The Eternal Second

Mount Paozu

Time passed like a white horse leaping over a crevice; in the blink of an eye, four months had already elapsed!

"Dad, let's go. I can already sense that evil energy!" Son Gohan looked up toward the two spaceships beyond the atmosphere.

"Mm, let's go!" Sun Wukong took off first, shooting toward the landing site of the spaceships with a thunderous boom!

Kame House Island

"Master, I'm heading out!" Krillin said his goodbyes to Master Roshi.

"Stay safe. If the sky falls, the tall ones will hold it up; don't try to be a hero!" Master Roshi instructed.

In his heart, Krillin was just as important as Sun Wukong!

"Yes, Master! I can sense that Wukong has moved out too! I'm off. Bye!"

Wukong made no effort to hide his energy, so Krillin, Tien Shinhan, and even Piccolo felt it like a guiding beacon and flew toward Wukong's position one after another.

Master Roshi watched Krillin leave with a serious expression, a glint of light flashing across his dark sunglasses until Krillin disappeared from sight.

"Finally gone. You brat, you held me up for so long, preventing me from practicing my yoga. Teacher Mikami, here I come, muah!"

Master Roshi's expression suddenly shifted into a lecherous grin as he strode back into the house to retrieve his collector's edition yoga instructional disc!

"Come, follow me, lift your leg, stretch higher..." seductive voices drifted from the television.

Master Roshi took off his sunglasses, and a mysterious stream of heat surged from his nose!

"That's right, still the same old pervert," the Sea Turtle outside the house nodded as if confirming his suspicions.

On a small island three thousand kilometers southwest of Mount Paozu!

"Hey, Wukong. You got here early?" Krillin greeted as he walked toward Wukong, who was standing on a hill.

"Mm, Krillin, you didn't have to come."

"Don't worry. I know my strength isn't enough, I'm just here to watch!" Krillin understood that Wukong had his best interests at heart.

Whoosh!

Piccolo, Tien Shinhan, and Chiaotzu had all arrived.

"Hmph, a bunch of weaklings, here to throw your lives away?" Piccolo mocked.

Tien Shinhan kept his mouth shut, ignoring Piccolo's taunts entirely.

Krillin stepped in to smooth things over: "Piccolo, don't say that. We're all friends!"

"Get lost, who's friends with you lot!"

"Sure, sure," Krillin replied, completely unbothered.

Though he was small, he was wise; he had realized over the past four months on Kame House Island that Piccolo no longer held the same murderous intent toward them as he once did.

"Hey, Sun Wukong, why didn't Son Gohan come?" Seeing that Son Gohan was absent, Piccolo asked Sun Wukong.

"Eh? He didn't come? Wasn't he the one who said let's go first?" Sun Wukong only then realized that Son Gohan hadn't come along with him.

"..."

Piccolo was speechless.

Back at Mount Paozu

"What's wrong?" Son Gohan had been about to leave, but Raditz had quietly pulled him aside, a look of indescribable hesitation on his face.

"Gohan, if you can, is it possible not to kill Prince Vegeta and Nappa?" After a moment of hesitation, Raditz pleaded on their behalf.

"Uncle, as far as I know, they have always looked down on you and treated you like a servant! Why are you still pleading for them?" Son Gohan looked at Raditz with some surprise, not understanding why he would intercede for Vegeta and the others.

"Gohan, ever since I came out of the cultivation tank, I have followed Prince Vegeta. Although his temper is poor, his pride is too great, and he treated me like a servant, all these years it was thanks to his maneuvering within the Frieza Force that Nappa and I were able to survive. So, I want to beg you to spare his life!" Raditz's tone shifted from timid to increasingly firm.

"Heh, Uncle. You look much more agreeable now!" Son Gohan said with a faint smile.

"So, you're agreeing to my request?" Raditz was overjoyed.

"Don't worry, unless it's absolutely necessary, I won't kill him. After all, there aren't many Saiyans left in this universe."

"Thank you, Gohan!"

