I'm a Saiyan Too!

As a string of words rang in everyone's ears,

Raditz was stunned. Piccolo and Son Goku beside him were just as dumbfounded.

Even Vegeta and Nappa at the other end of the galaxy found it unbelievable. Nappa was so shocked that he stood up, his face full of disbelief.

He was a Saiyan too!!!

Over the years, they had investigated the matter more than once... Almost every surviving Saiyan had vanished from existence!

Raditz's younger brother Kakarot was still alive—that was already a miracle. Now this guy had appeared, not only wearing Frieza Force Battle Armor but boasting a Combat Power of 5,000!

What did that mean?

It was a lot to take in.

"You're saying you're a Saiyan too?! Impossible! As far as I know, apart from me, Nappa, Vegeta, my foolish younger brother, and the brat my brother had with that Earthling, there shouldn't be anyone else!"

"And you're wearing Frieza Force Battle Armor. Do you think we're all fools?!"

"Wouldn't we know if there were any other Saiyans in the Frieza Force?!"

Raditz spoke with righteous indignation and absolute certainty.

After being challenged this much, Lin Chuan knew the moment he'd been waiting for had arrived.

After all, that was why he'd revealed his identity in the first place.

He wasn't afraid of people digging into his past; he was afraid they wouldn't care or ask.

He was a Saiyan, and he had to say so now. That would make it easier for him to fit into this world later.

Lin Chuan laughed and replied, "Heh! Nothing in this world is absolute. Things don't always go the way you expect! Besides, you're the one who assumed I was a Frieza Force soldier. I never said I was Frieza's dog!"

"Take a good look. You should recognize a Saiyan's tail, Raditz."

"I'm a Saiyan too!"

As he spoke, Lin Chuan released the tail wrapped around his waist.

Who would have paid attention to that detail before?

Everyone had been shocked by Lin Chuan's sudden appearance and the strength he'd displayed.

Now that they saw it, they were all stunned again.

"So you really are one of us Saiyans!" Raditz was the most shaken of them all. The tail was the best proof.

He stared at Lin Chuan and immediately pressed him again. "Tell me your name!!!"

"My Saiyan name? It's been over twenty years. If you hadn't asked, I'd almost forgotten it." Lin Chuan's lips curled into a sharp smile.

He knew Vegeta and Nappa were also eager to find out who he was, so he answered, "Talos!"

"But I prefer people to call me Lin Chuan!"

"Lin, as in forest, and Chuan, as in river!"

When he finished, Lin Chuan glanced at Piccolo and Son Goku on the other side.

He knew they were tense and worried, so he spoke up. "You two don't need to be so afraid. I didn't come to Earth with hostile intentions! You should be able to tell that I have no murderous intent."

"And you don't need to worry about Raditz doing anything, either. Even if he wanted to, he wouldn't dare with me here."

Piccolo and Son Goku were both taken aback.

Lin Chuan was far too blunt. That only made them find it harder to accept his words and grow even more suspicious.

Raditz, on the other hand, wasn't having it. "What exactly are you after? If you're not with the Frieza Force, why are you wearing that Battle Armor? And another thing! Are you saying you're going to protect Earth? Protect my foolish younger brother? You want to be a traitor to the Saiyans too?!"

Raditz fired off several questions in a row, clearly panicking.

He couldn't make head or tail of Lin Chuan.

He wasn't a soldier in the Force, yet he wore Battle Armor and had come to Earth after Raditz.

It was far too much of a coincidence!

And now the guy was clearly trying to protect Kakarot and that Namekian?

As far as Raditz was concerned, Kakarot had already betrayed the Saiyans!!!

With his thoughts in disarray, all Raditz could do was wait for Lin Chuan's answer.

Threats and inducements only worked on those weaker than him.

Raditz didn't have the nerve to try them on Lin Chuan, whose Combat Power was as high as 5,000.

He'd sounded so confident when he'd tried to recruit Lin Chuan earlier only because Vegeta was backing him.

So now, all he could do was question Lin Chuan as a Saiyan.

"'Traitor' is just what you call it! I came to Earth for a reason, but it's definitely not the same as yours."

"As for protecting Earth, Kakarot, and this Namekian—you got that right. I'm not going to let you hurt them... Speaking of which..."

As he spoke, Lin Chuan narrowed his eyes slightly.

The look made Raditz shudder, a chill running down his back. "Speaking of what?!"

"Speaking of which, don't you think you should be more worried about your own situation than about figuring out my motives—or whether I plan to protect Earth and Kakarot?" Lin Chuan narrowed his eyes.

He continued, "By your own account, you came to Earth to find your younger brother Kakarot and get him to help you invade other planets. But look how things turned out. Not only did you fail to win your brother over, you ended up in this mess instead."

"If you go back to Vegeta and Nappa now, they probably won't think much of you from here on out. With Vegeta's arrogance, he might even think you've disgraced him and kill you for being useless."

As Lin Chuan's scathing words fell, Raditz was left dumbstruck.

That was true!

What use did he have now?

He'd come all the way to Earth to take his younger brother Kakarot with him. Not only had he failed, he'd nearly been killed by the very brother who was weaker than him...

Even if he survived, he wouldn't get anything out of going back.

Besides, with a Combat Power of 1,500, he was dispensable in the group to begin with.

He'd always been given cleanup duty after battles.

Raditz's face darkened. He'd always thought of himself as a clever man.

He knew he'd always been looked down on!

So he'd kept a low profile around Vegeta and Nappa and tried not to speak.

If you were weak, you had no say.

This was a world where the strong preyed on the weak.

Raditz's serious expression surprised Lin Chuan. Just from his face, Lin Chuan could tell he understood his predicament.

"Looks like you get it. That's good. When all's said and done, you're just too useless. Your Combat Power has only reached 1,500 after all these years! I can tell you haven't trained at all. You just avoid danger and barely scrape by."

"So now you're even weaker than your own younger brother, Kakarot!"

"Otherwise, even if you'd had no chance to grow stronger, our Saiyan trait of growing stronger with every battle should have brought your Combat Power to at least 3,000 after all these years."

As Lin Chuan spoke, he tried to work out how Raditz had spent all those years.

Of course, being overshadowed by the genius Vegeta and the elite Nappa must have been frustrating.

There was a reason people said the strong only grew stronger while the weak only fell further behind.