Zhen turned. "Tell me where Piccolo stays. I want to convince him to train me."
"You are serious, aren't you?" Dende wondered. "Okay, he lives somewhere in the wilderness, a mile away from Gingertown. You'll need to find him there."
Zhen bowed respectfully. "Thank you, sir. Let's go, Monroe!" he called to his pointy ear friend.
"Right behind you." he said. They flew out. "Thanks, guys. See ya later!" the two young warriors said.
"Come back soon!" Popo said.
"Man, where is he?" Zhen asked. "We have been looking for 5 hours and he's nowhere to be found."
"Well, he sure knows how to hide his Ki. Are you sure we're looking in the right place?" Monroe asked.
"Dende said a mile from Gingertown, and that's what that town was back there."
They continued flying for a while longer. "Hey, Zhenny, I'm hungry. Why don't we stop for a while and eat something?"
Zhen agreed and they flew down to the ground to hunt something. They captured a deer. Monroe skinned the deer while Zhen prepared the fire. After Monroe was done, he gave the deer to Zhen so he can start cooking it. "I'll get some more wood for the fire." Monroe said.
He turned to walk away and was startled by a large figure. He was green and as pointy eared as Monroe.
"Piccolo! You scared me!"
"What are you two doing here?" he asked dryly.
Monroe acted shocked. "Oh, we just having a nice camping trip right now, under the stars, telling ghost-"
"Don't get smart, kid!!" Piccolo snapped. "I know you two were following me. What do you want?
Zhen got up and interceded. "Mr. Piccolo, excuse my friend. We just want you to train us so we can be the best fighters in the world."
"Why does it have to be me? Can you find someone else to train you?"
"We don't want anyone else. There isn't anyone better than you." He stopped for a moment. "We know about Marron. Dende told us. But I assure you that won't happen again. You have to trust us. Please, Piccolo."
Monroe stepped in. "Aye, Mr. Piccolo, you the best man for the job.
Piccolo remained silent for a moment before answering. "Okay, I'll train you. But you must do what I say without questions, without whining."
Both Zhen and Monroe nodded. "Good," Piccolo said. "Now, let me have a piece of the deer."
