Dragon Ball: The Strongest Goten Chapter 012

Tian Tian, located in the Palace of the Gods, paced back and forth anxiously outside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

“Why haven’t they come out yet! It’s been six days!”

Popo comforted Tian Tian. “Don’t worry, Goten is very strong.”

“Ah ah ah ah—!!!”

A huge roar echoed from the plaza outside the palace. Tian Tian and Mr. Popo quickly ran out and saw a large hole suspended in the center of the plaza! They could even see Goten and the others inside the hole!

Swish~ Swish~ Swish~

Three Gotens jumped out of the hole. All three had clearly grown, each significantly taller than Gohan was during the Cell Games, roughly 1.6 meters tall. Goten was already 13 years old.

What was most astonishing was that the Goten wearing Saiyan battle armor had completely transformed! His golden hair reached his waist, his eyebrows had disappeared, and his brow bones were pressed against his eye sockets. A deep blue pupil appeared in his formerly single light green eye. His golden aura had become a fixed radiance, with lightning flashes even more dense than during Super Saiyan 2.

Is this really Goten?!

Tian Tian was completely stunned by the Goten before her. Not only that, but the other two Gotens were both in Super Saiyan 2! When did Super Saiyan 2 become so common! Saiyans are truly terrifying, thankfully they are all good people.

Slowly, X Goten’s hair retracted, and he returned to his normal state. Although his hair returned to its crab-like style, six years of continuous growth meant all three Gotens now had ponytails.

The other two Gotens remained in Super Saiyan 2. Theoretically, Super Saiyan 2 has no full power, but they still wanted to try if they could achieve full power in Super Saiyan 2.

If a person’s ki represents the water capacity of a tank, then the normal state is an unopened faucet. Super Saiyan 1 is like opening the faucet; although water is constantly flowing, it enters the tank quickly enough that it generally won’t run out. This is Super Saiyan Full Power.

Super Saiyan 2 is like turning the water to maximum. At this point, the inflow can’t keep up with the outflow, but the water flow is immense.

Super Saiyan 3 is like pulling out the faucet! The water gushes out! It runs out in an instant.

To reach full power in Super Saiyan 2, one must increase the inflow of water.

X Goten clenched his fist, unable to believe his power! It was terrifying; in his normal state alone, he had reached 3 billion. Six years of intense training had brought him to this level! Just transforming into Super Saiyan 2 gave him 300 billion, and if he transformed into Super Saiyan 3, he could reach a terrifying 1.2 trillion!!!

Moreover, unlike Goku, his Super Saiyan 3 didn’t leak ki, and he wasn’t limited to a minute. His current state was like Goku’s Super Saiyan 3 when he was dead; although the consumption was still immense, there was no possibility of ki leakage. If he were given a minute to gather ki, he could defeat Majin Buu.

Ten years… he spent a full ten years to reach the Super Saiyan 3 realm! It was truly incredibly difficult. This was also why his combat power was higher than the other two Gotens. Y Goten was similar to X Goten, but he still couldn’t transform into Super Saiyan 3. Z Goten’s normal state combat power was slightly lower, around 2.5 billion, similar to Vegeta’s current power.

He truly had no life or entertainment outside of his daily trips home. Every day, he faced only Vegeta and brutal training!

X Goten looked at the two still in Super Saiyan 2. “You’ve been on other planets for so long, you must not have seen Mom and Brother in a long time. You two should go back this time.”

The two Gotens awkwardly rubbed their heads.

Y Goten: “Actually… when training with King Kai, I’d come back to visit whenever I had time…”

Z Goten: “Actually, me too… Instant Transmission is just too convenient…”

X Goten’s face flushed. He had thought that since the two Gotens had gone to other planets to train hard and couldn’t return home, he shouldn’t indulge too much in the warmth of home, so he rarely went back.

In the end, the one who went home the least was me, who was on Earth?! No wonder Mom wasn’t surprised at all when I went back, and even a little annoyed! The most crucial thing was that they had both come back so many times, yet they never saw him even once?! In the end, he was wrong to trust them…

“Get out of here! Go wherever you want!”

No wonder these two guys were a step behind him. Their normal state was only 2.5 billion, similar to Vegeta’s current power.

Z Goten went to find Piccolo, Y Goten went to Kame House, and X Goten, who hadn’t been home in six years, was also quite homesick. After years of training, Goten was also ready to rest. He called for the Flying Nimbus and flew towards home.

Looking at the small house nestled by the mountain and water on Mount Paozu, Goten jumped off the Flying Nimbus, opened the front door, and shouted, “Mom, I’m home!”

Chi-Chi was cooking. Hearing Goten’s voice, she put down what she was doing and turned around.

“Goten, you’re back! I was just preparing…! Goten, you’ve grown so tall!”

