The battle had shifted from a one-sided massacre to a brutal one-sided beating.
Goku's vision was growing blurrier by the second.
Two or three of his ribs were probably broken.
Every breath made his lungs wheeze like a broken bellows, and every movement sent sharp pain surging through his entire body.
Even so, he clung to Raditz like a piece of tough taffy that refused to break apart, using nothing but his body and willpower to bridge the overwhelming gap in strength.
"Annoying insect! Get off me!" Raditz roared furiously and slammed a heavy punch into Goku's abdomen.
"Urgh..." Goku's body curled up like a shrimp as bile and blood sprayed from his mouth.
But at the very moment he was knocked backward, he forcefully twisted his body and locked both hands around Raditz's ankle.
"Don't even think... about getting past..." Goku said through a mouthful of blood, his eyes shining with terrifying resolve.
He was protecting his companions with everything he had.
"You're asking to die!" Raditz raised his foot and stomped viciously onto Goku's fingers.
Crack!
The sound of breaking bones was enough to make anyone's scalp go numb.
The beach trembled under every stomp, yet Goku refused to let go, as if those fingers no longer belonged to him.
Meanwhile, several hundred meters away—
Piccolo stood surrounded by spiraling golden arcs of electricity.
The light concentrated at his fingertips had changed from bright white to a dark, blinding gold.
That destructive power had been compressed to its absolute limit.
Even the surrounding air warped under the heat, producing a humming vibration that made the eardrums ache.
"Isn't it ready yet, Piccolo?!" Goku roared hoarsely.
"It's ready! Get out of the way, Goku!"
Piccolo's eyes snapped open wide. Veins bulged across his forehead as his long-charged killing move was finally unleashed.
"Special Beam Cannon!!!"
An incredibly thin yet terrifyingly condensed spiral beam shrieked through the air.
It carried enough force to pierce through anything in existence as it shot straight toward Raditz.
This attack contained all of Piccolo's essence, power, and killing intent.
Its speed was so fast that Raditz's scouter only had time to emit a single sharp alarm.
"What?!"
A chill of death shot straight through Raditz's skull.
It was the instinctive fear of a living creature staring directly at death.
He tried to dodge, but Goku still had him pinned.
"Get off me!"
At the edge of life and death, Raditz forced out every ounce of his strength.
He kicked Goku in the face and used the recoil to throw himself sideways.
Sizzle!!!
The beam grazed Raditz's right shoulder.
A spray of blood burst into the air.
His shoulder armor and flesh vanished instantly, leaving behind the stench of scorched meat.
The beam did not stop there.
It shot into the distance and pierced through a towering mountain several kilometers away.
There was no explosion.
The mountain was simply pierced through as though it were butter before a hot knife.
For a few seconds, silence followed.
Then—
Rumble!!!
The mountaintop slowly collapsed, sending countless boulders crashing down as clouds of dust covered half the sky.
Trunks gulped.
The chips in his hand dropped to the ground and shattered.
"W-Was that fired by that green uncle? That's amazing!"
Krillin nodded, narrowing his eyes slightly, "The point-blank killing power of that move is terrifying. Its penetration ability is incredible."
Then he sighed, "Too bad it missed. Piccolo still needs to work on his aim."
Raditz clutched his heavily bleeding right shoulder, his face pale, his spirit still shaken.
In that instant, he had truly glimpsed the gates of hell.
"Bastard! Bastard! You actually wounded me?!"
Extreme fear transformed into overwhelming fury.
Raditz no longer had any interest in playing games.
He raised his intact left hand and aimed it directly at Piccolo, who was now weakened after firing his trump card.
"Die! You damn insects!"
Piccolo had just released his ultimate technique and was caught in the moment of weakness after overexerting himself.
He could only watch death descend, his eyes filled with unwilling rage.
At that moment, an afterimage flashed past.
Goku had somehow circled behind Raditz and grabbed the furry tail hanging from his waist.
"Ahhh!!!" Raditz instantly went limp.
The terrifying power in his body disappeared as though his spine had been ripped out.
He collapsed to the ground, trembling all over.
The Saiyan weakness.
The tail.
"Good job, Goku!"
Piccolo's eyes lit up with hope.
"Hold him like that! Even if you have to use your teeth, don't let go! I'm charging another one!"
