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Damn... This guy... he's not even taking us seriously!!

Piccolo looked at Betkas's contemptuous expression, his heart pounding with fear. Rage flared inside him...

"You're both so weak... With strength like this, how are you ever going to beat Vegeta in the future? You might not even be able to handle Raditz!"

Betkas thought to himself that he'd come to Earth on a whim, carrying a certain amount of anticipation... Especially after meeting Son Goku in person, he hadn't felt even the slightest excitement. Maybe he would have been excited at first, but after all these years of "killing countless people," he'd long since forgotten what excitement even felt like...

"Piccolo!"

Son Goku slowly descended from the sky and landed beside Piccolo. With a serious expression, he whispered something to him. Son Goku spoke softly again, and Piccolo's expression changed abruptly... then he smiled with confidence. Son Goku also looked at Betkas with a smile. Both of them took ready stances, looking far more confident and sure of themselves than before...

"Oh... Have you thought of a way to deal with me? Let's see... just how futile an ant's struggle can be!"

Betkas studied the two of them, noting their change in attitude, and thought to himself with interest.

The next moment, Son Goku and Piccolo both blurred out of sight with a pair of whooshes. Betkas saw them move and remained completely unbothered...

"Bam!"

"Bam!"

"Too slow!"

Betkas suddenly raised both arms to either side, forming a pair of upright L shapes, and blocked the punches Son Goku and Piccolo launched as they appeared on either side of him. Then he spoke casually...

Their attacks made a faint impact as he blocked them, but Piccolo and Son Goku's expressions didn't change. They both immediately swung their right legs at Betkas...

Betkas closed his eyes and swayed back and forth, dodging their pincer attack with a single cross-step. He made it look effortless...

"Kame... hame... ha!!!"

The next instant, Son Goku leaped backward and swiftly unleashed a Kamehameha with both hands, blasting Betkas at point-blank range...

"I told you... it's just a toy!"

Betkas looked at Son Goku's attack with disdain and casually waved his left hand to the side. The Kamehameha was immediately knocked off course and exploded in the distance with a rumble...

"Heh heh... Take this! Special Beam Cannon!!"

The next moment, Piccolo's distinctive voice came from Betkas's right. A powerful beam, surrounded by a spiral of energy and concentrated with all of Piccolo's strength, shot toward Betkas...

"You've got to be kidding, bringing out a move of this level!"

Betkas looked at the Special Beam Cannon coming from his right and curled his lips into a faint smile. With a contemptuous remark, he flicked his right hand just as it reached him, easily deflecting the attack...

"Got him!!"

In the next instant, Son Goku appeared behind Betkas. He reached out with both hands to grab the tail at Betkas's waist. Seeing that he was about to succeed, Son Goku cried out with delight...

"Tch... A Saiyan's greatest weakness really is the tail. But... not every Saiyan has a tail as a weakness!"

Betkas figured out what Son Goku was trying to do and sneered. His tail suddenly loosened like a serpent, executing a Dragon Tail Swing that struck Son Goku in the stomach and sent him flying...

"Bam!"

Son Goku crashed into a tree as he was flung away, then collapsed to the ground...

"Tch. Did it fail?"

Watching from a short distance away, Piccolo murmured with a slight change in his expression... He breathed anxiously, somewhat on edge. Using the Special Beam Cannon had already cost him a considerable amount of energy, leaving him much weaker for a while...

"Damn!!"

Son Goku struggled to his feet and stared at Betkas, whose expression remained unchanged. His face was full of frustration... He regretted that he'd almost succeeded just moments ago.

He didn't know who Betkas was, but the tail at his waist looked exactly like the one he'd had as a child. It reminded him that grabbing his tail had once left him completely powerless. That had given Son Goku a chance to win, but Betkas's reaction had been far faster than expected. He'd sent Son Goku flying with his tail alone...

"Now it's my turn to attack. Get ready!"

Just as Son Goku got back to his feet, Betkas spoke in a cold tone... Piccolo and Son Goku instantly grew alert, but the next moment, Betkas vanished from their shared field of vision in the blink of an eye.

"What are you looking at?"

Son Goku and Piccolo kept scanning their surroundings, wary of a sneak attack from Betkas... But Betkas suddenly appeared behind Piccolo and sneered.

"Oh no!!"

"Piccolo!!"

"Smack!"

Betkas merely swept his tail across Piccolo's stomach, easily sending him flying. The tremendous impact left Piccolo in unbearable pain...

Son Goku reacted at the same time and immediately prepared to rush forward, but Betkas teleported behind him again. He simply kicked Son Goku in the back, sending him hurtling forward... The powerful blow made Son Goku's back burn with pain as he clenched his teeth, still flying through the air.

"Boom!"

The next moment, as Son Goku and Piccolo drew close to each other, Betkas appeared between them in an instant. He pressed both their heads down and slammed them into the ground with all his strength!

Betkas drove both their heads deep into the ground... Then he spoke:

"Kakarot... You're far too weak. This level of strength isn't what we Saiyans should have. Remember, you're a Saiyan... and Saiyans must be strong! Being weak isn't our specialty!"

As Son Goku and Piccolo struggled desperately to turn over and fight back, Betkas continued:

"In one year, another Saiyan—far weaker than me—will come to Earth. He's after you, Kakarot. No, according to Earth's naming conventions, you're called Son Goku. Remember... If you're still this weak a year from now, it could mean the end of Earth..."

Betkas finished speaking and took off into the sky. Without another glance at the battered Son Goku and Piccolo as they struggled to turn over, he climbed into his spaceship and promptly left...