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Chapter 96 - Chapter 96

(Meanwhile)

In a spiral galaxy millions of light years away from earth, far out of reach of what was previously recognized as Frieza space, there floated an enormous planetoid. Larger than earth and completely artificial in its composition, the terrestrial world had the appearance of several planets molded together to form a multi-sphere like planet, which had several moons and asteroid belts orbiting it. Looking at it from a distance, not only were there signs of massive expansion and construction, but the billions of lights dotting it from the Northern-most hemisphere to the south indicated a thriving populace and a bountiful empire living on its surface.

The five-planet structure was in fact one huge city, and the capital of the empire that existed in this part of the universe.

Past the traffic moving around it and through its artificial magnetic field and atmosphere, were countless miles of city and metallic landscape. It was literally a scene taken right out of a sci-fi film and multiplied a thousand times over, with no two buildings bearing the same design.

While the billions of people moving through the streets and vehicles crisscrossing the skies was indeed an impressive sight, what was even more extraordinary was what lay in the heart of the community.

The empire's parliament. Jutting into the sky like the Tower of Babble itself, with an open reactor built into its side that had a tiny sun glowing between its stabilizers, a dome-like structure at its base, and countless other buildings lying underneath its shadow, the place pretty much screamed 'command center'. It was here, in a chamber somewhere on the ground floor, the rulers of the planet and the heads of government were holding a very important meeting.

It was this particular gathering that a very familiar, glowing haired young traveler was hoping to crash.

Strolling down the well-lit corridor in her figure-hugging plug suit, passing by a multitude of aliens left and right, most notably guards adorned in Saiyan Battle Armor and helmets, the cheerfully humming Kana was slowly making her way towards the room. Whistling to herself a jaunty tune, one she'd come to favor from the variety of music she'd downloaded from earth, the young woman was all set to intrude on the assembly.

That was until a voice from behind caught her attention.

"You seem to be in a good mood."

Glancing over her shoulder, Kana's gaze fell upon a person she almost immediately mistook for Frieza. However, after a moment of inspecting the short alien figure with the horns and tail, she saw that, despite bearing a striking resemblance to Frieza's first form, the mercenary differed from the tyrant in a variety of different ways. Chief among which included his red skin with white carapace pieces covering his cranium, chest, torso, hips, forearms and shins, a couple of which protruded from his shoulder and hip areas, and horns growing from the sides of his head. The pieces were also decorated in purple plates, much like the feared alien conqueror before him.

Despite the newcomer's intimidating appearance, the taller Kana recognized the person as a close companion of hers and smiled in greeting. "Hey, Froze. Long time no see."

"Yeah. Long time." With his tail swishing behind him and arms folded, the alien fell in step with the glowing haired girl and smirked in her direction, "It's certainly been a few months since the last time you were here. If you actually dropped in more than once every yellow moon, we wouldn't have to greet each other in the same manner over and over again."

"What? In a hallway heading up to the main office to hand in our annual reports?"

"You know what I mean."

"Yeah well… there's a lot to see and do out there in the universe and I've only explored a hundred-thousandth of it… so you know I've got a lot more to do on my list," the Seirei replied, beaming brightly while brushing a few strands of radiant locks out of her face. "Besides… you wouldn't believe the kind of people I've met over my last year of travel. It was great."

"I'll bet. You always did have a friendly and approachable air about you," the Frieza lookalike replied while closing his eyes, continuing to walk alongside his colleague as they passed by several more guards and began advancing upon a large set of doors at the end of the hallway. "Of course, considering our line of work, I can only imagine the kind of characters you could've possibly run into while hopping from planet to planet." The carapace alien then raised a brow, "Speaking of which, what kind of worlds did you end up bagging this time around?"

"Only a handful," Kana replied, turning to the tailed alien while holding up what looked like a USB device for him to see. The sight of the chip quickly had Froze's attention. "Most of them didn't have any guardians, so I grabbed them before anyone else had a chance too. One of them was a small rocky planetoid with an actual magnetic field and had a small race of marsupials living on it. The other one is a world made up entirely out of ore."

"Sounds like you got yourself a good catch."

The Seirei nodded her head enthusiastically, "And what about you?"

"Only a couple. One of them was a forest world that was orbiting a gaseous giant with a race of blue cats living on it and a moon with pure silver dust covering its surface. Out of the ten, those were the only two that I was able to flag that had any sort of safeguarding value."

"Aww, lucky. You actually managed to get a Terra type?"

"Uh-huh. Disappointed?"

"Of course I am. How could a newbie like you get his hands on a forest planet?"

"Simple. You just need to know the right people. It's your fault for not going to the outer reaches of the Northern Quadrant in the first place, so stop whining and let me savor the moment," Froze replied with a cocky smile, at the same time stopping before the giant doors and showing the guards his credentials. "You'd be surprised at what you can find out in that part of space."

