"Miss, are you Dr. Briefs's daughter?"
Louis came over to Tights and smiled.
He had naturally recognized Tights, but hadn't said so to her face. Otherwise, Whis would give him another strange look.
Tights froze. She pointed at herself with her slender fingers, eyes wide. "Y-you know my father?"
She looked so adorable when she was shocked!
Louis rubbed his nose. "No, I don't."
"Huh?"
"Could you pass a message to your father for me?"
"Y-yes, I can!"
Tights breathed a sigh of relief. This boy seemed pretty polite. Maybe Saiyans weren't as scary as Jaco had said!
Not scary?
Who knew whether Tights would still say that if she found out Louis had destroyed more than five thousand planets.
But Tights naturally had no idea. She asked cautiously, "What do you want me to tell him?"
"Tell him to build a hundred-times-gravity chamber for Son Goku."
Louis hadn't planned to go to Earth so soon, but seeing Tights had given him the idea.
After all, Son Goku's strength improved too slowly in the early days. With a Gravity Chamber, his power would surely grow by leaps and bounds.
Then, when Louis met Son Goku, he might finally get to have a good fight with the protagonist of Dragon Ball.
"Huh? O-okay. I'll tell my father."
"Thanks!"
Louis was about to turn and leave when he suddenly thought of something. He looked at Tights and said, "If you're ever in danger, just call out Whis. I'll come back and save you. Consider it my way of thanking you!"
In the original story, Tights lost contact with Bulma and the others after leaving Earth.
Louis guessed that Tights might have run into danger and met with an accident. Even if his guess never came true, it would still be a shame for such a beautiful woman to come to harm.
"Huh?"
By the time Tights came to her senses, Louis had already turned and walked away.
Watching Louis leave, Jaco asked, "Tights, do you know that Saiyan?"
"No!"
"Then why did he—"
Louis didn't hear what Jaco and Tights said after that. He and Whis went to the top floor of Galactic Patrol Headquarters.
A big green octopus sat in an office chair, sorting through mission requests with his tentacles.
A young man dressed in a Galactic Patrol uniform stood nearby.
"Meyers, those Saiyans are behaving themselves, right?"
"Galactic King, they won't cause any trouble."
"Oh? How do you know that?"
"They—"
Meyers was about to explain when he suddenly sensed something. "Galactic King, my brother's here. Oh, and the Candidate God of Destruction is here too!"
"W-what?"
The Galactic King turned deathly pale with fright and fell right out of his chair.
As the Galactic King, the big octopus naturally knew many secrets, including Meyers's identity.
Meyers was an Apprentice Angel, so his older brother had to be a real Angel!
And now a Candidate God of Destruction had shown up too!
Wait!
Since when did Universe 7 have a Candidate God of Destruction?
While the Galactic King was puzzling over this,—
"They're here!"
As soon as Meyers spoke, two figures walked through the door.
Whis smiled. "Meyers, it's been a long time."
"Brother, it's been a long time!"
Meyers nodded, then looked at Louis. "This must be the esteemed Candidate God of Destruction."
Whis smiled and nodded.
"Hello, Meyers."
Louis greeted him. Before they came here, Whis had already told him about what made Galactic Patrol Headquarters special.
That special feature was Meyers.
Meyers was his younger brother. That was also why Frieza didn't dare come to Galactic Patrol Headquarters to cause trouble for the Saiyans.
"It's an honor to meet you, Candidate God of Destruction!" Meyers kept his eyes on Louis and noticed an ethereal aura around the young man.
Autonomous State?
Interesting. It looked like the other universes would have to give up on laughing at Universe 7.
The Galactic King stepped forward and bowed respectfully to Louis and Whis.
"Galactic King, bring King Vegeta to see me!"
"Yes!"
The Galactic King hurried off to summon King Vegeta, without asking why Louis wanted to see him.
After the Galactic King left, Whis and Meyers began chatting to one side.
