Watching the pirate leader pilot his spaceship away, Son Gohan prepared to return to his own ship, but Eliza behind him raised her hand.
With a flash of energy, a flaming shockwave shot out, catching up to the pirate warship that had already fled some distance away.
Amid the blazing light, the pirates' main warship instantly turned into a massive fireball, everything swallowed within it.
Back aboard the ship, Son Gohan returned to normal and frowned. "Why did you attack?"
"They would've died even if we let them go. There was no need to spare their lives."
Eliza said indifferently, "As for that guy who'd been secretly watching from the outskirts, I noticed him long ago. There was no need to send anyone back to report."
"Or do you think you've killed enough and don't want to kill anymore?"
Son Gohan shook his head helplessly. "I understand what you mean. I'm not some pacifist who refuses to kill. I already killed plenty just now."
"Then why exactly didn't you want to kill them?" Eliza asked in confusion.
"Meaningless slaughter will only affect your state of mind. It might feel good when you kill now, but you'll understand later." Son Gohan helplessly rubbed the bridge of his nose.
"Going by what you said, I must've killed thousands, maybe even tens of thousands of lives during my years as a mercenary." Eliza did not care about Son Gohan's words in the slightest.
"Forget it. You'll understand later. I don't know how to explain it to you right now."
Son Gohan lowered the hand rubbing his nose, returned to the main control console, and said to the ship's steward, "Continue toward Planet Yardrat."
[Understood, Commander.]
The ship's AI immediately replied in a clear voice.
Eliza sensed that Son Gohan seemed to