REVIEWS AND POWERSTONES PLSSS!!!!!REVIEWS AND POWERSTONES PLSSS!!!!!REVIEWS AND POWERSTONES PLSSS!!!!!Chapter 106: Five-Year Plan
Supreme Kai Realm.
Whis sat leisurely in a chair, drinking tea while appreciating the distant scenery.
Unlike God of Destruction Realm, Supreme Kai Realm's landscape appeared somewhat monotonous—not only lacking abundant vegetation but even simple life forms. Yet Whis's interest remained undiminished.
Tap tap! Tap tap!
Footsteps sounded behind Whis. He set down his teacup, turning to look back.
Three figures wearing identical Supreme Kai robes appeared before him.
"Oh? Seems this ceremony went quite smoothly!"
Seeing the arrivals, Whis stood from his chair. First smiling slightly at Turles, he then straightened his clothing and solemnly bowed to Shin.
"Congratulations! Supreme Kai-sama!"
Seeing Whis's formality, Shin immediately felt somewhat at a loss. He first waved his hands at Whis, then reacted—quickly bowing deeply in return, saying somewhat flustered:
"You're too kind, Whis-san!"
Old Kai beside them—seeing Shin's performance—inwardly sighed. However, he said nothing. Just secretly shook his head.
But when his gaze glimpsed Turles beside them—still continuously fiddling with earrings—his eyes turned. An idea formed in his mind.
"Ahem!"
Old Kai fake-coughed once. After attracting Whis's attention, he adopted a casual appearance, addressing Turles:
"Turles, did you remember everything I told you before about apprentice Supreme Kai matters?"
"Hmm?"
Turles's attention left the orange earring in his hand. He looked at Old Kai somewhat puzzled.
But seeing Old Kai's expression, Turles immediately reacted. Acting like sudden realization, "Oh, Elder! You explained so much at once—I couldn't remember everything! What should I do?"
After speaking, Turles even regretfully smacked his forehead, face full of worry.
The previously chuckling Old Kai—seeing Turles's performance—immediately froze. But next second, he caught Turles's act. Face immediately darkening, he scolded, "What's wrong with you? Didn't I explain everything clearly? How can you perform Supreme Kai work like this?"
Hearing Old Kai's words, Turles secretly rolled his eyes. However, he still cooperated, "Then what should I do? I've never done these things before!"
"Forget it, forget it. Just stay by my side going forward. When you've learned these things, then you can return!"
Old Kai impatiently waved his hand. Finally compromising with a suggestion, he glanced at the already dumbfounded Shin and Kibito, then turned and left.
Seeing Old Kai leave, Shin and Kibito took ages to react. Then they chased after Old Kai's figure.
"Ancestor, wait for me!"
After the three departed, Turles released a long breath. Just raising his head, he saw Whis watching him with a half-smile. His face immediately reddened.
Smiling awkwardly at Whis, Turles slowly walked before him.
"You wanting to stay doesn't require this, does it?" Whis watched the somewhat embarrassed Turles, expression somewhat playful.
Hearing this, Turles grew even more embarrassed. However, he still explained, "Mainly because the elder truly fears Lord Beerus might suddenly arrive, so..."
Hearing this, Whis also understood. Indeed—what Beerus did back then was rather excessive. Old Kai having some lingering resentment was unavoidable.
However, understanding aside, Whis still instructed Turles somewhat uneasily, "Don't forget—I noticed you first. Don't forget that!"
"Of course! I'll always remember your help." Turles immediately guaranteed seriously.
Seeing this, Whis smiled and nodded. Glancing at the distant Old Kai again, he smiled, "Alright, I should also leave. Actually, that elder speaks correctly—to truly become an apprentice Supreme Kai, you still lack much."
"Just study under that elder first. When you've earned his recognition, then come find me!"
After speaking, Whis extended his hand, conjuring his staff. Tapping the ground once, his entire form became a seven-colored beam of light, departing Supreme Kai Realm.
Turles just watched Whis's departure direction.
"Whew! He's finally gone!" Suddenly, Old Kai's voice sounded beside Turles.
Glancing at Old Kai's "disaster averted" appearance, Turles's mouth corners lifted. Just about to mock him, he immediately remembered he might still need this old man's help. Could only swallow the words at his lips.
Unexpectedly, Old Kai's eyes were sharp. Squinting at Turles once, he immediately questioned, "Were you just thinking something bad?"
Turles's eyes bulged outward. He looked at Old Kai with uncertainty. Did this old guy possess mind-reading abilities? But he'd never heard of such abilities appearing in Dragon Ball world.
"Hehe, young one, you're still immature. Back in my day, I..." Speaking here, Old Kai suddenly got stuck. The following words wouldn't come out no matter what.
Next moment, Old Kai—like someone stepped on his tail—pointed tremblingly at a paper in Turles's hand, voice quavering, "How is this thing in your hands?"
"Didn't you give this to me, Elder? Did you forget?" Turles flicked the paper in his hand, somewhat surprised, questioning back.
Hearing this, Old Kai seemed to remember something. His expression immediately changed. Then he produced a crystal ball from behind, leaning in to examine it.
Honestly, Turles quite envied Old Kai's trick. This was far more convenient than Bulma's family's Capsule Corporation capsules.
