Alice's vermilion lips parted slightly, wanting to pour out all the grievances she had just suffered to Lott.
"Alice... Lott-san?"
Coincidentally, Erina came running up at that moment.
She had been chasing her cousin, but changed her address upon seeing Lott.
Ding~
A notification suddenly came from the Universe Chat Room:
[Genos: @Lott, Sensei, I searched within a 200-kilometer radius of X City but found no trace of Cooler's corpse. Could it have been pulverized by the shockwaves from your, Trunks', and Pan's battle earlier?]
Lott raised an eyebrow slightly.
His attention had been entirely on Trunks and Pan at the time, so how could he have cared about Cooler?
"Then I'll take a look too."
Lott replied with a voice message.
"Are you okay now?"
Lott turned to look at Alice again.
"N-No... I-I just fell and it hurts a bit."
Alice, who originally had a mountain of grievances to pour out to Lott, forced the words back down her throat.
After all, Erina was here, so how could she say it?
"Then you walk Rover. He's quite fond of you. If anyone makes you angry, just have Rover blast them. Put it on my tab."
Lott took Alice's small hand and placed the leash in her palm.
Walking a dog without a leash is like the dog walking you.
Alice, holding the leash, cast a deep meaningful look at her cousin, which made Erina shiver.
'What?'
'Do you really want to kill me?'
Erina, who originally wanted to apologize to her cousin, also felt a bit irritated.
'I didn't steal it from you… Grandfather gave me the Kuku Kuku no Mi. What could I do?'
Thinking this, Erina's earlier intention to apologize vanished without a trace. She turned to Lott and said:
"Lott-san... Um, that, I, I am your personal chef now. I, I'll go with you wherever you're going."
"Mm, sure. I need to go to X City. Let's go together then."
Upon hearing this, Erina's face flushed red. She walked behind Lott, stood on her tiptoes, and jumped up forcefully, hooking her arms around his neck.
Lott: ???
Lott really wanted to say that he could use Instant Transmission now, and she just needed to put her hand on him for him to teleport them both.
But feeling the astonishing fullness pressing against his spine on both sides, Lott very honestly chose to use Flight Technique to fly there 'slowly'.
Watching the two figures flying away, an increasingly strong impulse surged in Alice's heart.
'Erina, I will take back what belongs to me! No! I will also take what belongs to you!'
Alice, furious to the extreme, felt a strange sense of pleasure rise inexplicably in her heart at this moment.
This pleasure eroded her mind like poison.
The thought of seeing Erina's jealous, out-of-control expression excited Alice so much her whole body trembled.
"Ow woo~~"
Rover, tethered by the leash and possessing the power of a top-tier Dragon-level monster, shrank back a couple of steps.
'This human female felt really scary.'
…
X City, robots the size of skyscrapers were carrying out city repair work.
These robots were created by the deceased [Metal Knight] Bofoi.
They were now taken over by Dr. Kuseno, Genos's benefactor, and used for urban reconstruction.
"Sensei, Dr. Kuseno and I have expanded the search radius to 300 miles, but we still haven't found Cooler's corpse. Personally, I think the possibility of it being blown away is very low. It's more likely it was vaporized by the shockwaves from your previous battle."
Genos reported as he walked beside Lott.
Genos's gaze didn't linger long on Erina on Lott's other side.
He was used to it by now.
But Genos was still a bit unhappy.
"That's a pity. We'll have Goku leave Frieza's body intact later."
Lott didn't plan to dwell on the matter.
No Cooler? There's still Frieza, right?
Besides, Cooler's cells were meant to be transplanted last anyway.
Starting with more stable cells like the Namekians was more reliable.
"Sensei, if you have time, could you give me some more guidance? It's been a long time since I last received your teaching."
Genos added.
"No problem... Bulma's gravity training room will still take some time to complete. I'm relatively free these two days."
Hearing Lott's reply, Genos showed an excited smile, setting his feet in a horse stance.
He stepped forward simultaneously with his right hand and right foot, assuming a preparatory stance quite similar to Bruce Lee's.
"Sensei, please instruct me."
Bang!
An invisible force erupted.
Genos turned into an afterimage as he flew backward, hitting the steel frame of a newly constructed, wall-less building behind him.
Clang! Clang! Clang!
A domino effect occurred as countless steel pipes crashed down, burying Genos's figure.
[Dr. Kuseno: @ Lott @ Genos, Um... Sparring is fine, but please be mindful of the location. The city has just started reconstruction.]
Meanwhile, Erina, standing behind Lott, experienced a drastic change in her gaze.
Although she had seen more exaggerated battles through the chat room's live stream function, the impact of seeing it firsthand was far beyond what could be experienced through a screen.
Moreover, she hadn't seen what happened at all.
Erina suddenly felt a bit downcast.
'What have I been learning all this time... Should I also give up my work as a chef and practice martial arts or something?'
Thinking this, Erina glanced at her own slender arms-
Then compared them to Lott's explosive muscles that seemed like they would burst if you looked at them too long.
Erina's expression grew even more complicated.
'I don't want to become like that!'
At that moment, Lott, standing in front of her, suddenly spoke:
"Saiyans have Saiyan talents, chefs have chef talents. There's no hierarchy among professions. Erina, you just need to shine in the field you're good at."
Upon hearing this, Erina abruptly looked up, her mouth agape in surprise as she stared at Lott's back.
Boom-
In the distance, Genos erupted with Ki, an invisible shockwave sending countless steel pipes flying.
"As expected of Sensei! Please instruct me!"
Genos let out a low shout, his speed already reaching human limits as he charged forward.
His five fingers formed into a beast-like claw, condensing an orange-red energy wave that he threw with one hand.
"Incinerate!"
Lott showed a slight smile and swatted it away with a backhand.
The next instant, Genos crashed into another building under reconstruction, causing it to collapse again.
Dr. Kuseno: "..."
Sitting inside the large robot responsible for reconstruction, Dr. Kuseno blinked and muttered to himself:
"Let's call it a day for today's work."
While Lott and Genos were having their training session, on a street two blocks away, a black luxury car sat quietly parked by the roadside.
Inside the car, four people watched the two figures fighting fiercely high above the city through the window.
It was the Yukinoshita's family of four!
Upon hearing that Lott had come to X City-
The Yukinoshita Family, the city's largest real estate developers, rushed over without delay, hoping to curry favor.
But before they could even greet him, they saw Lott and Genos start fighting.
Left with no choice, the Yukinoshita Family could only wait from afar, inside their car.
"V-Very sorry, Lott-sama... I, I apologize for my previous inappropriate remarks..."
In the luxury car, Yukinoshita Yukino bowed, the corner of her mouth twitching.
"Smile more naturally. Those who know think you're apologizing, and those who don't might think you're at a funeral."
Mrs. Yukinoshita sitting opposite said coldly.
Yes, they were 'rehearsing' for their upcoming formal meeting with Lott.
The first thing to do was to have the second daughter apologize to Lott for that casual remark she made in the group chat before.
Yukino's mouth twitched uncontrollably again.
She didn't smile much normally.
Now she was being forced to smile artificially, how could she possibly manage it?
Moreover, facing someone she didn't like at all, even somewhat disliked, how could she possibly smile naturally?