"Pretty good at hiding, huh..."
Jiang Ling muttered to himself.
His gaze locked onto a target, and he headed straight for it.
"One bubble tea, less ice, extra spicy, please."
Jiang Ling sat down at the bubble tea shop, holding his drink.
He began to wait.
That's right, he was slacking off!
Wasn't it better to let someone else do the searching while he waited for them to come to him?
He watched the hurried crowds.
Women of all kinds of charm passed by Jiang Ling.
Jiang Ling narrowed his eyes.
There were petite, adorable girls with twin tails and urban professionals in business suits.
But most of them were alluring, mature women, whose every glance and smile brimmed with charm.
Jiang Ling merely admired them quietly. He would absolutely never do anything inappropriate.
Even if someone with no clothes on walked right past him, he'd still act as though nothing had happened.
At most, he'd take out his phone and snap a picture.
Before he knew it, he'd finished his bubble tea.
Just as Jiang Ling was about to order another, a presence in the distance suddenly surged in his senses.
Yamcha's energy!
Jiang Ling froze.
He hadn't expected things to unfold just like in the original story, with Yamcha being the first to find the androids.
With a single leap, Jiang Ling shot into the sky, leaving the bubble tea shop employee staring blankly behind.
"Holy crap, oh my god, Superman!!"
Elsewhere.
Yamcha faced the two androids.
He'd barely released his energy when the fat android clamped a hand around his throat and lifted him up.
The pedestrians nearby had already fled far away. Those who hadn't were now corpses, leaving a wide-open area around them.
Yamcha felt the android's hand was like iron. He couldn't break free no matter how hard he tried.
He was gradually losing his breath, and the energy in his body was being drained away!
What's with this android? He can absorb energy too?!
I... I can't hold on much longer...
Someone... help me...
Yamcha's vision grew hazy, and his consciousness began to fade.
Pfft!!
The fat android thrust his other hand straight through Yamcha's stomach.
Blood spilled across the ground!
Just then, a shout rang out!
"Stop!"
The fat Android 19 and the tall, thin Android 20 looked up at the sky.
Then came a kick from above!
Bam! Bam!
Two strikes!
The androids flew backward and crashed into the wall behind them.
The wall crumbled instantly!
And beside Yamcha now stood a handsome, dashing real man with eyes bright as the stars!
Jiang Ling!!
Yamcha lay on the ground, a bloody hole in his stomach.
His eyes were wide, full of deep unwillingness.
Jiang Ling sighed, wiped Yamcha's face, and closed his eyes.
"Alas, I was still too late. Rest in peace."
The next moment, Yamcha's eyes opened again, as if he couldn't rest in peace.
A few faint words escaped his mouth.
"I feel like... there's still time to save me..."
Jiang Ling: "..."
Fine. What could he do when Yamcha was his manager?
Jiang Ling spread his hands, took out a Senzu Bean, and fed it to him.
By then, the others had also arrived at the scene.
One by one, they landed nearby.
The gaping hole in Yamcha's stomach healed instantly, and his energy returned to full.
"Jiang Ling, thanks for the Senzu Bean. I'd be dead right now without it."
Jiang Ling waved a hand, indicating that it was no trouble.
Yamcha looked at everyone and continued.
"Everyone, be careful. These two androids have devices on their hands that absorb energy, and they're incredibly powerful."
Everyone nodded.
Vegeta snorted. "All right, you can step aside now."
Yamcha: "***, you know what? I *****"
Whoosh—
A laser beam swept toward everyone, and they hurriedly dodged.
The laser sliced through the surrounding buildings, splitting them in half one after another.
The Earth's warriors were furious and shocked.
After all, they'd just escaped death by a hair!
Looking at the fat and thin androids, Vegeta felt insulted.
His aura flared, and he charged straight at them.
Boom!
One punch!
Android 19 raised a palm and caught it firmly.
Vegeta twisted his grip around the android's arm, then threw him over his shoulder.
He slammed into the ground, leaving a huge crater!
"Heh... That's it?"
Vegeta smirked and pummeled Android 19, driving his fists into the android's body until his stomach caved in.
The ground cracked into a vast spiderweb around the two of them.
Goku hurriedly shouted, "Vegeta, don't do that! You'll destroy the city!"
Jiang Ling glanced at Goku and shook his head slightly.
Just look at the damage the androids' lasers had already done to the surrounding area, and Goku was still worried about the city getting destroyed.
Vegeta said nothing. He gathered an Energy blast!
Then he hurled it at Android 19.
Seeing this, the android's lips curled up.
Instead of dodging, he held out his hand. A circular hole opened in his palm, and he absorbed the Energy blast.
Android 19 wore an expression of bliss.
"Oh, what a wonderful taste!"
Vegeta's eyes narrowed as he muttered, "He can even absorb Energy blasts?"
Whoosh!!
He charged forward again, choosing to engage Android 19 in close combat!
Meanwhile, the thin Android 20's eyes flashed. He gathered an Energy blast in one hand behind his back.
Just as he was about to attack and join Android 19 in ganging up on Vegeta, Jiang Ling appeared beside him, grabbed his wrist, and twisted it hard!
Crack!
His arm bent backward, and the Energy blast vanished.
"What? How can there be someone stronger than me?!"
Fear showed in Android 20's eyes.
When Jiang Ling had struck him just now, he'd felt a power far beyond his own!
As Android 20 stared at him in fear, Jiang Ling spoke slowly:
"Put that trick away, or you'll die right here."
Back on Vegeta's side.
Vegeta and Android 19 were evenly matched.
They traded one move after another.
The surrounding buildings were nearly all destroyed.
Each time Vegeta's fists struck Android 19, they rang out like iron hitting sheet metal.
The spectators had already retreated to a distance, ready to jump in at any moment.
Goku was starting to get restless. The fighting instinct in him was already stirring!
He shouted, "Vegeta, if you can't handle him, let me take over."
Hearing that made Vegeta inexplicably irritable.
"You're the one who can't handle him!!"
He put more force into his hand and punched Android 19 again.
Android 19 narrowed his eyes slightly, a smile on his face.
He raised a palm and wrapped it tightly around Vegeta's fist!
Yamcha saw it from nearby and hurriedly shouted, "Watch out, he's draining you!!"
Vegeta immediately felt a force pulling the energy from his body!
Not just his energy—somehow, even the yang energy inside him!!
Vegeta lowered his head, his body trembling.
"Ahhhhh... My energy!!"
Android 19 laughed arrogantly. "Hahahaha!! I finally caught you!"
But just then,
Vegeta raised his head, a mocking look in his eyes.
"Just kidding!!"
"What?"
BOOM!!!
Vegeta's aura erupted.
His power surged exponentially!
In an instant, he turned golden!!!
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