Frieza called the low-class warrior who had been waiting outside back in and ordered, "Go back to the base immediately and bring the Ginyu Force here and make sure you bring scouters too. The faster, the better."
Hearing that, Zarbon was startled. He asked carefully, "Lord Frieza, why are you summoning the Ginyu Force? Forgive me for speaking out of turn, but there's no need for you to call those mercenaries over."
Frieza said, "I suddenly have a very bad feeling. I sensed it just now, there's another Saiyan on this planet, and he's about to become my enemy. At first, I thought it was Vegeta. Now it seems I guessed wrong."
Zarbon sucked in a cold breath and took a step back before daring to say, "Could it be that you're worrying too much? Other than Vegeta, there's only that Saiyan from Earth left. His battle power should be about the same as Vegeta's."
Frieza snapped, "Are you saying my intuition is wrong? Focus on finding Vegeta. Don't concern yourself with anything else!"
He understood it clearly, Saiyans were an unbelievable warrior race, and they grew stronger the more they fought. To avoid future trouble, he had to cut the weeds and pull out the roots.
Zarbon returned at top speed to the place where he'd fought Vegeta. Vegeta had already crawled out of the water, but his injuries were severe, and he was collapsed on the ground, unconscious.
Zarbon was shocked by Vegeta's tenacious vitality, but he also let out a silent sigh of relief. If Vegeta really died here, Frieza-sama would probably kill him as well.
But Vegeta in his current state was useless. After Zarbon hauled him back, he tossed him straight into a medical machine to heal. He also gave his subordinates a death order no matter what it took, they had to keep Vegeta alive.
After giving those instructions, Zarbon left the treatment room, leaving only one low-class soldier behind to operate the healing.
What he didn't expect was that not long after he left, the machine suddenly exploded.
Vegeta burst out of the medical tank, stepped on the corpse of the low-class soldier, and sneered. "You idiots underestimated my recovery. Next…"
By the time Zarbon and Frieza heard the commotion and rushed over, Vegeta was already gone. A massive hole had been blasted through the wall.
Zarbon's heart sank completely. Before Frieza could even give an order, Zarbon shot out at full speed. If he couldn't capture Vegeta and bring him back, he knew Frieza-sama would execute him.
What they didn't know was that Vegeta hadn't escaped at all.
He'd blown through the wall to create the illusion that he'd fled outside, then hid behind a pillar. The moment Frieza and Zarbon's attention was pulled away, he sprinted to the control room.
Just as he expected, Frieza's five Dragon Balls were placed right there on the control room floor.
The instant he saw the five Dragon Balls, Vegeta almost laughed out loud. They not only healed his injuries they even gifted him five Dragon Balls.
In that moment, he could practically see it: Frieza's era was about to be ended by him.
But Namek's Dragon Balls were huge, if he tried to carry all of them, he wouldn't get far.
Thinking that, he began gathering ki, then shouted toward the treatment room, "You've all been fooled, I'm still inside the ship!"
The moment his words fell, the fully gathered Energy Wave turned into a dazzling white beam that surged forward, instantly shattering the ship's central section.
The ship was already extremely low on fuel. After the explosion, flames licked everywhere and thick smoke billowed out, temporarily blocking the corridor between the treatment room and the control platform.
Before they could get there, Vegeta kicked the Dragon Balls off the floor like he was playing soccer.
The Dragon Balls flew past the waterline, shot straight into the mountains, and vanished beyond where he could see.
Then Vegeta himself dashed out as well.
When Frieza and Zarbon returned to the control room, both Vegeta and the Dragon Balls were gone.
Zarbon panicked completely. This was all his fault. He immediately flew out to search.
But after surviving near-death twice, Vegeta's strength had risen his speed was even faster now. He was already nowhere to be found.
And worse, they didn't have a scouter on hand, so there was no way to pinpoint Vegeta's position.
Frieza's fury erupted.
When Zarbon flew back into the ship, Frieza drove a punch into his stomach and ground his teeth. "This is all because of you! Not only did you let Vegeta escape, you also let him steal the five Dragon Balls I finally obtained!"
"He can't take five Dragon Balls and vanish all at once. I'll search inside the ship. You go outside and scour everything."
"You'd better be prepared. If you don't bring Vegeta back within an hour…"
Without needing Frieza-sama to finish, Zarbon already knew the consequence. He didn't dare slack off for even a second, and immediately flew out again, searching for Vegeta's trail.
At this moment, Vegeta had already found the five Dragon Balls he'd kicked away.
As long as he retrieved the one he'd thrown into the water, it would basically be complete. The remaining Dragon Ball would also end up being his.
But what he never expected was that Gohan had been bored sitting in the house.
He also saw on the Dragon Ball Radar that one Dragon Ball was nearby. When he rushed over, he found corpses scattered everywhere.
After setting up graves for them, he dove into the water and fished up the Dragon Ball Vegeta had thrown away.
After hiding those five Dragon Balls, Vegeta sensed two fairly strong auras approaching nearby.
He looked up—and saw Creed and Goku returning. And in Goku's arms, there was a Dragon Ball.
In an instant, Vegeta felt like the heavens were helping him. Without hesitation, he chased after them.
The three streaking beams of light in the sky also caught Zarbon's attention. The moment he saw Vegeta, Zarbon felt like he'd been driven into a corner and then handed a way out.
But they were all far apart. The one flying in front had no idea what was behind.
Goku returned to the cave. Before he could even enter, he suddenly felt an extremely strong aura rushing this way.
Creed also lifted his head and at just that moment, Vegeta dropped from the sky.
The instant Bulma saw Vegeta, she collapsed onto the ground. She never imagined that after hiding for so long, they were still found.
After brushing against death twice, Vegeta believed he had completely surpassed Goku.
He folded his arms and said, "We meet again, Earthling. I didn't expect you'd already developed a civilization capable of space travel."
"Since you're holding that Dragon Ball, I'm guessing our goals are the same. But before I snatch it from you, there's something I need to do first."
Goku tossed the Dragon Ball to Bulma. With a Saiyan's hunger for battle, he'd been itching to fight Vegeta for a long time.
But before he could move, someone else landed from the sky again.
…again…
(End of Chapter)
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