Dragon BAll- Hermit Shen[A Human Story]

After the not-so-appropriate gesture, Shen exits the Galactic King's office. Launch, beside him, hides her face with her palms, feeling more embarrassed than the man himself. (A/N- it was the king's Genital)

In the hallway, they rejoin with Jaco, who is back to his old self. "Yo! So what's up? Did you join our organization? How did the talk with the king go?"

"It went well, but what do you want from us?" Launch says, needless to mention she is uninterested in his antics.

"A rude way to speak to a super elite, but whatever. Listen, I've just been told through my headsets to look over the two of you. during this period i am to help and guide you... Aren't the two of you happy about it?!"

Unlike the girl who is unamused, Shen is impressed by Jaco's enthusiastic personality, not sulking or angry about his minor setback he faced earlier by the hands same pair of humans who he has been assigned to.

He has already forgotten about the insignificant embarrassment and moved on.

The two guys gaze at one another, understanding what the other sentiments. "Haaahahahaha!!!" Shen begins to laugh, a second later Jaco gets the hint and joins in.

One alien, one human, get a hearty laugh together. The girl fails to understand the humor.

After the laugh, Shen says "You're a funny one. True, we are so honored at you teaching us that we may cry right here... let's go"

"hmm agreed, no point standing here!" 

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Over the days, the three of them—Launch, Shen, and Jaco—travel to different planets and regions of the galaxies to complete various missions, ranging from unfolding scamming rackets, capturing robbers and drug smugglers, to stopping terrorist schemes...

Those tasks were almost too easy, so not worth mentioning.

However, the same couldn't be said for the predicament the group is facing currently. Even to Jaco, it is by far the most difficult moment in his entire life as a galactic patrolman.

In the vacuum of space, their ship is enveloped by a humongous shadow, darkness obstructing the view from the transparent windows. Looking up, two massive objects loom above them. glowing in the vast deep space.

Suddenly, the two balls move. There was a slight moment just now, then again like the eyes of an enormous creature, its pupils shift positions.

"Didn't I warn you we shouldn't come here? Look at that monstrosity... We're done for if it sees us!" the cowering voice of Jaco comes from behind the front seat, when in fact he is supposed to be handling the ship.

"Now it's too late to keep complaining. We're already here," Shen plainly remarks.

Launch also agrees. She adds, "Yeah! Jaco, you wimp. We have to deal with it. That's the mission."

"Look at the situation we're in! How can you be so confident? I know the two of you are strong, but even if it's the both of you..." The experienced patrolman halts and then goes on,

"All those who have ever partaken in this mission have either failed miserably, or worse, died miserably. That's without exception. In its path of destruction, this menace has doomed planet after planet. Countless lives have fallen victim to its rampage."

Zooming out from the ship, more and a little extra more; one can thoroughly witness the ginormous creature in its entirety.

It looks to be a squid, obviously not your normal one, but a space monster, about the size of a large asteroid, capable of wiping out civilizations. This monstrosity is quoted by many as the titanic Cattura (A/N- original creation).

"The reason we chose this mission is precisely because it is dangerous. Until now, very few patrolmen have dared to accept this challenging task. With danger comes thrill and excitement. Experience is also gained in the process... So believe me, we will complete this mission—even if the cost is, we lose you in the process. Now, give us the oxygen mask."

"Huh? wait, what did you—Not so fast. You went on to say something very dangerous in the end portion there, didn't you?"

"Minor details. Don't worry about it."

"Hey, don't skim over it as if that's a very normal thing to say."

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"Oi! Quit ignoring me!!!"

Yet Shen still continues feigning ignorance. "Don't get stuck in unnecessary details. Hurry up, there's no time to waste. Thankfully, that monster, hasn't noticed us yet," he says in a hushed voice.

"Tch, fine! Do as you please. If I die here, it's on you." Jaco swears under his breath. "Why, even though I was against it, do I have to risk my life like this?" Though he says this, he maneuvering the space ship to Shen's desired location..

At the same time, he clicks a button on the ship's control panel. After he does so, a square hidden space, likely a locker is revealed near the entry of the ship. Shen notices this. "Launch, let's go. The masks are ready."

The pair of Earthlings put on the masks kept prepared in the locker. It's the latest transparent face covering, composed of a thin outer layer with insides containing a liquidly gel-like substance.