After flashing her holographic I.D to the heavily armored men at the gates, the glowing haired girl glanced across at the tailed scavenger brightly, "If you ventured to the regions of space Ivisited, I'm sure that you'd be in for one hell of a shock." Kana's remark had the tailed alien look at the glowing haired traveler in confusion, moments before the two guards opened the doors for them.

Entering a large, circular chamber with a spotlight illuminating the middle of the hall, the two freelancers quickly noticed a collection of figures sitting behind a length of desks at the back. Adorned in decorated armor and robes, and positioned high up on the bench like they were on a pedestal, the group of aliens was currently going through a series of hologram-like documents and engaged in an intense discussion with one another.

Quietly approaching the center and stepping into the spotlight, Kana and Froze waited until the group of leaders acknowledged their presence. As it turns out, it was the one sitting on the highest bench, a tall man with effeminate features, teal skin and white hair tied back into a ponytail, who spotted them first.

"Ah. Kana. Froze. I was expecting you two to show up eventually," the alien spoke up in a cool sounding voice, a small smile crossing his face as he set his holo-pad down to address his visitors. "It's great to see you again."

The moment they fell under the leaders' gazes, the carapace alien and the glowing Seirei bowed to them in greeting.

"Chancellor Ging," Kana said, smiling up at the planet's head as soon as she returned to a proper standing position. "You're looking well. Did you get a haircut?"

The man on the bench chuckled, "I could ask the same thing about you, Kana. It's been two years, but you still look like the same, radiant freelancer I remember seeing the last time you visited. You're wearing the exact same uniform too." He folded his arms and leaned forward on the table to peer down at the travelers. "You Seirei truly are one of a kind."

The compliment had the radiant being roll her eyes, "That's probably the twentieth time you've said that to me. You should get out more often and hit the bars instead of keeping yourself cooped up inside this dingy tower. Honestly, the lack of sunlight is starting to show." She then waved a finger at the leader playfully, earning an odd glance from the composed Froze standing beside her.

"I'll make a note of that," Ging replied, adjusting his seat and looking between the pair curiously. "So… I assume your missions to your parts of space were successful."

Kana smiled and held up her USB stick, at the same time the tailed alien next to her reached behind him and pulled out a circular box. "Bit compiled a full, detailed record of my journey through Sectors 10 through 30 of the Northern Quadrant. I even managed to gather some new data on my way through. It took me a while, but I managed to get it all in order."

When the girl approached the desk and floated up to the chancellor's level, the teal-skinned leader raised an eyebrow in interest, "I trust you didn't run into any trouble while you were flying through those regions over the past year. Perhaps you landed on a couple of 'hot spots' that prompted you to delay your return to Valkorra."

The man's inquiry had Kana shrug brazenly, "You know me. I just couldn't resist stopping by that resort planet for a little R&R. It was great." She added to this by giving the man a wink.

"I'll bet it was," Ging murmured blankly, reaching over and collecting the piece the girl handed to him before setting it down on the tablet in front of him. "Word on the band said that you also encountered something very interesting while investigating Terra 4032-877… something about… battling a golden-haired warrior of a believed to be a now extinct race." He then tilted his head at the young wanderer with a smile. "Care to explain that little discrepancy to us?" You could tell from his expression that he was more than interested in the subject, as were the rest of the men and women who were present.

Smiling mischievously, the glowing warrior flicked her hair out of the way and gradually descended back down to the floor, "Sorry, boss. I'm afraid that that's a little story for another time."

A chuckle shortly followed her response, "Fair enough. Either way, I trust that you were able to handle the situation accordingly." He then took the USB stick and shoved it into his board, at about the same time Froze approached the bench.

The tailed alien held his circular pad up to the leader, at the same time levitating off the ground to reach him. "When can we expect payment on these units?"

Ging, taking the device from the carapace traveler, smiled in his direction, "Impatient as always, eh Froze?" Meeting the unflinching gaze of the young warrior, the teal-skinned ruler of the Planet Trade Organization waved at him. "Don't worry. We'll be sure to transmit the necessary funds over to your account as soon as these worlds have been processed, which should take about seven to ten days. I'll have the military send out an expedition party to the planets you've added to the registry and see to it that they're set up for preservation." Seeing the short alien bow in response and float back to the ground to rejoin Kana, the leader quickly went about processing the data on his pad.

However, just as he was about to sign the pair's submissions and file them away for safe keeping, there was a loud beep from his desk which quickly had him look down and engage the communicator. "Yes?"

An anxious voice stammered back over the radio, "Chancellor Ging. We've got a Code Red. I repeat; Code Red. He's here…"

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