Hope Flies Out of Planet Vegeta

Another day passed, and as the deadline Frieza had set for the destruction of Planet Vegeta drew closer, many more Saiyans returned to the planet in their flight pods. Among them was Bardock, the father of Kakarot.

Approaching the orbit of Planet Vegeta, Bardock saw Frieza's flagship from afar, and the unease in his heart suddenly intensified.

"Look, it's Frieza's ship," his companion in the cockpit pointed out, calling out to him.

Bardock sat in the cockpit with his arms crossed, his expression gloomy. "I don't know what kind of game Frieza is playing, coming to Planet Vegeta in person."

"They say it's been here for quite a while now. It's really rare, though—calling us all back to Planet Vegeta like this. If there were a major mission, he could have just contacted us through the communicators; there was no need for us to return!" his companion remarked, puzzled.

"Take off your scouter first, be careful not to be overheard!"

"Oh, right!"

The lean Saiyan scrambled to remove his communicator. In truth, most of the capable Saiyans held no affection for Frieza; their submission was merely a means of survival.

"Everyone is coming back one by one."

"I wonder if there's some conspiracy afoot. That guy definitely doesn't have good intentions." Bardock was extremely vigilant, yet the other clansmen were still enjoying the thrill of conquering planets, unaware that a crisis was looming.

The flight pod landed in an open area of the gathering grounds. After hearing from clansmen maintaining order that Frieza was inquiring about the Super Saiyan, Bardock immediately realized Frieza's intentions, and his heart grew even more urgent. Returning home to see his wife, Gine, Bardock proposed sending their son, who was in an incubation pod, to a remote planet.

Gine was a petite Saiyan with fluffy hair that covered her earlobes, making her look particularly small. Because her combat power was low, she was a non-combatant who handled meat processing for the tribe.

Upon hearing her husband say he wanted to send their youngest son away, she became visibly agitated.

"Why, Bardock? Kakarot is only three years old; we haven't even taught him how to speak yet!" Gine's gentle personality was a rarity among Saiyans.

Bardock said, "I feel that Frieza is planning some kind of conspiracy. It's too dangerous for Kakarot to stay on Planet Vegeta. Tonight, I'll steal a flight pod and send the boy to another planet. If there's no danger, we'll bring him back."

"But..." Gine was deeply reluctant, but in the end, she was persuaded by Bardock.

At night.

Bardock stole a newly manufactured Spherical Gravity Chamber from the research center. Because it had just been built, the ship had no monitoring equipment installed. The couple then carried the pod to a secluded spot where they wouldn't be easily discovered.

The sound of a child crying came from inside the spherical pod. Gine looked at her son with a pained heart: "Don't cry, Kakarot. If everything is fine, we will come to pick you up very soon."

"Hey, Bardock, why don't we just run away together?"

"We can't. The energy signatures on our bodies are too easy to track. Kakarot is safest on his own," Bardock said decisively. Gine looked disappointed. "Raditz is out on a mission with Prince Vegeta, so he should be fine. If something really happens to Planet Vegeta, we can only hope he finds Kakarot..."

"I found a planet called 'Earth' in the database. Because the people and resources there have no value, it's an unremarkable, low-level planet. Kakarot will be very safe there."

Bardock comforted his wife, and the two placed their palms on the glass cover of the pod, watching the child inside.

Then, they pressed the ship's activation button. The pod slowly rose into the air, shot into the clouds with a whoosh, and soon vanished like a speck of starlight in the brilliant night sky.

"Goodbye, you must survive!"

"We will come to get you soon."

"Watch out for the Galactic Patrol..."

A star twinkled with a cross-shaped light in the night sky. Bardock and Gine stood together, embracing as they watched the direction their son had departed. They did not know that this ship would carry the warrior who would change the entire world...

Their son, Kakarot, was about to embark on the most glorious journey of his life!

In a certain fractured canyon region.

The sun shone brightly, and there wasn't a cloud in the sky.

The clear sky was spotless, as if washed clean by rain, displaying a beautiful azure color.

An eight-meter-tall Spherical Gravity Chamber, its surface emitting a dark, metallic luster, sat in a depression in the canyon. Six sturdy metal struts were anchored into the rock, and the equipment hummed with a vibrating "buzzing" sound.

Thump, thump!

The wind and sand outside, accelerated by the canyon's wind tunnel, struck the surface of the chamber, and fine grit piled up into large dunes at the top and base of the structure.

Inside the chamber, it was unusually calm. The gravity parameters were set to 18 times, and the air pressure was adjusted to 15 times. Due to the harsh environment, the entire room was filled with a stifling downward force, and dust was pressed tightly against the floor by the intense gravity. In this exceptionally brutal environment, a boy with black hair swung his arms with all his might, performing various high-intensity movements. As his body moved violently, crystalline sweat seeped out like a fine drizzle.

Whoosh—

Turning off the gravity device, the training room immediately returned to normal. After eating a Senzu Bean, Roland opened the hatch and stepped out, carrying a water bottle.

High-intensity gravity training caused Roland's strength to soar; his body was like a sprout breaking through the soil, growing sturdily under the nourishment of rain. In just over a month, starting from 16 times gravity, Roland had increased it to 18 times, and his strength had naturally improved significantly.

"810 combat power!"

As he scanned himself with the scouter, a smile appeared on Roland's face.

Such strength could not, of course, be compared to the results of Goku's training in a gravity chamber, but Roland did not push himself too hard. After all, his body had not yet begun to develop, and overexertion would only leave negative effects; it was better to be moderate.

Therefore, during his training, Roland would spend half the day in gravity training and the other half training in a normal environment to adapt to the changes in his body.

Perhaps because he was naturally adapted to the 10 times Earth gravity of Planet Vegeta, Roland's growth in strength was not as obvious as Goku's. Even under 18 times gravity, his combat power had only increased to 810. Perhaps the effects of gravity would only become more apparent when the multiplier was higher in the future.

Roland was not dissatisfied with this; on the contrary, he felt quite content.