Chapter 76: Body-Swapped Goku
The Ginyu Force was Frieza's ace unit. Each member's strength wouldn't be below 10,000. Goku's 4,000 battle power was completely insufficient before these people.
Not to mention each had special abilities. Goku had barely managed to hold on by overloading Triple Kaio-ken.
However, Goku truly deserved to be the Dragon Ball world's protagonist. Even under these circumstances, he could turn the tables.
Goku utilized the Saiyan near-death recovery trait, repeatedly overdrawing his body and overloading high-multiplier Kaio-ken. With Senzu Bean assistance, he forcibly raised his battle power from 4,000 to 100,000 in a short time.
Hearing this, Turles's heart surged with shock. This was still Goku! Replaced with another Saiyan—even himself—Turles wasn't certain he could improve like this.
Ginyu had witnessed this terrifying scene. After Goku defeated the other team members, during his battle with Goku, Ginyu deliberately let Goku beat him to critical injury before surprisingly using his swap technique.
Goku didn't know Ginyu's special ability. Unprepared, he directly swapped bodies with Ginyu. Thus the scene before Turles appeared.
"So you're still on Earth? Ginyu didn't use a scouter to find you?"
After hearing Goku's account, Turles felt somewhat puzzled. Logically, Ginyu wasn't merciful. As Frieza's top enforcer, he'd destroyed countless planets for Frieza. How could he spare Goku and the others?
Hearing Turles ask this, Goku scratched his hair somewhat embarrassedly and grinned at Turles. "I told him I still have a boss whose strength is greater than mine. For some reason, Ginyu let me go. That's how I could contact you, Boss."
"Pfft!"
Turles nearly spat blood, while Bulma on the side laughed outright.
Turles immediately understood Ginyu's purpose. With Bulma's intelligence, how could she not figure it out?
Watching Bulma still giggling, Turles glared at her, then looked at the screen with skeptical eyes at Goku's innocent expression.
He didn't know if Goku was doing this deliberately or genuinely didn't understand. If deliberate, this kid had really learned badly.
However, Ginyu's ability was easy to crack. Like in the original story—just find any frog or insect and throw it out when Ginyu activated his ability.
Moreover, with his current strength, whether Ginyu could even pull his soul from his body remained questionable.
So this ability definitely had limitations. Otherwise, given Frieza's personality, whether Ginyu could survive to the present was unknown.
Since he'd become Goku's boss and Goku had come to him, Turles naturally wouldn't refuse. Besides, he'd initially mastered Instant Transmission—reaching Earth was instantaneous.
However, Turles's current mastery was only elementary Instant Transmission, same as what Goku learned on Planet Yardrat—both required sensing ki before activating.
Higher-level Instant Transmission like Kibito's, where you could instantly reach anywhere just by knowing the location, was still being explored. Though Bulma said her spaceship could soon achieve this type of instant transmission.
Turles pressed his fingers together against his forehead, closed his eyes, and began searching for Goku's ki.
But soon he opened his eyes again, looking at Goku questioningly. "Why can't I sense your ki?"
Hearing this, Goku slapped his forehead and removed a black bracelet from his wrist. After turning it off, he explained to Turles, "I forgot about this."
Turles looked at the bracelet in Goku's hand, feeling it looked familiar. Recalling, he remembered this was what Bulma wore when she'd secretly boarded his ship—a battle power concealment device.
Turles looked at Bulma with a strange expression, while Bulma also seemed to recall her past absurdity and became self-conscious, feeling somewhat embarrassed.
Turles shook his head and began sensing Goku's ki again.
This time, Goku's ki quickly appeared in Turles's mind. After capturing a spatial node, Turles activated Instant Transmission.
Turles's figure instantly vanished from the laboratory. The next instant, Turles appeared beside Goku on screen—with an additional person behind him: Bulma.
Earth.
Goku looked at Turles appearing suddenly with a shocked expression, exclaiming, "Boss, is this the Instant Transmission you wished for from Shenron? It's so convenient!"
Turles ignored Goku and turned around, helplessly telling Bulma, "Bulma, why did you come along?"
Having personally experienced Instant Transmission's magic, Bulma was curiously examining her body. Hearing Turles's question, she replied irritably, "Please! Earth is my home. Now that Earth's in danger, of course I need to come back and check. Besides, I haven't seen my parents in a long time."
"But you didn't need to come back right now. You're so weak—what if you get caught in the battle?" Turles remained somewhat worried. Now that Bulma was his woman, he naturally didn't want her suffering any harm.
"Tch! With you here, how could I get hurt? I'm not going to charge into battle." Bulma's heart felt pleased by Turles's concern, though her mouth showed disdain.
