However, Yamiru said, "Even though Shenron mentioned that the current Saiyans are descendants of the Yamoshi Rebellion army, according to Jaco's description... the descendants here are just bloodline descendants, not those who inherited the spirit of Yamoshi and the other predecessors... Among the Saiyan group, 'righteous people' like Bardock, Gine, and Goku are ultimately in the minority!"
Bulma rationally analyzed, "Without a healthy and progressive cultural atmosphere in society, Saiyans who are born strong enough to barbarically raid most other races will naturally have a main racial characteristic of being rough and barbaric. This is an inevitable part of history... It has nothing to do with the essence of good or evil, but rather because Saiyans are naturally too powerful. I've never seen a tiger in the jungle feel any sympathy for a rabbit."
"But at least we've seen the likes of Yamoshi and others from the past, and now we have Uncle Bardock, Aunt Gine, haven't we?" Tights thought this wasn't a problem. "That's already three, so gathering six more should just be a matter of time. Super Saiyan God... I really want to see what kind of god that is."
"That's right, even without counting the Saiyans outside Earth, just Goku's family alone could quickly gather six," Bulma stated pragmatically. "Since Goku started living on Earth, the number of S cells in his body has clearly increased, which shows that Earth's way of life greatly promotes the proliferation of S cells..."
As they were talking, Bardock and Gine, still carrying a bit of heat from their recent bath, walked into the living room, dressed in clean and refreshing Earth-style casual clothing.
Upon learning what they were discussing, Bardock said in a low voice, "That Shenron seemed to mention Yamoshi's calm heart, as well as anger and other things... These seem to be very important factors in becoming a Super Saiyan." He still cared deeply about this.
"And the S cells, and the 2 million... battle power?" Bulma added while slurping her yogurt. "Shenron said these data were derived from your understanding, Uncle Bardock. What exactly is battle power?" Her curiosity and thirst for knowledge were still very strong.
Son Gohan asked in surprise, "Do you remember that clearly?"
"I'm a genius," Bulma said matter-of-factly, as being a genius was as simple to her as "I can breathe."
"Battle power..." Gine seemed to remember something and stood up, heading toward the bathroom.
"Heh heh~ So what if you're a genius?" Tights, who was snuggled up to Yamiru, proudly pulled a pen from her pocket. "I almost forgot, I came prepared~"
Bulma was surprised. "A voice recorder?"
Yamiru was even more stunned. He hadn't expected that someone could be more sly than him, and it turned out to be his girlfriend. Unbelievable.
He quickly asked, "You didn't record our conversation with Shenron, did you?"
"Tada~ You got it right!" Tights tapped Yamiru on the nose with the recorder. She grinned. "Because last time you took the opportunity to ask Shenron all sorts of questions, I thought you might do it again, so I just prepared a little. What if Shenron's answer needed some serious consideration? Let's listen—oh, wait, where did Aunt Gine go?"
"I don't know," Bulma said, kneeling on the sofa and looking over the backrest. "She seems to have gone back to the bathroom. Before she left, she repeated something about battle power..." After a moment's thought, she turned to Bardock and asked, "Do Saiyans have any equipment related to battle power? I feel like Aunt Gine might have gone to get something like that."
"Is this really something a genius could deduce..." Bardock was completely convinced by Bulma's seemingly uncanny intuition, whether it was because of genius or something else. He nodded and said, "That's right. Among the Saiyans, or rather, within the Freeza Force, there are portable battle power detectors... Although Gine isn't a combatant, I've never brought my own detector with me, but she might carry it with her..."
It became clear. Gine must have gone to grab the battle power detector she carried with her. Shenron had restored them to their former selves, so perhaps even their belongings had been restored—after all, they didn't just appear naked, and if they had clothes, there was no reason their possessions inside them would be left out.
Bulma asked curiously, "A battle power detector? There's such a convenient device? What's it like? What data does it detect? Body strength, or energy reactions? Shenron said the threshold for transforming into a Super Saiyan is 2 million battle power—Uncle Bardock, how much is yours and Aunt Gine's?"
She fired off a series of questions, revealing her childish innocence.
Everyone, of course, became curious, even Son Gohan. But Yamiru wasn't interested at all. In fact, he didn't want to listen, feeling a bit frustrated. Why did Aunt Gine have to carry that embarrassing thing?
Gine soon returned.
Sure enough, she was holding the detector that she had taken from her combat suit.
She was surprised that everyone had guessed what she had gone to do. Bulma waved her hand, eager to play with the strange device.
