Raditz nervously piloted the spaceship away from Earth. Entering cosmic space, he let out a long sigh of relief. As he left the atmosphere, he scanned the woman chasing him one last time and found she was furious.
This is ridiculous! I'm the one being chased, what are you angry about?
The nightmarish five minutes felt like a roller coaster ride, his emotions fluctuating wildly. His mind was mush. It took a while before he had the leisure to think about his future.
Go back to find his companions? He feared execution.
Wander alone? He knew his combat power was mediocre. Without a big tree to lean on, he might die in some obscure corner.
Between the two choices, he eventually chose the latter. Better to live a pathetic life than die a 'good' death.
He began studying the star map, planning to find a planet on the edge of the universe to hide for two years. While analyzing, he saw a black shadow sweep past the outside of the ship out of the corner of his eye. Then, the smoothly flying spaceship dipped slightly.
Space was pitch black; nothing could be seen. Feeling uneasy, he hurriedly turned on the ship's external lights.
With that meager light, he finally saw the true face of the shadow.
Ino was clinging to his spaceship, looking up, down, left, and right, seemingly studying how to break in.
Raditz was completely shocked.
Is this an Earthling? Without wearing any protective gear or equipment, relying solely on physical strength to cross the universe and chase him out here?!
Ino sensed his gaze and gave him a fierce glare. Shortly after, a muffled "creak, creak" sound came from inside the ship.
Raditz was dumbfounded. There weren't many races in the entire universe capable of crossing space with their physical bodies—at least they, the Saiyans, couldn't do it.
This woman in front of him was definitely not an Earthling.
With a muffled "crack," Ino forcibly tore a gap in the hatch. The alarms inside the ship rang incessantly, and oxygen was leaking rapidly. Forced into a desperate situation, Raditz finally showed a bit of Saiyan backbone. Gritting his teeth, seeing Ino's slender fingers gripping the edge of the hatch and widening the crack, he swung his fist to strike.
Ino reached in, grabbed Raditz's fist, and squeezed hard with her five fingers.
Raditz felt the bones in his hand shatter completely. The ship was approaching a vacuum state, and he couldn't even make a sound. He was now absolutely certain that this woman was the big shot with a battle power of 8,000. He had no room to resist in her hands.
Like tearing ox hide, Ino used her arm strength to rip open the spaceship's hatch.
Raditz was directly exposed to space. In a vacuum, the internal and external pressure was unbalanced. Holding one's breath was a foolish move at this point; lungs would rupture in seven or eight seconds, followed by massive hemorrhaging. But he had no choice. He had to hold his breath, using his lungs to buy himself another thirty seconds of consciousness.
His eyebrows, hair, and skin were covered in frost, caused by the moisture in his body being forcibly squeezed out by the pressure.
He was making a final attempt at self-salvation: begging for mercy!
His face was full of pleading, hoping the powerful Earthling would spare his life.
Considering this guy was Son Goku's brother after all, and Son Goku indeed had a no-kill principle—even facing the heinous Frieza, he wanted to spare his life—Ino didn't kill him.
She knocked Raditz out with a single punch.
The spaceship was wrecked; taking him back would be a bit troublesome.
Ino clapped her hands together.
"Ice Release: Chibaku Tensei!"
In the vacuum environment, she increased the gravity of the Chibaku Tensei to ten times normal.
The unconscious Raditz was fixed in place by a massive, high-density chakra sphere. Then, nearby space junk, meteorite fragments, and even his own spaceship were compressed by fifteen times gravity, pulled in and smashed onto him. His armor shattered on the spot, his strong body became battered, and tons of material piled onto him. Tightly compressed by high gravity, it finally turned into a giant sphere.
Worried that his trait of leveling up after near-death would activate, Ino measured her strikes carefully. It didn't even count as a serious injury. Raditz's body was completely encased in the ice ball.
The Saiyan constitution was indeed tough; facing the ultra-low temperature vacuum environment, he hadn't lost his vital signs.
Ino took Raditz, trapped inside the sphere, back to Earth. Upon entering the atmosphere, she had a sudden idea. She slightly loosened the Chibaku Tensei and drew a tube of blood from Raditz's neck. Thinking it wasn't enough, she vigorously drew two more tubes.
She felt she should study what exactly these Saiyan S-Cells were when she got back to the village.
Transforming into a Super Saiyan through anger? Leveling up after recovering from near-death? These settings were too buggy. They didn't seem like racial abilities, but more like individual abilities.
If all Saiyans had the ability to level up significantly after recovering from a near-death state, the universe would be full of Saiyans.
S-Cells were the key. Saiyans like Son Goku and Vegeta, who had relatively more S-Cells, could transform into Super Saiyans with a bit of anger. Ordinary Saiyans couldn't, no matter how angry they got.
Come to think of it, this was the same principle as Asura chakra and Indra chakra.
Did Raditz have S-Cells in his body? It was hard to say. Theoretically, he should, but maybe not. Anyway, draw the blood first and talk later.
The action of drawing blood was a bit barbaric. Raditz slowly woke up. He was incredibly weak. Looking at Ino, there was anger in his eyes, but mostly fear.
He asked hoarsely, "Who exactly are you? A low-energy planet like Earth shouldn't have a warrior of your level!"
Ino was silent for a moment. If I said I was Shimura Danzo, would you believe me?
Blame it on Son Goku? Blame it on Vegeta? Neither seemed appropriate.
She squeezed with her fingers, causing the ice sphere to contract inward. Raditz's head tilted, and he passed out again.
Ino used the Mind Body Disturbance Technique to control part of his body, attempting to study the secrets of the Saiyans.
When her consciousness entered Raditz's spiritual world, the first feeling was rage. The most violent thing she had seen before was the Four-Tails, but now the inner heart of a Saiyan was even more irritable than the Four-Tails. It was a madness rooted in the soul.
To put it nicely, it was a high desire for battle. To put it harshly, it was mental illness! Sicker than the Uchiha clan.
After landing on the ground, Ino shattered the ice ball with a punch and dragged Raditz out like a dead dog.
Son Goku, Krillin, Tien Shinhan, Chiaotzu, and Yamcha all looked over. Ino's sensory perception also detected a very hidden gaze peeping at her from the distance. Could that be Piccolo?
She looked at Son Goku. "This guy looks a bit like you. I think he came to find you. He's heavily injured, but his life isn't in danger for the time being. If you have any questions, you can ask him yourself."
After speaking, she leaped up and returned to Kami's Lookout.
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