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  "Saiyans… they truly are troublesome."

  "But it ends here!"

  "Ahhh!"

  A pierg cry echoed as Bardock's tail was brutally ripped off in a single, swift motion. Immediately following this, a devastating punch smmed into his abdomen.

  "Boom!"

  "Ugh!"

  Bardock gagged violently, barely able to react before another blow, this time aimed at his back, sent him hurtling towards the ground.

  "Bardock, I send you back to your p. Do you agree?"

  Struggling tain his footing, Bardock was just about to unch himself into the air when a strange voice suddenly resonated within his mind.

  "Who are you?"

  The ued voice startled Bardock.

  "I am Shenron. I grant any wish. Monaito wished for me to send you back to your p. Do you agree?"

  The strange voice rang out again, and Bardock finally uood what was happening.

  "How fasating. So there really is a dragon that grant any wish."

  "But, Shenron, there's o send me back. I still have to defeat this guy. If possible, I wish for my children to grow up safely."

  Bardock spoke softly, his fighting spirit undiminished despite his heavy breathing as he gred at the figure in the sky.

  "Of course. It shall be done." Shenron's voice faded, and in the distahe dark clouds began to dissipate.

  "What are you muttering about?"

  "You wild monkey, without yreat Ape form, you don't stand a ce."

  Gas unleashed his full power, his aura now surging to 100% of its potential, intensifying the ferocity of the battle. Bardock, already battered and bruised, found himself pletely overwhelmed, uo even lift his head.

  "Give up. You 't win!" Gas sneered, his expression twisted in a mask of madness as his immense aura bore down heavily on the surroundings.

  "Boom!"

  The collisio Bardock flying far away, smming into the distant ndscape with such force that the nearby mountains crumbled uhe impact.

  "Knowing you 't win but still tinuing the fight— is it for revenge?" Gas walked towards Bardock, his eyes cold and mog.

  Bardock, struggling to rise, was enveloped by a faint, radiant glow.

  "Of course not. It's obvious— when fighting for your life, the only thing on your mind is victory."

  "The only thing I need is to beat you!"

  Bardock grinned as he spoke. In the instant, his body surged forward, suddenly brimming with newfound power.

  "What?!"

  "Boom!"

  Gas's expression shifted, but it was too te. He was sent flying by Bardock's sudden, powerful strike.

  "Impossible! Saiyans shouldn't possess such power uhey transform into Great Apes!"

  Gas roared angrily as he charged back towards Bardock, ung a massive energy bst at him.

  "There's nothing impossible about it. You just don't uand. Saiyans evolve every time they push their limits."

  Bardock spoke calmly, releasing an energy bst of his own to meet Gas's attack.

  "Boom!"

  "Boom! Boom!"

  The two energy bsts collided in mid-air, resulting in a massive explosion. As the shockwave subsided, Gas's body was sent flying once more, his sciousness fading into darkness. Bardock, stumbling slightly, eventually colpsed to the ground as well.

  "What an impressive fight," A lighthearted voice remarked as Bardock fell.

  A figure materialized.

  "Cough, cough... Who are you? A member of Frieza's army?" Bardock forced himself to stand, eyeing the newer warily.

  With a furious expression, Bardock ched his fists. All his teammates had been eliminated by Frieza's forces during this mission.

  Now, as anure appeared before him, his mind instinctively lihe enter to Frieza.

  "Business dealings are never as they seem. Don't you know about Frieza's true schemes?" The figure chuckled mogly, a pyful smirk pying on his lips.

  "What do you mean?" Bardock's mind fshed back to ret events, and his expression shifted slightly.

  "Nothing much."

  "It's just that now… you go die!"

  The figure smiled coldly, drawing an energy gun.

  "Bang!"

  "Ahhh!"

  A bst erupted from the energy gun, sending Bardock's body hurtling off the edge of a cliff.

  "What a fool. Truly fitting for a bunch of wild monkeys."

  The figure chuckled. He was about to step forward to deliver the finishing blow when—

  "Boss, Frieza's forces are approag."

  A voice crackled through his unicator.

  "That was fast!" He muttered in frustration. Without hesitation, he scooped up Gas, fired another shot towards the cliff, and swiftly departed the area.

  At the bottom of the cliff, Bardock y motionless, his aura nearly extinguished. Fortunately, at that moment, a faint green glow enveloped his body.

  A Namekian, who had somehow arrived unnoticed, was now using all his strength to heal Bardock.

  A few days ter, a spaceship soared into the sky, leaving the p Hiril behind.

  "Frieza…" Bardock's eyes gleamed with fury, and the anger within him grew untrolbly. He repyed the ses in his mind and recalled the words of that mysterious figure on Hiril.

  A streak of light rapidly traversed space, heading directly back to P Vegeta.

  At this point, only four months remained before the destru of P Vegeta.

  Meanwhile, o Vegeta—

  After two months of preparation, Jiang was finally ready to depart. The dey rimarily due to one crucial factor: he required a gravity mae and a rge spaceship.

  As a low-css warrior who had only retly registered as a batant, he inally had nht to request such advanced equipment.

  However, thanks to his well-known association with Bardock, and with Bardock providing him with a siderable amount of tribution points, he mao secure the necessary items. The only drawback was that the process took some time to plete.

  "Lord Aspara, everything is ready."

  "Your position is in Zone 3, Bay 107."

  In the logistics ter, an alien spoke respectfully.

  "Got it." Jiang ook a deep breath, and headed toward the designated location.

  Moments ter, he arrived at Zone 3, Bay 107, as instructed by the alien.

  Uheir arra, he sooered the spaceship. pared to the small personal spacecraft typically used by Saiyans, this one was signifitly rger. It offered ample space— while not as rge as the ship Son Goku used to travel to Namek, it was roughly half its size.

  More importantly, it was equipped with a gravity mae.

  Of course, Jiang had no doubt that Frieza's forces had installed monit devices on this ship. But that didn't matter. He only inteo use the ship for a limited time.

  "It's time to go!" He whispered softly.

  In the moment, the spaceship roared to life, and a streak of light shot up into the sky.

  (End of Chapter)