Earth is in trouble!
As the video ended, viewers across the universe tacitly felt the same thought.
Although Lott had blasted the moon before-
It was completely incomparable to the scale of Planet Vegeta.
And because this video was shown from Bardock's perspective, many people projected themselves into Bardock's position.
The result was that the group members felt a level of despair far exceeding any before!
On the Planet Pirate-
Due to their disagreements-
The three former top fighters of the Dark Matter Pirates had planned to go their separate ways.
But after seeing Frieza's terror in the video, Geryuganshoop and the other two felt it was safer to stick together.
They never expected that there were so many monsters in the universe stronger than their captain!
…
Planet Shinigami.
The Wandenreich, hidden on the dark side of the Seireitei.
Its emperor, Yhwach, also rarely showed a horrified expression.
Although he was confident in his own abilities-
And if everything went according to plan-
He could even obtain the power to change the future.
But there were limits!
It was like an ordinary person seeing they would be in a car accident in the future, so they could get off the car early to avoid it.
But if you saw your plane would crash, could you just get off mid-flight?
What if one day Frieza also launched a planet-destroying ball?
That was a future Yhwach couldn't change either!
…
[Lott: @Goku, Racemate Goku, I know you're angry right now, but don't get angry. I know you really want to fight, but hold off for now.]
Lott called out to Goku in the group:
[It's better to retreat temporarily. Frieza and his aliens can't sense Ki. You should find some remote mountains and forests to hide and train slowly. Train for four or five years, then come out to deal with them. That should be enough.]
Lott offered the best solution he could think of.
Although Saiyans powering up in life-or-death moments was standard procedure, there were limits!
It was like a student who normally gets into a second-tier university might, with a burst of effort, get into a first-tier one.
But if you're a slacker who can't even get into a vocational college, no matter how much you power up, you still won't make it!
The best way was to hide in some remote mountains and forests.
After all, Frieza's group couldn't sense Ki.
They wouldn't find them for a while.
And after training for three to five years, they could find a way to have Krillin die to trigger a transformation.
With that, the matters should settle it.
Seeing Lott's message, Krillin, Yamcha, and the others flying alongside Goku nodded in agreement.
"What Lott said makes sense, Goku, let's go!"
"That's right, that's right! There's an old saying I've heard before: 'As long as the green hills remain, there'll be no shortage of firewood'."
To be honest, just sensing that Ki earlier was enough to nearly scare the pants off them.
Then seeing Frieza kill Goku's father and destroy Planet Vegeta in the video became the final straw that broke the Z Fighters' will to fight.
Goku lowered his head in thought, then decided after a moment, "...Krillin, you and the others go back first."
Krillin's expression changed drastically, "Goku, what are you planning?"
Goku forced a slight smile and said:
"Sorry. Even though Lott makes sense, after seeing how my Mom and Dad died, I really can't just run away like this. If I did, even if I trained, I wouldn't be able to focus."
Although Goku loved fighting, he wasn't the type who would fight to the death no matter what.
Faced with different situations, he would still adapt.
If the video hadn't come out, Goku might very well have chosen to follow Lott's advice and retreat.
He would have hidden in Mount Paozu, trained for a few years, then come out to find Frieza.
But as luck would have it, he learned the truth about his parents' deaths at this moment.
Now, Goku couldn't take it anymore.
He wasn't Naruto, who is able to forgive the killer of his parents.
Even if he died fighting Frieza this time, he would tear a piece of flesh from him.
"Piccolo, you shouldn't go either. If you die, Earth's Dragon Balls will disappear too."
Goku also turned to look at Piccolo.
"Hmph! If we fail, Earth will be gone. What does it matter if the Dragon Balls exist or not?"
Piccolo snorted coldly.
"No, Lott once deceived Frieza, saying the Dragon Balls can only be used once every five years. That means, for at least the next four years, Frieza won't destroy Earth."
Goku shook his head.
After hearing this analysis, the Z Fighters fell into silence.
"Ho-How can this be..."
At home on Mount Paozu, Chi-Chi, heavily pregnant, listening to Son Goku's words through the chat group's video function, was so anxious she was almost crying.
Noticing Lott, the only non-Earthling in the private chat group Bulma had created, the heavily pregnant Chi-Chi quickly @-ed him.
[Chi-Chi: @Lott, Hey! L... Lott-san! You're Goku's friend, right? Please try to persuade him!]
Lott, shuttling through the galaxy back to Planet Terra protected by his barrier, received this message. After thinking, he replied:
[He's worked up right now. No one can stop him. Besides, if he dies, you can always revive him with the Dragon Balls, right? There's only half a year left until the one-year cooldown anyway, isn't there?]
Chi-Chi's mouth fell open in shock, "Th-That's true, but, but..."
Before Chi-Chi could reply, Lott sent another message:
[Alright, that's it. There's a bunch of troublesome stuff on Planet Terra too. I'm logging off now. Bye~]
Seeing this, Chi-Chi still wanted to stop him.
But it was too late.
Lott thought about it and felt that if Goku died and went to train with King Kai, it would definitely be more efficient than training on Earth.
After all, even though Frieza's group couldn't sense Ki, they had scouters.
And during daily training, it was inevitable to practice techniques like energy waves.
That could also be easily detected.
Thinking about it this way, it was more cost-effective for Goku to just die in the first fight against Frieza.
After all, in the original work, he also died perishing together with Raditz once.
Compared to that, being killed by Frieza was a more dignified death.
[Lott: @Goku, Racemate Goku, start a live stream.]
Lott sent this last message and said no more.
'Traveling through space alone was a bit boring.'
…
Goku, heading alone towards Frieza's spaceship landing site, received this message and didn't think much of it, simply activating the group live stream function.
[Chi-Chi: Goku! Goku! Don't go! Come back quickly!]
Countless group members flooded into the live stream immediately.
And the first comment was from Chi-Chi.
Goku said apologetically:
"Sorry, Chi-Chi. I have to go. Please take care of Gohan."
In the camera view, a large, disc-shaped spaceship descended from the clouds opposite Goku.
And Goku accelerated towards the spaceship.
[Chi-Chi: No! No! Goku! Come back! Come back!!]
One could feel Chi-Chi's heart-wrenching grief even through the screen.
Viewers across the planets, especially the women, felt a sense of empathy.
"The family of a hero... so pitiful..."
On the Planet Ninja, in Konoha Village.
Hatake Kakashi sighed with emotion and fell into recollection.
He remembered his teacher, the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato.
After his teacher's wife, Uzumaki Kushina, had the Nine-Tails forcibly extracted, Minato could have raised Naruto alone.
But to prevent Konoha from losing the Tailed Beast, the ultimate weapon, he resolutely sacrificed his own life.
He performed the Dead Demon Consuming Seal, sealing the Nine-Tails inside Naruto.
That was a hero!
When a country has a hero, it is the country's fortune.
But if you have a family member who is a hero, you might not be so fortunate.
Because in their eyes, the greater good always comes before their own family.