其之二百五十二
Chapter 252

怯えるナメック星人
Obieru Namekkuseijin

Story

The five are three older men and two children, and Kuririn wonders what they want with the Nameckians. Gohan asks if they're Saiyans, and Kuririn tells him they just wear the same clothes. Vegeta's the only remaining Saiyan, save him and Gokuu. Kuririn reminds him of what Gokuu's older brother had said about how they wipe planets of their inhabitants to sell them, and thinks these dudes must be involved in that. But Vegeta doesn't seem to be here, so Kuririn wonders if he isn't searching for a Dragon Ball somewhere else.

The older Nameckians notice that Zarbon and Dodoria are holding two Dragon Balls each, and Freeza introduces himself, saying he's after their Dragon Ball. Then Freeza asks what happened to the others, there were supposed to be ten here. But they won't answer him. "You don't plan to say anything? I'll kill you." The one that seems to be the leader of the adults starts to speak, but in Nameck. Freeza says they don't understand Nameck, and tells them he knows they can speak in their language (Japanese?). The leader then tells him, in Japanese, that the others went to work in the fields, while they, just the elders and children, stayed behind. Freeza thanks him for answering, and says he should continue to answer his questions.

Freeza then asks where the Dragon Ball is, and the leader says there isn't one here. Freeza then mentions Dodoria-san can have some fun and kill a second Nameckian. Dodoria says that was the fate of the last person who tried to be a hero. Freeza says one of them will be killed if they don't cooperate. Freeza then explains what he's heard about this planet: "The seven Dragon Balls that were created by this planet's Eldest are held by the seven elders that live here. Each one will test your wisdom, strength, and asks the motive of your wish. If each elder approves of all of these qualities, then you may receive the Dragon Ball." Freeza says that even so, he'll kill them if they don't hand it over. He had a lot of trouble with the first Dragon Ball. But the next three were very easy, the people were cooperative.

Vegeta is listening intently to this whole thing on his Scouter. The Nameckians refuse to believe the other elders would hand the Dragon Balls over to them so easily, so Freeza asks Zarbon-san to show them what happens when they get disobedient. Zarbon then suddenly appears behind one of the men, and kicks him hard to the face, breaking his neck and killing him. Another man gets pissed and tries to attack Zarbon, so Zarbon tosses one of his Dragon Balls into the air. The man blasts at Zarbon, but Zarbon takes to the air and the blast instead hits a random henchman dude. Zarbon then blasts the man with his free hand, frying him to death. Then he lands and catches his Dragon Ball. All that's left is the leader and the two children, who are clinging to him. Freeza asks if he'll be more obedient now.

Freeza thinks there should be nothing else in the way of his being granted eternal life now. Kuririn hears this, and says that was also Vegeta's wish. Gohan thinks they might not be allies after all. The leader tells Freeza he'd rather die than hand over the Dragon Balls to dudes like them. Freeza says it seems he's chosen death, and he'll just have to kill all of the stubborn people on this planet, including the children. The leader freaks out that he'd even kill the children, and Gohan and Kuririn start to get really pissed. Dodoria then picks up some strong Battle Powers on his Scouter. Then they look behind them, and three young Nameckian men are flying in towards the village.

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