Chapter 20 - Chapter 20

The namekian led Kaito to a village nearby. It hardly had 5-7 houses with around 2-3 per house.

The namekian went inside a house and came out with an elderly namekian following him.

"Are you the one who has come here seeking the dragon balls?" the elder asked.

"Yes. Before we get to that, can I ask how you guys weren't shocked or surprised to see me?" Kaito asked.

"We expected that someone would come in search for these dragon balls. The mystery here is, how you know about them." the elder replied.

"There are a weaker set of dragon balls on my home planet. They were also created by a namekian. That's how I know about them." Kaito said.

"A namekian? It must be the son of Katas the grand elder always speaks about. Ok, we will move on to the main thing. Do you know how this works?" the elder asked.

"No" Kaito replied as he didn't want them to doubt him more.

"There are six villages with an elder in each village. Each elder has a dragon ball, which he will hand over only when he feels you are worthy of it. You must also state your wish and the reason for wishing that." the elder asked.

"Is there a way to not say my wish till the end?" Kaito asked.

"The wish is to be said in the namekian language. If you truly wish to hide it you can but, you must at least tell your wish to the grand elder. He has the last dragon ball and will give it only when he agrees to your wish." the elder said.

"Ok, then let's get started and can we finish this fast. I don't have much time left to stay here." Kaito said.

The elder suddenly opened his eyes wide and said "Are you sure? This person maybe evil and he could be trying to trick us."

The namekians understood what was happening. The elder said "You are quite lucky. The grand elder says you are strong enough and don't have to take any trials. He said that you can collect the remaining dragon balls from others and head directly to the grand elder."

He then went inside and brought out a dragon ball with three stars.

Kaito took the remaining dragon balls and flew to the grand elder's place.

A namekian was standing outside waiting for Kaito.

Kaito landed near him. The namekian said "Follow me, the grand elder Guru is waiting for you." and led Kaito inside the dome shaped house.

He went inside and saw a huge namekian sitting on a chair. He is the grand elder Guru.

Guru said "Ah! I have been waiting for you Kaito."

"Do you know me?"Kaito asked.

"Yes. Before we get to the matter of dragon balls, I would first like to unlock your potential and see if you can grow stronger than this. If yes, I will give the dragon balls only if you agree to do me a favor. What do you say?" Guru said.

"I can use the unlock potential ability. I have already unlocked my potential." Kaito said.

"This one is different from what you know. I modified the technique recently and now, it works better than the previous one." Guru said.

Kaito accepted as he needed the dragon balls.

He walked and stood beside Guru. Guru placed his hand on Kaito's head and closed his eyes.

After a few seconds he suddenly opened his eyes and was trembling.

"Is that true? Is that really going to happen?" Guru said.

Then it hit Kaito. He was filled with rage. He shouts "You sly old bastard. You actually tricked me and read my memories. I don't care about the dragon balls now. You are going to die."

He then powers up and the whole island starts shaking. "You old man, if you had asked, I would have told you everything. There are parts of my past life which I don't want anyone to know. Remember that you dug your own grave." Kaito says and jumps at Guru.

The namekian guarding Guru jumped in between to protect him.

Kaito's punch connected with the guardian and he went flying, breaking the wall of the room and flew outside.

"Wait. Calm down Kaito, I haven't seen all of your memories." Guru said.

"Do I look like a fool to believe that." Kaito said.

Then he heard someone speak directly in his head. "Kaito calm down, it isn't his fault. I was the one who asked him to read your memories."

"Who are you and why did you ask him to read my memories? Depending on your answer, I will decide who among you both will live." Kaito said. He was still angry but cooled down a little.

Kaito isn't a person who would let his emotions control him. He rarely snaps and usually thinks rationally.

He could hear the person on the other side gulping. The voice said "I am the North Kai, king of the northern area. I was the one who instructed Guru to read your mind. So, he did all that to get you there."

"Why" Kaito asked.

"I sensed your power and was observing you since you left the Planet Yardrat. When I saw you kill King Cold, I wanted you to kill his son Frieza.

So, I contacted Guru and asked him to read your memories to check I'd you were a good person or a bad person. We decided that if you were a good person, we would let you wish whatever you wanted from the dragon and in return, the favour Guru asked was to deal with Frieza." North Kai explained.

Kaito went behind Guru and placed his hand on Guru's head. Kaito read his memories and checked what he saw in Kaito's memories.

'This old man only saw a part of frieza saga and my life in this world. I think someone is blocking access to my memories of my previous life. It does make sense. If the people of this world knew that they were all characters from a manga, they would start questioning their life.' kaito thought.