"Lord Beerus… are you telling the truth?"
Vegeta still clung to a tiny shred of hope. Maybe Beerus was just lying to him.
Yet Beerus wasn't angered in the slightest by the doubt. On the contrary, he thoroughly enjoyed showing off the fact that he had a disciple like Gran—even if the one asking was nothing more than trash in his eyes.
"Do you know how strong Gran was when you met him again back then?"
Beerus's words instantly dragged Vegeta's thoughts back to the past.
Three years after abandoning Gran, Gran had suddenly appeared before him seeking revenge. The moment he arrived, he displayed overwhelming power beyond comprehension.
Back then, Gran had claimed he possessed a battle power of one billion!
"On… one billion battle power?!" Vegeta stammered.
"Battle power?"
Beerus paused for a moment before continuing:
"If you insist on using your mortal measurement system, then yes, Gran's normal state indeed had a battle power of one billion. However…"
He deliberately paused.
Vegeta subconsciously swallowed.
Beside them, Whis twitched at the corner of his mouth. He had realized long ago that Lord Beerus truly loved bragging about Gran.
Still…
Hearing his own disciple praised so extravagantly actually felt pretty satisfying.
"Back then, didn't Gran transform into a Super Saiyan right in front of you?"
Beerus raised his chin proudly.
"As a Super Saiyan, Gran's battle power reached fifty billion. And that was when he was only nine years old. So tell me—what do you think of Gran's talent now?!"
The words "fifty billion battle power" slammed into Vegeta's ears like thunder.
His entire body trembled violently.
When he first arrived on Earth, his battle power had only been three million.
And those three million had taken him nearly twenty years to attain!
But Gran?
Over twenty years ago, Gran had already possessed fifty billion battle power!
That horrifying gap finally forced Vegeta to fully face reality.
So the proud Saiyan Prince truly wasn't even worth a single hair on Gran's head.
"Lord Beerus… then how strong is Lord Gran now?" Vegeta asked bitterly.
Earlier, calling Gran "Lord" had still felt humiliating.
But now…
It was as though he had finally accepted his fate.
"I won't tell you his true strength," Beerus said with a grin. "But I can tell you the difference between you and him."
He pointed at Vegeta.
Then pointed at himself.
"The gap between you and Gran is the same as the gap between you and me. Understand?"
Beerus wasn't exaggerating.
Truthfully, even he no longer knew whether he could still defeat Gran.
Boom!!
Vegeta felt as if monstrous waves had exploded inside his heart.
He staggered backward two steps in shock.
Didn't that mean Gran already possessed the strength of a true God of Destruction?!
"Vegeta, are you okay?"
Seeing his deathly pale face, Tights became deeply worried.
"I… I'm fine. Just let me calm down for a while."
Vegeta waved his hand weakly and stood silently alone in the courtyard.
Beerus shook his head and lost interest in him again. He simply returned to the beach chair and resumed lazily napping.
Bulma, meanwhile, was delighted that the shorty had finally quieted down, and happily continued directing Krillin to move supplies.
An entire afternoon passed.
At last, all the materials needed for the trip to Namek had been loaded aboard the spaceship, and Bulma and Krillin left the courtyard.
As the sky gradually darkened, Beerus and Whis also headed toward the dining hall.
Only Vegeta and Tights remained outside.
"So… this is the gap between me and Lord Gran…"
Vegeta finally snapped out of his daze and let out a heavy sigh.
Tights blinked in confusion.
Has this idiot finally accepted reality?
In truth...
Vegeta had already realized the truth more than twenty years ago, when he reunited with Gran.
But deep down, he still held onto one last sliver of hope.
What if Gran had only become that strong because of Beerus and Whis?
What if it was all thanks to the God of Destruction and the Angel guiding him?
But now, after hearing Beerus personally confirm everything…
Vegeta could only accept fate.
"Vegeta, don't be too upset," Tights comforted softly from the side. "Lord Gran is a candidate God of Destruction. It's normal not to be able to compare to him."
"…Right. Being inferior to Lord Gran is normal."
Suddenly, Vegeta thought of something.
He clenched his fists so tightly his knuckles cracked, gritting his teeth.
"But how the hell can that damned Kakarot surpass me?!"
Tights: "..."
Why is this big idiot always comparing himself to other people?!
Furious, she punched Vegeta straight on the head.
"You!"
Vegeta instinctively flared up in anger—
But the moment he saw Tights's icy expression, his fury instantly froze.
"Vegeta," Tights said while yanking his ear, "who exactly are you making that nasty face at?"
"N-No one!!!"
Vegeta's legs trembled violently.
The anger in his chest disappeared in an instant.
"Hmph. If I catch you making that face again, you'll regret it!"
Only after saying that did Tights finally release him.
"Haaah…"
Vegeta rubbed his aching ear in relief.
Maybe it was just his imagination…
But he felt like this woman was even scarier than Lord Beerus.
"By the way, Tights."
Vegeta suddenly remembered something and frowned.
"I saw your sister preparing all kinds of things today. What exactly are they doing?"
"Didn't you kill that Namekian?" Tights replied honestly. "They're preparing to head to that Namekian's home planet now."
She didn't hide anything and told him the entire plan.
The moment Vegeta heard about the existence of the Dragon Balls, his eyes widened instantly.
"There's actually something like that in this universe?!"
Then he shouted:
"I'm going to Namek too!"
"What are you going there for? Wait…"
Tights's eyes suddenly sparkled as realization struck her.
"You want to use the Dragon Balls to learn how to become a Super Saiyan?!"
"Exactly!"
Vegeta suppressed the excitement surging through his chest.
"If Lord Beerus and the others refuse to tell me the method to transform into a Super Saiyan, then I'll ask that so-called Eternal Dragon myself!"
He clenched his fists again, eyes blazing.
"I will become a Super Saiyan! Then I'll defeat Frieza… and after that, I'll crush that damned Kakarot too!"
If Gran had been present, he definitely would have been shocked by Vegeta's wish.
Because in the original story, Vegeta's only desire had been immortality.
But now…
He had changed.
"Fine! Then I'm coming with you too!" Tights declared immediately.
At first, Vegeta wanted to refuse.
After all, space was extremely dangerous.
But when he saw the look in Tights's eyes—a gaze that left absolutely no room for rejection—
He could only nod helplessly.
...
In the vast starry cosmos.
A streak of light suddenly shot across space.
It was Gran.
Before leaving Earth, Beerus had told him to visit Universe 6 when he had time.
Originally, Gran planned to wait until the Namek Saga ended before returning to the God of Destruction Realm to check on Broly.
Which meant he currently had plenty of free time.
Although he didn't fully understand why Beerus wanted him to go to Universe 6, he didn't ask further questions.
Once he got there, he would naturally find out.
But before heading to Universe 6.
There was one more thing he needed to do first.
"So this is Frieza's headquarters…"
At that moment, Gran hovered silently outside a massive planet.
END OF CHAPTER
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