Ginyu Force

More than a month later.

By a twist of fate, people from three different factions, each with their own motives, set foot on Namek one after another.

"So this is Piccolo and Kami's hometown."

As everyone stepped off the spaceship and took in the unfamiliar scenery around them, Son Goku could not help sighing. "The air on Namek is really fresh."

"This seems to be... the place where Uncle Piccolo trained me..." Son Gohan murmured.

Krillin, standing behind him, patted his shoulder.

"Yeah, Piccolo probably just happened to choose a place similar to his hometown as a training ground."

"Look, it's reacting!"

Bulma took out the Dragon Radar. Looking at the number of signals displayed on it, she shouted happily, "I found the Dragon Balls! They're south of us!"

Seeing this, An Xiu moved closer. Then, all of a sudden, he sensed several powerful ki signatures north of the group.

Son Goku and the other two beside him sensed them as well.

"Over there... there's a very powerful ki."

Son Gohan pointed north as he spoke.

"That's right, and there's more than one. Every single ki signature is incredibly powerful!" Krillin frowned. "They all feel very evil to me."

"They must be from the Frieza Force."

Son Goku voiced his guess.

His tone was relaxed. Those powerful enemies he had once imagined no longer posed any threat to him.

"An Xiu, is that guy called Frieza among them?" Son Goku asked curiously.

"Yeah, he's there." An Xiu nodded.

To his senses, Frieza's power level of 530,000 stood out far too clearly among his subordinates.

"I see. Then they're way too weak."

Son Goku felt a little troubled. He had gone through so much effort to train, only to find that his enemies were so weak that they could not give him any sense of satisfaction at all.

"Kakarot, Frieza's current strength is indeed lower than yours, but that is only the power of his first form. He still has three transformations. With your normal state alone, you won't be able to defeat him."

An Xiu reminded him.

What he meant was that Frieza was more than enough for Kakarot to have a thoroughly satisfying battle with in his normal state.

"I see."

Son Goku rubbed his fists together, his face full of excitement. "Then let's hurry over there. Once we take care of them, we can collect the Dragon Balls and revive Piccolo and the others."

"Sorry, you can go look for them yourselves. I still have something to do. Namek's Dragon Balls can grant three wishes. When you get them and make your wishes, just remember to save one for me."

An Xiu refused Son Goku's suggestion. Before the other man could ask why, he vanished from the spot in an instant.

"This guy... does he have some other reason for coming to Namek?" Krillin asked curiously.

"Ah, forget it. Never mind him."

Son Goku said, "Krillin, Gohan, let's go."

"Okay."

The two nodded.

"Hey, stop right there."

Just as they were about to leave, Bulma called out to them. "Are you guys really going to abandon a frail girl like me here?!"

Bulma put her hands on her hips, looking furious. Just as she was about to continue, she suddenly noticed that Son Goku and the others' expressions had changed.

The next second.

Five aliens clad in Frieza Force combat uniforms landed in front of them at incredible speed.

"Who are you?!"

Feeling the five men's powerful ki, Krillin and Son Gohan immediately assumed fighting stances as if facing a formidable enemy.

As for Son Goku, he had already sensed the direction they had come from and had now guessed the identities of the five.

"You're Frieza's subordinates, aren't you?"

The five on the other side did not respond to Son Goku and the others.

They lined up in a row. Starting with the red-haired burly man on the far left, they struck different poses and shouted at the top of their lungs.

"Recoome!"

"Burter!"

"Jeice!"

"Guldo!"

"Ginyu!"

"Everyone, combine!"

"Ginyu Force!"

Son Goku and the others stood there in utter confusion, quietly watching the other side strike poses right in front of them.

After quite a while, the five members of the Ginyu Force finally slowly dispersed.

They each activated their scouters.

"One has a power level of five thousand, one has ten thousand, one has thirty thousand, and there's also a woman with no power level..."

Captain Ginyu, standing at the front, looked coldly at Son Goku's group of four. "Who are you? What are you doing here? The scouters showed earlier that there should have been five of you. Where did the other one go?"

Krillin and Son Gohan remained silent, while Bulma nervously hid behind the others.

"My name is Son Goku."

Son Goku stepped forward, his tone confident.

"We're from Earth. We came here to find the Dragon Balls and revive our dead companions. And we're also here to stop your Frieza Force's invasion of this place!"

Hearing Son Goku's earnest yet confident declaration, Ginyu and the others were briefly stunned.

They had come to Namek to deliver the latest scouters to Frieza, capture the traitor Vegeta, and reclaim the Dragon Balls he had stolen.

During this time, Vegeta had already killed Cui, Dodoria, and Zarbon.

Left with no choice, Frieza could only summon the Ginyu Force. Not long after the Ginyu Force arrived on Namek, An Xiu and the others had landed nearby in their spaceship.

When An Xiu's group sensed Frieza and the others' energy, the other side had also happened to spot them through their scouters. Under Frieza's orders, they had come over to investigate.

"Did any of you hear that clearly?"

Ginyu cupped a hand to his ear, putting on a puzzled expression.

The others beside him wore mocking looks.

"I didn't hear it."

"Wait, did he just say... he came to stop us?"

"What the hell? Did this piece of trash with a power level of only five thousand get his head caught in a door?!"

"Ahahahaha!"

They traded lines back and forth before bursting into uproarious laughter.

Son Goku remained expressionless. His tone was calm as he said, "If you turn over a new leaf and leave this planet now, I'll spare your lives."

The moment he finished speaking, even more scornful laughter greeted him.

Just then, Jeice, who had been laughing, suddenly noticed something. His expression changed.

"Um... look over there!"

He pointed behind Son Goku and the others. Hidden behind the rocks was An Xiu's spaceship.

Could it be...?

Seeing this, Ginyu and the others were all startled and immediately stopped laughing.