Kame House.
"Dad, will sending Uncle Goku to King Kai-sama allow him to become a Super Saiyan?"
Big T asked curiously.
"Not enough. He still needs a small trigger..."
Lott glanced sideways at Krillin.
Noticing Lott's gaze, Krillin quickly shielded his girlfriend Maron behind him.
He remembered when he accidentally leaked the Saiyan secret to that Shinichi before.
At that time, Lott had said, as compensation, he wanted Krillin to give him his wife.
'Could it be... Lott has taken a liking to Maron!?'
Thinking this, Krillin almost cried.
"Alright, let's go."
However, the next second, Lott said to Big T and Pan.
"Leaving already?"
Master Roshi asked.
"Ah~ There's no need to stay here anymore... Hmm?"
Before Lott could finish, his eyebrows subconsciously raised.
Big T and Pan's expressions also changed.
"What's wrong?"
Master Roshi asked, puzzled.
"Frieza's Ki... is approaching Earth."
Big T frowned.
Upon hearing this, the faces of all Z-Fighters changed drastically.
'What's going on?'
'Didn't that androgynous guy just leave yesterday?'
'Why is he coming back!?'
"Waah! I'm so scared!"
Maron screamed and immediately clung to Lott's muscular arm.
"Get lost, woman!"
Lott pushed Maron away with a look of disgust.
Seeing this, Krillin quickly caught his girlfriend and apologized:
"Sorry, Lott. Maron seems a bit near-sighted."
Krillin was inwardly overjoyed.
'It seemed Lott really wasn't interested in Maron.'
Now he could rest easy.
Thinking about it, it wasn't strange.
After all, the women around Lott were all one-in-a-million, so it was normal he wouldn't be interested in a one-in-a-thousand like Maron.
'Sigh, even though I couldn't sleep with that many beautiful women, having Maron was enough.'
Thinking this, a foolish, perverse smile reappeared on Krillin's face.
He completely missed the look of regret on Maron's face.
Big T's expression was extremely complex.
He wondered if he should tell his Uncle Krillin that his future married life wasn't actually happy.
Seeing her brother's hesitant expression, Pan quickly pulled him back.
Looking at Krillin, she knew he wouldn't listen to anything right now.
"Dad, why is Frieza coming back? Isn't he afraid of you?"
Pan intentionally changed the subject.
"Probably because he heard from King Kai that evil people go to Hell and suffer after death, so he hasn't given up on the Dragon Balls and wants to take a risk."
Frieza's thoughts were quite easy to guess. If he put himself in Frieza's shoes, he'd probably do the same.
"That's great then! Lott, please finish him off!"
Krillin said with a happy smile.
After confirming Lott had no interest in Maron, Krillin now considered Lott his best bro, second only to Goku.
"No."
Lott refused without hesitation. "Leave him for Goku."
"Eh!? Wh-Why!?"
Krillin and the others were dumbfounded.
"Getting stronger is half about training, half about fighting monsters."
Lott said calmly.
King Kai alone definitely couldn't help Goku break through the Super Saiyan bottleneck, and he needed Frieza to give him that final push.
"I see. It's hard to break through to Super Saiyan without pressure."
Big T also nodded in agreement.
Frieza coming back just meant the Earthlings would suffer a bit more.
That was fine. After the Majin Buu incident, Big T didn't have much goodwill towards Earthlings anyway.
"Frieza's Ki has stopped at Earth's atmosphere. Probably waiting for Dad to leave."
Pan looked up at the overcast sky.
Through the clouds, Frieza's spaceship was parked there.
"I'll go increase the pressure on Goku. Wait here."
As Lott said this, he brought his index and middle fingers to his forehead and vanished instantly.
It was the Instant Transmission he learned from Big T!
The moment Lott appeared inside the spaceship, Frieza and his underlings nearly pissed themselves.
"You!?"
Frieza, in his first form, turned pale instantly, erupting with Ki and shattering his baby pod.
He prepared to transform directly into his final form.
"Don't misunderstand, Frieza. I'm not here to kill you."
Lott spread his hands, indicating he had no hostile intent, and said with a faint smile:
"You came back for the Dragon Balls, right? Too bad, I just used them again. So you'll have to wait another year."
Frieza and all his underlings were shocked.
Even Frieza, who had seen countless major scenes, was stunned for a long time before recovering. He asked in a slightly trembling voice:
"H-How? There should still be a long time before the five-year usage limit is up!?"
"Oh~ I almost forgot."
Lott smiled even more cheerfully:
"I lied about that. The actual cooldown is only one year. And I already used this year's wish to have Shenron send Son Goku to King Kai."
Frieza's eyes widened more and more.
He trembled with rage.
'S-So, actually, when this guy transformed into a Super Saiyan...'
'The Earth's Dragon Balls were already usable?'
'And I was completely kept in the dark?'
'D-Damn it... Damn green-haired monkey!'
Furious and humiliated, Frieza clenched his fists, his sharp nails piercing his skin, dripping dark purple blood.
