Dragon Ball: From Escape from Planet Vegeta

Chapter 16 Seven days later, Raditz departs.

Time flows like water, never to return.

Over the past seven days, under Bardock's rigorous training, Talot, Raditz, and Serarri have not only greatly improved their strength but also broadened their horizons and minds.

Of course, for Talot, his improvement was in combat skills, and his combat power was not much, because he controlled his aura from the beginning, keeping his strength below 400 points.

The apparent improvement was merely a way of unleashing some of his hidden fighting power, allowing Bardock to witness his growth.

In Talot's words, it's about letting things take their natural course.

It is worth mentioning that Serarri's talent was revealed under Bardak's training.

In a short period of time, the combat power increased from 180 points to 240 points.

That's equivalent to Serari's combat power increasing by about 10 points every day, which is an incredibly terrifying rate.

Raditz's improvement was not much, just like Talot's, only rising from 550 points to 580 points.

Although it may seem like only 30 points, it's quite remarkable that so many points can be added in seven days.

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At Badak's house.

It was already noon, and everyone sat around the table eating the food that Gin had prepared.

Unlike the previous days, the atmosphere was rather somber because Raditz was about to head to the palace to report for duty after the special training ended.

Parting is always a reluctant experience.

However, for Saiyans, such separations have become the norm in the last one or two decades.

Just like Talot's previous life, when ordinary people needed to go out to work and earn money.

Perhaps the only difference is that this is Raditz's first real mission away from Planet Vegeta.

In other words, the worries of family members are always magnified infinitely when someone truly leaves home to wander outside for the first time.

"You'd better be even stronger when we meet next time, Talot!"

"When I get back, I'll be even stronger, and then we'll have a real fight!"

Before leaving, Raditz made sure to say a few words to Talot expressing his hopes for the future.

This also made Talot feel even more deeply.

Most importantly, if the plot develops as it did in the original work, and Tarot doesn't travel through time, doesn't leave Planet Vegeta, or dies on the medium-sized planet they're about to conquer, then there's no possibility of them ever meeting again.

Of course, Talot traveled through time and replaced the original owner!

Everything has changed!

Talott firmly believed that he would survive.

But who knows when we'll meet again?

Unless he takes the initiative to make contact, he will have to wait for the original plot to unfold and meet Raditz when he goes to Earth.

This period of time lasted for more than twenty years!

"Alright! Let's have a real fight next time we meet, Raditz!" Talot replied to Raditz's words and offered his best wishes.

After waving goodbye, Raditz bid farewell to Gine and, of course, to Serari, though Serari still showed no interest in Raditz.

Even though things have eased considerably after seven days together, the estrangement from childhood is deeply ingrained and cannot be changed in just a few days.

I hope that with my reminders, you can change and become stronger, instead of ending up like in the original story...

Watching Raditz's departing figure, Talot added a sentence to his mind.

Turning around, Talot saw Gine's reluctant expression again, but this time he didn't say anything to comfort her.

Some things require him to accept and adapt to gradually. Moreover, he will inevitably have to leave Planet Vegeta with Gine soon. The emotional outburst caused by the destruction of the planet will be the most intense at that time.

After a long time had passed and Raditz and Bardock were no longer visible, the group finally returned home.

Gine was quite resilient and quickly composed herself, getting busy again.

Seeing that she was unharmed, Talot and Serari went together to a nearby market town to buy supplies.

In his spare time these past few days, Bardak had already bought him a medium-sized spaceship and lent him 10000 merit points as preparation.

Not many, but not few either.

Even though Bardock said he would have to pay him back double in the future, it has to be said that this was a way of taking care of him.

10000 merit points, when converted, are equivalent to more than one million in Talot's previous world.

Imagine an ordinary person suddenly receiving such a sum of money; it would undoubtedly be a huge amount.

Merit points are not easy to obtain. Even if you conquer a low-level planet on your own, you can only get between 1000 and 10000 merit points, depending on how valuable the planet is.

Most lower-ranking warriors, lacking superiors to lead them, can only work in small groups, targeting lower-class planets year after year.

The merit points gained after the final conquest must be divided equally.

So to put it simply, the vast majority of lower-ranking soldiers are poor, and those who have thousands or tens of thousands of merit points are considered rich.

Someone like Badak is the richest of the rich.

For them, even spending 10 merit points to buy a medium-sized spaceship would only be a slight sting.

To use an analogy, Bardock is like a billionaire in Tarot's previous life who simply buys a sports car worth several million.

"Brother Talot, is it really necessary to prepare so much stuff?" Serari looked at Talot's endless shopping spree with surprise.

In her view, this was a mission they were going out to carry out, and even though it might take a long time, it was already far beyond what Talot had prepared in the past few days.

Just the food alone is enough to feed them for a year.

The medium-sized spaceship, though not large, was not small either, able to fill all the warehouses, as if it was prepared for long-term operations abroad.

"Don't worry, we'll need it. Besides you, I'm actually bringing someone else along," Talot said with a smile.

"Should we bring someone else along?" Serari's expression changed slightly, and her little head started to wander into all sorts of thoughts.

Talot nodded, explaining his future plans to her for the first time: "I hope Aunt Gine can help us go to Planet Oyun."

"Aunt Gine? But what if she comes with us? What will happen to Kakarot?" Serari asked in surprise when she heard it was Aunt Gine.

"So it's still uncertain. Let's talk about it the day before we leave. Don't tell Aunt Gine yet." To prevent any unexpected situations, Talot didn't continue to communicate with Serari in depth.

Seraphim was a little confused by Talot, but she didn't suspect anything; she was just curious.

The two continued to wander through the market, buying anything that Talot thought he needed.

To be honest, the expenses over the past few days have been considerable, and I only have a few hundred merit points left.

However, for Tarot, if he doesn't spend it all before leaving Planet Vegeta, it will become nothing more than a string of worthless numbers.

Actually, if it weren't for buying those five Cultivator seeds and those healing fluids, Talot wouldn't have spent so much.

(End of this chapter)