Kasso and the others had been on Mumu Planet for three months.
With the steady rise in their combat power, the high-end threats on this planet had been cleared out for the most part.
At night, Kasso and Ausbie sat around a campfire that crackled and popped, with two wild boars skewered over the flames.
Under the roasting heat, the fat on the boars sizzled and dripped onto the ground; if one looked closely, a patch of the earth was already soaked with the rendered grease.
The boars were nearly done, and an incredibly enticing aroma wafted through the air.
Ausbie reached out a small, chubby hand and grabbed one of the boars.
She held it to her mouth, opened wide, and took a big bite.
Crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, it was roasted to perfection.
As she chewed the piping-hot meat, Ausbie gasped for air every now and then to soothe the heat in her mouth.
"Brother Kasso's cooking is the best, this meat is so fragrant!" Ausbie said, her cheeks bulging as she ate.
"Of course, don't forget who roasted it!" Seeing her look of pure enjoyment, Kasso couldn't resist the aroma himself, so he picked up the other boar and started gnawing away.
"Little Ausbie, our mission is complete. We'll be leaving this planet in a few days."
Kasso chewed on a boar leg, but after a few bites, he felt something stuck in his teeth and used a nearby twig to pick at them.
"Okay, I'll listen to Brother." Ausbie didn't even look up, continuing to focus on enjoying the delicious meat.
Wherever Brother Kasso went, she would follow!
Kasso looked over and couldn't help but laugh at Ausbie's eating style.
Her chubby little legs were curled up in front of the fire, and she kept stuffing meat into her mouth until her cheeks were puffed out, looking just like a porcelain doll under the glow of the flames.
At that moment, the twenty-something-year-old soul inside Kasso was charmed by her cuteness, and his old face couldn't help but flush red.
Is this what raising a loli feels like?
Kasso continued to eat his roast.
After months of grueling training and constant mission execution, Kasso and Ausbie had shed their status as combat novices.
They had experienced hundreds of battles of varying sizes while clearing out beasts, and their combat techniques had seen a qualitative leap.
There was one time they had nearly been devoured by a beast, but that battle had also significantly boosted Kasso's power; he now sat at 1,000, while Ausbie had reached 700.
To have achieved such combat power at such a young age was a testament to the effectiveness of Earth's training methods.
If Kasso and Ausbie were to return to Planet Vegeta now, they would surely cause a massive stir.
In the anime, Raditz only had a combat power of 1,500 when he invaded Earth, which was about the same as a high-class adult Saiyan.
Although Raditz was relatively weak, these two six-year-old brats were already approaching the level of some adult Saiyans.
Kasso tossed the leftover bones into the distance.
With only one year left until the destruction of Planet Vegeta, he had to hurry and increase his strength.
Perhaps the ships returning at this time were already being monitored by Frieza.
Once the mission was finished.
Next stop: Yardrat.
Yardrat is located in the 27th main star system of the Vega constellation in the North Galaxy, relatively close to Namek.
During the Namek arc, Goku defeated Frieza on Namek, but the planet was on the verge of exploding.
Goku didn't have enough time to make it back to his own ship, and while Frieza's ship was nearby, its propulsion system had been destroyed by Vegeta and wouldn't start.
Just when everyone thought Goku was doomed, he luckily found the ship left behind by the Ginyu Force and escaped; since the Ginyu Force's next target had been Yardrat, the ship's coordinates were already set for that destination.
After a year, Goku learned Instant Transmission on Yardrat.
This was a skill Kasso had dreamed of in his past life; if he couldn't win a fight, he could escape, and he could travel to other planets in an instant.
Because they were Saiyans serving Frieza, their ships contained the same star maps that Frieza possessed, and the location of Yardrat was included among them.
Back on Planet Vegeta, before their ship took off, Kasso had already confirmed its location on the star map; Yardrat was not far from Namek.
"I'll prepare to set off for Yardrat in the next few days," Kasso muttered to himself.
Once they were full, the two lay down on a lounge chair woven from vines.
