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The desire shared by many major villains across the multiverse was simple: they all yearned for a genius like Dr. Gero to create a tireless army of Androids to serve their ambitions.
Whether these tyrants could actually control such creations was another matter entirely, but the raw power of the Androids was undeniable. Unfortunately for them, Dr. Gero remained a ghost within the Dragon Ball world, far beyond their reach.
On the road to West City, the siblings Lazuli and Lapis watched the flickering video with heavy hearts. Seeing their future selves' overwhelming Ki and combat prowess didn't fill them with pride; instead, it fueled their dread.
They remembered the grim warning from Trunks: in his timeline, they were cold-blooded monsters who turned Earth into a graveyard. They refused to become those demons. They knew that as the video revealed more of their untapped potential, Dr. Gero would only become more obsessed with reclaiming his "property." Their only hope was to reach the Z Fighters and seek the protection of Son Goku.
"By the way, the video showed you actually kissing that bald guy, Krillin," Lapis said, breaking the tension with a smirk. "Don't tell me you've actually fallen for him?"
"Drop it," Lazuli snapped, her eyes flashing with irritation. She couldn't fathom why her onscreen counterpart had done such a thing. To her, Krillin was just a short, strange human. The idea of a romantic spark felt impossible.
Back in the Dragon Ball world, the Z Fighters were busy analyzing the footage. "I remember Trunks saying we were all slaughtered by the Androids," Piccolo's message scrolled across the universal feed. "So why didn't they finish us off in this timeline?"
"He's right," Tien Shinhan added. "When Yamcha first encountered Dr. Gero, the doctor went straight for the kill. But these two had every opportunity to wipe us out and chose not to."
"They don't seem like the cold-blooded killers Trunks described," Krillin noted, his confusion shared by millions of viewers. Had history already diverged, or were these Androids simply waiting for their humanity to fully erode?
The narrator's voice then cut through the speculation. "Android 17 and Android 18, originally known as Lapis and Lazuli, were ordinary Earthlings before being abducted and forcibly augmented by Dr. Gero. While Trunks knew them as harbingers of the apocalypse, the versions in this timeline retained their human souls. Despite their mechanical enhancements and infinite energy, their personalities remained distinct from their future counterparts."
The video then showcased their journey toward Goku's home. After dismantling the Z Fighters, the duo stole a truck, yet they didn't harm the driver. When a biker gang provoked them, they delivered a swift lesson in humility without taking a single life. Even when the police intervened, the siblings merely tossed the patrol cars aside to clear their path.
"Aside from their creator, Dr. Gero, 17 and 18 haven't spilled a drop of blood," the narrator continued. "In a world where power often corrupts, they remained remarkably restrained. Most beings, upon finding themselves at the top of the food chain, would have 'stopped eating beef'—they would have abandoned all moral constraints."
Watching this, viewers from the One Piece world to the Heavens felt a surge of respect. They understood the narrator's metaphor. In many worlds, gaining God-tier power usually led to a "Homelander" scenario where the strong treated the weak like ants. Akira, the transmigrator behind the video, knew this all too well. He had seen countless "what-if" scenarios where a person gains Saiyan-level power and immediately loses their mind to ego.
Yet, 17 and 18 remained grounded. They were the strongest beings on the planet at that moment, yet their greatest "crime" was joyriding in a stolen truck. This inherent goodness was exactly why 18 was celebrated as a goddess—not just for her striking looks, but because she possessed a heart that survived Gero's cold machinery.
"The video is right," Sengoku of the Marines remarked. "To hold such power and not abuse it is a rare virtue."
"Their spirits are more honorable than most pirates, and even some Marines I know," Garp added with a booming laugh.
"If only the outlaws in my world had such restraint," mused the old master Zhang Zhiwei. Even the Armor Summoners, Li Haotian and Duanmu Yan, felt a kinship with the siblings, wishing their own enemies possessed even a fraction of that humanity.
As the multiverse hummed with praise, Piccolo's tactical mind stayed focused on the bigger picture. His next comment chilled the audience: "If the Androids aren't the ultimate evil Trunks feared, then Super Saiyan 2 wasn't meant for them. Does that mean an even more terrifying monster is lurking in the shadows?"