4: First weapon.

Bulma had learned everything she could for three years, which was a lot. Not only did she constantly follow her father to learn about technology, but she also dabbled in other areas that appealed to her. 

Sure, she wasn't exposed to great things, but with the resources she had, she began to experiment and create things on her own. For example, she built a small drone that resembled the appearance of a spider, it was not useful and was more like a toy.

But she was the one who built it from scratch, programming the control software and printing the materials with 3D printers. Her father was happy about this, even though her mother told her to make things "prettier. 

In her obsession, she made an overly realistic spider that was very uncomfortable to look at for anyone with arachnophobia. Hence, her mother told her that if she wanted to use it as a toy, she should make it much cuter. 

By the way, while Bikini didn't teach Bulma outrageous things like putting on makeup under her father's care, she did teach her to have a proper fashion sense, which will make Bulma never stick to the same old look. 

On the other hand, she became more and more sensitive to her own Ki and could even use it for some simple operations. She realized that every time she improved her control of this energy, her empathic abilities grew. 

Bulma could sense the feelings and emotions of not only humans, but also animals, and the range of this ability had grown to 20 meters. 

With this, she was able to communicate better with some animals, which helped her train her distraction and multitasking skills. She also tried to look for something related to martial artists, but except for videos of those past tournaments, she didn't find much. 

In general, martial artists lived apart from society, at least in that era. It used to be normal to see several dojos in the same city, but now if you wanted to learn real martial arts, you had to go to a hermit master in some remote place. 

But this did not discourage her, she knew there were masters she could learn from in the future, even if Roshi refused to teach her for some reason, she had money to hire Tsuru or his brother, both of whom were more accessible to material goods. 

Visit Karin's tower and Kami? Haha, unless you had the express permission of the owners of those places, you could only take the tests obediently, like climbing Karin's Tower with your own body. 

Still, Bulma wasn't in too much of a hurry, she was good at this Ki thing, and since she knew that meditation could help a lot, she had tried it. There was nothing esoteric about meditating, anyone with a little patience could do it, and it was her achievement that allowed her to vaguely sense other people's Ki. 

This ability was interesting, and tied in very well with her empathy, since even though it was vague at this stage, it served her very well in identifying people. Not only that but by learning someone's specific signature, it became so familiar that she didn't have to struggle with it afterward. 

Each person's Ki also showed some characteristics of its owner. For example, Bikini's Ki was 'happy and sunny', while her father was 'serious'. This explained why it was possible to tell by feeling the Ki if someone had committed evil acts for pleasure or murder. 

Then she understood why Krillin was frightened when he sensed Freezer. His amount of Ki was not only huge but it was filled with darkness, sin, and death. How many people did Freezer kill? Well, the number must be huge. 

At this point, it was easy to understand that Ki, as an energy involved in the basic aspects of a being such as body, mind, and soul, had a lot of influence on a person. 

If she suddenly went crazy and started killing people, her soul might not be much different from that of an evil demon, after all, darkness would color her being. But the nature of Bulma's Ki was interesting. 

Perhaps influenced by her abilities coming from the plants, Bulma's Ki was "soft and radiant" it shone too brightly. But it also felt comfortable, and after a coincidence, it was discovered that it had a healing ability. 

Yes! Bulma's Ki helps to heal wounds and could probably be derived into a technique to heal her allies in battle. Not only that, but her Ki seemed to be very beneficial to plants and animals. 

When she meditated in the courtyard of her mansion, small animals would approach her and flowers would grow around her, as if nature itself wanted to be radiated by her. 

The plants in Vash's world were beings that could produce energy and resources, even water on a desert planet like the one in the series, so it was obvious that she had at least partially inherited this beneficial trait for the environment. 

"But I never expected something like this," Bulma muttered as she crouched in front of a flower in her mother's garden. 

Normally, this would be a normal sight, but the little girl's face was a little tense as she watched the strange flower, a sunflower, only it was much larger and had eyes as well as a mouth. 

Also, the sunflower kept moving back and forth, especially towards Bulma, so she had to push it back, but the plant kept insisting on invading the girl's personal space. 

This was a flower similar to the famous sunflower from Plant Vs. Zombies. Why did this happen? Simple, Bulma wanted to experiment and irradiate one of her mother's sunflowers with her Ki for several weeks until it changed into this. 

Dragon Ball was a comic world, yes, there is seriousness and stuff, but the basis of Dragon Ball was always humor. Also, there is a lot of weird stuff in this world, but for something like this to happen, Bulma was stunned. 

The idea of destroying the flower, this sunflower, she had gradually become very attuned to nature, sure, she would have no qualms about fighting or killing if necessary, but she didn't want to end an innocent, sentient life if she didn't have to. 

Yes, sentient. Although plants are living beings with a certain kind of sensitivity, when we say sensitive, we mean low intelligence, similar to that of an animal. This plant in front of her had primitive emotions like a normal animal. 

"Well, since you're here, do you make sunballs?" asked Bulma seriously, but it was obvious that the sunflower did not understand her, it had barely gained parts like eyes, how could it even understand language?

But this gave Bulma a clear answer, she should not radiate her Ki to normal life if she was not responsible for her changes. Still, she would like to test if her Ki would be beneficial to others. 

