Three days later, early in the morning, outside Kame House, sunlight spilled over the little cottage by the sea as everyone gathered. Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Launch stood to one side, while Yamcha leaned against the wall. Piccolo and Raditz sat on a rock, speaking quietly. The air was thick with the tension before battle.
Son Goku stepped out of the house and looked around. Seeing that everyone had arrived, he smiled. "You're all here! The Saiyans will arrive on Earth at 11:43 this morning."
"11:43?" Yamcha asked skeptically. "That specific?"
"Yeah." Son Goku nodded, then turned around. "Come on. I'll take you to where they'll land."
The group took to the air and followed Son Goku toward a wilderness. The terrain there was broad and open, surrounded by mountains, without a single sign of human habitation.
"Son Goku, how do you know the Saiyans will land here?" Piccolo could not help asking after they landed.
"They weren't originally going to land here. But wherever I tell them to land, they have to land." Son Goku smiled mysteriously and folded his arms.
Everyone froze at those words. The confidence and dominance in Son Goku's tone made them even more curious about him.
Son Goku did not explain further. He merely looked up at the sky. "Get ready. They're almost here."
Flames streaked across the sky as Vegeta and Nappa's spaceship tore into Earth's atmosphere at high speed. Piccolo's brow furrowed, his voice grave. "They're here!"
Tien Shinhan sensed that aura as well and exclaimed, "What powerful energy! Their target seems to be a city nearby!"
"No. We can't let them go there." Son Goku snorted coldly.
He slowly raised his right hand and made a gentle grasping motion toward the spaceship in the sky. An invisible force gathered at his