You Can't Beat Me!

"You can't beat me!" Broly said with a smug grin, folding his arms and imitating Vegeta. His impression wasn't very convincing, though, and he looked rather comical.

Vegeta felt the words hit him right where it hurt. His expression darkened, but he had no comeback.

Reiz pressed a hand to his forehead, looking helpless.

How had they managed to start fighting over that?!

Vegeta really was unlucky...

Now that he was with me, and Broly was around too, he was bound to have a rough time of it.

Broly came out wearing his new battle armor, looking full of energy.

It was a spare Saiyan Battle Suit, and it fit him fairly well.

He walked over to the table, picked up a bottle of mineral water, and hugged it to his chest with delight. Then he gulped it down, his face beaming with pleasure.

"Reiz, heal me!" Vegeta gritted his teeth, wincing in pain as he hurried over to Reiz.

He pointed to the injuries on his face and gave Reiz a pitiful look.

"What are you thinking? Do you really think healing doesn't use up energy?" Reiz scolded him, shooting him a glare. "Those little injuries don't need treatment."

"Damn it!" Vegeta ground his teeth in anger, but there was nothing he could do.

He rubbed the injuries on his face and sucked in a sharp breath from the pain.

Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, and his eyes lit up.

"Then... teach me Ultra Instinct! I want to learn it!" Vegeta looked at Reiz expectantly.

"You'll have to ask Linoshi for permission first." Reiz smiled and looked over at Linoshi.

Vegeta immediately turned to Linoshi, hoping to get her approval.

"I... I don't mind," Linoshi said quickly.

"See? She said she doesn't mind!" Vegeta was overjoyed, nearly jumping up.

"But... Prince Vegeta might not be able to learn Ultra Instinct," Linoshi added, her tone hesitant.

"Y-You mean I can't learn it?" Vegeta asked in surprise. His smile froze.

"Yes. With Prince Vegeta's state of mind, he isn't very suited to training in Ultra Instinct." Linoshi gently shook her head, her blue eyes fixed on him seriously.

"Don't be ridiculous! Just tell me how to train! You don't need to worry about anything else! I, Vegeta, refuse to believe I can't even learn Ultra Instinct!" Vegeta snorted, folding his arms and lifting his chin high.

Reiz smiled and said no more.

He immediately explained everything he knew about training in Ultra Instinct to Vegeta.

"First, you have to clear your mind and enter a state of no-mind..."

Reiz's voice echoed through the spaceship. Vegeta listened intently, nodding from time to time.

Time passed second by second.

Vegeta sat cross-legged on the floor of the Training Room, brows knitted and face red with strain.

He tried to think of nothing, but the harder he tried, the more jumbled his thoughts became.

One moment, he was thinking about how badly Broly had beaten him. The next, he was thinking about Reiz's terrifying Combat Power. Then he was thinking about Frieza's figure of 120 million.

He was so flustered that he scratched at his head, rubbing his hair into a bird's nest. He simply couldn't enter a state of no-mind.

"Reiz, are you sure this is how I'm supposed to train?" Vegeta felt like his insides were twisting. He abruptly opened his eyes and asked, his voice full of impatience.

"I told you you couldn't do it, but you insisted on forcing yourself!" Reiz scolded him, giving him a sidelong glance.

Then Reiz beckoned to Broly, who was still drinking from his bottle of mineral water. "Come here for a moment!"

"Don't take my water!" Broly clutched his bottle protectively, eyeing Reiz warily as he hugged it even tighter.

Reiz: "..."

He'd even learned to guard his food!

"Hmph, who'd bother stealing your water? There's plenty over there. Drink as much as you want." Vegeta rolled his eyes at Broly and pointed to the case of mineral water in the corner.

Broly bared his teeth at Vegeta with a fierce look, then obediently walked over, still clutching his bottle tightly.

"Did you understand what I just said about training in Ultra Instinct?" Reiz asked.

Broly shook his head in confusion, still glancing at the bottle in his hands every so often, afraid someone might take it.

"Come on, Reiz. I can't even train in it, so how could he possibly learn?" Vegeta snorted, looking pleased. At least he felt a little better about himself now.

He folded his arms and raised his chin slightly, finally recovering a little of his sense of superiority.

"Um... is it possible that Reiz is the only one suited to training in Ultra Instinct?" Linoshi interjected softly, as if worried about discouraging Vegeta.

Her voice was quiet, but Vegeta still caught what she said.

"Are you saying Reiz is the only one suited to training in Ultra Instinct?" Vegeta asked, confused. He glanced sideways at Linoshi. "What about you? Can you do it?"

"Huh? Me?" Linoshi looked flustered, her blue eyes flickering. She hurriedly said, "I... I only know a tiny bit!"

She lowered her head and began rubbing the hem of her Battle Suit between her fingers.

"Let's leave it for now. We can look for skills suited to you all later." Reiz smiled and waved a hand, giving Vegeta a graceful way to back down.

"Forget it. I'll stick to training the Saiyan way," Vegeta said with disappointment, letting out a sigh.

As he spoke, Vegeta suddenly thought of something and turned to Broly, who was still drinking water.

"Hey, Broly, you're a Saiyan too, right?" Vegeta asked, looking at him.

"I don't know." Broly scratched his head, looking confused.

"Then why did you attack me?" Vegeta asked, frowning.

"My dad told me to beat you up. He told me to beat you to death. That's all." Broly answered honestly, his tone flat.

At the mention of his father, Broly's eyes began to well up again.

Then he took another big gulp of water and forced the tears back.

The sound of him gulping echoed clearly through the Training Room.

Vegeta: "..."

"Do I have some kind of grudge against your dad?" Vegeta asked irritably, frowning.

"My dad didn't say." Broly shook his head and kept drinking.

"I think I've heard something about this," Reiz said thoughtfully, his gaze settling on Broly.

"What?" Vegeta looked up at Reiz in surprise.

"You and Broly were born around the same time. They say that when the King saw your Combat Power back then, he was thrilled." Reiz explained with a smile.

"Of course! My Combat Power was extremely high when I was born. I was a super-genius warrior!" Vegeta said confidently, puffing out his chest.

"Then the King saw Broly's Combat Power, and apparently, it gave him quite a scare." Reiz explained with a smile, his tone carrying a hint of significance.