Dodoria and Zarbon

"Oh? Isn't this Mr. Nappa? What are you doing here? Could it be that you came to welcome me?" Frieza asked with a smile, his tail tapping against the stroller.

"F-Frieza..." Nappa did not dare meet Frieza's eyes. He lowered his head, instinctively wanting to kneel.

Tap~

Son Goku slowly stepped forward, clenched his fists, and smiled. "You're Frieza? I heard you're really strong. I'm curious just how strong you are!"

Upon seeing Son Goku's face, Frieza froze for a moment and murmured, "That face... I remember it!"

Frieza recalled the Saiyan who had stood alone in his path many years ago—Bardock!

"So you're a Saiyan too. From the looks of it, you want to challenge me. And you said you were curious how strong I am? What an interesting topic."

Frieza looked at Son Goku with interest, then turned to Dodoria. "Mr. Dodoria, what is this Saiyan's battle power?"

Dodoria immediately activated his scouter. The numbers on the display kept jumping before finally settling.

"Battle power: 1,000. He's complete trash. Lord Frieza, leave this guy to me!" Dodoria said with a vicious grin.

Frieza raised his chin slightly. "Go easy on him. Leave him alive."

"Don't worry, Lord Frieza!" Dodoria slowly stepped out from the group, grinning as he cracked his knuckles. "You ignorant Saiyan monkey, you think you can challenge Lord Frieza with a battle power of only 1,000? Let me knock some sense into that brain of yours!"

Son Goku curled his lips into a smile and slowly assumed a fighting stance. "Come on!"

Seeing Son Goku preparing to fight, Li Wei reached out to stop him and smiled. "Goku, there's no need to use a butcher's knife to kill a chicken. Nappa, that pink fatso is yours."

"P-Pink fatso?!" Dodoria's face visibly turned red at the insult!

"You damned bastard, I'll destroy you!" Dodoria roared as he charged at Li Wei.

Li Wei glanced at Nappa, whose legs were still a little weak, grabbed him by the shoulder, and hurled him at Dodoria!

"Get out of my way, Saiyan monkey!" Dodoria impatiently threw a punch, sending the incoming Nappa flying!

Nappa was sent flying backward, his body continuously rolling and scraping across the ground. The searing pain snapped him out of his fear!

Nappa viciously raised his head and looked at Dodoria charging toward Li Wei. The fear in his heart transformed into rage as he roared, "Don't look down on Saiyans!"

Whoosh!

Nappa flashed forward and blocked Dodoria's path.

"What?!"

Dodoria stared at Nappa, who had suddenly appeared before him, his mouth falling open in surprise.

Bang!

Nappa slammed his fist into Dodoria's face!

Dodoria staggered back two steps, the sharp pain in his face snapping him out of his daze.

"Nappa! You damned Saiyan monkey, you actually dared to hit me!" Dodoria glared viciously at Nappa as blood slowly flowed from his nostrils.

Feeling the wetness on his lips, Dodoria raised a hand and wiped his nose. Seeing the blood on the back of his hand, he angrily unleashed his aura!

"You damned Saiyan monkey, I'll tear you to pieces!!" Dodoria roared.

Watching Dodoria unleash all his strength, Nappa suppressed the fear and panic in his heart and slowly raised his own power as well.

"Yaaahhh!!"

Scorching energy rose from Nappa's body, and his battle power rapidly increased!

Beep beep~

On Dodoria's scouter, Nappa's battle power continuously rose, reaching 20,000 in an instant—the upper limit of what the device could withstand!

Bang!

The scouter exploded!

"H-How is that possible? Nappa's battle power shouldn't be this high!" Dodoria said in shock.

"Oh? Nappa's battle power seems to have exceeded expectations. Mr. Zarbon, what is Nappa's battle power now?" Frieza asked.

Zarbon lowered his head. "Please wait a moment."

Beep~

Zarbon's latest scouter activated, and Nappa's battle power quickly appeared before his eyes.

"Battle power: 22,000. Lord Frieza, that Saiyan called Nappa now has battle power equal to Dodoria's," Zarbon replied respectfully.

"Oh? A battle power of 22,000? I recall this Saiyan's battle power being less than 10,000. How did he raise it by so much in such a short time?" Frieza asked curiously.

Zarbon lowered his head and said fearfully, "This subordinate does not know either. Please forgive me, Lord Frieza!"

Frieza narrowed his eyes as he examined Nappa, his tail still lazily tapping the stroller. "It doesn't matter. Once they've been subdued, we can ask them ourselves."

"Mr. Zarbon, you go as well. End this battle quickly. Our mission is to find the Dragon Balls," Frieza ordered.

"Yes, Lord Frieza!" Zarbon bowed slightly before stepping out from the group as well.

Zarbon came to stand beside Dodoria. "I'll help you. Let's end this battle quickly!"

Dodoria nodded. "Fine. We'll attack together!"

Seeing this, Li Wei smiled and wagged a finger. "That won't do. This is a fair one-on-one battle, so please don't interfere."

"Goku, you're up too," Li Wei said.

Son Goku grinned and clenched his fists. "I've been waiting for this!"

Then Son Goku stepped over to Nappa's side and stood shoulder to shoulder with him.

"Kakarot!" Nappa gave Son Goku a complicated look, then broke into a grin. "Kakarot, let them see what our warrior race is made of!"

"Okay!"

Son Goku assumed a fighting stance, his gaze locking onto Zarbon.

Zarbon frowned. His scouter still showed that Son Goku only had a power level of 1,000.

"Trash, get out of my way!" Zarbon snorted and raised a hand, firing a ki blast!

Smack!

With a casual slap, Son Goku knocked the ki blast away.

Zarbon froze, then hurriedly looked at his scouter. The number on it was still 1,000.

"Something's wrong! There's something strange about this Saiyan!" Zarbon's expression turned grave. "Dodoria, Nappa is yours. This Saiyan is mine!"

"Fine!"

As soon as the words fell—

Dodoria and Zarbon launched the first attack.

"Come on, Dodoria!" Nappa clenched his fists and charged into battle with Dodoria.

Son Goku also smiled as he faced Zarbon, and the two began fighting fiercely.

Frieza swished his tail, watching the four fighters with great interest.

However, as the battle dragged on, Frieza's expression gradually darkened.