Elimination

"How—how is this possible!? I—I actually lost to this brat!"

Ginyu, whose body had been pierced by the ki blast and sent flying backward by its force, wore an expression of disbelief.

Feeling the intense pain in his abdomen, Ginyu touched the enormous wound, then slowly raised his hand and saw the bright red blood covering it.

"This! This! Pfft!"

In an instant, overcome by the intense pain, Ginyu could no longer hold back and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"How could this brat have such incredible power!? The Scouter clearly showed his battle power was only 30,000! I—I!"

Suddenly, his throat burned.

"Urgh! Blegh!" He couldn't help spitting out several more mouthfuls of blood.

Seeing the blood he had coughed up, Ginyu hurriedly clutched the wound in his abdomen and struggled to steady himself in midair.

"But... heh. I'm not dead yet. I still have a chance."

Although his injuries were severe, the moment he remembered his special ability, Ginyu couldn't help chuckling softly.

"Is that so?"

But before Ginyu could make a move, he heard a childish voice behind him.

"What!!"

"Ah!!"

Before Ginyu could turn around, a sudden pain shot through his left arm.

With a sharp crack, Ginyu's left arm began twisting and bending in Kast's grasp. Amid the sound of bones breaking, Kast pinned it behind his back.

"You've got some impressive vitality, Ginyu. I didn't expect you to survive such a fatal wound."

Holding Ginyu's arm, Kast said calmly.

"I know exactly what chance you're talking about, Ginyu, because I know what you can do!"

As he spoke, he leaned close to Ginyu's ear and whispered.

"You can switch bodies with someone else. Did you think I didn't know? But it seems that ability only works when you're face-to-face with someone!"

"!"

"You!" Although Kast's voice was quiet and childish, Ginyu's expression changed dramatically at his words, and waves crashed through his mind.

H-How is this possible!? Only King Frieza and a few members of the Ginyu Force know about this. How could he know!? Where did he find out!? Damn it, who let the secret slip? If I find out, I'll...

As Ginyu pondered, cold sweat began to trickle down his face after hearing Kast's words.

"You don't need to guess how I know."

As if he had seen right through Ginyu's thoughts, Kast cut him off.

"Anyway, you'll be in hell soon!"

With that, Kast shoved forward with his left hand, still gripping Ginyu's arm, while a ki blast gathered in the palm of his right hand.

"No! Wait! Please..." Seeing the energy in Kast's hand, Ginyu turned around and begged in terror.

But before Ginyu could finish, Kast pressed the energy sphere against his whole body.

"Disappear, Ginyu!"

"No!! Aah!!!!"

"Boom!!"

His scream was followed by a deafening blast. In a mere instant, the powerful energy reduced Ginyu, who had touched the sphere, to cosmic dust.

It had all happened so quickly that the Frieza Army didn't react until after Ginyu had been eliminated.

When the Frieza Army finally realized Ginyu had been eliminated, they immediately fell into a panic.

"How—how is this possible? Someone actually defeated Captain Ginyu! And in just two moves!"

"This has to be a dream! It has to be! There's no way Captain Ginyu could be beaten that easily!"

"Quick! Run! Get out of here! Now!"

"No, that guy's already noticed us! Let's split up! Quick! Quick! Quick!!"

Seeing the Frieza Army in disarray, Kast had no intention of letting them escape. However, the spaceship could still be useful, so he couldn't just destroy it. After all, it was Ginyu's ship, and it was much better equipped than his own. Having it would also save him the trouble of resupplying.

With that in mind, Kast slowly spread his arms. A sphere of ki energy gradually gathered between his hands.

"Go!"

He gently pushed the gathered ki forward, letting it leave his hands. But although the energy sphere had left his palms, it didn't fly off. Instead, it simply hung in midair.

Looking at the sphere, Kast couldn't help smiling.

"It's been a long time since I used this technique. I wonder if I'm rusty."

Kast had learned this technique earlier in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber. It was a wide-area homing attack.

Although the technique had an impressive range, its power wasn't all that strong. Compared to its range, its attack power was rather limited. Of course, that was only relative. Kast now had a battle power of 5,000,000, so even a weak attack of his was more than an ordinary person could withstand.

But the technique's greatest strength wasn't its power—it was its homing ability.

"One, two, three, four... seven... twenty. Twenty people in total. Good!"

Feeling the number of Frieza Army soldiers nearby, Kast nodded and raised his right hand.

"Snap!"

At the snap of his fingers, the sphere hovering in midair instantly split into twenty smaller blasts, which shot off in every direction.

Meanwhile, the fleeing Frieza Army soldiers were congratulating themselves that Kast hadn't chased after them.

"Hey! How are you doing? Is that guy after you?"

After fleeing for a while, the Frieza Army soldiers hiding in sheltered spots around the planet communicated over their Scouters' private channel.

"No. When I left, he was still standing right there."

"Maybe he doesn't care about us?"

"No!!"

Suddenly, a terrified voice cut in.

"No! Run! Look at the sky! Aah!!! Kzzzt..."

The shrill scream was followed by the sound of the Scouter signal cutting out.

"The sky!?"

Hearing that, the Frieza Army soldiers all looked up.

The moment they did, the last thing they saw was a blinding flash of white light...

"Good. They're all taken care of."

Feeling one ki after another disappear, Kast slowly opened his eyes.

"Now I should take care of some other things."

As he spoke, Kast looked down at a magnificent building below...