Zero is fully recovered the next day and needless to say he was very hungry, so after recovering is fully repaired gear he immediately visited the mess hall and was surprised to find that despite the prices of the meals, they provide enough nutrition to not only feed the warriors until they are full, but provide enough energy to sustain the warriors throughout a day of heavy training and fighting. A full course meal during breakfast and dinner. A boxed meal can be provided for warriors to purchase at the counter outside the mess hall for warriors going out into the field for extended periods of time, so that they do not need to worry about meals during long periods of time where they are unable to return to town. There is also an option installed on the scouters that allow a warrior to place an order to deliver emergency supplies via teleportation to a warrior's location.
"Seems like food happens to be the cheapest thing in Paradise." Zero comments as he feasts upon a large meal consisting of a combination of meat, vegetables, and fruits. A balance of nutrients to provide maximum effect to a growing warrior, "Too bad there isn't a deluxe set we could splurge more points on. The food isn't too bad, but I never really had much variety back on earth..."
It didn't take Zero much time to finish up the bountiful breakfast he had purchased and leave. Now he was wondering what he should do for today. He had earned 600 points from two bounties so far so it should provide for him for a few days so it should be the perfect opportunity for him to start training.
"I think it is time to check out the training grounds." He makes his way through Necropolis until he arrives at the training grounds, but what he finds is an open field that houses numerous blue and white pod like buildings that look like they can barely contain a full grown person. In his curiosity he goes up to an unoccupied training capsule, pays the fee for basic training, and heads into the opened pod door and gets a surprise, Awesome!"
Inside the pod is a space that houses at least a hundred meters of empty space. To Zero it reminds him of the chamber of time and space, but it doesn't have the climate changing effect, nor the separated time zone either. He knows that he will not get 1 year in a single day in this pod, but it doesn't deter him in the slightest. Near the entrance is a holographic screen that displays all of the training equipment that can be used to get the most out of a training session. There are weighted training clothing, weight benches, and other assortment of workout equipment the trainees are free to use.
"Hm... All of this is nice and all but at some point it becomes useless. What is my current power level at this point in time?" He presses the button on the screen to scan and check his power level and soon it pops up, "Whoa. I'm only 10 years old with out training and I'm still stronger than Raditz and nearly at Nappa's level!"
3,738 is what the machine read for his power level at this point in time and he is impressed with himself. He does wonder what it was before his zenkai boost but he feels it doesn't matter and shrugs it off for now. He only briefly at the weighted clothing before considering using them or not.
"I can't treat Paradise by normal standards so maybe these clothing and gear can still be of use." He briefly glances at the bracelet on his hand momentarily when he notices a pop up on his scouter, " Oh?"
Once he focuses on the pop up and clicks a button on the device information about the item appears on the scouter.
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Gravity Bracelet: A device developed by Aeon to assist in a warrior's training. Capable of increasing the gravity of a warrior's body by however the amount the user programs into it. Can be increased to 500x the user's current familiar gravity. Any higher will require the user to upgrade the device with the shop's assistance.
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"Hahaha! I hit the jackpot in the rewards lottery this time!" Zero laughs out loud in happiness as he finally realizes what the device is for, " Between this and the weighted clothing and other equipment here I am definitely going to get a boost. Today I'll train myself till I drop, afterwards I'll go out and do more hunts for field experience. Training alone will do me no good. To progress properly combat experience is definitely needed."
—Training Day—
Zero taps into the system and equips himself with weighted clothing and tunes up the gravity around his body by 1x to start with, he feels that it should be a gradual growth at first before upping the rate. He is still unfamiliar with this kind of training so we decided to be safe rather than sorry.
"Planet Vegeta has higher gravity than earth so as a saiyan, earth's gravity means nothing me."
To get himself started he gets down and starts off with sit-ups. Continuing his sit-ups well until he exhausts himself until he was unable to move. After resting for a while he starts doing push-ups, squats, followed by a run around the training room. He finally found himself getting the hang of 1x gravity and chose to upgrade to 5x. This time he really can feel the effects of both weights and gravity combined, but he braves on and continues to work out with enthusiasm.
Sit-ups, push-ups, squats, running, pull-ups, he continues to follow his routine throughout the day and even starts throwing around punches and kicks to balance out the training on each part of his body so that no muscle in his body will ever get left out fingers included were trained with the help of a few pieces of equipment provided by the training room. He rests when need, trains vigorously, and repeats all throughout the day and can feel his body getting stronger, even when fatigue starts building up.
"No pain, no gain!" He punches out with both fists in a pattern. Next he switches up and starts kicking out with each leg in a session of their own. Dipping, dodging, and leaping around the chamber as he ghost boxes with imaginary opponent. The gravity is still affecting him as well as the weighted clothes. He dashes forward and throws out a riot javelin with both hands one out after the other. They both collide in the same spot one after the other another accurately resulting in a small scale explosion.
Next he unleashes a combination of punches, kicks, a grapple, and finishes the combo with a perfectly timed tyrant lancer that ends the combo with a blast. Zero continues to combo both riot javelin and tyrant lancer into his attacks increasing their flexibility and functionality, so that he can make use for them in any situation that he my encounter. Conveniently enough his proficiency with both skills were increasing steadily. Even energy charge is raising steady as well when he uses it to recharge his ki. His training soon comes to an end as the pod automatically ejects him out.
