Chapter 77: Mission
"By the way, Turles, is he dead? Why bring him back?"
Poking Ginyu with her finger and getting no response, Bulma felt somewhat puzzled and asked questioningly.
"Not yet, but close enough if we let him keep bleeding." Seeing Bulma still confused, Turles explained, "Actually, you've seen this before—it's the same situation as Vegeta."
Hearing this, Bulma immediately understood. She naturally knew Vegeta's situation, and she had great interest in Turles's technique. She'd done plenty of experiments on Vegeta.
Fortunately, Trunks hadn't time-traveled here yet. Otherwise, seeing his mother in a white lab coat conducting various research on his father lying on the examination table might make the boy explode on the spot.
Earth's crisis was resolved. The Kame House group agreed to revive the humans killed during the Ginyu Force invasion once Earth's Dragon Balls could be used again, then left Kame House one after another to begin their respective training.
In this crisis, the Earth warriors truly witnessed what the universe's powerhouses were like.
Such powerful opponents that they didn't even qualify to fight were killed by Turles without even making a ripple.
Yes, they all thought Ginyu had died at Turles's hands. After all, in that condition, what else could it be but death?
Earth's warriors thoroughly understood their own weakness. So everyone held their breath. Even if they couldn't reach Turles's level, they refused to become complete cannon fodder.
Goku went through Kami to King Kai's planet to continue training under King Kai.
Turles took Bulma home to visit her parents. Interestingly, Bulma initially hugged her mother crying continuously. But when Mrs. Brief asked when the two would hold their wedding, Bulma immediately became extremely embarrassed and directly urged Turles to take her back to Red Stone Planet.
Returning to Red Stone Planet, Turles handed Ginyu to Karl and checked on Vegeta's condition.
"Karl, has Vegeta shown any abnormalities recently?" While looking at Vegeta in the hibernation chamber, Turles casually asked the responsible Karl.
"My lord, no abnormalities recently. All vital signs are stable, and mental fluctuations haven't shown significant changes." Karl reported all of Vegeta's conditions to Turles.
"Mm." Turles nodded slightly and hummed. The next second, as if remembering something, he asked again, "Has Nappa been coming around?"
"Since Lord Nappa came last time, he hasn't come again. According to Karey, Lord Nappa has been training continuously in the gravity room and hasn't left for a long time."
"Oh?" Hearing Karl say this, Turles became somewhat interested. Sensing Nappa's ki, Turles was surprised to discover that Nappa now had 30,000 battle power.
In less than three months, he'd risen from 20,000 when returning from Namek to 30,000. Seemed Nappa truly had been training continuously in the gravity room.
Sensing Raditz's ki again, discovering this guy was with Bela again, Turles shook his head speechlessly.
Seemed Raditz was completely useless. Turles's expectation of seeing Super Saiyan 1 transformation with Super Saiyan 3 hairstyle was hopeless.
Seeing Karl had already placed Ginyu in the recovery chamber, after observing for a while longer, Turles turned to leave.
Just as Turles left the laboratory, Vegeta's originally calm body suddenly moved slightly. Just as Karl wondered if he'd seen wrong, Vegeta's body completely stopped moving again.
At this moment, within Vegeta's mental world.
Vegeta's mental body had eyes tightly closed, his entire person floating in midair. Looking carefully, one could discover chains binding Vegeta's body. However, compared to the beginning, these chains had become somewhat transparent.
Suddenly, Vegeta opened his eyes. A sharp gleam flashed from his gaze, stirring small ripples in this white mental world.
"That is... Turles's ki?"
Just as this thought flashed through Vegeta's mind, the next second he became somewhat excited.
Vegeta no longer knew how long he'd been in this world. Initially, he'd kept track of time, but later completely gave up.
In such a white world, he could do nothing. To maintain his sense of self and prevent his spirit from completely collapsing, Vegeta had no choice but to learn meditation.
Under meditation, Vegeta's violent heart began calming. This was something he'd never experienced since birth.
As a Saiyan, Vegeta was like all Saiyans—influenced by Saiyan bloodline from birth. His childhood filled with constant battle had intensified this influence.
Now he experienced a different feeling. Vegeta instinctively felt this sensation helped his strength. So he'd become completely addicted to meditation.
After all, in this mental world, even if he wanted to do something, he couldn't.
Vegeta's efforts weren't wasted. He stroked the chains that had begun becoming transparent, murmuring internally, "Soon. Very soon I can leave."
"Turles, are you prepared to face my fury?"
After speaking, Vegeta closed his eyes again and entered meditation.