Having not seen her for six years, Goten didn’t answer Chi-Chi’s words. He hugged Chi-Chi tightly and wouldn’t let go. Chi-Chi also realized that something must have happened to Goten and didn’t ask further. No matter how much he changed, he was still the Goten who loved to snuggle in her arms. She just gently patted Goten’s back and said softly,

“I’ve seen Future Trunks. You must be Future Goten. My child, you must have suffered a lot in the future…”

Goten, who was just enjoying the warmth in Chi-Chi’s arms, suddenly froze. Mom, the mood was just right, is it really okay for you to suddenly say that? Although your analysis is very reasonable.

Goten let go of Chi-Chi. “Mom, I really am Goten.”

Chi-Chi was incredulous. “Goten, you’ve grown so big! You were still so small just a few days ago!”

Goten simply explained about going to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. Although surprised, Chi-Chi could accept it, as Gohan had also entered it when he was little.

Chi-Chi looked at Goten’s very long hair and wanted to cut it for him. But Goten thought about the bowl cut his brother Gohan got from Chi-Chi when he was little and decisively gave up!

Moreover, he looked too much like Goku. He intentionally wanted to differentiate himself from his father’s image, so even with his crab-like hairstyle, he still had a ponytail at the back.

Since Goten was finally home, Chi-Chi, who had just finished cooking, asked Goten to take a bento box to Gohan. It was all because the other two Gotens kept coming back for no reason, making him leave again just minutes after getting home.

At this time, Gohan had already gone to Orange Star High School in Satan City. This was his first day of school, which meant that Buu’s unsealing was getting closer.

His current strength wouldn’t make it easy to kill Majin Buu, and he didn’t particularly want to kill Fat Buu. Fat Buu wasn’t entirely Buu; he was also the Grand Supreme Kai. It was precisely because of his existence that Buu wasn’t entirely a killing machine.

He would also be a great help against Moro in the future.

It seems he’ll have to observe carefully when the time comes. If it really doesn’t work, he’ll have to use that move…

It was currently noon. How could such a large bento box be forgotten? Is his brother so engrossed in studying that he’s become foolish?

Goten had already been sent out by Chi-Chi. He had changed out of his blue martial arts uniform and back into his usual orange outfit with the character for “heaven.” He flew through the clear blue sky, carrying a bento box half his size. He wasn’t riding the Flying Nimbus because it was too slow; by the time he got there, his brother would probably be starving to death.

Upon reaching Satan City, Goten stopped flying to avoid being discovered. Besides, it had been a long time since he had explored a city. Satan City was named after Mr. Satan. Although not as grand as West City, it was still a very prosperous city.

As for Satan, that charlatan, Goten’s feelings towards him were actually quite complex. Although he disliked his constant stealing of the Z Fighters’ credit, he had genuinely saved Earth many times.

He was greedy, lecherous, cowardly, and vain. But despite being such an unpleasant person, he always stepped forward, knowing full well how terrifyingly strong his opponents were, which couldn’t help but impress Goten.

For example, throwing Android 16’s head to Gohan, facing Fat Buu for the sake of Earthlings, confronting Kid Buu alone to buy time for Goku and the others, and even for the final Spirit Bomb, it couldn’t have been gathered without him.

Some might say that Satan’s fame came from Goku and the others’ efforts, but Goku didn’t have Satan’s rallying power.

The most important point was that Videl was his future sister-in-law, so why bother with so much? The Son family didn’t need those empty titles; cashing them in was better. In the future, Satan had given the Son family a lot of money.

Goten, carrying his unusually large bento box, arrived at the entrance of Orange Star High School. He had followed Gohan’s ki to find him. However, the gatekeeper wouldn’t let him in, so Goten had to fly in from a hidden spot.

Looking at the vibrant students on campus, he couldn’t help but sigh and feel envious. They had no idea how many crises Earth had faced. He actually wanted to experience school life too, but this world wouldn’t allow it. There were too many crises and strong individuals. If he could, he would also like to experience being “The Saiyan Bodyguard of the Campus Belle.”

Although he wasn’t wearing a school uniform, due to his height, everyone assumed he was an Orange Star student, if they didn’t look at the exaggerated bento box on his back.

Goten followed the ki towards Gohan’s direction.

Not far from Goten, two girls curiously observed him.

A girl with short yellow hair, dressed in a hot-girl outfit, her face flushed, excitedly said to the white-clad girl beside her, “Videl, did you see that boy? He’s so strong! And so cute, exactly my type!”

The white-clad girl was his future sister-in-law, Videl.

Videl observed Goten, not with aesthetic appreciation, but with a martial artist’s eye. How could such a small physique carry such a large bento box! Although she could also do it, Goten’s current height was similar to Videl’s.

“Hmm, he does have some strength. Don’t you think he looks a lot like Gohan, the transfer student who came today?”

The yellow-haired girl was named Eliza. In the original story, she was a bit of a flirtatious girl. Before Videl even finished speaking, she had already gone up to strike up a conversation.

“Excuse me, what’s your name? Are you moving something? Do you need help?”

Goten turned around in surprise. He hadn’t expected anyone to strike up a conversation with him, especially a girl. This was the first time in thirteen years! He could brag about this to the other two Gotens for the rest of his life!