"We did it! Hahaha! No matter what tricks he had, after taking that many hits, he is definitely dead now."
The moment the red and blue bombardment stopped, Jeice was the first to celebrate.
"Yeah… if you had not jumped in when you did, I probably would not have beaten him alone."
Burter exhaled heavily, wiping the sweat from his brow as his scouter showed no remaining power from Goku.
A narrow victory,
and both of them felt the crushing pressure inside their chests finally ease.
"It is strange though," Jeice muttered, still uneasy. "He only had a battle power of twenty five thousand… yet he moved faster than we could see. If we had given him any more openings, he would have toyed with us like children."
"True. But the real star here is Guldo," Burter praised, looking toward the small green alien lying on the ground.
"Perfect timing with that Time Freeze. Without him, we never would have had such a clean shot."
Guldo puffed up proudly, although careful not to claim too much credit.
"It was the Captain's reminder! If he had not yelled, I would not have reacted in time."
They praised each other back and forth, completely convinced that they had defeated Goku.
Not one of them relied on the instincts of a real warrior.
Years of depending on scouters had dulled their natural senses into uselessness.
Because at that very moment—
Goku was floating calmly above Burter and Jeice, arms crossed, looking down at them.
Not a single ripple of ki came from his body, making him invisible to their scouters.
"Hey, Vegeta! You will honor the deal, right?
We won! It is over!"
Burter shouted confidently.
Vegeta snorted in amusement.
"You fools… you do not seriously think you killed Kakarot, do you?"
Burter's eyes widened.
Jeice froze beside him.
Together, they slowly turned toward the smoking crater.
"Idiots! Look up!"
Captain Ginyu roared, finally seeing Goku above them.
But it was too late.
Goku had given them more than enough time to notice him.
They never did.
The moment their eyes met his—
Goku moved.
A fist crashed into Burter's stomach.
A kick smashed into Jeice's ribs.
Two hits.
Two warriors down.
Goku's attacks carried more than one hundred thousand power.
Even a single strike was enough to shatter their defenses completely.
Burter and Jeice fell like broken meteors, crashing to the ground, coughing blood, bodies twisted in agony.
The battlefield fell silent.
Everyone, even Krillin, Gohan, and Bulma and Nail, was stunned.
Only Vegeta remained completely calm.
He already understood exactly how strong Kakarot had become.
The one most terrified now…
was Guldo.
He had used his Time Freeze earlier to immobilize Goku,
and Goku had looked directly at him afterwards.
Now, as their eyes met again…
"You are kind of interesting," Goku said with a friendly smile.
"You remind me of Chiaotzu."
Guldo had no idea who Chiaotzu was,
but he understood one thing without a doubt:
He was going to die.
He stumbled backward in terror, trembling like a trapped animal.
But Goku simply lost interest and looked past him—
straight at Captain Ginyu.
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