"HOW DID I DIE?!"
Silver screamed in the forest.
Let's see hmm hmm?
Yah! I Am ReReading Dragon Ball manga.
Laughing at how innocent early Goku was.
And how the hell did I die and can't remember anything accept watching anime and manga of my previous life.
A robotic voice echoed.
{ [System Activated.]
[Template System Loaded.]
[Host: Silver.]
[Race: Human.]
[Templates Assigned Permanently.]
Naruto Template
Luffy Template
Ichigo Template
[Restriction: Cannot change templates.]
[Current Progress: 1% Combined.] }
Silver blinked.
"…Only 1%? WHAT DO YOU MEAN ONE PERCENT?!"
{ [Training required to reach 100%.]
[No free abilities granted.]
[Good luck.] }
He looked at his hand and throw punch "..why it's not stretching? and I can't feel kurama presence and don't tell me with 1% I can't get zanpakuto."
"THIS IS FRAUD."
Suddenly—
THUD.
He landed face-first in dirt.
He slowly looked up.
Mountains.
"…Wait a minute, I seen this place before."
He froze.
"…This is Earth."
"…Dragon Ball Earth."
System notification popped again.
{ [Timeline: 1 hour before Bulma meets Son Goku.] }
Silver gasped.
"One hour before the story starts?!"
He jumped up dramatically.
"I am about to witness a beginning of PEAK FICTION hell yah!."
He immediately checked status.
{ System Status
Host: Silver
Race: Human
Power Level: 5
Templates:
Naruto: 0.3%
Luffy: 0.3%
Ichigo: 0.4%
Combined Progress: 1% }
"Power level FIVE?! That's farmer-with-shotgun level!"
He punched the tree.
It hurt.
He screamed.
"WHY IS THIS REALISTIC?!"
Testing the Templates
Silver concentrated.
"Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
Nothing.
System notification:
{ [Progress too low. Basic physical enhancement only.] }
"…So basically I'm slightly less useless."
He sighed dramatically.
Then suddenly—
His perverted brain activated.
"WAIT."
"If this is one hour before story…"
"That means…"
"Bulma will pass through here soon."
He stroked his chin like a certain turtle hermit.
"I must prepare."
He ran toward the forest edge near the road.
Plan?
Act like a wandering martial artist.
Step 1: Meet Goku. Step 2: Join adventure. Step 3: Train under Master Roshi. Step 4: I think after story starts.
He stopped suddenly.
"…Wait."
He looked at his skinny arms.
"…I'm going to die."
Training Attempt #1
He dropped into push-up position.
"One hour crash training arc begins now!"
Push-up 1.
Push-up 2.
Push-up 3.
.
.
.
Push-up 10.
Collapse.
System notification:
{ [Naruto Template Progress: +0.01%]
[Luffy Template Progress: +0.01%]
[Ichigo Template Progress: +0.01%] }
Silver froze.
"…WAIT."
"IT WORKED?!"
He jumped up.
"So it increases through effort??"
He started doing squats aggressively.
" IT'S TRAINING TIME!"
30 seconds later—
He collapsed again.
{New status:
Combined Progress: 1.06% }
Silver lay on the ground.
"…At this rate, I'll reach 100% in 300 years."
Meanwhile…
Far away.
A small boy with wild hair carried a giant fish.
It was Goku.
The story was about to begin.
And Silver?
Was hiding behind a bush dramatically.
He heard engine sounds.
His eyes widened.
A blue capsule car approached.
Inside—
A teenage genius girl.
Future chaos bringer.
Silver whispered:
"…Showtime."
He stepped out dramatically into the road.
And immediately tripped over a rock.
Fell face-first.
The car screeched to a halt.
Door opened.
A girl stepped out.
"What the heck are you doing?!"
Silver slowly lifted his head from dirt.
He saw her clearly.
"…"
Brain stopped.
"…"
System notification:
{ [Warning: Host heart rate increasing.] }
Silver internally screamed:
"THIS IS REALLY HAPPENING."
He stood up dramatically.
Struck a pose.
"My name is Silver! A wandering martial artist! Future legendary hero! Also single!"
Silence.
Wind blew.
Bulma stared.
"…You're weird."