Kryptonians: Man of Steel

Chapter 1680 Raditz: My dad is a Super Saiyan, my brother is a Super Saiyan, but I'm not?
Seeing this, Naba quickly followed his prince.

So, after Goku and his son, along with Piccolo, refused the Namekians' offer to stay and returned to Earth through the portal, Vegeta and Nappa's spaceship followed closely behind, tearing through the Namekian sky and heading towards Earth.

Vegeta was consumed by a single obsession: to find Kakarot and, at any cost, to find out how to become a Super Saiyan!

Luther was satisfied with his arrangements.

He knew Vegeta's personality and obsession well. As long as Vegeta could see Goku transform into a Super Saiyan, the proud prince would surely follow Goku to Earth like a lighthouse.

It is not difficult to accurately grasp a person's core pursuits and obsessions and guide them onto a predetermined path.

Thus, the Z Fighters lineup from the original work, who would save Earth and even the universe multiple times in the future, quietly came together in this timeline in a slightly different way.

Of course, Vegeta's current strength is severely outdated and he is far from being comparable to others.

After the brutal battle on Namek, Goku and Gohan's power levels have dropped significantly.

Piccolo and Piccolo, through the development of their potential by Borunga, have also leaped to a new level of strength.

The current Vegeta doesn't even seem to qualify as their opponent, let alone be included.

How to quickly enhance Vegeta and Nappa's strength and integrate them into an effective combat force system has become a question that needs to be considered.

Meanwhile, on Earth.

Raditz, who had miraculously survived and blended into the Earth's population, was looking up at the sky.

He suddenly saw two familiar fireballs trailing long flames as they tore through the atmosphere and fell into the distance.

"That's... a Saiyan's flight pod?!"

Raditz was deeply shocked.

He was all too familiar with this feeling.

His heart was filled with hesitation and struggle.

Should he continue to hide among Earthlings, living this unfamiliar but relatively safe life, or should he go and reunite with his possible fellow Saiyans? Ultimately, his fear of Vegeta and a deep-seated sense of identification with his Saiyan identity prevailed. He cautiously followed the general direction in which the spaceship had crashed.

When he approached the crash site and saw Vegeta and Nappa emerging from the spaceship, his feelings were incredibly complex.

Vegeta and Nappa were feeling conflicted. They had been to Earth before, but he had come with the intention of conquest and destruction.

Now, however, he has returned here in an almost fleeing manner, his purpose now being to seek power.

The contrast made him feel a little dazed, but he didn't think much of it and just silently followed behind Vegeta.

"Raditz? You're still alive?" Vegeta and Nappa both looked surprised and astonished when they saw Raditz. They had long assumed that their weak comrade had perished during the mission on Earth.

"I...I survived by sheer luck," Raditz replied nervously, instinctively keeping a slight distance.

Vegeta snorted coldly and didn't ask any more questions.

He didn't care whether Raditz lived or died, but having one more subordinate was better than having one less.

He cut straight to the point: "Since you're still alive, listen carefully. Frieza is dead, and the Ginyu Force is wiped out."

"what?!"

Raditz stared in disbelief, almost unable to believe his ears.

Frieza, the Emperor of the Universe... is dead?
How can this be?

He was only in a coma for a while, so how come the whole universe has changed when he woke up?
Then, from Vegeta and Nappa's chatter, sometimes angry, sometimes jealous narration, Raditz heard a story that completely overturned all his understanding:

His loyal, arrogant cosmic emperor Frieza, is dead? The invincible Ginyu Force has been wiped out?
Before Raditz could even recover from his "unemployment" situation, he heard even more shocking news.

The one who accomplished all of this was...

"You...you mean...Kakarot?"

Raditz's voice became sharp and distorted with extreme shock; his eyes widened and his mouth was agape enough to fit an egg.

"My brother, that low-ranking warrior? He... he became a legendary Super Saiyan?! And he defeated Frieza?! Now... now he's the strongest in the universe?!"

Vegeta scoffed in annoyance, acknowledging the incredibly humiliating fact.

Raditz froze on the spot, his mind blank, his entire worldview collapsing in an instant. He felt as if he were still in the coma after his serious injury, everything before him was bizarre and unreal.

I...I must be dreaming, right?

Vegeta, Nappa, and Raditz temporarily settled in a remote valley on Earth. Vegeta disliked the human settlements; the peaceful atmosphere made him uncomfortable.

What he needs is fighting and getting stronger, not a boring daily life.

Raditz gradually recovered from his shock and began to ask Naba for more details.

Although Nappa was simple-minded, he still tried his best to recount what had happened—how Goku transformed into a Super Saiyan, how he fought Frieza, and how he ultimately won.

Raditz listened in stunned silence, his heart filled with complex emotions.

His younger brother, whom he once despised, has now become the most powerful warrior in the universe.

But he himself was still a loser who couldn't even muster any fighting ability.

This contrast made him feel incredibly bitter, but also a strange sense of pride—after all, it was his younger brother.

Vegeta, on the other hand, was completely absorbed in thinking about how to become stronger.

He knew that his strength had fallen far behind, not only inferior to Goku, but even Piccolo and Gohan.

This sense of humiliation drove him almost mad, but he forcibly suppressed the emotion.

The most important thing now is to find a way to become stronger, and Sun Wukong is the key.

He decided to go directly to Goku and find out the secret of the Super Saiyan.

Nappa and Raditz warned him to be careful, but Vegeta wouldn't listen.

He flew alone to Sun Wu's house and landed in the center of the courtyard.

Sun Wukong was eating when he saw Vegeta arrive. He wasn't surprised, and simply greeted him, "Want to eat with me? Aya's cooking is delicious!"

Vegeta said coldly, "Enough nonsense, Kakarot! Tell me, how did you become a Super Saiyan?"

Goku put down his chopsticks and said seriously, "I don't know the specific method either. When I saw Frieza kill Gohan, I was very angry, and then I broke through."

"anger?"

Vegeta frowned.

"It's that simple?"

Sun Wukong nodded: "Hmm. But I think anger alone might not be enough. Regular basic training is also very important, and also... you need to have a heart that wants to protect others."

(End of this chapter)