Watching Spopovich before him, Nappa rapidly worked out how he should "act" next.
But before Nappa could figure it out, Spopovich let out a howl and charged straight at him like a tank on the offensive.
A plan immediately surfaced in Nappa's mind. At that moment, Yamu seized the chance to rush onto the arena, clutching the energy jar.
Nappa had originally intended to put up a token resistance, but his entire body suddenly stiffened, leaving him completely unable to move.
In his panic, Nappa instinctively flared his energy in an attempt to break free. Yet he discovered that the energy binding him was strangely resilient. For the moment, he could not move an inch.
From the stands, Son Gohan fixed his gaze on Shin nearby. He could clearly see a special energy originating from Shin and directly acting upon Nappa.
In the original story, even Son Gohan had been sealed by this sudden energy. Although his martial arts had declined at the time due to going so long without fighting powerful opponents, he had still possessed strength somewhere between Super Saiyan 1.3 and 1.5.
Furthermore, according to the setting, even Shin, the weakest of the Supreme Kais, could crush Frieza to death with a single finger.
By all accounts, Shin's strength should have reached around 1.7. Divine power also had a suppressive effect on ordinary lifeforms, and combined with the surprise attack, this outcome had resulted.
At this point, Nappa's strength had not even reached Super Saiyan 1.3, so Shin could easily restrain him.
Squelch!
Just as in the original story, the spout of the energy jar pierced straight into Nappa's immobile abdomen, and the energy gauge on the jar began to rise rapidly.
Aside from people like Son Gohan, who knew what was going on, the spectators were