"Damn... I was just getting into it!"
He quickly puts his displeasure aside and purchases a meal from the mess hall and returns to his home for the night. He discovers along the way that there are numerous entertaining retreats for those who need something to entertain themselves, but to Zero fighting and training are more appealing. There is even an arena outside the city walls for warriors who seek to settle disputes and spar, but to Zero that place is useless when saiyans can challenge and fight each other in the fields. But he guesses it to be for those who do not want the local wildlife to interrupt their fight. After washing away the filth and sweat he produced today in the house's shower and bath he goes off to bed.
—A Royal Party—
Outside Necropolis a group of youthful warriors engage in a fierce battle with skeletal warriors that push them on the edge of their limits. These skeletal warriors are larger and have bulkier, broad bones that takes even more damage to deal with than ordinary bones. They are called skull brutes.
One particular girl of 11 years old stands out the most. Her name is Zucca and she possesses a fierce and aggressive personality, prideful of her pure bloodline. As she kicks away two skull brutes she positions both of her hands to her left and starts charging ki in them. A ball of pale purple ball of ki begins to appear and grow larger until she trusts her hand forward and launches it towards the two downed skull brutes.
"Galick Gun!" She fires a beam and incinerates both skull brutes into nothingness. Dusting away the dust on her armor she smirks and reveals a dignified, yet arrogant appearance as she watches the last of the enemies are cleaned up in the end. Her team sustaining minor injuries during the raid. Her long hair spiking backwards with the long locks at the back tied into a ponytail flowing halfway down her back. She is a cute young girl who will definitely grow up into a beautiful woman one day and she herself knows it.
One of the warriors runs up to her and bows slightly with his right hand crossed over his chest and balled in a fist, "Princess! All targets have been eliminated. This sector is now cleared and we can begin exploring further out.
"Very good," Zucca nods her head and smiles as she glance into the unknown, "It's late now so let us return to Necropolis."
"Yes!" The warrior affirms and returns to the others to patch up the injured and prepares to head out.
She glances back at the others as another warrior walks up casually and chuckles, "A job well done eh boss Zucca?"
"Locka. It seems like you still haven't broken a sweat." She faces away and ignores his overly casual attitude.
"What can I say, these things don't put up a good fight nowadays. It's getting outright boring." He rubs his chin briefly before continuing speaking, "I did hear something interesting from that crazy woman Minerva though."
"Oh?" Zucca was intrigued, "What kind of thing could interest that battle maniac?"
Locka chuckles before responding, "A newcomer has been released from the nurturing chamber, only ten years of age with an astounding bloodline purity of 100%. Dwarfs your purity of 62% by a lot. As if such a child belong to the ages of our ancestors."
"What!?" She was as shocked as he had expected causing him to grin mischievously. She looks towards the direction of Necropolis with an expression of wonder, "how can such a thing be possible?"
"That's not everything either. It's said that his tail is just as black as his tail, his eyes are red, and that he is as fierce as a beast in combat. There were many witnesses of his battles saying that he recklessly charges after one foe after another with no regards to his own damages and slays them in combat while laughing cheerfully. It was said that he completed that one rookie killer bounty during the first day he was awakened. He turned it in and gained the rewards but did succumb to the wounds in the end." Locka recounts the rumors he heard from Minerva.
Zucca is most definitely intrigued now that she heard about the unusual 10 year old warrior, "Hm... I most definitely want to meet this interesting little warrior. What is his name?"
"Eh..." Locka scratches his cheek unsure, "Well... apparently the kid wasn't given a name before being abducted by the Administrator so it just started calling the boy Zero."
"Zero..." Zucca mumbles the name as she wonders what kind of origins the little saiyan warrior came from.
It didn't take long for the group to pack up and leave, heading back towards the city after a successful expedition and purge.
—Minerva's curiosity—
"Oh! His power level without even training is quite impressive, but after dragging himself from death's door he gained a suitable boost."
After Zero's debut the eccentric saiyan warrior named Minerva has often kept tabs on Zero's progress, even watching his hunt for the rot warriors outside that led to numerous warriors gaining morale and inspiration to fight more ferociously without regards to their own wellbeing. Even she her self felt more motivated and hunted a few rot warriors for amusement. She then noticed that the boy would occasionally unleash intriguing, yet familiar techniques against the rot warriors leaving them in piles of gruesome remains. There was one particular skill he used that would restore his exhausted ki to full that left her baffled.
"I've never heard of a warrior that could restore his energy to full like that. Interesting..." She can see that the boy himself was feeling satisfied after leaving the training pod on this very day, wondering what kind of progress he made during his training.
"I can probably tell that a certain princess will try to win this kid over to her side," She laughs lightly, " but she might be disappointed. This kid has not even spared a glance at any other person since his awakening. Almost as if other people hasn't even interested him. What kind of event could lead a person to isolating himself into a recluse?"
Minerva cannot help but be curious about the personal life of the young warrior, but little did she know that even in his last life he rarely had contact with other people and tend to be awkward around others.
Author's Note: Zucca means pumpkin in Italian.