As soon as Dr. Wheelo finished speaking, three dark figures emerged from the surrounding area and encircled Lin Chen and Tights.
The three figures were bizarre-looking. One was tall and enormously fat, like a balloon.
Another was green all over, with numerous tentacles.
The last looked the most normal, but he was still a hulking, red-haired muscleman.
"You have no right to know who I am." Lin Chen took Tights's hand and slowly floated off the ground with her.
"Huh? You can fly?"
Tights was utterly stunned. She looked beneath Lin Chen's feet, but there was no sign of any jets of flame. How were they flying?
"You little brat, trying to escape? Where can you run with these three Bio-Warriors before you, created using the finest cutting-edge biotechnology?"
"Jessemi! Misoz! Abirio! Get-"
While Dr. Wheelo was issuing his orders, Lin Chen flew upward with Tights, paying no heed to the ceiling overhead.
As they were about to hit the roof, Tights instinctively shut her eyes and cried out.
Just then, a light flashed from Lin Chen's fingertip, blasting a skylight straight through Dr. Wheelo's laboratory.
"What? My laboratory was reinforced with superalloy, and he broke through it that easily?" Dr. Wheelo exclaimed.
Up in the sky, Tights felt no impact against the roof. Instead, she suddenly noticed the temperature around her plummeting. She cracked one eye open and nearly screamed.
"W-we're in the sky? Hahaha! This feels amazing! Ah... achoo!"
Seeing that Tights seemed a little cold, Lin Chen extended his other hand and sent some ki into her.
Tights immediately felt much warmer.
"This is incredible! Wait, you still haven't answered me. Are you an alien or not?"
Even as Lin Chen pulled her thousands of feet into the sky, Tights showed no fear at all. There really was no such thing as an ordinary member of the Brief family.
"Yes. My name is Lin Chen. I'm a Saiyan from Planet Vegeta."
"Planet Vegeta? A Saiyan?"
At Lin Chen's introduction, Tights looked as though she had seen a ghost. "Y-you're not here to invade Earth, are you?"
Tights had actually heard of the Saiyans before, because she had a friend named Jaco, who was also an alien from beyond Earth.
"You heard that from Jaco, didn't you?"
"You know Jaco?"
"Jaco of the Galactic Patrol. I've heard his name."
"Is that unreliable guy really so famous?" Tights muttered. Then she glanced at Lin Chen and saw him spreading the fingers of his hand toward the ground below.
"What are you doing?"
"Taking care of a future problem for your father. Dr. Wheelo won't let this go. I saved you this time, but next time he might come after your family again. I don't have time to keep watching over all of you," Lin Chen said casually.
Whoosh!
A ball of light shot from his palm.
The ball flew at tremendous speed. In the blink of an eye, it retraced their flight path, plunged into Dr. Wheelo's laboratory, and finally came to rest before the three Bio-Warriors and Dr. Wheelo's brain.
"What is this...?" Dr. Wheelo and the others stared at the ball of light in confusion.
But in the next instant, the ball erupted with dazzling light, and an astonishing surge of energy engulfed everything there.
And just like that, Dr. Wheelo, the mad scientist who dreamed of ruling the world, went straight to hell along with his three Bio-Warriors, who had never even seen actual combat.
Rumble!
Watching the enormous ball of light swallow the entire laboratory below, Tights gaped, her body trembling.
"Oh... my God! Jaco was right. You really are a dangerous bunch!"
"Hey, I just saved you. Isn't that a little ungrateful?" Lin Chen said with a smile.
"Uh... sorry." Tights immediately adopted a serious expression. "Then let's start over. Hello, my name is Tights. I'm Dr. Brief's eldest daughter. Thank you for saving me."
Lin Chen smiled at the short-haired girl before him, suddenly realizing that she was quite interesting.
What Lin Chen did not know was that his smile had sent the girl's heartbeat racing almost uncontrollably.
At Dr. Brief's home in West City.
After hurriedly answering the police's questions, Dr. Brief rushed back to his living room.
There, Mrs. Brief was serving delicious cake and milk tea to Hanasia, who had stayed behind.
When Dr. Brief saw his daughter Bulma curiously poking Hanasia's tail while Hanasia wolfed down her cake, a bead of cold sweat trickled down his forehead.
That little brat! Couldn't she read the situation?
Wasn't she afraid that angering the alien might get their whole family killed?
Just then, two figures appeared in the middle of the living room.
It was Lin Chen and Tights, who had returned using Instant Transmission.
"Sis!"
"Your Majesty!"
"Tights!"
Cries of surprise immediately rang out as everyone saw the two return.
Bulma leaped up and hugged her big sister, while Mrs. Brief excitedly wrapped her daughter in her arms. Hanasia stood and offered Lin Chen a piece of cake.
"Your Majesty, try this! The food on this planet is so delicious."
Lin Chen smiled and declined, then turned to Dr. Brief, who was still standing there in a daze.
"Dr. Brief, I've brought your daughter back safely."
"Th-thank you, Mr. Lin Chen. And Dr. Wheelo...?"
"He won't bother you again. Ever..."
Dr. Brief adjusted his glasses. "I-is that so? All right, then. Thank you, Mr. Lin Chen. Now, could you tell me why you came here?"
"Oh, dear, he's only just rescued our daughter. Can't business wait? I'm going to prepare a delicious meal. We must treat our guests properly!" Mrs. Brief said disapprovingly.
"Please go ahead, ma'am. Dr. Brief and I can talk while we wait. Hanasia!" Lin Chen called.
"Let me help you, ma'am. I'd like to see how you made all those things we just had." Hanasia immediately took hold of Tights and her sister, then ushered Mrs. Brief into the kitchen, leaving Lin Chen and Dr. Brief alone.
"Dr. Brief, I'll get straight to the point. I came here hoping to get your help," Lin Chen began.
Hearing this, Dr. Brief rubbed his hands together. "Mr. Lin Chen, with your strength, I don't know what I could possibly do to help you."
Lin Chen shook his head. "Although we Saiyans are stronger than Earthlings, we lack the ability to develop technology. So I hope to obtain technical support from you, Dr. Brief, and from the Capsule Corporation behind you, to supply us Saiyans with technological products."