Vegeta Was Beaten to Tears

"Krillin." Son Goku turned to Krillin, his brow furrowing slightly. "Did you say that Saiyan named Soro was using a technique called the Flash Technique?"

"That's what he said." Krillin nodded lightly, folding his arms. "And he can fire it repeatedly..."

"That's incredible!" Son Goku exclaimed, admiration flashing in his eyes.

"But we still don't know whether he's friend or foe." Krillin sighed again, unable to look toward the distant mass of white light.

"He's probably a friend," Son Gohan guessed, tilting his head as he thought it over. "After all, he's fighting those two Saiyans!"

His energy doesn't seem evil. Son Goku smiled faintly, his gaze softening. "Maybe he's a good person."

He rubbed his fists again, a dry smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.

"I thought we'd get to have a proper fight with them!"

"Should we go take a look?" Krillin turned toward the distant, blinding mass of white light and narrowed his eyes.

The moment he looked, Krillin immediately ducked his head back and raised a hand to shield his eyes.

It was too bright!

Tears welled up again.

"Let's go." Piccolo made the decision at once and shot into the air, his feet leaving the ground. "We need to find out how the fight ends!"

Krillin and Son Gohan exchanged a glance, then flew after him.

Son Goku was the last to take off. The four of them flew toward the area engulfed in white light.

Vegeta pushed his speed to the limit, the wind roaring in his ears.

He felt that he had finally shaken Soro off.

Only then did Vegeta gradually slow down and slowly open his eyes.

His eyelids lifted a little at a time.

The moment he opened them, Vegeta was blinded by the white light all over again.

The light was like a sharp sword, stabbing straight into his pupils.

"Argh..."

Vegeta cried out. His body stiffened abruptly, as if struck by lightning.

He hurriedly shut his eyes, swaying in midair.

What was going on?

Why was that guy still following me?

I clearly pushed my speed to the limit!

I should've lost him by now!

How could he still keep up?

"You can't get away, Vegeta!"

Soro's voice rang in Vegeta's ear, close enough to be right behind him, less than a meter away.

Vegeta's face turned deathly pale, and his lips trembled.

He shook with rage, his fists clenching so tightly they creaked.

"Say it." Soro spoke with a grin, his voice tinged with mockery. "You're a loser, and you're never coming back to Earth. Maybe then I'll consider letting you go!"

"You—you—you..." Vegeta was beside himself with rage. His face darkened further, and the veins in his forehead bulged one by one.

"Don't want to say it?" Soro's grin grew brighter, his tone light and casual. "Then let's keep going!"

He paused, then slowly uttered five words.

"Continuous Flash Technique!"

Wave after wave of white light poured out, flooding over Vegeta like a tide.

"If you've got any guts, stop using such a dishonorable move!" Vegeta roared, his voice filled with barely contained fury.

"Didn't you say I was almost out of energy?" Soro watched Vegeta with interest, tilting his head. "That once my energy ran out, I wouldn't be able to use the Flash Technique anymore?"

Vegeta fell silent, the corner of his mouth twitching as he clenched his teeth.

"Let me tell you a secret." Soro grinned, baring his pearly white teeth. "I can keep using this move forever. It doesn't use up any energy at all."

Vegeta: "..."

Vegeta's mouth twitched, and he felt as if the sky had fallen.

He could use this move forever?

How was he supposed to fight that?

He couldn't see, and he couldn't get away...

Vegeta felt that coming to Earth this time had been a terrible mistake.

He regretted it with all his heart.

"Do you dare put away that disgusting move of yours?" Vegeta asked through gritted teeth, his voice squeezed out between them. "Fight me properly."

"No!" Soro said with a grin, shaking his head and folding his arms.

Put away the Flash Technique?

Not a chance!

Why would he put away such a great technique?

Soro also wanted to use Vegeta as a test subject.

Could repeated blasts of the Flash Technique make him go completely blind?

Vegeta said nothing, his chest heaving as he once again felt wounded and furious beyond measure.

"Do you think you can get away?" Soro's voice rang out again, tinged with amusement. "You don't seem as fast as me."

"Grrr..."

Vegeta was so furious that tears fell from his eyes. His body shook even harder, like a sieve.

Two streams of hot tears slid from his tightly shut eyes and ran down his cheeks.

But the next moment, Vegeta flew into a rage and charged wildly toward where Soro's voice had come from.

He swung his fists wildly and kicked at the air.

But because he couldn't see, Vegeta only struck empty air, his body sweeping past Soro.

"Thud!"

Soro performed an inverted hook kick, flipping through the air as his heel slammed into Vegeta's head.

"Aaargh..."

Vegeta let out a scream that echoed across the open sky.

His body fell rapidly from the air like a stone.

"Boom!"

With a tremendous crash, Vegeta plunged headfirst into the ground below.

The earth burst open into a deep crater, dust billowed, and shattered stones flew in every direction.

Vegeta lay at the bottom of the crater, covered in dirt and rubble.

"Ah... ah... ah..."

At that moment, Vegeta felt as if his whole body had been smashed to pieces.

Every bone hurt, and every muscle spasmed.

At the same time, Vegeta was utterly shaken.

This guy's battle power was clearly only 1,000. How could he have badly injured me?

Could his battle power have surpassed mine?

Impossible. He's just a low-class warrior!

I, Vegeta, am a super-genius warrior!

How could a low-class warrior surpass me?

So... had he been using the Flash Technique this whole time just to toy with me?

He clearly had the strength to beat me...

The thought made Vegeta feel even more crushed.

It was as if an invisible hand had seized his heart and squeezed hard.

Two streams of hot tears ran from the corners of Vegeta's eyes, mixing with dirt and leaving two trails down his face.

Vegeta cried.

Soro had beaten him to tears.

The worst part was how humiliating the fight had been.

"Pathetic." Soro landed beside Vegeta, shaking his head with a disappointed look. "You're no fun at all."

"You—you... what did you say?" Vegeta gritted his teeth and climbed to his feet, swaying unsteadily.

He reached out, groping blindly in front of himself.

Then Vegeta slowly opened his eyes, his eyelids trembling as they lifted just a crack.

"Flash Technique!"

Soro released the Flash Technique again, and white light burst forth in an instant.

"Argh..." Vegeta screamed and hurriedly shut his eyes, reeling backward.

"Continuous Flash Technique!"

Soro had an idea. He moved closer to Vegeta, bringing himself right up in front of him, and activated the Continuous Flash Technique. White light flashed wildly before Vegeta's eyes.