My Combat Power Is the Highest! I Can Do Whatever I Want!

Reiz took Linoshi's hand and led her into the spaceship.

Their feet touched the metal floor with a soft clank.

The interior was roomier than expected. Instruments and pipes lined both sides of the corridor, and a faint metallic smell lingered in the air.

Vegeta hurried after them, warily looking around.

"Creak—"

The spaceship's hatch slowly closed behind them, shutting out the starry sky.

"Whew, whew, whew!"

Vegeta was gasping heavily again. Still shaken, he glanced back to make sure the hatch had shut.

That had been way too close!

He'd nearly died in outer space.

From now on, I, Vegeta, will never expose my body to outer space again!

"Are you an idiot?" Reiz scolded Vegeta over his shoulder, sounding exasperated.

"Y-You... What do you mean?" Vegeta scoffed, his little face full of defiance.

"I released the Force Field from inside the spaceship. At the same time, I compressed some of the air inside it and brought it along, which is why we could survive in outer space!" Reiz looked at Vegeta as if he were beyond help and tapped him on the forehead. "As long as you reduce the amount of air you breathe, you can survive for a long time. But you went and released a Force Field directly in outer space. What good would that do?"

Vegeta: "..."

Come to think of it, Reiz had a point.

That makes so much sense, I don't even know how to argue.

Vegeta opened his mouth to say something, but realized he had nothing to say.

He could only shut his mouth, crestfallen, his face burning red.

As Vegeta's teacher, Reiz had a responsibility to educate him.

Vegeta didn't seem this stupid in the original story.

Had Reiz somehow taught him to be stupid?

You can't expect a Force Field to work in a vacuum!

Linoshi couldn't help smiling, the corners of her lips lifting slightly, though she managed not to laugh aloud.

She lowered her head, her shoulders trembling as she tried to stifle her laughter.

"Wahaha!"

Linoshi kept quiet, but someone farther away let out one unrestrained laugh after another.

The shrill, grating laughter echoed through the spacious spaceship, dripping with mockery and smugness.

Vegeta flew into a rage and immediately turned toward the sound.

The moment he saw who it was, his pupils contracted slightly, and his expression turned grim.

Not far ahead stood a pink figure with his arms crossed and his trademark malicious grin plastered across his face.

He was stout and burly, dressed in the Frieza Force's Battle Suit, his eyes full of amusement.

"Do... Do... Dodoria!" Vegeta stammered, instinctively taking half a step back. "So it really was you!"

"Don't stutter so much!" Dodoria wagged a finger, his tone flippant. "Just call me Mr. Dodoria."

"What are you doing here?" Vegeta asked through gritted teeth, trying to stay calm.

Reiz had said earlier that there was a good chance the other person was Dodoria.

Vegeta had been skeptical.

Why would Dodoria follow them?

Now that he was seeing Dodoria standing right there, Vegeta still couldn't help panicking.

His Combat Power was 22,000, a full 7,000 higher than Vegeta's. The gap was enormous.

And now, Vegeta's Scouter could detect Dodoria's Combat Power.

The screen clearly read: Combat Power: 22,000.

The guy really had reached 22,000.

This was bad!

"Get your facts straight. This is my spaceship. You came aboard and now you're asking me why I'm here?" Dodoria burst out laughing, his jowls wobbling.

"You followed our spaceship! What are you after? Did Frieza tell you to do this?" Vegeta demanded angrily, clenching his fists.

"Heh, heh, heh." Dodoria scoffed, his smile fading. "Lord Frieza has already issued his orders. In one month, we're going to join forces and attack a Super Star."

He paused, his gaze turning icy.

"To that end, Lord Frieza has strictly forbidden anyone from leaving Planet Vegeta! Prince Vegeta, you disobeyed orders and left the planet without permission. What punishment do you deserve?"

"Hmph, I'm a Saiyan. Why should I listen to that Frieza guy?" Vegeta scoffed, standing his ground with his chin held high.

"Why?" Dodoria sneered, a cruel glint in his eyes.

"Whoosh!"

In the next instant, Dodoria blurred and vanished.

Vegeta's pupils shrank as he looked around, but couldn't spot him.

In the blink of an eye, Dodoria appeared behind Linoshi.

He was so fast that Vegeta couldn't react at all.

"My Combat Power is the highest! I can do whatever I want here!" Dodoria screamed maniacally as he swiped at Linoshi's back.

His fingers spread wide, their tips gleaming coldly. That swipe could rip an ordinary person's heart right out.

Clearly, Dodoria wanted to make an example of her in front of Vegeta.

He'd kill one of the prince's people right before his eyes.

That would definitely infuriate Vegeta.

Then Dodoria would beat him to a pulp and make him kill his own teacher.

Just thinking about it got Dodoria excited.

It would be so much fun.

His claws shot toward Linoshi's back.

The sharp force of the swipe split the air with a shrill whistle.

Linoshi: "..."

Why was he coming after her?

Was it because her Combat Power was only 200?

She stood motionless, a trace of bewilderment in her blue eyes.

Linoshi was just about to dodge.

With her footwork and the Ultra Instinct innate to an Angel, Dodoria's swipe could be a million times faster and still never touch her.

Her body had already shifted slightly to the side, instinctively making the most precise prediction of his attack.

But someone was even faster.

"Smack!"

Reiz reached out and grabbed Dodoria's wrist.

The force was so great that Dodoria's attack halted in midair, unable to move forward even a fraction.

Reiz knew perfectly well that Linoshi could easily dodge Dodoria's attack with her footwork.

But he didn't want to test that.

Linoshi had been so good to him, so he would treat her like his girlfriend and protect her well.

He'd treat her like an ordinary girlfriend!

From now on, he'd be the one to protect her.

Reiz's gaze was resolute, and his fingers clamped around Dodoria's wrist like an iron vise, unmoving.

Dodoria froze and turned to look at Reiz, disbelief filling his eyes.

Linoshi felt warmth spread through her heart.