Louis looked at Meyers. Like Whis, he had pale blue skin and silver hair.
According to the original story, Meyers would die during the Moro arc, then be revived by the Grand Priest—but he would become a mortal afterward.
"Meyers, Angels must remain neutral. They can't interfere too much in the affairs of the universe, and they can't use their full power against mortals in the mortal realm!"
"Brother, bad people should be locked up. That's why I joined the Galactic Patrol."
"Meyers, you'll never become a qualified Angel if you keep doing that."
Whis gently patted Meyers on the head and spoke calmly.
Meyers lowered his head and fell silent.
Listening to the brothers talk, Louis thought Meyers really was just like he was in the original story!
Kind-hearted, yet with a strong sense of justice!
Meyers's dream was to protect the universe he loved!
Just then!
A tall figure followed the Galactic King through the door.
Louis said calmly, "King Vegeta, long time no see!"
Meyers and Whis stopped talking and looked over.
"Louis? Weren't you taken in as Lord Beerus's disciple? Why are you back?" King Vegeta was overjoyed.
Ten years ago, when he woke from his coma, Vegeta had told him that Louis had been taken in by the God of Destruction as a Candidate God of Destruction.
"How are the Saiyans?"
"For the past ten years, the Frieza Force has been hunting us down. Some of our people died early on, but after our Saiyans' strength inexplicably increased, the Frieza Force could barely make a dent in us."
"What about Vegeta?"
Louis sat down and nodded, then asked.
"We joined the Galactic Patrol on Lord Beerus's orders, but Frieza doesn't know that. He thinks we betrayed him, so he's kept sending people to hunt us down."
King Vegeta gritted his teeth. "Vegeta, Nappa, and Raditz were hunted down and went missing ten years ago. We still haven't heard from them!"
"Louis, you're the pride of the Saiyans. Frieza destroyed Planet Vegeta. You have to avenge our Saiyans!"
They'd gone missing?
Louis froze. He really hadn't expected that.
He glanced at Whis.
Whis waved his staff and checked. Then he said, "Vegeta, Nappa, and Raditz aren't dead. They're still fleeing from the Frieza Force!"
King Vegeta was overjoyed. "Really? Then, Mr. Whis, could you send my son back?"
Whis looked at Louis.
Louis truly hadn't expected Vegeta to have been hunted by Frieza all this time. He shook his head.
"Don't bother with him. If he dies while fleeing from the Frieza Force, then he only has himself to blame for being too weak."
Vegeta was the other main character of Dragon Ball. Could he really die that easily? Maybe Vegeta would flee to Earth because of this.
Who could have guessed that Louis's casual guess would turn out to be true? But that was a story for later.
"Louis, Vegeta is one of your own people. How can you be so heartless?"
King Vegeta grew anxious.
Louis looked at King Vegeta coldly and said, "Actually, I didn't object when Lord Beerus wanted to destroy the Saiyan race back then. I never expected Lord Beerus to change his mind because of me."
"Since you survived, don't come bothering me!"
Saiyans were evil by nature. Not every Saiyan would end up living like an Earthling, the way Son Goku and Vegeta did.
Louis had been born in this world, so he didn't have much affection for these evil Saiyans.
Whis suddenly froze when he heard Louis say that.
He'd thought Louis had come to Galactic Patrol Headquarters to lead his people back and take revenge on Frieza!
Who could have imagined it would be like this? Then what had Louis come here for? Whis couldn't help taking a long, searching look at him.
"..."
King Vegeta fell silent at Louis's words. How could Louis, a Saiyan himself, say something like that?
His own people wouldn't help him, while the Emperor of the Universe kept hunting the Saiyans down. As their leader, he felt utterly aggrieved.
"Fine. If you won't help me, I'll find a way myself!"
King Vegeta clenched his fists and left. As he walked away, his back looked terribly lonely.
Before you continue