At this very moment, on a certain planet in the universe.
Vegeta sat on a wooden stake to rest, while the bald Nappa stood beside him as a guard.
As for the reason for the rest...
Vegeta isn't one to like resting, and the reason he's taking a break now is simply to watch Raditz's videos.
Although Vegeta wasn't interested in Kakarot, a Saiyan fellow who was born with only a little fighting power.
However, in any case, he is still one of the few Saiyan in the universe.
Indeed, Vegeta doesn't really care about Saiyan lives; for example, he himself was the one who killed his own Saiyan Nappa, in the future.
However, in the original storyline, a large part of the reason he killed Nappa was that Nappa, a high-level Saiyan with a power level of around 7,000 or 8,000, actually lost to Kakarot, a low-level Saiyan whose power level was only 1 at birth...
Perhaps it was shame or resentment, but in any case, before Vegeta had mastered ki, he was very irritable.
Most importantly, Vegeta's cruelty wasn't limited to his own people; he was equally cruel to himself.
Don't forget, back when Vegeta was fighting Frieza, in order to counter Frieza's transformation, he attempted to increase his fighting Vegeta by being on the verge of death, but instead, he plunged his hand into his own internal organs, tearing them to shreds...
Even because he was a villain, the Namek children refused to treat him, almost causing him to die on the spot...
If that were the case, Vegeta would probably be the Saiyan who died the most tragically, because he died by his own hand.
Furthermore, because he committed suicide, even if Goku later used the Dragon Ball to wish for the resurrection of those killed by Frieza and his henchmen, it wouldn't make a difference.
Vegeta, who committed suicide, will not be resurrected...
See? Before he mastered ki, Vegeta was such a ruthless person.
However, after training in ki, Vegeta, while still prone to anger, subtly lost his ruthless nature, replaced by a more approachable and tsundere personality...
This is quite a coincidence, haha.
At this moment, watching the battle on Earth through the power level testing device, Vegeta revealed an interested look.
"Hehe, Nappa, there are actually quite a few strong people on Earth."
Look at the display on Raditz's side. There are not only ordinary warriors with combat power of several hundred or a thousand, but if I'm not mistaken, there is also a warrior with a combat power of seven thousand in the distance.
A warrior like that, even you might not be a match for him, right?
At this point, Vegeta casually turned off the observation device and then coldly shook his head.
"No need to look anymore, Raditz is doomed. Even if he doesn't die, I will personally execute him once I get to Earth."
There can only be Saiyan die in battle, not Saiyan are captured.
Raditz can't possibly beat those guys!
Earth, a planet merely labeled as extremely weak and worthless, actually possesses warriors far exceeding this assessment.
"Perhaps there's some secret to increasing power there!"
"Yeah, haha, otherwise, how could such a weak planet produce a powerhouse comparable to me? Although I'm far inferior to you, I'm still one of the best among the upper-class Saiyan. If I work hard for another ten years, my combat power might even reach tens of thousands, hmph!"
At this point, Nappa quietly concealed a hint of sadness in her heart.
Unlike Vegeta, he still... cherishes every Saiyan.
Although Raditz was pitifully weak, he always looked down on Raditz.
But even if it's trash, it's still trash in his hands, and now it's actually stuck on Earth!
As he thought about it, he regretfully turned off the communication; he didn't want to see what happened next.
When Raditz's detectors detected an enemy with a combat strength of several thousand, Raditz's fate was sealed, just like the two team members before him.
That's right, Vegeta's Saiyan team didn't just consist of three people, nor was it just him and Nappa.
Vegeta's team was originally a standard five-person combat group on Planet Vegeta.
However, during the continuous battles, the other two team members died for various reasons.
One example is someone like Raditz, who encountered an unexpected enemy while on a personal mission and was captured.
Later, that team member died at Vegeta's hands.
As the prince of Planet Vegeta, even though Planet Vegeta has disappeared, Vegeta has not relinquished his pride as a prince and Saiyan.