Seeing this, Turles had no choice but to abandon persuasion. He shifted his gaze to Goku.
Even knowing Goku's situation wouldn't be good, seeing Goku's miserable state still made Turles's mouth twitch.
Currently, Goku occupied Ginyu's body—covered in blood with a massive hole in his chest. Even bandaged, purple blood still seeped through the gauze.
"Why are you so miserable? Where are the Senzu Beans?" Turles worried Goku might run Snake Way the next second.
Goku laughed awkwardly. "I used up all the Senzu Beans fighting Ginyu."
Turles was directly speechless.
"Goku, is this the boss you mentioned?" A short bald person came over, curiously looking at Turles.
"That's right, Krillin! This is my boss—also a Saiyan. With my boss's help, we'll definitely defeat Ginyu!"
Goku pulled the bald man over, enthusiastically introducing Turles.
Turles glanced at the bald man, recognizing Krillin who'd grown up with Goku. On Planet Namek, Krillin's death had angered Goku into transforming into Super Saiyan.
After glancing at Krillin, Turles observed the surroundings, discovering this was Master Roshi's residence. Currently, besides Krillin, Goku, and Master Roshi, several others were present.
'Tien, Chiaotzu, Yamcha, and Piccolo!'
Turles slowly swept past them, silently reciting their names.
While Turles observed them, they also examined the suddenly appearing Turles. Especially Piccolo—his eyes held a trace of complexity.
He'd learned from Goku about his Namekian identity. When Turles left last time, his destination was Planet Namek.
Seeing Goku still pulling Krillin to introduce him, Turles interrupted. "Alright, Goku. Prepare yourself quickly. During the battle with Ginyu, you need to seize the opportunity. When he uses swap, immediately grab the chance to swap your body back. Understand?"
Hearing Turles say this, Goku also dropped his expression and nodded solemnly at Turles.
Seeing this, Turles didn't waste words. He grabbed Goku's shoulder. Instant Transmission activated—they vanished before everyone.
"Is that Goku's boss? I couldn't sense any of his ki."
After Turles left, Krillin couldn't help telling everyone.
Tien nodded in agreement. "Me neither. But for some reason, before Goku's boss, I didn't dare have any thought of attacking. Especially when he looked at me."
Those scanned by Turles's eyes immediately nodded with lingering fear. Only Piccolo looked disdainfully at them before gazing where Turles vanished, his eyes flashing with heat.
Meanwhile, Turles had teleported with Goku directly before Ginyu.
Ginyu was still continuously adapting to Goku's body when he was startled by Turles and Goku's sudden appearance.
But the next second, he noticed the tail around Turles's waist. He immediately realized this might be the boss Goku mentioned. They really did look identical.
Ginyu's body retreated explosively, opening distance from Turles before pressing his scouter.
"Beep beep beep!"
"Zero?" Ginyu found this somewhat incredible. He already knew Goku could freely control battle power, but didn't expect Turles could make his battle power completely vanish.
Somewhat disbelieving, he tapped the scouter before scanning Goku beside him.
"Beep beep beep!"
"38,569!"
Ginyu knew the scouter was useless. He yanked the scouter from his face and crushed it with his hand. The scouter exploded into components.
"Saiyan! Hehe, didn't expect a bunch of monkeys could produce strong people!" Ginyu looked at Turles, showing a savage smile while speaking mockingly.
Turles wasn't in a hurry to attack. He looked at Ginyu with interest and countered, "If you look down on Saiyans so much, why occupy a monkey's body?"
"And honestly, that expression doesn't suit that face."
Ginyu's savage smile froze. The next moment, he erupted in rage. His expression turned vicious as he looked at Turles, speaking word by word. "I'll tear your mouth apart piece by piece. Let's see if your mouth is harder or my fist!"
After speaking, without giving Turles a chance to respond, he exploded with power and charged at Turles.
Turles shook his head. The instant Ginyu rushed close, he casually waved his hand and slapped him.
Ginyu was instantly sent flying by Turles's slap, shooting away even faster than he'd charged.
"Boss, be careful! That's my body!" Seeing Turles strike hard, Goku immediately shouted anxiously.
Turles's eye twitched. He always felt the Goku he was seeing differed somewhat from his memory. The current Goku seemed to exude foolishness from every pore.
After glancing at Goku, Turles ignored him. His body surged forward, appearing above Ginyu.
Honestly, Ginyu's swap ability was decent. But unfortunately, he relied too heavily on this ability.
Though he could occupy opponents' bodies each time, this meant Ginyu's combat experience was somewhat lacking.
