Frieza Arrives

The next morning.

Inside the villa.

Jiang Ling sat on the sofa.

Bulma leaned against his chest beside him.

"Grapes."

At his words, Bulma plucked a grape and popped it into his mouth.

"Pineapple."

Jiang Ling continued.

Bulma speared a piece of pineapple from the fruit bowl with a bamboo pick and fed it to him.

"Milk." Jiang Ling paused, then said.

Bulma picked up the milk and fed it to him.

Her movements were gentle.

Her eyes were full of tenderness.

Now, Jiang Ling was the only one in her eyes.

Clearly, this beauty had been successfully won over by Jiang Ling!

As Jiang Ling enjoyed her attentions, something suddenly occurred to him...

"Bulma..."

"Call me little sister."

"Little Sister Bulma, the Namekians should have left by now, right?"

Bulma nodded. "A few months ago, the Dragon Balls became usable again, so we revived Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu. Our third wish was for them to move to a suitable planet. Why do you ask?"

"..."

Jiang Ling felt a little wistful.

"Before I knew it, I've been on Earth for a year."

"Yeah, it's been a year. Time really flies..." Bulma was just as wistful.

A year ago, she and Jiang Ling had first met in the bathroom in a rather comical way.

"Mm... A year?"

Jiang Ling furrowed his brow, realizing something was wrong.

A year had passed, which meant Frieza was about to invade Earth!!!

The moment the thought crossed his mind,

he sensed several evil auras heading toward Earth!

Two of them were especially powerful!

Jiang Ling shot to his feet and looked up at the sky.

At the same time, North Kai's telepathic message came through.

"Jiang Ling, Jiang Ling! Frieza and his father, King Cold, are heading for Earth! Goku isn't on Earth right now, so I can only ask you to handle this!"

"Okay!"

Jiang Ling answered.

His expression turned grave.

"Bulma, we've got another enemy. It's Frieza, the one from last time."

"What? He's still alive? Goku didn't kill him!?" Bulma was incredulous too.

"I don't know. I have to go fight. Wait for me at home!"

Jiang Ling said in a deep voice.

Bulma shook her head. "I'm coming!"

"Be good and wait for me at home."

Jiang Ling stroked her hair.

"Take me with you. We can use the Dragon Balls to bring each other back anyway. If we die, we die together." Tears welled in Bulma's eyes.

Bulma's concern was not unfounded. Jiang Ling's current strength was nowhere near that of Goku, the Super Saiyan.

"All right."

Jiang Ling said solemnly, "But you have to stay far away from the fighting."

He pressed a kiss to her forehead.

Then he carried Bulma up into the sky.

If he went and never came back,

then he went and never came back!

That was the mindset Jiang Ling carried with him.

He didn't know that, because of his arrival, Trunks would show up as expected.

All across Earth,

Tien Shinhan, Vegeta, Yamcha, Krillin, Gohan, Piccolo, Master Roshi, and the others all sensed Frieza's aura.

"Such a powerful evil presence."

"Why are they invading Earth?"

"Huh? That's Frieza's aura. Did Dad fail to defeat him?"

"Damn it, Kakarot! You idiot! You didn't kill him!"

Deep in a remote mountain forest,

a Gravity Training Room stood.

Vegeta had returned a few months earlier.

He'd been holed up here, training ever since.

Feeling the aura, he gritted his teeth and shot into the sky.

He knew he wouldn't be much use in a fight, but he still headed for the battlefield.

The other Earth warriors did the same.

They pressed forward without hesitation, with no way back!

Before long,

Jiang Ling carried Bulma to a spot some distance from where the ship was going to land.

He closed his eyes and quietly waited for the others to arrive, as well as for Frieza to descend.

It wasn't long before the other Earth warriors arrived, including Vegeta.

"Hmph!"

Vegeta saw the others, then Jiang Ling, and snorted.

"Earth's about to be destroyed. Nobody can stop Frieza now."

The Earth warriors weren't exactly friendly toward Vegeta either.

After all, he'd killed them once before!

"Oh, it's Vegeta. Let's spar sometime."

"Who's afraid of who? Don't blame me when I beat you until you're calling for your mommy," Vegeta scoffed.

Just then,

the spaceship landed nearby.

Vegeta said in a low voice, "Quick, suppress your power levels. They have scouters. Then we'll walk over and see what they want."

"No need." Jiang Ling shook his head and flew over.

"Arrogant fool."

Vegeta berated him.

Jiang Ling turned and glanced at him.

"If we're all going to die, like you said, what difference does it make whether we die sooner or later?"

"Uh..." Vegeta felt the mysterious Saiyan had a point, so he didn't argue.

From Piccolo's expression, he could tell Piccolo agreed with flying over too!

"Fine, then. We'll fly. Dying a little sooner won't make a difference."

Vegeta shrugged.

Jiang Ling told Bulma to stay put and wait there.

Then he kissed her forehead again.

Bulma nodded.

"Y-you two...?"

Yamcha's eyes widened as he watched Bulma and Jiang Ling being so intimate.

For a moment, he didn't know what to do.

When he was young, he hadn't appreciated how wonderful Bulma was. Now that he saw how gentle she could be, Yamcha regretted it.

But she was with his boss and friend.

That left him at a loss.

He felt terribly conflicted...

A gentle breeze whispered through the sky.

The trees swayed in the wind.

A green leaf fluttered down onto Yamcha's head.

"My beloved father, you must help me get revenge this time."

Frieza, covered in bandages, spoke with a venomous expression.

Beside him stood a monster far larger and more muscular than he was. It was his father, King Cold.

"Heh heh heh~"

"This tiny little planet? We can simply destroy it!"

"No." Frieza shook his head.

"When he comes back, I want him to watch as I beat these humans to death one by one. I'll make him understand what despair feels like!"

"You've got potential." King Cold nodded, looking impressed.

"Men, come out!"

King Cold clapped his hands. "Fan out and round up all the Earthlings. Understand?"

"Understood!!!"

The soldiers were just about to scatter when, the next instant, several Energy blasts slammed into their ranks.

The Energy blasts exploded!

Boom...!!!

A whole group of soldiers was blown to pieces.

Only a handful remained, having been lucky enough to dodge.

"Who's there?!"

King Cold and Frieza looked toward the figures on the hillside, their brows furrowing.

At the head of the group stood a man with jet-black hair and a tall, handsome build!

He wore casual clothes, but they did nothing to hide his good looks.

His presence stood out among them all.

It was Jiang Ling and his friends!