"Finally, it's over. I can rest easy now."
After Shenron vanished, a smile appeared on the Grand Elder's face.
He had been clinging to life, waiting for a miracle to happen.
Now that he had finally fulfilled his mission, he no longer needed to go on living in agony.
His voice grew fainter and fainter, until at last he seemed to fall asleep.
"Grand Elder."
Nail and Danjer knelt before the Grand Elder, their eyes red.
Only the two of them and Dende remained on Planet Namek now.
"Damn it! I'll never forgive you!"
Frieza, still on his way, saw the sky suddenly light up.
Shenron had vanished, which meant his wish had fallen through.
He had traveled all this way to find the Dragon Balls, only for someone else to reap the reward.
His teeth ground together in anger, as if he'd swallowed a dead fly.
When had he, King Frieza, ever suffered such an insult?
He would torture the culprit to death to ease the rage burning inside him.
At the same time...
Seeing the sky light up and Shenron disappear—
"Bastards! I'll never forgive you!"
"Damn Earthling brats! I'll kill you!"
Vegeta stopped on the way, his furious eyes bloodshot.
He couldn't believe his wish had failed after all.
He knew that with all the commotion, Frieza would surely head there.
There was no point in going there now.
"How dare you steal something King Frieza wanted!"
"Get ready to face his wrath!"
Ginyu saw the sky light up.
Shenron had vanished as well.
He knew there was no chance Frieza's wish would come true now.
When he saw Vegeta stop, he couldn't help feeling schadenfreude.
"Hahaha! Looks like the wish came true."
"Let's settle this with a fight!"
Seeing the two of them stop, Son Goku said excitedly.
He hadn't been unable to catch up with them earlier; he'd just wanted to get over to Son Gohan and see what was going on.
But now that the wish had come true, there was no need to go there.
"Krillin, take Bulma and Dende somewhere safe."
Son Gohan spoke to Krillin.
Then he put Frieza's spaceship into the System Inventory.
The ship looked luxurious and had plenty of room inside. It might come in handy someday.
"Got it. I'll keep them safe."
"Gohan, be careful!"
"Gohan, please be careful!"
Krillin, Bulma, and Dende each gave Son Gohan a word of caution.
Then the three of them left.
Krillin knew how strong he was. He wouldn't be much help here.
He'd be better off protecting Bulma and Dende.
Not long after they had left...
"Let's try out this new skill."
Son Gohan powered up and flew straight into the sky.
He quickly shot through Planet Namek's atmosphere and entered space.
"Hahaha!"
"This skill is amazing!"
"I don't feel uncomfortable at all in space."
Son Gohan looked around at the dark expanse. There wasn't much to see.
He quietly sensed the energy signatures of the surrounding planets.
"Damn it! Ah, who did this?!"
Frieza was the first to return, not long after Son Gohan had left.
He saw corpses from his army scattered everywhere, and the spaceship was gone.
His veins bulged with rage, his triangular eyes seeming to spit fire.
This was too much. If he knew which bastard had done this...
He would torture the culprit to death.
"That's exactly what I thought. You must be the one with a Battle Power of 90,000."
"I know Vegeta's strength best."
Ginyu had never liked Son Goku.
If he hadn't come over earlier to stop the Earthlings from making a wish, he would have killed the bastard already.
Now that Shenron had vanished, there was nothing holding him back.
He'd take these two down, then go after the Earthling brat.
"Bastard! Don't underestimate me!"
Vegeta was seething, with nowhere to vent his anger.
Ginyu's words made his temper flare.
He attacked in an instant, firing a powerful Energy Blast.
Ginyu's body vanished, and he dodged the blast.
Rumble!
The Energy Blast reduced a mountain to dust.
A huge mushroom cloud rose into the sky.
"What's going on? Are they fighting?"
"Could it be the one who stole the Dragon Balls?"
Frieza saw a mushroom cloud rise in the distance as he ground his teeth in fury.
He went all out, flying rapidly toward the explosion.
"Vegeta, you dirty cheat! He's my opponent!"
Seeing Vegeta strike first, Son Goku refused to be outdone and charged at Ginyu.
"Bastard! Since when was he your opponent?"
Vegeta's anger surged higher and higher.
He needed a good, satisfying fight to let it all out.
"Hahaha! You two wild monkeys can come at me together. I'm not afraid of you!"
Seeing both of them attack first, Ginyu charged at Son Goku and Vegeta without hesitation.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
The three of them clashed in an instant.
"So it's finally begun?"
Out in space, Son Gohan sensed the battle taking place on Planet Namek.
The corners of his mouth curled into a smile.
He sensed Son Goku's energy signature.
Whoosh!
Son Gohan vanished from where he stood and appeared on the battlefield.
In the Dragon Ball anime, there were two versions of Instant Transmission.
The Yardratians' Instant Transmission could only be used by locking onto an energy signature, which made finding people very convenient.
Kibito, an attendant to the Supreme Kai, could use his Instant Transmission to travel through space, but he couldn't move by sensing energy signatures.
Son Gohan felt the Instant Transmission granted by Shenron was perfect.
It was like a combination of the Yardratians' and Kibito's techniques.
He could appear anywhere he wanted, rather than having to appear next to Son Goku.
In the anime, Son Goku had used Instant Transmission to appear beside others many times.
He remembered one time when Son Gohan was swinging the Kai Sword. Son Goku teleported over, nearly cutting off his head.
[System: Battle Power attribute +300 dropped ahead.]
Son Gohan's sudden appearance on the battlefield went unnoticed by everyone.
As soon as he appeared, the system's alerts began ringing in his mind.
With Vegeta, Ginyu, and Son Goku battling in the sky, every punch dropped Battle Power attributes, like rain.
Pick Up All!
Seeing the Battle Power attributes scattered everywhere, Son Gohan was delighted.
They covered the ground like a river, lining up as they slowly flowed into his limbs.
The Battle Power readout on his status screen spun wildly, like a cash-counting machine.
Suddenly, all the rocks on the battlefield began to float.
A powerful aura reached the battlefield in an instant.
The three of them stopped fighting and stared at the newcomer.
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