"It's no use. The Scouter will find us soon." Bardock shook his head. "At least Kakarot's fighting strength is only 2, so Frieza probably won't notice him."
Gine felt that Bardock was right, so she stopped hesitating and went to set the spaceship's destination.
"I've set the program to take us to a distant planet called Earth!" Gine replied. "There's plenty of food on that planet, but its people and resources are practically worthless. It's a good planet that won't attract much attention! If Bardock's just worrying over nothing, we'll come back for you soon."
"Remember, don't stare at the full moon for too long!" Bardock reminded Kakarot.
"I'll tell Raditz that too," Gine replied.
"You have to stay alive!" Bardock waved to Kakarot inside the spaceship, his eyes full of tenderness.
"Goodbye..." Gine's eyes reddened as she fought to keep her tears from falling.
Kakarot stared with wide eyes, his chubby little face full of confusion.
Mom and Dad, are you abandoning me?
"Click!"
Gine pressed the spaceship's launch button, and two hot tears rolled down her cheeks.
"Whoosh!"
The spaceship shot into the sky, broke through the atmosphere in an instant, and flew into the vastness of space.
Frieza's spaceship.
"Lord Frieza, we just detected a spaceship launching from Planet Vegeta!" Berryblue hurried over to report.
"Oh?" Two veins bulged on Frieza's forehead.
"According to the data, there's a three-year-old Saiyan child aboard the spaceship. His fighting strength is 2, and his name is Kakarot." Berryblue relayed the information to Frieza.
"Why does that name and fighting strength sound so familiar?" Frieza paused, slightly taken aback.
"He's the one Soya mentioned... the one who might become a Super Saiyan someday. He's Raditz's younger brother." Berryblue smiled.
Frieza froze, his triangular eyes widening as a meaningful look came over him.
"Apparently, he just came out of the Incubator today. His fighting strength didn't increase at all in three years, so they might have exiled him because they thought he was useless." Berryblue tried to hold back her laughter, her face turning red. "Could someone like that really become a Super Saiyan someday?"
"If you want to laugh, go ahead. Just don't fart," Frieza said, glancing at Berryblue.
"Ha ha ha ha!" Berryblue burst out laughing, trying to keep herself from letting out a fart.
"Pfft..."
But Berryblue had laughed too hard. In the end, she couldn't hold it in and let out a long fart.
Frieza's brow furrowed tightly, and he quickly covered his nose.
"Lord Frieza, should we shoot him down?" Berryblue asked hurriedly, looking embarrassed. "After all, he might become a Super Saiyan someday."
Frieza: "..."
You're laughing that hard, and you still expect me to shoot him down?
Planet Beast.
After a whole day of clearing them out, nearly all the monsters on Planet Beast had been dealt with.
"It's been a whole day... and my fighting strength still hasn't come back... Is it really impossible to get it back?" Raditz gazed at the sky with a long sigh, feeling like he wanted to die.
Soya, give me back my fighting strength!
"Negative Emotion Points +888 from Raditz!"
"Don't rush. There's still a minute to go before the full day is up." Soya checked the time on the Scouter and smiled at Raditz.
Raditz: "..."
Like I care about one minute?
"Negative Emotion Points +666 from Raditz!"
"Wait for fate to take its course." Soya patted Raditz on the shoulder. "Actually, you don't need to worry. If your fighting strength doesn't come back after a day, you can wait another two days and see if it returns after three."
Raditz wanted to cry.
Do you know what I've been through this whole day?
And now you're telling me to wait another two days?
I don't want to wait anymore!
"Negative Emotion Points +666 from Raditz!"
You can't keep messing with me like this!
A minute later.
Raditz was overjoyed to feel his energy surging wildly.
In just a few seconds, his fighting strength had returned to 700.
Raditz immediately did a backflip, waving his arms around in excitement.
"Wahahaha! I can feel my fighting strength coming back!" The happiness had come so suddenly that Raditz hurriedly asked, "Soya, check my fighting strength!"
"Not bad. 700!" Soya nodded with satisfaction.
It looked like the side effect of the Battle God Water really did last exactly one day.
The whole day, without a second to spare.
Of course, a day here meant one rotation of Planet Vegeta.
That was almost exactly the same length as a day on Earth.
Now that he knew how long the Battle God Water's side effect lasted, Soya could make good use of it.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Vegeta flew over from the distance with Nappa and landed beside Soya and Raditz.
Vegeta immediately looked Raditz up and down.
Just moments ago, Vegeta had also seen Raditz's fighting strength change on his Scouter, so he'd flown over right away.
"I never thought the monsters on this planet could talk. I had no idea before," Nappa said with a grin.
"What did it say?" Raditz asked, startled.
"Something like 'say what, wave, hair, flower'... It kept biting its own tongue while it talked... It was a monster that looked like a bat." Nappa scratched his bald head. "I thought it was insulting me, so I beat it to death!"
Raditz: "..."
Raditz glanced at Soya and gave an awkward smile.
The monster you worked so hard to raise just died like that!
Soya: "..."
Was it easy for me to raise a Grinder?
And now you've killed it just like that?
I'll have to find a chance to raise another one.
Come to think of it, that Bat Monster gave me at least 300,000 Negative Emotion Points.
By now, Soya's Negative Emotion Points were once again approaching a million.
He'd soon be able to do a hundred draws again!
Soya felt full of anticipation.
How much fighting strength would he get this time?
Would he get the Legendary Super Saiyan Trial Card again?
"It looks like the side effect of that divine water really does last a day." Vegeta took off his Scouter and looked at Soya.
"Yeah, yeah." Soya nodded and took off his Scouter too.
"How long can it increase fighting strength for?" Vegeta asked again.
"One hour," Raditz answered for Soya.
Vegeta fell into thought.
It can increase fighting strength for one hour!
Should I try drinking some?
See how much it can increase my fighting strength?
The monsters on this planet had nearly all been cleared out, so there shouldn't be much danger.
But what if the side effect really does kick in...
What if Soya or Nappa turns against me?
Vegeta hesitated again.
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