Dragon Ball: From Escape from Planet Vegeta

Chapter 14 Father and Son's Heart-to-Heart Talk: Bardock's Entrustment

As Bardock walked away and finally disappeared from sight after leaving the palace, King Vegeta's eyes grew increasingly terrifying.

The human heart is the most unpredictable thing.

Bardock had enough respect and loyalty for King Vegeta.

However, King Vegeta still sees Bardock as a threat!

In his view, Badak had, in a sense, threatened his position.

For lower-ranking soldiers to regard him as a legend is to challenge his authority.

Bardock himself didn't realize that he was just trying to do better, but his achievements were mistakenly perceived as overshadowing his master.

Of course, the most crucial and primary reason is that Bardock was just a low-ranking warrior.

Leaving aside King Vegeta's mind, in the minds of all elite superiors, subordinates are just subordinates, and they don't even have the right to talk to them.

In the eyes of their superior elites, lower-ranking soldiers are nothing more than ants that can be ordered around and manipulated at will.

"Hmph!! Once Frieza is dealt with, once I ascend the throne of the cosmic emperor... then it will be time for the real reckoning." King Vegeta's eyes flashed with murderous intent, but he quickly concealed it.

If Bardock weren't powerful enough, and if Bardock weren't still of some use to him, he would never have allowed his subordinates to become uncontrollable...

……

After leaving the palace, Bardock did not go straight back, but instead searched for Raditz's whereabouts within the palace grounds.

The time became even tighter. He was to set off in ten days, and Raditz was to join Prince Vegeta in battle in seven days!

So in the days that followed, he had to impart some knowledge every day.

Moreover, there are some things he needs to talk to Raditz alone, and ideally, even Gine shouldn't know.

After wandering around for a long time, Bardock finally found Raditz in the training grounds on the outermost edge of the palace, and also met Vegeta.

Even though his combat power reached 10,000 points, Bardock still had to respectfully address him as "Your Highness."

As for the others, Bardock ignored them all.

Firstly, he had enough power to look down on these senior and elite warriors.

Secondly, he disdained to associate with them.

Even if his son would be working for them for a while, King Vegeta promised to guarantee Raditz's safety, so these people would definitely not dare to cause trouble.

If they dare to cause trouble, he will definitely not let them off!

This is the suppressive power that comes with strength.

Bardock took Raditz away from the palace, and in the following days, he helped Raditz ask Vegeta for leave.

Otherwise, as Prince Vegeta's personal bodyguard, Raditz would have to stay by the prince's side almost all the time, except for occasional moments.

Vegeta will not refuse Bardock's request.

Of course, he didn't pay much attention when Raditz had just offered to resign for a few days.

For him, it made no difference whether Raditz was by his side or not.

At first, he was puzzled by the fact that his father had arranged for a peer with a combat power of only a few hundred points to be by his side.

It wasn't until later that he gradually understood his father's intentions.

Although Vegeta is only five years old, his intellect is far beyond that of ordinary people.

As a prince, he considers many factors, not just status, but most importantly, combat strength.

It's inevitable that he has a high opinion of himself, but he also has self-awareness.

Watching Bardock and Raditz walk away, Vegeta's eyes gleamed with a light beyond his years, his expression serious.

His lackey couldn't help but stir things up: "Your Highness, you shouldn't have given that Bardock such a hard time! He's getting more and more arrogant because of his superior fighting skills."

"Yes, Prince Vegeta! He didn't even respect you just now."

As the two high-level warriors with a combat power of 3000 points spoke, Vegeta's eyes sharpened.

However, he wasn't addressing Bardock who was leaving, but rather the two people beside him: "If you're so capable, then stop gossiping behind people's backs! This kind of behavior only makes this prince think you're useless!"

After saying this, Vegeta turned and headed towards the royal palace.

His combat power had already reached over 3000 points, so even without his prince status, he could still fight these two head-on.

The two senior warriors turned ashen-faced and looked extremely displeased after being coldly mocked by Vegeta.

To be fair, Vegeta is more tolerant and discerning than King Vegeta.

Comparing Bardock to the useless trash around him, he preferred Bardock because Bardock was a lower-ranking warrior who became stronger purely through his own efforts!

Strictly speaking, as a lower-class Saiyan warrior, Bardock is the only lower-class warrior that Vegeta has remembered since childhood!

Even in the later stages of the original manga's Super Time arc, Vegeta still reminisced about Bardock.

……

Walking along the bustling streets of the royal city, Bardock and Raditz talked as they observed the surrounding buildings and various aliens.

"According to King Vegeta, I'm going to set off for Planet Lamp with the prince in seven days?" Raditz exclaimed in surprise after hearing Bardock's words.

He had been looking forward to this day for a long time.

Little did he know that this expedition would mark the beginning of his tragic life.

"Seven days later you will set off with the prince's elite troops. A few days after you leave, I will also go to carry out a new mission."

"Raditz! You are my son. As my son, you will bear pressure far exceeding that of ordinary Saiyans! After spending so much time with the prince, I think you should know how cruel our Saiyan race is."

"In fact, it's the same for every race: survival of the fittest!..."

Badak rarely offered words of advice with earnestness.

But at this moment, he had to instill some profound principles in his son.

I don't know if it was some kind of premonition or not.

Or perhaps Bardock had wanted to tell his son for a long time, but he didn't have the time before, or perhaps Raditz was too young and it wouldn't have mattered if he had told him.

"Dad, you look a little..." Raditz was momentarily taken aback, unable to explain what was wrong with his father.

Bardock chuckled softly and reached out to ruffle Raditz's hair. "It's strange, isn't it? Actually, there are some things I might not understand now, but you will understand later! You will grow up and walk your own path."

Raditz nodded, bewildered.

Bardock talked to him for a long time, something that Raditz had never experienced before since he was born.

This was the first time the father and son had talked for so long.

Bardock finished speaking and left Raditz with one sentence: "If I'm gone, then I'm entrusting Mom, my brother, and Talot to you."

(End of this chapter)