It's Time to Harvest Moro

"Placing the Saiyans along with the planet into another space… Mr. Zuke, you certainly have quite the impressive secret."

While discussing strategies with Bardock, Zuke had not hidden anything from Merus. So, when the two of them walked out of the training ground, Merus, who had been waiting outside, smiled and said this to Zuke.

Hearing Merus's words, Bardock immediately became vigilant—what he had just discussed with Zuke concerned the future of the Saiyans, something that absolutely could not be leaked.

Although Merus was a Galactic Patrol officer, and the Galactic Patrol and Frieza's army seemed to be hostile to each other, that did not mean there were no Frieza Army spies within the Galactic Patrol.

What if this guy named Merus was a Frieza Army spy? Wouldn't that mean Frieza's forces would immediately learn that the Saiyans had already developed rebellious intentions?

If Zuke knew what Bardock was thinking, he would probably laugh out loud—since when have Saiyans ever been good at hiding their thoughts? Frieza's army had long known that the Saiyans were dissatisfied with him.

One of the reasons Frieza destroyed the Saiyans was precisely because he knew they were likely to rebel at any moment. To avoid trouble, he decided to eliminate them in advance.

Of course, according to the supplementary setting in Dragon Ball Super, another reason was that the God of Destruction, Beerus, had ordered Frieza to carry out the destruction of the Saiyans on his behalf.

"Don't worry about Merus. Anyone could leak the information to Frieza, but he is the one person who absolutely wouldn't."

Zuke patted Bardock on the back and said with a smile.

What a joke—angels inherently do not interfere with worldly affairs. Even when the God of Destruction acts, angels merely observe from the sidelines and never give guidance on what is right or wrong.

Although Merus was an anomaly among angels, that was only because his time in the Galactic Patrol had gradually given him the desire to protect the universe. Zuke and his group rebelling against Frieza actually aligned with his intentions.

Under these circumstances, there was no way Merus would reveal anything to Frieza. In fact, he might even secretly assist Zuke and the others.

Although Bardock didn't understand why Zuke trusted Merus so much, he had already come to recognize Zuke as the potential "king" of the Saiyans. Therefore, he chose to remain silent.

What a joke—he had just acknowledged the man as the future King of the Saiyans, so questioning the king's judgment right after would be asking for trouble.

"In that case, I'll go gather our people. Once all the Saiyans return to Planet Vegeta, I will send you a message and lure the Ginyu Force here."

Before leaving, Bardock spoke to Zuke with a serious expression.

"You're so confident—then I won't try to dissuade you… Just don't end up getting tripped up by the Ginyu Force."

Zuke simply smiled indifferently. Bardock couldn't measure his power level with a standard scouter, so he had misjudged Zuke's strength. Zuke didn't take it as an insult.

Once they reached Planet Vegeta, where larger scouters capable of detecting higher power levels were available, Bardock would understand just how strong he really was.

"This Bardock fellow is quite a unique Saiyan."

Watching Bardock walk out of Galactic Patrol Headquarters, Merus smiled at Zuke—it seemed to be a case of birds of a feather flocking together.

However, Merus was overthinking it. Zuke's association with Bardock had nothing to do with their personalities but was purely due to the role he had been assigned in this mission world.

"Not just him—his son might be even more special."

Thinking of the true protagonist of Dragon Ball, Zuke couldn't help but smile. With his presence in this timeline, Son Goku would never be sent to Earth in advance.

Right now, Bardock's son was still inside an incubation pod. According to the original story, he was supposed to stay there for three years and be sent to Earth shortly before Frieza destroyed Planet Vegeta.

But now that Bardock had decided to follow Zuke in rebelling against Frieza, with an escape plan already in place, there was no reason to send his son away early. From now on, Bardock's son would only be called Kakarot—he would never bear the name Son Goku.

"Oh?"

Hearing Zuke's remark, Merus glanced at him suspiciously. Could Zuke have some sort of prophetic ability?

After all, this universe did have powers related to prophecy and divination. For example, the Oracle Fish beside Beerus could often foresee real events…

"Speaking of which, the reason the Galactic Patrol has only imprisoned Moro without executing him is because there's no one in the patrol strong enough to carry out the execution, right?"

Zuke didn't answer Merus's doubts and instead brought up Moro.

Moro had been locked away in the Galactic Prison for over ten million years. Patrol officers had come and gone, but every new recruit had to learn about the dangers of Moro before joining.

Because of this, the Galactic Patrol was well aware of Moro's threat. Over the course of these millions of years, many new patrol members had attempted to execute him, but without exception, they had all failed.

Even though Moro's magic had been completely sealed, and his combat strength was nearly depleted, his immense physical strength and durability made him untouchable for the patrol officers—whose power levels didn't even match those of an average adult Saiyan.

"That's right. Although Moro no longer has much fighting strength, traces of his former power still remain. Anyone too weak simply cannot harm him."

Merus nodded helplessly. As a Galactic Patrol officer, he was frustrated that such a heinous criminal remained unexecuted.

"I have considered handling it myself, but Mr.Zuke, you know my true identity… Capturing criminals and locking them up is one thing, but executing them is something I absolutely cannot do."

Since Zuke already knew that Merus was actually an angel, Merus didn't mind voicing his frustrations about his identity.

"Sometimes, I really wish I weren't an angel—just a normal Galactic Patrol officer fighting for the universe."

Hearing this, Zuke's expression became somewhat strange. In the original story, Merus's wish did come true… but only after he had died once.

As an angel, Merus had disappeared after interfering in a battle, and it was only thanks to Supreme Kai's plea that the Grand Priest revived him as a mortal.

However, Zuke didn't reveal this to Merus in advance. Instead, he spoke his true intention:

"In that case… how about I carry out the execution? What do you think?"

To be continued…

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