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Roshi looked defeated. "I've only seen it once. Master Mutaito died before he had a chance to teach it to me properly. Even if I did know it, it would require me to use all my life energy to use it and die in the process."
"Oh." Tien said, as if he was about to ask the same thing, and had his idea shot down for him.
"Well then I'll still fight Piccolo. Even if I don't win, it beats curling up into a ball and giving up!" She admonished.
"Yeah!" Launch, Yamcha, Chi-Chi, and Tien agreed. Roshi still didn't looked convinced. But she could tell his resolution was fading. What better idea did he have anyway?
Gine turned to Bulma. "Bulma, do you have another dragon ball radar?"
Bulma was still dazed by everything that was happening but shook her head. "No, the one Kakarot took was the only one."
"Can you construct a new one?" Gine asked.
"Uh, sure. Why?"
Gine explained as a plan fell into place in her head. "That thing that killed Krillin took the Dragon Ball as well. If it's King Piccolo and if he's after them, he'll have to find the others. If he gets all of them, then we will surely be doomed if he makes a wish to dominate the world."
They looked at her trying to see where she was going with this train of thought, then Chi-Chi caught on. "Oh, I see! He won't be able to use them if we find at least one of them!"
"That's right!" Gine smiled, "And since Kakarot has the other radar looking for the stolen ball, we might be able to find him as well. And if we do, it might lead us to Piccolo. And when we do, I will take him down."
Gohan nodded, smiling at how Gine already has them hopeful and a means to confront the demon king set in motion. And as terrified Piccolo makes him, he somehow had a feeling that Gine's true strength will come through. From all the times she almost killed him in training and her holding back, he might get a glimpse of her true Saiyan power.
Then Gine turned back to Bulma, "So, Bulma, would you be able to construct a new one as quickly as possible?"
"Oh yes, definitely!"
"How soon?" Gine asked.
"Well, if I hurry, I could probably make one in half a day."
"Then get to it, the sooner it gets done the better. We'll head out and find them as soon as you are finished."
"Got it!" Bulma said determinedly. "Just need to find a quiet place to assemble it!"
Gine nodded, then turned to Roshi. "With that in mind, let's head to your island so we can have a safe place to make the radar, rest, and pay our respects to Krillin as you wanted." She said to him politely.
Master Roshi looked at her distrustfully and sighed through his nostrils. He was the master here and ought to be the one to know what to do, and who made this woman in charge?!
But he found himself unable to rebuke her. He had to respect that Gine was ready to deal with this threat even if she had no idea what she was up against. He figured she was probably where Kakarot inherited his headstrongness.
Could it be possible? He dared to ask himself. With the hinted-at stories Gohan told him that she was once a world-conquering warrior from the stars, she could put her experience in battle to use. And as much as he hated to admit it, he truly knew how strong she was. Not even Mutaito could come close to her.
But whatever the possibility was to defeat Piccolo, he won't argue with her that it was better than just waiting for the monster to conquer the world again.
"Very well then, let's all head there and regroup." He caved in.
"Uh, excuse me, but it seems clear that this seems like a matter for the police to handle." Said the referee. Gine almost forgot that he was there with them too.
"Under normal circumstances, yes." Roshi acknowledged, "But local law enforcement is very ill-equipped to deal with this kind of crisis."
"Then who?!" He asked incredulously.
"It's up to us." Said Gine.
"Really?!"
"Yes." Gohan backed her up. "As Tien pointed out, he has been defeated before. He is not invincible. If Kakarot comes back this way, can you tell him we went back home to Master Roshi's island?"
"I understand, if there's anyone who can save us, I think it's all of you."
Gine inexplicably felt a warmth with an icy prickling with it spread through her heart at those words. To think that she had gone from a planet-purger to a savior, an idea mixed with such painful reminders was a strange feeling she had no idea how to digest.
As quickly as the moment came, she suppressed it. Gine wouldn't get too deep into that feeling yet. They still had to save the Earth first.
Launch walked over to Tien, and he handed her Krillin's covered body. "I took it for granted he'd always be here." She choked out.
Tien then walked over to Roshi with Chiaotzu in tow. "Master Roshi? Chiaotzu and I have talked it over and we'd like to come if that's alright."
"Don't be silly, of course you can. We'd really appreciate your assistance." Roshi said.
"Oh, I can't believe this is happening to me! Suddenly my whole world's dark." Complain
ed Oolong.
"It's happening to all of us, so stuff it!" screamed Launch.
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