First Encounter with Raditz (I've Signed!)

After handing the spaceship over to Bulma and politely declining the Briefs' invitation to afternoon tea, Son Gohan quickly floated high into the sky. His aura erupted around him, and he shot straight out.

Boom!

A roaring blast of air echoed across the sky. Bulma's family watched as Son Gohan, like a fighter jet, punched a white ring of vapor into the heavens and swiftly vanished beyond the horizon.

With a sigh of admiration, Dr. Brief began examining and studying the spaceship with his daughter, while Mrs. Brief moved over to the garden to continue watering the flowers.

Flying at extreme speed high in the sky, Son Gohan did not take long to arrive at Karin Tower.

First, under Yajirobe's stunned gaze, Son Gohan packed all the Senzu Beans into a large bag, leaving only a small portion in Karin the Immortal's care.

He had absolutely no pleasant expression for that damn fatty Yajirobe. This guy was gluttonous, lazy, and cowardly, practically taking every "virtue" a petty man could have. Worst of all, he had treated Senzu Beans as meals and snacks, causing an enormous waste of such a scarce resource.

Back then, these actions had nearly infuriated Son Gohan from his previous life to death, because this was the reason Senzu Beans became so scarce in the later stages of Dragon Balls.

When he had watched the manga and anime, Son Gohan could ignore all this and endure it, but now that he was in this world, he could not simply let certain things happen as they pleased.

What Son Gohan wanted to do now was strangle every unstable factor in the cradle ahead of time.

However, as for those androids currently still hidden in the dark, Son Gohan had no interest in them for now. If he acted now, he could indeed eliminate Dr. Gero and the entire series of android troubles that would follow.

But in that case, it would affect Son Gohan's subsequent plans. Besides, a mere Android 17 and Android 18 were not enough to make him feel any fear or worry.

And even if Perfect Cell appeared, so what? If Son Gohan did not even have confidence against an enemy like that, how was he supposed to walk the martial path in the future?

When he used to watch the anime, he had always felt that Son Goku and Vegeta were far too arrogant, even missing many crucial opportunities because of it.

But now that he had entered this world and become one of the Saiyans, Son Gohan could understand their mentality at the time.

This was the pride of being a Saiyan, the pride of being a powerful martial artist!

Every enemy was a whetstone on his road to strength. The stronger, the better. As long as he could defeat and conquer the other party, that would prove he was even stronger!

This was also the fundamental reason why Saiyans were called a warrior race.

Even Frieza, in the hearts of many Saiyans, was a goal to strive to defeat—Vegeta, for example.

As for Majin Buu, the current Son Gohan did not have the ability to defeat that being controlled by the evil wizard Babidi, especially since Babidi could even manipulate people's hearts.

Asking himself honestly, with his current mental cultivation, Son Gohan could not guarantee that he could ignore the other party's control, so before his strength reached the standard, he did not want to touch Majin Buu yet.

That meant that on Earth right now, there was already nothing that could make Son Gohan feel apprehensive.

After returning to Kami's Lookout, Son Gohan handed that large bag of Senzu Beans to Mr. Popo to help store, then sat cross-legged on the broad platform and continued his meditative training.

Now he only needed to wait for Son Goku and Piccolo to come out. What remained was only training and waiting.

Time passed minute by minute and second by second. Soon, the sky darkened, and the stars and bright moon vied with one another for brilliance. However, even when dawn came and the sun began to rise, Son Goku and Piccolo still showed no movement at all.

Son Gohan opened his eyes, took the watch from his pocket, and calculated for a moment. He found that roughly twelve hours had passed since the two of them went in, which meant about half a year had passed inside, and they still had not come out.

But immediately afterward, he felt relieved. After all, both of them were training maniacs, and on top of that, the two of them could spar and fight at any time. It was impossible for them to come out that quickly.

After that, Son Gohan closed his eyes and continued his meditative training.

But two hours later, he suddenly opened his eyes. At the same time, a figure abruptly appeared beside him. It was none other than Kami.

"Is this the evil alien you spoke of?"

Kami raised his head and looked toward the distant blue horizon, at the golden spark that was falling toward the ground.

The evil aura contained within that spark was even denser than Demon King Piccolo's had been before. Who knew how many lives it had slaughtered in the past to reach this extent?

"Yes, that's him," Son Gohan said with a frown.

He was not worried about Raditz coming. What puzzled him was that according to the original timeline, no matter how he calculated it, Raditz should only arrive on Earth after Son Goku and Piccolo came out of the room.

After thinking for barely two seconds, Son Gohan stopped dwelling on it. If he was here, he was here. At worst, he would just deal with him himself.

Thinking this, Son Gohan said to Kami, "Leave him to me. Please rest assured."

Kami nodded when he heard this. Although that evil alien's aura was very powerful, compared to the aura Son Gohan had displayed before, it was much weaker.

The next moment, Son Gohan pushed off with both legs and leapt straight down from Kami's Lookout, like a fish plunging into water.

As he fell downward, Son Gohan quickly calculated and judged the approximate location where the spaceship would land. Then his aura flared around him, and with a swallow-like turn, he flew at extreme speed in that direction.

Boom!

The spaceship smashed into the ground, blasting dust into the sky. Afterward, a figure slowly walked out of the crater amid the hazy veil of sand.

"Trash with a power level of only 5!"

After saying the line famous throughout the world in Dragon Balls, Raditz caught the bullet, then waved his hand and killed the Earth farmer before him.

He pressed the Scouter on his left eye again, but after looking around, he could not find any high power-level reaction within its effective range.

"Where the hell did Kakarot run off to?"

Just as Raditz frowned and pondered the reason, the Scouter suddenly let out a beeping alarm. Immediately afterward, all kinds of data rapidly appeared on the lens.

"Hm? Power level 920. Is it Kakarot?"

Seeing the data, Raditz's face revealed a look of surprise as he said, "And he's approaching me quickly. Is he coming to welcome me? Looks like this brat's doing pretty well. It's just that the planet hasn't been cleaned up properly—what's going on there? Looks like I'll have to question him carefully in a bit."

At that thought, Raditz folded his arms across his chest and stood where he was, waiting.

Before long, a flying figure appeared on the horizon. But once it drew closer, Raditz realized something seemed off.

"A child?"

Though he could not make out the face clearly, with his eyesight he could still tell the other party's build was that of a child. It could not possibly be the fully grown Kakarot.

Tap.

Son Gohan landed on both feet, then turned his gaze toward the tall Raditz before him.