Reke was unaware, as he flew toward the monster, that a life-or-death crisis was unfolding on his home world, Planet Vegeta.
Not long after he arrived on Udrapa Planet, his ship received a recall order from Planet Vegeta.
It could only be said that he was incredibly lucky; he had destroyed his scouter the day after arriving, otherwise Frieza would certainly have been able to monitor that he was still alive.
Had that happened, a pursuit squad would have been sent after him, but because he had destroyed the device, Frieza's side assumed he was dead, allowing him to escape disaster.
Of course, he did not know this yet and was still trembling with fear over potential pursuit from Frieza.
Kakarot had also already been born, and before Reke went to find the monster, Kakarot had already been sent to Earth by his father, Bardock.
The region surrounding Planet Vegeta had been blockaded by Frieza's forces, and any ship attempting to leave would be shot down.
Kakarot's ship had departed just before they established the blockade, which planted the seeds of Frieza's own destruction.
Back on Planet Vegeta, inside the Saiyan royal palace, King Vegeta had gathered all the elite warriors together.
He, too, had received news of Frieza blockading the star sector and descending upon them.
"My King, Frieza is leaving us no way to live. Let us rebel! I will take the vanguard," a Saiyan with a pineapple-style haircut said, looking at King Vegeta on the throne.
"That's right, my King, let's rebel!"
"My King, we must strike first!"
"My King, we should take advantage of the fact that they aren't on guard and sneak onto their ship to launch a surprise attack."
As soon as the bald man finished speaking, the others chimed in.
King Vegeta looked at the dozen or so elite warriors below; they were his entire foundation.
Do not be fooled by the fact that there were thousands of Saiyans; among those thousands, there were only these dozen or so elite warriors, each with a combat power exceeding 6,000.
Not to mention that after transforming into a Giant Ape, their combat power would multiply by ten, bringing each of them to over 60,000.
As far as he knew, no one at Frieza's side could stop them; they could slaughter them at will. As long as he killed Frieza, no one would ever be able to suppress the Saiyans again.
King Vegeta's emotions were stirred by his subordinates, and having already harbored thoughts of rebellion, he no longer hesitated. He rose from his throne, waved his hand, and declared: "Very well, we rebel! Naku, Cappa, the two of you will come with me to the ship to assassinate Frieza."
"The rest of you follow behind us, ready to attack at any moment."
"Understood, my King!"
The warriors below struck their chests with one hand and answered in unison.
King Vegeta flicked his cape and walked out first, with the other warriors following closely behind.
"Lord Frieza, the leader of the Saiyan monkeys has come to request an audience. It may be with ill intent; shall this subordinate handle it?" Zarbon received the news and reported to Frieza.
"Ho ho ho ho ho! No need. Let those monkeys come; I want to see what kind of good show they put on for me." Frieza swirled the red wine in his glass and said with a laugh, as if he had heard a joke.
"Yes!"
As Frieza's confidants, Zarbon and Dodoria clearly felt a chill, knowing their Lord had developed the intent to kill.
Zarbon hurriedly answered and passed the message to his subordinates.
Dodoria, meanwhile, had cold sweat on his forehead and stood beside Frieza, not daring to say a word.
When King Vegeta walked through the hatch with his two elite warriors and saw Frieza still sitting in his hover-chair, he immediately signaled his subordinates.
He raised his hands toward Frieza and shouted:
"Frieza, die! Once you are dead, I shall rule the universe."
In an instant, countless energy blasts flew from King Vegeta's hands toward Frieza.
"Ho ho ho ho ho!" Frieza laughed in extreme rage.
He narrowed his eyes, and an aura erupted from his body.
In an instant, it extinguished King Vegeta's energy blasts.
King Vegeta's two subordinates were just about to move, but they were so terrified by Frieza's aura that they didn't dare to budge.
King Vegeta was stunned for a moment; he hadn't expected Frieza to defend against his attack so easily, and a bad premonition arose in his heart.
But he was not prepared to give up yet. He fired an energy blast at the ceiling of the ship, punched a hole through it, and flew out.
Frieza did not stop him as he watched his actions, but simply followed him outside.
There, he saw over a dozen Saiyan monkeys already standing there, all waiting for King Vegeta's move.
"Frieza, don't get cocky! With our 10x combat power after transforming, let's see how you block this."
A ball of light rose from King Vegeta's hand into the sky, and the Saiyans fixed their eyes upon it.
One by one, their bodies began to swell, and before long, over a dozen hundred-meter-tall brown Giant Apes appeared.
The leader, King Vegeta, opened his blood-red maw and said: "Frieza, I now have a combat power of over 100,000. Go to hell!"
A yellow energy gathered in King Vegeta's mouth, and the other elite warriors followed suit, brewing energy cannons in their mouths.
"Ho ho ho ho ho!"
After enjoying the monkey show, Frieza said sinisterly: "My combat power is 530,000." As he spoke, he held up his finger to emphasize the point.
The energy gathering in King Vegeta's mouth paused for a moment, then he suddenly fired it at Frieza.
"Stop lying to yourself! Go to hell!"
King Vegeta did not even realize that his voice was trembling.
He knew his bad premonition had come true, but in this situation, he had no way out and could only continue his assault.
Frieza did not even glance at King Vegeta's energy blast, completely ignoring the energy right before his eyes.
He extended a single finger and fired Death Beams at the other Saiyan monkeys.
Streaks of red energy pierced the hearts of the Giant Apes, preventing them from even firing the energy blasts in their mouths; they lost consciousness instantly, their bodies slowly shrinking as they drifted in space.
King Vegeta shook with rage; he knew he had lost, defeated utterly and completely, and in his unwillingness to accept it, he raised his fists and charged toward Frieza.
After finishing off the small fry, Frieza looked at King Vegeta, instantly appeared at his chest, extended his right hand to pierce his heart, and tossed him aside like trash.
King Vegeta did not even last a second; he was one-shotted by Frieza.
After disposing of King Vegeta, Frieza looked at the red Planet Vegeta in the distance.
He extended a finger, and a black energy sphere gathered at his fingertip, growing into a massive object hundreds of meters wide in a second, before he pointed it toward Planet Vegeta.
Just then, a warrior with a crab-like hairstyle and a scar on his left cheek flew out from Planet Vegeta.
He stood before the Planet Destroyer Ball, gathering all his energy into his right hand.
As he hurled it at the Planet Destroyer Ball, he shouted, "Frieza, let this strike of mine change everyone's fate! Go to hell!"
The warrior's energy blast touched the Planet Destroyer Ball without even causing a ripple before it was swallowed whole.
The destroyer ball continued to descend toward Planet Vegeta, engulfing the warrior, but his actions had caught Frieza's attention and left a deep impression on him.
"Bang! Boom!"
Frieza watched the planet disappear before him. "Ho ho ho ho ho! Mr. Zarbon, Mr. Dodoria, look at this moment of planetary explosion—it is truly beautiful."