Damn you, you wild monkeys! Your whole family's a bunch of wild monkeys! Karochi had heard their conversation, and he was pissed! Couldn't they show a little class? Just you wait. When I'm as powerful as the God of Destruction, I'll make every last one of you go through nine years of compulsory education and straighten you out.
"Hey! You two! When you see me, you'd better come over here right away!" Karochi put on an arrogant act. Saiyans were all like that, so it was perfectly natural.
"Heh heh! This kid's asking to die. Guldo, why don't you let me have him? I'll say you won our match earlier." Recoome licked his lips. He could hardly wait.
Guldo wasn't too happy about it, but half a year's worth of chocolate made him hesitate. In the end, he said reluctantly, "Fine, but don't kill him outright!"
He hadn't come all this way just to be a background character, after all.
"Sure, sure! You can finish him off afterward." Recoome only wanted to enjoy the process of torturing him to death. It didn't matter who got the kill.
Karochi looked extremely impatient, even a little irritable. "What the hell are you two yapping about over there!? Didn't you hear me telling you to come over?"
"Wow! Little Chi, you've got the vibe of a local thug!" Tights' voice suddenly rang out, nearly making Karochi break character on the spot!
Seriously, I'm acting here! Acting! Do you get it? What if you make me blow my cover? Then the whole thing won't be perfect!
"Hey! You really do have that Saiyan temper. Kid, get your neck ready and wait to die!!!" Recoome said with a wicked grin.
Red flames of ki enveloped Recoome as he crouched to charge forward! This was his technique: Recoome—Supersonic Charge.
The incredible impact would inflict massive damage on his opponent. Of course, if Karochi really had only 5,000 battle power, that one attack would cost him his life.
"Damn it, Recoome! Didn't we agree you wouldn't kill him??" Guldo's displeased voice rang out. Recoome was clearly trying to kill the little Saiyan right away.
Recoome wasn't listening to Guldo anymore! The tiny rocks around them shook loose from the ground and floated in the air.
"Th-this is impossible!? Why are you so strong!!?" Karochi's expression changed dramatically, terror spreading across his face!! His performance was so convincing that Karochi figured he could go to the Oscars and take home a little golden statue without a problem.
"Heh heh heh! Prepare to die." Recoome shot forward like an arrow from a bow. In less than a second, he was right in front of Karochi.
But Karochi's expression changed again. His earlier fear vanished, replaced by disdain and disgust! He even yawned, then disappeared on the spot after leaving behind a single remark: "Too slow!!"
"What?" Recoome was horrified. Before his forward momentum had fully died, he immediately canceled his attack and forced himself to stop, then looked around for Karochi.
He couldn't believe he'd lost sight of his target.
"Recoome, what are you doing?" Guldo had no idea what was happening. If Recoome couldn't catch up to him, there was no way Guldo could.
"Shut up...!" Just as Recoome, still bewildered, was about to snap at Guldo, he turned around and saw the Saiyan standing behind Guldo, a glowing sword forming in his right hand! Karochi was even smiling at him as he waved with his left.
Recoome felt a chill run through his entire body. It didn't seem real! Trembling, he pointed at Guldo.
Guldo had no idea what he meant. "What's wrong, Recoome? Where's that Saiyan?" He was still looking for Karochi, but couldn't see him. Behind him, Karochi was already poised to take his head.
"Idiot~!!! He's behind you!!!!!" Recoome shouted.
Guldo was startled. He had just turned around when a blade of light came slashing down.
He hurriedly struck a pose. "Time...!" Before he could finish, the [Energy Blade] sliced his head clean off!! Guldo's head slid to the ground.
Recoome gaped in disbelief!! Had the other guy really killed Guldo??
"Ho... How is this possible!! How could I be killed by a brat like you?" Guldo's severed head was still able to talk. Oh, right, this was how he'd been in the original story too—Vegeta had cut his head off, and he'd still managed to blather on for a bit.
"Here, brother. Have one of your favorite giant Ki Blasts!" Karochi formed a Ki Blast, aimed it at Guldo's head, and casually tossed it over. Guldo vanished without a trace in the explosion, despite his utter unwillingness to die.
The moment Guldo died, a blue light shot into Karochi's body!! Karochi was startled. What was that?
A wave of dizziness followed, and his head throbbed painfully!!
"Little Chi?? Karochi!! What's wrong?" Tights' voice brought Karochi back to his senses. Her voice was loud, showing just how worried she was.
But once he came to, Karochi was even more shaken!! He'd actually acquired Guldo's superpower, [Time Stop]—[Bind]! Had he really plundered Guldo's superpower???
Holy crap~ Holy crap! Heaven really does love me. It just handed me a cheat ability!! That's so awesome, I want to give Heaven a thumbs-up♥.
Tights looked at Karochi grinning foolishly on the screen and couldn't make sense of it. What was going on? Did that alien named Guldo have some weird ability, like taking over someone's body or something??
"Karochi!!! Can you hear me?? That pineapple-head is charging at you!!" Tights called out again, her voice booming.
Tights' reminder finally brought Karochi back from his blissful state. Seeing the fist now almost upon him, he raised a hand and blocked it with disdain.
