x1, Future Broken Arm Son Gohan!
Earth.
Age 784.
The darkness is full of rubble, and the despair is deep.
Downpours of rain fell from the sky over what was once West City, now reduced to ruins after years of devastation by the Artificial Humans created by Dr. Gero.
The crackling sound continued.
Despair and death were spreading across the shattered streets where Capsule Corporation once stood tall.
'Crackling~~! ! '
'Boom~~! ! '
Suddenly, there was a deafening roar from above, followed by golden lightning rushing and roaring, appearing continuously, tearing through the storm clouds that hung over the apocalyptic skyline.
Somewhere in the ruins of the city above ground, not far from the battleground where the Artificial Humans had just departed.
"Brother Gohan...it's all my fault...it's me, I didn't help at all...it's all my fault..."
A teenager was crying bitterly, angry and remorseful, kneeling beside a fallen warrior whose orange gi was soaked in blood and rain, the sleeve on his left side empty as always.
Deep in grief, hugging his head and howling, roaring in anger, remembering how his master had shielded him from Android 17 and Android 18 with his one remaining arm.
With the release of emotions, pale golden flames surged from his body and emerged, the ki exploding outward in waves that scattered the rain around him.
Under the mixture of tears and rain, the boy's cheeks were completely stained, and it was unclear whether he was still crying or was simply washed by the relentless storm.
The anger was getting higher and higher, and in just a moment, it ushered in the ultimate sublimation born from Saiyan blood and unbearable sorrow.
"Ahhhhhh~~~!!!" With a burst of hysterical shouts that echoed through the ruins, the transformation was completely completed, shaking the ground beneath his feet.
The boy's hair stood tall and rigid, his once lavender hair turning upright and shimmering gold, his pupils shifting to a sharp turquoise green unique to the Super Saiyan state.
That's right!
This is Super Saiyan! ! !
This boy is none other than Trunks, the son of Vegeta and Bulma, the last hope of this devastated future.
The person who fell to the ground was none other than Son Gohan, the final defender of Earth, who had trained Trunks in secret and fought alone for years after the death of the other Z Fighters from Piccolo to Vegeta.
Anyone who has watched Dragon Ball Z, especially the television special The History of Trunks, knows this kind of picture.
Such a plot will only happen in the future timeline of the Dragon Ball world, a world where Goku died of a heart virus and never returned to save the planet.
At this moment, because of Son Gohan's apparent death at the hands of Android 17 and Android 18, Trunks exploded completely, thus transforming into Super Saiyan for the first time in this timeline!
For Trunks, as a fighter trained by Gohan yet still inexperienced, he didn't help at all in that final battle, and could only watch his master and elder brother figure Son Gohan fall into a rain-soaked puddle.
Even though he has transformed now, feeling the overwhelming surge of Saiyan power far beyond his previous limits, he doesn't have any joy.
There was constant hatred and anger in his mind, directed toward the two Artificial Humans who toyed with their lives as if it were a game.
At the same time, self-blame and unwillingness, remorse and discouragement...multiple different negative emotions lingered in his heart, entangled him stubbornly as the golden aura crackled around his trembling body.
Gaining unparalleled power through rage, but losing his loved one and mentor, the price was too heavy for him who was still only a teenager.
Trunks is in an uncontrollable state, his Super Saiyan aura flaring wildly and splitting the rain apart, and he needs to vent now, but he can't find any target to relieve his sorrow because the Artificial Humans have already left the battlefield.
At this time, he didn't even notice that Son Gohan in front of him moved his finger slightly, hidden beneath the water pooling on the broken asphalt.
Son Gohan, didn't really die!
His chest still carried an almost imperceptible rise and fall, his Saiyan vitality clinging to life despite the brutal beating and energy blasts he endured with only one arm.
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[Ding! ! ! Found a bindable host...]
[...system binding, binding completed...]
[...Self-testing in progress... Ding! ! ! After testing, the system is normal. ]
[...Comprehensive testing of the host... 10%...50%...99%...Ding! ! ! It was detected that the host's physical body was severely damaged after fighting Android 17 and Android 18, and the functions of all aspects continued to decline... Please repair it quickly...]
