What Raditz had not expected was that Son Goku, who had spat blood after his punch broke who knew how many ribs, seemed unable to feel pain. The smile never left his face.
That smile made his scalp prickle!
"You fell for it!"
"...Oh no!"
The Saiyans' crude fighting style had led Raditz to overcommit his power under Goku and Piccolo's repeated baiting.
Besides, he was a wastrel who squandered his talent. Otherwise, despite being born an Elite Warrior, he would not have muddled along all this time with a power level of only 1,500.
By the time Raditz's brain tried to order his body to react, he was already a step too late!
An unexpected breeze stirred from close beneath him. Krillin, who had hidden among the rubble when the ground was destroyed, had successfully circled behind him. Seizing the perfect opening Son Goku had risked his life to create, he leaped up and grabbed Raditz's tail-his vital weakness!
"Urgh..."
Raditz stiffened. The moment his tail was seized, the energy throughout his body was suppressed. Within mere seconds, his strength drained away, his arms drooped limply, and he could no longer even sustain his flight, leaving him swaying precariously.
"We did it!"
Krillin held Raditz's tail in a death grip and shouted excitedly!
Son Goku, whose eye had been swollen by a blow, also waved his arms and legs in excitement. Even Piccolo, who had remained unsmiling ever since arriving, let a faint smile curl his lips.
"Some Saiyan. Just an idiot!"
"Damn you, Earthlings..."
Smack...
Elsewhere, Josen helplessly slapped his forehead.
Raditz truly lived up to his reputation as a disgrace to the Saiyans. Despite having several times their power level, he had let Goku's trio ambush him and seize his fatal weakness.
Had this been a fight