"Yeah. He looks exactly like you, especially that distinctive hairstyle of his." Gine smiled.
"Wait here. I'm going to steal a spherical spaceship and send this child to another planet." Bardock had already made up his mind.
"Huh?" Gine stared at him. "Is this because of Frieza's plot?"
"That's right." Bardock fell silent. "My sense of unease keeps growing stronger. And with Luo Tian saying the same thing, I'm afraid this is worse than we imagined."
After saying this, Bardock slipped out of the house under cover of darkness and secretly stole a spherical spaceship from the base.
The couple put Kakarot inside the spaceship, then quietly made their way into a mountainous area.
"Come to think of it, worrying about your own child really isn't like a Saiyan," Gine said with a smile.
"Maybe your naivety is rubbing off on me," Bardock replied with a smile.
"Waaah! Waaah!"
Inside the spherical spaceship, Kakarot was crying loudly and pounding on the hull with his tiny fists.
He had only just come out of the incubation pod, and he still didn't seem used to the spaceship's cramped interior.
"Kakarot, stop fussing," Bardock said.
"Hey, Bardock, why don't we run away together?" Gine suggested.
"It's no use. Frieza and the others have Scouters. They'll detect our power levels right away, and then none of us will get away," Bardock said, shaking his head.
"So Kakarot was saved because his power level is only two?" Gine asked.
"Whether he'll be saved is still uncertain," Bardock said gravely. He set the spaceship on the ground. "I've programmed it to go to a distant planet called Earth. It has plenty of food, but its people and resources are of little value, so it's not a planet that attracts much attention."
"Kakarot, if your father is just worrying for nothing, we'll come get you soon." Gine leaned against the spaceship's transparent hatch and spoke to Kakarot inside.
"Remember, don't stare at the full moon for too long," Bardock added.
"I'll tell Raditz about it too," Gine said.
"Stay alive, Kakarot." Bardock waved to him inside the ship.
"Take care!" Gine held back her tears.
Kakarot reached out with his tiny hands and gazed blankly through the window at his parents.
Were Mom and Dad abandoning me?
What had I done wrong?
"Whoosh!"
A pale blue flame shot into the sky, quickly streaking into space before vanishing in an instant.
And so, the child of destiny was sent to Earth.
"Hey, Kakarot! Watch out for the Galactic Patrol!" Gine shouted.
The vast universe stretched beneath the boundless starry sky.
Frieza's spaceship drifted slowly through space.
"A Super Saiyan and a Super Saiyan God, huh?" Frieza sat in his hover pod, grinning maliciously.
"Lord Frieza, I believe that's nothing more than a clichéd hero's legend," one of his subordinates replied.
"Of course I know that. But I can't tolerate even the slightest unease." Frieza gave a soft laugh. "In any case, Saiyans are an exceptionally proud bunch. They would never become my completely loyal slaves. So it's time for them to be destroyed along with their planet."
"It's a shame, though. The Saiyans are excellent fighters," his subordinate said wistfully.
"How many Saiyans have returned to Planet Vegeta?" Frieza asked.
"Almost all of them should be back in another month," the subordinate replied. "Only a very small number are still out there, and they'll need more time to return."
"I can't wait that long... We'll tentatively set the plan for a month from now," Frieza said with a smile.
"Won't that make the survivors suspicious?" the subordinate asked.
"Heh. We can just tell them Planet Vegeta was struck by a giant meteorite, can't we?" Frieza said, his smile widening.
"Huh?"
At that moment, the subordinate suddenly noticed something.
"What is it?" Frieza asked.
"It looks like a spherical spaceship just passed by, far off in that direction," the subordinate hurriedly replied. "It seems to have been launched from Planet Vegeta... Let me see who's aboard."
The subordinate immediately worked the computer to check who was inside the ship.
"Uh, it's a Saiyan baby. Its power level is only... two." The subordinate nearly laughed.
Frieza: "..."
"Lord Frieza, should we shoot down the ship?" the subordinate asked.
"With a power level of only two, even if he survives, he'll have a hard time making it in this universe." Frieza smiled faintly. "I'll do a little good for once."
Subordinate: "..."
Lord Frieza, do you even know what good is?
You just can't be bothered to shoot him down.
On a distant planet.
Vegeta, Nappa, Raditz, and the other Saiyans had already wiped out most of the people living there.
