Dragon Ball Universe, Universe 7.
On an unnamed planet.
"Hiss, everything hurts... Where the hell am I? Am I still back home?"
Turles stared blankly at the scene before him, a flicker of confusion crossing his eyes. "Wait, why does that tree look so familiar?"
"Holy crap, isn't that the Tree of Might?! Wait... The Tree of Might? The Dragon Ball Universe?!"
"And who am I supposed to be?!"
A flood of memories suddenly surged into Turles's mind.
"Ugh."
After a long moment, Turles opened his eyes with a complicated expression. "I can't believe I've actually become Turles. It took being beaten to the brink of death to awaken the memories of my past life."
"I recall the Fruit of the Tree of Might having healing properties, right?"
Thinking of this, Turles flew over to the Tree of Might. He plucked a fruit and began to eat.
A warm current instantly surged through his body. Turles's injuries healed at a rate visible to the naked eye, and a powerful surge of strength erupted uncontrollably from within him.
"So strong... but the 'me' without these memories was really unlucky. To think I was ambushed by a few low-level lackeys. Then again, if I hadn't been so badly hurt, I probably wouldn't have awakened my past-life memories. I likely would have ended up being killed by Kakarot later on..."
[Ding! Scanning...]
[Binding successful. The Attribute Collection System is now at your service.]
Turles stood frozen in shock for a moment before bursting into laughter. "Hahaha! I knew it! As a transmigrator, how could I not have a cheat?!"
In his previous life, he was a struggling web novelist. Sometimes he couldn't even make enough to cover his basic living expenses, scraping by on measly royalties. That was until one day, a Big Lucky heavy-duty truck plowed straight into his house and sent him to the afterlife.
At the time, he was baffled—he lived on the eighth floor! How the hell did a Big Lucky truck get up there?
Have truck drivers become that desperate to meet their "isekai quotas" these days?
That was the eighth floor! The eighth floor!
But now, he didn't care. Since he was in the Dragon Ball Universe, he was going to become the strongest, especially now that he was bound to a system.
"System, what are your functions?"
[Ding! This system is an Attribute Collection System. It can automatically pick up various attributes dropped in the surrounding area. These include, but are not limited to: Power Level, Physical Stats, Soul, Bloodline, etc.]
"I see. In that case, I need to head to Earth. That's where all the major events happen."
"By the way, do you have a status panel?"
The next moment, a virtual screen floated before Turles's eyes, displaying his personal information.
Name: Turles
Skills: Tri-Beam, Flight, Great Ape Transformation...
Bloodline: Saiyan
Power Level: 305,000
"A power level of over 300,000? Is it because of the Fruit of the Tree of Might? That stuff really is amazing."
While this power level might not mean much in the later stages of Dragon Ball—where everyone's power is measured in the billions—at this point in the timeline, he was likely the strongest Saiyan alive, excluding Broly.
Looking at the rows of fruit on the Tree of Might, Turles felt a bit troubled. "System, do you have a storage space?"
[Ding! Host's request detected. Opening System Space.]
Hearing the notification, the corners of Turles's mouth curled upward. "Perfect. Now I can take all the fruit and the Seed of the Tree of Might with me."
After packing away the fruit and securing the seed, Turles flew toward his spaceship.
"Earth, Earth... let's see. Found it!"
"A two-and-a-half-month journey? Fine. Earth, here I come!"
With a few quick commands, the spaceship blasted off into the sky.
A spherical Attack Ball appeared in the skies above Earth.
[Ding! Arrived at destination. Disengaging stasis mode. Beginning descent.]
The spaceship turned into a streak of light, plummeting rapidly toward the surface.
On the battlefield.
It was the peak of the Saiyan invasion.
Yamcha had already been reduced to the iconic crater pose, lying dead on the ground.
Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu had also fallen.
Just as Nappa was about to deal a lethal blow to Son Gohan and the others, a meteor suddenly appeared on the horizon.
It instantly grabbed everyone's attention.
BOOM!
The meteor crashed down, the massive impact carving a deep crater into the earth.
Hiss—
As the dust settled, the hatch of the Attack Ball hissed open.
A familiar figure appeared before the eyes of Piccolo, Gohan, and Krillin.
"Daddy?"
"Goku?! No... wait, your clothes. You're a Saiyan!"
Turles shook his head slightly. "I am a Saiyan, but little kid, I'm not your father."
With that, Turles flew out of the crater.
"A Saiyan? Interesting. I didn't think there were any other Saiyans left besides us. Hey, do you want to join us?"
Hearing Vegeta's arrogant invitation, Turles simply shook his head. "I have no interest in joining you guys."
"Is that so? What a shame. It's a pity you came all this way just to die at our hands."
"Quite the ego you've got there, Vegeta. But you should worry about the trouble that's about to arrive first."
Turles turned his gaze toward the horizon, a playful smirk dancing on his lips.
As for how he knew? He had just picked up several "Ki Control" attribute points dropped by Krillin. Having just arrived on Earth, Turles hadn't had the time to learn how to sense energy naturally yet.
"Trouble?"
Vegeta frowned and tapped his Scouter. "There really is a powerful energy signature heading this way. Is it Kakarot?"
Sure enough, a second later, Son Goku appeared before everyone.
Goku first glanced at Yamcha's body, then at Tien's. His expression darkened as he looked toward Vegeta and Nappa. However, when his eyes landed on Turles, he froze.
"Who are you? You... you look exactly like me."
"Me? I'm Turles. As for why I look like you, who knows? Maybe your parents took the wrong baby home back in the day?"
Aside from his darker skin tone, Turles was a spitting image of Son Goku. If someone said they weren't related, nobody would believe it.
At least, Turles didn't believe it.
Krillin looked back and forth between the two of them thoughtfully. "Goku, that might actually be possible. I mean, your big brother Raditz didn't look anything like you. Especially that hair..."
"Whatever," Goku said, focusing. "Are you here to invade Earth too?"
"No, I don't care about invading planets. I'm just passing through. Your opponents are those guys."
Turles helpfully pointed toward Vegeta and Nappa.
"I see. Good to know."
Goku then shifted his gaze entirely to Vegeta and Nappa.
"Since you've come to invade Earth, there's nothing more to say. Let's fight!"
Nappa looked at Vegeta, confused. "Prince Vegeta, what's his power level?"
"Power level? It's barely 5,000!"
5,000? Nappa grinned. His full power was 6,000. He clearly had the upper hand!