Because all he has left now is pride...
As for rebuilding Planet Vegeta?
Alas, Vegeta isn't Murong Fu; he knows all too well that they alone cannot rebuild Planet Vegeta!
After all, all five team members are men; they can't even have children, they simply don't have that ability.
At that time, Vegeta was unaware that Saiyan and humans did not have reproductive isolation!
If he had known, Vegeta might not have indiscriminately slaughtered his few remaining male members of his tribe.
If everyone were born into one large family, perhaps in a few thousand years, Planet Vegeta would truly prosper. Intermarriage between families with multiple bloodlines wouldn't lead to too many diseases between their bloodlines, would it?
In short, given Vegeta's current state of complete ignorance, Vegeta constantly feels that she actually has nothing left.
Rather than let his people become the last Saiyan along with him, and then die a shameful old age one by one.
It would be better to let them die by our own hand.
This was Vegeta's idea, and also his... distorted love for his people.
Vegeta is truly one of the most complex characters in Dragon Ball.
Just as Vegeta and Nappa shut down their communications, abandoned their mission, and set off for Earth to avenge Raditz, whom they thought was dead.
On Earth.
Seeing the combat power figures displayed on the detector, Raditz's mentality completely collapsed!
Damn it, he did indeed see a powerful expert with a combat strength of 7,000, who could definitely kill him!
But if he wasn't mistaken...
No, no, no!
Raditz shook his head violently; he couldn't possibly be mistaken!
That guy looks exactly like his Pops!
The moment Raditz saw that person, it was like seeing his own father!
That's why Raditz deliberately grew his hair long. He was afraid of seeing his short-haired self in the mirror, because it would remind him of his father and evoke sadness—an emotion that Saiyan shouldn't have.
Meanwhile, the guy standing opposite...
Is he my younger brother?
How could he have a combat power of 7,000???
Logically speaking, Goku's fighting power shouldn't have reached this level.
After all, in this Tamayo where Gawain is involved, Goku encounters far fewer dangers and battles than in the past.
Without the extensive training he received in the past, how could Goku's fighting power far exceed that of the original storyline?
Then we have to talk about two things!
First of all, Goku is someone who values his companions extremely.
Or rather, his strength level is basically related to the strength of his allies and his nemesis.
In the original storyline, after defeating Piccolo, it took four or five years, until Gohan was old enough to be a minor character, for Goku's strength not to improve even for half a day!
That's right. In the four or five years that Goku spent living with Chi-Chi, he became even weaker than Piccolo.
In the same four or five years, Piccolo at least developed a new skill, the Special Beam Cannon.
However, Goku gained nothing; in fact, it could be said that his strength had even slightly decreased.
The reason for this is one of Goku's attributes: he only uses his power for the sake of using it.
Goku only develops the desire to become stronger when he encounters an insurmountable enemy or when his friends become stronger than him.
And when the enemy is defeated and the danger is destroyed.
Actually, Goku also longed for a pastoral life.
Although Goku has lost many enemies to Gawain's subordinates, including the Red Ribbon Army, which has been wiped out by Gawain's men.
But at the same time, Goku also started to compete with Gawain's subordinates.
In this way, although he still had Gohan with Chi-Chi, Goku's training over the past five years was no less, as he was ready to compete with Gawain's subordinates.
At the same time, the most important point is...
Gawain's appearance led to the early creation of the Gravity Room, a training facility that would greatly benefit Saiyan!
On one side are a large group of energetic new friends who can help him improve.
On one side is Gravity Room that is perfectly suited to the Saiyan's physique.
Taking both into account, it's easy to see that Goku's current level far surpasses that of the period during the original storyline.
Even the 7,000 ki level was only because Goku habitually concealed most of his ki. Goku's true fighting power at this moment has already surpassed that of when he returned from King Kai.
After all, in these five years, Goku had graduated from King Kai along with the first batch of geniuses from the Deep Learning, Hashirama Whitebeard.
