"One hundred times?"
Raditz was not some country bumpkin who had never seen the world. As a Saiyan warrior who had fought across the universe, he naturally knew what a high-gravity environment meant.
Originally, he thought so-called high-gravity training was nothing special. After all, Planet Vegeta itself was a high-gravity planet.
But what in the world was one hundred times gravity? Could someone even move normally in such an environment?
On the screen, Goku and Ethan stood facing each other. As the gravity multiplier increased, their stances gradually changed from casually standing at first to a posture with clenched fists, as if they were bearing a heavy burden.
"Impossible!"
However, a voice quickly came from beside him. "It's already at one hundred times gravity. In this environment, both of them have to use their full power!"
"Full power?"
Raditz had not been here long enough to know that these Earthlings had the ability to freely control their battle power. If the people present had unleashed their full energy, his scouter would have exploded long ago.
Just then, Kakarot on the screen seemed to release immense power. Although they were not in the same room, and Raditz did not have the ability to sense energy, the visible aura around Kakarot on the screen still shocked him.
Compared to Raditz, who could only judge with his eyes, the people nearby felt it even more clearly.
"Goku has gotten stronger!"
Looking at the seemingly overflowing aura around Goku, Ethan knew this was the other's strongest power without using the Kaio-ken, and he also released his full power at the same time.
Only his aura burst out, without the flame-like aura around him. This proved that Ethan had better control over his own energy. It did not overflow because he was too strong to control it perfectly.
Of course, this only proved that his control was good, not necessarily the level of his battle power.
"It's starting!"
As Krillin spoke, the two people on the screen had already clashed.
The one hundred times gravity environment severely restricted their speed. But because of that, everyone could see the fight clearly on the screen through the monitoring equipment.
Otherwise, with the strength of those two, if they unleashed their full speed in a normal environment, the monitoring equipment would not be able to capture their movements clearly, and nothing would be visible on the screen.
The high-gravity environment limited their speed, allowing everyone to watch a normal fight instead.
Raditz, however, found it unbelievable. He suspected that the so-called one hundred times gravity was a lie. He could not believe that his younger brother, who was just a low-class warrior, would possess such terrifying strength.
So after Ethan and Goku's sparring session ended, he decided to enter the gravity chamber and experience it for himself.
Ten times gravity was nothing. After all, they were Saiyans and adapted well to such environments. But as it increased further, Raditz quickly could not bear it.
Even just standing still and doing nothing, twenty times gravity was enough to cause him immense pain. Looking at Kakarot in front of him, who was completely relaxed and showed no signs of discomfort, he finally believed that the so-called one hundred times gravity was not an exaggeration.
"How is this possible!"
Raditz's first reaction was to look for his scouter. He wanted to see what Kakarot's true battle power was. After searching for a moment, he realized his scouter had already been taken by the person named Ethan.
"Where's my scouter?"
"You want to see Goku's battle power?"
Raditz was startled for a moment, then nodded. The other person knew he was a Saiyan, knew Lord Frieza, seemed to be a refugee from a planet Lord Frieza had destroyed, and knew the function of a scouter. That was not strange. He was only surprised that this person reacted so quickly and immediately guessed what he was thinking from his actions.
"Your scouter can't detect the true value."
"Impossible. Although my scouter is old-fashioned, it can still detect up to twenty thousand..." Seeing Ethan's calm expression, Raditz suddenly understood what he meant. Their battle power far exceeded twenty thousand.
"How is this possible?"
Even the Saiyan Prince, Vegeta, a genius warrior with noble blood, did not have a maximum battle power exceeding twenty thousand. And Nappa, another noble Saiyan from a prestigious family, only had a battle power of five thousand, with a maximum of seven thousand.
As for himself, although his battle power had been decent at birth and he had been counted among the talented group, his current battle power was only fifteen hundred, the weakest among the surviving Saiyans. He had originally thought the low-class warrior Kakarot was the weakest, but instead he had turned out to be terrifyingly strong.
"Why is this happening? Why are you so strong when you're just a low-class warrior?"
Regardless of whether what Ethan said about their maximum battle power far exceeding twenty thousand was true, even if Kakarot's battle power was only eight thousand, that would still leave him far behind and make him stronger than Nappa, who came from a prestigious family.
