This Is Too Damn Ruthless!

"Quick! Dodge!"

When Pasta saw the Energy Blast hurtling toward them at incredible speed from outside the ship, his face went pale in an instant. Terror overwhelmed him as he screamed madly at Gaty, who was piloting the ship.

"I'm trying!"

Faced with his older brother's roar, Gaty was drenched in sweat. As he switched the ship to manual control, his Hands moved so quickly they left afterimages.

"We're finished!"

Yet no matter how Gaty maneuvered, faced with the Turtle School Ki Wave right before them, Pasta could only watch in despair as the Spaceship was struck.

Boom!

The ship exploded, blooming into dazzling fireworks that added a rare splash of color to the empty, boundless, silent expanse of space.

However, although the Spaceship had exploded, Pasta and the other two, with their formidable Power Levels, had not died in the blast.

After all, a mere Spaceship explosion was not fatal to Space Pirates whose Power Levels ranged from tens of thousands to well over a hundred thousand.

Ssshhh! Ssshhh! Ssshhh!

At that moment, surging white Aura erupted from all three of them. It was the outward manifestation of their ki.

Still, the three survivors of the Spaceship explosion were in a miserable state.

Not because the blast had hurt them, but because none of them could survive in the vacuum of space. Their faces were red as they frantically pulled on the spacesuits salvaged from the wreckage. One step too late, and they would really be dead.

"Whew, whew, whew..."

The moment they successfully put on their spacesuits, all three of them gulped down air. Having survived the disaster, they were filled with relief.

But now that the ship was gone and they were stranded in the boundless interstellar void, Panai, still shaken, asked Pasta through his spacesuit's communicator, "Big Brother, what do we do now?"

All three had Power Levels above ten thousand, with the strongest even exceeding a hundred thousand. Yet even so, they were still tiny compared to the endless universe. Without a Spaceship, flying to a nearby life-bearing planet on their own was nothing but a pipe dream!

As a pirate who had roamed the universe for years, Pasta naturally understood this. That was why their spacesuits were specially made.

These spacesuits had flight capabilities. Though they could not compare to a Spaceship, they were fast enough for emergencies.

But just their luck, they were currently in interstellar space, at the border between two galaxies. Not only was this place boundless, but planets were scarce as well, let alone life-bearing ones.

With the little energy left in their spacesuits, escaping this place was simply impossible.

After thinking it over, Pasta could only see one way out. With that thought, he viciously ordered his two brothers, "Take those two people's ship!"

The chances were slim. After all, a Spaceship's speed was nothing a spacesuit could match. Still, it was at least a chance, wasn't it?

"B-Big Brother!"

But just as Pasta finished giving the order, Panai's terrified voice came through the communicator.

"Panai, shut up!"

This guy's crow mouth had gotten the three of them into this mess in the first place. The moment Pasta heard Panai speak again, he felt something was wrong.

Huh?

Just as Pasta's rebuke faded from the communicator, he sensed danger. While raising his guard, he turned around—and immediately began cursing. "They're too damn ruthless!"

What met Pasta's eyes was an innumerable barrage of ki blasts, blotting out the sky and filling all three of their vision. Clearly, the other side had not left them any way to survive.

"Quick! Defend yourselves!"

At this moment, the spacesuits on their bodies were their last lifeline. If the spacesuits broke, they would truly die. Pasta hurriedly shouted at the other two.

Even defense was not enough. Realizing that the other side must have a Scouter, Pasta gave another order. "Activate the Power Level Barrier Devices! Don't let them detect us, or they'll keep attacking!"

Pasta did not know whether they could survive afterward, but if the other side kept attacking without pause, they were definitely done for.

Before he could finish speaking, countless ki blasts exploded around them, engulfing the three of them and adding another burst of fireworks to the silent, dark universe.

At the same time, Rhode clung to the Spaceship and watched the fireworks bloom in the Distant place. Only after sensing the three evil Auras vanish completely did he stop firing ki blasts.

"Whew..."

After confirming that the Space Pirates were dead, Rhode let out a deep breath and calmed the exhaustion from his outburst. There was a hint of regret on his face. "What a shame the environment wasn't right. Otherwise, I would've fought them properly and improved my actual combat ability!"

Though those three Space Pirates had powerful ki, Rhode could still control the situation if he went all out. That was the source of his composure.

"Forget it. The universe is huge, and there are plenty of Opponents. Those three Space Pirates are dead, so be it. I just wonder who they were. Did I know them?"

After eliminating the enemies, Rhode thought of the pirates who rampaged across the Dragon Ball World and muttered to himself.

Whoosh!

Not lingering outside any longer, Rhode flashed back into the cabin.

"What did the ship detect?"

Although he had sensed the pirates' Auras disappear, Rhode still asked Aila, who was controlling the ship, after returning.

Aila had calmed down considerably by now. Her expression held both regret and relief, making it rather complicated.

Seeing Rhode return, she pointed to the result on the ship's display. "That place has turned into wreckage, and no signs of life were detected. They should be thoroughly dead!"

After carefully examining the ship's scan results, Rhode nodded in agreement. "Just a minor interruption. Let's continue on our way!"

With that, he adjusted the Spaceship back to its previous settings. Before long, their ship left that stretch of interstellar space and entered another galaxy.

Who knew how long after Rhode and Aila's Spaceship had disappeared, Pasta and the other two, wearing their spacesuits, finally struggled their way to where the ship had previously been.

"I knew it!!!"

Staring at the empty expanse of space, Pasta roared in fury.

At that moment, he seemed to have lost all his strength. He was filled with despair. Their spacesuits had little energy left, and they had no hope of leaving this interstellar space.

In other words, the three of them were doomed!

"Big Brother..."

Seeing Pasta so shaken, Panai called out softly, wanting to offer some comfort. But when the words reached his lips, he had no idea what to say.

As for Gaty, he was no better off than Pasta. His eyes were filled with despair.

Space was boundless and silent. Even time had lost its meaning.

Though Pasta and the other two were despairing inside, they did not give up. They flew through interstellar space in their spacesuits. When the energy ran out, they relied on their own strength to keep flying.

No one knew how much time passed. Just as the three of them had become utterly weak and were about to accept their fate, a Spaceship entered this stretch of interstellar space and caught their attention.

Hope!

The instant they saw that Spaceship, the three who had lost all hope of survival immediately became energized. They hurriedly unleashed their Aura, hoping to draw the other side's attention.