Vegeta's Tears of Despair

"Not bad, Saiyan brat. But!"

Frieza vanished from before Piccolo and Son Gohan. By the time they sensed him, Frieza had already appeared behind them!

"What?"

Son Gohan and Piccolo turned around in shock, but a tremendous force suddenly sent them flying!

Son Gohan crossed his arms to shield his chest and head. The force from Frieza's kick made his arms feel as though they were about to break, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

Piccolo was kicked far away and crashed into a mountain, triggering a violent impact!

Boom!

Rocks shattered, and Piccolo felt as though his entire body were falling apart! He lost all ability to resist and could not move at all.

"Uncle Piccolo..."

Son Gohan cried out anxiously and was about to rush over when Frieza's chopping hand struck straight at him.

Son Gohan hurriedly dodged, evading Frieza's relentless attacks and avoiding any direct confrontation with him!

"Saiyan brat, instead of worrying about that Namekian, you should worry about yourself first. Ho ho ho... Yah!"

Frieza's nonstop attacks forced Son Gohan onto the defensive. In the end, exhausted from blocking, Son Gohan was struck on the head by Frieza's chopping hand.

"Argh..."

The sound of bone cracking rang out. Son Gohan clutched his head in agony, blood flowing from his seven orifices as he fell to the ground.

"G-Gohan..."

Piccolo nearly exhausted all his strength to stretch out a hand. Through his blurred vision, he seemed to see a man in an orange martial arts uniform.

"Piccolo, wake up! Eat the Senzu Bean!" Son Goku had arrived and placed a Senzu Bean into Piccolo's mouth.

"I-Is that Goku?"

Piccolo bit through the Senzu Bean and swallowed it, immediately returning to his peak condition!

"Goku, hurry and save Gohan! He's about to die!"

Piccolo hurriedly shouted at Son Goku.

"Yeah! Leave this to me!"

Son Goku's energy surged as he charged at Frieza!

"What?"

Frieza froze for a moment, and Son Goku's fist smashed into his face, sending him flying!

Son Goku hurriedly put a Senzu Bean into the mouth of the barely alive Son Gohan!

"Gohan, come on, eat the Senzu Bean!"

Son Gohan could no longer speak. His energy was nearly extinguished, but with the last of his strength, he chewed up the Senzu Bean and swallowed it!

Bzz...

Son Gohan's injuries instantly healed. Not only that, having returned from the brink of death, his energy soared. He was now almost as strong as Son Goku without Kaioken, and at Son Gohan's age, such strength was simply astonishing.

"Dad, he's too strong. I couldn't beat him at all!" Son Gohan stood up and, under his conscious control, wrapped his tail around his waist like a belt.

Son Goku smiled and gently brushed the dust from Son Gohan's hair. "You did very well, Gohan. Leave this to me!"

Energy surged around his body as he walked toward Frieza.

"Are you Frieza? You're much smaller than I imagined!"

Son Goku looked coldly at Frieza. Compared to his usual joking manner, he now seemed mature and steady, giving others a sense of reassurance.

Frieza looked at Son Goku with a cold smile. "So there was still some trash waiting to make an appearance?"

Suddenly, Frieza stared at Son Goku as if he had remembered someone. Somewhat surprised, he said, "You look strangely familiar!"

Then a flash of realization crossed Frieza's mind. He remembered who it was. "It's him—the Saiyan who was the last to resist me on Planet Vegeta. He looks exactly like him!"

"Ho ho ho... I see. Like Raditz, you're that Saiyan's son, aren't you? As expected, not a single Saiyan can be left alive. Ho ho ho... Just like those fools on Planet Vegeta, they all deserve to die!"

"Y-you bastard... Frieza, resistance... What exactly happened?"

Vegeta, who had been hiding in the shadows, shouted angrily at Frieza. Especially upon hearing Frieza mention Planet Vegeta, he could not suppress the rage in his heart and rushed out.

"Oh my, it's Vegeta. You rat still isn't dead! Ho ho ho... Fine, I'll tell you. I destroyed your Saiyans' Planet Vegeta with my own hands. Aside from this guy's father resisting me back then, all the rest of you Saiyan fools were on Planet Vegeta. Ho ho ho..."

Frieza let out his signature laugh. His icy demeanor left Vegeta unable to move. The gap between them was simply too great. Vegeta's strength had not improved much, nor had he experienced the explosive growth that came later.

"Y-you bastard..."

Vegeta did not dare attack. He could feel the earth-shattering gap between himself and Frieza. He was too weak now, and he had also lost the growth he should have gained, leaving his strength stuck at just over twenty thousand—the battle power he had when he returned from Earth!

"Ho ho ho... Vegeta, I'll deal with you, you rat, later. Ho ho ho..."

Frieza did not even regard Vegeta as worthy of notice. Instead, he turned his gaze to Son Goku, pointed a finger at him, and remembered how Son Gohan had knocked away his attack earlier. A continuous barrage of Death Beams shot toward Son Goku.

"Goku, dodge!"

Piccolo cried out in alarm.

Son Goku did not dodge. With his left hand like a blade, he continuously slapped away the Death Beams. Every Death Beam that fell and struck the ground triggered a violent, frenzied explosion.

"Ah..."

Vegeta felt a Death Beam fly past his forehead before plunging into the sea, kicking up massive waves and tsunamis as the seawater boiled.

Vegeta slowly landed on the ground, sweat gathering on his forehead. If that attack had hit him just now, he would probably have died instantly.

"Why? Why can Kakarot and that Half-Saiyan be so strong? I'm the prince of the Saiyans! Why? Why can a low-class warrior like Kakarot surpass me?"

Vegeta clenched his fists unwillingly, fury raging within him as he screamed soundlessly in anger! Desperate resentment mixed with hatred, tears filling his eyes before slowly sliding down his face.

As the energy dispersed, Frieza looked at Son Goku. Seeing that Son Goku was completely unharmed, he was astonished. "He knocked them all away with just one hand!"

"Hahahaha..."

Suddenly, Vegeta burst into wild laughter in the distance, tears still in his eyes. Frieza's expression turned cold.

"F-Frieza, I think you'd better go all out. Haha... Kakarot, he... he's the Super Saiyan you fear most! Haha... The legendary strongest warrior in the entire universe, the Super Saiyan! Frieza, you're finished. Serves you right! Haha..."

Vegeta's laughter made Frieza's eyes narrow. With a casual flick, a Death Beam pierced straight through Vegeta's chest. Before the stunned eyes of Son Goku, Son Gohan, and Piccolo, Vegeta's smile froze as he fell to the ground.

"You know, Vegeta, I hate it most when people make jokes like that. Super Saiyans are just a boring legend. What a noisy fellow, as annoying and disgusting as a mosquito! You should have stayed hidden like a rat instead of coming out. Ho ho ho..."

Frieza let out his signature laugh and looked coldly at Son Goku and Son Gohan. As for Vegeta, Frieza looked down on him as if he were roadside trash.