Earth's Crisis

A voice sounded through the spaceship. "Lord Cooler will be fully recovered in one minute."

"Excellent," Frieza said, raising his glass. "Then let's head to Earth. We'll make the Saiyans there feel fear and turn against each other. I want to watch Son Goku fail to save the planet—and torture his child to death, right in front of him."

The people on Earth sensed it, too. That was Frieza's energy. No, there were two other powerful energies as well. Just who were they?

The spaceship landed on an iceberg. Wei Dong brought the Z Fighters to the spot using Instant Transmission.

Frieza had already stepped out. His leering grin made Wei Dong want to punch him. The others wheeled out a cage containing a person. The man inside looked listless, as if he had lost something.

Frieza introduced him. "This is a Saiyan."

Vegeta was stunned. There were still Saiyans left?

But Frieza continued. "This Saiyan is far stronger than you can imagine. About six months ago, he went berserk. His fighting power was truly magnificent—but I couldn't control him. While rampaging, he killed his lover and his father."

"We attacked when he was close to coming out of his frenzy. His power was terrifying. If he hadn't run out of strength, we couldn't have captured him. My brother and I were both badly injured in that battle. It took me about three months to recover. My brother—the one who just came out—is named Cooler. It took him almost half a year to recover."

Wei Dong was sweating profusely. Broly was not to be underestimated. According to the system, Broly had a base fighting power of 1.5 billion. That was terrifying.

Frieza opened the cage, but Broly showed no sign of coming out. Frieza wasn't angry; he knew just how powerful the Saiyan was.

Vegeta stepped forward. After all, his son had just said that Frieza's men had attacked in his world.

Vegeta transformed into a Super Saiyan God Blue. Trunks was stunned, and so was Cooler. "It seems they've mastered a new form, Frieza."

Frieza replied calmly, "Mastering it won't make them any less useless. The useless will always be useless. You used to be my dog, and now that you've grown up, you want to bite your master. Let's see if you're strong enough to try."

Frieza powered up, and his fighting strength immediately overwhelmed Vegeta. Sweat ran down Vegeta's face, but he didn't back down. His son was watching.

Frieza introduced his form. "This is Golden Frieza." His energy flared, glowing gold.

Vegeta charged and threw a punch, but Frieza dodged and kicked him away.

Frieza didn't miss a chance to taunt him. "Saiyans are monkeys. Even when they're outmatched, they stubbornly insist on trying. But this little try of yours might cost you your life."

Vegeta emerged from the iceberg. Hearing Frieza's taunt, he charged again. This time, the difference wasn't that Vegeta failed to land a hit. Frieza didn't kick him away; he punched Vegeta into the sky, then kicked him back down and fired an energy blast.

Just as the blast neared Earth's surface, Son Goku intervened. He met Frieza's attack with a Kamehameha. The energy beams clashed, neither advancing nor retreating. Cooler went to help Frieza, transforming into Golden Cooler at the same time.

Vegeta had just gotten back to his feet and went to help Son Goku, but they were at a disadvantage. Trunks, Piccolo, and Biro joined the fight as well.

The energy beam was pushed back, but then stalled in the middle again. Whis stepped in and stopped the beam struggle.

When Frieza saw Whis, he looked completely rattled. He began looking around, as if searching for someone.

After searching everywhere and finding no one, Frieza asked, "Lord Whis, why isn't Lord Beerus here?"

"Lord Beerus is still asleep," Whis replied. "I came out to get some food and watch the battle."

"Lord Whis, you won't stop me from getting revenge, will you?"

Whis smiled. "No, as long as you don't destroy this planet. Lord Beerus and I often come here to enjoy the food."

Frieza nodded. "Thank you for staying out of this, Lord Whis."

Whis smiled.

The battle wasn't over, but from what they had seen so far, the Z Fighters were clearly outmatched by Frieza's side.

Cooler's energy was even stronger than Vegeta's. It wasn't Vegeta's fault; he had never had his potential unlocked.

Son Goku's energy surged. His fighting power rose slightly above Golden Frieza's.

Looking at the two sides' fighting power, Son Goku was stronger than Frieza, while Cooler was stronger than Vegeta. In other words, each side had one fighter who was stronger and one who was weaker.

But Frieza wasn't particularly bothered by Son Goku surpassing him. He was just unhappy. No one liked being weaker than their enemy.

Broly still hadn't come out of the cage. Perhaps he didn't intend to leave at all. After all, he had killed his lover and father with his own hands. But was that what Frieza thought, too?

Frieza spoke up. "Mr. Broly, I'm sorry to bring up your father's death, but do you know who sent you and your father to that planet all those years ago?"

Broly lifted his head and looked at Frieza. "Who?"

Frieza seemed to think his plan was working perfectly. He continued, "See that man over there in the tight blue suit? That's Vegeta. He's the third Vegeta. His father was also named Vegeta, and it was his father who sent you and your father to that planet."

"Because..." Frieza clenched his fist and glared at Vegeta, his eyes full of hatred. "His father feared your strength would surpass Vegeta III's and threaten their position. They claimed to be merciful when they sent you to another planet, but in truth, they wanted you and your father to die there and never return. That was the only way Vegeta III could secure his position."

Holy crap. Watching this, even I, Wei Dong, had to admit I was no match for Frieza. What a damn genius. That acting! If I didn't know he was a real-estate tycoon, I'd have believed him.

Broly looked at Frieza, then spoke. "My father did tell me something about this. He said that once we got out, we had to make them pay."

"That's right, Mr. Broly," Frieza said. "We should honor your father's wishes. Back then, I couldn't stand the Saiyans' behavior, so I stepped in to stop them. They ended up killing me. I think we should finish what your father couldn't."

In Broly's mind, his father's unfinished mission echoed. Then I'll finish it.

With that, Broly blew apart the iron cage and attacked Vegeta in an instant.