Chapter 916: [916] : Mutual Destruction?
A collective gasp swept through the crowd. No one could have imagined that Cell would do such a thing.
Just a minute ago, he had been giving a grand farewell speech.
He claimed he wanted to travel to other planets, learn more advanced martial arts techniques, and return to challenge Goku again.
But now, he had launched a sucker punch at Goku, an attack clearly meant to kill, with no holding back.
BOOM!
Cell’s energy blast slammed directly into Goku’s chest.
Goku was sent flying, a gaping hole torn through his chest.
His body was battered and broken, like a tattered old sack.
In an instant, Cell had neutralized Goku.
Then, Cell’s body began to swell, glowing an ominous white as a terrifying energy pulsed from him.
Those with knowledge recognized the signs immediately—it was the prelude to an android’s self-destruction.
Just as quickly, a bloodied and grievously wounded Goku appeared behind Cell. He used his Instant Transmission, taking Cell with him to King Kai’s planet.
World line convergence!!
Everyone slowly recovered from the shock, grateful to have survived.
In the end, peace seemed to return to Earth. All traces of Cell were quickly erased.
Goku was hailed as a hero, revered and worshipped almost like a god.
In the center of Central City’s main square, a massive statue of Goku was erected, ten times his actual size.
To mimic his golden Super Saiyan aura, they even hired professional color artisans to create a special gold foil to cover the statue’s surface.
Only then did Shin sigh. "Even after all our efforts, the world line still converged in the end."
Though the casualties were much lower, Goku and Cell still ended up in mutual destruction. He just didn’t know if Cell could still return to Earth.
Shin had actually planned to prevent this from happening, but in the end, he failed.
Cell’s acting was simply too good. If he were on 21st-century Earth, he would have won an Oscar for his performance.
Shin truly believed that Cell had changed, that he had turned over a new leaf, and that the world line had shifted.
Gohan was heartbroken. Although Chi-Chi constantly comforted him, he couldn’t stop crying.
Shin wasn’t good at comforting children, so he stayed out of it.
As for training Gohan—now that Goku and Cell were gone, it seemed no one had the motivation to keep fighting.
After all, with the protection of these incredibly brave people, the Earth had become exceptionally safe.
Vegeta, too, had grown lax.
Though Android 16’s combat power was still much greater than his...
Android 16 wasn’t a Super Saiyan; his race was different. Vegeta didn’t feel the same intense desire to compete.
With Goku gone, he immediately lost his goal and stopped encouraging the others on Earth to train.
Though Vegeta and the others had relaxed, Shin didn’t dare slack off for a single day.
As the saying goes, "use it or lose it."
Once you neglected a skill you relied on for survival, you would gradually become rusty.
Often, if you didn’t use it, you wouldn’t feel much of a difference.
But when you truly needed those skills, you’d find yourself completely helpless.
In the end, you’d die, be ridiculed by others, or become a cautionary tale for all time.
He still practiced his ninjutsu, senjutsu, and the Instant Transmission and Super Saiyan transformation he had learned from Goku with great effort.
Overall, his Super Saiyan transformation was very proficient. He could unleash four to five times his original power, which made his taijutsu incredibly effective. Even in hand-to-hand combat, he was confident he could defeat Cell.
But he had no clue how to enter the Super Saiyan 2 state.
After all, Shin had always been a calm and rational person. Aside from a few scares along the way, his emotions rarely fluctuated dramatically.
Reaching the Super Saiyan 2 state was a real headache for him.
Meanwhile, Kushina’s Instant Transmission was becoming more and more proficient. Even though Shin told her she didn’t need to focus so much on escape skills...
Kushina was very sensible. She believed that if she became stronger, she could help Shin solve a lot of problems.
Even if her escape speed increased, it would reduce a lot of pressure on Shin, who wouldn’t have to worry about protecting her in battle.
Because Kushina insisted on practicing, the two often competed to see who could find the other’s signal first and teleport over. To spare Kushina’s feelings, Shin had always lost more than he won.
Though Kushina knew Shin was deliberately losing to her, she was still very happy, still the same innocent and naive little girl.
Besides these things, another major event occurred.
Because of the last time travel, the timeline had changed dramatically, altering the entire world line.
The immense energy involved had directly destroyed the time machine’s power supply.
Bulma had been trying to fix it for months with no success, which was very disappointing.
Therefore, Bulma temporarily suspended her research on the time machine and devoted herself to dismantling the androids.
She wanted to use her own genius to create a weapon that was only effective against androids, or some auxiliary equipment that could reduce their combat effectiveness.
But these things required long-term experiments and sufficient data support. Bulma didn’t have that much combat data against androids, so the progress of this work was very slow.
The world line continued to move forward slowly and steadily. The entire world was thriving, maintaining a relative state of stability and peace.
But if there were no surprises, Cell would be back soon.
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