Dragon Ball: Starting with a Check-In System
Chapter 42

Such a Big Son

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A gust of air rushed toward them.

Under Jiang Ling and Vegeta's gaze, the single-person spaceship carried Guldo into the sky, broke through the atmosphere, and left Namek.

"Leaving that guy alive is just asking for trouble. I really don't understand why you spared him. Wouldn't killing him have been simpler..."

Vegeta muttered to himself.

Jiang Ling shot him a glance. "You're trouble too. By that logic, I should've killed you back then."

To be honest, if Goku had not stopped him back then, he definitely would have killed Vegeta.

He had already changed a great deal in this timeline. Whether Vegeta would change the way he had in the original story was still unknown, so back then, he had wanted to strangle Vegeta in the cradle.

"Uh..."

Vegeta choked at Jiang Ling's words.

Thinking of the harsh words he had thrown down when he left Earth, then looking at the current gap in strength between them...

He suddenly had the urge to go back in time and slap himself across the face.

However, the pride of the Saiyan prince made him secretly swear that he would definitely surpass Jiang Ling and Kakarot, then trample them ruthlessly and wash away the humiliation from back then!

Jiang Ling, standing beside him, naturally had no idea Vegeta had so much inner drama going on.

After taking that jab at Vegeta, Jiang Ling felt much better inside.

Right now, he was silently waiting for the system's countdown to end.

[Countdown: one minute...] [Fifty seconds...] [Thirty seconds...] [5.4.3.2.1] [Ding! Sign-in count refreshed! Host may sign in.]

That was right.

Another day had passed on Namek!

Time really did fly.

Next, whether Ginyu lived or died would depend on luck.

Jiang Ling's luck, that was.

Jiang Ling looked at Ginyu, who had lost all five limbs and suffered damage to his vocal cords, then split his mouth into a bright, sunny smile.

Ginyu's eyes widened. For some reason, when he saw that smile, he felt a chill run through him.

Sweat poured down in streams.

His mouth let out meaningless "uh, uh" sounds...

"Don't be nervous."

Jiang Ling comforted him gently.

Then he pressed his hand onto Ginyu's body.

He said inwardly, Sign in.

[Ding! Congratulations, Host, your luck has exploded. Sign-in rewards: "Body Change" and "Ginyu's Choreography Talent"]

"Oh-ho, two skills actually appeared at once. As expected of my good son."

Jiang Ling praised, though one of those skills was useless.

[Of course. As your father, I naturally had to put in some effort.]

"?"

Jiang Ling had never been vague when it came to this kind of form of address. He immediately snapped back as usual, "System, you're my son!"

[I'm your father!]

"You're my son!"

[I'm your father!!]

"You're my son!!"

[I'm your father!!!]

"Son!"

[Father!!]

"Mm, my good son."

Jiang Ling laughed loudly, his mood turning cheerful.

The system realized what had happened and was so angry it almost crashed.

After messing around with the system for a while, Jiang Ling shifted his attention to the skills he had just been rewarded with.

"Body Change": By saying the word "exchange" to a target and releasing a beam of bright light from the mouth to strike them, the user could swap bodies with the target.

Cooldown: one day.

Jiang Ling frowned slightly. Why did it have a cooldown when it came to him?

"Dear son, what's with the cooldown?"

Although the system was very angry, it still answered the question professionally.

[Ignorant. The skill is too broken, so this system nerfed it.]

Jiang Ling: "..."

That reason was very reasonable.

Still, having this skill at all was good enough. What more could he ask for?

He imagined the future...

Jiang Ling frowned again.

Before, he had only thought the "Body Change" skill was amazing and wanted to get his hands on it.

Now that he had it, it seemed kind of useless.

Jiang Ling felt his own body was perfectly fine, and he didn't have any weird fetishes either.

Thinking about it that way, the "Body Change" skill was pretty useless...

Had he... worked for nothing?

"Fuck, I wasted so much time!"

Jiang Ling turned to look at Ginyu, a flash of killing intent passing through his eyes!

"Kamehameha!"

Before Ginyu could even figure out what had happened, he saw a dazzling blue-white shockwave engulf him, and then there was nothing after that.

After Jiang Ling dealt with Ginyu using the Kamehameha, he let out a long breath.

He even found himself an excuse.

"I'm doing this to rid the people of the universe of a scourge."

That wasn't wrong either. The monstrous crimes the Ginyu Force had committed across the universe were too numerous to record.

"Amitabha, what a sin, what a sin. I hope you'll be a good person in your next life."

Jiang Ling sighed with emotion.

He looked at the huge crater blasted open in front of him.

Then he pondered for a moment.

"Hmm... from now on, this place will be called Itomori Town."

"In the future, I'll film a Namek version of Your Name."

On the battlefield elsewhere.

Goku was wondering why Frieza wasn't as strong as he had imagined.

Then he saw the smoke and dust covering Frieza disperse.

Frieza's figure trembled slightly.

"Damn it... damn it!"

"This king was actually wounded by an ant. Unforgivable!"

His aura began to fluctuate violently.

Goku's expression sharpened.

"He can transform again? This aura is so strong..."

Though he thought that, Goku didn't move to interrupt him.

He wanted to see just how strong Frieza truly was!

As a dazzling light flashed, Frieza's appearance changed.

He became shorter.

And uglier.

Like some kind of alien creature.

His aura had increased by more than a dozen times, too!

"Ho ho ho. In this form, my battle power is over twenty million. Prepare to die."

Frieza spoke slowly.

But the expression on his face was somewhat twisted.

He raised his hand, and a purple shot gathered at his fingertip.

It grew larger and larger!

The purple Destruction Ball was wreathed in violet lightning, giving off an aura so terrifying it defied description.

Frieza pointed forward, and the Destruction Ball pressed down toward Goku.

Goku's expression was graver than ever before. He knew he couldn't dodge this move.

If he dodged, Namek would be destroyed!

"Then I won't hold anything back either!"

Son Goku shouted, and a red aura blazed fiercely around him, shooting into the sky.

"Tenfold Kaioken!"

"Kamehameha!"

He cupped his hands at his waist like a calyx, gathering a deep red shockwave.

Goku thrust forward suddenly.

The Kamehameha was like a dragon, carrying terrifying energy as it slammed hard into Frieza's Destruction Ball!

Frieza refused to be outdone and raised his hand to press down.

For a moment...

The two attacks were deadlocked in midair!

The waves of energy shattered the nearby mountains, rolled back the sea, and stirred up tsunami after tsunami.

"Aaaaaaaaah!!"

Veins bulged on Son Goku's forehead as he gritted his teeth and said, "Twelvefold Kaioken!"

At once, the Kamehameha seemed to be infused with energy, gradually forcing the purple Destruction Ball back.

"Wh-what?"

Frieza's eyes widened.

He pressed down with force again, but it had no effect.

He could only watch helplessly as the Destruction Ball bore down on him.

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