After unknown duration, Old Kai's face finally moved away from the crystal ball. He looked at Turles with wandering eyes, not knowing what he was thinking.
Just as Turles raised his guard—already planning escape routes—Old Kai's face suddenly changed. Grinning at Turles, he just kept smiling at him.
Old Kai's shift stunned Turles.
"You kid definitely weren't thinking anything good just now. I'm Supreme Kai, not God of Destruction. Speak—what exactly do you want to do?"
"Uh." Turles finally reacted—earlier was Old Kai's mischievous streak. Relaxing, he replied to Old Kai without good humor, "What can I do? Just want you to properly teach me."
"You're apprentice Supreme Kai—of course I'll properly teach you!" Old Kai was somewhat confused by Turles's words.
Turles rolled his eyes, saying without good humor, "Come on. You favor Shin—your fellow clansman. For humans like me, without Whis-san's connection, you probably wouldn't even look our way. Just look at Kibito."
Old Kai was stumped by Turles's words. After recovering for ages, he finally said helplessly:
"Aiyo, why did Whis-san send you—this confused egg—over? Having that Shin fellow already makes this old man mentally exhausted. Now I must teach another fool! I might as well have stayed sealed in that sword!"
"What?" Turles was completely bewildered.
After sighing for ages, Old Kai—just like scolding Shin—directly gave Turles a head chop, loudly scolding, "You kid! What do you think Supreme Kai is? Something anyone wanting it can become?"
"Without a heart broad enough to encompass the entire universe, even becoming apprentice Supreme Kai—you won't pass the Supreme Kai examination at Omni-King-sama's later! Really! How can someone be this stupid? I originally thought you were cleverer than that Shin fellow. Turns out you're not even as good as him!"
"Huh?" Turles was dumbfounded.
Afterward, Old Kai began introducing Supreme Kai deities' true responsibilities to Turles.
Turns out, Supreme Kai wasn't as simple as Turles thought.
Though Supreme Kai strength fell below God of Destruction, for a universe—whether Supreme Kai or God of Destruction—both were indispensable. Even Supreme Kai importance exceeded God of Destruction by a margin.
After all, without God of Destruction, Supreme Kai could temporarily substitute God of Destruction's duties—destroying failed planets. But God of Destruction had no way to substitute Supreme Kai in creating life-bearing planets.
To become a true deity—whether Supreme Kai or God of Destruction—the key wasn't strength and such. Rather, it was conceptual transformation.
As transcendent existences, whether Supreme Kai or God of Destruction, most important was transcending mortal ethical constraints and thought concepts—viewing all things from the universe's perspective.
Life's birth was nature's choice. Planetary destruction was also nature's choice. Balance between them required Supreme Kai and God of Destruction to grasp.
Like Turles thinking Old Kai would favor same-race Shin—this showed Turles's thinking hadn't transformed. Because he still used human thinking to speculate Old Kai's thoughts.
Whether Old Kai or God of Destruction Beerus, or other universes' Supreme Kais and Gods of Destruction—all had their own personalities. But regarding their work, they dared not be the slightest bit careless.
So what Turles imagined was fundamentally impossible. Because as long as Turles was this universe's apprentice Supreme Kai, Old Kai had obligation to properly teach him—training him like training a true Supreme Kai.
Hearing this, Turles's face reddened somewhat.
Previously, he'd always looked down on Zamasu—thinking despite becoming apprentice Supreme Kai, he still used Kai-period thinking to view this world. But when it came to himself, his performance wasn't even as good as Zamasu's.
At minimum, Zamasu had served as Kai—initially still maintaining justice attitudes toward all humans. But he still used original human dark thinking to view Old Kai. Comparatively, his realm seemed even inferior.
However, compared to Zamasu, Turles's greatest advantage was listening to advice. So after knowing his problem, Turles immediately bowed deeply to Old Kai, saying sincerely:
"Thank you for Elder's teaching. Turles will always remember!"
"Hehe, yes!"
Facing Turles's salute, Old Kai calmly accepted. He nodded at Turles, very satisfied with his humility.
However, next second he again recovered that lecherous appearance. Rubbing his hands, squinting at Turles, "Then, can you return my book now?"
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After adjusting his mindset, Turles set aside his presumptuousness, beginning to seriously study under Old Kai how to become a true apprentice Supreme Kai.
Old Kai also replaced the "Supreme Kai Study Guide" with a proper version.
Thus, aside from occasionally returning to Red Stone to reunite with Bulma, Turles spent remaining time at Supreme Kai Realm. In the blink of an eye, one year passed.
This day, after finishing daily training tasks, Turles found Old Kai and Supreme Kai Shin. Under both's puzzled gazes, he produced a booklet.
Taking the booklet Turles handed over, Shin read the words above one by one:
"Universe 7 Species Average Level Enhancement Five-Year Plan (Version 3)?"
"That's right! The 'Universe 7 Species Average Level Enhancement Five-Year Plan'!" Turles proudly raised his head, indicating both should open and look.
Both exchanged glances. Then they opened Turles's plan, beginning to carefully read.
After a good while, both finally finished reading Turles's plan book. After reading, Old Kai's expression grew somewhat complex. He stared at Turles briefly. After long silence, he turned to Shin, saying:
"How about you let Turles be Supreme Kai instead!"
"Huh?" Hearing this, Shin was directly dumbfounded.
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