjust the gears, raising the height of the chassis to a higher level before driving towards the World Martial Arts Tournament venue again.