"Don't be so angry. At least I told you the truth, didn't I? Wait another year, and you can use the Dragon Balls to wish for a lifespan starting from a thousand years. Then you won't have to worry about going to Hell for a while, right?"
Lott said cheerfully.
"You'd let me have my wish?"
Frieza completely disbelieved Lott was that kind.
"What I do doesn't matter. But since you don't want to just grow old and die and go to Hell, don't you have to bet all your chips on the Dragon Balls?"
Lott said, enjoying the show:
"One year. When the Dragon Balls are usable again, Son Goku will return from King Kai's Planet. The two of you will have a great battle."
"Don't worry, I won't intervene. How about it? Fair, right?"
After hearing this, Frieza finally understood Lott's purpose.
"You want me to be that monkey's whetstone?"
Frieza said coldly.
"Isn't this a win-win situation? You win, you get the Dragon Balls. You lose, he awakens as a Super Saiyan."
As he spoke, Lott again brought his fingers to his forehead, vanishing before Frieza and his crew, leaving a final message:
"Not like you have any other choice anyway."
Looking at the spot where Lott had been standing, the spaceship fell into silence.
Several minutes later, everyone finally heard Frieza's order through gritted teeth:
"Land..."
"Frieza-sama?"
Zarbon and Dodoria didn't hear clearly.
"Land! On Earth!"
Frieza roared:
"Green-haired monkey! Don't think I'm afraid of that wild monkey! Fine! I'll let you see clearly who dies then!!"
Just as Lott said, Frieza truly had no other choice.
...
"F-Frieza is back again!"
Seeing the spaceship land for the second time, Earthlings screamed in terror.
Meanwhile, Lott relayed exactly what he told Frieza to Son Goku.
[Lott: @Goku, That's the situation. One year. Either you become a Super Saiyan, or Frieza gets the Dragon Balls and destroys Earth. Do your best.]
[Goku: Hey hey! Is that necessary!?]
[Lott: You like saving Earth anyway, doing it one more time shouldn't matter, right? Though there aren't many Earthlings left alive anyway.]
Come to think of it, Lott's method of forced awakening through pressure was borrowed from Future Trunks's experience in the original work.
Growing up under the constant threat of the Androids.
Suffering hardships from a young age.
Finally awakening as a Super Saiyan at age 13, at the cost of Gohan's life.
It had to be said, the pressure from Androids 17 and 18 played a crucial role in his awakening at such a young age.
'Eh?'
'Wait.'
Lott suddenly remembered something and turned to look at Big T.
"Trunks, how old were you when you could transform into a Super Saiyan?"
"Huh?"
Big T was startled, not knowing why his dad was asking.
But he answered obediently, "Eight years old. Why?"
Lott: "..."
'Alright, it seems his personality is like Future Trunks, but his experiences are more like Kid Trunks.'
Suddenly, he felt sorry for the original Future Trunks.
He suffered so much, lost everyone around him, and only awakened at 13.
The original Kid Trunks and Goten, even if they trained just after they were born, hadn't trained as long as the original Future Trunks.
Yet they awakened as Super Saiyans at seven and eight years old respectively.
Goten even awakened Super Saiyan before learning how to fly.
Comparing them, Future Trunks seemed even more tragic...
"Alright, let's go back."
As Lott said this, he prepared to use Instant Transmission to leave.
Just then, Lott noticed a message in the chat group.
[King Yenma: @Goku, Your brother's soul is causing trouble in Hell. Since you're training with Lord King Kai anyway, come over and find a way to calm him down.]
Lott was stunned.
'What's going on?'
'Raditz died?'
'Interesting. I'll go join the fun.'
Thinking this, Lott, who originally planned to return directly to Planet Terra, changed his target.
Locking onto King Yenma's Ki, he used Instant Transmission to the King Yenma's palace.
…
Afterlife.
At this moment, King Yenma was continuously reviewing the 'resume' files on his desk, which recorded the deeds of the deceased during their lifetime.
He used these to decide whether they would reincarnate directly, go to Heaven, or go to Hell.
"Honest... Hell. Monkey D. Luffy... Reincarnate. Sabo... Reincarnate. Tao Pai Pai... Hell. Nappa... Hell. Mr. Satan... Reincarnate. Akira Tori... Hmm!?"
When he saw this name, King Yenma suddenly looked up, his face full of disbelief as he looked forward.
Whoosh!
Coincidentally, Lott also arrived at the King Yenma's palace using Instant Transmission.
He saw that figure's back.
Lott, who usually cared about nothing, felt a lump in his throat at this moment, unable to speak for a long time.
When the other person turned around and their eyes met, Lott's pupils uncontrollably grew misty.
He had so much he wanted to say to the other party, but when he finally stabilized his emotions and called out, a thousand words condensed into the simplest two words:
"Thank you..."
The man wearing something like a gas mask, with a golden halo above his head, shook his head gently with relief.
He gave Lott an encouraging smile, then turned and walked into the distance.
…
(A/N: A chapter dedicated to Toriyama-sensei.)
(T/N: This Novel is written at the time when Toriyama-sensei died.)