Although Son Goku felt somewhat cornered by Zeltron in his heart, he had come to Frieza's Universe ship intending to face Frieza. The condition Zeltron set—asking Goku to go confront Frieza—wasn't a true trap.
After moving his legs and twisting his waist, Son Goku said to Zeltron, "Well, since I promised you, I'll go with you!"
"Goku..." Krillin started to object, but before he could finish, Son Goku followed Zeltron and rose into the sky.
"Krillin, Gohan, you stay here!"
As a powerful burst of air erupted from Son Goku and Zeltron, they flew toward Frieza's location.
"Master Zeltron!"
"Sir Zeltron!"
Rapp and Toss caught up quickly to Zeltron and Son Goku.
"Krillin, what now? Shenron can't be summoned!"
Left behind, Son Gohan gazed helplessly at the seven Dragon Balls and asked Krillin.
Krillin recalled Zeltron's earlier words, then smiled as if struck by an idea.
"Since these Dragon Balls were made by the Great Elder, if we ask him, he'll certainly know the secret signal!"
"Yeah, the Elder would know!" Son Gohan brightened immediately.
Krillin said, "Gohan, wait here. I'll go ask the Great Elder and return soon."
With that, Krillin's aura flared white as he dashed toward the Elder's location.
"What's that? Why is Frieza's energy flaring that way?"
Shortly after, Krillin flew up, sensing a powerful, dark aura coming from the Elder's direction—Frieza's. His face tightened with concern, but he pressed on.
Meanwhile, Rapp and Toss joined Zeltron and Son Goku.
"What are you two doing following them?"
Zeltron frowned upon seeing them approach. They were heading straight to Frieza.
A short while later, fierce combat erupted between Son Goku and Frieza. Toss and Rapp's power levels were too low to survive long even in the aftermath of the fight.
Zeltron planned that Toss and Rapp would stay aboard Frieza's ship.
"Master Zeltron, I want to stay with you!"
Zeltron was speechless at Toss's declaration—if Toss were a girl, it'd be different... but as a boy, it was awkward.
He said little to Toss and Rapp and focused on the approaching battle against Frieza.
The energy levels they sensed were growing.
"As the Ki sense strengthens, Son Goku's mouth curved into a confident grin."
[DING—Congratulations to the host! Ki Sense attribute acquired.]
The moment Son Goku activated his Ki Sense ability, Zeltron's system chimed mechanically.
'Finally, the Ki Sense attribute has arrived.'
Previously, when Vegeta, Son Gohan, and Krillin faced the Ginyu Force, they used Ki Sense, but the system did not drop the attribute due to its one-fifth drop chance.
This time, however, after Son Goku's activation, the Ki Sense attribute was added to Zeltron's system.
["Does the host wish to absorb the Ki Sense attribute?"]
'yes.'
The Ki Sense attribute flew to Zeltron and merged with his powers.
Activating Ki Sense, Zeltron instantly gained an invisible vision field encompassing all Namek.
In this "Ki view," he observed many energy masses large and small—the closest were Rapp, Toss, and Son Goku.
Within Zeltron's Ki Sense, Toss had the smallest aura, followed by Son Goku, and the largest was Rapp's.
Aura size roughly reflected power level, but Son Goku suppressed his Ki, making his aura appear smaller than Rapp's.
'This Ki Sense ability… so convenient.' Zeltron muttered with satisfaction.
"Frieza's power isn't as overwhelming as expected!" Son Goku said casually.
Rapp heard this and grumbled silently.
'What? Frieza isn't strong? Don't you know what a terror he is?'
But Zeltron wasn't convinced by Goku's bravado.
"Son Goku, don't underestimate Frieza," Zeltron warned.
"He has three transformations. Each dramatically increases his power level."
"Ah, you really know Frieza." Goku exclaimed.
Rapp interjected irritably, "Of course! We've been tracking Frieza for years."
Without Rapp's words, Zeltron might have had to come up with another explanation—he couldn't tell Goku he'd encountered Frieza before.
Namekian Battlefield:
Frieza and Nail clashed violently. Nail lay gravely injured, but Frieza remained untouched.
"Not afraid to die?" Frieza sneered, looking down at the battered Nail. He curled his lips mockingly.
Dididi—
Suddenly, his detector buzzed with new energy responses.
"Huh?"
Frieza glanced at the device, then back at Nail.
"One, two…"
Four energy signals appeared.
"Are there four more enemies coming?"
Frieza smiled faintly and turned to see four white energy masses speeding toward the battlefield.
Shuu shuu shuu—
The four energy masses transformed into streaks of light descending rapidly toward Frieza and Nail.
In Frieza's vision, four figures materialized: Zeltron and Son Goku with their companions.
"Frieza!"
Before Zeltron spoke, Rapp trembled, staring at Frieza.
"Not from Namek?!"
Frieza's eyes fixed on the newcomers. His expression tightened slightly—but no matter who they were, he saw them as insignificant insects.
"Are you Frieza?" Goku asked confidently.
Frieza's gaze snapped to Goku, his shock evident.
"That face... I've seen it somewhere!"
Seconds later, Frieza's thoughts dredged up a memory.
It was Bardock—Son Goku's father.
Before Planet Vegeta's destruction 24 years ago, Bardock had the curse of foresight.
He foresaw the planet's destruction and tried to warn others, targeting Frieza's forces.
But in the end, Frieza succeeded in destroying Planet Vegeta.
"That face is the Saiyan's!" Frieza said mockingly.
He then looked at Zeltron and Son Goku.
"Besides Vegeta, I never expected a living Saiyan!"
His face darkened.
"All Monkeys deserve to die!"
With that, Frieza vanished and instantly reappeared in front of Zeltron, aiming a crushing blow to his head.
BOOM—
But Zeltron caught Frieza's fist with his palm.
The speed of their clash was so great that Rapp and Toss could barely react.
When they finally did, they saw Frieza's attack blocked effortlessly.
"So fast, completely invisible!"
"What strength from Frieza, the Universe Emperor!"
"But Zeltron seems to have seen through it, blocking the attack!"
While stunned, Nail lay on the ground, filled with turmoil.
Who was this man?
How could he stop Frieza's might?
Nail knew Frieza's overwhelming power—from firsthand defeat.
No attack could touch him; casually, Frieza shattered Nail's bones with a punch.
Yet here was this stranger—Zeltron—catching Frieza's blow.
Nail was astonished.
Frieza smirked, intrigued.
Though his punch was under one percent power, it could kill anyone with less than 50,000 power level.
He tried to retract his fist, but Zeltron's grip, ironlike and unyielding, kept it trapped.
Frieza's jocular expression vanished, replaced by cold anger.
"This one…"
Frieza's first form registered only 530,000 power level—infinitesimal compared to Zeltron's 43.51 million.
In his first form, Frieza was no match.
"Frieza, don't be mistaken. Your real challenger is him."
Zeltron pointed at Son Goku, then coldly released his grip.
Freed, Frieza stepped back.
"Yes, your opponent is me!"
With a fierce shout, Goku slammed his palms and fist together before Frieza.
"So, you monkey think you can challenge me?"
Frieza sneered, rubbing his sore fist while glaring at Zeltron and Goku.
Before Frieza's taunt finished, Goku interjected.
"Frieza, I think you should transform!"
As soon as Son Goku spoke, Frieza narrowed his eyes slightly.
"So you monkey want to die faster!"
"No problem. I'll fulfil your wish!"