The voice carried an overwhelming divinity, as though an ancient god were issuing a heavenly decree.
The moment the Z Fighters heard it, they instinctively lowered their heads, unable to summon even the slightest thought of resistance.
However...
When Vegeta heard that voice, his entire body froze.
The Nappa he had been carrying slipped from his hand and crashed to the ground.
"Raditz… is it him?" Vegeta asked hoarsely without turning around, the words squeezing painfully from his throat.
Raditz, who had been supporting him, slowly released his grip and turned around.
Five figures descended from the sky.
At the very front stood Gran.
Raditz took a deep breath. His emotions were a tangled mess.
"Yes… it's Gran. He came."
The moment he received confirmation, Vegeta's body stiffened again.
The memories of the past flashed vividly through his mind—especially the scene of Gran transforming into a Super Saiyan.
It was a sight he would never forget for the rest of his life.
Someone else had already become a Super Saiyan more than ten years ago.
Yet even now, he still could not transform.
Worse… he had just lost to a low-class warrior.
"Gran… did you come here just to watch me make a fool of myself?" Vegeta finally turned around.
Behind Gran stood four others.
Beerus.
Whis.
Vegeta remembered those two gods clearly.
But what shocked him even more—
Was the fact that that woman was standing there too.
"Damn it… even she saw me in this pathetic state!"
Vegeta felt utterly humiliated.
"Vegeta!!"
Tights suddenly ran past Gran and hurried to his side, carefully supporting him.
"Are you alright? Are you hurt badly?"
"You…"
Feeling her support, Vegeta experienced a strange emotion rising in his chest.
Still, he stubbornly snapped:
"I don't need you worrying about me!"
Nearby, Raditz twitched at the corner of his mouth.
Ever since Vegeta saved this woman in space, it was like his personality had changed entirely.
Could this woman really become the future queen of the Saiyans?
"Big Brother Gran!"
Over on Goku's side, Goku hurried over the moment he saw Gran.
"Big Brother Gran, can you save Piccolo?"
Gohan, badly injured and being carried on Krillin's back, also pleaded anxiously:
"Uncle Gran, please save Uncle Piccolo!"
Seeing this, the other Z Fighters widened their eyes.
They had never met Gran, Beerus, or Whis before.
They had no idea who these mysterious people were.
"Piccolo can still be saved," Gran said calmly. "But we'll deal with that later. Right now, I have something more important to do."
His gaze shifted toward Tights, who was supporting Vegeta.
The corrective force of history really was terrifying.
Without Bulma, Vegeta had somehow ended up with Bulma's older sister instead.
"That's great!"
Hearing Piccolo could still be saved, both Goku and Gohan lit up with excitement.
The other Z Fighters also sighed in relief.
Though they didn't know who these people were, judging by Goku's reaction, these mysterious figures truly could save Piccolo.
"So… you really did come just to laugh at me?" Vegeta asked in a low voice.
"Laugh at you?"
Gran curled his lips slightly.
"What are you supposed to be? Do you really think you're worth my time?"
"You!"
Vegeta's pride exploded with rage.
"How does it feel," Gran mocked coldly, "to be abandoned by others?"
Those words instantly reminded Vegeta of the past—when Gran had given Raditz a Senzu Bean and allowed him to decide whether to save Vegeta or not.
"..."
Vegeta fell silent.
Meanwhile, Raditz blushed awkwardly.
If the Ginyu Force hadn't appeared back then, he and Nappa absolutely would have abandoned Vegeta and taken the Senzu Bean for themselves.
They would never have cared whether Vegeta lived or died.
"So why did you come?" Vegeta asked as though he had accepted his fate.
"To kill me?"
Gran chuckled.
"What else?"
Silence.
The atmosphere instantly became deathly still.
"Lord Gran, please don't!"
Raditz broke the silence first.
"Vegeta isn't the same person he used to be anymore. Please spare him!"
"Lord Gran, I don't know what Vegeta did to offend you before, but if he truly did wrong, then I apologize in his place. Please… spare his life!"
Tights pleaded desperately.
"Big Brother Gran, he's a genius fighter. I still want to battle him again someday. Can you spare him for my sake?" Goku added.
Vegeta froze.
Never in his wildest dreams had the cold-blooded Saiyan Prince imagined that one day… so many people would plead for his life.
