Saiyan stowaways on the Ark

It now appears that Tomat has indeed conveyed his ideas.

The only thing that didn't meet his expectations was that his estimate of Bardock's strength was wrong.

They originally thought it would be a close battle, or at least they could hold out for a while, since Tomat had vaguely sensed that the opponent's strength was no longer that of the Bardock they knew before.

But I still didn't expect the gap to be so huge.

“That’s just one of them,” Tomat added. “I also plan to recover more strength by fighting you, and incidentally break through the lower limit by recovering from near death.”

Upon hearing Tomat's explanation, Badak, who was sitting next to him, patted the bed he was on, causing Tomat to bounce half a meter off the bed.

"Not at all!"

Bardak shouted.

"...You're saying we're still far from fully recovering our strength?"

Thomas's tentative question was met with Bardock's merciless slap as he pinched his own broken leg, which still needed bandages to hold it in place:

"I told you you're far from being near death; with this kind of injury, you'll be able to get out of bed in half a day!"

—It hurt terribly, but Tomat just gritted his teeth and waved his hand without crying out.

Under his frantic gesturing, Bardock finally stopped his clutches, and at the same time, unexpectedly uttered words of concern:

"Be careful, the treatment methods here are too primitive. If you suffer an injury that would be fatal even to us Saiyans, the only thing left to keep you alive is the life support system in the small boat."

“I know, otherwise why didn’t those Saiyans who were seriously injured outside become stronger? They died there before they could even get back to the spaceship. It’s not like every place happens to have a medical device.”

After recovering from a near-death experience, Saiyans can significantly enhance their strength – a fact widely circulated among Saiyans, but few can prove or are willing to put into practice.

It's useless if the injury isn't severe enough.

The injuries were too severe; he was going to die.

Why would a group of people who are complacent with their own power attempt such a troublesome, laborious, and dangerous activity?

Rubbing his aching legs, Tomat steered the conversation toward serious matters.

We can't let this visit end so ordinarily, especially since the person who came to visit is the very guy who put me here.

"So, what exactly happened to you after that explosion? Are you still the Bardak I know now?"

However, Badak did not show much thought or confusion when faced with this problem.

His response was very straightforward:

"I don't know how I survived. I only remember going to many places and meeting a lot of people who made me angry."

This is the argument that Bardock has held since their first meeting at Xi's place.

He had lost his memory, but he was still able to come to his senses after being beaten by Tomat.

"...Then let me ask it another way."

Thomas took a deep breath, choosing the right words in his mind.

And the content that is most likely to help you get the answer.

"Anyway, your memory is fragmented. I'll just say a few words and see if you can recall them, or if you hear something and it's the first thing that comes to mind, just say it."

Bardock didn't actually have any obsession with remembering the memory he had lost.

But seeing Tomat's serious expression, he nodded.

"So, the first one is... 'the white trash can with a purple lid'."

Upon hearing this description, Bardak hesitated for a moment, a throbbing pain shooting through his temples, before slowly uttering a name that sounded like a dirty mouth to him.

"...Frieza?"

Thomas raised an eyebrow.

"Normally," Bardock had never seen Frieza in this pose before.

This means that he did indeed acquire that precognitive ability on the planet Kanasa.

"The second... planet Plant."

This time, Bardak named an indigenous person without hesitation, though he seemed extremely surprised.

"Pele...? Wait, who is Pele?"

Taking advantage of this brief pause, Tomat continued speaking to Bardock, whose brow was furrowed.

"Hiss... 'Super Saiyan'?"

Bardock's eyes lit up, and he almost exploded before he could even control his aura, shouting:

"I know how!"

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[Main Text] Terra's World's Greatest Martial Arts Tournament. Training Arc: Chapter Four "Fear of Insufficient Power"

Sometimes, what we call amnesia is simply that you can't remember it right now, rather than that you've actually lost those memories.

Some appropriate and correct stimulation can help that person recall everything hidden in their mind.

For example, some acquaintances, a place, a stick that hits someone on the head...

Or perhaps certain words that can only be uttered because of an "intelligence advantage".

As his memories poured out like a flood, Badak couldn't help but be surprised that Tomat could utter those words.

Because in the memories he had regained, there was no trace of Tomat.

