Vegeta felt deeply conflicted about Son Gohan.
He wanted Gohan to be stronger than him, yet he also wanted him to be weaker.
In his eyes, among everyone present, including Tarble, Son Gohan had by far the greatest potential and talent.
It was a shame he'd let it all go to waste.
Still, Vegeta knew that everyone had the right to choose how they wanted to live.
He only regretted that such incredible talent had been wasted for nothing.
Son Gohan hadn't expected Vegeta to send him out. He froze for a moment. "Huh? You want me to go?"
"Gohan, Vegeta's right. You should go," Piccolo chimed in. "If you don't move around soon, your body's going to rust."
"You haven't trained in years."
"You're nowhere near as strong as you were when you fought Majin Buu."
Hearing this, Son Gohan didn't hesitate any longer. He nodded. "All right. I'll take care of them."
Abo and Kado saw what was happening and burst into mocking laughter.
"Ha ha ha! Kado, did you hear that? These guys only have around fifty thousand in battle power, and they're actually bragging that they'll take us down!"
"Ha ha ha!"
"That's hilarious!"
"Ha ha ha! Brother, these weaklings must have no idea how strong we are to spout off like that!"
"But we can take our time killing them and have some fun!"
"Sounds like a good plan, Kado!"
"Are you going first, or am I?"
"You go ahead and play!"
"Then I'll have some fun with him first!"
After settling who would go first, Abo stepped forward and taunted Son Gohan. "Hey, you there. You can bring a few more people along. Otherwise, I won't have much fun."
Son Gohan gave a cold laugh and looked at him as if he were an idiot. "I don't need anyone else. I can handle you alone."
"And I suggest you bring your brother, too."
"Otherwise, you won't even survive one move from me!"
With that, he released just a tiny fraction of his ki.
It was probably around fifty thousand in battle power.
Abo first froze at his words, then burst out laughing. "Ha ha ha! Kado, did you hear what this weakling just said?"
"He claims I couldn't even take one move from him!"
"Ha ha ha! A piece of trash with only fifty thousand in battle power dares to say that to me, the great Abo!"
"That's too funny. Is he trying to make me laugh to death?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the two brothers laughed wildly together.
"Ha ha ha!" x2
Seeing this, Son Gohan's eyes held a hint of pity.
How pathetic!
They didn't even know how strong their opponent was, yet they still dared to act so arrogant!
"Fifty thousand in battle power?"
"Then open your eyes and see how much battle power I really have!"
"Ha—aaaaah..."
In an instant, the ki surrounding Son Gohan surged violently.
Tarble hurriedly reminded Rix to turn off his Scouter. "Rix, turn off your Scouter, quick!"
As he spoke, he switched off the Scouter he was wearing.
Rix hesitated when he heard him, and was a moment too slow.
The next second—
Boom!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As Son Gohan unleashed his full power in his normal state, three explosions rang out on the spot.
His battle power had gone off the charts!
"What?!!!" x3
Rix, Abo, and Kado stared at the scene and cried out in shock, their faces filled with horror.
For just an instant, they had seen the numbers on their Scouters climb past ten million.
Abo and Kado were now utterly aghast.
They hadn't expected their opponent to actually be able to control his battle power at will.
When they'd heard about it through their Scouters, they'd scoffed at the idea.
They'd thought nobody in the world could freely control the level of their battle power.
But they hadn't expected to be proven wrong so quickly.
After their shock faded, their expressions turned grim.
The brothers exchanged a glance and nodded in perfect understanding, deciding to use their trump card.
Even so, they still hadn't given up on their foolish fantasy of recruiting Son Gohan.
"Hmph, kid, you're pretty impressive!"
"Interested in working for us?"
"Then you'd be the top man in the universe beneath the two of us brothers. We'd make you the universe's third emperor. How does that sound?"
Son Gohan mocked them. "Do you really think someone with my strength needs to work for you?"
"Enough talk. Whatever else you've got, bring it on!"
"Don't say I didn't give you a chance!"
Behind him, Piccolo, Vegeta, and the others frowned as they watched him dither.
They already knew these were their enemies. Why give them a chance?
He was far too merciful!
Still, none of them said a word.
Seeing that Son Gohan wouldn't be persuaded, Abo and Kado gave up on recruiting him.
The two stood straight, back to back, then stepped forward and crouched. They abruptly turned toward Son Gohan as their arms struck the same pose.
In unison, they shouted, "Red and blue—fusion!"
As soon as their words rang out, purple lightning crackled around them.
Boom!
A mass of purple flames instantly engulfed them and spiraled into the sky.
Three seconds later, the purple flames vanished.
The red Abo and the blue Kado had disappeared, leaving behind a hulking purple monster with spikes on its chin and arms.
"What?!!"
Everyone present except Tarble looked astonished.
Simple information about Son Gohan and the purple monster appeared before Tarble's eyes.
"Target: Son Gohan Race: Half-Saiyan Battle power: 20 billion"
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"Target: Aka Race: BUFF-race fusion warrior Battle power: 15 billion"
Gohan's battle power was only 20 billion?
As expected of Nobi Gohan. His battle power in his normal state was actually that low!
Still, Aka, the fusion of Abo and Kado, had grown much stronger.
But with that battle power, he still couldn't beat Gohan in his normal state!
Looking at the two sets of information, Tarble couldn't help making a quiet assessment.
Then he looked at Vegeta.
"Target: Vegeta Race: Saiyan Battle power: 90 billion"
Tsk, tsk!
That was far beyond Son Gohan's battle power in his normal state!
It seemed that after the battle with Majin Buu, Vegeta hadn't slacked off in his training.
Before Tarble could check the others' battle power, Aka's taunting voice suddenly reached his ears.
"Kid, are you scared?"
"It won't help. I, Aka, will slowly torture you until you die!"
"Take this!"
Before the words had even fully left his mouth, Tarble turned to look, but Aka was nowhere to be seen.
With a bang, Aka's figure appeared right in front of Son Gohan, and the two clashed for the first time.
Unfortunately for him, Son Gohan calmly raised one hand and blocked his attack with ease.
The seemingly fierce force of Aka's punch only ruffled Son Gohan's hair.
Seeing that Son Gohan hadn't budged an inch, Aka's expression changed dramatically.
"What?!!"
It hadn't been his full-strength attack, but it still shouldn't have been something a piece of trash with only fifty thousand in battle power could block.
Yet his opponent had stopped it solidly!
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