[Current World: Dragon Ball]
[Main Mission: Defeat Frieza at 100% Power]
[Player Zuke's Synchronization Rate: 30%]
[Please strive to progress the main mission to unlock further synchronization.]
Unbeknownst to him, Zuke's synchronization rate in the Dragon Ball world had already reached 30%.
Previously, he had assumed that he would need at least 50% synchronization before he could confidently defeat Frieza.
But now, it seemed that even at 30%, he was already strong enough. The remaining 70% would likely be unlocked by defeating Frieza.
Perhaps each time he forced Frieza to transform, his synchronization rate would increase?
That was Zuke's guess.
But realistically, by the time that happened, he would already be locked in battle with Frieza and wouldn't have the luxury of observing whether transformations affected synchronization.
The final showdown with Frieza could wait until tomorrow.
After all, Zuke was worried that if the fight dragged on too long, he might end up defeating Frieza during the "anti-addiction time limit," which would reset all his rewards to zero—effectively soft-locking the main mission.
Even though 30% of his current power (which exceeded 30 million in combat strength) was more than enough to dominate most worlds, human greed was insatiable.
He still wanted to push his synchronization rate to 100%. Even if his current strength was sufficient, who knew if he might encounter a world in the future that demanded even greater power?
While few fictional worlds surpassed Dragon Ball in sheer destructive potential, they weren't nonexistent. Zuke had to be prepared.
Once Frieza was dealt with, his next goal would be to continue collecting the Super Dragon Balls, pushing his strength to even greater heights.
At the very least, he still wanted to achieve Super Saiyan.
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{Transiitioning to Shin}
When Zuke opened his eyes, the sky outside was still dim.
Since he had some playtime left, he had logged out of Infinite Terror VR earlier than usual, so he woke up much sooner than normal.
This time, only Irisviel and Illya were in bed with him—Tohru and Sayu Ogiwara had slept in separate rooms.
"Come to think of it, it's Saturday today… I remember promising Kessoku Band that they could visit this weekend."
Gently extracting himself from the tangle of limbs between Irisviel and Illya, Zuke carefully slipped out of bed without waking them.
Normally, a Saiyan's rough movements would make such subtle control impossible, but Zuke had mastered the Turtle School's techniques.
As he left the room and headed to the bathroom, he ran into Kanna, who was also up unusually early.
"Lord Zuke."
Noticing his approach, Kanna turned and greeted him respectfully.
Since Zuke was stronger than even Tohru, Kanna treated him with the same deference, adding the honorific -sama to his name.
"You're up early, Kanna."
Zuke was surprised—despite being a dragon, Kanna's habits were more like a human child's.
Meanwhile, Illya, who was also a child, was still fast asleep, clinging to Zuke like an octopus when he had woken up.
If not for his ability to use ki to gently shift her aside, he wouldn't have been able to leave without waking her.
"Because Kanna is Lord Zuke's maid. Tohru-sama said maids must wake up early."
Kanna answered seriously—Zuke suddenly remembered that Tohru had indeed trained Kanna to be his maid.
Right now, Kanna was even wearing a purple-and-white maid outfit.
However, since the color scheme was identical to her traditional dragon attire in the original series, Zuke had almost forgotten it was a maid uniform.
"By the way, Lord Zuke… did you not do that with Illya and Irisviel last night?"
As the two walked toward the bathroom, Kanna suddenly looked up at him and asked in an innocent, childlike voice—posing an extremely awkward question.
Zuke's smile froze.
Hearing this, he finally understood why Kanna had been sitting on him and staring when he woke up yesterday morning.
Apparently, she had noticed his nighttime activities with Tohru, Irisviel, and Sayu the previous evening, which had piqued her curiosity.
Since Kanna's mentality was that of a child, she naturally didn't fully understand such things.
And unlike Tohru, who had learned questionable "common sense" from the internet, Kanna had been taught human norms directly by Tohru.
This meant she hadn't stumbled upon any strange knowledge—but it also meant she was now very curious about what she had seen.
Hence why she had been staring at Zuke, the "main participant."
"Ahem, that kind of thing is still too early for you. It's too early for Illya too, so I wouldn't do it in front of you."
Zuke coughed awkwardly, trying to dispel the strange atmosphere.
"Really?"
Kanna nodded obediently.
Though she didn't understand why something was "too early" for her despite being over ten thousand years old, she trusted Zuke's words.
"Come to think of it… with Kanna and Illya now in the house, how am I going to explain their identities to Kessoku Band later?"
After entering the bathroom, Zuke picked up his toothbrush and began brushing his teeth while pondering the issue.
Kanna in a maid outfit would probably be mistaken for child labor—he couldn't exactly tell them she was a ten-thousand-year-old dragon.
As for Illya, having her call him "big brother" might work. He had already instructed her to refer to him that way in front of others.
He just hoped she wouldn't slip up. If she accidentally called him "Dad" in front of the band members, explaining would be a nightmare.
After all, according to the "common sense" implanted in her by the Holy Grail system, Zuke was her father—so "Dad" would probably come more naturally than "big brother."
To be continued…
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