[…]
[Ding! ! ! The host does not respond... It is detected that the life energy, or ki, is continuously passing, and after three minutes, the host will truly die and follow the path of the fallen Z Fighters...]
[Ding! ! ! If the host does not respond, the self-rescue mode is automatically activated! The only passive self-rescue consumed this time... absorb surrounding free energy generated by the recent Super Saiyan transformation to repair the physical body... absorb residual ki in the environment for mental recovery...]
[Ding! ! ! A violent conflict between the soul and body was detected, likely caused by severe trauma and near-death shock...]
[...automatically repair...forcibly open Fusion of soul fragments...]
[...10%...50%...99%...Ding! ! ! Fusion is complete! ]
...
Accompanied by the continuous sound of machinery echoing in the depths of Son Gohan's consciousness... the two soul bodies in the subconscious world are fused together by a mysterious force and become a new unified soul, stabilizing the collapsing life force of the Saiyan warrior.
Consciousness continued to recover slowly, and the severe pain from the brain and every nerve gave Son Gohan faint signs of sobriety, as if he were returning from the edge of King Yemma's gate.
Nearly a full minute passed before this tingling feeling that penetrated deep into the bone marrow and consciousness gradually disappeared, leaving behind only the distant sound of rain and the raging golden aura of the newly awakened Super Saiyan, Trunks.
Slowly opening his eyes, Wu Fan closed his eyes again and tried to get used to the hazy world filled with rain and smoke from the ruined city.
Wu Fan?
That's right!
He is Wu Fan, a promising young man of the 21st century... Now he is Son Gohan, the Future Son Gohan who lost his left arm in battle and fought alone for years after the deaths of Piccolo, Vegeta, and the others at the hands of the Artificial Humans created by Dr. Gero!
Died after a car accident in his original world, he was brought to the Dragon Ball world by the system, and became Son Gohan who was just defeated by Android 17 and Android 18 in Age 784, in the devastated future timeline where Goku had already died of a heart virus!
Opening his eyes again, the picture in front of him gradually became clear, broken buildings and collapsed highways reflected in his pupils, and the rain kept hitting his cheeks, mixing with blood and dust, making him feel the breath of life again.
[I didn't expect to travel to the future world of Dragon Ball...and become Son Gohan...system, are you cheating me? This is the timeline from The History of Trunks, the world where there are no Dragon Balls left to make a wish…] A dumbfounding idea was born in his mind, but now he could only accept it.
Focusing his eyes, he looked at the boy beside him.
That majestic breath, that terrifying power, the violent golden aura that blasted away the rainwater before it could touch his body.
With upright golden hair and turquoise eyes, surrounded by crackling lightning unique to the Super Saiyan transformation born of extreme rage, standing in this ruined doomsday world of West City, he was really like a golden God of War, arrogant and invincible.
It's a pity that being strong is powerful, but this powerful force is only relative to beings that cannot reach this realm, and against Android 17 and Android 18 who toyed with Gohan for years, even Super Saiyan had once been insufficient.
Just as he was about to speak, the severe pain from his body, especially from the severed left shoulder that had long since lost its arm in a previous battle, made Wu Fan... no! Made Son Gohan grin in agony as damaged cells and broken bones screamed in protest.
It was also this faint groan that stimulated Trunks, who was still erupting with unstable Super Saiyan ki.
"Gohan... Big brother?! You, you are not dead!! Great!!!"
Excited, with tears in his turquoise eyes that had not yet faded back to their natural color.
Trunks fell to his knees uncontrollably, the ground cracking beneath him from residual energy, trying to help Son Gohan up, but he didn't dare to act rashly for fear of worsening his injuries.
"Fortunately, I almost died. Sure enough, I underestimated the power of the Artificial Humans, especially when they weren't even using their full strength as they often claimed."
Nodding his head slightly, after getting used to the pain that came from every part of his body, Son Gohan reluctantly propped himself up with his remaining arm and sat up against a broken concrete slab.
If it hadn't been for the mysterious Fusion within his consciousness that stabilized his collapsing life force, this pain, which was much stronger than being hit by a car and closer to the feeling of being struck by a full-powered energy blast, would have tortured him to death on the spot.
