Knowing of the Metamorans' existence, Raditz immediately borrowed a spaceship from Cabba's Sadala Defense Force and prepared to head straight to Planet Metamor. Upon hearing that Raditz wanted to borrow a spacecraft, the Sadala Defense Force hurriedly selected their newest single-person vessel with luxurious top-end amenities for Raditz to use.
The technicians input the location of Planet Metamor, and the entire process only required intelligent control and voice recognition, without troubling Raditz at all.
Raditz sat in the spaceship and felt extremely comfortable. The members of the Sadala Defense Force outside said goodbye to him one after another, especially Ramso, who jumped up and down mischievously while waving farewell.
"Let's go." Raditz said while waving back.
The spaceship reacted immediately after receiving the instruction, ignited its engines, and lifted off at high speed. The fiery exhaust rolled toward them like a heat wave, blowing through the hair of Cabba and the others. Kale hid behind Caulifla's shoulder and watched the sky in amazement.
The Metamorans loved peace, and they also cherished the development and use of various secret arts. Martial arts were extremely popular on Planet Metamor, and they used it as a means of communication. Therefore, the comprehensive combat power of the Metamorans was very high, and they could be called an excellent race in the entire universe, with many powerful fighters.
But they differed from the aggressiveness of the Saiyans. They focused on the training and competitive essence of martial arts, which was similar to the pursuit of martial arts among Earthlings.
Raditz, who had just arrived, chose an isolated island as his landing place. When he set foot on Planet Metamor, the first thing he saw was an azure sea beneath a brilliant blue sky. The waves rolled in the sunlight, chasing away with the wind, splashing fine droplets from time to time that were crystal clear like pearls and jade. The sea breeze stirred the green plants on the island, creating scenery as beautiful as a painting.
Raditz suppressed his combat power and flew along the coast with the token of the Sadala Defense Force that Renso had given him. It was said that the Metamorans had once hired the Sadala Defense Force to fight against foreign invaders. They'd had a close relationship at that time and remained very good friends.
After flying along the coast for a while, in addition to the natural beauty, Raditz also saw a very bustling city with high-tech equipment integrated throughout.
It was clear that the Metamorans had used their wisdom to integrate humanities and nature into one harmonious whole, each complementing the other to achieve perfect balance. The more highly developed a civilization was, the more inclusive and harmonious it could become, and at the same time, all aspects of its people grew stronger.
Raditz carefully sensed that among the Metamorans, there were a large number of individuals with thousands of combat power, and some even had tens of thousands of combat power—which could already be considered absolute fighters in ordinary places! Except for a few races like the Saiyans, they could be called a very remarkable level.
Among them, there were two with the most powerful auras, both as high as over fifty thousand, and they were the strongest characters on the entire planet! If this were in the seventh universe, Frieza would have to send the Ginyu Force.
Raditz aimed for these two and used instant transmission.
Swish!
Raditz suddenly appeared in the room, and what he saw was a quaint dojo with an elderly man facing him.
The old Metamoran was not tall, with a wrinkled face full of the vicissitudes of time. Seeing Raditz, the old man was slightly taken aback, and the teacup in his hand paused mid-lift. Raditz was just about to greet him when suddenly two voices came from behind.
"Who are you?!"
Two large hands seized Raditz's shoulders from left and right, asking sternly. Raditz clearly sensed that these two were the ones he'd been looking for.
The two forces pressed against Raditz, but had no impact. Raditz easily shrugged off their suppression with a casual flex of his muscles.
A mere tens of thousands of combat power was simply scratching an itch for Raditz now.
The two who were shaken off panicked, their arms trembling slightly as they showed expressions of disbelief. The guy who had suddenly appeared was able to break free from both of their combined suppression—his strength was not to be underestimated.
"My name is Raditz. I know it's a bit presumptuous to appear suddenly, but I mean no harm. By the way..." Raditz reached into his pocket and took out the token, handing it to the two of them. "Do you recognize this?"
The two watched Raditz's movements nervously, and they didn't relax until the moment he produced the token, but they didn't fully trust him either—after all, Raditz's appearance had been far too abrupt.
"You don't need to be nervous. That's the token of the Sadala Defense Force." Finally, the seated old man spoke. "Didn't you also participate in that battle?"
"But he..."
"I know... that's the secret technique of the Yardrats—instant transmission, right?"
Sure enough, the old man was very knowledgeable. Raditz nodded. "Yes, I just used instant transmission. It was a bit presumptuous."
"It's fine. Members of the Sadala Defense Force are always welcome here. Mr. Raditz suddenly appeared to see us—what's the matter?" The old man's voice was very calm. Although he was elderly, he was full of spirit.
He continued drinking his tea, as if he didn't care about the instant transmission, while the other two were very surprised, with doubt written on their faces.
It was only then that Raditz noticed the room was full of martial arts equipment, and the old man before him was obviously very respected. Even the two with the highest combat effectiveness listened to him, which showed his status. Perhaps this old man was the true martial arts master.
"I want to learn fusion!"
"Oh?" The old man raised his eyebrows. "You know about our fusion technique? Ah... it's not surprising, you can even use instant transmission... Normally, our fusion technique doesn't mind being taught to people with righteous hearts, and you have a token from the Sadala Defense Force, so I believe you're already qualified. But I'm personally interested in you, so can you let me see your true strength?"
"The old man wants to test me?"
"Yes."
Suddenly, the old man's eyes lit up as he noticed the momentary power that Raditz had shown when he'd shaken the two away. The keen old man had actually grasped that instantaneous release of energy and glimpsed the power deeply buried within Raditz.
Sure enough, the Metamorans had very profound research in martial arts.
"Master, shouldn't we teach him the basics first? He—"
"It doesn't matter," the old man interrupted gently. "I'll demonstrate the fusion technique to the other students later. You two are the most proficient in it, aren't you? So, you'll be having a match with Mr. Raditz. Go ahead."
He turned to Raditz with a warm smile. "These two are my disciples—Crude and Fontes."
Raditz nodded respectfully. "Two very strong warriors."
Crude and Fontes both smiled with pride. As the top fighters of Planet Metamor, they had long grown used to praise. Though they didn't fully understand why their master was so interested in this unexpected visitor from the Sadala Defense Force, they had learned never to question his judgment.
Still, they welcomed the challenge. They could sense Raditz's formidable power, but after fusing, they feared no opponent.
What outsiders didn't understand—and what they knew well—was that fusion wasn't just an addition of strength. It was a transformation. When done right, the resulting power wasn't just one plus one—it was something exponentially greater.
That Saiyan named Raditz was about to find out the hard way.
Crude and Fontes exchanged a confident glance and smirked in unison.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Support me at [email protected]/goldengaruda and check out more early access chapter of this fanfic or more early access chapter of my other fanfic translation.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~