Turles naturally didn't know Vegeta's situation. This mental seal technique was something Turles had figured out himself. He didn't know exactly what it was like, so naturally wouldn't know Vegeta could already slightly control his spirit and evade the machines' monitoring.
Currently, he was receiving Merus and Jaco who'd suddenly visited Red Stone Planet.
Turles glanced at Paragus still sitting nearby, knowing he didn't plan to leave. He could only speak, "Jaco, what brings you here this time?"
Turles deliberately ignored Merus. Thinking of that thick stack of muscle-building guides made Turles's teeth itch. If he could beat him, Turles really wanted to pummel Merus.
Merus also knew he'd really screwed Turles over this time. So upon arriving, he avoided Turles's gaze. He treated Jaco's plea for help as if he hadn't seen it.
Jaco had no choice but to tell Turles about the mission the Galaxy King had assigned him.
"Turles, I hope you can help me this time. I really have no other option. I didn't expect Slug's battle power to be so formidable. Even his subordinates include many with battle power exceeding 100,000."
Jaco hugged Turles's thigh, tearfully recounting his miserable situation with snot and tears.
Seeing Jaco preparing to wipe his tears and snot on him, Turles's ki slightly released and retracted, directly blasting Jaco away.
Seeing this move, Merus's eyes immediately brightened. He hadn't expected Turles's ki control had already reached this level.
Don't think that move was easy. Merus could see Turles's ki control had nearly reached a state of complete freedom.
Releasing ki to blast Jaco away without causing Jaco any harm, then quickly retracting it—all accomplished in the blink of an eye.
This was Turles's ultimate control over his own ki.
Turles naturally didn't know he'd inadvertently shown off before Merus. He just looked questioningly at Jaco running back, asking puzzledly, "If you can't complete it, just decline it with the Galaxy King. Why come find me to go together?"
Who knew that after hearing Turles's words, Jaco declared resolutely, "No! Would I, Jaco, flee from battle? If I don't enter hell, who will?"
Turles and Merus both looked at Jaco's performance with contempt.
Seeing them looking at him like this, Jaco's body collapsed. Somewhat dejected, he said quietly, "This is the Galaxy King's last chance for me. If I can't complete this mission, he'll completely kick me out of the Galaxy Patrol." After speaking, Jaco even looked at Turles resentfully.
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"Because the Galaxy King said that previously it was because the Galaxy Patrol was short-handed. Now with the Saiyans joining, he's become dispensable in the Galaxy Patrol." Merus on the side explained the reason for Jaco.
"Hehe, is that so?" Hearing this, Turles couldn't help laughing awkwardly. Just as Jaco thought there was hope, Turles added, "Then it seems the Galaxy King has good judgment."
The critically hit Jaco couldn't take it anymore. Drooping his shoulders, he began walking outside.
Turles and Merus didn't bother with Jaco's theatrics, just quietly watching Jaco's retreating figure.
At this moment, Merus suddenly spoke, "Turles, I hope you'll go this time."
"Hm?" Hearing this, Turles turned to look at Merus with questioning eyes.
"After returning, I looked at some Saiyan data. I discovered that for Saiyans to increase battle power, the fastest method isn't grinding away in training. Rather, in continuous battle, improvement speed is fastest!"
"And I discovered you've experienced too few battles now, especially battles with true powerhouses. Right now, Slug is a suitable candidate!"
Hearing Merus say this, Turles began thinking.
Reviewing his experiences over the past year, then thinking of Goku and Vegeta's experiences in the original story, Turles was startled, discovering Merus was right.
In the original story, Goku and Vegeta's massive strength improvements always came when encountering powerful enemies. Whether Frieza, Cell, or Majin Buu—facing these enemies far exceeding themselves, both men's improvements in short periods were indeed much faster than peaceful times!
"But..." Turles was about to mention Universe Six's Saiyans' situation but immediately stopped.
Because Turles discovered Universe Six's Saiyans also unlocked Super Saiyan transformation after battling Goku and them, then continuously broke through during the Tournament of Power.
In other words, Saiyans accumulated foundation during peaceful training. After encountering powerful enemies and intense battles, this potential would explosively release, naturally improving strength faster.
Understanding this, Turles's gaze firmed. Looking at Merus, this nominal teacher, he said sincerely, "I understand, Teacher!"
Hearing Turles agree, Merus secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
'This really wasn't easy. Without Brother Whis, it would've been exposed.'
That's right—these words were all what Whis told Merus to say.
As a universe's Angel and the Angel who trained God of Destruction Beerus, Whis naturally possessed sufficient teaching experience.
After returning to the God of Destruction Realm, he immediately researched all Saiyan history. Whether Saiyans from Planet Vegeta or Planet Salada, Whis used his angelic authority to observe them all.