"The operation is very simple..." Gine smiled and guided Bulma to put on the monocle-like device.
Curiously, Bulma used the detector to scan the people in the room—starting with Yamiru. She pressed a button, and with a beep, Yamiru's outline seemed to be instantly scanned, locked, and marked on the dark green lens. Then the detector beeped again, and a string of data appeared on the lens.
Bulma sighed in frustration, "I don't understand these characters. I should've learned some cosmic language from Jaco back then."
"I'll do it," Gine said with a smile, taking the detector off Bulma's face and putting it on herself. She then aimed it at Yamiru. "Beep beep—"
Yamiru felt a bit nervous. He pretended to look at the scenery and talked to Tights, but kept one ear perked up to listen.
Gine said, "Power level 140…"
She felt that this was probably quite high for Earthlings. Son Gohan, Tights, Bulma, and Son Goku had no concept of this number.
Yamiru didn't know how he felt about it…
"What about me? What about me?" Son Goku curiously stood on the couch. "Mom, what's my power level?"
Gine wiped the milk foam from his lips and aimed the detector at him. Quickly, beep beep—
"125, Goku is already very close to Yamiru."
"Oh no!" Son Goku clenched his fist in regret and smiled. "It's still a lot lower than Yamiru."
Bardock told him, "When you were born, your body was too weak, with a power level of only 2. Your mother and I never imagined that you would have a power level of 125 in just a few years."
Son Goku wagged his tail, smiling brightly. "It's because Grandpa and Yamiru are both so strong and gave me a lot of guidance~"
Bardock smiled. By this time, Gine had finished scanning the data for the other three people—Son Gohan, who was quietly drinking tea and listening to their conversation, had a power level of 116, Tights had 5, and the 11-year-old Bulma only had 2… Bulma didn't care, but Son Goku teased her: "You only have 2, just like me when I was born." Bulma glared at him, clearly annoyed.
"140 and 5…" Tights seemed to remember something, looking at Yamiru, who was squeezed next to her on the single sofa, smiling strangely.
"What's wrong?" Yamiru was confused. Tights whispered something in his ear, and Yamiru chuckled quietly.
Son Gohan was quite moved. "Oh my, Goku and Yamiru have surpassed this old man. Good, good... But, Bardock, Gine, what are your power levels?"
Gine answered, "Since I'm not a fighter, I rarely check. Let me see."
She adjusted the device and scanned her own power level—737!
This number shocked everyone. They didn't expect such a big difference! And when Bardock was scanned, everyone was even more stunned—12,101?!
A power level of twelve thousand!
Compared to Yamiru and Son Gohan's power levels, which were just over a hundred, it was like they were on completely different levels! Everyone on Earth felt like it was all very magical.
Gine comforted them, "Bardock is also an extremely strong warrior among the Saiyan fighters. Even King Vegeta hasn't reached a power level of 20,000…"
But Bardock added, "However, I've heard that in Freeza's Ginyu Force, there are many monsters with power levels exceeding 10,000 and 20,000."
"That didn't make me feel any better!" Yamiru silently complained.
Son Goku, though he struggled with numbers, was not unintelligent—he just didn't enjoy them. He could understand the meaning of what was being said.
He was amazed. "There are such powerful masters out there… Dad and Mom are so strong!"
"Are you scared?" Bardock laughed and asked.
"Yeah, a little," Son Goku replied honestly, then thought for a moment and said, "It feels like my skin is trembling. I'm scared of such powerful people, but I also really hope that I'll have the ability to fight someone like that."
Bardock said, "I can fight you. In Earth's environment, perhaps even Kakarot could…"
In the past, he thought power levels were mostly about individual talent, but after training on Earth for a few months, he felt it might not be that simple.
Kakarot's growth was the best proof of that.
And then there were the Dragon's words… Bulma's research… the increase in S-cells… the Super Saiyan…
So the topic of Super Saiyans came up again. Everyone gathered to discuss the Dragon's answers that Tights had recorded.
Bulma then borrowed Gine's power level detector, intending to modify it into a version that speaks Earth languages… Even though Bardock thought it wouldn't be useful, Bulma thought it was a fun toy.
"By the way, you should be able to remove the positioning system inside, right?" Bardock reminded her.
Bulma smiled. "Sure, I looked into related technology on Jiora and Jaco's spaceship before."
With that, she took out a small tool kit from somewhere and began to disassemble the detector, piecing it back together…