Five-year-old Vegeta sat on a rock, chewing on a fruit that looked like an apple.
"Are you sure it's all right not to go back? You're the prince, after all," Raditz asked.
After the battle, Raditz had suffered a minor injury.
Vegeta and Nappa, however, were unharmed.
"Who cares? I'll just pretend I didn't hear them," Vegeta said indifferently.
"Fine..." Raditz thought that sounded like a good plan.
"All right. There are still plenty of survivors on this planet. We'll wipe them all out, without leaving a single one." Vegeta stood up, tossed aside the apple, and ordered the Saiyan companions gathered there.
Day after day passed.
Before they knew it, three months had gone by.
Frieza's spaceship hovered high above Planet Vegeta, in the stratosphere.
"Creak..."
The hatch of Frieza's spaceship opened.
"Whoosh!"
Frieza slowly emerged from the ship in his hover pod.
"Ahahahaha..."
Frieza let out a series of eerie laughs, a tremendously powerful Planet Destroyer Bomb gathering in his hand.
"Disappear, Planet Vegeta!" Frieza cackled as the Planet Destroyer Bomb in his hand swelled rapidly.
"Frieza!"
Bardock's aura burst forth. He raised his energy to its absolute limit and charged toward Frieza in the sky.
Frieza's face was full of contempt as he watched Bardock charge at him.
"Ahahahaha..."
Frieza let out a strange laugh and casually flicked his hand downward. The Planet Destroyer Bomb crashed down.
It blotted out the sky, carrying an overwhelming force.
"Crackle... Crackle..."
Arcs of electricity surged across the Planet Destroyer Bomb, as if it were about to devour the entire world.
"Ki Blast!"
Energy surged in Bardock's hand, and he hurled a powerful Ki Blast at the Planet Destroyer Bomb.
"Pfft..."
Bardock's Ki Blast was like a tiny drop of water in the ocean. The moment it touched the Planet Destroyer Bomb, it vanished without a trace.
Bardock's pupils contracted. He froze in place.
Too strong!
Just as Luo Tian had said, Frieza's power was probably unfathomable.
I can't do anything against this Planet Destroyer Bomb he summoned with a casual gesture.
The Planet Destroyer Bomb came crashing down toward Bardock.
Despair filled Bardock's face. He had lost all hope.
"Gine, Raditz, Kakarot, goodbye..." Bardock smiled helplessly.
"Whoosh!"
Just as Bardock thought he was doomed, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him.
"Luo Tian?" Bardock stared in surprise.
"Doing something you know you can't do..." Luo Tian sighed.
"Snap!"
A Scepter suddenly appeared in Luo Tian's hand.
"What's that?" Bardock stared at it.
"Uh, just something I use for work. Don't worry about it." Luo Tian smiled.
"Snap!"
Then the Crystal Ball on Luo Tian's Scepter suddenly shot out a brilliant beam of light.
"Crack!"
A blue vortex appeared in the space where Luo Tian and Bardock stood.
"Since we know each other, I'll take you out of here." As he spoke, Luo Tian kicked Bardock into the blue vortex.
Then Luo Tian dived into the vortex after him.
"Snap!"
The next moment, they both vanished.
Just as they disappeared, the Planet Destroyer Bomb came crashing down from the sky.
"Rumble!"
Planet Vegeta split apart on the spot, instantly turning into cosmic dust.
"Ahahahaha..." Frieza laughed excitedly. "The fireworks of a planet are as beautiful as ever."
No one knew how much time had passed before Bardock finally woke up.
"You're awake?"
Bardock took a closer look and saw two aliens beside him, one tall and one short.
Their skin was pale purple, and their appearance was bizarre. They had large, oval purple heads, with two antenna-like eyes standing upright on top.
Bardock furrowed his brow, his face full of caution.
"Ha ha, there's no need to be so wary. I'm the doctor in this village. My name is Ibana, and this is my son, Berry." The taller one greeted him with a friendly expression. "We found you unconscious in that distant forest, and Berry brought you back... Uh, this is a healing potion from Planet Plant."
As he spoke, Ibana took Bardock's arm and poured the healing medicine over his injured forearm.
Bardock paused.
This stuff... looked a lot like the healing fluid in a Healing Tank.
He'd just said this was...
Planet Plant?
Wasn't that Planet Vegeta's old name?
What was going on?
How had he ended up here?
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