Battle-Loving Saiyans

"You've enraged me! I was going to save you for last, but I've decided—I'll kill you first!"

Enraged, Pui Pui ignored Son Goku and the others entirely and charged fiercely at Shin!

Son Gohan, standing beside Shin, stiffened and shouted, "Supreme Kai, watch out!"

Whoosh!

Son Gohan flashed in front of Pui Pui and threw a full-force punch!

Bang!!

The punch landed squarely on Pui Pui's cheek. An irresistible force struck him, sending his entire body flying backward even faster than he had come!

Bang!!

Pui Pui slammed heavily into the spaceship's wall, embedded so deeply he could not have been pried out. The side of his face that had been struck twisted out of shape, swelling visibly.

Pui Pui hung there with his mouth slack, blood constantly trickling from the corner of his lips. His eyes rolled white as, in his fading consciousness, he vaguely saw his great-grandmother beckoning to him from the other side of a river.

Even Son Gohan, who had been wearing a grave expression, was dumbfounded by the sight. He lowered his head and looked at his fist. Did I use that much strength just now?

No, that wasn't it! It wasn't that he had used too much strength—the enemy was simply too weak!

That punch had given Son Gohan a complete grasp of Pui Pui's strength. His assessment was simple: just some stray mutt by the roadside.

"What a weak and ugly creature." Vegeta coldly looked at Pui Pui, who was embedded in the wall and already unconscious. Raising a hand, he pointed a finger at him. Energy burst from his fingertip, blowing Pui Pui to pieces without leaving a corpse behind!

"That useless Pui Pui! He got taken down by the enemy in a single hit!"

Through a magical crystal ball, Babidi watched the battle on the first floor and immediately began stomping around in fury.

"If they aren't injured, we won't be able to collect the energy needed to revive Majin Buu!"

"Damn it, I didn't expect these people to be so powerful!"

Seeing Babidi's panicked expression, Dabura reassured him, "Lord Babidi, there's no need to panic. Even in the worst-case scenario, you still have me. I'm confident that I can kill every last one of them!"

At those words.

Babidi let out a breath of relief, and his slightly panicked heart settled down. Then he clenched his fists and gritted his teeth as he ordered Dabura behind him, "Dabura, send Yakon out as the warrior on the second floor."

"As you command, Lord Babidi. I'll make the arrangements immediately," Dabura said.

On the heroes' side.

With Pui Pui defeated, the passage to the second floor opened automatically, and everyone promptly jumped down to the underground second level.

After waiting for quite a while without seeing the enemy emerge, they each began to complain.

Son Goku shouted toward the doors in the room, "Hey! Aren't you ready yet? Hurry up and come out!"

Vegeta snorted coldly. "Boring. We're just wasting time here. We might as well destroy the floor and charge straight down to the lowest level!"

"But if we do that, Supreme Kai said it will directly awaken Majin Buu!" Son Gohan advised.

"Hmph! Do you think I'd be afraid of that Majin?" Vegeta said coldly.

Son Gohan grew somewhat angry. "We can't gamble with Earth's safety!"

Vegeta narrowed his eyes at Son Gohan and said coldly, "Brat, are you lecturing me?"

Creak, creak~

Just as Son Gohan and Vegeta showed signs of starting an argument, the doors in the room slowly opened...

Step!

Step!

Step!

Heavy footsteps rang out as Yakon, a demonic beast from Dark Planet, slowly emerged. He stared viciously at the four people in the room, drool uncontrollably running from the corner of his mouth...

"Which one should I eat first?" Yakon did not take any of the four seriously. His gaze swept back and forth over them as he used his extensive experience to judge whose flesh would taste best.

At the sight of the huge creature, Son Goku jumped in fright. Covering his nose, he asked in shock, "Th-this... What kind of monster is that? It's disgusting!"

With a wave of his hand, Shin created an invisible layer of energy that blocked the foul stench emanating from Yakon.

Shin explained, "He's a demonic beast from Dark Planet. He has a bit of strength, but not much. Which of you wants to deal with him?"

At those words.

Son Goku eagerly volunteered, "I'll do it!"

Vegeta narrowed his eyes in displeasure. "Kakarot, why should you be the one?"

Son Gohan was dissatisfied as well. "Exactly, Dad. We should compete fairly!"

Son Goku glared at the two of them, equally displeased, and argued, "You two already made your moves upstairs, but I haven't fought yet. So I should deal with this enemy!"

"Hmph! Trash at that level doesn't even count as a warm-up. It doesn't count!" Vegeta snorted.

"Exactly, Dad! I knocked that guy down with one punch. That hardly counted as a fight, so it doesn't count either!" Son Gohan argued.

Watching Son Goku and the other two argue among themselves while completely ignoring him, the veins on Yakon's forehead bulged with rage!

"You food... Don't ignore me!" Yakon roared furiously, then launched an attack at Son Goku first!

Bang!!

Son Goku and the other two leaped backward, dodging Yakon's attack!

Son Goku excitedly called to the other two, "You saw that, right? He attacked me first, so let me take this match!"

Naturally, Vegeta and Son Gohan disagreed. But Son Goku ignored them and charged forward, battling Yakon directly.

Seeing this.

Vegeta was annoyed, and Son Gohan disappointed, but neither had any intention of stepping in. They watched Son Goku's duel with the enemy seriously.

Son Goku and Yakon exchanged over a dozen blows, with neither side gaining the upper hand.

Vegeta clicked his tongue in annoyance and cursed, "That bastard Kakarot is playing around again!"

Son Gohan, on the other hand, commented, "That big guy has such a huge body, but he moves incredibly fast. How interesting. I want to fight him too."

Shin said, "Gohan, Yakon is only a minor opponent, not worth mentioning. The enemy on the third floor will probably be difficult to deal with."

"Really?" Son Gohan was somewhat surprised, then said excitedly, "That's great! I'll fight in the next match!"

Vegeta said unhappily, "You already fought on the first floor. I'll take the next level!"

Son Gohan protested, "But Uncle Vegeta, you fought too, so we're even!"

Vegeta gritted his teeth and glared at Son Gohan. "Then we'll compete fairly!"

"Fine! Bring it on!" Son Gohan said excitedly.

The two faced off as though they were about to start fighting the very next second...

"Scissors..."

"Rock..."

"Paper!"

"Yes! I won!!" Son Gohan said happily.

"Tch!" Vegeta curled his lip in displeasure.

"Gohan," Shin called.

Son Gohan paused and asked, "Supreme Kai, what is it?"

"I estimate that the opponent on the next floor is the Demon Realm's king, Dabura. His strength is roughly on par with yours right now. You'll probably have a hard fight ahead of you," Shin said.

"Is that so? Then I'm really looking forward to it!" Son Gohan's eyes gleamed with eagerness, completely undaunted.

"Hmph!"

Vegeta snorted unhappily. "Brat, don't disgrace us Saiyans!"

"Yeah, I won't, Uncle Vegeta!" Son Gohan said, patting his chest in promise.

(End of Chapter)