Piccolo drills Gohan in combat while Goku finally reaches the end of Serpent Road and discovers King Kai's tiny planet. The extreme gravity, ten times Earth's, turns every movement into a struggle. Goku mistakes King Kai's pet monkey Bubbles for the legendary god himself, leading to an embarrassing misunderstanding before the real King Kai appears and agrees to train him, on one condition.
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