As the sun rose, Goku woke up from his sleep, changed into new clothes, and noticed something strange.
Without his tail, Goku's sense of balance was off, and he even stumbled and fell while walking.
Goku realized that his tail was missing and shouted, "Tail, where's my tail? Why is it gone?" After searching for a while, he confirmed that his tail was indeed gone.
As Bulma and the others were thinking of how to explain this to Goku, he seemed to accept it and said, "Since it's gone, let's just forget about it!"
Everyone couldn't help but laugh at his reaction.
John asked Goku, "Goku, where do you plan to go now? Are you going to Kame House to learn martial arts from Master Roshi?"
Goku nodded and said, "Yes, now that the Dragon Balls have been collected, and everyone's wishes have been fulfilled, I should go and study martial arts with Grandpa."
Bulma approached and asked, "Are you leaving so soon? Won't you come with us to West City? I don't think you've been to a city before."
Goku shook his head and said, "No, I promised Grandpa that after collecting the Dragon Balls, I would go and study martial arts with him. I won't go to the city first."
Since Goku had made up his mind, Bulma didn't insist. She took out the Dragon Radar and said to Goku, "Goku, I'm sorry we lost your Four-Star Ball. But the Dragon Balls will transform back after a year. Then, you can use the Dragon Radar to find your Four-Star Ball again."
"Great, thank you, Bulma!" Goku happily put the Dragon Radar into his bag.
John said to Goku, "Goku, you go to Master Roshi first. We'll send our regards to him. We need to take Bulma back to West City and pack some clothes before going to Master Roshi."
"Oh? So, you're also going to study martial arts with Master Roshi?" Goku realized that John was also going to become Master Roshi's disciple.
"Okay, we'll meet later at Master Roshi's place," Goku said, putting his bag on his back and jumping onto the cloud.
"Deal!" John agreed.
"See you later, everyone!" Goku waved goodbye to everyone from the cloud and flew away.
As Goku flew away on the cloud, becoming a small dot in the distance, Bulma said, "John, you could have gone with Goku to Kame House. We have Yamcha to protect us."
Yamcha nodded and said, "Yes, John, you could have gone with Goku. We'll be fine with Yamcha here."
"It's okay," John said. "I promised Bulma's parents that I would bring her back safely. Moreover, learning martial arts from Master Roshi might take a long time, so I need to settle some personal matters in West City first."
John's true intention was to avoid Master Roshi's request to bring a beautiful woman to him as a condition for accepting him as a disciple.
It might seem funny in the manga, but John couldn't do it in real life. So, he decided to let Goku and Krillin handle it instead.
After they brought Lunch to Master Roshi, John would pretend to arrive later.
After discussing their plans, they boarded the plane and flew towards West City.
In less than half a day, the plane landed in the large garden of Bulma's house.
At that moment, Bulma's mother was watering flowers in the courtyard when she saw a capsule plane landing. She guessed that it might be Bulma and John returning.
Bulma's mother put down the watering can and walked over. Just as the plane's door opened, she saw Bulma and several unfamiliar people inside.
One of the men looked like John, but John wasn't this handsome. Bulma's mother hesitated about greeting them.
Bulma saw her mother and immediately threw down her bag, running to hug her. She said excitedly, "Mom, I've missed you so much! I've been thinking about you all the time!"
Bulma's mother hugged her daughter back, also emotional. "I've missed you too."
But there's a saying that goes, "You can see your daughter every day, but not a handsome guy." Bulma's mother released Bulma and walked towards the two handsome men accompanying her daughter.
Before she could reach them, her signature laugh could already be heard. She smiled at Yamcha and John and said, "Are you Bulma's friends? I never thought she would make such cute and handsome friends."
When Bulma's mother approached, John immediately remembered his previous experience with her and said, "Auntie, hello. I'm John. We've safely brought Bulma back to you. We have something else to do, so we'll take our leave. We'll chat later."
After saying goodbye to Bulma, John, Yamcha, Pu'er, and Oolong, John rushed out of Bulma's house.
Bulma's mother was surprised to see the once chubby John now looking so handsome. She had wanted to invite him to stay for lunch, but before she could blink, John had already disappeared from the doorway.
"Never mind, I'll let him go," she thought. "There's still a handsome young man here."
Bulma's mother turned her attention to Yamcha, who was smiling and introducing himself.
John left Bulma's house and breathed a sigh of relief. He was going to tidy up his house and then head to Kame House to study martial arts.
The next day, John returned to Bulma's house and borrowed her plane to pack his belongings. He bid farewell to everyone and flew towards Kame House on the ocean.
John was about to embark on his journey to become stronger.