Beep, beep...
Beep, beep...
Beep!
Dr. Lychee had already activated his Scouter while heading toward Tien Shinhan and the others.
As his gaze shifted to Krillin, the numbers on the Scouter began changing rapidly.
They shot from two digits to three, finally settling at 208.
"208 battle power? Where did this little baldy come from? He's considerably stronger than quite a few of those savage monkeys."
Dr. Lychee was secretly astonished.
He had never expected that even Krillin, who looked the most harmless, would have such formidable battle power.
Then he turned his gaze toward Chiaotzu, who looked equally unthreatening.
Beep, beep...
Beep, beep...
Beep!
The numbers on the Scouter changed again before stopping at 302.
"302 battle power? This little kid who doesn't look too bright actually has an even higher battle power reading?"
Dr. Lychee was so surprised that he even began to suspect something was wrong with the Scouter he had just invented.
He had designed this invention specifically to measure the battle power of those monkeys of the Saiyan race. This was its first official use, yet it had already produced such outrageous readings.
But after seeing that most Tuffles only had double-digit battle power, Dr. Lychee confirmed that the machine was working properly.
Finally, when his gaze swept over Launch among Tien Shinhan's group, the numbers on the Scouter dropped again.
They even fell straight from over 300 to a single digit.
This only further convinced Dr. Lychee that the Scouter was functioning normally.
"5 battle power? That's more like it. It seems this woman is normal."
Just then, Launch's hair suddenly tickled her nose.
Achoo!
After a sneeze, the blue-haired Launch, who had been as quiet as a lady, turned into the hot-tempered, blonde-haired Launch in the blink of an eye.
And on Dr. Lychee's Scouter...
Launch's battle power reading rose from 5 to 10, successfully crossing the threshold into double digits, making her no weaker than an ordinary Tuffle.
"Huh? How did this woman's battle power suddenly double? Is this some kind of transformation ability?"
He shook his head. Going from 5 to 10 was a substantial improvement for Launch herself, but to Dr. Lychee, it was merely a curiosity.
Yet the very next moment, just as his expression had regained its composure, Dr. Lychee's eyes went wide.
"This... how is this possible?"
Ones, tens, hundreds, thousands!
1,203!
This fellow is a savage monkey who's still growing, yet his battle power has already broken a thousand.
If he's allowed to grow up, won't he become an enemy as powerful as the Saiyan leader?
No, I have to take this opportunity to eliminate him!
Amid his shock, Dr. Lychee was already thinking about how to seize this opportunity to kill Goku before he could grow.
"Prepare to attack!"
With that thought, he immediately ordered the large crowd of Tuffles around them to surround the group and attack at once.
"Wait! Dr. Lychee, there's been a misunderstanding!"
Fortunately, before the many Tuffles who had rushed over could actually attack, those whom Tien Shinhan had already persuaded immediately spoke up to stop the fight.
They were the very same Tuffles who had sent the distress signal earlier.
Now that they were taking the initiative to say there had been a misunderstanding, Dr. Lychee naturally had to stop for the moment and hear them out.
At first, Dr. Lychee was still skeptical as they recounted what had happened.
But when his gaze swept toward Tien Shinhan, whom he had not had time to examine closely, the Scouter immediately let out a rapid series of electronic alerts.
Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep...
Pop!
It exploded!
The Scouter exploded outright!
The newly invented Scouter could currently measure battle power up to a limit of 5,000.
And just a moment ago, Dr. Lychee had watched Tien Shinhan's detected battle power soar, finally breaking straight through the 5,000 limit and causing the machine to burst.
His battle power was off the charts!
For Dr. Lychee, who had only just invented the Scouter, battle power of over 8,000 was already off the charts.
Seeing Tien Shinhan's astonishing strength, he then looked at the group of Tuffles who had called for help and were still alive.
Dr. Lychee finally believed their account.
With Tien Shinhan's battle power off the charts like this, if what these Tuffles who had called for help said was untrue, they likely could not possibly have survived until now.
"Sigh, it seems there really was a misunderstanding. I was a little rude in my haste just now. I hope you martial artists won't take offense."
Dr. Lychee was fairly broad-minded. After confirming that he had misunderstood, he did not stubbornly try to cover it up.
Instead, he respectfully apologized to Tien Shinhan and the others, offering to show them the Tuffles' city and scientific achievements to make amends.
"A tour? Sure. I'd like to see how far your technology has developed too."
Tien Shinhan readily agreed.
Goku was looking forward to the Tuffles' food, while Blonde Launch, though holding a submachine gun at that moment, was quite interested in the weapons carried by the newly arrived Tuffles.
Blonde Launch did not particularly care about their technological level in other areas.
But the sophistication of the Tuffles' weapons clearly far surpassed Earth's.
If she could obtain a Tuffle weapon, Blonde Launch felt that the upper limit of her offensive power should rise considerably as a result.
"Hahaha, Tuffles! Planet Plant is something our Saiyan king insists on having, and it'll be renamed Planet Vegeta too.
"Get smart and all of you get off this planet before we make a move.
"Otherwise, we'll start slaughtering you!"
Just as Tien Shinhan and the others were about to follow the Tuffles back for a tour now that the misunderstanding had been resolved, an arrogant voice rang out.
"No, the Tuffles will not be driven from the planet where we grew up.
"You Saiyan monkeys are the newcomers, yet you insist on seizing this planet that belonged to us in the first place!
"You Saiyan monkeys are the ones who should leave. Planet Plant belongs to us Tuffles."
As the still-young King Vegeta appeared at the head of the Saiyan warriors, Dr. Lychee refused to give an inch, unwilling to lose to them even in bearing.
The instant the two sides met, their imposing presences flared fiercely against each other.
They were at daggers drawn!
A battle was clearly about to erupt at any moment.
Seeing this, Tien Shinhan immediately alerted Goku, Krillin, and the others.
"These Saiyan warriors look like the suitable opponents we were transported here for!"
At Tien Shinhan's reminder, Goku immediately grew excited.
"Hahaha, some suitable opponents have finally shown up! They say I'm a Saiyan, and these guys are all Saiyans too?
"But even if we're all Saiyans, I won't hold back!"
Goku brimmed with fighting spirit. He could sense the strength of the Ki inside these Saiyan warriors.
He wanted to find out through actual combat just what differences there were between himself, a Saiyan raised on Earth, and ordinary Saiyans, and who was stronger!
Seeing their true enemies appear, it was not just Goku who was excited. Tien Shinhan and the others all burned with fighting spirit.
Especially Tien Shinhan. Facing these strong enemies who would make excellent sparring partners, he could only feel that his battle power was about to soar again!
His battle power was already off the charts?
Then he would keep pushing beyond that off-the-charts battle power!