look at Goku. "Because I'm a cyborg, a computer?

Son - Goku nods and smiles weakly, while he closes his eyes one more time "Guess ..."

However, 24 does not understand the meaning of Goku 's words. Instead, he begins to tell. "Bulma told me that Shen-Long probably did not fix the error in my main memory. She cannot remove or repair these files herself, and neither can her father. So it can happen again at any time that I of these faulty files and then I'll probably try again to kill Piccolo and you guys."

Son - Goku smiles at these words. "Maybe ... Nobody can tell you the future ..." He grins weakly. "But if it happens again, I'll ... I'll be happy to fight you again ... And besides ... That was a very good training session, wasn't it?" He grins wider and, in his own way, mischievously.

24 is silent and tries to grasp the content of the dialogue between him and Son Goku, and he tries to understand his motives.

But pointless, his analysis program keeps reporting an "error message" to him.

"I don't understand that, it's not logical."

Son - Goku laughs a bit bumpily at the comment from 24 ...

"Typically 24 ..." he thinks with a grin ...



Meanwhile, the others outside the bedroom try to find out why Son - Goku wanted to speak to 24 so badly ...

Krillin listens at the door, but backs away when he sees Chichi's eyes on him.



Krillin shrugs his shoulders apologetically. "I didn't hear anything anyway, you are talking too softly ..."

Chichi looks bitterly at him. “Still, it's not proper!”

But her look changes, she suddenly has tears in her eyes. In a tearful voice she continues: "But I can't blame you ... I too want to know what you are saying ... My ... poor ... Son - Goku ..."



And Chichi begins to sob softly.

Bulma comes to her ...



"It's okay, Chichi, we are all affected a bit ... After all, none of us could have known that 24 would do something like that ..."

Son - Gohan looks up at his mother. He literally clings to one side of her skirt. "Come on, mom, you mustn't be sad ... Everything turned out well ..." But he too is still noticeably upset.

Chichi lets her tears run free. "I ... I keep thinking ... What would have happened ... If you weren't so lucky ... had ..."
Vegeta mumbles to himself, not everyone understands his words "Sentimental nonsense."

But Kame heard the words. She trudges towards him ... "Hey, YOU don't react differently than we do!"

Vegeta avoids looking at her. He looks thoughtfully at the floor. "The only thing I think about is how this robot (now he looks up and looks Kame in the eye) is so much stronger than we could get ..."

"Not at all!" She spoke in a loud voice, but for the following words she lowers her voice again so that only Vegeta can hear her ... "You're wondering why he was so much stronger than YOU, right?"



Vegeta is too surprised to comment on that. He just mumbles something incomprehensible and then turns away from Kame and looks thoughtfully at the floor again ...



But even inside Kame it looks anything but happy ... She almost lost her last brother ... This thought bores through her brain like a hot iron, she almost feels like crying ...
She wants to storm into the room and hug him tightly, see him, look at him, feel that he is still alive, that he has not already slipped over into the world of the dead ...

"In a sense, I'm like Chichi" she thinks for a moment before Son - Goku took the place in her mind again ...



Son - Goku takes a few deep breaths, then he has a somewhat absurd idea, and he turns to 24. "Oh yes ... Do you still have this ability to generate electricity with your ... your hands?" He's already grinning in anticipation of the answer.

"No."

"I thought so!" Goku thinks gleefully. "Too bad ..." He grins again. "Otherwise you could have supplied my electric blanket with energy, it is slowly getting a little cold under the covers ..." He smiles weakly.

"I'll see if I can get you some extra blankets."

"Thank you ..." Son - Goku closes his eyes.

"Interactive communication protocol started - section 145 - specially tailored to people close by" reports the analysis program from 24, and he says: "What are friends there for?"

Son - Goku opens his eyes in amazement and laughs again bumpily. "24, a text like that from you?"

"I'm a computer capable of learning, Son - Goku. And besides ... Kame said I could say something like that in appropriate situations. That would lighten the mood a bit, she said ..."

"She thought correctly ..." He smiles again weakly. "That would be all ... Can you please tell the others when you go out that I want to sleep a while longer?"

"Of course."

Son - Goku gently closes his eyes. "Oh yes ... one last question ..."

