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Sitting beside the Crystal Ball, closely monitoring the battle, Supreme Kai Shin suddenly stood up. This outcome was completely beyond anything he had anticipated!
Janemba was this smart?! That had far exceeded his expectations.
"Impossible! How did this guy suddenly become so intelligent?!" Kaiōshin exclaimed in shock.
"He actually managed to trap Goku San!"
"That means... It's now impossible for them to fuse again or perform the Fusion Dance!"
That sentence immediately jolted Trunks awake. Trunks instantly became wary. That dumb, sluggish Janemba, how could someone like that possibly have such intelligence?!
Even Vegeta, who was in the middle of having his tail removed, was shaken. "What?! Kakarot has been trapped?!"
Saying that, he tried sensing Goku's energy, and sure enough, he couldn't sense anything at all.
"Damn it, Kakarot! Old man! Hurry up and pull it off!"
Trunks turned to Kibito and said, "Kibito Sama! Please take me to the battlefield! Now, only Gohan and I can fuse!"
Without wasting another second, Trunks ripped off both Potara earrings from Kaiōshin's ears in one smooth motion. Kaiōshin didn't even realize when they had vanished!
Upon hearing Trunks' words, Kibito nodded firmly. He immediately grabbed hold of Trunks, and the two of them disappeared from the spot.
On the battlefield.
A hand suddenly patted Gohan's back. Gohan turned around. It was Trunks who handed a Potara earring to him.
"Gohan, get it together! We can still win! Goku Ojisan probably isn't dead. Believe me!"
Seeing Trunks rush to the battlefield, Gohan reignited his fighting spirit. He took the earring and immediately put it on.
"Trunks! Let's go rescue Dad together!"
With both of them wearing their Potara earrings, Something unexpected happened.
Nothing.
They did not fuse! Trunks' body trembled slightly as he realized the reason. Because Gohan had just fused with Goku moments ago, his fusion cooldown hadn't yet reset.
Just like in the original timeline, when Vegito (Vegata and Goku) was suddenly defused, the Potara earrings remained on their respective ears, but because the fusion power hadn't recovered, they couldn't fuse again immediately.
In simple terms, Potara fusion, just like the Fusion Dance, has a cooldown! Gohan and Trunks looked at each other, both shaken by this unexpected limitation, and then Something even more shocking happened to Trunks!
The motionless, dim-witted Janemba suddenly began to change!
His red skin was being replaced by a pink body.
From those wicked, sinister eyes, it was clear that the creature before them had transformed into Majin Buu!
More precisely: It was Janemba Majin Buu!
Yes, just moments ago, Janemba thought he had completely obliterated Super Buu. But in the instant when the blue energy blast exploded, Super Buu slipped into the white hole that Janemba had created.
Inside, he discovered something shocking, while Janemba was nearly impossible to absorb from the outside, once inside the white hole, he realized: That's where Janemba's true essence lay!
The white hole was filled with evil energy, and that evil energy was the core of Janemba's existence. Once inside, Super Buu absorbed all of that malice, and in doing so, transformed into the current Janemba Buu!
But the madness didn't stop there, This Janemba Majin Buu was now even wearing a martial arts gi.
He hadn't just absorbed Janemba… He had absorbed Son Goku as well.
"Hahahaha!!! I am now the strongest existence in the Universe!! You're all probably wondering, how could that idiot possibly be so smart?! Hahaha! The truth is, it's been me, Buu, controlling everything from the start!" Majin Buu laughed maniacally as he spoke.
At this moment, he had become the most powerful version of Majin Buu yet.
It wouldn't be wrong to call him Super Buu! Trunks stared at this new Majin Buu in shock, the situation was getting more and more dire! Because of Gokhan's appearance, everyone's attention had been focused entirely on him.
Even the Crystal Ball had been tracking Gokhan the whole time.
As for Majin Buu, Trunks still believed he was going around doing good deeds. But he hadn't expected that after absorbing so many villains who had escaped from Hell, all that evil intent would begin to corrupt Buu.
Eventually, Fat Buu resurfaced. And now... things had escalated to this point.
"I'm sorry, Gohan... this was my oversight!" Trunks lowered his head, his fists clenched tightly.
Just then, he suddenly sensed a strange sound behind him.
Rustle rustle.
Trunks and Gohan turned around at the same time and in the blink of an eye, a giant meat net came flying toward Gohan.
"Watch out, Gohan!!" Trunks shouted in warning.
In a flash, Trunks transformed into Super Saiyan 2, and fired a Final Flash at the meat net. But the current Majin Buu was far too powerful, Trunks didn't stand a chance.
The Final Flash couldn't even pierce the meat net. And so, before their very eyes, the net devoured Gohan like a starving beast. In Trunks and Kibito's stunned gaze, Gohan was absorbed.
"Hahaha!! Now, the strongest among you has been devoured by me! Heh, brat... you're next! Hmm? Wait, this kid's a bit too weak... forget it." Majin Buu wasn't just attacking; he was mocking Trunks to his core.
Yet Trunks didn't get angry.
Majin Buu was right: all the people he had absorbed so far were at least Super Saiyan 3 level.
Although Trunks had his potential unlocked, compared to Gohan, his potential was just a drop in the ocean, nowhere near enough to awaken a whole new form.
Mystic Trunks? That was just a fantasy. After all, no one's potential surpassed that of Gohan. Even with his current power boost, compared to Majin Buu, he was still insignificant.
Still, Trunks could feel clearly that his body had become much stronger. Just then, Majin Buu flashed a sinister smile and said to Trunks: "Well then, guess I'll just turn you into a cookie and eat you!"
Trunks instantly became hyper-focused; he knew just how terrifying Majin Buu was now. In a flash, he moved next to Kibito.
Then he turned and stared at Kibito with a serious look.
Leaning in close to his ear, Trunks said: "Kibito Sama! Take us out of here, now!"
Hearing this, Kibito nodded without hesitation and immediately vanished with Trunks. Majin Buu froze, confused.
He tried sensing Trunks' energy, but couldn't sense a thing.
Meanwhile…
On a planet very, very far from Earth, Trunks had completely hidden his energy. He knew that now that Majin Buu had absorbed Goku, he would absolutely be capable of Instant Transmission.
To prevent their location from being exposed, he suppressed his power level entirely.
Then, he turned to Kibito and asked seriously:
"Kibito Sama! Your Instant Transmission… it can reach anywhere in the universe, right?!"
Kibito nodded firmly. "Yes, it can."
Trunks smirked to the side. "Then I must take responsibility for my mistake."
(End Of This Chapter)