[Lott: Yeah, you saw it yesterday. Due to a minor tactical error, the moon's gone. Now Planet Terra, no, the entire South Galaxy is in chaos. I hope you, Roommate Son, can help me find the seven Dragon Balls to restore the moon.]
In Mt. Paozu, Goku, carrying a fish the size of a dinosaur, immediately replied upon seeing the message:
[Oh oh~ That's really bad. Wait a moment then. I'll go get the Dragon Radar from Bulma right now.]
Lott's previous assessment of Son Goku was absolutely spot on.
Moral blackmail worked perfectly on him.
The moment Lott elevated the problem to a planetary, even galactic level, he knew Goku would definitely help.
Soon, they saw Goku @Bulma in the group:
[Bulma, are you home? Prepare the Dragon Radar. I'm coming to get it.]
On Earth, Goku sent the message while riding on the Flying Nimbus towards Bulma.
Bulma in West City, far away, made a dumbfounded face.
…
Planet Terra, Hero Association.
Lott gestured for an Association staff member to serve tea, then leaned back in the recliner with his legs crossed, calmly saying:
"Wait for it."
Everyone in the room looked at each other. After a few seconds, the Prime Minister Fujiwara, who had the best relationship with Lott, spoke first:
"U-Um... Lott, what are the Dragon Balls?"
"A wishing machine that can grant any... well, most wishes."
As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of both the billionaires on the council and the S-Class heroes with power far beyond ordinary people changed dramatically.
'A wishing machine!?'
'R-Really? Such a thing exists!?'
Even Tatsumaki was stunned, her small mouth hanging open. After being dazed for a long moment, she was about to say something when she saw Lott open the chat group again because he had just received a friend request.
It was from Bulma.
As soon as he accepted the request, Bulma's private messages flooded in like a storm:
[Hey! What the hell are you doing!? Trying to get us killed!?]
[Something like this, send a private message! A private message! Do it secretly!]
[You said it in the group! I was even... ugh! Disgusting!]
Lott, as if cosplaying as the Kudo father and son, who had already gone to meet King Yemma, stroked his chin.
The reason for Bulma's anger wasn't hard to guess.
It was simply because he had exposed the secret of the Dragon Balls to the entire group.
As one of the top scientists in the universe, Bulma could certainly guess how serious it would be
If the existence of the Dragon Balls was exposed, it would inevitably attract the covetous eyes of countless people across the universe.
[Lott: Calm down, calm down, little sister. Haven't you realized? The secret of the Dragon Balls was already exposed.]
[Bulma: Huh?]
With Bulma's confused expression, Lott pulled up the dialogue between Goku and Kami from the first live stream video and showed it to her.
At that time, Kami had said, "After I die, just use the Dragon Balls to revive me."
Although Goku later confirmed that if Kami died, the Dragon Balls would disappear too, the fact that the Dragon Balls could revive people was undeniable.
Lott continued: [The moment they said those words, the secret of the Dragon Balls couldn't be kept. Even if I didn't say anything, others would try to wheedle the information out of Roommate Son. Do you think, given his personality, he could keep the secret?]
[Bulma: ...]
That made so much sense, she was left speechless.
Son Goku's combat power was indeed flawless, but his intelligence, or rather his emotional intelligence, was a bit... lacking...
Should it be called a pure heart or just naive stupidity?
Ever since they met, Bulma had lost count of how many times Goku had suffered losses in this regard.
Trust him to keep a secret?
Might as well believe Itou Makoto could control his 'little brother'.
[Lott: Don't worry. Even if ill-intentioned people come to snatch the Dragon Balls, Roommate Son can handle most of them. If there's anyone he can't deal with, I'll step in.]
Lott wouldn't let people work for him for free.
He hated freeloaders the most.
Bulma scratched her head. It seemed... that was the only way.
But finally, Bulma sent one more message:
[By the way, you're a high school student, right? I'm older than you! Who are you calling 'little sister'!]
…
Because Lott's message wasn't a private chat but sent to the entire universe in the group, it naturally attracted the attention of countless people.
Others didn't dare to talk to Lott, but Chika had no such reservations, directly @-ing him in the group chat without even trying to hide it.
[Chika: @Lott, Lott-kun, that thing called the Dragon Balls, can it really repair the moon? It's that amazing?]
[Lott: To my knowledge, yes.]
Lott remembered in the later parts of the original work, after Baby took over Vegeta's body, he used the power of the Dragon Balls to revive the former Planet Tuffle.
[Josuke: Great! I checked the previous video. These Dragon Balls seem to be able to revive humans too. That... if it's true, could you revive my grandfather while at it?]
[Kakashi: The ability of these Dragon Balls is 'repair'? They can also revive the dead? Sensei... Obito... Rin...]
[Ace: @ Goku, Bro, name your price. I want to revive my mom... oh no, maybe revive Thatch first.]
Exactly as Lott said, the topic of the Dragon Balls sparked discussion across the entire universe.
After all, everyone, to some extent, had someone they wanted to revive.
Deceased family, friends, or lovers...
Just as everyone was heatedly discussing, Lott spoke up again:
[Shut up. The Dragon Balls are for my use now.]