King Cold Arrives

"We can cut back on the reading, but you still have to study!"

"Okay!"

Son Gohan nodded.

As long as Chi-Chi didn't keep such a close eye on him, his clone could handle the studying with no trouble.

"Then, Mom... this fifty million!"

"Cough!"

Chi-Chi coughed and looked at Son Gohan with a stern expression.

"Gohan, you're still a child. I'll hold on to this money for you for now!"

The man standing nearby let out an awkward laugh.

Son Gohan might have been a child, but... he had already achieved the lifelong dream of every working stiff like them.

"Well, Mr. Sun, if there's nothing else, should we head back?"

"Mm!"

Son Gohan nodded.

Seeing this, the two men immediately left Son Goku's house.

"Gohan, go back to your room and study!"

"Oh!"

Son Gohan said, then walked back to his room.

"Fifty million!"

As soon as she saw the money, Chi-Chi began counting it with a greedy look on her face.

"With all this money, I can buy a house in West City and send Gohan to school there!"

In space, at the spot where the planet Namek had once been.

A spaceship identical to Frieza's was now floating in space.

It was King Cold's spaceship, Frieza's father.

King Cold stood in the spaceship's control room, gazing out into space.

One of the workers in the control room suddenly reported to King Cold.

"Ki... King Cold, Planet Namek is gone!"

"Gone?"

"Yes..."

The worker trembled as he spoke.

"According to our observations... Planet Namek didn't explode. There's no debris from an explosion anywhere nearby. I think... it may have been transported somewhere else by the Namekian Dragon Balls!"

"Somewhere else!"

King Cold's eyes narrowed slightly.

"Y-yes!"

"Where is the Saiyan who killed Frieza?"

"King Cold, it seems he's on Earth!"

"Then set course for Earth!"

"Yes, King Cold!"

Time flew by, and a week passed in the blink of an eye.

Ever since Son Gohan had come clean, his life had improved greatly, and Chi-Chi had become much gentler toward him and his father.

Son Gohan and the others were training on Mount Paozu when they suddenly felt an incredibly powerful ki.

It was King Cold's ki.

"S-so much ki!"

Piccolo's expression turned grave.

"And it feels a lot like Frieza's ki!"

Son Goku said.

"Mm!"

Piccolo nodded.

"But shouldn't Frieza have already been defeated by Gohan?"

"I don't know!"

Son Goku shook his head.

Piccolo said, "Then let's go check it out."

"Okay!"

Son Goku said, then took the two of them to where King Cold was about to land.

At the same time.

Krillin and the others on Earth also sensed King Cold's ki.

"S-so much ki! Is some powerful enemy coming to Earth again?"

"Mm!"

Master Roshi nodded.

"Then go take a look."

"Got it, Master Mutaito!"

Krillin said, then left Kame House.

Elsewhere.

Son Goku, Piccolo, and the others arrived at a mountain outside West City.

The three of them looked up and saw a spaceship shaped like a disc.

It was King Cold's spaceship.

It had just broken through the atmosphere and was about to land on Earth.

"A spaceship just like Frieza's!"

Piccolo's expression was grim.

"Mm!"

Son Goku nodded.

Just then, Vegeta flew over from the distance.

Thud!

As soon as the words left his mouth, Vegeta landed beside Son Goku.

"Vegeta!"

Vegeta nodded and looked at King Cold's spaceship as it descended.

Boom!!

A minute later, King Cold's spaceship landed safely on the ground.

Krillin and the others arrived just then.

"Krillin!"

"Uncle Krillin!"

"It's been a long time, Goku, Gohan!"

The two nodded.

"Goku, who exactly is this guy who's come this time?"

"I don't know!"

Son Goku shook his head.

"But his spaceship looks exactly like Frieza's, and his ki feels a lot like Frieza's too!"

"Fr... Frieza? The guy even you couldn't beat, Goku?"

"I couldn't beat him before, but now I'm absolutely sure I can!"

"Really?"

Hearing that, Krillin immediately felt reassured.

Just then, King Cold's spaceship opened, and numerous soldiers wearing Saiyan Battle Suits came out and formed two neat rows.

"Thud..."

With a heavy footstep, a man who looked remarkably like Frieza in his first form emerged from the spaceship.

He was Frieza's father, King Cold.

"W-who is that? Why does he look so much like Frieza?"

Vegeta clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

Until now, he had thought Frieza might have survived Son Gohan's attack.

"Welcome, King Cold!"

Just then, the soldiers standing on either side respectfully saluted King Cold.

"Mm!"

King Cold nodded.

"Cold!"

Hearing that, Vegeta immediately learned King Cold's name.

King Cold suddenly looked over at them.

"Tell me, which one of you is Son Gohan?"

Son Gohan stepped forward at once.

"Are you Son Gohan?"

"Mm!"

Son Gohan nodded.

"Did you kill my son, Frieza?"

"Fr... Frieza's father!"

Vegeta and the others were shocked.

"I killed him."

King Cold's expression instantly turned ice-cold.

Before he came, he had still held on to a faint hope that Frieza might be alive.

Now that Son Gohan had admitted it himself, that last hope was gone.

"Kill them!"

King Cold ordered the soldiers behind him.

"Yes, King Cold!"

All the soldiers answered.

Then they all grabbed their weapons and charged at Son Gohan and the others.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

Son Gohan and Krillin's group thrust their hands forward, firing a barrage of golden energy blasts.

Boom! Boom! Boom!!

Amid a series of tremendous explosions, Son Gohan and the others wiped out all the soldiers.

"What a useless bunch!"

King Cold glanced coldly at the bodies on the ground, then took a few steps forward.

"You do have some skill. If you hadn't killed Frieza, I might have wanted to recruit you."

Son Gohan snorted. He rushed up to King Cold and drove his right fist hard into his abdomen.

"Ah!"

King Cold screamed, spitting out a large mouthful of bitter fluid.