"That damn Saiyan... how dare he kill Elec!"
Inside the Heeter Clan's spaceship, Maki slammed the bounty notice on the table, her face twisted with rage as she gritted her teeth.
As the only woman in the Heeter Clan, Maki was now the only one who could barely keep the family's business afloat.
Of the four members of the Heeter Clan, the smartest, Elec, was dead. Oil was just a fat guy who only knew how to eat, and Gas was too young. That left Maki to take charge.
But Maki was well aware that she wasn't as clever as Elec, and the Heeter Clan's strength was no match for the Frieza Force. If things continued like this, the Heeter Clan would eventually fall apart.
So, Maki made a bold decision: "Rather than waiting for the Heeter Clan's wealth to slowly drain away, it's better to use it for something useful." She decided to offer a massive bounty for Zuke's head.
The face on the bounty notice was undeniably handsome, even among Saiyans, but Maki wanted nothing more than to tear it to pieces.
"Are you sure it's okay to spend so much money on a bounty? I heard Frieza has already sent the Ginyu Force to hunt down that Saiyan, Zuke."
The burly Oil, munching on a hamburger, asked Maki with a hint of concern.
He wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed and had always followed Elec's orders. Now that Elec was dead, he had no choice but to follow Maki's lead.
"With Elec gone, the Heeter Clan's future is pretty much over anyway."
Maki's angry expression quickly turned to one of despair. She, too, wished the Heeter Clan could continue, but she knew she didn't have Elec's business acumen.
The Heeter Clan's strength had always paled in comparison to the Frieza Force. Elec had relied on his business skills, using money and information to negotiate with Frieza.
Now that Elec was dead, Frieza would undoubtedly turn on the Heeter Clan. Rather than waiting for Frieza to swallow them whole, Maki decided to use their wealth for revenge.
"If Frieza wants this money, he'll have to bring me Zuke's head!"
...
Near a distant planet, a massive Super Dragon Ball orbited like a satellite, its four red star-shaped marks glowing brightly from every angle.
Seeing this four-star Super Dragon Ball, Zuke couldn't help but feel a sense of nostalgia. After all, the entire Dragon Ball series had started with a small four-starred Dragon Ball.
However, this giant four-star Super Dragon Ball was a concept introduced in *Dragon Ball Super*, so Zuke didn't dwell on it for too long.
Exiting the cube-shaped spaceship, Zuke stored it back into his Gate of Babylon.
It had taken him over five hours to travel from the primitive planet to this four-star Super Dragon Ball. This was the closest one; the others were even farther away.
No wonder it had taken the God of Destruction Champa from Universe 6 so long to collect the Super Dragon Balls.
After storing the four-star Super Dragon Ball in the Gate of Babylon, Zuke nodded in satisfaction. That made two Super Dragon Balls collected.
Logically, Zuke should now prepare to head to the next Super Dragon Ball's location and exit the mission world.
There was still one more Super Dragon Ball in Universe 7, and Zuke had already input its coordinates into the cube-shaped spaceship.
However, the spaceship estimated that it would take over ten hours to reach that location.
With less than three hours of playtime left today, Zuke knew he wouldn't be able to collect that Dragon Ball.
He could only set the spaceship's flight path and leave the mission world.
But before that, Zuke turned his attention to a nearby planet.
The planet was unremarkable, covered in vegetation with barely any animals. It was the kind of place that would take billions of years to develop a civilization.
However, Zuke flew straight toward it and soon landed on a grassy plain.
The reason for landing on this planet was simple: Zuke had sensed something approaching him.
And it was something... very familiar.
...
About half an hour later, five streaks of fire tore through the planet's atmosphere and crashed onto the grassy plain where Zuke stood. They were something Zuke recognized immediately—spherical spaceships, the kind used by the Frieza Force.
These spherical spaceships were a signature of the Frieza Force, and five of them had arrived at once. It was almost too obvious who was inside.
The Ginyu Force!
But what Zuke couldn't understand was how the Ginyu Force had found him so quickly. He had only just learned about the bounty from Bardock a few hours ago.
Was the Frieza Force really that efficient at tracking people and traveling across the universe?
After all, Zuke had been traveling in the cube-shaped spaceship, which could cross the universe in a matter of days.
The Frieza Force's spherical spaceships couldn't possibly match that speed.
If they could, Vegeta and Nappa would have reached Earth in a single day in the original story and wiped out the Z Fighters.
"After I deal with these guys, I'll interrogate them to find out how they tracked me down."
Unable to figure it out, Zuke decided not to waste time thinking about it. The Ginyu Force was right in front of him, and he could just leave one alive to question.
*Hiss—!*
White smoke poured out of the spherical spaceships' valves as their curved doors slowly opened.
Five figures leaped out of the ships the moment the doors opened, flipping through the air with perfect synchronization.
They landed gracefully not far from Zuke, striking dramatic poses.
"Recoome!"
"Burter!"
"Jeice!"
"Guldo!"
"And... Ginyu!"
The five voices rang out like an opera, each name pronounced with theatrical flair.
As the five figures struck their elaborate and awkward poses, their voices overlapped in a thunderous declaration:
"The Ginyu Force! All present and accounted for!"
To be continued…
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