On the dimly lit wasteland, the smell of gunpowder and blood mingled together, creating a pungent and unpleasant odor.
Paragus glanced down with disdain, casually waving his hand across the twisted metal debris and the bodies of the escaped prisoners, as if he were merely clearing away some unsightly trash.
He turned his head to look at the intact legion patrol ship, his voice carrying a sense of self-righteous arrogance.
"Alright! That annoying guy is all taken care of! You can relax now!"
Inside the spaceship's cockpit, Lemo glanced with slight surprise at the imposing figure standing like a demon god in the distance, before turning his gaze back to Paragus.
He subconsciously raised his hand and skillfully turned on the latest Scouter on his right ear.
On the lens, a pale green data stream pulsed rapidly.
[ Power Level: 4200]
That's it?
Lemo muttered to himself, even though he wasn't a combatant, he knew that this Power Level in Frieza Force... was probably not even good enough to be a squad leader.
He then turned the camera around and focused the Scouter's scan on the giant man Broly.
"Beep! Beep beep beep--!"
The piercing alarm sounded without warning!
The numbers on the lens jumped from four digits to five digits, six digits... at an extremely frantic speed, and then completely spiraled out of control!
The red light flashed rapidly, and the data stream on the entire lens turned into a chaotic snowflake, eventually filling the screen with garbled text, with all values returning to zero.
[Undetectable!]
He looked at Paragus outside the spaceship with a look of astonishment, his voice hoarse.
"Um... is he really your son?"
The father only has Power Level of 4200, but the son's is so high that even the legion's latest Scouter can't detect him?
This difference is simply outrageous!
Paragus showed no anger at being questioned; instead, he proudly puffed out his chest, his single eye gleaming with an almost fanatical light.
" Broly is the most talented and strongest Saiyan warrior in our Saiyan!"
Just as Paragus stood tall and proud, basking in his own glory...
Unable to contain his curiosity, Cheelai jumped off the spaceship.
She completely ignored Paragus and ran straight to Broly's side.
She looked up, circling the burly man who was several heads taller than her, and curiously began to examine him.
She even reached out and poked Broly's rock-hard pectoral muscles with her finger.
Wow...
"Your name is Broly, right? You do look pretty strong!"
Cheelai praised her lavishly, her eyes sparkling with excitement.
However, Broly looked bewildered and awkward in the face of the girl's enthusiastic approach.
Seeing the stark contrast in Broly's demeanor, Lemo also put away the Scouter, slightly taken aback.
He looked at the scene before him and sighed softly.
"The strongest Saiyan warrior, huh...?"
"In any case, you must have already ended up here before Planet Vegeta was destroyed."
"It's a stroke of luck amidst misfortune..."
The words had barely left his mouth.
"What?!"
Paragus's voice suddenly became high-pitched and filled with astonishment.
"What did you say?! Planet Vegeta is destroyed?!"
He rushed to Lemo's side in one stride, his withered hand gripping Remer's collar tightly!
"What did you just say! Say it again!"
Lemo was quite startled by this sudden turn of events and quickly raised his hands, stammering an explanation.
"It's... it's true! Planet Vegeta... was completely destroyed by a giant meteorite!"
"However, there's another rumor going around, that it's because of the Saiyan back then..."
Lemo swallowed his words abruptly as soon as they left his mouth, the second half of which was stuck in his throat.
These two people in front of me are Saiyan too... What if I say something they don't like to hear...?
That would be terrible!
Paragus's single eye was fixed on him, keenly catching the fleeting evasive look in his expression.
The withered hand tightened its grip even more.
What are you hiding?
Paragus's tone instantly turned icy, carrying an undeniable ferocity.
"Explain!"
The overwhelming murderous aura made Lemo and Cheelai shudder simultaneously.
Lemo cautiously raised his hands, trying to calm the other person down.
"No... I'm not hiding anything!"
He forced himself to speak and revealed the "new version" that had only recently begun to circulate.
"Rumor has it... that King Frieza was forced to intervene because King Vegeta intended to rebel..."
The voice grew softer and softer.
The anticipated rage did not materialize.
Paragus slowly released his grip on his collar.
He stood there stunned for a moment, his expression extremely complicated, as if he was processing the information.
A few seconds later, he gritted his teeth and squeezed out a sentence filled with deep-seated hatred.
" King Vegeta... that bastard!"
"He is a sinner against us Saiyan!"
This reaction left both Lemo and Cheelai dumbfounded.
Shouldn't they be cursing Frieza? Why are they criticizing their own king?
The light in Paragus's single eye gradually darkened.
His earlier urge to leave this horrible planet cooled down rapidly in that instant.
He stared at Lemo with a scrutinizing, wary look, his tone grave.
"Is Frieza... still hunting down the surviving Saiyan throughout the universe?"
Stared at by that gaze, which seemed to look at him as if he were an enemy, Lemo instantly broke out in a cold sweat.
He frantically waved his hands, shaking his head like a rattle drum.
No! Absolutely not!
" King Frieza has never specifically ordered the hunt down of Saiyan!"
To increase his persuasiveness, he dropped a bombshell.
"Besides, we are a patrol unit directly under the general's command!"
"The general himself is Saiyan! How could he possibly be hunting down Saiyan or anything like that..."
"General? Saiyan?"
Upon hearing this, Paragus froze, his face filled with astonishment and confusion.
In his mind, Saiyan were nothing more than Frieza's most useful combatants, cannon fodder charging into battle.
How could anyone possibly rise to the position of general and command a large army?
Seeing the disbelief on his face, Lemo didn't dare to explain further, fearing that saying too much would only lead to trouble.
He immediately pulled a Hoi-Poi Capsule from his pocket and held it in his palm.
"The situation here is very complicated and cannot be explained in just a few words."
"This planet's environment is too harsh. Let's get on the spaceship and leave here first!"
As he spoke, he was about to press the switch on the Capsule.
However, his thumb had just touched the switch.
A withered, thin hand, like an iron clamp, suddenly gripped his wrist!
Paragus's weathered face was now chillingly cold.
"Right here! Now! Tell me everything clearly, in detail!"
He can't gamble.
Although he hated King Vegeta the core, he was equally wary of Frieza, who had destroyed their home planet.
Because we're unsure of Frieza's attitude towards the Saiyan!
What if this so-called " Saiyan General" is just a lie to lure them onto the ship, a trap to trick them and their father into going to their deaths in front of Frieza?
Once you're on their ship, there's no turning back!
That's why he didn't dare to gamble!