North Kai's Planet
As the space rippled with waves of distortion—
Talot, Salari, and Raditz arrived.
"Have you made your decision?" North Kai, already prepared, got straight to the point. The three nodded in response.
"Give me Cold's coordinates, Lord Kai," Talot said.
"Alright." North Kai nodded slightly, and without hesitation, telepathically transmitted King Cold's current coordinates to Talot.
"Before you go, I still need to warn you, I've just probed Cold's aura more deeply. You must not underestimate him," North Kai added another reminder.
The three nodded. Taking advantage of the moment, Talot retrieved Bulma's virtual glasses Version 3.0 from his personal storage space and handed one each to Salari and Raditz.
There are only three units. Probably due to time constraints, Bulma hadn't managed to make any extra backups.
Otherwise, for version 2.0, Talot still had plenty in his storage.
"These can measure power levels in the ten billion now? I have no idea how Bulma's brain works, she's made such huge progress again this fast," Raditz exclaimed. Though meant as praise, his words came off a bit rude.
Luckily, Bulma wasn't here. Otherwise, her face would've definitely darkened, and Raditz likely wouldn't have received any more of her help in the future.
"Two months, and Raditz, you seem to have been slacking. Still stuck at 3.8 million power level with no improvement at all," Salari said with a teasing smile.
She had wanted to say that earlier, but the topic of discussion, along with Aunt Gine, Launch, and Son Gohan being present, had held her back.
"Tch~! And you've only just reached 3.6 million power level! That's still lower than what I had two months ago! Don't forget, while my base power level hasn't changed, my training in Super Saiyan has advanced by leaps and bounds," Raditz said proudly.
Salari clearly disagreed, but before she could argue, both of them were stunned by the data displayed on the virtual glasses.
Talot's base power level was a staggering 23 million!
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! What the hell is going on? Talot, when did your power level get this high?!" Raditz exclaimed in shock.
Salari was both shocked and delighted. "Brother Talot, is this the huge power-up you mentioned after your breakthrough?"
Talot nodded slightly, then briefly explained the situation and mentioned Old Supreme Kai's Unlock Potential, but he didn't bring up Super Saiyan 4.
If they knew about that, they'd definitely be eager to try it immediately.
Although Talot wasn't afraid of them catching up, they hadn't even fully mastered Super Saiyan Full Power yet. Attempting Super Saiyan 4 now would be far too premature.
North Kai looked at the outstanding trio, especially Talot, and couldn't stop smiling.
The three were ready to depart.
…
At the same time.
King Cold's Planet No. 1
A massive strategic command base.
King Cold sat grandly upon his personal throne, his imposing figure radiating absolute dominance. The mocking expression on his face seemed to suggest he could toy with all things in the world.
He played with the glass of red wine in his hand, basking in the joy brought by the expansion of his power.
During this period, he had consolidated his forces, annexed the leaderless Cooler Force, and absorbed the peripheral soldiers of the Frieza Force. In just a few short months, he had once again become the emperor of the largest organization in the North Area.
Even though his son Frieza was still training on their home planet and not dead.
But when Frieza would return was entirely unknown.
Maybe soon, maybe in a few years, or even decades.
In the meantime, everything he did was for the future of their race.
At least, that's how it appeared on the surface. In truth, the feeling of regaining power was too wonderful, and King Cold was utterly intoxicated by it, unable to pull himself away.
He had even once entertained the idea of killing his own son Frieza, but the thought was extinguished almost as soon as it appeared.
To King Cold, whether it was Cooler or Frieza, they were both his beloved sons.
Though King Cold was cold-blooded and murderous by nature, he still possessed a certain "even a tiger won't eat its cubs" spirit; even if his sons had no respect for him at all.
"Hmph! Just a few more months. By then, once the Frieza Force and the newly risen Cold Force merge, the universe will witness the birth of the largest and most powerful organization in history!" King Cold downed the blood-red wine in his glass in one gulp, his voice brimming with intoxicated delight.
Just as King Cold was immersed in his fantasies…
An unexpected event occurred.
"Hm?" Lost in his sweet dreams, King Cold suddenly snapped awake, sensing something unusual.
Before he could react, his strategic command base began to shake violently.
Immediately after—
'BOOOOM~~!!!!!!!!'
A sudden, massive explosion erupted. The entire strategic command base, along with the region where King Cold was located, was consumed in flames of explosion.
Within a radius of several dozen miles, a giant mushroom cloud rose into the sky, and the ground across hundreds of miles shook from the force of the explosion.
At the same time, alarms blared across all bases on the planet. The interstellar warships stationed in space responded immediately, and every combatant stationed on the planet was alarmed and sprang into action.
This alone showed that the newly established Cold Force was well-organized and highly responsive.
…
Above the explosion site, Talot, Salari, and Raditz had already descended.
There was no doubt. The massive explosion was their doing. A dramatic announcement to King Cold: They had arrived.
"Hmph!! The moment has finally come. Talot, leave Cold to me! You defeated Cooler with Super Saiyan back then, now I'll defeat Cold with Super Saiyan too! And after that, it'll be Frieza's turn!" Raditz said with high fighting spirit, already struggling to hold himself back.
After so much restraint, especially during this recent period of steady power growth and continuous breakthroughs in Super Saiyan training, Raditz's desire for battle had reached its peak.
This time, he finally didn't have to hold back. He could go all out!
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