To Earth! Find Kakarot! More than half a month had passed since Planet Vegeta exploded.
By the count, exactly three months had passed since Talot left Planet Vegeta with Gine and Selari.
After learning of the planet's destruction, Talot had comforted Gine and Selari in different ways almost every day, while also trying to talk them through it and help them let go.
Women were naturally sentimental, especially when there was still no news of the people they cared about.
If Talot had not deliberately stopped her and used Bardock's words before their departure to hold her back, Gine probably would have stopped listening to him long ago.
Talot had no choice but to crush Gine's fantasy of returning to Planet Vegeta to take a look.
It was not because he was heartless, nor because he was afraid.
After all, more than half a month had already passed. Even if they returned to the coordinates where Planet Vegeta had once been, they likely would not encounter any danger by then.
But going back was meaningless and would only waste time.
In short, Talot had impressed upon Gine that they could not act rashly now. Even if they did not consider themselves, they had to consider Bardock and Raditz.
Perhaps everyone was fine right now, but their taking the initiative to show themselves might make them targets and drag their family down with them.
Whenever he said this, Gine would calm down.
She had always handled logistics over the years, so she understood this kind of situation better than anyone.
Back then, it was precisely because she did not want to hold Bardock back that she had stayed on the planet doing logistics work.
Still, Gine was not someone without her own thoughts who simply let Talot decide everything.
She was highly intelligent and had her own opinions.
So in the end, Talot could only tell her that if another half year or a year passed with no news from Bardock and Raditz, they would take action themselves.
As for what they would do then, they would deal with it when the time came.
Today, Talot's Battle Power had finally broken through the 2,000 mark, and he planned to begin the second stage of their interstellar journey.
For no other reason than his own future. If he wanted to become stronger, time was money.
If he wanted to possess the strength and status of the original Kakarot and Vegeta in the future, he had to stay one step ahead of them—or even several steps ahead! In the open space before the Wooden House.
As he ate the grilled meat Gine had prepared, Talot suddenly brought up leaving Aoyun Planet.
There were some things he could not change, but there were also things he could do now, thereby disrupting the original agreement between him and Gine.
And it was something Gine could not refuse.
"What? Leave Aoyun Planet and go to Earth?! Now?!"
"Brother Talot, you're not joking, are you? Not only have we failed to conquer Aoyun Planet, but now we're abandoning this mission to go to Earth. Won't something go wrong...?"
Their cries of surprise completely diverted Gine and Selari's attention.
After Talot explained things at length, Gine was no longer so emotional, and Selari gradually calmed down as well.
"Talot, are we really going to Earth to find Kakarot? But what if Bardock and Raditz come to Aoyun Planet looking for us? If we're not here, won't we miss them?"
Gine wavered, yet still found it difficult to decide.
She desperately wanted to see her youngest son, because Kakarot's Battle Power was only 2. He had no ability to protect himself at all.
But given the current situation, this did not seem like the best time to go to Earth.
Their original plan had been to wait on Aoyun Planet for Bardock to come collect them and see whether Raditz would come looking for them as well.
The moment Talot heard Gine's words, he knew she would react this way. He immediately spoke the speech he had prepared long ago.
"Aunt Gine, I've been considering going to Earth for several days. I used to think the same way you did, but over the past two days, I've come to understand something. Our Saiyan race must have suffered a catastrophic disaster. I believe Uncle Bardock and Raditz are still alive, but they may not come looking for us right away.
"So, as long as we don't expose ourselves, we might as well go to Earth and find Kakarot first. By my estimate, the journey from Planet Vegeta to Earth only takes a little over half a year. If we leave now, we may not be able to catch up to Kakarot's Spaceship, but we can reach Earth in less than half a year.
"Aunt Gine, you know Kakarot's Battle Power is only 2. Even if Earth is a low-class planet, it probably has plenty of dangers. There are only a handful of surviving Saiyans now. If even Kakarot were to meet with misfortune..."
Talot did not continue.
After weighing the pros and cons, Gine would definitely agree.
As for Selari, her current state was simple: wherever Talot went, she would follow.
Without Talot, she would go wherever Gine went.
"Aunt Gine, I think Brother Talot is right. Maybe Uncle Bardock and Raditz will go to Earth to find Kakarot first." Selari delivered a God-tier assist.
Those words made Gine's body tremble slightly.
Whether it was Bardock or Raditz, neither concerned her as much as Kakarot did.
After all, their Battle Powers were there for all to see. The gap was simply too vast.
In Gine's eyes, Kakarot was ordinary even among ordinary people.
She did not know how she and Bardock had produced a child with a Battle Power of only 2. Other than inheriting Bardock's looks, he seemed to have inherited none of his strengths.
Gine remained silent for a long time, torn by indecision. Talot struck while the iron was hot and said again, "Actually, the reason I want to find Kakarot is because I'm worried that if this crisis is Frieza's scheme, Kakarot may still be hunted down. After all, his Spaceship was never modified, so its tracking signal can be found easily.
"Of course, that's only my guess. With Kakarot's Battle Power of 2, he truly poses no threat at all. Even if Frieza intends to wipe out our Saiyan race, there would be no need for him to hunt down a child like that."
As soon as he finished speaking, Talot pressed further, using an absolute threat to shake Gine's heart and force her to make a decision.
"Alright, then we'll go to Earth." Gine took a deep breath, nodded, and spoke solemnly.
Talot's series of analyses were logical and well-founded. Gine also knew he was not the type to act recklessly. Though he was still young, his intelligence was probably far beyond her own.
There were many things she had never considered, yet Talot had thought of them.
What Gine took from Talot's words was that Bardock and Raditz's safety remained uncertain. But if she knew where her younger son was and still refused to save him, that would be a dereliction of her duty.
Of course, Gine had no idea that this was merely an excuse Talot had made up to go to Earth.
Once they reached Earth, he absolutely would not help search for Kakarot.
On the contrary, he would do everything in his power to prevent Gine and Selari from interfering with Earth's development or disrupting Kakarot's life.
Otherwise, the protagonist of the original story would no longer be Son Goku, but merely Kakarot.
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