After a ripple of spatial distortion, Jaco and Tights found that their surroundings had changed completely.
The three of them were no longer on Earth. They had somehow arrived at the Galactic Patrol Headquarters, the place Jaco knew best!
"What kind of magic is this? It's amazing!" Jaco exclaimed.
"That's Lin Chen's Instant Transmission." Tights had used Instant Transmission with Lin Chen several times already, so she was used to it.
Lin Chen turned to Jaco with a smile. "Mr. Jaco, please take me to meet the Galactic King."
"Lin Chen, don't even think about trying anything funny. This is the Galactic Patrol Headquarters! If you cause trouble, the Galactic Patrol won't let you get away with it," Jaco warned.
"Don't worry. I really am here to discuss working together."
Lin Chen had no intention of acting rashly. He remembered that a top-tier fighter of unknown strength, Merus, was hidden among the Galactic Patrol!
The guy was suspected to be an Angel, a race on the same level as Whis. With Lin Chen's current strength, causing trouble in front of him would be tantamount to asking for death.
The three of them then headed to the Galactic King's office.
Along the way, many people looked surprised to see Jaco back.
"Jaco, weren't you sent to Earth?"
"Jaco, you're back? Where's your spaceship?"
"Jaco..."
Tights took it all in and said, "Jaco, you seem pretty popular."
"Of course. I'm a super elite!"
Lin Chen gave him a look of bemusement.
Before long, the three of them finally met the Galactic King.
Though Tights had known Jaco for years, this was her first time meeting his superior, and she was stunned.
The Galactic King was nothing like she'd imagined. The real Galactic King was a green, octopus-like being wearing a crown!
"Jaco, why are you back? And who are they?"
The Galactic King soon noticed the unfamiliar faces who had appeared out of nowhere. Jaco gave him a formal salute, hurried over, and whispered in his ear.
"S-Saiyans?" The Galactic King jumped, his body trembling slightly.
One of the guards beside him stealthily edged toward a button in the room.
"Hm?"
Lin Chen suddenly glared at him and fired a restrained blast of force, knocking the guard to the ground.
"Everyone, there's no need to be nervous. I may be a Saiyan, but I come in peace."
"W-What exactly do you want?" the Galactic King asked.
"Your Majesty, I'm here to have the Saiyans serve the Galactic Patrol," Lin Chen said.
The Galactic King froze. "Serve us? What do you mean?"
Lin Chen explained his plan.
Now that the Saiyans were under Lin Chen's control, they had been forbidden from raiding or invading other planets.
But that also meant the Saiyans had fewer opportunities to gain real combat experience.
There was a limit to how strong they could become by training in the training rooms. To break through that limit, they needed actual battles.
Since the Saiyans could no longer do evil, Lin Chen planned to have them follow the path taken by the Saiyans of Universe 6 in the original story.
In that universe, the Saiyans made a living by protecting other planets, taking jobs to deal with evildoers.
As someone familiar with the original story, Lin Chen knew that, apart from Merus, the Galactic Patrol wasn't very strong. Most of the time, they could only deal with petty bandits. When they faced somewhat more powerful villains, like the Frieza Force, they were completely helpless.
But what they couldn't handle, the Saiyans could.
"What do you think, Your Majesty? If you agree, the Saiyans can become a special combat unit for the Galactic Patrol."
"I'll call them a peacekeeping force. If you run into a troublesome criminal you can't deal with, you can send in the Saiyans."
The Galactic King couldn't help freezing again. "I see. It's a good idea, but can you guarantee the Saiyans won't cause trouble? They didn't have a good reputation in the past."
"That was in the past. The Saiyans are under my rule now, and I'll put them on the right path."
"Th-Then, all right."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I'll have my people get in touch with you about the details."
After reaching an agreement with the Galactic King, Lin Chen didn't stay long. He took Tights and Jaco back to Earth.
Once they were gone, a Galactic Patrolman hurried into the room with a laser gun in hand.
"Your Majesty, where's the Saiyan criminal? I heard a vicious Saiyan came to attack you!"
"Ah, Merus! Don't worry. It was all a misunderstanding."
The Galactic Patrolman named Merus paused. After hearing why Lin Chen had come, a look of surprise flashed in his eyes.
A Saiyan king who wanted to lead the Saiyans to turn over a new leaf?
Could this universe's Saiyans really produce someone like that?
One month later, on Planet Vegeta.
The training craze on Planet Vegeta had kicked off again.
Inside gravity rooms built by Capsule Corporation, Saiyans of all ages trained hard.
Whenever someone was seriously injured in a gravity room, they were immediately taken to a Healing Tank, also provided by Capsule Corporation.
Thanks to Dr. Brief and Bulma, Lin Chen's Saiyan Enhancement Project was back on track. Of the three missions he had claimed from the system, the first—getting more than 1,000 Saiyans to reach a battle power of over 10,000 within a year—was already more than halfway complete.
The other two missions were progressing smoothly as well. At this rate, completing them all within a year was only a matter of time.
With all this going on, after transporting the equipment from Earth back to Planet Vegeta, Lin Chen had begun training himself. But he soon realized he seemed to have hit a bottleneck.
The 50-times-gravity room could no longer meet his needs.
That day, after leaving the training room, Lin Chen checked his current battle power.
One million!
Two months earlier, he had raised his battle power by over 200,000 in a month.
But this past month, he had put in the same amount of time and only gained a little over 100,000.
His rate of growth had clearly slowed down considerably.
It seemed the 50-times-gravity room was almost useless to him now.
Maybe it was time to head down to Earth. He wondered whether Dr. Brief had finished developing the 100-times-gravity room.
Before leaving Earth, Lin Chen had commissioned Dr. Brief to develop a higher-gravity room, offering Saiyan spaceship technology as payment. He had also entrusted Dr. Brief with developing some other technological equipment related to the Saiyans.
A month had passed. It was time to check in on Earth.
But before leaving, Lin Chen naturally had to make sure everything was in order with the Saiyans.
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