"Yes."
"Huh? Doesn't that mean you owe him a favor? Why aren't you helping him?"
As soon as Bulma arrived on Namek, she had asked the Grand Elder for permission to use the Dragon Balls. Seeing that neither she nor her companions were evil, the Grand Elder had readily agreed.
As a result, Bulma had developed a very favorable impression of him.
"I do owe him a favor."
Gran shook his head.
"But he already used that favor to protect the Namekian race. I won't grant him anything beyond that."
"Besides, even if I wanted to help him, he wouldn't accept it."
Bulma fell silent.
Then she suddenly realized something.
Namek already possessed Dragon Balls.
If the Grand Elder truly wanted more time to live, he could have asked Porunga for it.
While Porunga couldn't grant eternal life, extending someone's lifespan should have been well within its capabilities.
Yet throughout all these years, the Grand Elder had never used the Dragon Balls that way.
Bulma immediately covered her mouth in shock.
"The Grand Elder is... truly worthy of admiration."
Beside her, Tights was equally moved.
To face the end of one's lifespan with such acceptance and peace of mind was something few people could ever accomplish.
"Let's go."
Gran rose into the air from atop the stone pillar.
"We're heading to Kakarot's location."
Seeing this, Bulma quickly grabbed her sister, and the two followed Gran toward the center of the battlefield.
BOOM!
BOOM!
Lightning crackled across the sky.
Frieza had already transformed into his final form.
His power level had risen to 60 million.
Turning into a streak of light, Frieza shot forward and instantly appeared behind Son Goku.
"You damned Saiyan monkey! Die!"
Clasping both hands together, he swung downward violently.
BOOM!
Goku was smashed into the ground like a cannonball.
A massive crater over a hundred meters wide instantly formed.
"Hahaha! Vegeta, you're next!"
Frieza flashed before Vegeta in an instant.
Against Frieza's 60 million battle power, Vegeta couldn't even react.
A brutal knee strike slammed into his abdomen.
His stomach caved inward by nearly ten centimeters.
"URGH!!"
A mouthful of blood sprayed from Vegeta's lips.
The agony distorted his face.
"I thought you'd die in the vacuum of space back then."
Grabbing Vegeta by the hair and lifting him into the air, Frieza sneered.
"But somehow you escaped."
"Fine. You survived."
"But after escaping, you still dared come to Namek and covet my Dragon Balls."
"You've got quite the nerve."
BAM!
Another punch landed.
This time, fragments of internal organs mixed with the blood spraying from Vegeta's mouth.
Pain.
Unimaginable pain.
Every inch of Vegeta's body trembled.
On the ground below.
Raditz and Nappa watched the scene unfold.
The fury in their eyes seemed ready to erupt into flames.
"Damn it!"
Raditz roared.
"Frieza is far too powerful! There's no way anyone can beat him!"
"Raditz."
Nappa clenched his fists tightly.
"Get ready."
"Get ready for what?"
"What else?"
Nappa's eyes burned fiercely.
"Our race's ultimate trump card."
"You mean..."
Before Raditz could finish speaking—
A furious shout suddenly echoed from the distant crater.
"TEN TIMES KAIO-KEN!!!"
BOOM!
A scarlet pillar of energy erupted from the crater.
An overwhelming force shot straight into the heavens.
"W-What?!"
Raditz's eyes widened.
During their time on Earth, both he and Nappa had learned how to sense ki from the Z Fighters.
They could clearly feel that Goku's energy had become ten times stronger than before.
In other words.
Goku's battle power had reached 50 million.
"T-Too incredible!"
Raditz's entire body trembled with excitement.
"Kakarot was supposed to be a low-class warrior!"
"To think he'd reach this level..."
"Could he really become a Super Saiyan someday?"
Nappa's eyes were equally filled with disbelief.
But he quickly shook his head.
"It's still not enough."
"Frieza's energy feels slightly stronger."
"I suspect he's still holding back."
"We have no choice."
"We'll have to transform into Great Apes."
"Right!"
Raditz and Nappa immediately began creating artificial moons.
Meanwhile....
Gran had brought Bulma and Tights to a position high above the battlefield.
Everything happening below was clearly visible to them.
Bulma stared in shock.
"I can't believe Goku's Kaio-ken can reach this level!"
Crossing his arms, Gran replied calmly,
"As long as the user's body can withstand the strain, Kaio-ken can theoretically multiply strength without limit."
"For Kakarot, who still hasn't become a Super Saiyan, it's an exceptionally powerful technique."
Bulma nodded.
Then she pointed toward Raditz and Nappa below.
"What are those two doing now?"
Gran glanced at the white spheres of energy forming in their hands.
He paused briefly before answering.
"They're creating artificial moons."
"As long as a Saiyan's tail remains intact, seeing a full moon will trigger the Great Ape transformation."
Bulma immediately remembered Goku's Great Ape rampages when he was a child.
A shiver ran down her spine.
"Vegeta currently has a battle power of around 10 million."
Gran shifted his gaze toward Vegeta.
"If he transforms into a Great Ape, that'll increase to 100 million."
In the original timeline, Vegeta's tail had been cut off on Earth.
But in reality, he had never transformed into a Great Ape during the Earth battle.
As a result, his tail remained intact.
"Two Saiyans with battle powers of 100 million facing a Frieza with 120 million..."
Gran narrowed his eyes.
"Now that's interesting."
In the original story, Goku was capable of using 20x Kaio-ken on Namek.
That meant 10x Kaio-ken wasn't his limit.
If Goku pushed himself to 20x Kaio-ken, he too would reach a battle power of 100 million.
Meanwhile, on Frieza's side.
"Hah... hahaha..."
Enduring the unbearable pain in his abdomen, Vegeta laughed.
"Frieza... you're certainly powerful."
"But do you dare kill me?"
Frieza's eyes narrowed.
Vegeta grinned through bloodstained teeth.
"I already told you."
"One of our Saiyans has become a God of Destruction Candidate."
"Lord Beerus forbade you from harming the Saiyans any further."
"I refuse to believe you'd dare defy his orders!"
Two years earlier, when Vegeta had led Raditz and Nappa in their assault on Frieza's headquarters, he had learned this very fact from Frieza himself.
Beerus had indeed issued such a command.
END OF CHAPTER
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