Vegeta had mixed feelings about Son Gohan.
He both hoped Gohan was stronger than him and hoped he was weaker.
In Vegeta's mind, among everyone present, including Tarble, Son Gohan had the greatest potential and talent by far.
It was a shame he'd let it all go to waste.
Still, Vegeta knew everyone had the right to choose how they wanted to live.
He just regretted seeing such great talent wasted for nothing.
Son Gohan hadn't expected Vegeta to send him out, and he froze for a moment. "Huh? You want me to go?"
"Gohan, Vegeta's right. You should go," Piccolo chimed in. "If you don't move around soon, your body will rust."
"You haven't trained in all these years."
"You're nowhere near as strong as you were when you fought Majin Buu."
Hearing that, Son Gohan didn't hesitate any longer. He nodded. "All right. I'll take care of them."
Abo and Cado saw what was happening and burst out laughing, taunting them.
"Ha ha ha! Cado, did you hear that? These guys, with battle powers of only around fifty thousand, actually have the nerve to say they'll take us down!"
"Ha ha ha!"
"That's hilarious!"
"Ha ha ha! Brother, these losers must have no idea how strong we are to run their mouths like that!"
"But we can take our time killing them and have a little fun!"
"Cado, that's a great idea!"
"Are you going first, or am I?"
"You go ahead and play!"
"Then I'll have some fun first!"
After deciding the order, Abo stepped forward and taunted Son Gohan. "Hey, you there. You can bring a few more people along. Otherwise, I won't have enough fun."
Son Gohan gave a cold laugh and looked at him as if he were an idiot. "I don't need anyone else. I'm enough."
"And I suggest you bring your brother, too."
"Otherwise, you won't even last one move against me!"
With that, he released just a tiny fraction of his energy.
It was probably about fifty thousand in battle power.
Abo froze at first, then burst out laughing. "Ha ha ha! Cado, did you hear what this loser just said?"
"He actually said I wouldn't last one move against him?"
"A piece of trash with a battle power of only fifty thousand dares to say that to me, Lord Abo!"
"That's hilarious. Is he trying to make me laugh myself to death?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the two brothers laughed wildly together.
"Ha ha ha~" x2
Seeing them, a hint of pity appeared in Son Gohan's eyes.
Pathetic!
They didn't even know how strong their enemy was, yet they still dared to act so arrogantly!
"Fifty thousand in battle power?"
"Then open your eyes and see just how high my real battle power is!"
"Ha--aaahhh..."
In an instant, Son Gohan's energy surged.
Seeing this, Tarble hurriedly warned Licks to turn off his Scouter. "Licks, turn off your Scouter, now!"
As he spoke, he switched off the Scouter he was wearing.
Licks hesitated when he heard him, and that brief delay cost him a moment.
The next second—
Boom!
Bang, bang, bang!
As Son Gohan unleashed his full power in his base form, three explosions rang out on the spot.
His battle power had exceeded the Scouter's limit!
"What?!!!" x3
Licks, Abo, and Cado all cried out in shock, their faces filled with horror.
For just a moment, they had seen the numbers on their Scouters surpass ten million.
Abo and Cado were stunned.
They hadn't thought their opponent could really control his battle power at will.
They'd scoffed when they first heard the numbers on the Scouter.
They'd thought no one in the world could freely control the size of their battle power.
But they hadn't expected to be proven wrong so quickly.
After their initial shock, their faces darkened.
The two brothers exchanged a glance, then nodded in perfect understanding, deciding to use their trump card.
Even so, they still hadn't given up on their daydream of recruiting Son Gohan.
"Hmph, kid, you're pretty strong!"
"Would you be interested in working for us?"
"Then you'd be the strongest person in the universe below the two of us brothers. We'd make you the universe's third emperor. How does that sound?"
Son Gohan mocked them. "You think someone with my strength needs to work for you?"
"Enough talk. Whatever other tricks you have, use them!"
"Don't say I didn't give you a chance!"
Behind him, Piccolo, Vegeta, and the others frowned as they watched him waste time.
They already knew they were enemies. Why give them a chance?
He was far too kind!
Still, none of them said anything.
Seeing that Son Gohan wouldn't be swayed, Abo and Cado gave up on recruiting him.
The two immediately stood back-to-back, then stepped forward and crouched. They abruptly turned toward Son Gohan as their arms struck matching poses.
They shouted in unison, "Red and blue—fusion!"
As soon as the words left their mouths, purple lightning crackled around them.
Boom!
A mass of purple flames engulfed them and spiraled up into the sky.
Three seconds later, the purple flames vanished.
The red Abo and blue Cado had disappeared, leaving behind a huge purple monster with spikes on his chin and arms.
"What?!!"
Everyone present except Tarble looked on in astonishment.
The basic information on Son Gohan and the purple monster appeared before Tarble's eyes.
"Target: Son Gohan Race: Half-Saiyan Battle power: 20 billion" . "Target: Abocado Race: BUFF Clan fusion warrior Battle power: 15 billion"
Gohan's battle power was only 20 billion?
He really was Nobi Gohan. His base-form battle power was that low!
Still, Abo and Cado's fusion, Abocado, had grown much stronger.
But even with that battle power, he still couldn't beat Gohan in his base form!
Looking at their basic information, Tarble couldn't help but assess them silently.
Then he glanced at Vegeta.
"Target: Vegeta Race: Saiyan Battle power: 90 billion"
Tsk, tsk!
Vegeta's base-form battle power far surpassed Son Gohan's!
It seemed that after the fight with Majin Buu, Vegeta hadn't slacked off in his training.
Before he could check anyone else's battle power, Abocado's taunting voice suddenly reached his ears.
"Kid, are you scared?"
"Being scared won't help. I, Abocado, will slowly torture you until you die!"
"Take this!"
Before the words had fully left his mouth, Tarble turned to look, but Abocado was nowhere to be seen.
With a thud, Abocado appeared right in front of Son Gohan, and their first clash began.
Unfortunately, Son Gohan casually raised a hand and stopped his attack with ease.
The seemingly fierce force of the punch only ruffled Son Gohan's hair.
Seeing Son Gohan unmoved, Abocado's expression changed drastically.
"What?!!"
That hadn't been his full-strength attack, but it was still no attack that a piece of trash with a battle power of only around ten million could withstand.
Yet his opponent had just blocked it head-on!
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