A New Solution (30)

Broly and Dr Limiter sat around the living room table while Paragus prepared lunch, as Paragus and Broly lived alone it meant that Paragus had to prepare all the meals.

"How is Broly's studying coming along?" Paragus asked from inside the kitchen.

Broly immediately looked at Dr Limiter with a pleading expression.

Dr Limiter chuckled slightly.

"He's doing alright, he's just finished a module on functions in mathematics and he's launching his fifth program in Tuza," Dr Limiter said softly.

At Age 7 in Tsufurian Education, children could drop as many subjects as they wanted as long as they kept two and Broly had chosen mathematics, engineering and programming.

"Is that good?" Paragus asked confusedly.

"Slightly better than average," Dr Limiter said honestly.

"Then he can do better! My precious Broly-bean is one of a kind!" Paragus said genuinely believing his own words.

Dr Limiter snickered while Broly hid his face in shame.

In modern Saiyan culture, especially under the rule of Lord Freiza, family members would spend little time around each other. Most of their time was spent carrying out missions of various kinds and so familial bonds were much weaker than teammate bonds.

In Tsufurian culture, the working day was 7 AM in the morning to 3 PM in the afternoon, the rest of the day was spent with family at home and so there was plenty of time for interaction. This applied for the Saiyans who worked alongside labour-droids doing various tasks like mining, emergency medical transportation, movement of heavy objects and experimental medicine testing.

Paragus, in particular, had been watching dramas and programmes in his free-time sometimes with Broly and so he was heavily influenced by Tsufurian culture, this meant that he now understood the importance of proper parenting and damage of the absence of it. He had studied multiple training programs that had specified rest periods and needed something else to do.

"Oh, Broly! A package came for you this morning! It's by the door," Paragus said offhandedly.

"Really? Cool!" Broly said running towards the door excitedly.

Broly only ever got deliveries on his birthday or special occasions so the surprise gift was warmly welcomed.

Saiyans traditionally didn't have holidays but celebrated them alongside the Tsufurians after they introduced the concept.

Broly brought the package back to the table and ripped it open with his bare hands, even without using ki his small fingers clawed through the soft metal like paper.

Dr Limiter could only shake his head, reminded once again that although Broly was literate and educated he, deep down, was a barbarian.

"Uh! It's just the same arm and leg guards again!" Broly complained loudly.

Paragus frowned.

Dr Propellor had informed him of Broly's condition and how if it went untreated Broly could potentially die in the future and naturally he was worried.

Over the last three years, the scientists who worked with Dr Propellor had produced 14 different variations of the same accessories that were in the box Broly was staring at disappointedly. The purpose of them was to slowly absorb Broly's ki over time, the bracelets would accumulate massive ki stores that Broly would be able to use in battle while keeping the concentration of ki in his body at a healthy level.

They had failed 14 times due to Broly's ridiculous ki pool.

Each time the scientists had underestimated how fast Broly's ki generated and each time so far the bracelets exploded releasing massive bursts of ki into the environment which exploded fiercely.

The scientists simply told Broly they were trying to investigate storing ki on large scales and since Broly's ki generated the fastest out of all the Saiyans, they would use him as the test subject.

Broly thought nothing of it until an explosion destroyed his self-built laptop and robot.

Now Broly showed visible irritation whenever he was given the accessories but still wore them out of courtesy and obedience, he understood how much effort was required to produce them.

They themselves were made of anhydrous kirite and iridiscium, being completely white in colour. They were much bigger than Broly's wrist being able to accommodate Paragus's wrist who was 5 times his size.

Broly already knew what to do and put them on his wrists and calves, two on his left and two on his right, they both immediately shrunk squeezing down on Broly's arms and calves before relaxing and then spreading. Broly felt a gentle tug on his ki as it was slowly pulled by cleverly manipulated forces into the accessories.

This wasn't the first material Broly had encountered that absorbed ki so he knew it wasn't harmful, he let the ki in his body flow freely.

'Oh? It's actually working!' Dr Limiter thought to himself.

As a Tsufurian Elder, he had free access to advanced augmentations and as he was already around Broly he opted for a Power Scouter to be programmed into his robotic eyes. From this distance, he could already see Broly's power level slowly decreasing.

He kept this information to himself.

"I don't feel any different?" Broly said, confused at why there wasn't an obvious change.

Dr Limiter didn't give it away.

"Try to shoot a ki beam at your father," he said patiently.

Broly smiled and didn't need to be told twice.

He extended his arm and concentrated.

Nothing happened.

"What?" Broly said confusedly.

Dr Limiter smiled, happy that the invention worked as intended.

"Are you unable to do it? You could do it just fine in the sparring rooms!" Dr Limiter said pushing Broly.

"I know!" Broly said annoyed.

He closed his eyes and concentrated, his focus on his internal body spiking.

"Hmph!" Broly condensed a tiny ball of ki in his hand and threw it forward at Paragus.

"Huh?" Paragus, who had just opened the oven to take out a turkey, was surprised to see a slow-moving ball of ki heading towards him. He reached inside and grabbed the oven tray, placing it and the perfectly cooked turkey on the kitchen table and then squashed the ki beam with his bare hands. A few seconds later, thin wisps of smoke came out while Paragus looked at it suspiciously before continuing to prepare the turkey by baptising it with hot sauce.

Broly was taken aback while Dr Limiter guffawed.

"These bracelets are so strong! I was barely able to get my ki out!"

'He shouldn't have been able to get his ki out at all! Maybe after years of training in ki control, Fine! But already? These Saiyans are walking cheat codes!' Dr Limiter lamented.

If the scientists in the lab heard that despite their months of revision and collaboration they still weren't able to arrest Broly's ki, they would start crying!

Who were Tsufurian scientists?

The people who studied science when other races were learning to count!

If they couldn't stop Broly's ki after three years of trial and error, who could?

"Dinner's ready!"

Paragus then put his finger on his forehead and started moving the food from the kitchen table to the living room table. 8 bowls of noodles and 5 plates of rice all seasoned with spices followed by 4 2-metre canisters of Tsufurian water as well as a whole flock of chickens each drowned in barbecue sauce and finally a 3-meter wide turkey.

"Waaaah!" Dr Limiter and Broly cried out at the same time but for different reasons.

'So much food!' Dr Limiter thought he had never stayed for dinner before as he usually at earlier, today being the first time in twenty years he had broken pattern and so was taken aback by the banquet that floated above his head.

"I didn't know you knew telekinesis!" Broly said, immediately enamoured by flying food.

"A little trick a picked up from the level 9 combat android! He thought he could slam me over and over again with this technique!" Paragus said proudly.

"Your ol' dad is pretty good- uwah!"

Everything else had landed on the table beside the turkey that was in the doorway, Paragus blinked and his ki fluctuated breaking his balance and the turkey promptly fell.

"No!" Broly shouted leaping to save the turkey.

"Uh?"

'Broly actually miscalculated? Don't tell me his sudden removal of ki is interfering with his very basic movement!' Dr Limiter thought as Broly landed just a bit short of where the turkey landed.

'This could be problematic'

"Ha!" Broly grunted as he extended both of his stubby arms forward barely reaching the edge of the Turkey tray stopping from falling.

"Time to eat!" Broly said triumphantly.