"Because of persistent, diligent training."
"Training? Just like that?"
Raditz had no concept of training. Saiyan battle power relied half on innate talent and half on improvement through combat. There was no concept of dedicated training.
His own father was an example of improving strength through real combat, while the other powerful Saiyans relied more on their natural gifts.
In that kind of environment, Raditz did not think it strange that his own battle power increased slowly. After all, his father was only a low-class warrior, his bloodline was inherently not noble, and he could not compare to Nappa and Vegeta. Raditz had thought this was only natural.
However, Goku's existence gave him a hard slap in the face, making him understand that battle power could be increased through effort after birth, and that the increase could be enormous.
"Maybe you're skeptical, but in a few days, Bulma will be able to build new scouters. Then you'll be able to see the battle power values of all of us here."
Raditz finally understood that his scouter and battle suit had been taken to be reverse-engineered and copied.
"Earth actually has such advanced technology?"
Ethan shrugged. He did not bother explaining. There would be actual items in a few days anyway.
As for the fact that Bulma and her father, Dr. Brief, were basically cheating, Raditz did not need to know.
Three days passed quickly. Bulma only took one day to fully grasp the scouter technology, another day to design and improve it, and on the third day, she made several brand-new scouters.
Besides replicating the scouter Raditz had brought, Bulma also integrated the battle power detection function into the watches everyone used most often.
"That way, there are two kinds of scouters, and everyone can choose whichever they prefer."
Ethan took a scouter with orange lenses and put it on. With their strength, even a heavy scouter would not feel like a burden, much less this one, since Bulma had used many lightweight materials to make it even lighter than the original.
The watches were similar to the originals, even lighter and sturdier, ensuring they would not interfere with fighting. For people who liked wearing wristbands, like Goku and Krillin, they could even hide the watches under them.
Raditz had been very quiet these past few days, basically waiting for these things to be made. He first observed with his own scouter, then took a watch-style scouter and compared the readings among everyone. It had text he could understand, so there was no need to worry about not being able to read it.
After testing things for a while, Raditz confirmed that the scouter's energy standard was consistent with the one he had brought. Then he found Goku and asked him to release his full power.
"Let me see your full power, Kakarot!"
"Huh?"
Goku was still fiddling with the new device. He did not really think it was useful. For him, sensing energy had already become instinct.
However, Raditz's request was not excessive, and Ethan beside him even nodded to him.
Goku was not stupid at all. He knew his brother relied entirely on that device to judge others' strength. As long as he made him realize how strong he was, he would be even less likely to mess around.
"Alright!"
He walked a little farther away, standing in a more open area. Krillin and the others each wore a scouter, wanting to see exactly how much Goku's battle power was.
They could all sense strength, weakness, and even good or evil through energy, but that feeling was far less precise than what numbers provided. At the same time, they were curious about these numbers that represented strength.
It was not just Goku. They even wanted to see everyone else's battle power one by one.
"I'm starting!"
Raditz nodded and simultaneously activated both the old scouter on his face, which had originally belonged to him, and the new scouter on his wrist.
Both showed the number eight thousand, and as Goku released his power, the numbers on both rose at the same time.
In just an instant, the old scouter on his face exploded. Before it exploded, he saw the number rise wildly, exceeding twenty thousand almost the moment Goku released his power.
Shifting his gaze to his wrist, the projected battle power value was still soaring, quickly rising to a number that terrified him.
"One hundred thousand... one hundred thirty thousand... one hundred fifty thousand..." Raditz's face was covered in sweat. He could not believe Kakarot's battle power could reach such a terrifying level. "This... how is this possible?"
The number finally stopped at one hundred fifty-seven thousand three hundred. Raditz looked at Goku in front of him, who seemed to be burning with white flames, and seriously doubted whether this guy was really his younger brother.
"Can Saiyans... really become this strong?"
Raditz was stunned with fear, and what Krillin suddenly said next nearly made his heart stop.
"One hundred fifty thousand? If you include the Kaio-ken, does that mean Goku's actual battle power exceeds one point five million?"
(To be continued.)