"Damn Reiz! Did he come all this way to this planet just to give that woman Linoshi a gift like this?" Vegeta snorted, clutching the Dragon Ball in his palm.
After grumbling a little, Vegeta wasted no more time and immediately took off, planning to go back and find Reiz.
But just then...
"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Five fireballs suddenly lit up in the distant sky, trailing long plumes of flame as they plunged rapidly toward the ground below.
The fireballs drew closer and grew larger, accompanied by a deafening rumble.
"Th-that's..." Vegeta's pupils contracted slightly. His brows knitted together, and his expression instantly turned grave. "Has that guy Frieza sent someone over again? Who is it this time?"
After speaking, Vegeta seemed to realize something. His expression turned exceptionally grim.
"Five spaceships! Could it be... the Ginyu Force?" The corner of Vegeta's mouth twitched, and sweat seeped from his palm.
But soon, Vegeta couldn't help snorting again, a smug smile spreading across his face.
"Fine by me. These five guys came here to die, didn't they?" Vegeta chuckled to himself, his eyes gleaming with excitement. "My Combat Power has gone up by another ten thousand over the past few days. It's forty thousand now! Not only Broly and Reiz—even I might be able to beat them!"
He clenched his fists, feeling the surging power within him.
He fell silent for two seconds.
"But I have to admit, that Gravity Ring Reiz made is pretty useful!" Vegeta smiled confidently and held up his hand to inspect the ring.
It was a simple metal band on his ring finger.
The ring was small, but it contained a special technological power.
"Training with this ring on really does make progress twice as fast!"
It was worth mentioning that Reiz had now mastered Ultra Instinct, so the Gravity Ring was no longer much use to him.
So Reiz had simply given the ring to Vegeta.
The kid certainly hadn't let Reiz down. In just five days, his Combat Power had risen from thirty thousand to forty thousand.
Reiz figured that if Vegeta went to Earth someday, he would easily wipe the floor with Kakarot, wouldn't he?
"Rumble!"
Five spherical spaceships descended from the sky with a deafening roar, crashing heavily into the ground on Planet Cereal and leaving five enormous craters behind.
Dust billowed, rocks scattered, and shock waves spread in every direction.
The spaceship hatches opened.
The five members of the Ginyu Force flew out of their respective ships and quickly gathered high above the ground.
Their movements were perfectly synchronized, their teamwork seamless.
Ginyu descended first and landed on the ground, striking a pose he thought was incredibly cool.
He planted his hands on his hips, puffed out his chest, and raised his chin.
The other four members—Jeice, Burter, Recoome, and Guldo—landed as well, each striking a pose of his own.
Jeice rested one hand on his hip and pointed skyward with the other. Burter dropped to one knee with his arms spread wide. Recoome stood tall with his arms crossed, while Guldo did a backflip and landed in the pose of the Thinker.
Then the five members of the Ginyu Force froze in place, each holding the pose he thought looked coolest, as if waiting for the spotlight to shine on them.
A moment later, Jeice tapped the Scouter over his eye and scanned the planet for people with high Combat Power.
The Scouter swept across the area as the readings flickered on its screen.
"Captain! The nearest guy has a Combat Power of forty thousand!" Jeice exclaimed, his expression a mixture of shock and delight.
"Oh? Who's got Combat Power that high?" Ginyu asked, slightly surprised, his brows furrowing.
He stood tall with his arms crossed. His purple skin gleamed in the sunlight, and the two horns on his head trembled slightly.
As captain of the Ginyu Force, he remained wary of any unexpected variables.
"Could it be Vegeta or his teacher, Reiz?" Recoome mused, his hands on his hips, his massive frame like a small mountain.
"Neither of them could possibly have Combat Power that high!" Burter shook his head, deeply skeptical.
He was tall and slender, and considered himself the fastest man in the universe.
"Do you think it's possible... that they've been hiding their Combat Power all along?" Guldo guessed, his voice somewhat timid.
Guldo was the shortest member of the team. He was round, green-skinned, and bald.
As soon as he finished speaking, the other four turned to look at him, their eyes full of disdain.
Their gazes were like arrows, and Guldo instinctively shrank his neck.
That was because Guldo had the lowest Combat Power on the team, at only ten thousand.
Jeice, Burter, and Recoome, on the other hand, each had at least forty-five thousand.
Jeice had forty-eight thousand, Burter had forty-six thousand, Recoome had forty-five thousand, and Captain Ginyu had a staggering one hundred and twenty thousand.
If not for Guldo's special psychic abilities and his conveniently small stature, the Ginyu Force never would have let him join.
It was worth mentioning that the five members of the Ginyu Force were perfectly arranged by height, from tallest to shortest.
Burter was the tallest, followed by Recoome, Ginyu, Jeice, and finally Guldo. Standing together, they looked like a flight of stairs.
Guldo lowered his head and fell silent.
Truthfully, Guldo felt immense pressure on the team and was often looked down on.
But there was nothing he could do. He could only endure it.
He clenched his fists, his nails digging into his palms, but he didn't dare show any dissatisfaction.
"Forget all that. We'll find out when we take a look," Ginyu said with a faint smile, the corners of his mouth lifting. "He's not far from here anyway!"
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!"
The five of them transformed into golden streaks of light and sped toward Vegeta.
They flew at incredible speed, carving five long trails through the air and tearing through the clouds.
Before long, the five members of the Ginyu Force appeared above Vegeta, looking down at him.
Vegeta's small figure stood among the rocks, still holding the Two-Star Dragon Ball he had just found. It gleamed in the sunlight.
He looked up at the five figures in the sky, his brows furrowed.
"It really is that guy Vegeta. How did this kid's Combat Power go up so fast?" Jeice said, a little surprised. He tapped his Scouter to confirm the reading.
"At least it's only forty thousand. We're four or five thousand stronger than him! He's no match for us." Burter gave a faint smile, his tone full of disdain.
"Let me take care of him!" Recoome cracked his knuckles, a bright smile on his face as his joints popped.
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