24 turns around again. "Yes?"

"Piccolo ... How did Piccolo react?"

"Basically like you: he knew I had no more control over me, but Gohan said that when we start training again, I shouldn't push him too hard.Although that is not logical either, we have to be prepared for the arrival of the cyborgs in a year and a half, so we have to train as hard as possible and improve our techniques. "

Son - Goku grins inwardly. "I see ... thank you ..." He breathes in and out deeply. "But ..."

"But?"

"Please don't tell anyone ... What we talked about, okay?"

"Don't worry, this conversation is safely stored in my CPU." Although 24 does not recognize or understand the meaning - once again he is "surprised" by the communicative behavior of humanoid creatures, and he adds another contribution to his database.

"Thank you ... friend ..." Son - Goku smiles.



24 nods his head and leaves the room ...



The doorknob is pressed down, makes a noise, everyone looks at the door and sees 24 come out of the room. Immediately Chichi, Son - Gohan and Kame storm towards 24 and storm him with questions as he closes the door ... "How is he?"Can we see him?", "What did he say?" ...

But 24 only raises his hand to command silence. Everyone looks at him in silence ...



"He is fine. But he would like to get some sleep now and asks you not to disturb him ..."



But while Chichi and Son - Gohan fall silent and look sadly but understandingly at the floor, Kame can no longer wait ... Doesn't want to wait any longer ... She has to go to Son - Goku, her brother ...

Without further ado, she pushes 24 aside and runs into the room. Everyone looks after her, confused ...



Kame kneels down at the right head end of the bed and looks at Son - Goku with wet eyes ...



Son - Goku opens his eyes and looks at his sister in amazement. "Came ... What ... are you doing here?"

"Oh Son - Goku ... I just wanted to make sure ... that you are okay too ..."

"Thanks, but ... I'm fine ... I'm just so tired ..."
Kame suddenly gets up and hugs Goku. "I don't want to lose you ..."

"Hey, I'm almost well again ..." He smiles in surprise.

"I know, but ... When we ran out of senzu beans, it was terrible ... We didn't know if you were alive ... or ..."



And quietly she lets her tears run wild ...



Son - Goku lifts his right arm and puts it around Kame, who is sobbing softly. "Don't worry, sis ... You won't get rid of me ..." He laughs and coughs at the same time. "I will always ... be there for you ... for you too ..."

"Brother ..."



Suddenly you hear footsteps and the room is full again, just like before ...

Everyone stands around the bed and silently watches this scene with Goku and Kame ...



Son - Goku looks around. "What ... What is that ... For a crowd?" He grins weakly.

24 joins. "I'm sorry, Son - Goku, but Chichi said you wanted to see your friends and family under all circumstances.With your words you would have meant exactly that, she says ... "

Goku laughs softly. "It's okay, 24 ... You ... did the right thing ..."



"He still has a lot to learn ..." a thought flashes through his head that somehow makes him happy ... and tired ...

And Son - Goku finally shut his eyes ...



"I will not leave you" he thinks happily before he blissfully slips into the dream world ...







72 hours later ...



"Come on, Son - Gohan, you have to be faster!"

Son - Goku races towards his son and does a phantom trick when he tries to hit him. Son - Goku comes from above, aims with his elbow at Son - Gohan's head ...

He concentrates - and also performs a phantom trick at the last second, Son - Goku strikes past, and Son - Gohan appears next to his father and hits him in the face with a punch that makes Son - Goku whirl to the side.

Son - Goku catches himself in the air, turns around in amazement and looks with pride at his son, who is happy like a snow king and bounces up and down in the air like a jumping devil.

"I did it, I dodged, I'm the greatest! Juchuuu !!!"

PATSCH !!!

"At most you are the biggest fool! You never neglect your cover, understand?!?"

Piccolo appeared behind Gohan and gave him a pat on the back of the head to painfully remind him of his lack of concentration ...

Gohan rubs his head with his face contorted with pain. "Ouch, that was mean!"

"I doubt the cyborgs will be as lenient with you as I am. So concentrate!"

"Yes, yes ..."

Son - Goku allows himself a little smile ... "Typical Piccolo ..." he thinks mischievously.