Chapter 162: Hit
"Interesting!"
After staring at the stands for a moment, a mysterious smile appeared on Turles's face.
"Boss, what did you say?"
Turles's voice was quiet. Combined with the surrounding cheers, Caulifla hadn't caught his words.
"Nothing. Just discovered something interesting."
Seeing Caulifla about to ask more, Turles quickly changed the subject, pointing at the arena. "Don't you want to give it a try?"
Turles had seen Caulifla staring at the arena battle earlier, her expression eager to test herself.
"Can I, Boss?"
Hearing Turles say this, Caulifla's eyes instantly brightened.
Though the two fighters currently in the arena weren't as strong as her—only a few million—she couldn't resist the arena's intense atmosphere. It made her hands itch.
Carrit's group nearby also looked toward Turles upon hearing this. Though they said nothing, their expressions conveyed unanimous agreement.
Actually, they'd all heard of Battle Star's reputation. Due to various reasons, they'd never visited before. But now that the opportunity presented itself, and influenced by the atmosphere, they also wanted to try.
Fortunately, they knew eliminating One-Star Dragon was most important, so they simply looked at Turles.
Turles naturally saw the desire in their eyes. He also happened to want to attract One-Star Dragon's attention. Therefore, under everyone's gaze, Turles nodded in agreement.
"Awesome!"
Seeing Turles nod, Caulifla cheered loudly, then ran toward the registration area. Though Carrit's group wasn't as energetic as Caulifla, their faces also showed delight as they followed her.
Watching their retreating backs, Turles shook his head with a smile, then scanned toward a certain position in the stands again.
"???"
But when Turles's gaze swept the stands, his pupils involuntarily contracted. He muttered quietly:
"How did it disappear?"
Suddenly, Turles sensed intense killing intent appear behind him. No time to think—his figure flashed, vanishing from his position.
"Hm?"
The moment Turles's figure disappeared, the surrounding space released a sound like shattering glass. At that moment, a figure appeared where Turles had just stood.
Just as the newcomer felt puzzled by his "miss," he seemed to sense something. His body hair stood on end. He spun around, looking behind himself.
When the newcomer turned, his true appearance was revealed.
He wore a dark leather trench coat wrapped tightly around him, outlining the muscles beneath. His skin was purple. His cold face showed no expression—not even after Turles had evaded his "attack."
Turles stared gravely at the newcomer, who stood with hands in pockets and an aloof expression. He recognized the newcomer's identity.
"Hit!"
Turles hadn't expected to encounter this person on Battle Star. But thinking it over, Hit appearing on Battle Star became unsurprising.
"You know me?"
Hit's voice was cold. His facial expression showed no fluctuation, even while questioning Turles.
Turles didn't answer Hit's question. Instead, he stared at him with interest.
Hit—a legendary assassin in Universe 6. The most efficient, most expensive assassin in Universe 6. Renowned for "never failing" and absolute professionalism.
This was information Fuwa had shared when introducing Universe 6's experts to Turles.
Beyond this, Turles also knew Hit would participate in the future tournament between Universe 7 and Universe 6—even represent Universe 6 in the Tournament of Power afterward.
Most importantly, Hit possessed a miraculous ability: "Time-Skip"—a combat technique based on time manipulation.
Currently, Turles was thinking about Hit's information. But Hit felt somewhat uncomfortable under Turles's gaze and couldn't help frowning.
Speaking of which, Hit had sought out Turles because he'd sensed Turles's gaze earlier.
Though Turles had focused most attention on One-Star Dragon, only observing Hit peripherally, for an assassin like Hit, this was still abnormal.
Just now, Turles avoiding his "Time-Skip" confirmed his suspicions.
Now Turles's unrestrained gaze made Hit even more certain Turles knew him.
As an assassin, Hit was quite confident in his memory. He knew he'd never met this person before. Yet his secrets were already known—this made him uncomfortable.
Seeing Hit frown, Turles also realized his rudeness. He smiled apologetically at Hit and introduced himself first:
"Hello, I'm Turles!"
Speaking, Turles extended his right hand.
Looking at the hand stopped in midair, Hit remained unmoved, simply frowning at Turles.
Seeing this, Turles wasn't surprised. He naturally withdrew his hand, then continued: "I heard your universe's Supreme Kai mention you. He said your strength is quite impressive. Interested in sparring?"
Originally, Turles had come to Universe 6 to battle various experts and thereby improve himself. Though the Evil Dragons' strength was already considerable, for current Turles, they still fell somewhat short.
But now that he'd encountered Hit, Turles couldn't help feeling some battle intent.
Hit was still trying to recall who exactly Turles was. But the next second, he sensed battle intent from Turles.
If Goku or Caulifla's group saw Turles's battle intent, they'd probably eagerly agree immediately.
But Hit wasn't purely a warrior. More than that, he was an assassin. Moreover, he currently had a mission. So Hit simply parted his thin lips, uttering two words economically: "No time!"
Having spoken, he activated Time-Skip again, vanishing before Turles.
Seeing Hit disappear, uncertain light flickered in Turles's eyes.
"Wow, it's a little girl this time!"
"Yeah, wonder if she can handle it!"
"She'll probably end up crying! Hahaha!"
Just as Turles was contemplating something, the stands suddenly became noisy. Turles also snapped out of it, looking toward the arena. He discovered Caulifla had entered the ring.
Though she'd spent a year in the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, making current Caulifla count as entering Saiyan young adulthood—her height had increased considerably—the childishness on her face remained undisguisable.
Combined with being female, these people looked down on her even more.
Given Caulifla's temperament, hearing the noise around her, she didn't waste words. She directly activated Super Saiyan transformation. Powerful aura spread from the arena as center, continuously expanding toward the stands.
