The energy released by Cooler's self-destruction was enormous, beyond imagination.
In an instant, the whole of Planet M2 was bathed in light, turning the world into a dazzling, brilliant pearl. Beams radiated outward, momentarily blinding anyone who tried to look directly at them.
Over the city, the sky was a white haze, as if covered by a thick blanket of snow. That "snow" wasn't real; it was dust and debris from the explosion, swirling through the atmosphere in a spectacular, chaotic display.
Dr. Myuu and his two undead companions, King Cold and Rilldo, rose into the sky to observe the aftermath.
"Heh, didn't expect Cooler to break free of Frieza's grasp like that. Quite clever," Dr. Myuu muttered. "Our Undead Warriors don't die so easily."
As he spoke, he looked back toward the blast site. Cooler had already reformed from the black mist and stood before them, completely intact.
Dr. Myuu continued, a vicious edge to his voice, "As for that Frieza, his fate will be different."
A familiar voice came from directly behind Dr. Myuu.
He felt a tremor run through his essence and spun around. Frieza stood there, completely unharmed.
"You… you didn't die?!" Dr. Myuu cried out, his composure shattering.
King Cold was equally shocked. He hadn't even registered Frieza moving behind him. A wave of panic rose in his chest. Could it truly be as Frieza said? That he didn't even use one ten-thousandth of his power?
The reason for their shock was simple: this Cooler was from the earliest batch of vengeful Undead Warriors. He had trained, but he was still no match for Frieza's true strength.
"Bastard…" Dr. Myuu fumed, humiliation boiling into rage.
Seeing Myuu so frantic, Frieza merely sneered and offered his ultimatum.
"I don't care what species you are. From now on, I'll give you two choices."
"Choice one: submit to me. We have a common enemy, and I'm very interested in your technology."
"Choice two..."
Before Frieza could finish, another old man drifted down from the sky, cutting him off with a deep, confident voice.
"Don't bother with the second choice, Frieza. I can tell you plainly: submission to you is impossible."
The new speaker was Dr. Leiki, the Tuffle scientist who was the true mastermind behind the Undead Warrior revenge project.
Seeing Dr. Leiki, the irritation in Dr. Myuu's eyes vanished. He quickly joined Leiki, standing side by side in the air with seamless cooperation.
"Partner, you finally made it," Dr. Myuu breathed in relief.
Dr. Leiki patted Myuu's shoulder. "Good work. You managed to lure him here." He paused, his gaze dropping to the corpse of Myuu lying below, realizing the Myuu standing next to him had become an Undead Warrior.
"Sorry I'm late, Myuu. On the way I ran into an interesting fellow and got an idea, thought to recruit him, so I was delayed a bit. And you won't believe who he turned out to be, he's a Saiyan."
At the mention of the accursed race, Dr. Myuu immediately perked up.
"Really? Dr. Leiki, what happened, did you kill him? If so, we can use him for our purposes."
Dr. Leiki replied frankly, "Don't worry. I already had Cooler deal with it."
Below, Frieza stood upright, listening intently to the two scientists' conversation, his expression hardening.
Two new questions burst forth in his mind.
"Cooler is clearly right here… yet that old man just said he sent Cooler to handle something. Hoh hoh hoh… how interesting. Could it be, there's more than one Cooler?"
The ever-shrewd Frieza quickly pieced together the implications, and his curiosity toward the two doctors grew even stronger. "If I could make those two work for me, perhaps those Saiyan monkeys would finally suffer a little."
Then came his second doubt..."Wait… he said he encountered a Saiyan? Aren't all the Saiyans supposed to be on Earth?"
As Frieza pondered, the voices above interrupted his thoughts.
Dr. Myuu said to Dr. Leiki, "Yes, all of this credit belongs to Lord Baby."
"Heh heh, if Lord Baby hadn't taken control of that man General Rilldo killed, we never would have been able to lure Frieza here. Truly, Lord Baby is as brilliant as ever. I wonder what his ultimate goal is, though?"
Dr. Leiki gave a sly grin. "Lord Baby naturally has his reasons… You'd best not pry too much."
As the chief of the Undead Warrior program, Dr. Leiki was favored more highly by Baby and was fully aware of Baby's plan. He glanced at Dr. Myuu, inwardly full of contempt.
"Hmph. You're nothing but a pawn crafted by Lord Baby himself, how could a thing like you be worthy of knowing the noble plan of us Tuffles?"
"Heh heh… As for Lord Baby's plan, of course, it's to lure Frieza here, crush him, and then possess his body! One is the Emperor of the Universe, the other the King of the Tuffles! When that happens, the entire cosmos will belong to the Tuffle race. And I… will stand beneath only one being, above all others!"
Dr. Myuu suddenly frowned. "Strange. By all logic, Frieza should have been drawn here because of Tagoma, right? So why do I only see Frieza?"
That made Dr. Leiki pause too. He looked toward Frieza's spaceship, no sign of Tagoma.
"Eh, forget it. Just a low-level minion. Not worth our attention. I'll notify Lord Baby right away so he can enjoy this spectacle."
He raised his scouter to contact Baby, yet no matter how long he tried, there was no response.
That unsettled Dr. Leiki. "What? Why can't I reach Lord Baby?!"
Suddenly, a strange sound echoed from the heavens.
BOOM!
The thunderous noise shattered Leiki's thoughts.
Two bright lights appeared in the sky, one large, one small. One of them gleamed with a brilliant golden aura.
Everyone turned their eyes upward.
Frieza, too, looked to the heavens, and in his mind, he sensed two familiar yet alien energies. One clearly belonged to Cooler… the other was an ancient power he remembered from Earth, ten years ago.
"Oh? So that Saiyan is the one?"
Frieza's lips curled into a meaningful smile. "Looks like things are about to get interesting again."
With a deafening crash, like a meteor striking the ground, another figure descended from the heavens.
It was a silver-white Cooler, smashing violently into the surface of Planet M2.
And the one who had brought about this sudden, brutal landing… was Z Broly.
(End Of This Chapter)
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