"Failed? Other than my hair changing color, I didn't feel anything."
Luffy scratched the back of his head, looking puzzled.
Gohan's failed transformation left Uchiha Hikaru somewhat disappointed, so he did not answer.
"Since his transformation failed, can we step in now?"
Naruto asked in a deep voice, still uneasy.
Uchiha Hikaru frowned and gazed into the distance as though lost in thought, still offering no reply.
Seeing this, Naruto grew anxious. Then he said, "Might Guy and Xiao Li have been badly injured, and we don't even know what happened to Pervy Sage. If we keep sitting here waiting, then if we wait any longer, Gohan might..."
Uchiha Hikaru remained silent and unmoved.
Naruto became even more anxious. Seeing that Uchiha Hikaru had not made a statement for so long, he steeled himself, gritted his teeth, and shot forward like a blur.
"Wait a little longer."
Before Naruto had even gone a few meters, Uchiha Hikaru suddenly spoke.
Naruto stopped abruptly and turned back to look at Uchiha Hikaru.
"Maybe Gohan... can defeat Frieza with his own strength?"
Uchiha Hikaru said lightly, a faint smile suddenly appearing at the corner of his lips.
Naruto was briefly stunned by those words, freezing where he stood.
Grrrrumble...
The signal of hunger sounded. Uchiha Hikaru and Naruto wordlessly turned their gazes toward Luffy beside them, both looking at him with disdain.
"Hehe... I fought that monster earlier and used up a lot of stamina. Now I'm a little hungry." Luffy scratched the back of his head and spoke sheepishly.
"You glutton!" Naruto rolled his eyes at Luffy.
Grrrrumble...
As soon as Naruto finished speaking, his own stomach began to growl too.
"Sorry, I'm a little hungry too..." Naruto also scratched the back of his head and said bashfully.
Seeing this, Luffy stuck