NOVEL NEXT Chapter 10: Yamcha’s hideout II (edited)
Last time on RaSD, Goku and Namike discovered that revenge tasted sweet and that they are an anomaly within the world. (Translation: They beat up Yamcha for trying to steal from them and do it surprisingly quickly despite Yamcha being a capable fighter)
Namike walked into the hideout leaving behind both Goku and Puar who were spacing out for a while. The sun was rising behind them revealing the insides of the layout as the flight took the whole night. Namike first saw an injured Yamcha who was slowly getting up. Goku was a bit merciful as his first punch was a feint with probably 1% of his power while his second punch was what contained most of the force of the 10% he used. Yamcha however got defeated from the first punch from Goku overestimating him. Namike's fighting style was using feints as he knew that he couldn't defeat a martial genius like Goku in a proper fight so he led him on which led to Goku as developing this scheming style of fighting.
Back to Yamcha, He finally was able to stand up straight but it seemed he had some internal injuries. Namike could tell from past experience that Yamcha was enduring the pain to not seem weak so he decided to do the gentlemen thing of knocking him out. Goku and Puar entered right then and were shocked by this action. Goku recovered as he knew that Namike wasn't that type of person while Puar noticed that Yamcha was bleeding a bit from his mouth. Namike ignored them and took out some herbs he stored in his mind space. He gave Yamcha a specific order and set of herbs and fed it to him forcefully down his throat. Puar arrived next to Namike with some water which he prepared when he saw Namike getting some herbs out. Puar knew that some medicine could kill if he chokes on it.
Let's talk about Namike's journey of finding these herbs. A couple of days before the meeting, Namike was wandering the forest instead of swimming as he got sick of the smell of fish and dried himself constantly. He asked his system about plants being exchangeable which was possible but they were quite rare. He went into the forest with high hopes but quickly became disappointed when he only saw some grass. He was about to turn around when a system hint appeared in his vision.
[Herbs blend in with grass to avoid being digested by animals. Use processing knowledge to identify plants.]
"Why didn't I think of that?"
Namike thought about the processing knowledge and saw some herbs that are able to grow in the dragon world. He searched the forest with this knowledge in his mind and found some herbs that looked quite similar to the herbs in his knowledge so he picked them up. He was never able to test them on himself as he didn't want Goku to take advantage of his weak state to win the battles and hold it over him.
Back to the present, It seemed that Namike forgot to add some anaesthesia herbs as some of the herbs will cause some harm if taken without proper proportions. Yamcha seemed to draw a short straw as he got injured by Goku before getting tortured by Namike who treated him as a test subject.
Back to the present, Namike didn't know the side effects of digesting the herbs so he decided to use Yamcha to test them out. Yamcha's body was convulsing as the medicine was digested and he instantly woke up. Yamcha was vomiting out some blackish blood along with bits of organs from previous injuries he had. Puar was worried but Namike told him (Classified as male for now) that he fed Yamcha some medicine that might help him out in the future. Puar was relieved before realising such medicine wasn't cheap and probably required them to sell all their belongings. Namike was ignorant of Puar's thoughts as he looked at the new Yamcha who had lighter skin and seemed to emit some pressure. Namike and Goku were both excited to have another training partner and also released their auras as well. Yamcha who was feeling quite happy at his increased strength immediately got knocked out by the combination of Namike's and Goku's auras attacking him.
"..." (Goku)
"..." (Namike)
"..." (Puar)
Once Puar saw that Yamcha was fine, he decided to show off the hideout. Yamcha's hideout was similar to a double-decker bed with the bottom bunk being held in the garage and some kind of living room and the next floor accessible by a ladder. Similar to an attic which is partially open, there was some bedding and a video game console that had 3 controllers. Puar seemed to have a large cushion as a bed while Yamcha would lie down on a mattress. Namike and Goku were both excited seeing the game console and immediately asked Puar if they were allowed to play on it with him. Goku and Namike have met their match as whatever game they choose, Puar would beat them despite them having enhanced sense and physiques. At a certain point, Namike's controller which was Yamcha's previously broke apart which surprised everyone in the room. The remotes were limited edition with protective materials to not allow breaking yet Namike's one had broken.
Namike felt bad about breaking the controller so he fully dissembled the controller and checked exactly what part got damaged. The controllers were similar to SNES controllers. The only damaged part was the handle and some of the buttons which Namike replaced with some wood he stored within his mind space. His work was so fast that you could only hear some hammering noise within the smoke before the smoke disappeared to reveal Namike with a fixed controller which looked no different than it looked before. Namike used some glue and the plastic bit to cover the wood texture and make the controller look normal although it was a bit thicker.
Puar was amazed by this repair that he lost in the racing game to Goku despite Goku only placing 4th. The trio played again before Puar and Goku were demolished by Namike regaining his previous gaming skills. Namike decided to make some gifts which were improved controllers as they would be better and more difficult to break. He asked Puar to hand over the remotes and the smoke reappeared when Namike started the repair and turned 2 remotes into 3 by asking his system for the electronics in the controller using the fish he saved up. Puar was once again amazed and felt happy as he was wondering if Yamcha could play with all of them.
Speaking of Yamcha, He woke up some time ago but fainted once again when he saw that his precious controller was smashed and then dissembled by Namike.
Find out more next time on RaSD.
