Zarbon and Dodoria didn't dare slack off for a moment. They immediately stepped forward and bowed.
Frieza patted Zarbon on the head, then patted Dodoria on the head.
Mm, that solid feeling beneath his hand was truly soothing.
He, Frieza, really had been reborn!
This wasn't a dream!
Zarbon and Dodoria trembled with fear, their faces turning pale.
Lord Frieza, please stop touching us...
What's gotten into you?
Your strange behavior is frightening us!
"Strange, what happened to this planet? It looks like it's been through a huge battle." Frieza glanced around the planet and asked casually.
Zarbon and Dodoria stammered for a long while, unsure how to explain.
"I remember Vegeta and Cui fought on this planet before. Did the two of them cause all this damage?" Frieza furrowed his brow slightly.
Zarbon and Dodoria were completely at a loss for words.
How could you have forgotten everything?
When did Vegeta and Cui ever fight here?
"Let's go. Our destination is Namek... but first, we'll stop by Cooler's place." Frieza paid them no further attention and issued his order.
"Whoosh!"
A spaceship hurtled over from the distance and landed beside the three of them.
Frieza boarded the spaceship.
Zarbon and Dodoria followed behind him.
"Clang!"
The spaceship's hatch closed. It shot straight into the sky and headed into the vastness of space.
"Don't disturb me before we reach Cooler's place. Understood?" Frieza said with a smile to Zarbon and Dodoria.
"Yes!" they answered at once.
Frieza said no more. He shut himself in a room and began training in earnest.
First, he had to surpass Cooler.
By his reckoning, the journey from here to Cooler's place, then on to Namek, would take exactly a month.
He, Frieza, had to return to peak condition within that month.
Then he'd go to Namek and humiliate Son Wukong.
Earth, Mount Paozu.
"Chi-Chi, I'm back." Son Wukong appeared in the room in an instant and laughed cheerfully at Chi-Chi.
"Goku... you're back? Where's Gohan?" Chi-Chi turned around. When she saw that Son Gohan wasn't there, her heart sank.
"Gohan said he wanted to train hard, so I sent him off to train. I'll bring him back in a couple of days. Don't worry," Son Wukong replied with a smile.
"Goku, Gohan is only five years old. You're letting him fight alongside you?" Chi-Chi demanded angrily.
"Gohan didn't fight this time," Son Wukong said with a smile. "He just wanted to do what he wanted to do."
Chi-Chi was at a loss for words.
"Chi-Chi, I know you want Gohan to become a great scholar, but Gohan has his own ideas. Let him choose what he wants to do," Son Wukong said seriously, his expression suddenly turning solemn as he looked at Chi-Chi. "Maybe one day he'll grow tired of training and fighting and decide to become a scholar!"
"Fine. Since you've put it that way, let him do what he wants." Chi-Chi sighed helplessly, then looked at the torn clothes on Son Wukong with concern. "Goku, you must have been through a fierce battle. Your clothes are in tatters."
"It's nothing. It wasn't that fierce." Son Wukong scratched the back of his head and laughed.
At the same time, Son Wukong mused to himself.
Frieza probably wouldn't go to Namek now, right?
I beat him up so badly!
Namek should be safe now.
The days passed one by one.
About eighteen days later.
Cooler Planet No. 1.
Frieza stepped down from his spaceship with a beaming smile, then entered Cooler's castle with Zarbon and Dodoria.
"Frieza, how's the mission Lord Beerus gave you coming along?" Cooler asked bluntly. "Have you destroyed all the planets you were supposed to?"
"Hmph, that's none of your concern!" Frieza snorted. "Did you call me here just to say that? You could've settled this with a phone call."
"Talking face-to-face makes you take it more seriously," Cooler replied with a faint smile.
Frieza: "..."
Frieza's face darkened.
I remember you said the same thing in my previous life.
"You'd better take care of your own business. I know what I'm doing." With that, Frieza turned to leave.
In his previous life, Frieza had been furious.
It was something that could've been handled with a phone call, but Cooler had insisted I come all the way here.
I'd only raised my voice, and Cooler grabbed me and gave me a brutal beating.
But this time was different!
"Stop right there, Frieza!" Cooler shouted sternly.
Frieza's lips curled into a faint smile. He slowly turned around and looked at Cooler with a beaming expression.
That was exactly what I'd been waiting for you to say!
"Cooler, you're being too loud. You're disturbing me!" Frieza snapped, glaring at him.
Cooler: "????"
Cooler was visibly taken aback. He studied Frieza with a penetrating gaze, unable to figure out what he was up to.
As Frieza's older brother, Cooler used to bully him whenever they met, claiming it would toughen him up.
After all, Cooler's power had long since far surpassed Frieza's.
Cooler's battle power was 470 million.
Frieza's battle power was only 120 million.
You could say Frieza had grown up under Cooler's constant pressure all these years.
Of course, Frieza wanted nothing to do with Cooler. He couldn't beat him and always ended up getting bullied.
Frieza didn't even dare speak loudly in front of Cooler, afraid he'd get beaten up.
Today, Cooler thought Frieza seemed a little strange. He certainly had some nerve.
"Frieza, you dare glare at me?" Cooler was so angry that he couldn't help laughing.
My hands are itching. I was just about to give you a beating.
I hadn't even come up with a reason yet, and now you dare glare at me?
Just watch how I deal with you!
"Ohohoho! Cooler, do you think you can still throw your weight around in front of me?" Frieza rubbed his nose, his smile growing ever brighter.
Zarbon and Dodoria exchanged glances with a few members of the Cooler Armored Squadron. Then they quietly left the room, leaving the two brothers alone.
The door closed. Only Cooler and Frieza remained in the room.
"Frieza, looks like you've forgotten the pain as soon as your wounds healed!" Cooler was so amused by Frieza's arrogance that he burst into laughter.
"Smack!"
Frieza gave a cold laugh, reached out, and grabbed Cooler by the throat.
He moved so quickly that Cooler didn't even have time to react.
"Boom!"
Still gripping Cooler by the throat, Frieza slammed him hard into the floor.
The entire castle shook violently and nearly collapsed.
Fortunately, Frieza had controlled his strength well.
Even so, the metal castle was on the verge of collapse, bent and warped, and liable to come down at any moment.
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