"Alright, let's go. They should be landing soon!"

The two took to the sky, flying at high speed toward the target location!

In the air

Raditz looked at Son Gohan with a rather strange expression: "Gohan, why do you fly standing up?"

He didn't understand; clearly, flying horizontally could reduce wind resistance, so why did Son Gohan insist on standing? Was it some kind of special training method?

"Flying horizontally is uncomfortable. I like it this way. What? Do you have an opinion?" Son Gohan's mouth twitched, a trace of anger rising in his heart.

It seemed that everyone in this world had strange views about flying while standing!

"No, no, do as you please!" Raditz quickly lowered his head and accelerated to his limit!

"Hmph!!" Son Gohan was so angry he didn't want to fly anymore. He placed two fingers on his forehead and instantly teleported to the scene!!

"You're here, Gohan!!" Sun Wukong

"Yeah, Dad! Haven't they landed yet?"

"Soon!!"

Sun Wukong looked up at the sky. Vaguely, he could already see a small black dot!

"Gohan, where's your uncle?" Krillin stepped forward and asked.

"He's behind us. He'll be here soon!" Gohan pointed in Raditz's direction!

The two chatted idly!!

Ten minutes later!

"They're here!!!" Piccolo roared.

Everyone looked up. Two spaceships were plummeting rapidly towards a city thirty kilometers away!

BOOM!!! BANG!!

Beep beep,,

Two large craters were instantly smashed into the center of the city, roads collapsed, cars exploded, creating chaos!!

But driven by curiosity, some Earthlings still walked towards the location of the two spaceships.

In the crater

Creak!!!

The hatch opened, and two figures, one tall and one short, one fat and one thin, slowly floated up and out of the crater!

"Aliens??"

"That big guy looks so strong!!"

"Hello?? Konnichiwa,?? Hello??"

The boldest even stepped forward to strike up a conversation!!

"Nappa, it's too noisy!!" Vegeta frowned.

"Understood, Vegeta!! Hehehehe!" Nappa slightly raised his right hand, extending two fingers: "Here's a gift for you."

He pointed his two fingers upwards, and a surge of energy erupted from his body!!!

The entire city suddenly exploded, creating a massive ball of light. Everything was vaporized in an instant, turning into nothingness!!

"It's quiet now!!" Nappa patted the dust off his clothes.

On Sun Wukong's side

"Damn it!! How despicable!" Sun Wukong was furious.

Afraid of harming Earthlings, he had found a deserted spot to wait for their landing, simultaneously exposing his aura to guide them!

But he never expected Nappa to be so brutal, destroying a city in an instant!

Son Gohan also frowned,, "Baldy, if I didn't want to see what your Super Saiyan form looks like, I wouldn't have spared your life!"

With that, he also moved and flew towards Vegeta's location!

The remaining people also flew over!

Raditz, far away, sensed Nappa's aura. Even if he hadn't, he saw the massive mushroom cloud.

"Idiot, I just pleaded for you, and you've already found your own path to death!!" Raditz was also extremely angry.

He directly changed direction and flew towards Nappa!

On Vegeta's side!

"Beep beep beep beep!!!" The scouter suddenly emitted an alarm!

One, two, three...

A total of seven power levels were flying towards them!

"Impossible, how can there be such powerful beings!!" Nappa had naturally detected them too.

At the same time, he detected that among the seven power levels, two completely surpassed him!

One was eight thousand, and the other was ten thousand!

These two auras belonged to Sun Wukong and Raditz!

Sun Wukong's aura was exposed due to his rage, while Raditz hadn't yet mastered controlling his power.

"Nappa, this is not normal, we can't be careless. I'll handle those two, and the rest are yours, no problem?" Vegeta also became excited.

He hadn't expected Earth to have such power levels!

"No problem, Vegeta!!" Hearing Vegeta's words, Nappa instantly relaxed.

Little did he know!! Among the remaining five power levels, there was a Super Saiyan!!

Poor Nappa!