However, Bardock is currently more immersed in the images that are present in his mind.

Awakening after the catastrophe of planetary destruction, he finds himself in Planet Plant, the predecessor of Planet Vegeta, thousands of years ago.

There, I met friendly indigenous people, and although they treated me coldly, I received their most sincere help.

Finally, he met the villain who resembled his destined enemy.

Then, in the face of the overwhelming gap, he awakened to true "anger".

After his violent and bloodthirsty heart found peace, the rage that erupted when that peace was broken transformed him into the legendary golden warrior—Super Saiyan—amidst lightning.

However, my memories of what happened afterward are still hazy.

A dark purple vortex, a malice and killing intent that even Saiyans would find chilling, a mask slowly covering his face, countless interwoven lights and shadows, and a powerful warrior he had never seen before...

It wasn't that I lost my memory, but rather that my consciousness was in a blurry state during that period.

The only clear part after that is that after the mask was thrown off, she refreshedly pulled the white-haired man named Mira into the "vortex".

Bardock didn't know exactly what had happened before, but he understood that these people were using him.

He needed to vent his anger—not for the glory of the Saiyans or the future of Kakarot.

Fighting solely for oneself.

Even he himself found it incredible that a surge of power flowed into his body. Without the constraints of the mask, his clear consciousness guided out boundless power.

Its own form is also constantly changing.

From Mira's shocked tone, he learned that these were transformation forms known as "Super Saiyan 2" and "Super Saiyan 3".

Although the name is a bit random, the change in power is real.

After that, he subdued Mira and finally used an energy blast to trigger a massive explosion in that alternate dimension that engulfed both of them.

Bardock saw the world, filled with countless suspended crystals, gradually crack open, and one of the cracks sucked in his exhausted self—and then came all the things that happened to Terra.

"Hey! Hey! Are you listening to me? Wake up!!"

While waving his hands and snapping his fingers in front of the dazed Bardock, Thomas was finally caught by Bardock before he could deliver a chop to Thomas's neck. Bardock then twisted his hand, making a crisp sound.

"Ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

While yelling and twisting his dislocated wrist back into place, Bardock also came to his senses and responded with a blank expression, as if he had just returned from a dream:

"I can't believe I've been through so much..."

Thomas stopped shouting before attracting the medical staff, and asked while enduring the pain:

"And then? Do you remember anything specific? How did you get here?"

What followed was Bardock's not-so-clear narration. It was clear that Bardock was trying very hard to explain, but his verbal expression could only convey everything that had happened in rough fragments.

But this didn't stop Tomat from keeping his jaw agape for a long time after he finished understanding the game.

Tomat had the expectation that "the opponent has become a Super Saiyan".

But he didn't think that far ahead at all; he didn't have such advanced information back then.

However, rather than being shocked by his own ignorance, Tomat's feelings stemmed more from the power disparity that was simply beyond words.

And then this feeling fermented into one word—"sour".

"...Is there no justice in this world? We disappeared and time-traveled at the same time, so why can you even transform into Super Saiyan 3 while I can't even transform into Super Saiyan? Our strength was about the same before we disappeared, okay?"

"Tch, how would I know? Maybe something happened after I put on the mask, or maybe I'm just naturally this strong."

Bardock wasn't entirely sure why he was so powerful.

If the first transformation is attributed to anger, then there's not much reliable reasoning behind the subsequent enhanced forms.

It couldn't possibly be entirely because of his anger towards Mila and Tova, could it?

"Ha ha ha ha..."

But after a moment of indignation, Tomat suddenly covered his eyes and laughed.

One moment he was angry, the next he was laughing, which made Bardock lean back involuntarily, looking at Tomat with the eyes of someone looking at a weirdo, even though he usually considered him a weirdo anyway.

"Are you out of your mind, kid?"

"No, I'm not crazy, I'm just happy."

Thomas stopped laughing, smashed the cast on his leg with a hard knock, and then stood up, ignoring his body's protests.

Every movement caused cracking sounds in his joints and pain that spread throughout his body, due to the fact that the injuries he sustained from being beaten by Bardock had not yet fully healed.

If the attending physician, Gavial, saw this, he would definitely nag him endlessly.