While Raditz was practicing perfect Instant Transmission in the Sacred World of the Kai, people on Earth welcomed new lives. After intense training, everyone had different gains.
The Saiyans returned to their residences and began preparing to break through Saiyan limits. After seeing the power of Super Saiyans, they all expected to become the next golden Super Saiyan. Among them, Nappa, who was eliminated first, became even more determined, vowing not to shave his beard until he became a Super Saiyan!
Gohan went to look for Piccolo, who meditated alone in the mountains. Piccolo ignored Gohan but didn't drive him away either. Deep in meditation, Piccolo sometimes gritted his teeth and sometimes looked calm, as if fighting with himself...
Vegeta rested for half a day after returning to Earth, then continued training.
Unwilling to accept failure, he wanted to become stronger, surpass Raditz and Kakarot, and become the strongest Saiyan! But the gap was obvious. Raditz had reached the so-called Full Power state. To surpass him, Vegeta had to train harder than him.
Regardless of the injuries and exhaustion covering his body, Vegeta still walked into the gravity room at Dr. Briefs' house, throwing punches and sweating under three hundred times gravity.
In the dark red-tinged space, spherical robots that emitted lasers wandered through the air. Their movements were irregular, and intricate laser beams shot down at astonishing speed. To force out his potential, Vegeta adjusted all difficulty to maximum, and he was out of breath not long after entering.
"Damn it, the physical injuries slowed down my movement." After Vegeta avoided several laser shots, his arm got scratched. The violent energy broke through his aura. Though the laser was powerful, Vegeta's body resisted the laser burn, leaving only slight marks on his arm's surface.
A trace of blood made Vegeta even angrier. When had he become so pathetic under machines in the gravity room?
The proud man's expression changed drastically. With one hand he struck out, his energy instantly exploding the robot floating in the air. At that moment, two more laser beams struck from behind. Vegeta burst with awesome power, veins bulging on his forehead as he accelerated to dodge.
Instantly speeding up, he dodged the laser shot like lightning, but the increased burden on his body caused him to drop to one knee.
"Damn it!" Vegeta gritted his teeth and yelled angrily. "I haven't fully recovered from the injuries from battling Kakarot... I actually..." His emotions continued, and at some point a robot floating above his head fired a bright red beam that pierced down from overhead.
Sensing danger, Vegeta fell forward in embarrassment. The majestic Saiyan Prince actually avoided the attack by rolling in a undignified way. The ground absorbed the laser energy, converted it to power, and continued supplying the gravity room's operation.
Vegeta was panting heavily, sweat streaming across his well-defined muscles.
His physical strength had been exhausted by three hundred times gravity and his injuries, but Vegeta still hadn't stopped exercising. He wanted to break through his limits in the harshest environment, knowing he still had more strength to unleash!
The ideal was beautiful, but reality was crueler.
The robots wandered through the air, shooting indiscriminately and weaving lasers into a net that covered Vegeta. His back, arms, thighs, and even his forehead as he struggled to escape were all hit. His latest battle suit had many holes, leaving patches of red marks on his skin.
"AHHHHHHH!"
Finally unable to bear it, Vegeta's chest heaved violently. When several laser beams shot toward him, his whole body glowed with golden light as power poured out layer by layer - Super Saiyan!
The massive power fluctuation deflected the lasers, then exploded the robots. The gravity chamber was also impacted and immediately broke down. The outer wall couldn't bear the Super Saiyan's rage, and with a bang, the wall cracked and collapsed from the top.
"What happened?" Bulma hurried out of the house. Hearing the huge commotion, she thought another scientific research accident had occurred.
When she ran to the scene, she found the gravity chamber had collapsed.
Large pieces of rocks and metal shells were scattered on the ground like scorched earth. Robot fragments were still sizzling and sparking as thick smoke billowed into the sky.
"Hey, Vegeta, look what you did. It took a lot of effort to build that, and it's very troublesome to repair. You..." Bulma found that Vegeta wasn't moving halfway through speaking.
Thick gray dust clung to Vegeta's body like boundless autumn frost, making him look much older suddenly. Bulma stepped forward to take a closer look.
Usually they often argued, and Vegeta would often reply coldly with words like "annoying woman," "too nagging," "don't bother me." She really didn't know where such an attitude came from while living in her house, but since they'd gone to space together to find Dragon Balls and saved Earth, Bulma didn't mind.
What's more, she somewhat understood Vegeta's feelings. She had a kind of appreciation for Vegeta's cold arrogance and tried to give him care that others didn't. But this guy didn't know how to communicate with women at all - he was always cold and indifferent, even dismissive of her concern, walking alone on the path of training.
"Kakarot..." Vegeta finally exhausted his last energy after the explosion. As if completely drained, he fell against the collapsed gravity chamber wall, eyes closed but brows tightly furrowed, mumbling continuously.
What a stubborn idiot.
Bulma's tight expression was instantly covered by a warm smile. She gently lifted Vegeta up and said softly: "Okay, okay, I know you want to surpass Goku, but you can't rush it. Get some good rest - only by maintaining a healthy body can you continue training."
Her long blue hair brushed the tip of Vegeta's nose, and the faint fragrance made his furrowed brow gradually relax. His violent heart suddenly felt unprecedented comfort, and he couldn't help but lean against Bulma's shoulder. Her delicate body was covered by a loose T-shirt, radiating girlish innocence. When Vegeta's rough hand touched her, Bulma trembled.
"Hey, don't take the opportunity to cop a feel - you must be pretending! Vegeta!" Bulma yelled loudly, but still didn't let go. Seeing Vegeta's powerless state, her heart softened. "Hmph, just this once..."
"Why are you so heavy? Time to lose weight!"
"Hey, don't rub your head against my chest! Are you doing that on purpose?"
"Isn't anyone here to help me?"
...
Bulma complained all the way as she carried Vegeta back to his room, looked at his angular face, and smiled faintly.