Chapter 8: First Encounter with Goku

Using the Dragon Ball radar to check the Dragon Balls near the West City, there were only two-star and five-star balls. The next closest Dragon Ball was over a thousand kilometers away. So John and Bulma decided to set off after Bulma's summer vacation.

During the waiting period for the vacation, Bulma made a new Dragon Ball radar. Compared to the previous prototype, the new Dragon Ball radar had made significant progress.

Not only had it become very small and could be held in one hand, but it also added a connection with Capsule Corp's detection satellites. If they encountered a situation similar to the five-star ball again, the Dragon Ball radar could switch to map mode to find the Dragon Ball's location.

Time flew by, and finally, Bulma's summer vacation arrived. John and Bulma agreed to set out the next day to search for the Dragon Balls.

Bulma's mother was quite opposed to her daughter going out with another man to find the Dragon Balls. However, she couldn't resist her pig teammate husband and a stubborn daughter.

Bulma threatened that if her mother didn't let her go out, she might run away from home secretly.

Seeing that she couldn't persuade her daughter, Bulma's mother turned her attention to John.

Seeing Auntie smiling at him, John couldn't help but feel nervous. He immediately stood up from his chair and promised loudly, "Auntie, don't worry, I will take good care of Bulma and not let her get hurt. As long as I am alive, I won't let her be harmed."

Looking at the serious-faced John and the stubborn-looking Bulma, Bulma's mother couldn't help but sigh and said, "Alright, if I keep stopping you, I'll seem like a bad mother."

Hearing her mother finally relent, Bulma immediately hugged her and thanked her, "Thank you, Mom, I feel this journey to find the Dragon Balls will be the best decision of my life."

Although Bulma's mother agreed, she still said at last, "Remember to bring the company's emergency rescue device. Press the button if you encounter danger, and the nearest branch will send someone to rescue you."

"Okay," Bulma immediately agreed.

Finally getting approval, they began to prepare the things needed for the trip, mainly the capsules to be used.

Car capsules, house capsules, food capsules, boat capsules, small submarine capsules, etc., since there were two people, two backpacks.

Unlike in the manga, where she secretly ran away from home and only took a box of capsules, Bulma prepared a lot of capsules this time. She packed all the possible and impossible capsules into the backpacks until they couldn't hold any more.

Bringing along two Dragon Balls, Bulma said goodbye to her parents and left West City with John in a car for the first time.

Every now and then, they took out the Dragon Ball radar to adjust their course, heading towards the third Dragon Ball's location.

The two rested for a night in the wilderness. Don't get any wrong ideas; of course, it was one person per room. Fortunately, no dangerous incidents occurred that night.

The next day, they resumed their journey to find the Dragon Balls.

Bulma, sitting in the passenger seat, said, "We're very close to the third Dragon Ball, about a dozen kilometers away. We should reach it after crossing that mountain."

Saying that she held up the Dragon Ball radar for John to see.

Without thinking much, John turned to look at the Dragon Ball radar in Bulma's hand but didn't expect a problem to arise.

Bulma turned her head and saw a boy dragging a fish in front of their car, who they hadn't noticed due to the mountain road.

Bulma screamed and closed her eyes tightly.

Hearing Bulma's scream, John knew something was wrong and immediately stepped on the brake.

But it was too late; with a screeching brake sound and a "bang," the car hit the boy in front.

When John stepped on the brake, he already saw that the boy was Son Goku, feeling relieved, knowing that it wouldn't be a problem if it was him.

He feared if it was an ordinary person, it would be difficult. If the person died, it could have left an indelible impact on him and Bulma.

Seeing that the car still hit someone, Bulma asked shakily, "It looks like we hit someone, right?!"

John comforted, "I'll go check, you stay in the car." He opened the door and got out.

At this time, Goku was holding his head, shouting, "Pain, pain, pain," and then saw the monster that hit him with the car come down.

He quickly stood up, took out his Power Pole, and aimed it at the car, shouting, "Monster, you're indeed eating people, prepare to die!" Then, he was about to hit the car with the pole.

John was shocked, knowing Bulma was still in the car. He hurriedly stood between Goku and the car.

Rushing forward with the pole, Goku stopped and asked John, "Why are you blocking me? Are you the monster's accomplice?"

He took a step back and pointed the pole at John, ready to attack if John admitted being the monster's accomplice.

John hurriedly said, "We are not monsters; this thing is called a car, and my friend is inside. Please don't damage our car."

While they were talking, seeing the person they hit was fine, Bulma got out from the passenger seat.

Seeing another person get out of the car, Goku knocked on the car, making a "bang bang" sound on the metal, realizing it wasn't a monster. Little Goku sighed in relief.

Finally meeting the protagonist of the Dragon Ball world, John excitedly extended his hand to Goku, "Hello, my name is John, and this is Bulma."

From a young age, Goku had only seen his grandfather, but seeing John extending his hand, he understood it was a friendly gesture.

So Goku extended his hand and said, "Hello, I'm Son Goku. You are the first people I've seen from the outside world, other than my grandpa."

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