"What????" Recoome couldn't believe it. Karochi had looked like he was in great pain just now, so Recoome had wanted to land a fatal blow while he was distracted! He hadn't expected Karochi to stop him with one hand.
"Big Sis Tights, I can hear you. Don't worry!!" Hearing Karochi's voice finally eased Tights' taut nerves. She'd really been scared just now.
"Kid, you've got a companion?" Recoome shouted. He'd heard Karochi speak too.
He looked around, but couldn't see anyone else.
"None of your business!!" Karochi laughed in exasperation. Was Recoome really still looking around at a time like this? Did he not want to live anymore!! Karochi leaped into the air and drove his elbow straight into Recoome's face.
"Gah~!" Recoome screamed as he was sent flying backward. The intense pain kept firing through his nerves! His nose had been crushed, and four or five teeth had fallen out.
He didn't stop until he crashed into a small mound of rocks.
By then, Ginyu and the others had also detected Karochi's energy. The numbers on their Scouters jumped wildly!!
"C-Captain! Guldo's energy reading has disappeared." Jeice's voice came through. His Scouter had also fluctuated wildly just now. Although it had returned to 5,000, the peak reading had reached 70,000, and it could no longer detect Guldo's battle power.
That was why he'd hurried to report it to Ginyu.
Ginyu was also surprised. He checked with his Scouter, and sure enough, there was no trace of Guldo's energy! Usually there were two possible explanations: either Guldo had hidden his ki, or he was dead!
Guldo was useless and had no idea how to hide his energy. That meant he was dead! And Ginyu had also seen the Scouter's peak reading just now: over 70,000. The opponent probably hadn't even been using his full power.
Ginyu tried contacting Recoome, but got no response!! His energy reading was still there, though. "Jeice, Burter, finish off the Fidelians where you are and come meet me. Our opponent is an expert at hiding his energy. His battle power is probably over 70,000!!"
Ginyu gave up on rescuing Recoome. He was a long way away! And since the opponent could hide his energy, going over directly could let him track Ginyu back to Jeice and Burter.
"Se... 70,000?? How could a Saiyan be that strong?" Jeice was scared. His battle power was only a little over 40,000, and Burter's was only slightly higher. They would almost certainly die if they ran into their opponent.
"Jeice, how many times do I have to tell you???? Can't you hear my orders?" Ginyu's furious voice came through to Jeice. Jeice didn't dare waste any more time. "Yes, Captain. Burter and I will be right there!!"
"Hmph~! A bunch of useless fools!!" Ginyu roared. Looking at the Fidelians trembling before him, he fired off a [Large Energy Blast]. After a violent explosion, only a deep crater remained. The Fidelians at the scene had been reduced to nothing.
The same tragedy unfolded where Jeice and Burter were. Jeice fired a [Destruction Sphere], wiping out all the Fidelians there.
Karochi's arrival could be said to have indirectly caused this tragedy! But could he really be blamed for all of it? Even if he hadn't come, those Fidelians wouldn't have fared much better.
Huh? A lot of energy readings have disappeared!! Karochi looked toward Ginyu. Not long afterward, an explosion sounded in the distance. That was Jeice's [Destruction Sphere]. Right after that, a large number of energy readings disappeared again.
Karochi broke out in a cold sweat! Damn it, no way! Is Ginyu going berserk because of me and killing all the remaining Fidelians?
Oh, man! This is awful.
"You... you bastard!!" Recoome's furious voice rang out. Karochi gathered his thoughts and looked at Recoome charging toward him!
Let's use you for a test. Karochi had just gotten two superpowers and wanted to try them out!!
Karochi put his hands together in the shape of the number seven and took a deep breath. "Time Stop!!!" The surroundings instantly turned gray. The rocks Recoome had kicked up hung motionless in the air, and Recoome was frozen in midair too.
Tights saw this and fell straight out of her seat. Wasn't that the ability Karochi had told her Guldo possessed?? How did he know how to use it? Had Little Chi really been possessed?
"Karochi, how... how can you use that move?? Didn't you... didn't you say it was that four-eyed green monster's technique???" Tights couldn't believe it. Had Karochi really been possessed?
Karochi, who was checking how much energy the ability consumed, froze at her question. He started to answer, but his breath gave out and he immediately coughed it up!!
Recoome stared at the vanished Karochi, utterly bewildered. There was something strangely familiar about this scene!!
"It's like this, Big Sis Tights. I don't know how, but I plundered Guldo's superpower! I was just testing how much energy it used!" Karochi completely ignored Recoome and explained it to Tights. After all, he'd broken Recoome's Scouter with an elbow just now! He had no worries about anyone overhearing them.
"R-really??" Tights still found it hard to believe.
Karochi glanced at Recoome, who was too shocked to speak, and continued explaining. "Of course! How could I lie to you, Big Sis Tights? I'm pretty curious about it too. Anyway, let's talk when I get back after taking care of these guys."
After ending his conversation with Tights, Karochi turned his gaze back to Recoome and gave him a mischievous grin. "Let's keep testing. We just tried [Time Stop]. There's another superpower I haven't tried yet!"
Recoome looked at Karochi and took step after step backward in fear!!
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