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Two days had passed since the battle with Cell. In that time, Son Goku hadn't slowed down for a second—he kept up his grueling training inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, preparing himself for the fight still to come.
At last, he made up his mind and traveled to a remote, sparsely populated planet. All the women were there waiting.
"Goku… are you absolutely sure about this?" Bulma asked, glancing uneasily at the equipment beside her.
"Yeah! If I want to transform into a Super Saiyan 4, this is the only way!" Son Goku nodded firmly and swept his gaze over the women.
"When I turn into a Great Ape, if I lose control, you all have to stop me with everything you've got! Bring my mind back, you understand?"
Bulma wiped the cold sweat from her forehead. "Are you sure you won't just crush us all in one step?" She knew firsthand just how terrifying Goku could be as a Great Ape.
"Ahem… well… I can't make any promises!" Even Goku started having second thoughts.
"What does it matter? If we die, Goku can just bring us back with the Dragon Balls. Even if he loses control and can't do it right away, he already gave the seven Dragon Balls to Krillin and the others. They can wish us back then!"
Saya's analysis was as cool and rational as ever.
Saeko nodded calmly. "As his wives, we should place absolute trust in our man. If Goku is willing to take this risk, we should support him with everything we have."
"Hey, hey~ Is big brother Goku really going to turn into a Giant Ape? Like the ones in the movies?" Alice stood off to the side, watching Goku with sparkling eyes.
"I really wanna see what big bro Goku looks like as a Great Ape!" Little Karin wore an equally curious expression.
"Big brother Goku, I'll do my best to snap you back to your senses!" Of the three little girls, Haku was by far the most sensible.
"Come to think of it, Saiyans really are an incredible race. Not only can they become Super Saiyans, but a Great Ape, too?" Rika Minami narrowed her eyes in pure astonishment.
"We might die? That sounds so exciting! Let's hurry up and get started already!" Shizuka, a natural airhead, didn't seem to know fear at all. If anything, she was just getting impatient.
"Alright then, Android 18, I'm leaving the rest to you!" Goku turned toward Android 18, who had been standing coolly off to the side without a single word.
To protect the women as much as possible, he'd gone to great lengths to convince 18 to come along.
He hated the thought of putting his girls in danger, but to achieve Super Saiyan 4—and to make absolutely sure he could defeat his next opponent—he had to take the risk.
"After I help you this time, we're even. You saving me and 17 before—consider that debt settled," Android 18 said flatly.
"Of course!" Goku grinned and handed a huge pair of pliers to 18. "Alright, 18—the tail-pulling is all yours!"
"Uh, Goku? Are you sure you can pull out your tail with just a big pair of pliers?" Mikoto and the other women eyed the giant tool in 18's hands with disbelief.
"My tail was permanently sealed away by Kami. If I want it to grow back… pulling it out should work, right?"
Even Goku himself wasn't totally confident. "In the GT version, Son Goku's tail was yanked out by the Old Supreme Kai—so I shouldn't be screwed over this time either, right?"
While his thoughts wandered, his hands kept moving. He undid his belt in front of everyone, baring his backside. Saeko and the other women who had already been intimate with him didn't mind at all, but Chi-Chi, Launch, and Kushina blushed furiously and hurriedly turned their heads.
Especially Kushina—she was only staying by Goku's side temporarily, and the two of them hadn't defined their relationship yet.
Lately, Goku had been impossibly busy, always fighting or training, with zero time to grow closer to any of them. Even the normally icy Android 18 had a faint flush creep across her cheeks.
"Whoa! Big bro Goku bared his butt in public! Shame, shame~" Alice immediately covered her eyes with both hands, but she was clearly peeking through her fingers at Goku's bare behind, hooting loudly. Even with Goku's thick skin, he turned beet red. "Go on, go on—go somewhere else and play! I'm doing serious business here! 18, just do it!"
With a slightly flushed face, Android 18 steadied herself, raised the huge pliers, and reached toward Goku's backside…
"Wow! For some reason, this scene is just… beautiful!" Kiriko, standing off to the side, suddenly said with glowing eyes.
"Fujoshi!" Every woman immediately rolled her eyes at her.
"Ooh~~" With a howl from Goku that mixed pain and something else entirely, Android 18 accurately clamped onto the tiny stub of a tail on his rear and started pulling with all her strength!
"Ah, ooh, ooh, ohhh~~~ Hurts like hell! 18, take it easy! Ahhh…" Goku was seen hugging a colossal boulder weighing hundreds of thousands of pounds, howling, every vein in his body bulging from the sheer agony.
"Eek! Goku looks like he's in so much pain… maybe we should stop!" Shizuka and the others felt their hearts ache watching him, and they began trying to talk him into quitting.
Seeing Goku's suffering, even Android 18 frowned, and her pulling strength noticeably eased up.
"Don't stop! Pull as hard as you can! Until it comes out! I can take it!" Sensing 18's force lighten, Goku gritted his teeth and shouted.
Seeing his absolute determination, Android 18 steeled her resolve, flared her ki to the max, planted one foot firmly on Goku's rear, and pulled with everything she had…
Amidst Goku's heart-wrenching roar, his tail was finally yanked free by Android 18.
"Goku, are you okay?!" The women rushed over and crowded around him, while Yuriko gently cradled him, letting his head rest on her plush, long thighs.
"Whoa! His tail actually came out!"
"That's absolutely incredible!"
Once they saw Goku was alright, the women relaxed and began playing with his long tail.
"Come on! Can you guys stop messing around? My tail isn't a toy!"
Goku got up from among the women and said eagerly, "Next, it's time to shine the Blutz Waves and transform into a Great Ape!"
Truth be told, even without a tail, transforming through Blutz Wave exposure was possible—but just to be safe, pulling the tail out was still the more reliable method.
[CHAPTER END]