Whis quickly discovered the biggest difference between Turles and other Saiyans—Turles was simply too cautious.
Not that caution was bad. How many geniuses lost their lives on the path of growth simply due to momentary impulses?
Rather, Turles lacked that fighting spirit belonging to Saiyans.
Aside from initially encountering Frieza, Turles hadn't encountered anyone who could truly threaten his life afterward.
Through his own scheming, Turles gained his current strength and avoided many crises. For other races, this approach was fine. But he was a Saiyan.
As a Saiyan, being too cautious meant losing his racial instinctive characteristics. At low strength levels, this didn't matter much. But once reaching the God of Destruction level, one needed to follow racial nature rather than suppress it.
Look at the Destroyer Gods of all twelve universes—you could find their racial characteristics in each.
Universe Ten's elephant Destroyer God Ramushi's obsession with muscles. Universe Four's rat Destroyer God Quitela's cunning treachery. Also Beerus's lazy capriciousness and Champa's violent playfulness—these all reflected portions of these Destroyer Gods' characteristics.
Using one explanation, it was like the three states of seeing mountains: seeing mountains as mountains, seeing mountains as not mountains, seeing mountains as mountains again.
Destroyer Gods existed in the state of seeing mountains as mountains—not suppressing their nature. Angels existed in seeing mountains as not mountains—allowing them to neutrally face everything in their respective universes. As for the final state, only the Grand Priest qualified.
So the still-weak Turles needed to release Saiyans' natural passion for battle and continuously challenge masters. Only this way could he grow faster.
This was why Merus thought of having Jaco come solve this mission.
Universe overlord Slug currently had battle power exceeding 50 million. Due to bodily aging, he couldn't fully display all his strength. Turles possessed humanoid Great Ape transformation. Under 10x amplification, he also had over 10 million battle power.
This could both train Turles and wouldn't one-shot him due to excessive strength. Just right.
However, the reason Turles dared agree to Merus's request—aside from some confidence in his own strength—most importantly, he'd already learned Instant Transmission. If he really couldn't win, he could instantly escape battle. This was his greatest confidence.
After agreeing to Merus, Turles began preparing departure matters. Because he needed to travel with Jaco this time, he couldn't directly teleport before Slug. So Turles needed to board a Galaxy Patrol-issued spaceship.
But at this moment, the silent Paragus suddenly spoke.
"Turles, can you take a few youngsters along this time?"
"What?" Turles looked at Paragus.
"Bela, Bes, and them. They've been back on Red Stone Planet for a while. During this time, they've been training continuously in the gravity room. Their battle power has improved greatly. You know Saiyans aren't the type to stay idle. Since you're going out this time, why not take them along?"
Paragus explained his reasons for wanting Bela and the others to follow Turles.
After hearing Paragus's explanation, Turles thought about it and nodded in agreement.
Indeed, Saiyans couldn't always stay on Red Stone Planet. Even if Turles agreed, these people probably couldn't stay idle. Better to bring them out this time. With himself there, there wouldn't be casualties. Moreover, after watching his battle with Slug, they'd surely recognize their own weakness and not be as arrogant as before.
Soon, Paragus assembled all the Saiyans on Red Stone Planet.
Turles counted and discovered Red Stone Planet now had 9 Saiyans. Adding Vegeta and Goku on Earth made 11.
Thinking of Whis's mention of divine nature and his own plans, Turles suddenly felt this trip out could conveniently gather the remaining Saiyans to Red Stone Planet. He'd learned Instant Transmission anyway—wouldn't take much time.
At this moment, hearing they could go out with Turles, the assembled Red Stone Saiyans immediately cheered. They'd been cooped up too long.
Though Turles had Paragus tell them about the karmic issue, these people still held intense desire for battle. Daily battles with fellow Saiyans couldn't satisfy them anymore. Now they could go out and battle other universe races—even helping the Galaxy Patrol—they completely didn't care.
However, Red Stone Planet was their main base after all. Not everyone could leave. After discussion, Paragus, Broly, and Raditz stayed on Red Stone Planet. Bela, Nappa, and the Cury brothers followed Turles.
Through gravity room training, Bela's battle power had risen from 4,000 to 10,000. The Cury brothers rose from 1,000 to 5,000. Nappa had 30,000 battle power.
Bela and the Cury brothers had just reached adulthood, in Saiyans' growth golden period. Such improvement was normal.
Nappa was already over 40. Having such great improvement at this age—aside from talent—showed Nappa put in more effort than the others.
With personnel determined, Turles led them aboard Jaco's ship and departed for West Galaxy!