Frieza's eyes were much sharper than Bulma's. He knew that the spaceship was making an emergency landing.
He didn't care to guess why it had to make an emergency landing. It had nothing to do with him anyway.
But its landing direction was intriguing.
It was heading straight for that ugly green runt, Zarbon!
Zarbon was furious. He no longer cared about his handsome appearance. King Frieza had already made it worthless, anyway.
After transforming, his battle power had soared to 29,000!
He chased after Son Gohan and the others at a speed far beyond theirs, completely unaware of the fireball hurtling toward him.
One second... two seconds... five seconds later!
Boom!
Son Goku's spaceship struck Zarbon squarely in midair. The tremendous force slammed him into the ground, leaving only his limbs sticking out as they trembled nonstop.
What kind of force would a spaceship crashing straight down generate?
By Frieza's estimate, its impact was probably equivalent to a battle power of less than 30,000!
So Zarbon shouldn't have been killed by the blow. At worst, he'd be half-paralyzed.
"Miss Bulma, let's take a break here. We can enjoy some fine wine while watching this show!"
Frieza made the suggestion without waiting for Bulma's answer, landing directly on a small hill.
Once Bulma had landed, he waved a hand and put up a transparent energy barrier, mainly to keep the others from kicking up too much dust.
Bulma had guessed that the spaceship was Son Goku's. Its design looked familiar, and she could tell at a glance that it had come from Hoi-Poi Capsules.
But that area was at the center of the battle. She had a battle power of 1,000 now, but virtually no combat instincts, and her strength didn't seem useful at all.
Bulma wisely stayed under Frieza's protection.
She found a small Capsule in her Hoi-Poi Capsule case.
Poof~
A beach umbrella, a round wooden table, two beach chairs, and a refrigerator appeared.
Bulma opened the refrigerator and took out several cans of drinks. Frieza didn't stand on ceremony; he popped one open and started drinking.
"Ah, refreshing! Earth drinks really are the best."
Lounging in a beach chair, Frieza conjured up a pair of sunglasses and put them on. Every so often, he took a sip of his drink, looking every bit like a spectator enjoying the show.
In the distance, the spaceship's hatch opened, and a handsome young man with a crab-shaped hairstyle and an orange Battle Suit stepped out.
"Goku!"
"Dad!"
After the sudden turn of events, Son Gohan and Krillin had watched from a distance. They'd had a feeling it was Son Goku.
Who else would make a suicidal landing like that, besides Son Goku, whose mind was always filled with training and fighting? Krillin couldn't think of anyone.
Sure enough, there was that familiar orange outfit and hairstyle. Who else could it be but Son Goku?
Krillin grabbed Vegeta by the foot with one hand and ran toward Son Goku, thump-thump-thump. Even Son Gohan forgot that he could have flown over.
Vegeta, however, had it rough. As Krillin ran, his head hit the ground over a hundred times. He nearly got knocked out cold.
Finally, when Krillin hugged Son Goku, he instinctively tossed away the thing in his hand that was in the way.
Vegeta was free at last, but the spaceship's hull was waiting for him.
Clang~~~
The impact even echoed.
A person-shaped dent appeared in the hull. Once again, Vegeta became "Tragedy Vegeta," embedded in the spaceship.
"Uncle Krillin, look at that guy. Is that Vegeta?"
Huh?
At Son Gohan's doubtful question, Krillin looked where he was pointing.
Well, would you look at that? It really was Vegeta!
How'd he end up over there?
"Krillin, take this Senzu Bean to Vegeta. You're going to kill him at this rate!"
Luckily, Son Goku noticed that something was wrong with Vegeta just in time. His eyes were already rolling back, weren't they?
After Krillin left with the Senzu Bean, Son Goku ruffled Gohan's hair and quickly learned what had happened on Namek.
He also found out that Vegeta's battle power had risen to 300,000 after the Grand Elder unlocked his potential.
That was stronger than Son Goku was right now. His battle power was only 90,000, and the most he could currently use was the 15-times Kaio-ken, which would put him at a maximum of 1,350,000.
Still, Son Goku wasn't afraid at all. The thought of facing someone who could easily defeat Vegeta filled him with fighting spirit!
"Hey, what's that under the spaceship? Why's it twitching?"
Son Goku was curious. What was this strange thing where he'd landed?
Son Gohan immediately understood. He'd seen the ugly Zarbon get crushed into the ground by the spaceship with his own eyes.
"That's a bad guy! He and a bunch of aliens nearly wiped out the Namekians! Dad, you have to avenge Uncle Piccolo's people!"
Son Goku was at a loss. He loved fighting, but he had no interest in finishing off someone who could no longer fight back.
Son Goku wasn't willing to do it, but someone else was.
After eating the Senzu Bean, Vegeta was back to full strength, and he was seething with resentment toward Zarbon.
Boom~~
He fired a full-power energy blast, obliterating Zarbon and the nearly wrecked spaceship along with him.
"My Gravity Chamber!"
Son Goku wailed.
"Forget it. It was useless anyway. I'll just get Dr. Bliss to make another one when we get back!"
That was Son Goku for you, the undisputed grandmaster of optimism.
Vegeta glanced at Son Goku disdainfully. Although Son Goku was hiding his battle power, Vegeta could tell it wasn't over 100,000.
As for Vegeta, after recovering from the brink of death, his battle power had risen to one million!
No matter how strong Son Goku was, or how ridiculous his Kaio-ken might be, the Saiyan Prince would crush him!
In the distance, Frieza frowned. The plot seemed to have gone wildly off course.
If things kept going this way, Vegeta might become a Super Saiyan first!
That made no sense!
Slug was annoyed. Being dragged along by Frieza to do grunt work was one thing, but the person he'd set his sights on had been killed. When he'd tried to save him, some mysterious force had immobilized him.
By the time that force disappeared, Zarbon had already been blown to pieces. Slug had been about to go over and crush the others, but Frieza's voice had sounded in his mind.
"Play however you like, but you can't kill those people!"
He was frustrated, aggrieved, and miserable!
So he'd given up on playing along. Couldn't he just stay in the beat-up spaceship and mind his own business?
Slug didn't want to fight anymore, but Vegeta did, and so did Son Goku.
So just as Slug was about to happily enjoy a few drinks, a huge energy blast punched straight through the already battered spaceship.
Worst of all, all his wine was destroyed!
"Damn you! I spared your life, and this is how you repay me?"
Slug had seen Vegeta eat something and recover completely. His strength had also skyrocketed by more than three times!
But in Slug's eyes, that was nothing. Vegeta was still just a bug, albeit a slightly bigger one.
"Huh? Why's there a Namekian here?"
This time, not only Son Goku but also Son Gohan and Krillin saw him. They were all stunned.
Had a Namekian destroyed Namek?
Was this some kind of civil war?
What the hell was going on?
But the Namekian before them looked evil, and his aura was evil too—nothing like the peace-loving Namekians.
"Who cares who he is? Let's beat him up first!"
Vegeta charged forward. He was going to get revenge for that slap!
'Smack~~~'
Whoosh~~~
Ding!
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