And this is the combined reason why Goku is so powerful now.
Looking at his amazing younger brother, Raditz couldn't help but swallow hard.
Gulp
After saliva dripped down his throat, Raditz took a deep breath and then desperately mumbled something with the corners of his mouth.
She hadn't laughed in a very, very long time, but now he was trying hard to make himself laugh.
Otherwise, he feared he would be killed by his own brother...
Raditz has had a truly miserable time in space all these years.
As a low-level Saiyan warrior whose strength was less than a thousand, his position in Vegeta's team was even lower than that of a slave.
Even Raditz's ability to join Team Vegeta was a reward from King Vegeta out of respect for Bardock.
Raditz and Goku's father, Bardock, were among the few warriors on Planet Vegeta who could raise their power level to over 10,000 despite being a low-ranking warrior.
Even if the son of such a person is weak and pathetic, as long as he isn't born with a fighting power of only one, King Vegeta would be willing to give him some reward.
But is this a boon for Raditz?
That would be absolutely deadly...
Raditz has grown up to this age and has long since developed his own habits.
In Raditz's eyes, enemies are not scary, leaders are not scary, and even Frieza is not scary!
The only truly terrifying beings are their Saiyan kin who are stronger than themselves!
Because only Saiyan understand Saiyan. If I had a power level of 7,000 while Kakarot only had 1,000, then...
That...
Hiss!!!
Just thinking about it made Raditz gasp.
Goku, however, stared at Raditz's tail for a moment, then said with delight.
"Oh dear, you have a tail too, just like me!!!"
"How strange, why do people from outer space have tails like mine?"
"W-w-w-you... you?!?!"
Raditz swore he had never been smarter in his entire life.
When Raditz discovered that his younger brother didn't remember Planet Vegeta and their Saiyan identity, he awkwardly twisted a smile onto his face.
"Because we are of the same race, Kakarot!"
I am Raditz, I am your... brother!
Although I am weak, I am indeed your brother. We share the same father!
And so, Raditz narrowly escaped being recognized by his family.
Unlike him, Goku was overjoyed to learn that he had an older brother!
Although his older brother was a bit fierce, he killed quite a few people when he first landed on Earth.
But since he's my brother, I'll try to persuade him properly. Didn't Piccolo kill a lot of people back then? Now he's still training with everyone.
As for those who died because of his brother and their property, he will borrow the Dragon Ball from his Gawain brother Gawain and wish to restore them.
In that case, it should be barely enough to make up for it.
And so, Goku spent a day with the incredibly nervous Raditz and the others.
Raditz, a young man who bullies the weak and fears the strong, quickly integrated into Gawain's Gawain, and even found a new role model for himself there.
That was someone who was the weakest in terms of both strength and status, yet still managed to get along very well among everyone.
Spandam!
It was quite a coincidence; while the soldiers were all engaged in intense training, Raditz and Spandam became the water-delivering duo for everyone...
Meanwhile, Bulma collected the spaceship and all the equipment that Raditz brought.
Thanks to the efforts of Bulma, Brief, Vegapunk, Franky, and others, an upgraded version of those things was quickly created.
Franky has now become the king of materials in the Tamayo; any material that needs to be synthesized can be easily solved by simply passing through his mouth.
And when it comes to technology, solving the materials problem actually solves more than 80% of the problem.
Therefore, it wasn't long before Bulma created an upgraded combat power detector that could detect Gawain's combat power.
After this thing was made, everyone played with it with great curiosity, and they even checked their own numbers.
Goku's current limit is 86,000.
Whitebeard's current limit is 14,000.
Garp's is a bit higher, 16,000.
Madara Uchiha and Hashirama had 19,000 and 20,000 respectively.
In short, Goku, who is best suited to the Gravity Training Room, made the fastest progress, but the others also progressed just as quickly.
And after they tested themselves...
They all turned their attention to Gawain.
That's right, they want to broaden their horizons!!!