"Vegeta!" Raditz gently brushed his hand aside and continued, "Nappa called you a frog in a well, and you still didn't believe him. Did you know that most of the people you met on Earth have now surpassed your current power level?"
"W-what?!"
"Tien Shinhan has a power level of 100,000!" Raditz held up one finger, his tone as calm as if he were reading off a menu. "Krillin, 96,000! Yamcha, 88,000!"
He paused, savoring Vegeta's twisted expression, then delivered the heaviest blow of all. "Piccolo... is now at 300,000!"
"Three... three hundred thousand?!" Vegeta was so shocked he didn't know what to say.
"Let me tell you, it's all thanks to training on Earth and Kakarot's guidance," Raditz said. "Kakarot has special training methods. The Gravity Chamber, unlocking potential, and... something called 'Bond.'"
"Bond?!"
"That's right, Bond," Raditz said with a nod. "Getting stronger alongside your partners, training and fighting to protect the people you care about."
Vegeta fell silent. His worldview of "the strong rule, and the weak are trash" was crumbling inch by inch.
[Nappa's power level... is almost the same as mine now... No, it's a little higher...]
[Raditz... is even stronger than Nappa...]
[That means Kakarot must have special training methods... Otherwise, there's no way they could have raised their power levels so much in such a short time...]
[They've gained far more power than they did in all those years before...]
[No... I have to ask Kakarot what's going on...]
An indescribably complex mix of emotions rose within him.
"Kakarot..." he said quietly. "Where is he now?"
"He went to wipe out some of Frieza Force's soldiers," Raditz said. "I don't know exactly where he is, but he'll definitely be there when we face Frieza."
"Frieza..." Vegeta murmured.
"Come with us," Raditz said. "Then