"Sayians?"
Android 18's brows furrowed slightly, confusion crossing her beautiful yet cold face.
"Weren't all the Saiyans on Earth?"
"Could there be other Saiyans besides Son Goku and Vegeta?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Master Roshi replied, "Those two with the weaker energy signatures should be Saiyans."
"If I'm not mistaken, the two powerful ones behind them are their pursuers."
"Either they came to Earth by accident, or they might have come specifically to find Son Goku or Vegeta."
Hearing that, Krillin didn't hesitate. "Android 18, Master Roshi, stay here. I'll go see what's going on."
Android 18 let out a small cry. "Krillin!"
Clearly, she didn't want Krillin to put himself in danger.
Krillin reassured her, "Don't worry. I'll be careful."
Android 18 was about to say more when Marron, who had run out after them, beat her to it.
"Daddy, are you going to fight the bad guys?"
At the sound of her voice, the three of them looked down. Marron's little face was full of excitement and anticipation.
"Haha." Krillin smiled warmly. "That's right. Daddy's going to fight the bad guys. You stay home with Mommy and be a good girl, okay?"
Marron immediately nodded several times and answered cheerfully, "Mm-hmm!"
"Marron's the best at being good!"
Krillin reached out and patted her little head. "That's my good girl!"
"Daddy's off, then!"
"Mm-hmm!
Go, Daddy!"
"Haha, you got it!"
After speaking, Krillin didn't linger. He waved to Android 18 and the others, then powered up and flew away.
He could faintly hear Marron's surprised exclamation and Android 18's reminder—
"Wow—"
"Daddy's flying..."
"Kri—llin—"
"Be careful out there—"
A similar scene unfolded in three other places.
At Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu's training grounds,
Tien Shinhan and Chiaotzu had been meditating on a round stone beneath a waterfall.
But the next second, they both opened their eyes at the same time and looked up at the sky in perfect unison.
"That's an incredible energy!"
"Tien Shinhan, who could it be?"
Chiaotzu, with his little crab-like appearance, wore a grave and puzzled expression.
"Yeah, it's powerful," Tien Shinhan said with a nod. "But two of those energy signatures... seem a bit like Saiyans."
"Come on, Chiaotzu. Let's go take a look!"
"Krillin and the others have already headed out!"
"Okay, Tien Shinhan."
At Son Gohan's home,
Son Gohan happened to be home resting that day. He and Videl had finished lunch less than ten minutes ago.
When Videl saw Son Gohan suddenly look up, the happy smile on her face vanished.
Even after all their years of marriage, this was the first time she had seen him look so serious.
She had only ever seen him wear that expression during the Majin Buu period.
Her heart suddenly tightened.
"Gohan, what's wrong?"
At her call, a hint of a smile appeared on Son Gohan's stern face, but he didn't answer her question. Instead, he said softly, "Videl, I have to go out for a while. Can you stay here?"
Hearing that, Videl's heart lurched, but she still smiled, her eyes full of worry. "Okay. I'll wait here for you to come back."
Son Gohan assured her, "Don't worry. Whoever's come isn't very strong."
"But two of them have energy signatures that seem a lot like Saiyans'. I'm going to check it out."
Videl let out a quiet sigh of relief, but still urged him, "Be careful, anyway."
"I will." Son Gohan nodded firmly. "I'll be right back."
Only after she gave a slight nod did he take off.
Videl watched Son Gohan's departing figure from the window and murmured, "I hope nothing happens..."
At the same time,
at Piccolo's secluded training ground,
the four energy signatures that had barged onto Earth disturbed Piccolo as he meditated.
With his current strength, those four signatures were making no effort to conceal themselves. It was impossible not to notice them.
"Are enemies coming to Earth?"
As he spoke, he carefully sensed the four energy signatures, then frowned in puzzlement.
"Something's off. Why are two of them Saiyan?"
"Hm?"
"Gohan, Vegeta, and Krillin's group are all heading that way."
"So they noticed, too."
"I might as well go see what's happening. It's been a while since I've seen Gohan."
Above Earth,
two spherical spaceships pierced the atmosphere first, tracing fiery, crackling arcs through the sky as they sped toward the ground.
The two people aboard were Tarble and Licks, who had spent more than two years traveling through space.
They had already woken up before their ships entered the atmosphere.
Looking through the window at the white and gray clouds streaming past, Tarble couldn't help but reflect:
Earth, in the Dragon Ball world...
Son Goku...
I finally get to see him with my own eyes!
Just as he was lost in thought, Licks's excited voice came through the Scouter.
"Prince Tarble, the Scouter's picking up several high power levels on Earth. The highest is 10,000. That should be Prince Vegeta, right?"
"And they seem to be heading toward our landing site. Could they have... noticed us?"
At that, Tarble casually replied, "Who knows? We'll find out soon enough."
In fact, over the past year, he had learned to control his energy freely.
He was skilled at both suppressing his power level and sensing energy.
For now, only Licks was still in the dark.
And now, he was releasing his energy without holding back to make it seem as though he didn't yet know how to suppress or sense it.
Otherwise, he might arouse Vegeta and the others' suspicions.
After all, Vegeta and the others hadn't known how to sense or suppress energy when they invaded Earth back then.
However,
just after Tarble finished speaking, a strange voice filled with bloodlust came through the Scouter.
"Hahaha!"
"So you're Tarble, huh?"
"Thanks for helping me find the other Saiyans. My brother and I will make sure to send you all to Hell to join King Frieza!"
"Then no one in the universe will be able to stop us from becoming its emperors!"
"Hahaha!"
The sudden, arrogant words startled Tarble and Licks.
Fortunately, neither of them screamed.
Otherwise, their ears might have been ringing for a while.
Tarble quickly realized that the speaker was probably the superior of the Frieza Force soldiers he and Licks had encountered three years ago—the red-and-blue duo from the original story.
He couldn't remember their names.
He only remembered that one had red skin, the other blue, and their special move let them fuse into a monster.
At the same time, he felt a little speechless.
If you want to be the emperor of the universe, then go ahead and be one!
Why keep picking fights with the Saiyans?
You must be bored out of your mind!
He remembered that the two had also pursued Tarble in the movie, chasing him all the way to Earth before getting killed in turn.
Thinking of that, he couldn't help replying, "If you want to be the emperors of the universe, then go ahead. Why come looking for trouble with us Saiyans?"
"Got nothing better to do?"
As soon as he finished speaking,
a cold snort came through the Scouter. "Hmph. How can we become emperors of the universe in peace if the Saiyans aren't wiped out?"
"Just wait to die!"
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