Captives

Rum reported in a low voice by his ear:

"Chairman, Tequila has sent intelligence. Son Goku, whom you instructed us to monitor, resumed his search for the Dragon Balls after defeating the Red Ribbon Army headquarters some time ago."

Akamai raised an eyebrow.

Rum continued, "Tequila has been closely monitoring everyone connected to Son Goku. Just now, one of the targets showed unusual activity."

"Which target?"

"King Curry. In a deep-sea trench on the Eastern Continent, he found a Special Rice Cooker and released a strange creature from inside." Rum immediately projected the intelligence Tequila had sent over.

Akamai studied it carefully.

So it was King Curry, the one whose Dragon Balls had been stolen by Son Goku and who had dreamed of conquering Earth.

As for the strange creature King Curry had released, it was naturally Old King Piccolo, whom Master Mutaito had sealed inside the rice cooker.

Rum continued, "Chairman, Tequila is asking whether we should take action."

"..." Akamai thought for a moment before making his decision. "Have Curry Rice take some men over and capture King Piccolo. We can't let him cause widespread slaughter."

"Yes."

Akamai stopped Rum before he could reply to Tequila. "Wait. If possible, don't kill him yet. This green-skinned being doesn't look like an Earthling. Capture him and bring him back. He might have research value."

Rum nodded. "Understood."

Soon, Curry Rice led sixty special forces soldiers aboard a flying warship out of Equatorial Aerospace City to rendezvous with Tequila.

Old King Piccolo had only just emerged from the rice cooker. After being sealed for so long, his body had aged to the extreme. If he had not regained his youth, his battle power was probably only two or three hundred.

Meanwhile.

Above Karin Tower, at Kami's Lookout.

Kami Piccolo suddenly