"How could this be?" Trunks' lips trembled, as if he'd seen the vastness of the universe and felt his own insignificance.
Among the three Super Saiyans, Raditz had fully mastered the full power state and was breaking through to Super Saiyan 2, while Goku and Vegeta were also hitting full power. At this time, Trunks was still hovering in the second grade, one level behind, and his strength was worlds apart.
The state beyond Super Saiyan could completely dominate Cell's second form, while ordinary Super Saiyans couldn't even beat Androids 17 and 18.
Trunks, who could sense energy, could naturally feel the difference!
Nappa in the distance was even more annoyed. Obviously the androids were left for him to clean up, so what were these guys doing? Wasn't it hard enough for him to transform? He hadn't shaved his beard specifically to show the difference, and now they were putting on transformation shows!
Irritated, Nappa aimed at the androids and continued hammering, but at this moment Android 19 finally extended a helping hand under Gero's orders. In a two-on-one situation, the androids had a significant advantage in stamina. Although their strength wasn't as great as Nappa's, they had strong endurance, and both sides fought fiercely.
Because Nappa couldn't use energy attacks, he had to challenge the androids with his steel-like body in frustration, while the androids used various tricky angles to launch energy waves. Gero even used Android 19 as cover to repeatedly launch surprise attacks, making Nappa even angrier.
Rumbling—there was lots of noise, but it didn't affect the chat with Trunks at all.
"This is our strength. Isn't it slightly different from what you expected?" Raditz asked with a smile.
"Yess." Trunks was still in shock. "It's unbelievable." In the other world he'd visited three years ago, Goku's strength wasn't much different from his, and his father couldn't transform, but in this world there were so many Super Saiyans.
Including the bald man fighting the androids, he also radiated golden flames—undoubtedly another Super Saiyan.
He looked at the other people with curled tails around him and was suddenly taken aback. "Could it be... everyone is a Saiyan?"
"Hmph. Of course. Don't you have any Saiyans over there?" Vegeta didn't know about Trunks' future, and seeing he was scared out of his wits, couldn't help frowning.
"In my world..."
Trunks told everyone about the horrors of his world. It was a hellish future where all the fighters were killed, Goku didn't join the battle at all because of heart disease, the only surviving Super Saiyan Gohan failed to save the world, and finally only a few humans survived in the apocalyptic crisis.
Therefore, Bulma had invented the time machine to change the past, prevent the tragedy from happening again, and also to ask Goku from that time the secret of becoming powerful to save the world.
After listening to the explanation, everyone gasped and realized how terrifying the androids could be. In comparison, the two in front of them now were simply a cute chubby guy and a kind grandfather.
"The other me died of heart disease, really!" Goku sighed regretfully. "I missed fighting the androids."
"Hmph, useless guy." Vegeta smiled coldly, showing a smug look. He was used to competing with Kakarot, and knowing that Kakarot's body couldn't resist disease, he suddenly felt like he'd won again.
"Vegeta, didn't you defeat the androids in that world?"
"This isn't that world—I'm much stronger!"
Trunks couldn't help laughing as he watched them bicker. In the place he'd arrived three years ago, Uncle Goku and Dad had the same personalities. Although the timelines were different, they were still the same people.
"What are you laughing at, useless boy? Although you're not a son from my timeline, it still makes me angry to see you so weak!" Vegeta had roughly understood everything and showed his stern side to Trunks.
People who didn't understand Vegeta would think he had a bad personality. In fact, if it wasn't someone he cared about, he wouldn't even bother. Not to mention scolding and ridiculing—giving a look would be superfluous.
He was so strict with Trunks because he'd accepted the future boy's existence. He wanted Trunks to become stronger—this was Saiyan tradition.
Trunks was a little nervous. "The androids in that world are stronger than me, and stronger than those two over there!"
"Stronger?" Goku's blood was already surging, and he seemed unable to resist entering the battle.
Wait, those two over there? Focusing only on the future boy, he seemed to have forgotten something...
Only then did everyone realize someone yelled, "Nappa is still fighting!"
Actually, just now Trunks had been thinking, don't they really care about that battle? It seemed that although the big man was powerful, the two androids weren't in a weak position after joining forces.
"Nappa's doing pretty well!" Goku turned his head and praised.
"Hmph, against guys like that, it would be too embarrassing to lose." Vegeta also echoed.
The rest cheered one after another.
Trunks opened his mouth, speechless.
Hey, is this what you do? Stand around and cheer with some sarcasm? Shouldn't you rush up to help or something? Don't just put your hands in your pockets and nod!
Raditz looked at Trunks and smiled silently. That's how Saiyans did things.
But he always felt Gero wouldn't be captured so easily. Gero was someone who valued his life. If he wanted to escape, he wouldn't just fight fiercely here. Just a few minutes ago, Gero had said "you can't beat my ultimate android"—had he already activated the others?
Everything was speculation, but Raditz couldn't help getting serious.
Nappa twisted Android 19's arm while Gero entangled him from behind. He wanted to tear Android 19's arm off, while Gero covered Nappa's body to suck his energy dry.
Android 19 had been beaten to near uselessness, and Gero couldn't worry about it. It was good if he could preserve himself now. He absorbed energy frantically as Android 19's arm was violently twisted off with a "crack"!
At the same time, Nappa fell backward, forcing Gero to retreat.
Android 19, having lost its arm, lost support as fear struck its heart again. It ignored orders and ran away.
How could Nappa let Android 19 escape? An energy wave flew into the distance, chasing Android 19 and blasting it to powder. Only Gero was left standing on the ground, looking at Nappa from afar.
However, Nappa also knelt on one knee and became short of breath.
Fighting two androids consumed lots of energy, and to kill one, he'd risked having energy absorbed, finally sacrificing significant power to eliminate Android 19. At this moment, he was no longer a match for Gero!
On the other hand, Gero, covered in scars, became increasingly proud.
His detector made a "beep beep beep" sound, causing him to yell wildly: "Stupid Saiyans, you're too conceited! You gave me time to fight back! Hahaha, let me show you my greatest creations—Android 13, Android 14, Android 15!"
As he yelled, new figures were indeed approaching in the distance, and three androids were rushing toward them.
He'd released the three androids long ago. When he encountered crisis, he'd summoned them while looking for an opportunity to escape, fighting desperately to buy time. The Saiyans' competitive spirit had given him plenty of time.
Finally, he'd waited for saviors!
"New androids?" Trunks had already been surprised enough today, but still couldn't help being dumbfounded again.
Raditz laughed. It would be better if they all came—he'd wipe them all out at once!
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