### Chapter 1: Transmigrating into Kouki
Planet Vegeta.
A round space pod broke through the atmosphere, charging toward the cold depths of deep space.
Inside the pod—
"Where is this?!"
He suddenly opened his eyes, his mind a blank slate.
One second ago, he was lying comfortably in his warm bed, scrolling through his phone and arguing with netizens about whether Super Saiyan Goku was stronger or Saitama was stronger.
The next second... cold liquid wrapped around his entire body, and he was surrounded by transparent pod walls flashing with eerie lights.
Fragments of memory flooded in frantically—Planet Vegeta!
Incubation Chamber!
He seemed to have... become that newborn... Legendary Super Saiyan, Kouki?!
"What kind of cosmic joke is this?!"
He—no, he should be called Kouki now—screamed internally.
However, his infant instincts only allowed him to let out weak babbling sounds.
Even worse was that scheming old fox, King Vegeta.
Just because Kouki was born with a power level of 10,000, the King worried he would threaten his position in the future, so he didn't hesitate to shove him into this one-way "exile express."
The destination was a desolate planet where birds don't sh... no, a place that probably didn't even have birds!
"Damn it... didn't even give me a chance to protest!"
An adult soul stuffed into a tiny body; it was suffocating.
He watched helplessly as mist filled the sleep chamber. The potent hypnotic gas instantly took over his senses.
"...Forget it, sleep first... ZZZ..."
***
Meanwhile, on the surface of Planet Vegeta.
"My son—!!!"
Paragus, Kouki's father, rushed into a small spaceship, his eyes nearly popping out of their sockets with rage.
A newborn son with a combat power of 10,000!
It was simply a legendary miracle!
Who cares about King Vegeta?
As long as Kouki grew up successfully, the throne of the Saiyans... Heh heh!
He could almost see the future where he ruled over the universe through his son.
The engine roared, and the spaceship broke the sound barrier instantly.
"Found it! It's right ahead!" Paragus locked onto the small exile pod ahead, the corners of his mouth rising in wild joy.
However!
In the very next second—
*Zzzzt—!*
A pitch-black rift, one that seemed capable of devouring everything, tore open without warning right in front of Kouki's spaceship!
*Gulp.*
Like a stone thrown into water, the ship carrying the legendary bloodline, along with the sleeping Kouki inside, was instantly swallowed by the rift and vanished without a trace!
"...D-Disappeared?!"
The wild joy on Paragus's face froze instantly, turning into terror and confusion.
He frantically scanned the empty sector of space, searching in vain.
"Kouki? Where is my Kouki?!"
His ship hovered lonely in the void. The expression on the ambitious man's face looked as if he had been punched senseless by a space monster.
His grand plan of "rising to power through his son" had been declared dead before it had even officially begun.
***
Meanwhile.
The One Punch Man World.
Earth, Z-City, Bang's Dojo.
The sound of flowing water mixed with the whistling of fists.
The silver-haired, white-bearded martial arts grandmaster, Bang, was meticulously guiding his disciples in their training.
Suddenly, his brow twitched, and his sharp gaze shot toward the sky like lightning.
"Hmm?"
A streak of crimson light, dragging a long tail of flame like a falling meteor, smashed toward the depths of the dense forest behind the dojo with a piercing shriek.
*BOOM!!!!*
A deafening explosion rang out, and even the ground trembled slightly.
The disciples looked up in astonishment.
"You all continue."
Bang looked grave. He waved his hand, and his figure vanished like a ghost, leaving only a faint afterimage.
In the back mountain, dust and smoke filled the air.
Bang landed lightly, his brows furrowing slightly.
Before him was not the crater he expected, but a... strange round metal object, half-buried in the soil. The hatch was tightly closed, and the surface shimmered with an unknown luster.
Bang approached. Years of experience told him this thing was far from ordinary.
Looking through the glass on the front of the machine, his pupils suddenly constricted—inside, there was actually a baby lying there?!
"A baby?!"
Even the knowledgeable Bang couldn't hide his surprise at this moment.
*Hiss—!*
The hatch suddenly released a burst of white mist and slid open automatically!
A thick "technological" scent mixed with the smell of disinfectant hit him in the face.
Bang hesitated for a moment, then stepped forward and carefully picked up the sleeping infant.
The body was warm and soft; a healthy baby boy.
But then, he touched something... a tender, short tail?!
"This is...?!"
Bang was completely stunned.
"A tail? How can a human infant have a tail? A Monster? No..."
He carefully examined the little guy in his arms. Fair skin, delicate features, steady breathing. No matter how he looked at it, this was just an exceptionally cute human baby, without any of the twisted aura of a Monster.
"Waaah~~~~!!!"
Just as Bang was caught in a storm of thoughts, the baby in his arms woke up.
An earth-shattering, loud cry instantly resounded through the forest, startling countless birds into flight.
This cry, full of vitality, actually made Bang sigh in relief—it was definitely a normal human baby!
Monster cubs wouldn't cry like this.
"Oh, oh... good baby, don't cry, don't cry. Are you hungry? Don't worry, Grandpa will take you to get something to eat right now!"
The generation's martial arts grandmaster instantly transformed into a clumsy new grandfather. He gently rocked the little ancestor in his arms with some panic, tapped his toes, and rushed back to the dojo like lightning.
At this moment, the crying stopped abruptly.
Kouki blinked his big eyes, finally sobering up a bit from his confused state of "Who am I? Where am I?"
Oh right, I am Kouki, a transmigrator.
Then... he realized he was being carried by a white-bearded old man moving at high speed, and it wasn't bumpy at all!
"This old man... looks so familiar?"
Kouki's infant brain tried hard to search its memory banks, but he couldn't recall it immediately.
Speaking of which, wasn't he supposed to be exiled to some uninhabited planet?
How did he end up here?!
Where is this?
And who is this grandpa?
***
Bang's Dojo.
"Master, this child is...?"
The disciples watched their master return holding a baby, their eyes nearly falling out of their sockets.
"Mm," Bang stroked his mustache, "Picked him up in the back mountain."
He couldn't explain more for now.
The baby's origin, along with that tail, was still a mystery.
Soon, Bang acted swiftly and invited a young woman with a good figure who had recently given birth.
However, this new wet nurse's "career" encountered an unprecedented Waterloo.
"S-Sorry, Grandmaster! This child... this child eats too much! I... I don't have a single drop left!"
The wet nurse's face was pale. After speaking incoherently, she fled the dojo almost scrambling on hands and knees, as if a Monster were chasing her.
Bang: "..."
He looked at the baby in his arms, smacking his little lips with an innocent look, and felt somewhat bewildered.
Helpless, he could only resort to the great invention of human civilization—powdered milk!
But soon, Bang understood why the wet nurse had fled in panic.
*Gulp, gulp, gulp...* Kouki held the bottle and finished one after another at a speed comparable to a small water pump.
An ordinary baby drinks 600-800ml a day?
He could finish ten times that amount in a single day!
...