Because every body swap required him to readapt to the new body. Swapping only exchanged souls—the original body's combat experience couldn't be retained. So Turles never took Ginyu seriously.
Lying on the ground, Ginyu saw Turles appear and showed no fear. Instead, he laughed eerily at Turles.
"That's right! This is your subordinate's body. What if it breaks? Saiyan!"
Turles wasn't affected by Ginyu's words. He extended his right hand toward Ginyu and began slowly gathering energy.
Initially, Ginyu could maintain his smile. But soon he sensed something wrong—this Saiyan showed absolutely no sign of stopping.
'He'll really use lethal force!' Ginyu shouted internally. He couldn't hold back anymore and immediately prepared to use swap again.
"Swap!" Ginyu roared.
Time seemed to freeze. Ginyu's soul slowly emerged from Goku's body. Turles also felt a pull on his soul.
But Turles's spirit lightly resisted—this pulling force immediately vanished. Seeing Turles's soul didn't emerge, the smile just appearing on Ginyu's soul entity turned to terror.
But once swap activated, unless the exchange completed, he couldn't do anything midway. He could only watch helplessly as his soul slowly moved upward.
This was his second time encountering this situation. He naturally knew if he didn't swap with a living soul, his soul would completely vanish.
The last time this happened was when he used swap before Frieza.
Though Turles's naked eye couldn't see Ginyu's soul, his far-superior mental power could sense spatial fluctuations.
Turles turned his head and loudly shouted at the still-dazed Goku, "Get over here now!"
Hearing Turles's shout, Goku immediately snapped back. His body accelerated, appearing between Turles and Ginyu.
When Goku appeared, the somewhat terrified Ginyu's soul couldn't help showing a trace of joy. Regardless, first preserve his soul. At worst, he'd use swap again to reclaim his body.
When Goku appeared between them, a familiar sensation returned. His soul slowly detached from Ginyu's body before rapidly rushing toward his original body on the ground.
Whoosh!
A sound only souls could hear rang out. Goku and Ginyu completed the swap, souls returning to their respective bodies.
Sensing Goku's ki had become harmoniously whole, Turles knew they'd completed the swap. He flashed, appearing before Ginyu. Under the other's terrified gaze, Turles's right index finger directly touched Ginyu's forehead.
As Turles's finger pressed down, the light in Ginyu's eyes began fading. Soon it became dim. His body also completely lost vitality and began falling toward the ground.
Turles grabbed Ginyu's horn, watching his condition match Vegeta's, and slowly exhaled.
That's right—Turles had done the same as with Vegeta, sealing Ginyu's consciousness within a mental prison.
Ginyu's swap ability was quite special. Bringing him to Red Stone Planet to let Bulma and Karl research might yield results.
Moreover, currently only Vegeta served as a specimen. To continue perfecting this technique, more specimens were needed.
Unfortunately, Goku had already destroyed the other Ginyu Force members. Otherwise, Turles could have more test subjects. He remembered one had time-stop abilities.
Now that he had Instant Transmission and spatial knowledge from Shenron, if he could also research time abilities, perhaps he could have Bulma develop a time machine earlier than in the original story—allowing him to traverse time like Trunks.
He wondered if a Supreme Kai of Time existed in this world.
Gripping Ginyu's body, Turles slowly descended. Seeing Goku still playing dead, he kicked Goku's arm. "What, reluctant to leave Ginyu's body? Get up already!"
Goku sprang up, rubbing his chest while complaining. "Boss, you were too rough! I felt like my body was falling apart."
Glancing at the increasingly off Goku, Turles replied irritably, "I'm heading back. Are you going yourself or should I take you?"
"Of course with Boss!" Hearing this, Goku immediately stopped complaining and placed his hand on Turles's shoulder.
Turles glanced at Goku and activated Instant Transmission, departing.
The departed pair naturally didn't know that a component from the scouter Ginyu crushed was still blinking with red light before finally extinguishing.
In Kame House, everyone was still discussing Turles's situation. Especially with Bulma's narration, they grew more curious about Turles's experiences.
Turles's great contributions to the nearly extinct Saiyan race earned their admiration.
So when Turles returned to Kame House, he saw all the future Earth Z-Fighters looking at him with admiring eyes, making him somewhat uncomfortable.
Carrying Ginyu to Bulma, Turles asked puzzledly, "What's with them? Why are they looking at me like that?"
Hearing this, Bulma's pretty face flushed. She certainly wouldn't say she'd just lavishly praised Turles before them.
No helping it—having just established their relationship, they were in the honeymoon phase. Bulma's praise inevitably became somewhat exaggerated. She definitely couldn't let Turles know.
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