Boom, boom, boom!
Five spherical spaceships came crashing down onto Earth one after another.
A rumble rose from the distant ground. The shaking sent clouds of dust billowing into the sky, as if they were about to completely blanket it.
In the cities nearby.
Many people witnessed this striking sight at the same time.
Lately, videos of battles in the sky had been appearing all over the internet, so people were paying close attention to this sort of thing.
Now, seeing five spaceships descend, they realized another incident was unfolding and felt rather excited.
But they had no idea this was a catastrophe capable of destroying the planet.
They quickly took photos and shared them, letting countless others see what was happening here. Some even began making their way toward the scene.
In the forest.
Five figures leaped out of the craters they had made.
They varied in height and build, but all wore matching battle armor, and each had a different skin color.
Yet somehow, together they made for a striking sight.
They were the five members of the Ginyu Force. They had originally been preparing to attack another planet, but on King Frieza's orders, they had come here first to try to collect the Dragon Balls.
Ginyu, whose skin was purple, looked around with interest. "So this is Earth. From the looks of it, it's a pretty decent planet..."
Jeice tapped his Scouter beside him. "According to the readings, this planet has abundant resources, but it doesn't seem to have developed much yet."
Ginyu nodded slowly. "Mm, seems that way. We can admire the planet later. Right now, finding all the Dragon Balls for King Frieza is more important."
"Understood. But how are we going to find the Dragon Balls?"
Recoome was the one asking!
Jeice, the vice-captain, thought it over and said, "I suggest we start by finding the strongest person on this planet and asking them!"
"That's easy. Leave it to me, as usual!"
Burter, hailed as the fastest in the universe, stepped forward as always. He was the quickest, and finding people or things was usually his job.
Beep, beep, beep!
As the Scouter began to beep, the battle powers of most of the people on Earth appeared on its display.
"The people on this planet aren't bad. There are several with a battle power over a thousand!"
Burter said it, but his eyes remained carefree.
Clearly, those battle powers were nothing to them.
Whoosh!
As he casually checked the readings, two streaks of light flew in from far away and landed steadily a few dozen meters from them.
They were Son Gohan and Piccolo, who had hurried over at the first opportunity.
Seeing the colorful group before him, Son Gohan couldn't help finding it amusing. These guys were the sort who'd end up giving him some classic scenes.
"Hmm, they came to us?"
Ginyu looked at the two and said, "One Saiyan, one Namekian. They must be the relevant individuals mentioned in the information."
"They've delivered themselves right to us. Saves us the trouble of looking for them."
Everyone wore a pleasant smile.
Burter, however, furrowed his brow slightly as he used his Scouter to check their battle powers. "The Saiyan kid's battle power is 5,200. The Namekian's is... 15,000. That's an impressive battle power!"
"Can Namekians really have a battle power that high?"
"That's what the new Scouter says, anyway!"
"No wonder we had to come in person. Then let's—"
As the others began to speak, ready to attack, Ginyu raised a hand to stop them. "No need to rush. First, let's show them the formation we've been practicing!"
"Right! The captain really thought of everything. We haven't even shown off our formation yet!"
"Though they might not understand our sense of artistic style."
"You mean the natives on this planet? It doesn't matter if they don't get it. We should show them the cutting edge of artistic style in the universe!"
"Yeah!"
The five let out shrill cries in unison.
Their cries startled even Piccolo, who had already been on guard.
He quickly took a fighting stance. "Are these guys trying to start a fight right away?"
Just from their poses, Son Gohan knew they were about to show off their artistry, so he wasn't worried.
His gaze stayed fixed on Guldo and Ginyu.
He knew who they were, and those two worried him the most.
Guldo had a broken ability that let him stop time, while Ginyu could directly switch bodies—and no one knew the limits of that ability.
They were the two he planned to eliminate first.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!
Streaks of light quickly shot in from the distance. Tien Shinhan, Krillin, and the others had arrived, and a plane was approaching from the horizon as well.
Clearly, no matter the era, there were always people eager to get the first footage.
"Most of the people are here. Are you ready?"
"Ready!"
The five took their assigned positions, calmly looking at the people around them with self-satisfied expressions.
"Gahaha!"
First, each of the five let out a peculiar laugh.
At the sound, everyone nearby backed away in turn, apparently afraid they might have some unexpected trick up their sleeves!
"Recoome!"
"Burter!"
"Jeice!"
"Guldo!"
"Ginyu!"
"Everyone, together!!!"
The five struck their own distinctive poses, then swiftly came together in a coordinated formation.
The sight made everyone's eyes widen.
Not everyone could appreciate this kind of artistry.
Looking at the formation, Son Gohan's face flushed slightly. The poses were embarrassing, to say the least.
But beneath the embarrassment, there was something strangely thrilling about it.
So he quietly took a photo!
"What... are they doing?"
"Maybe this is just how aliens say hello... in their own way?"
"That can't be right. Raditz and Vegeta didn't do anything like this!"
"Could these guys not be here to fight? Or maybe..."
Yamcha and the others couldn't figure out what the other side was up to. They were all confused, unsure whether they should attack.
Son Gohan had already put his phone away.
His expression changed in an instant. He raised a hand and fired a blast of ki straight at the five posing over there.
Boom!
A violent explosion rang out, and billowing smoke instantly swallowed several of them.
"Gohan?"
Seeing Gohan suddenly attack, everyone looked visibly surprised.
Even Piccolo couldn't understand what was going on.
Son Gohan paid them no mind. His aura flared around him as he shot straight above the smoke, moving as if he'd teleported.
"Heh, people on this planet sure are rude!"
Guldo jumped out of the smoke, looking rather pleased with himself. "But an attack like that can't hurt me!"
Before he could do anything else, he suddenly seemed to sense something and turned to look behind him.
There he saw Son Gohan raising his right hand.
The next instant.
Son Gohan had already pressed one hand against Guldo's abdomen. Highly concentrated energy erupted, engulfing Guldo's body before shooting straight up into the air.
Boom!
The compressed energy burst from within Guldo's body, tearing it apart from the inside out.
Guldo's body exploded in an instant, reduced entirely to dust on this planet!
Son Gohan then turned to look toward the smoke, his eyes filled with murderous intent. He was clearly planning to take out Ginyu and the others in short order.
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