Sitting in a dark underground laboratory an old man was welding a metalic arm to a body. The body was tall, muscular and bald. If Krillin were there he'd recognized him as the Monk who bullied him back at the Monastery, Gori!
The door busted open as an out of breath RxR solider quickly spoke.
"D-Dr. Gero Sir! It appears that Mercenary Tao was killed battling Goku!" The soldiers stood in silence, his fear growing ever larger as only grinding teeth and grunt of anger was heard from the darkness.
"Understood now get the fuck out!" Dr. Gero shouted out, a barely contained rage seethed from his voice.
Looking down at the welded arm, Dr Gero couldn't help but let out a sigh.
"This is best I can make with such terrible ingredients, I don't have the genetic material to make cell yet! I suppose theres no point in waiting for Goku to grow stronger!" Plugging multiple wires into it, the machines eyes opened wide and glowed with energy!
"Awaken Android #9, for you are now the strongest being on this planet! Your one and only job, is to kill Goku!"
***
Sitting in Korins tower, Krillin, Goku and Korin all sat around a table filled with all kinds of food. Both Krillin and Korins let Goku eat most of it seeing as how he'd just used up all his ki in one attack.
"So what the heck happened Goku, how come your now being chased by assassins after just a year and a half apart" Krillin said acting like a clueless friend.
"Well after I won the tournament I ran into these guys called the Red Ribbon army! They have been constantly attacking me trying to collect the dragon balls to make a wish. I've been defeat them one after another, destroying base after base but it doesn't seem to stop with them! First it was the ninja mura...." Goku went on to retell the story of fighting the red ribbon army to Krillin.
Goku's story sounded a lot like what he remembered from the anime except for some important details, like how every opponent he face, even supposed cannon fodded characters, were a tough battle be barely overcame! Unlike in the anime where he mostly beat his opponents with ease, now every single victory for Goku was a hard fought battle!
'Could this discrepancy in story be because of those power pills? How and why is Dr. Gero breaking away from what he is originally suppose to do and is instead making medicine to boost the overall strength of the Red Ribbon Army?'
Krillin thought back to all of his actions and only grew more confused at Dr. Geros actions.
He knew about the butterfly affect and about how just breathing differently than the original Krillins would change the future, but his actions so far were very similar to the original krillins. Not to mention he hasn't interacted with with the RR army or Gero enough to cause them to act differently.
'If I didn't cause any major shifts from the plot and haven't interacted with them, then is Dr. Gero not the same as the one I remember from the anime?'
[Host has found a discrepancy within his world, find and uncover the mystery.
Reward: three wishes from Porunga]
'A quest? This is proof that there really is something else going on besides me! And If I had to bet on it, the main culprit is Dr Gero!'
Those pills were proof in Krillins mind that something is going on with Gero, he just didn't know what yet but he planned to find out.
"Mercenary Tao tried to kill you for the dragon ball right? That means the Red Ribbon army is collecting them, so if we want to eliminate them, we have to collect the dragon balls first!" Krillin proposed to Goku, who gave a deep nod in return before suddenly remembering something.
"I forgot, the Dragon ball radar was destroyed in battle with mercenary Tao. No matter what I try to do the last dragon ball doesn't appear on the radar!" Goku showed Krillin the radar that had 6 blinks balls but a seventh one was missing!
"Let's just to to West City where Bulma lives, she made the radar she can definitely fix it!" Krillin said trying to push the plot back onto the proper tracks.
With wide eyes Goku nodded at Krillins state. "Looking like we'll have to get going Korin, we have to get the dragons balls before they can!" Goku said as he ran to the edge of the tower and called his flying Nimbus.
"But what Krillin how are you gonna get to West City, I don't know if I can carry you, your kinda heavy" Goku scratched his head wondering what to do as he sat on his golden cloud.
Korin stepped forward with his ever present smile. "You don't have to worry about Krillin, ive given him a gift."
With a smirk on his face, Krillin yelled out to the sky's to Goku's disbelief "FLYING NIMBUS!!!!"
A dark cloud soared up to the tower and parked it self next to Goku's golden one.
"Woah!!! You got a flying nimbus too! And yours is dark purple!" Nodding at Goku's childish antic, Krillin stepped into his cloud before smiling at Goku.
"Let's have a race Goku, the first one to find Bulma is the winner! Loser has to owe the other one a favor!"
"Your on! I'm gonna make you serve me all kinds of food! Goodbye Master Korin!" Goku whizzed off like a speeding bullet to West City.
"Goku you cheater! Goodbye Master Korin!" Krillin flew off equally as fast as Goku trying to catch up to him, deciding that he could put off meeting Kami for a few days.
"Those two, they have such strength and yet they are still children... I hope the cruel world doesn't snuff out their Innocence" Korin thought as he was left all alone in his tower.
***
Goku flew over the large city saw the tall buildings reaching into the sky and couldn't help but marvel at the prosperity of the big city.
"Now where the heck does bulma live, I gotta find it quick before i lose to Krillin!" Goku explored for an hour before eventually running into a police officer who notified him that Bulma lives at the Capsule Corp building and that he'll take Goku their as he needed to get something repaired.
As both Goku and the police man Knocked on the door, it was immediately answered by Krillin who was drinking a soda.
"Took you long enough Goku, looks like you owe me a favor!"