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As Freeza’s ship comes down and his 1,000 soldiers pour out, the Z Warriors land nearby and assess the situation. Following Bulma’s orders, Gohan says he did not inform Goten or Trunks about the situation because they are prone to do something reckless. Tenshinhan agrees, saying he left Chiaotzu behind as this was too dangerous for him. Sadly, Boo is sleeping and cannot be woken up. Kame-Sen’nin has brought over some Senzu from Karin’s. Though Gohan has not been keeping up with his martial arts training, he thinks he can still become Super Saiyan… probably. Jaco’s spaceship lands nearby, and Bulma hops out. She informs everyone that she hasn’t managed to get in contact with Goku or Vegeta, and she successfully guilt-trips Jaco into fighting along with the others.

Hovering above in his pod, Freeza recognizes Jaco as a member of the Galactic Patrol, and also remembers Piccolo as that Namekian he met before. Seeing Kuririn, he remembers killing him once before, and assumes that he was likewise brought back to life with the Dragon Balls. No matter how many times he may come back to life, however, Freeza vows to just kill him again. Killing all of Goku’s friends will be sure to make him despair. While Bulma assumes that this battle will be a piece of cake for Gohan, he tells her that he can handle the soldiers but not Freeza himself, who has powered up to the point that he’s practically a different person than before. Hearing this, Bulma tries to sweet-talk Freeza into waiting for Goku to arrive, but he only promises to wait for ten seconds. As Freeza counts down, Gohan and the rest brace themselves for a fight.

Kame-Sen’nin points out that with six of them there, they need to handle about 170 soldiers each. Though they’re determined to do everything they can to hold out until Goku and Vegeta arrive, Gohan asks everyone not to get injured. Piccolo teases Gohan for worrying so much about everyone else when he can’t even find his own dōgi anymore. Sorbet expects the fight to be a one-sided bloodbath with his army victorious, but Freeza seems doubtful. And indeed, the Z Warriors seems to have no trouble against the horde of soldiers. After all, Freeza explains, his current army has been reduced to merely a hodge-podge of second-rate warriors. Watching Gohan fight, Freeza recognizes him as Goku’s son, all grown up now. He’s grown up to be as gentle-hearted as his father, and though strong is purposefully avoiding killing his opponents, which Freeza finds disgusting.

Sorbet yells at his soldiers to use their heads: use coordinated attacks and take maximum advantage of their numerical superiority. Freeza flicks him away, dismissing his advice as off-the-mark. Instead, over there they’ve got the perfect clown to liven up this dull party: Kuririn! Freeza announces to his entire army that whichever of them kills Kuririn will receive a planet as a reward. Whichever planet they want! Freeza figures that this is the best way to fill Goku’s heart with sorrow and anger.

Over on Beerus’ planet, Goku and Vegeta continue to spar, before Whis tells them to stop. Seeming a bit annoyed, Whis suggests that instead of taking the time and energy to patiently teach them, it would just be faster for them to go beat the tar out of each other elsewhere (he wryly suggests doing so at their own house, or out back behind the school). Noting that the two of them have gotten stronger, Beerus wonders if they’d be willing to take him on again. Goku declines, saying that Beerus’ ki is still far larger than theirs, and that they still couldn’t defeat him. Beerus tells Whis to throw Goku and Vegeta “over there”, but Whis thinks they haven’t reached the right stage for that yet. However, Beerus insists: after all, they want to get strong fast, right? Not to mention all the racket they make training each day. Goku wonders exactly where “over there” is supposed to be, but before he can get any answers, he and Vegeta are sucked up into Whis’ staff. Beerus notes with satisfaction how much quieter it is now.

Back on Earth, Freeza’s soldiers taunt Kuririn. Has he said goodbye to his family? They’d send them a lock of his hair to remember him by, but obviously that’s impossible in his case. Kuririn’s nervous, but as the soldiers attack he effortlessly dodges their attacks, much to his own surprise. Kame-Sen’nin shouts up encouragement: more than anyone else, Kuririn has observed up close the fighting styles of Cell, Boo, Beerus, Goku, Vegeta… a whole host of incredible people! So there’s no way these random thugs’ attacks could hit him, as long as he’s paying attention. Kame-Sen’nin tells Kuririn to be confident; after all, he’s a pupil of the Turtle School.

With his confidence restored, Kuririn goes on the offensive, launching a large blast that breaks up into smaller ones, which then scatter and zero in on numerous soldiers. Meanwhile Kame-Sen’nin takes down a load of soldiers with a Kamehameha, though afterwards he shrinks from his buff form back down to his ordinary, scrawny form. Everyone uses their trademark special attacks… while Jaco distracts a soldier by pointing off to the side and going “hey, watch out!”, then sneak attacking him. Even though Freeza hadn’t thought much of his army before, he’s still disgusted to see just how much weaker they’ve grown. He chews out Sorbet as being the one to blame. In response, Sorbet sends out Shisami, who he hypes up as currently the strongest member of their army; Tagoma gives a doubtful look.

Shisami declares that he’ll finish the enemy off before they even have time to say their prayers. Gohan insists on taking on this new foe himself, telling Piccolo’s he not a child anymore. Though Shisami manages to grip Gohan in a bear hug, Gohan doesn’t seem phased. He says that he has a child now, who he wants to raise in peace, so Shisami and the rest are just getting in his way. Gohan starts to power up… but suddenly a blast from behind shoots straight through Shisami, piercing Gohan’s chest as well. It turns out Tagoma was the one who fired. He says he was simply taking advantage of this great opportunity to get rid of the enemy group’s strongest member without any chance of missing. Sacrificing Shisami was a small price to pay. Fortunately, Piccolo quickly restarts Gohan’s heart, and Kuririn gives him a Senzu.

Tagoma thanks Sorbet for selecting him as Freeza’s training partner. The scene flashes back to the end of one of their training sessions. Tagoma is on the ground, while Freeza (in his first form) stands over him. Freeza has been training to torment Goku to the point where he’s only just barely alive, using Tagoma as practice. He congratulates Tagoma: thanks to him, he’s once again managed to rise another level. He tells Tagoma to use the regeneration machine so that he’ll be healed up again for their training tomorrow. Back in the present, Tagoma explains that this harsh training regime changed him. It showed him that ruling over others requires having a heart of ice, and being a source of overwhelming fear. Now he’s been reborn as the “greatest of warriors”, one suitable to serve under Freeza. He requests that Freeza make him a commander if he kills Gohan and the others, and Freeza agrees, offering him a planet as well.

Sorbet is amazed at Tagoma’s new power, saying that he’s surpassed the Ginyu Special Force. Tagoma dismisses those guys as now simply the old generation. Elsewhere, Goten and Trunks sense Tagoma’s powerful ki. Intrigued, they fly off to investigate. Meanwhile, over in Jaco’s spaceship, a familiar-looking frog hops up into view…

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