Kasso stroked Ausbie's beautiful, jet-black hair.
The two enjoyed the tranquil night.
After a while.
Ausbie shifted in his arms, her face turning slightly red, and she looked up. "Brother Kasso, I need to pee!"
"Alright, Brother will wait for you right here." Kasso flicked her small, delicate nose.
"Mm!"
Ausbie climbed off him and slowly stepped down from the vine chair.
Kasso followed behind her.
A wide path stretched out, flanked by woods on both sides, with the low chirping of insects echoing through the surroundings.
This path leading to the latrine was one they had cleared themselves.
Ausbie walked along the path and entered a small hut.
From a distance, the hut looked square, its walls constructed of wood and uniform in height, yet it lacked a roof—it was an open-air latrine.
Why would a toilet need to be so fancy? Anything will do, Kasso had thought when he was building it.
In truth, this wasn't a matter of being fancy; it was clearly because Kasso was too lazy to even bother putting on a roof.
A while later.
"Brother Kasso, the moonlight is so bright tonight, and the moon is so round."
Ausbie's soft, sweet voice drifted out from the hut.
Bright? Round? Could it be...
Kasso hurriedly looked up at the sky, where a full moon, looking like an egg yolk, hung in the heavens.
"Oh no!"
Every Saiyan knew that those with tails would transform into Great Apes upon seeing a full moon—everyone, that is, except for Goku.
"How could there be a moon here!"
Kasso had been on Mumu Planet for several months and had never once noticed the existence of a moon.
Bardock had really set him up!
Kasso quickly felt his heart begin to pound violently.
Thump-thump! Thump-thump!
This was the prelude to turning into a Great Ape!
According to what Kasso knew, only the Saiyan royal family and elite warriors could maintain their sanity in the Great Ape state. Although he was an elite warrior, he was still young and didn't know if he could withstand that berserk rage.
His heartbeat accelerated again, and Kasso's eyes gradually began to glow with a red light, just like the eyes of a beast. His face started to twist into a ferocious expression, and he bared his teeth, letting out a few roars as his entire body trembled uncontrollably!
Kasso's body lost control, erupting with a powerful aura.
BOOM!
The earth groaned under the pressure of this aura, and the gravel on the ground rose into the air as if gravity had ceased to exist!
Kasso fought against the berserk emotions brought on by the Great Ape transformation. The rage attacked his mind from all sides, and his remaining sliver of sanity was like a small boat in a stormy sea, ready to capsize at any moment.
Not daring to gamble on whether he could truly keep his sanity, Kasso endured the pain and ripped off his own tail with one hand.
"Hah... hah... hah..."
Without his tail, Kasso knelt on one knee, gasping for air.
His face was no longer ferocious, and the fur that had begun to sprout in preparation for the transformation vanished, but his eyes remained bloodshot, crisscrossed with red veins, and the look in them was terrifying!
Just then, a roar erupted from the direction of the latrine!
ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!
A Great Ape over 20 meters tall appeared before him, its eyes blood-red like rubies, its entire body covered in brownish-yellow fur.
The Great Ape pounded its chest with both hands, as if it had a pent-up frustration in its heart that it needed to release.
The open-air latrine Kasso had built with his own hands was torn to pieces by Ausbie's transformation; not even a single intact piece of wood could be found on the ground.
Kasso swallowed hard, the corner of his mouth twitching slightly.
"Damn it all, if I had known, I would have just built an enclosed toilet. Why did I have to be so lazy!"
Seeing that Ausbie had lost her sanity, Kasso realized that even elite warriors needed training to maintain their reason while in the Great Ape state!
The full moon—this was the final trump card Bardock had left for them. With the full moon, as long as Kasso and the others transformed into Great Apes, the beasts of Mumu Planet would be no different from ants.
Bardock, far away on Planet Vegeta, probably never could have imagined this situation!
To think they would transform because of the full moon at a time when they didn't even need to!
This was going to be the death of Kasso!
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