[System, you have turned on the self-rescue mode, so you can't be completely cured? Don't let me feel this tearing pain from every nerve. And this arm that was cut off long ago when I protected Trunks from the Artificial Humans, can't it be restored directly? ? ] Unable to help complaining in his heart, Son Gohan glanced at the empty left sleeve of his orange gi, wanting to cry even more when he recalled how he lost it in battle years ago.
[Ding! ! ! The system has tried its best to save the host. The energy absorbed from the surrounding Super Saiyan outburst has reached its peak limit, and it is unable to continue to support further treatment or regeneration of lost limbs. ]
...
The system answered mechanically, simply and coldly, without any unnecessary explanation.
This also let Son Gohan know that he had no way to continue to take advantage of the system to instantly recover like a Namekian with regeneration abilities.
Returning to full consciousness, Son Gohan looked at Trunks again, forcing a calm smile onto his pale face despite the pain: "You finally awakened the power that lies within Saiyan blood, Super Saiyan... you have finally become one."
In a simple sentence, Son Gohan turned passive into active, guiding the topic away from his near-death state.
Otherwise, he really didn't know what to say to Trunks, whose transformation had been triggered by believing his master had died.
Even if Fusion had merged everything about Son Gohan, including fragments of memory and battle instinct from years of fighting Android 17 and 18.
But in the end, Wu Fan's consciousness still dominated this body, standing at the forefront of the merged soul.
Because in this timeline, Son Gohan was supposed to die in this rain-soaked battlefield! Even if his original soul still existed within the body and had not yet crossed into the Other World to meet King Yemma, it would now be in a weakened and dormant state after the forced Fusion, which made Wu Fan the leader of this shared existence.
Otherwise, even a broken fragment of Son Gohan's warrior soul, tempered by years of life-and-death battles, would have been enough to overwhelm the soul of an ordinary modern person.
Of course, the system that intervened at the brink of death was the biggest key to this reversal of fate.
Hearing Son Gohan's words, Trunks gradually calmed down, the golden aura shrinking slightly as he tried to control the Super Saiyan state just like Gohan had once taught him in secret training sessions.
He quickly helped Son Gohan to his feet carefully and said at the same time: "Brother Gohan, I thought you were dead just now, that's why my anger exploded and I succeeded in transforming! From now on... from now on I can fight side by side with you, Brother Gohan, and defeat Android 17 and 18 together!"
"Ok."
Nodding slightly, Son Gohan did not give a long reply, but his eyes became deeper as he observed Trunks' unstable ki fluctuations.
Fight together?
Simply based on the current strength of Trunks who had just transformed for the first time and could barely maintain the Super Saiyan state steadily, it was still far from enough to defeat the Artificial Humans who had ruled the world for over a decade.
The system came with a special analytical ability that allowed him to sense and quantify ki more precisely than a scouter, giving him a clear perception of combat power fluctuations.
Through this perception, he could estimate that this kid's combat power in the newly awakened Super Saiyan state was roughly around 100 million, unstable and fluctuating because of emotional turbulence.
Even when it would later come time for him to travel back to the past using Bulma's time machine, his fully stabilized Super Saiyan power would only be around 240 million compared to the warriors of that era...
Although the combat power of Android 17 and 18 in this future timeline was never officially measured by a scouter, it was at least several hundreds of millions, considering they effortlessly slaughtered the Z Fighters and played with Gohan without exhausting their infinite energy.
Even if the future time and space versions were somewhat less ruthless or slightly less powerful than their counterparts in the main timeline...
As for his own combat power, he could sense it clearly through the system interface and Saiyan instinct, and the current normal state had already reached about 10 million after years of survival battles!
It also meant that once he transformed into Super Saiyan with a fiftyfold increase, his power would theoretically exceed 500 million, far surpassing the level of Son Goku when he first returned to Earth from Yardrat after defeating Frieza.
250 million points stronger than Son Goku who just returned to Earth in the past era, and yet still not enough to guarantee absolute victory against the two Artificial Humans who never tired and never ran out of energy.
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