Just To Feel It

"Although we don't know each other, I must thank you for saving Bulma and my companions... As a fellow Saiyan, your strength is formidable, and you must realize that we are at a dead end right now..."

"So, let's join forces. With your power combined with mine, we should be able to hold him off for a while longer..."

"You can rest assured; even if you die in the process, as long as Piccolo and the others survive, we can use the Dragon Balls on Earth to bring you back."

Son Goku's words caused everyone to stare at Ron in shock.

Ron was left speechless.

He was actually a bit puzzled—had he not made his position obvious enough?

Did they really believe he was no match for Frieza?

"So, you're saying that none of you have grasped the situation yet?"

Ron's words left Son Goku, Piccolo, and the others stunned.

"What do you mean?" Son Goku asked, looking bewildered.

"I mean, haven't you realized that Frieza is acting out of fear, which is why he's resorting to this move? Furthermore, you're overestimating Frieza; the guy is really nothing special." Ron stopped looking at them and turned his back, keeping his eyes on Frieza high above as he continued, "Why do you think I haven't stepped in to interrupt Frieza's technique? Piccolo, you're a Namekian, and you still have my power within you; you should know my strength better than anyone... What? Have you forgotten so quickly that the power you wield is merely something I tossed to you on a whim?"

"You..." Piccolo was left speechless.

"This... then why...?" Son Goku stammered, asking blankly.

He was deeply confused and found Ron even harder to read.

"Obviously, I wanted to see how strong this move of Frieza's really is. If I had intervened earlier, there would have been nothing left for you to do. Your Spirit Bomb was quite impressive, and it actually gave me some inspiration. So, if you're all scared, you should leave now. I'll handle Frieza, and I will kill him!" Ron's response made everyone gasp.

Piccolo, in particular, realized with a jolt that he had still been underestimating Ron's strength.

He had previously assumed that even if Ron were stronger than Son Goku, it wouldn't be by much.

Now, it seemed Ron's power was far beyond Son Goku's; the strength he had lent him was merely a drop in the ocean for someone like Ron.

Frieza's terror had been etched into his soul, making him believe the tyrant was invincible.

But in reality, if one stepped outside that mental cage, Frieza was indeed someone they couldn't handle, but he wasn't as limitless as they had first imagined.

"You—you really have the power to defeat Frieza? You're just doing this to test his attack? You're a madman!" Krillin said, trembling.

"Yeah, what if something goes wrong? An energy blast of this magnitude—if it really destroys the planet, even if you don't get blown up, you won't be able to survive in the vacuum of space," Son Gohan added, thinking of the bigger picture.

"Can't survive in space?" Ron curled his lips into a smirk and let out a laugh.

This reaction only made the group feel even more bewildered.

They found Ron increasingly impossible to fathom.

Once Ron finished laughing, he finally answered Son Gohan's question.

"I'm not like you all; the vacuum of space is not a place where I cannot survive. However, you've reminded me of something. I'll share a piece of information with you: the reason Frieza dares to blow up Namek is precisely because he has the ability to survive and operate in space, which is why he isn't worried about being caught in the blast."

Ron's words cleared the doubts in everyone's minds.

None of them had considered it until Son Gohan brought it up, making them realize the critical issue.

Now that Ron had provided the answer, everyone took a deep breath to steady their racing hearts.

"So, do you truly have absolute certainty that you can defeat Frieza?" Son Goku asked again, his tone solemn.

He wanted a definitive answer.

Hearing this, Ron tilted his head to look at him again.

He didn't speak, merely flashing a confident, mischievous grin.

It wasn't just Son Goku who saw it; everyone did.

Although he hadn't answered in words, the expression said everything.

Bulma stared blankly at Ron's broad back, recalling their previous intimate contact and the sense of security he provided, and felt her panic begin to subside.

North King Kai's Planet.

At this moment, the atmosphere was heavy to the point of suffocation.

North King Kai was drenched in sweat, his nerves frayed to the limit.

Frieza hadn't died, and then Ron had appeared to stop the tragedy of Krillin being assassinated by Frieza.

And now, Frieza was crazily unleashing this attack, intending to blow up Namek.

As a King Kai, he had seen Frieza destroy planets many times before.

But never had he seen an attack with this level of destructive power.

"King Kai, does this Saiyan, Ron, really have the power to defeat Frieza?" Tien Shinhan asked hesitantly.

"Yeah, looking at him now, he doesn't seem to be anywhere near as strong as Goku when he uses the ten-fold Kaioken," Yamcha added, sounding skeptical.

Hearing their words, North King Kai's expression grew even graver.

"I don't know much about this Saiyan, Ron, either... However, for him to say such things, he must possess a certain level of strength. At the very least, he shouldn't be weaker than Goku using the twenty-fold Kaioken... It's just that he is far too confident in himself. Frieza's power is far beyond what he imagines..."

North King Kai sighed, voicing his inner thoughts.

"So, we're going to lose in the end?" Chiaotzu asked, his voice laced with worry.

"If that's the case, North Kai, shouldn't you hurry up and contact Goku and the others? Tell them to find a spaceship and escape while they still can! Do it while Frieza is still gathering energy for that bomb..." Yamcha urged anxiously.

Tien Shinhan, standing nearby, started to speak as well, but North Kai cut him off immediately.

"Don't even think about it. Trying to escape in front of the Emperor of the Universe, Frieza, is nothing but a pipe dream. Even if they managed to board a ship by some miracle, it would be shot down the moment it took off. You don't actually think Frieza has lost the ability to act just because he's using this technique, do you?" North Kai's words struck the three of them hard.

The expressions on Tien Shinhan, Yamcha, and Chiaotzu's faces turned grim.

"Besides, the power of the planet's explosion would reach them even if the ship successfully launched. Total destruction is inevitable..."

Planet Namek.

High in the sky.

The Planet Destroyer Bomb Frieza was gathering had already expanded to a diameter of several thousand meters.

The terrifying energy of destruction seemed capable of tearing everything apart.

Compared to the Spirit Bomb from before, it was an entirely different extreme.