I've encountered a ghost!!

"Boom! Boom!!"

Betkas found the large city ahead and began blasting indiscriminately. A barrage of golden Ki Blasts rained down on the city, triggering explosions one after another. Mushroom clouds erupted everywhere, and blackened rock layers filled the sky. Screams echoed endlessly from within the city.

"This trashy planet... probably won't sell for much anyway. Eh, might as well finish this quickly and move on."

Betkas stretched his arms, glanced down at the city now reduced to rubble, and sneered coldly.

Then he pressed his scouter again to check where else had cities.

"Hm? A battle power of fifteen thousand?!" Betkas suddenly saw the number on his scouter and his face changed instantly. He clearly remembered that when he'd scanned this planet earlier, the highest battle power was under eight thousand, and the lowest was only two thousand. Now a fifteen-thousand-power being had popped up out of nowhere—no wonder it startled him.

Because he himself was only around that level!! If he fought someone of equal strength, it would definitely end in mutual destruction. Anyone with a battle power over ten thousand wasn't an idiot, and Betkas would have a hard time even escaping.

Betkas pondered briefly whether to leave or go check it out. He wasn't about to gamble with his life.

"Forget it. If worst comes to worst, I'll use the Great Ape Transformation!"

Recalling this trump card, Betkas made up his mind. He no longer cared about the other small areas and just wanted to see what this fifteen-thousand-power guy was like. So he immediately launched into the air and flew off.

When Betkas arrived at the target his scouter had detected, it was a place resembling a scientific research city. Countless machines were running automatically.

"It's around here."

Betkas scanned the area below with a grave expression, watching carefully... Then his eyes caught a sneaky figure moving below. He roared, "Get the hell out here!"

Without hesitation, he fired a golden Ki Blast straight down. At the same time, the figure below seemed to launch a Ki Blast back in return.

"Is it my imagination? This guy's so weak!"

When the two Ki Blasts clashed, Betkas suddenly realized the opponent's power was truly feeble. If he just put a little more force into it, he could completely obliterate them. This puzzled him, and he also suspected the guy might be hiding his true strength with ki control.

"Whatever. Keep blasting like this, and you'll show your real face soon enough."

Betkas stopped overthinking and directly increased his Ki Blast output. He slammed it down without any resistance, hitting the ground and stirring up a cloud of dust along with a massive boom. The entire mechanical city was nearly half-destroyed.

"What?! How is that possible?!"

As the dust cleared, Betkas saw two figures still alive below, protected by a green barrier. One was an adult male with a scar over his left eye, and the other was a timid-looking youth—yes, a youth.

And the scouter clearly showed that the youth had a battle power of fifteen thousand, while the adult male was only around six thousand. That meant the adult had been the one firing Ki Blasts back at Betkas.

What shocked Betkas most was the youth. Younger than him, yet with such battle power—it felt surreal.

He slowly descended, his face cautious as he stared at the two across from him. Betkas suddenly noticed the youth's expression was utterly indifferent—no, it was wooden. His eyes seemed hollow. If not for the earlier movement, Betkas would have suspected the kid was out of his body.

"You're a Saiyan!!"

The adult male seemed to spot the tail wrapped around Betkas's waist and exclaimed in shock.

"Huh?!"

Betkas saw the shock on the man's face and felt a bit confused. Saiyans were famous in the universe, but that was a long time ago. Since the Saiyans were wiped out, hardly any space-faring races remembered them.

"I am Paragus. I was once a Saiyan. He is my son, also a Saiyan."

The adult introduced himself with a delighted expression. Betkas glanced at the youth beside him and suddenly felt something was off. "Son?!"

"Could it be..."

Betkas suddenly recalled the few Saiyans rumored to have battle powers over ten thousand. If this youth really was a Saiyan, then he must be one of the famous ones. And the only one like that was the being known as the berserker—Broly!

Thinking this, Betkas felt a bit suffocated. Broly was a natural-born Super Saiyan. If they fought and Broly transformed into a Super Saiyan, Betkas could kiss his chances goodbye. Even with the Great Ape Transformation, he'd have zero chance of winning.

But what puzzled him most was: if this really was Broly, why was his battle power only fifteen thousand? The legendary Super Saiyan was supposed to grow stronger constantly. His power practically doubled every year. Broly had been born nearly a decade ago by now—how could he only have fifteen thousand?

"Oh..."

Suddenly, Betkas caught sight of the "accessory" on the youth's head. His pupils shrank, and he felt an urge to bolt. It wasn't that Betkas was a coward, but he really didn't dare fight Broly right now.

Because Broly was wearing that controller from the original story, suppressing his power. But even with that heavy suppression, he still had fifteen thousand battle power?

No way. If the controller were removed, Betkas had no idea how strong Broly would be. Maybe he'd already reached a hundred thousand, or even more. If he turned Super Saiyan... tsk tsk, instant kill with no effort.

Could Betkas not want to run? And Paragus's next words confirmed the youth's identity.

"My son... Broly..."