This feeling…
Was incredibly strange.
Gran ignored everyone.
He slowly raised his hand toward Vegeta.
A streak of purple radiance appeared in his palm.
Buzz!!
The instant that violet glow emerged, it felt as though the laws of the universe themselves had materialized.
The Z Fighters immediately felt terror, dread, anxiety—
Even their souls trembled uncontrollably.
What… what kind of power was this?!
"If you don't want to die," Gran said indifferently, "move aside."
As soon as those words fell, Raditz and the Z Fighters instinctively stepped back.
Only Goku and Tights remained standing in front of Vegeta.
"Big Brother Gran…"
Goku still wanted to say something.
Gran shot him a sharp glance.
A freezing chill shot from the soles of Goku's feet straight to the top of his head.
His scalp went numb.
W-What kind of gaze was that?!
Boom!
Goku couldn't endure it for even a single second.
Just the force of Gran's gaze alone knocked him unconscious and sent him flying backward.
"T-That's impossible!" Krillin stared in shock.
"Did I just see that right? Goku got knocked out by a single look?!" Yamcha felt his worldview collapsing.
"Who exactly is this guy? How can he possess such terrifying power?!" Tien swallowed hard.
Gran ignored them.
At this moment, only Tights still stood protectively in front of Vegeta.
"Because of Bulma, I'll give you one more chance," Gran said coldly.
"Move."
"Big Sis, move already!" Bulma shouted anxiously from behind Gran.
"Tights, get out of the way! I'm the one he wants to kill! Stop interfering!" Vegeta tried to push her aside.
"N-No… I won't!"
Suddenly remembering something, Tights quickly turned around.
"Vegeta, Lord Gran once told me… if you kneel and beg for forgiveness, he'll spare your life. So maybe you—"
Right now, Tights only wanted Vegeta to survive.
She had no idea what "kneeling and begging" meant to someone as prideful as Vegeta.
Hearing her words, Gran's lips slowly curved upward.
He dispersed the Destruction Energy in his hand and crossed his arms with an amused expression.
"That's right. I did say that."
"Vegeta, as long as you kneel and beg me for mercy… I can spare you."
Beerus and Whis also watched with interest.
How would this arrogant Saiyan Prince choose?
"You…"
The words kneel and beg echoed endlessly inside Vegeta's ears.
He nearly crushed his back teeth from clenching too hard.
Veins bulged violently across his forehead, and his eyes became bloodshot.
"I am the Prince of all Saiyans… and you want me to kneel before you and beg?!"
"Hahahaha!!"
Vegeta threw his head back and laughed like a madman.
Then he glared fiercely at Gran.
"I admit I was wrong back then! If you want revenge, then fine—I accept it!"
"But if you think you can humiliate me… if you think you can make the Prince of the Saiyans kneel and beg…"
"I CAN'T DO IT!!"
He roared those words at the top of his lungs.
After shouting them, an oddly relieved expression appeared on his face.
Beerus and Whis exchanged glances.
This guy actually had some backbone.
At this moment, even the Z Fighters—who had been enemies with Vegeta—couldn't help but look at him a little differently.
"Then die."
Gran had already expected this answer, so he wasn't surprised at all.
The smile vanished from his face as he raised his hand again.
"Tights. Move aside."
"Lord Gran, please don't! I'll apologize in Vegeta's place if I have to!"
Tights didn't move away.
Instead—
She knelt down.
Boom!!
It was like a thunderclap exploded inside Vegeta's mind.
His pupils shrank violently.
The proud Prince of the Saiyans…
Actually needed a woman to kneel and beg for him.
"You still won't move?"
"Then die together."
"Destruction."
Gran no longer hesitated.
The power of Destruction instantly surged from his hand.
The moment Gran attacked, Beerus and Whis lost interest and turned around, preparing to leave for food.
The Z Fighters realized Vegeta was finally about to die, and excitement appeared on their faces again.
Bulma closed her eyes, tears of despair streaming down her cheeks.
Her sister was truly too foolish…
However—
Thud.
Vegeta suddenly dropped to his knees like a man who had lost his soul.
Gran froze.
The Destruction Energy he released dispersed instantly.
"Oh?"
Beerus and Whis turned around again, both widening their eyes.
