Dragon Ball: I Am the Saiyan God
Chapter 20

You Saw Wrong!!!!

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Karochi nodded. His serious expression proved he wasn't joking.

"That really is quite a troublesome ability!" Tights found it a little bizarre. The fact that something as difficult to explain and define as time could be stopped was simply unbelievable.

"That's not a problem. As long as we catch him off guard and finish him in one go, it'll be fine! His battle power is pretty low, after all." Karochi said Guldo was difficult to deal with only because someone of similar strength was holding him off!

For example, Ginyu. If he were fighting Ginyu and Guldo pulled that trick, he'd basically be done for! Luckily, the one with him was the big, dumb Recoome.

"All right, Sister Tights! I'm heading out now. I'll take those two out first, before they have a chance to meet up." The best plan was to reduce the enemy's numbers as much as possible.

Tights watched Karochi leave, looking conflicted. She didn't want him to take that risk! But there really wasn't another choice.

Karochi climbed into the small aircraft. He definitely couldn't bring Tights along this time! He'd made winning sound easy when he'd reassured her, but in reality, he could win only with difficulty. One wrong move and he could easily get into serious trouble.

Karochi put on his communications headset, activated the launch button, and shot toward the planet Fidel below! He was heading straight for Guldo and Recoome's location.

Beep beep beep~~!

As soon as Karochi's aircraft entered the atmosphere, the Scouters carried by Ginyu, Recoome, Burter, and Jeice all reacted.

"What's the matter, Recoome? Don't tell me you're going to admit defeat!" Guldo grinned at Recoome, who had stopped moving. With eyes on both sides of his head, Guldo couldn't wear a Scouter, so he hadn't noticed anything.

"Recoome, there's a power reading of 5,000 heading your way!" Ginyu's voice came through the Scouter. He wasn't particularly concerned about whether his men lived or died; he just didn't want to return having suffered losses on such an easy mission and get blamed by King Frieza.

"Don't worry, Captain! Heh heh~! Guldo and I will give him a warm welcome." A battle power of 5,000 was a little low, but he'd still make a decent toy!

Guldo looked thoroughly confused. "Recoome, what did the captain say?!"

"A little guy with a battle power around 5,000 is coming our way. We were just arguing over who gets to kill someone, weren't we? So this guy's mine later." Recoome let out a chilling laugh as he imagined torturing the newcomer to death. The terrified Fidelians lying on the ground didn't even dare to breathe.

"What?! How can you do that?" As soon as Guldo heard that Recoome was claiming a decent toy for himself, he immediately objected. "We're supposed to keep playing rock-paper-scissors!"

After all, a battle power of 5,000 was pretty high. He'd be a lot more fun than this trash with single-digit battle powers!

"Fine, we'll keep playing later! But I win this round." Recoome continued to bargain.

"Th-that's... all right! But we're playing fairly later."

"Don't worry, don't worry!"

"Recoome, do you want us to come help?" Burter's voice came through the Scouter. He sounded rather eager.

After all, killing these Fidelians wasn't much fun.

"No need. Guldo and I have already decided how to split things up! Why would you come? Captain, tell them what's fair!" Recoome immediately flew into a rage at Burter's suggestion. There was only one toy. If the others came too, what fun would that be? He and Guldo could at least put up a fight and play around with him for a while.

"All right, Jeice, Burter! Keep an eye on the Fidelians over there and wait for the ship to arrive!" Ginyu's voice came through. To be honest, he wanted to go over too, but 5,000 just wasn't that interesting.

"Yes, Captain ×2!"

"Heh heh~! Thanks, Captain." Recoome's cheerful voice came through.

Ginyu decided he needed to warn them. "Recoome, don't get so caught up in playing that you let those Fidelians escape! I won't let you off if they get away."

"Yes, Captain!" Recoome's playful tone disappeared.

"How's it going? Those two guys Jeice and Burter aren't coming over, are they?" Guldo asked.

"Don't worry. This toy is ours. Come on, he should land at location {235·46246}. Let's go." Recoome couldn't wait any longer. Besides, he was worried the newcomer might run away.

"Sure, but what about the Fidelians?" Guldo was a little troubled. Captain Ginyu had assigned them to keep watch over these people.

"Doesn't matter. If they try to run, we can play cat and mouse with them!" Recoome said indifferently. They just had to make sure the little mice didn't get away.

"Great! Let's go."

The two shot into the sky and flew toward Karochi's expected landing site.

On the ground, the Fidelians cautiously raised their heads, trembling as they tried to see whether the two had really left. Only after confirming they were gone did they finally breathe a little easier.

"P-Porto! What... what should we do now?" one of the Fidelians behind him stammered, addressing the one at the front. Porto seemed to be their leader.

The meaning of his question was obvious. He wanted to escape but didn't dare! After all, they'd heard every word of Guldo and Recoome's conversation. If they ran, they'd die, and if they stayed, they'd likely be killed anyway.

The other Fidelians raised their heads to look at Porto, fear in their eyes!

