Recoome didn't rush to attack. He still hadn't had his fun yet—he wanted to torment Gohan for a while before killing him.
Gohan was still too young. He didn't listen to Vegeta's warning. He released all his ki and charged straight in.
It was a fight to the death anyway. Rather than waiting to die, he chose to strike first.
Recoome stood there without moving, letting Gohan's kick slam into his face. It didn't hurt. He grabbed Gohan by the leg and flung him away.
Gohan steadied himself midair, about to attack again—when a white energy ball shot over. He could only dodge in a hurry.
Recoome was like he was tossing ping-pong balls from below, throwing one after another.
After dodging repeatedly, Gohan unleashed the technique Piccolo had taught him—Masenko.
A crimson shockwave dove down. Only then did Recoome get a little serious.
Recoome raised a hand and crushed the Masenko into powder. The scattered light detonated around him.
The scouter display showed that in that instant, Gohan's battle power had already exceeded twenty thousand.
His strongest move… didn't cause the enemy even the slightest damage.
That gap in strength plunged Gohan into near despair.
He raised his hands again, firing two Masenko at once—
But Recoome treated it like a breeze, "blowing" the Masenko right back.
Gohan sprang upward, but the moment he reached the air, Recoome appeared behind him and smashed an elbow into his back, knocking him down—then followed with a relentless series of blows.
Meanwhile, Frieza was waiting inside his spaceship for the Ginyu Force to deliver the Dragon Balls.
Even without a scouter, he had absolute confidence in Ginyu's battle power. No matter how much Vegeta increased his strength here, he still wouldn't be Ginyu's match.
At this moment, Frieza was considering how to deal with Namek.
Once the wish was granted, there was no reason to stay.
A low-level soldier reported, "Namek's environment is decent, but the cultural level is too low. It's not suitable as industrial land or commercial land."
Frieza folded his arms and sneered. "Such a trash planet can only be used as a prison. There are planets like this everywhere in the universe—there's no special development value. Once I have the Dragon Balls, I'll use this planet as fireworks."
"Fireworks?" The low-level soldier didn't understand.
"Yes." Frieza said. "A celebration for my eternal, undying life. The more dazzling the fireworks, the better. Are there any other planets with high economic value to develop?"
At that moment, noise came from outside.
Frieza hurried out, saw the Dragon Balls placed on the ground, and praised, "Well done, Captain Ginyu. I didn't expect you to gather all seven Dragon Balls so quickly. Sending the Ginyu Force to help really wasn't a wrong decision."
Ginyu bowed slightly. "To receive Lord Frieza's praise is my greatest honor."
Frieza hugged the Dragon Balls, grinning ear to ear. "To think the wish I've dreamed of can actually be realized in reality. This is too exciting! That means a perfect, undying ruler of the universe is about to be born!"
As he spoke, he arranged the Dragon Balls, placed both hands over them, shaking with excitement while muttering, "Dragon Balls! Hurry and grant this king eternal life and youth!"
Ginyu also stood to the side, cheering him on.
But no matter how they tried, the Dragon Balls didn't react at all.
After a while, Ginyu's mouth twitched awkwardly. "It seems… nothing happened, Lord Frieza. Are you immortal now?"
Frieza froze as well, completely unable to understand what was going on.
They'd clearly gathered all seven Dragon Balls—so why was there no reaction?
Then suddenly, he remembered what the elder had said:
You villains
even if you get the Dragon Balls, you won't be able to fulfill evil wishes.
He'd thought it was just nonsense. He never expected it to be true.
From this, he analyzed that there must be some kind of passphrase or perhaps a specific arrangement method for the Dragon Balls.
Thinking that, he took out a scouter and, from far away, detected a Namekian presence.
He left Ginyu behind to guard the Dragon Balls and personally headed over.
At the same time, Nail who was flying toward Gohan's location, also sensed a bad omen.
After hesitating, he decided to abandon the rescue and return to the Grand Elder's place.
Gohan had already lost the ability to move under Recoome's nonstop beating.
Just as Recoome was about to deliver the final blow, a crimson shockwave blasted over.
It didn't cause a massive explosion, but it knocked Recoome flying back anyway.
Burter and Jeice hadn't even figured out what happened when two people they'd never seen before appeared on the battlefield.
That kind of speed—even Burter, who claimed to be the fastest in the universe, was shaken.
They turned on their scouters, then put on mocking expressions.
The two of them together had a battle power of less than ten thousand—maybe they were just fast, that was all.
Gohan felt a familiar ki.
He forced his eyes open and saw Goku and Creed standing beside him.
Goku picked Gohan up, wanting to feed him a Senzu Bean, only to discover Gohan's neck had already been snapped—he was hanging on by a thread.
Goku immediately stuffed the Senzu Bean into his mouth.
In less than five seconds, Gohan came back to life. Even his wounds stopped bleeding.
That scene left the three Ginyu Force members completely dumbfounded.
That kid was clearly about to die—so how was he now hopping around like nothing had happened, as if he'd never fought at all?
Still, they didn't rush in. They wanted to see what was going on first.
Goku didn't pay them any attention. Instead, he asked, "How did Vegeta get hurt?"
Gohan said, "He was injured by that pineapple-headed bastard. That guy's strength… is really scary."
Goku didn't ask further.
On the way here, Creed had already explained the general situation.
Goku opened his bag—there was still one Senzu Bean inside—and tossed it straight to Vegeta.
Vegeta didn't know what it was, but he saw Gohan recover instantly after eating one, so he didn't hesitate and swallowed it.
In an instant, his body stopped hurting, and an even stronger power than before surged up inside him.
Creed shrugged. He understood what Goku was thinking.
It definitely wasn't repayment for Vegeta saving Gohan—
Goku just wanted to fight Vegeta again.
Thinking that, Creed said quietly, "Goku, these guys… you want them, or should I?"
Goku walked forward and said slowly, "These bad guys… I can handle them alone."
(End of Chapter)
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