On the ground.
Raditz caught Vegeta as he fell, pointed at the sky, and said excitedly, "Vegeta, look! Frieza can't beat Kakarot!"
"Could Kakarot be some kind of monster?"
Nappa held a white ball of light suspended over his right hand. He could not see the battle overhead, but he could hear Frieza's screams. The sight had completely stunned him!
However!
Even as Frieza was being beaten down by Goku, Vegeta showed no other reaction. He still wore that vacant, lifeless expression.
"What's wrong, Vegeta?" Raditz froze for a moment, then began shaking Vegeta repeatedly.
"Gran abandoned our Saiyan Clan!" Vegeta endured the searing pain in his body and gave a bitter smile.
"What do you mean?"
Raditz and Nappa frowned and began asking what had happened.
Vegeta was helpless. He told them everything Frieza had said earlier.
"How is that possible?!"
Nappa's eyes widened.
After they had survived in the starry cosmos back then, they had learned that Frieza had originally needed to obey Lord Beerus's orders. Yet now, Gran had revoked that order!
That meant that if they could not kill Frieza this time, their Saiyan Clan would once again have to live as fugitives hunted down everywhere!
"Gran is clearly a Saiyan too. Why would he do this?" Nappa said despairingly.
"Shut up, all of you!!!"
At that moment, Raditz roared at the two of them.
??
If Raditz had dared to speak to them like that before, Vegeta and Nappa would certainly have taught him a lesson. But now, they wanted to see what exactly this guy had to say.
"I admit that we've survived until now because of Gran's protection!"
Raditz gritted his teeth. "But without Gran, does that mean we stop living?"
"No!"
"We never planned to rely on Gran. Even without his help,