Leave Him Here to Fend for Himself!

"More or less." Soro nodded.

"Ninety thousand!" Vegeta's pupils shrank, and his face turned deathly pale. His lips trembled.

How could a low-class warrior possibly have a power level of 90,000?

His fist clenched unconsciously, his nails digging into his palm.

Cui was shaking even harder, his body trembling like a leaf. His face was ghostly pale, and cold sweat ran from his temples.

How could these people be so strong?

They had one higher power level after another!

This was bad. He had to hurry back and find Lord Frieza!

Otherwise, they really would beat him to death if he stayed here.

But at least they weren't on Vegeta's side.

Maybe he could play them against each other for a while.

Cui's gaze shifted between Soro, Piccolo, and Son Goku twice as his mind raced.

Just as Cui was thinking this, his stomach churned again.

His face twisted. Clutching his abdomen with both hands, he doubled over.

"M-my stomach... What's happening to it?" Cui looked baffled as he stared down at his belly.

It was slowly swelling again.

Then he felt his backside and looked at his hand. Red liquid stained his fingertips.

Cui opened his mouth, utterly confused.

Was he bleeding?

His pupils contracted slightly.

What on earth was going on?

In our race, only females...

Cui's mind began replaying what had just happened.

Just now, my stomach seemed to swell up.

"Congratulations." Soro grinned and gave Cui the answer. "You're pregnant!"

"Y-you said what?" Cui froze, eyes wide, completely stunned. "Pregnant?"

"The egg I gave you earlier makes you pregnant as soon as you eat it." Soro smiled, his tone casual. "I was good to you, wasn't I? I let you give birth to a child and keep your species going."

"Eating that egg makes you pregnant?" Cui's mouth twitched violently, his pupils shrinking as he finally understood.

No wonder that guy had randomly given me an egg to eat.

So he wanted to make me pregnant?

Cui gritted his teeth.

Wait!

No, that can't be right!

I, Cui, am male!

How could I possibly get pregnant?

"Then what was that bleeding just now?" Cui asked again, his voice tinged with panic.

"You had a miscarriage by accident." Soro sighed and shook his head. "My condolences."

Cui: "..."

Cui's mouth twitched violently, his whole face contorting.

"Wait..." Cui rubbed his stomach, then rolled on the ground in pain and groaned. "Why does it feel like something's still moving inside me?"

"You might be carrying twins." Soro made it up on the spot, his expression perfectly serious. "You miscarried one, but the other's still there."

Cui: "????"

Cui's eyes were as round as bells. He opened and closed his mouth.

Did that even make sense?

Why did it feel like Soro was pulling his leg?

Vegeta stared over at them, his gaze fixed on Cui.

Cui was pregnant?

Vegeta furrowed his brow.

Was this guy a woman?

He'd always thought Cui was a man!

But the women of this race were truly ugly.

And their voices sounded almost no different from men's.

All sorts of thoughts swirled through Vegeta's mind.

"Ah—It hurts!" Cui let out a pained howl that echoed across the empty wilderness. "My stomach..."

He kept rolling on the ground, crushing a patch of blue grass beneath him as he clutched his stomach, his face deathly pale.

Vegeta was in pain too. Beaten helpless by Piccolo, he lay on the ground, his chest still aching.

Just then,

Soro felt something and frowned slightly.

He suddenly turned to look diagonally upward, his gaze piercing the clouds and fixing on the distant sky.

"What's wrong, Soro?" Son Goku came over and stopped beside him.

"There are a lot of powerful energy signatures over there," Soro said thoughtfully, still looking in that direction. "They're heading this way fast."

"Huh? You're right!" Son Goku opened his senses a little, closed his eyes, then opened them again. His expression grew more serious, and the smile vanished from his lips.

Piccolo's expression darkened. Cold sweat slid down his forehead and dripped from the tip of his nose.

"Dad, Uncle Piccolo..." Son Gohan clutched the hem of his clothes, his little face pale with fear.

"Is that the galactic emperor named Frieza?" Piccolo asked gravely, keeping his eyes fixed on Soro.

"If nothing unexpected happens... it should be him." Soro pondered, tapping his chin twice with a finger.

He paused and looked over the others.

"We're still no match for him. Let's find somewhere to hide."

By now, Soro's base power level had reached 60,000, the same as Piccolo's.

Using his [Power Level × 500] skill would raise it to 30 million.

But even a power level of 30 million was still far from Frieza's.

Frieza's full power level was 120 million.

Thirty million against 120 million—that was no small gap.

It was better to avoid him for now!

Soro could turn into a Great Ape with the Artificial Full Moon and raise his power level straight to 300 million.

But he didn't think Frieza would give him the chance to transform.

That Frieza was cunning. He wouldn't just stand by and watch his opponent transform.

Better to hide first and see what happened.

"What about Vegeta and that guy?" Piccolo looked at Vegeta, then at Cui, still rolling on the ground. His voice was low.

"That guy..." Soro considered it, his gaze settling on Cui.

He pointed sharply at Cui from a distance, extending his index finger and aiming it at him.

An invisible burst of energy shot soundlessly from his fingertip, too fast for the eye to follow.

It swept over and enveloped Cui's entire body.

"Bang!"

Cui turned into a cloud of blood mist and died on the spot.

Flesh and blood sprayed in all directions, pattering softly onto the blue grass.

Soro sighed and shook his head.

What a shame to lose this little lab rat.

At least Frieza had plenty of underlings.

He could try it on another lab rat next time.

Soro shifted his gaze to the distant sky, where several powerful energy signatures were drawing closer.

In a moment, he'd stare up at Frieza from below and see if he could make that guy pregnant.

They were a little far away, but this was the best chance to turn Frieza into a lab rat.

The corner of Soro's mouth lifted slightly, then quickly settled.

Piccolo didn't say anything after seeing Soro kill Cui so easily, but his gaze lingered on Soro for a second.

Son Goku felt a little reluctant, and his brow creased slightly, but he also thought Soro had made the best choice.

Cui was one of Frieza's men. Keeping him alive would only expose their whereabouts.

"As for this guy..." Soro suggested to Piccolo, looking at Vegeta. "Leave him here to fend for himself! Let's find somewhere to hide and conceal our energy."