"Cultivating my ass," Replied Leping, "Every fight, I have to die once... My 'happy lying flat' has become a joke now."
"Hahaha, the way you died was too beautiful," Krillin burst into laughter.
"Don't laugh!" Leping fumed.
"Next time, you can die lying on your stomach, and no one will laugh at you then," Krillin chuckled.
"You're still talking!" Leping's face darkened. "Do you want me to die again next time?"
"Hahaha... Let's change the subject, change the subject," Krillin said with a smile. "Have you noticed something? That young man looks a lot like someone."
"Like whom?" Leping blinked.
"Like Vegeta," Krillin replied. "And the color of his hair is also very similar to Vegeta's son, Trunks."
"Now that you mention it, it's true," Leping observed Trunks from a distance, nodding in agreement. "He really does look alike!"
"You think... he might be Vegeta's love child from outside?" Krillin asked gossipy.
"That certainly sounds like something Vegeta would do! I heard Vegeta's got a thing going with a few beautiful female angels too," Leping lowered his voice.
"You mean... this young man was born to Vegeta and some angel?" Krillin asked in surprise. "No, that doesn't make sense. He seemed to be looking for Goku today."
"Then I don't know," Leping shook his head.
"What are you guys talking about?" Tien Shinhan joined them, asking.
"Tien, you're here at the right time. Take a look, doesn't that young man look quite a bit like Vegeta, and also like Vegeta's son, young Trunks?" Leping called out.
"Now that you mention it, I do get that feeling," Chiaotzu nodded beside him. "But Vegeta's son couldn't have grown this fast, could he?"
"Krillin's suggesting that the young man might have been born to Vegeta and an angel, and Bulma probably doesn't know about it," Leping explained.
"Is that so? That truly is Vegeta's style!" Tien Shinhan agreed.
"What a scumbag!" Leping exclaimed.
"Leping, you have the nerve to talk about Vegeta when you've been flirting with pretty girls yourself quite a bit," Krillin retorted with an eye-roll.
"Huh? Vegeta? You're back?" Chiaotzu suddenly said.
"Hahaha, the scumbag I was talking about is... " Leping quickly corrected himself.
Immediately after, Leping mechanically turned his head to look behind him.
Chiaotzu held back a laugh beside him.
"Chiaotzu! You've learned to joke too!" Leping fumed.
...
Three hours passed quickly.
Trunks stood up.
"He should be here by now," Trunks said.
And then... nothing happened.
Because Son Goku hadn't returned.
Son Goku, under Vegeta's guidance, had gone to King Kai's planet to train.
Therefore, Trunks wouldn't be able to find Son Goku here.
Trunks: "..."
Where is he?
Shouldn't Mr. Goku have returned by now?
Why can't I even sense his presence?
Trunks was a bit speechless.
He waited for another half an hour.
Son Goku still hadn't returned.
"Strange... Mr. Goku should have returned by now..." Trunks was starting to get a little anxious.
"Um... my dad went to King Kai's place to train..." Gohan chimed in.
"What? King Kai?" Trunks was surprised.
"Huh? You didn't know?" Gohan asked.
"Isn't he returning to Earth by spaceship?" Trunks asked in astonishment.
"By spaceship?" Gohan scratched his head, then turned to ask Piccolo, "Uncle Piccolo, you can't get to King Kai's planet by spaceship, can you?"
"It's likely not possible to fly there by spaceship," Piccolo nodded.
"What exactly are you guys talking about?" Trunks was getting quite agitated.
"Tell us what you know!" Piccolo said. "How will we know who you are if you don't tell us?"
Trunks: "..."
Trunks hesitated.
How could I tell them?
If I tell them, will my existence in this era even matter?
"Swish!"
Just then, Vegeta used Instant Transmission and appeared on the scene with Bulma and little Trunks.
"Huh? Vegeta!" Krillin exclaimed.
"Vegeta, you're finally back!" Leping immediately called out.
"Uncle Vegeta, quickly see if you recognize him?" Gohan said.
Trunks also immediately looked at Vegeta, then at the baby cradled in Vegeta's arms.
"Wah... wah..."
Little Trunks grinned foolishly, waving his small hands at those present.
"Trunks has already grown so big?" Krillin reached out to grasp Trunks's tiny hand.
"Baby Trunks," Gohan also chuckled, playing with Trunks for a moment.
"What a cute baby, his eyes were so fierce when he was just born, but now that he's grown, he's quite handsome," Leping said with a smile.
Trunks stood there dumbfounded.
Has the Trunks of this era already been born?
And it looks like he's already a year old?
Why is time so messed up?
Shouldn't I have been born two and a half years later?
Why am I born now?
Trunks was utterly confused.
"Vegeta, you've returned at just the right time. Do you know him?" Piccolo inquired.
"Come with me," Vegeta beckoned Trunks. "Let's talk over there."
"Ah... yes..." Trunks nodded vigorously.
"Bulma, you come too," Vegeta said no more, carrying little Trunks in one arm and putting his other arm around Bulma's waist, he flew off into the distance.
Trunks quickly followed.
"Huh? Do they want to keep it a secret from us?" Leping scratched his head.
"Vegeta seems to know him," Krillin said.
"We'll have the answer in a bit," Piccolo replied.
Far away.
Vegeta descended from the sky, carrying Bulma, and landed on the ground.
Little Trunks, however, yawned and had already fallen asleep in Vegeta's arms.
"I'll carry him," Bulma said.
Vegeta didn't object and handed little Trunks to Bulma.
Trunks also landed, seeing his parents so affectionate and treating his younger self so well, his heart warmed.
"Vegeta, who is he?" Bulma asked Vegeta. "You said you wanted to bring me back to Earth to meet someone, it wasn't him, was it?"
"Yes, it is him," Vegeta nodded.
"Who is he? His hair color is the same as our son's," Bulma examined Trunks, then looked down at little Trunks.
Trunks: "..."
Trunks clearly heard Bulma's words and for a moment didn't know how to answer the question.
"Your name is Trunks, right?" Vegeta asked directly.