Chapter 130: Chapter 130: Let the Professionals Handle It
In the hovering spacecraft, Jaco, Tights, Dr. Omori, and on the ground, both Son Gohan and Yamiru, all simultaneously looked toward the center of the giant round crater.
As the dust settled, they saw the spherical object at the very bottom already open, and a small, thin boy crawled out. His black hair was unusually thick, and he wore a bizarre black and yellow combat suit with extended shoulder pads and skirt armor. The most surprising part was that the boy had a brown monkey tail swinging behind him, which looked soft and almost tempting to touch!
"Just as I thought..." Jaco tightened the control yoke.
His vision was sharp enough to see things from several kilometers away, so there was no mistaking the boy at such a close distance.
Dr. Omori: "Is this... the fierce alien Jaco mentioned? A child like this?"
Tights: "Oh my, this boy's face... it seems like he has tears on it."
"Oh my... today's strange events just keep piling up," Son Gohan sighed. He stood by the edge of the crater, not giving it much thought, steadied the basket on his back, and lightly jumped down into the crater.
The elderly man landed and took a good look at the boy with the monkey tail, who was crawling outside the open spherical craft. The boy's face was quite handsome, though his cheeks were wrinkled, and Son Gohan was puzzled. This child, who seemingly fell from the sky, often cried like this? Hearing the noise around him, the monkey-tailed boy turned with a startled look, bared his teeth, and, with tear stains on his face, let out a low growl.
"Oh dear..." Son Gohan was surprised by the quickness of the boy's reaction. Such agility could not be expected from a child so young.
However, the boy's reaction showed that he was full of vitality and in good health.
Just as Son Gohan was thinking this, the monkey-tailed boy, acting like a little wild animal, lunged at him, baring his teeth and claws, which made Son Gohan chuckle.
The old man skillfully sidestepped the boy's attack and grabbed the back of his battle suit's collar.
Son Gohan easily lifted the boy, surprised by the flexibility and elasticity of the unusual suit. The monkey-tailed boy, being lifted, could no longer see the bothersome person from earlier. He became irritated, screaming and flailing his arms and legs in the air.
"Let's see... hmm..." At his age, Son Gohan certainly wasn't going to get upset by a tiny child. He held the boy's arms and legs in place, carefully inspecting the child's eyes and the tear stains on his face, which seemed as though they had been wiped and re-smeared countless times. The old man muttered, "Little one, what are you upset about? Can you tell grandpa?"
Unfortunately, the monkey-tailed boy didn't understand a word of what he was saying, and he continued struggling relentlessly.
"Maybe he's sad... about the destruction of his homeland, and the loss of his parents," a voice said from above, sliding down. Son Gohan turned around in surprise and saw the golden-eyed boy from earlier. Son Gohan was taken aback and asked, "Child, do you know him?"
Yamiru's expression was complex. He frowned and smiled, saying, "Actually, I was just guessing. Haha."
"Too bad, you guessed wrong!"
With a thud, Jaco, the Galactic Patrolman, landed between them, striking a pose.
"This boy with a monkey tail comes from a notorious alien planet," Jaco continued, changing his pose. "In his homeland, they are a group of warmongers who destroy other planets. They're barbaric, but extremely powerful." As he spoke, he shifted his stance dramatically. "So, kid, if you're guessing that this guy's hometown was destroyed and his parents were killed, that's the least likely thing. To destroy a Saiyan's planet, only that guy could pull it off. But even that's more impossible! That's all."
"..."
Son Gohan, watching in caution, asked, "This... strange young man, do your movements mean anything?"
Jaco cleared his throat and crossed his arms. "Dr. Omori, you can explain."
Yamiru looked toward the slanted wall of the crater, where, after a long absence, Dr. Omori and Tights slid down to the bottom of the crater.
Dr. Omori sighed. "Don't mind it. He just added some gestures because he had too many lines to deliver."
Son Gohan: "..."
Yamiru: "..."
"Hey! Yamiru!" Tights waved, happily greeting him.
"Uh, hey," Yamiru replied, both happy and confused. "But how did you all get here? And who's this guy that looks like a salted egg?"
"Salted egg?" Jaco heard Yamiru's remark and immediately snapped, "Dr. Omori, what's a salted egg?"
"..." Dr. Omori, not wanting to deal with the trouble, said, "It's a type of food."
"Food?!" Jaco was furious.
"Well, it's actually quite tasty. Maybe you should take that as a compliment" Tights added.
"So it's a compliment? Well, in that case, I have no choice," Jaco calmed down. "Although it fits with your Earthlings' strange customs, I can accept it."
Tights winked at Yamiru, who responded by making a face at her.
"Now, could someone explain what exactly is happening here?" Son Gohan's tone remained gentle, but his eyes were mainly focused on Dr. Omori. He could tell that Dr. Omori seemed to be the most reliable one in the group. "You all seem to know about the boy I'm holding."
"Well, the one beside me here is a Galactic Patrolman," Dr. Omori summarized. "Their headquarters detected that a bad guy would be arriving on Earth, so they sent him ahead to help us deal with the trouble." He glanced at the boy still struggling in Son Gohan's arms but hesitated. "I didn't expect that the villain Jaco mentioned, the one intending to destroy Earth, would turn out to be such a young child."
"The Saiyans are a very vicious species! You really don't understand anything!" Jaco had to emphasize once more. "The Saiyans send any unsuitable children from their tribe to distant planets. It's extremely barbaric. But I have to admit, even their weakest children have the ability to destroy planets like Earth by themselves."
"Eh... really? He seems so cute," Tights said, leaning closer to Son Gohan, staring at the struggling monkey-tailed boy. "A fierce cutie."
"Wah!" The monkey-tailed boy suddenly screamed, swiping a claw at Tights.
Yamiru, quick as ever and having anticipated this, yanked Tights out of the way just in time, preventing the boy from hitting her. However, Son Gohan had been holding the boy for too long and, momentarily distracted, dropped him. The boy immediately unleashed his wild nature, charging at Son Gohan with a loud cry.
Son Gohan didn't want to hurt the child, so he didn't dodge. But he also couldn't take the full force of the charge, worried that it might injure the boy's head. He caught him, and with the boy's momentum, he spun and stumbled, eventually crashing onto the ground in a rather clumsy fashion.
"Step aside. Let the professional handle this," Jaco said, pulling out an energy pistol.
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