"Run. If even one of us can get away, that's something! At least we can get the children out." Porto's eyes were bloodshot as he spoke in grief and fury!! They truly didn't even have a chance to fight back.

After hearing Porto's words, the other Fidelians stood up too!! They slowly scattered in different directions. It wasn't that they didn't want to run; their legs had gone limp, and the fact that they could stand at all was thanks to their instinct to survive.

"Little Chi, those two are heading toward where you're going to land!" Tights's voice sounded in Karochi's ear.

"Got it, Sister Tights! I can sense them." Karochi replied from inside the aircraft. Guldo and Recoome's ki were quite obvious, and they weren't trying to hide it! He couldn't help finding it funny. Well, would you look at that? I haven't even gone looking for you, and you've come right to me. That's pretty convenient!!

You had to admit, sometimes pretending to be weak was useful. It could draw in a few idiots!!

The aircraft began to glide when it was about two meters above the ground. By then, Guldo and Recoome had already reached the area and were watching from the ground.

"Hey, I'll give it this—the ship is pretty considerate!" Guldo said. The aircraft the Ginyu Force rode in slowed down by crashing into the ground, just like the one Karochi had used to travel to Earth.

"Who cares? If you want it, give this guy to me instead! How about it?" Recoome still wanted to go first. If Guldo beat the newcomer half to death, he wouldn't be much fun anymore.

"No way! Recoome, didn't we agree to play rock-paper-scissors?" Guldo refused. Recoome was trying to go back on his word!

Karochi opened the hatch and stepped out, a faint smile on his face! His tail was clearly visible behind him.

Recoome and Guldo stared at him with all six eyes. A tail? Wasn't he a Saiyan? But hadn't King Frieza already wiped out the Saiyans? Apart from Vegeta, Nappa, and that useless Raditz.

"Hey, Recoome, if I'm not mistaken, he's a Saiyan, right?" Guldo asked uncertainly. After all, before Frieza destroyed Planet Vegeta, he'd already recalled all the Saiyans scattered elsewhere! And their search hadn't picked up any signals from Saiyan spacecraft left behind, either.

Besides, this was clearly a child, yet he already had a battle power of 5,000!! Could Saiyans really be that strong? He'd have to be an adult Saiyan, at the very least.

Recoome couldn't believe his eyes either. He rubbed them, then stared hard at Karochi! Karochi felt uncomfortable under his gaze. That freak wasn't known to have any weird tastes. Was Recoome into little boys? Karochi couldn't help clenching his cheeks.

"He looks like one. That distinctive hairstyle and the tail are unmistakably Saiyan. Guldo, we can decide how to split him up later! I need to report this to the captain first." Recoome found it hard to believe, but the person in front of them was undoubtedly a Saiyan.

"Fine! Report to the captain first. I'll go fish for some information, heh heh~!" Guldo grinned maliciously.

"Don't hog him all to yourself!!!" Recoome warned him, then connected to Ginyu.

"What is it, Recoome?" Ginyu was thinking up a new pose for the force and clearly wasn't happy to be interrupted!! His voice carried a chilling edge.

Recoome dropped his playful tone. "Reporting, Captain. We've found the 'toy'! But he's a Saiyan, and he's just a child."

"Oh~!!!" Ginyu was taken aback. Weren't the Saiyans all dead?: "Are you sure you saw right?"

"Reporting, Captain, I'm absolutely sure! He has a tail, so he must be a Saiyan." Recoome replied.

"Captain, let us come too! We want to see who managed to escape the king's grasp." Jeice's voice came through. Clearly, he still wanted a share of the action.

"No, Recoome, you saw wrong!! King Frieza has already killed every last Saiyan. Do you understand?! What you saw wasn't a Saiyan, but a wild monkey!!! Do you understand?" A dangerous chill glinted in Ginyu's eyes, and his voice was even colder than before.

Recoome immediately understood what the captain meant. "Yes, Captain Ginyu. Guldo and I only saw a wild monkey, not a Saiyan." Recoome quickly muted himself after saying that.

"Jeice, is there anything else?" Ginyu's voice entered Jeice's ear, sending a chill through him! He'd put his foot in his mouth again.

"N-no... nothing! I'll keep watch over the Fidelians, Captain." Jeice stammered.

"Good. Don't think I'll go easy on you next time!!!"

"Yes, Captain!!"

Recoome let out a heavy sigh of relief!! He'd nearly been killed. The captain had definitely been angry just now.

"What's wrong, Recoome? Why are you sweating so much?" Guldo asked, puzzled.

"All right, enough. Did he do anything suspicious?" Recoome asked, still shaken. He looked toward Karochi. The boy didn't seem to be doing anything! Or perhaps he was walking toward them.

Guldo pushed down his curiosity and scoffed. "What could he do? He's a Saiyan who hasn't even grown up yet."

Before Guldo could say another word, Recoome covered his mouth. "He's not a Saiyan. He's a wild monkey, got it??"

Guldo quickly caught on too and nodded!! He understood.

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