Who knows? Maybe she'll develop a technique similar to Namek's Grand Guru; since she's become so much like them, she'd better go all the way down that path of weird techniques, right? Imagine if she was able to increase the potential of the people.

'That is a good idea,' Bulma thought, after her thoughts had reached that point, some ideas came to her mind.

'Enhancing the human potential, or at least giving it a broad base. Some ideas might be feasible in this strange world and I don't want to rely on dragon orbs, at least the current ones can't be of much use to me,' Bulma continued to think. 

She was truly a genius, and her mind went a mile a minute, so certain ideas came to her as a plan began to form in her mind. Sure, she had to be careful with her idea, but if it was useful, her support for future Z-warriors wouldn't just be for logistics from behind. 

"Looks like Mom's garden is going to get weirder and weirder in the future," Bulma said, looking at the apple tree in the distance, ready to try out one of her ideas. 

She wanted to improve a tree that would bear fruit with benefits, they didn't have to be explosive like the Divine Tree of Turles, but a fruit that would help restore some energy or heal wounds, or better yet, that could be used as a training supplement, would certainly be a miracle. 

Of course, Bulma had to be honest with her family that day about her abilities, or at least the ones they didn't know about, and she even showed them the strange sunflower, getting a special surprise at that moment. 

"It's so cute when it sleeps!" said Bikini, stroking the sleeping head of the mutated sunflower. 

"I wasn't expecting this, I was looking all over town for inspiration, and the most interesting thing was so close to me," Tights muttered, looking at her younger sister in awe. 

She already knew that her sister was different from the others, but purple energy? Feeling emotions? Turning sunflowers into cute creatures? This was a mine of inspiration and fantastic stories! 

Tights' eyes sparkled as hundreds of ideas on how to write an excellent story based on her younger sister blossomed in her mind, she only regretted not having her notebook handy, but she was a genius in a way, she would not forget those sparks in her mind. 

On the other hand, Dr. Brief held between his fingers a ball of golden light that radiated a faint warmth that he had found next to the sunflower, and it made him realize that the change that Bulma had made to the plant was much more than just a change in appearance. 

Was it condensed solar energy? He didn't know, but just holding it in his hand felt good, although he would never be able to withstand its danger, even if it looked very stable. 

"Dad! Can I have this little sun? I'll make a beam weapon out of it," Bulma said, looking at the ball of light in her father's hand. 

As silly as it may sound, the laser weapons in this world were broken, they could even pierce the body of a Goku who had reached godhood in a way. 

Sure, it was more than obvious that he was untransformed and exhausted after his fight, but this situation not only explained more than it seemed about the relationship between Ki and physical enhancement, but it also said that even at such a high level, a good laser beam could work wonders. 

Besides, she had wanted to build a beam weapon for a long time, for these stages where no enemies were coming from the stars or out of nowhere, a weapon was vital to survive in this world where a flying dinosaur could grab you if you were out in the open. 

She would go on adventures when the time was right, she wasn't against that, but she wanted to have more ways to defend herself than just her strength, after all, she wasn't as honorable as the Z-Warriors. 

She would cheat, sneak attacks, and if necessary, she would use her status as a beautiful woman to look for opportunities. She also wanted to take the technological aspect further than just providing support. 

Though not 'canon', the beating that Metal Cooler gave to Goku was strongly impressed on her, and that was simply a copy made with technology. So having a power source as good as concentrated sunlight was irresistible to Bulma's little mind. 

"It's okay, just be careful," the Doctor had always been a carefree man, and although he paid more attention to his daughters than his other versions in the multiverse, that carefree attitude had never changed. 

Also, he will be there to watch over his daughter as she makes this weapon and give her some ideas if needed, so a few days later, the most terrifying weapon known to her daughter's future enemies is born. 

Bulma held a revolver-like weapon in her hand, similar to the one Vash used in his series, only this weapon was very "special". Perhaps because little Bulma decided to constantly radiate materials with her Ki, this weapon was connected to her. 

A weapon that was connected to her like the blasters used by Freezer's Legion, only more special, radiated by the plant abilities she possessed, an object like this would never be created again. 

A weapon that amplifies energy. So ridiculous, but if we consider that it is a unique weapon, that Arale existed in this world, and that it could only be used by Bulma with a support object, it could be understood. 

Probably, Trunks' sword is similar to this weapon, I mean, this weapon absorbed the energy of the last humans and managed to create a weapon that could wound the body of a truly divine and immortal being. 

Anyway, this only made Bulma interested in how her power could affect matter, because it seemed that not everything reacted specially and not everything changed, otherwise it would not be Ki, but magic. 

For example, the apple tree she had decided to irradiate simply became healthier and more vibrant without showing any change, nor did other flowers in the garden or yard. 

So only a few things could be 'benefited' by Bulma, but not that this was a bad thing, it just created an expectation and thirst for adventure in the girl, after all, if everything could be manipulated at her whim, everything would be boring. 

Speaking of boring, the boring days ended when certain things started to move, it was the year 738, Goku was several months old, and he would probably descend to Earth, and with him a certain Galactic Patrolman, though the latter would arrive on Earth in 739.