After knocking Shinichi out, Ran sprinted all the way out of the school.
Sonoko quickly called their family driver to take the three of them to the Hero Association.
In Suzuki Sonoko's mind, that was the safest place on Planet Terra.
Even though Lott had just smashed it up not long ago.
"Hmm... Where is this?"
Slap!!!
Shinichi groggily opened his eyes.
Before he could even see clearly what was in front of him, he was slapped hard across the face, tumbling from the seat onto the floor.
The [Detective Highschool Student] was instantly awake.
Seeing the middle-aged man with black-framed glasses standing before him, both angry and furious, Shinichi clutched his swollen cheek, his face full of astonishment:
"D-Dad?"
The one who had slapped him was none other than his father, the former famous detective, now a high-ranking executive in the Hero Association… Kudo Yusaku.
"What the hell is wrong with you!?"
Having heard the whole story from Ran, Yusaku felt like strangling this rebellious son.
Who gave you the nerve to provoke Lott?
"But Dad, that was a human life! He was killed just for saying a few words to him!" Shinichi shouted defiantly.
Yusaku felt his blood pressure spike.
'How did I end up raising such a blockhead?'
"Are you sure Lott wasn't angry at the time?" Prime Minister Fujiwara asked Ran, his face ashen.
First the idiot Shinomiya Seiryu, now Shinichi.
Prime Minister Fujiwara suddenly realized how many fools seemed to surround him.
"P-Probably not. Shinichi didn't even get to say anything before I knocked him out and brought him here," Ran tried hard to recall Lott's expression at the time.
She really didn't think he was angry.
"Sonoko, stay away from this kid from now on." Shiro pointed at Shinichi, not bothering to lower his voice at all.
He thought to himself, 'How did I not realize before how stupid Kudo Shinichi was?'
'Ignorance was one thing, but having witnessed Lott's power, he still dared to provoke him?'
'And judging by this kid's stubborn demeanor, he didn't even seem to think he was wrong?'
'Dammit.'
Shiro felt he didn't need to worry about his relationship with Yusaku anymore.
'It's better to cut ties quickly.'
'I'm afraid your blood will splash on me when you die!'
"Mhmm!" Sonoko nodded vigorously.
Her impression of Shinichi wasn't great to begin with, and she only put up with him because of her friendship with Ran.
"Ran, you stay away from this deduction freak too, or you might get killed because of him," Sonoko pulled Ran's arm and warned her.
"Ah... I..." Ran's face was full of conflict.
Meanwhile, Mrs. Yukinoshita was using the private message function of the Universal Chat Group to contact her eldest daughter, asking how her preparations were going.
Suddenly, Mrs. Yukinoshita noticed three pop-up windows appear.
"A new video has been uploaded in the group!"
Hearing Mrs. Yukinoshita's shout, the attention of everyone in the conference room was instantly drawn back.
Sawamura Sayuri suddenly remembered.
'Wasn't today the day for the new video update?!'
'And the content to be updated was... The Mystery of the Saiyans' Birth.'
It wasn't just the people of Planet Terra… citizens of other planets also clicked on the video immediately.
After all, the Saiyans' business was killing people and trafficking planets.
Who knew if the planet they lived on would become the next target?
Learning more about them might even help find their weaknesses.
Class 2-A, Shuchi'in Academy.
Lott was already seated in his spot.
Even though class was about to start, more than half the seats in the classroom were empty.
They're probably all scared away.
When Lott entered the classroom, the energetic Chika waved and greeted him first.
Miku, who was more introverted, just mustered her courage to raise her small hand and give a slight wave.
…
[The Mystery of the Saiyans' Birth]
At this moment, the title gradually appeared on the screen.
The image resolution was still a bit blurry.
"Roar!!!"
Suddenly, an immensely powerful beast's roar erupted, causing viewers across the planets to jump in fright.
Accompanied by this roar, the camera quickly zoomed in.
What came into view for everyone was a fiery red planet, completely different from the overall aqua-blue Earth and Terra.
A subtitle appeared at the bottom:
[Planet Vegeta!]
"The Saiyan's home planet?" On Earth, Bulma, who had returned to her normal life, immediately remembered.
'Wasn't the planet the Saiyans once lived on called Planet Vegeta?'
And then, a line of narration appeared next to it:
[Over ten years ago...]
Suddenly-
Beside the fiery red Planet Vegeta, an even brighter, more crimson sphere emerged.
It continued to hurtle towards Planet Vegeta.
As it approached, it continuously expanded, and expanded again!
By the time it reached Planet Vegeta, it was nearly half its size.
Boom, Boom, Boom!!!
The next second, pulled by gravity, this brighter sphere crashed relentlessly into Planet Vegeta.
Forget weaklings like Momonosuke or Aki Tomoya-
Even those with high opinions of themselves like Aizen, Black Zetsu, and Muzan...
Their faces drastically changed upon seeing this.
Boom!!!
The moment the crimson giant sphere struck Planet Vegeta, the resulting explosion was so loud it almost seemed to burst everyone's eardrums through the screen.
A massive planet visibly underwent a tremendous explosion under the impact of the meteor.
Under the witness of countless people, it turned into cosmic dust!
'Is this... what was mentioned in the last livestream? That Planet Vegeta was destroyed by a giant meteor impact?' Sitting in the Class 2-A classroom, far away from Lott and the others, Yukino suddenly recalled what the narration said in the previous video.
Over a decade ago, Planet Vegeta was destroyed after being struck by a giant meteor, leaving only five surviving Saiyans.
'This must be it, right?'