Additionally, at the back of the hidden locker is some kind of red button, which when pressed by Shen, activates some sort of mechanism.

Gradually, the heavy door of the ship slowly slides open as harmless white smoke leaks from its corners. Still, the procedure isn't complete. There seems to be yet another door beyond the first one.

Shen and Launch, not particularly astonished by this, normally step onto the area in the middle of the two doors. Simultaneously, the first door behind them closes, the same as it opened.

They are seemingly trapped between the doors. This is an intentional quarantine precaution to prevent air from getting sucked out when the main door is opened in the vacuum of space.

Now, in the cold of space...

[Launch, we will communicate telepathically like this from now on until we defeat that oversized squid.]

[Roger!] Launch nods at Shen's suggestion, her mouth not moving an inch. It's convenient to have such a skill.

[By the way, it sure is cold here.] Shen comments.

[Bear with it.] the girl plainly replies.

[Well you obviously wouldn't know what it feels like when you can regulate your temperature with magic.] 

[Then do the same with your own psychic powers. You must be able to do it, right?]

[That's... That is surprisingly a good idea. Let me try.]

Shen immediately focuses his mind on it. 'Psychic powers are a relatively underutilized and mysterious power in the Dragon Ball series, comparatively less fleshed out than Magic or Ki.'

' I'm sure the time manipulation that one of Frieza's top men uses is also a kind of psychic ability. Not only that, the powerful mercenary, Hit, from Universe 6, also uses this same power. possibly I can also awaken those kind of powers if I train hard enough on this path...'

Having such thoughts, Shen tries harder to create a sort of barrier around his body—something like a thin shield that will separate himself from his surroundings, for his skin to minimize direct contact with the cold deep space and preserve his body heat from dissipating.

Shen concentrates, and after a while, he manages to attain somewhat of a successful result. An invisible armor that has a faint sizzle blankets his body. the man is naturally pleased with the result, Launch shares this feeling with him, congratulating him. [ Great, didn't i tell you.. i knew you could]

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Following the small achievement the pair start to inspect their target extensively.

As a consequence of its size, the squid doesn't notice the puny humans. The two of them also don't carelessly get up close to it, so as not to alert it of their presence. Only from a distance will they observe and fight when the time is right...

Inevitably, that right time comes, promptly commencing after the two are done devising a simple strategy.

Launch is the first one to make a move; streaks of darkish electricity zap from each of her palms, colliding against themselves...

Its glowing eyes certainly are useful, but playing an even bigger role are those small hair-like follicles which it's entirely covered in. Actually, they each are individual tentacles.

Those innumerable tiny things function as its sensory receptors that, not unlike antennas catching radio frequencies, detect any change in its surroundings.

Clearly, there's a caveat to they proper functioning, as had the tiny things been working as they were supposed to, the intruding galactic patrol ship would have been detected long ago.

Therefore, the condition is that, for the tentacles to reliably serve their intended purpose, the squid needs to be actively trying to detect potential threats. If not, the scope of its detection capabilities is compromised, limited only to its immediate vicinity.

Due to the lack of any serious threats posing harm to it on a regular basis, it has become habitual for the squid to remain in a relaxed state, and so it is the case right now. It isn't readily expecting any change in its laid-back atmosphere.

However, to its surprise, A strong shock of electricity wakes it from its drowsy mood. The switch has been pressed to the active mode, yet right now, it is hard for the creature to act upon the information it is receiving.

The thunder doesn't stop with a single strike. One after another, its body is bombarded with heavenly tribulations...

[Takes this, takes this, and this—this! Wahahaha!!] Like a maniac, the girl hectically throws lightning after lightning, yet the squid isn't just going to take it all in like a champ...

Having already located its target, it raises one of its tentacles and lunges the long, slimy thing toward them.

This forces the girl to stop her rampage and avoid the attack.

Immediately after the two had just avoided one large tentacle, two more rapidly came their way from different directions. The large suction cups in the front sections of its tentacles pull people in like a vacuum. A slight mistake can be dangerous. Those things barely miss the two humans.

[Launch!!] Shen telepathically calls to the girl, and with slight amusement, he asks, [So you still want to engage this monster by yourself??]

[Oh, shut up... Fine, you can join!] the normally stubborn girl responds, a little sweat dripping from her forehead.

[A good judgment... I will distract it, you just focus on attacking.]

[Understood!!]