The moment Caulifla's aura dispersed, the entire arena fell silent for an instant. The next second, even more intense discussion erupted.
"How is this possible—such powerful aura!"
"Yeah, this looks like a Saiyan from Planet Sadala. Since when do Saiyans have such tremendous battle power?"
"Saiyans? I thought Saiyans didn't have transformation abilities!"
Thirty million base battle power—after transforming into Super Saiyan, that became 1.5 billion battle power. This was rare even across all of Universe 6.
Some "knowledgeable" universe races had already recognized Caulifla's species. Precisely because of this, they were even more shocked.
After transforming, Saiyans' faces became considerably fiercer. Even a beautiful girl like Caulifla was no exception. Currently, Caulifla swept the stands with her emerald eyes. That coldness in her gaze made wherever she looked fall silent. Soon, the entire arena completely quieted.
After some unknown time, Caulifla's opponent appeared on the arena, shuffling reluctantly. However, seeing his trembling, frightened body, everyone knew Caulifla's aura had intimidated him.
Caulifla naturally knew her opponent was scared by her powerful aura. She couldn't help frowning tightly.
She'd wanted to enjoy battle. But from current appearances, that seemed ruined.
However, giving up like this made Caulifla unwilling. She sensed her opponent's aura, discovering he possessed roughly thirty million battle power. Her eyes turned, thinking of an idea.
"Hey, I won't transform. Fight me properly!"
Speaking, Caulifla exited Super Saiyan transformation, looking at her opponent with battle intent.
This move by Caulifla exceeded everyone's expectations. Her opponent looked at her with even more disbelief.
"That Caulifla..."
Carrit's group watching from the side showed no surprise at Caulifla's behavior.
"Yeah, only Caulifla would do something like this!"
Cabba also looked at arena Caulifla with smiling eyes, his face full of agreement.
In another part of the arena, One-Star Dragon also looked at arena Caulifla with slight surprise.
It naturally recognized Caulifla's identity. Caulifla coming meant Turles had come too.
Thinking this, One-Star Dragon began searching the entire venue. Soon, Turles's figure appeared in its vision.
"Turles!"
Looking at Turles, who made no effort to hide his presence, One-Star Dragon's expression grew grave as it murmured quietly.
Turles also sensed someone watching him. Following the gaze, he discovered One-Star Dragon. Turles smiled and nodded at it.
One-Star Dragon froze at Turles's smile, seemingly not expecting such an attitude. However, it quickly returned a smile to Turles.
'What's Turles up to? Didn't he come to cause trouble for me?'
Seeing Turles return his attention to the arena, One-Star Dragon scratched its head puzzledly, muttering internally.
Being on Battle Star, One-Star Dragon had received some news—including abnormal occurrences across the universe. It naturally knew these abnormalities stemmed from other Evil Dragons. Therefore, it also knew some Evil Dragons had been eliminated.
Now with Turles appearing on Battle Star, One-Star Dragon understood clearly that Turles had come for it. However, Turles's earlier behavior left it somewhat confused.
But One-Star Dragon quickly cast aside these doubts, looking toward the arena battle.
Turles guessed correctly—unlike other Evil Dragons, One-Star Dragon's greatest interest was watching others fight or fighting personally. This was why it had come to Battle Star.
Currently, Caulifla's battle was enough to attract its attention.
Though Turles's eyes watched Caulifla's arena battle, his attention actually remained on One-Star Dragon. Seeing One-Star Dragon behave as predicted through peripheral vision made him relax considerably.
Turles could clearly sense that One-Star Dragon was the strongest among the seven Evil Dragons. This was why he'd saved it for last.
As for encountering Hit here, Turles could only attribute it to chance.
Though curious about Hit's strength, and finding it regrettable he couldn't battle him, since Hit had no intention of fighting, Turles couldn't force him.
He could no longer sense Hit's aura now. That meant waiting until after eliminating One-Star Dragon to discuss further.
Thinking these thoughts, Turles focused attention on Caulifla's battle.
Watching current Caulifla fight, Turles felt somewhat gratified.
For no other reason than Caulifla's battle experience had improved tremendously.
Most importantly, Caulifla had taken Turles's guidance to heart and applied it in battle—this gave Turles even more sense of accomplishment.
BANG!
A loud crash. Caulifla's opponent was struck down from the air, smashing into the ground and creating a small crater. He couldn't stand again for a long time.
Looking at the small crater in the arena, Turles couldn't help feeling moved. Battle Star truly lived up to its reputation as a planet chosen by universe elites. At minimum, its quality was excellent.
Impacts that might shatter several or dozens of kilometers on other planets only produced a crater less than three or four meters here.
"That's it already?"
A voice suddenly rang in his ear, pulling Turles from his reflection. Seeing Caulifla preparing to leave the arena, Turles couldn't help smiling.
"One-Star Dragon, you came?"
Turles suddenly spoke, then turned his body to face One-Star Dragon, who somehow now stood behind him.
Seeing itself discovered, One-Star Dragon showed no embarrassment. It walked forward several steps, sitting in an empty seat beside Turles, then looked toward the arena.
Currently, Cabba had appeared in the arena. Looking at the somewhat unremarkable Saiyan, One-Star Dragon suddenly asked:
"Turles, can that Saiyan transform like the girl before?"
Turles didn't know what game One-Star Dragon was playing. He glanced at Cabba, who'd already begun warming up, and countered: "Why, do you want to go down and fight?"
Hearing Turles's question, One-Star Dragon gave no clear answer. It turned around, staring intently at Turles with burning eyes, speaking in a low voice: "What if the opponent were you?"
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