Try Opening Your Eyes

Piccolo, Krillin, and Son Gohan had already run far away.

They stopped on a small hillside, their backs to the white light.

Though they were a long way off, even glancing in that direction made their eyes very uncomfortable.

"I didn't expect the Solar Flare to have this effect when used to this extent." Piccolo sank into a long silence, his voice low.

"It wasn't the Solar Flare." Krillin wiped the sweat from his brow and shook his head. "That really wasn't the Solar Flare! It can't be released continuously like that, either, and it needs sunlight."

"Yes, Uncle Piccolo." Son Gohan seemed to agree with Krillin. He nodded. "He shouted, 'Flash Technique!'"

"And..." Krillin sighed, his eyes still tinged red. "The light from the Solar Flare isn't as bright as his Flash Technique."

He paused, then had a thought. "Should we take this chance to finish off that guy named Nappa?"

"He's injured, but he should still have plenty of energy." As Piccolo spoke, he couldn't help turning to look.

The moment he did, Piccolo's vision went white again. He'd been hit.

Piccolo silently wiped his brow as tears welled in the corners of his eyes. He felt like crying, but couldn't.

Krillin: "..."

Krillin opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

"Even if you wanted to finish him off right now, you don't know where he is, do you?" Piccolo sighed softly and rubbed his eyes.

"Can't we sense his location?" Krillin mused, tapping his temple. "As long as we know roughly where he is, we can fire off a few special moves. We might actually kill him!"

"He's lying where he was just now." Piccolo thought it over and decided Krillin had a point. He nodded slightly. "Then let's attack together!"

"I... I'll join in too!" Son Gohan gritted his teeth and quickly agreed, clenching his little fists.

"Destructo Disc!"

"Special Beam Cannon!"

"Masenko!"

The three of them gathered their energy with their backs to the white light.

Krillin brought his hands together above his head. Between his palms, a rapidly spinning disk of energy formed, emitting a piercing hum.

Piccolo held two fingers to his forehead. A spiraling beam of energy gathered at his fingertips, golden light flickering.

Son Gohan thrust both palms forward, forming a golden Ki Blast that blazed with surging energy.

Then the three of them spun around dramatically, shut their eyes, and hurled their special moves toward the place where Nappa had been.

Three beams of energy streaked across the sky, trailing light of three different colors.

"Ah... ah... my...!"

Nappa let out a desperate cry that echoed across the empty wasteland.

"Rumble!"

The next moment, a huge explosion erupted where Nappa lay.

Flames soared into the sky as dust billowed and rocks scattered in every direction.

The blast left a massive crater in the ground, with charred soil heaped around its edges.

Soro heard the explosion and glanced in that direction.

He saw that Piccolo's Special Beam Cannon had pierced Nappa's thigh.

The beam had left a hole straight through his leg, and blood poured from the wound.

What's more, Krillin's Destructo Disc had sliced Nappa clean in half at the waist.

Then there was Son Gohan's Masenko.

It missed Nappa and struck the ground in front of him, exploding and blasting out a sizable crater.

Nappa's body was cut in half, and both halves twitched nonstop like two fish out of water.

His eyes were wide open, and his mouth opened and closed, but no sound came out.

He was clearly beyond saving.

"Ah... no! This isn't how it was supposed to go!"

Nappa was filled with resentment. His one remaining hand clawed at the ground a few times, leaving several furrows in the dirt.

His body twitched a few times. Then his head slumped to one side, and he stopped moving.

"Vegeta," Soro suddenly said, stopping the Flash Technique for the moment. His tone was casual. "How about we take a break?"

Vegeta's face had gone black as coal.

The corners of his mouth twitched, and his whole face twisted.

I've dazzled you so badly you can't even open your eyes. You don't have enough energy left to use that move, do you?

And now you want to take a break?

"Hmph." Vegeta snorted, lifting his chin slightly. "You're out of energy, aren't you? I refuse to believe you can keep using that Flash Technique forever!"

"Then why don't you open your eyes?" Soro asked with a cheerful smile, tilting his head as he looked at Vegeta.

Vegeta: "..."

He opened his mouth, but no words came out.

Vegeta felt the sting of that remark.

It was as if something had stabbed him in the heart.

"Go on, try opening your eyes." Soro watched Vegeta with interest, arms folded across his chest. "Didn't you say I was out of energy and couldn't use the Flash Technique anymore?"

"Hmph." Vegeta snorted and clenched his teeth. "Fine! I'll open them!"

He opened his eyes quickly, then shut them again at once.

His eyelids had barely parted when white light flooded in.

But Vegeta had opened his eyes too quickly to pinpoint Soro's exact location.

After all, Vegeta had tossed his Scouter onto the ground earlier and hadn't had a chance to put it back on.

Even if he'd put it on, he still wouldn't have been able to open his eyes. It would've been useless.

"Why'd you close them again?" Soro asked with a laugh, his tone tinged with teasing.

"You'll regret this!" Vegeta considered it seriously for a moment, then suddenly sneered.

He immediately turned toward where Soro was and snapped his eyelids open.

Ten minutes had passed!

I, Vegeta, refuse to believe you can keep using the Flash Technique forever!

That guy had to be out of energy by now.

A light this powerful had to consume a huge amount of energy.

Sure enough, the white light was gone!

A smile spread across Vegeta's face.

"So, are we taking a break or not?" Soro looked at Vegeta calmly, even slipping his hands into his pockets.

"There's no need!" Vegeta was truly furious, his chest heaving.

He hadn't even gotten a chance to fight since arriving on Earth.

Instead, this low-class warrior had dazzled him so badly that he couldn't even open his eyes.

What kind of shameless Saiyan were you?

If I don't finish you off today, I'm not Vegeta.

With that, Vegeta didn't hesitate for another moment. He charged toward Soro, his body becoming a blur as he tore through the air, a fierce pressure bearing down on him.

"You're the one who said you didn't want a break." Soro didn't panic in the slightest. He stood motionless.

Then he slowly uttered three more words.

"Flash Technique!"

A new round of magical attacks began.

White light burst forth in an instant, even more dazzling than before.

Vegeta had just reached Soro when he was hit again. Everything before his eyes turned white.

He couldn't see a thing. There was nothing but a vast field of white.

Vegeta felt as if he'd been struck by lightning, his body frozen in midair.

How did this guy still have the energy to use the Flash Technique?

Wasn't he out of energy?

This had to be the final wave of attacks!

He'd probably last another minute...

Yeah, one minute at most!

He'd use up all his energy for sure. Then it'd be the end of him.

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