"L-let go!" Raditz trembled uncontrollably, his voice filled with panic and pleading.
"Kakarot... little brother... I'm your older brother..."
Goku froze for a moment.
The strength in his hands loosened just slightly.
Looking at the man beneath him, that shared bloodline stirred something inside his heart.
"We're the only brothers left in the universe... are you really going to kill me?"
Sensing Goku's hesitation, Raditz immediately squeezed out tears, his voice turning miserable and desperate.
"I was wrong! I promise I'll leave Earth immediately and never come back! Please, forgive your brother this once! I just missed my family so much that I lost my head for a moment!"
"Is... is that true?" Goku asked, visibly wavering.
After all, this was his only brother.
"It's true! I swear it! I swear on the honor of a Saiyan!"
"Goku! Don't listen to him! He's lying!" Piccolo roared so loudly that spit flew everywhere.
"He just tried to kill your son! He's a monster!"
In the distance, Krillin sighed from his beach chair.
He stuffed the last potato chip into his mouth and watched with a complicated look in his eyes.
"Here it comes. This is your Uncle Goku's greatest weakness and also his greatest strength."
He looked at Trunks as he spoke.
"His heart is too soft. Even toward someone like this, he still shows mercy. It looks foolish, but that mercy is exactly what makes him Son Goku."
"But Dad, isn't being merciful to bad people the same as being cruel to yourself?" Trunks frowned.
"The books say weeds should be pulled out by the roots."
"You're right," Krillin said quietly. "And the price of that mercy is about to arrive."
Sure enough, the moment Goku's heart softened and his grip fully loosened Raditz's crying face instantly twisted into something vicious and grotesque.
"Die, you idiot!"
Bam!
Raditz slammed his elbow backward into Goku's temple.
The force of the strike sent Goku flying like a kite with a cut string. He crashed heavily into the ground and couldn't get back up.
Raditz gave him no time to breathe.
He rushed forward and stomped on Goku's chest, grinding down mercilessly.
Crack! Crack!
The sound of ribs breaking was chillingly clear.
"Hahahaha! What an idiot! You actually believed that nonsense?" Raditz laughed like a madman as he stomped down again and again.
"Do I look like someone who keeps promises? A low-class warrior is still a low-class warrior. You're nothing but a brainless fool! This is the price of your weakness!"
"Aaaaagh!"
Goku screamed in agony, blood spurting from his mouth and soaking the front of his gi.
"DADDY!!!"
From behind the wreckage of the space pod, Gohan saw his father being tortured through a narrow gap.
The tears in his eyes trembled.
Then his pupils contracted violently.
The thread of reason inside the four-year-old child snapped.
A red aura suddenly erupted from Gohan's tiny body.
Beep beep beep...
Raditz's scouter blared again as the numbers soared wildly.
[Combat Power: 710... 1000... 1307]
"W-What?!"
Raditz turned around in disbelief, thinking his scouter had malfunctioned.
"I WON'T LET YOU... BULLY MY DADDY!!!"
Gohan roared.
His entire body became a red cannonball packed with pure rage and overwhelming force.
He shot forward and slammed headfirst into Raditz's chest.
Thud!!!
The impact was direct.
In that instant, Raditz felt as though he had been hit by a meteor.
The armor on his chest shattered completely.
His breastbone caved in.
He flew backward, vomiting blood, and smashed violently into a rock wall.
"Now's our chance!"
Even with the unbearable pain in his chest, Goku knew this was the only opening his son had bought with everything he had.
He threw himself forward recklessly and locked Raditz from behind in a full nelson.
His arms tightened like iron chains.
"Piccolo! Quick! Do it again!" Goku roared, blood dripping from the corner of his mouth. "Kill me with him! This is our only chance!"
"What?" Piccolo was startled for a moment.
Then a cruel, excited smile spread across his face.
"Heh. That works perfectly for me. I get to kill him and get rid of a thorn in my side like you at the same time. Two birds with one stone."
"Let go of me! You lunatic!"
Raditz struggled like mad, throwing elbows and headbutts wildly, but Goku held on like a statue carved from stone.
"Piccolo! Hurry! I can't hold on much longer!"
"Special Beam Cannon!!!"
For the second time.
And the final time.
The deadly spiral beam lit up the battlefield once again.
This time there was no escape.
...
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