Vegeta actually knelt?!
Bulma also hadn't expected this outcome.
She instantly became emotional with relief.
Her sister was safe!
The Z Fighters finally snapped back to reality.
They gritted their teeth furiously.
Wasn't he supposed to be unyielding and full of pride?!
Why did he kneel so quickly?!
At that moment, the surroundings became silent as the grave.
Bang!
Another sound shattered the silence.
Vegeta had slammed his forehead against the ground.
Bang! Bang!
He kowtowed two more times before finally pulling Tights back to her feet.
"I kneeled."
"I begged."
Vegeta held Tights' hand tightly, his eyes completely hollow.
"Gran… will you let us go now?"
"Vegeta…"
Seeing Vegeta looking like a man who had lost his soul, Tights burst into tears.
She knew Vegeta had only knelt for her sake.
Gran stared at him for a long time.
This Vegeta had ultimately become the same hopeless wife-protecting maniac after all.
Finally, Gran waved his hand dismissively.
"Killing you like this isn't interesting anymore."
"Get lost."
Vegeta was already heavily injured.
Hearing Gran's almost pitying forgiveness, he finally collapsed unconscious.
Fortunately, Tights caught him before he hit the ground.
"Let's go."
Gran returned to Beerus and Whis.
Under their strange gazes, Gran used Instant Transmission and disappeared with them.
Only after Gran left did the Z Fighters finally dare breathe properly again.
"W-Who exactly was that guy? His pressure was terrifying!" Yamcha said with lingering fear.
"I couldn't sense his energy at all… and the power he used just now made my soul tremble. When did someone like that come to Earth?" Tien clutched his chest.
"Gohan, it seems like you know those people. Can you tell us who they are?" Krillin asked while carrying Gohan on his back.
"Them?"
Gohan shook his head.
"I don't know who the other two beside Uncle Gran are. I only know Uncle Gran."
"Then who exactly is this Uncle Gran of yours?"
The Z Fighters all knew that the "Uncle Gran" Gohan mentioned was the terrifying man who had forced Vegeta to kneel.
"I don't know either," Gohan admitted honestly.
"I only know my dad calls him Big Brother."
The Z Fighters widened their eyes.
Only now did they remember—
Gran also had a tail wrapped around his waist.
That meant the overwhelmingly powerful Gran was also a Saiyan!
While they were still stunned, Bulma walked over carrying the unconscious Goku and explained:
"The three of them are the strongest gods in our universe. If you ever see them again, it's best not to anger them."
"G-Gods?! What do you mean gods?!" the Z Fighters exclaimed in shock.
Seeing their reactions, Bulma could only briefly explain the hierarchy of gods in the universe.
After hearing everything—
Boom!!
The Z Fighters felt monstrous waves crashing through their hearts.
So there were actually beings this terrifying in the world!
"Bulma, wasn't Lord Gran also a Saiyan? Why did he want to kill Vegeta?" Krillin asked.
"You're asking me? How would I know?" Bulma rolled her eyes.
In truth, she knew some things.
She simply didn't want to say them.
"Aunt Bulma, Uncle Gran said there's a way to save Uncle Piccolo. Do you know what it is?"
Gohan still didn't fully understand what beings like Gran and the gods represented.
Right now, he only cared whether Piccolo could come back to life.
"Lord Gran probably meant that we should go to Piccolo's homeworld and use the Dragon Balls there!"
Bulma suddenly remembered what her future self had once told her.
She never expected that, in this timeline too, they would still have to journey to Planet Namek.
"Huh?"
The Z Fighters were confused.
Piccolo's homeworld?
Where was that?
Bulma had no choice but to explain Planet Namek and the Namekians to everyone.
Only then did the Z Fighters finally understand.
"Leave the trip to Namek to me," Bulma declared confidently.
"If any of you want to come, just let me know."
No matter what, she was definitely going to Namek.
Earth's Dragon Balls were gone, and Goku was her closest friend.
She absolutely would not stand by and watch him die from a heart virus.
"I'm going!" Gohan said firmly.
"I want to see Uncle Piccolo revived with my own eyes!"
"Well…" Krillin scratched his cheek awkwardly while carrying Gohan.
"I think Goku's definitely going too. And if Goku's going… then I want to come along and see what the universe outside Earth looks like."
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