“Alright, you wanted to see my strength, right? Then, come on!” Pica roared.
“Fine, take this!” Trunks accelerated, appearing in front of Pica, landing a heavy punch to Pica’s stomach. The punch made Pica vomit the bitter contents of his stomach.
Pica clutched his stomach, “Ugh…” staggering backward.
Trunks frowned and said, “Is this really your strength? This isn’t right. Shenron summoned a battle-hardened warrior, but you’re so weak?” He shook his head, talking to himself, “No, his energy level, his battle power is at least 1800, how can he be like this?”
Pica had only been in this new body for a few minutes and hadn’t fully mastered it, which made him so weak that he couldn’t unleash his full 1800 battle power.
“Hey, Saiyan, um… what’s your name? I’m Trunks,” Trunks asked.
“I… I’m Pica,” Pica answered with difficulty.
“You must have just been summoned by Shenron, so your body might still be adjusting. It could be your first time crossing dimensions, causing your body to instinctively resist. This has happened before. You’ll get used to it as you’ll often travel through time and space,” Trunks said, as if this explanation was the only one he could trust.
“Take a rest for a while, Pica.”
“Um, sure…”
“I’ll take you to the room prepared for you. Follow me.”
Pica, clutching his stomach, followed Trunks. Around them were people of various races, just like in the game, including Earthlings, Saiyans, Majins, Namekians, and Frieza’s race, as well as many unknown races.
‘Wow, I didn’t expect there to be so many people here. When I first watched the game’s video introduction, there were only a few people, and the area was small. I thought there wouldn’t be many people, but there’s actually so many, and this place is huge!’ Pica thought in amazement.
“Pica, let me introduce you to this place,” Trunks said with a smile. “This is Toki Toki City, and these people are Time Patrollers. They maintain the safety of various times, protecting history from being altered by evil forces. You’ll be one of them soon…” Trunks then introduced the layout of the place, which included the Time Machine Station, the Shopping District, and the Plaza of Time, along with many small areas.
“I hoped Shenron would bring me someone powerful to fight alongside. This is your house,” Trunks pointed to a semi-circular house with a radius of about three meters. “Rest inside for a bit, and I’ll have someone take you to the Time Nest later.”
After parting ways, Pica opened the door and muttered, “This place is really simple.”
The room had a chair and desk opposite the door, a bed to the right of the desk, and nothing else. The layout was very simple, like a clean but barebones hotel room.
‘I must become stronger, gather the Dragon Balls, and return to my original world.’
Pica lay on the bed, thinking, and soon fell asleep, having been mentally strained in this strange place.
“Knock, knock, knock…”
“What?” Pica mumbled, “Let me sleep a bit more. That dream felt so real!”
“No, this isn’t a dream.” Pica sat up, looking around the simple room.
“Knock, knock, knock…” The knocking resumed.
“Coming.” Pica opened the door to see an alien with white hair, gray skin, and wearing protective gear.
“Hello, Mr. Pica, I’m Lint. Mr. Trunks asked you to prepare and come with me to the Time Nest,” Lint said.
“Oh, alright. Thank you.”
“Please follow me.”
On the way, Pica admired the scenery of Toki Toki City, familiarizing himself with his body and the power in each muscle. He felt like he could crush anything in front of him with a punch.
“Mr. Pica, this is the Time Nest. I’m just a reserve member of the Time Patrol and can’t enter. Mr. Trunks is waiting for you inside,” Lint said respectfully.
“Oh, thanks.” Pica patted Lint’s shoulder and walked into the Time Nest.
‘This is the Time Nest? It doesn’t seem special.’
“Pica, you’re here. Let me introduce you to this place,” Trunks said with a smile.
“This is the Time Nest, where the Supreme Kai of Time lives and oversees everything here.” He pointed to a house with a large tree on the roof. “That’s the Scroll Library, where many important documents are stored.”
“I have a favor to ask you, nothing major,” Trunks said with a smile. “Come with me to the Scroll Library.”
“Wow… this is the Scroll Library? It’s so magnificent. How can the tree’s roots wind around the roof like that?” Pica exclaimed. He had seen the Scroll Library in Dragon Ball Xenoverse videos, but this real one was more luxurious.
“Don’t be surprised. This place stores important documents, so it’s built with the hardest and most defensive minerals in the universe. The Supreme Kai of Time loves beauty, so the layout is grand. The tree is the Kai Tree, which protects the time-space field from interference,” Trunks explained.
Trunks took out a scroll emitting an evil aura, making Pica shiver.
“What is this?”
“This is the Scroll of End and Beginning. It records all time, all history, everything,” Trunks said with a frown. “But…”
Trunks shook his head, unrolling the scroll on the table. “Here… look here.”
The scroll was blank at first but slowly showed images, AGE 750.
Pica’s mouth twitched. AGE 750? That’s wrong. It should be AGE 761 when Goku and Piccolo fought Raditz. What’s with 750?
The image showed the World Martial Arts Tournament, with Goku and Master Roshi disguised as Jackie Chun fighting.
Master Roshi used the Thunder Shock Surprise to control young Goku. Goku’s hair stood on end, eyes fixed on the full moon in the sky. His body underwent a violent transformation, losing all rationality, filled with a murderous aura.
He grew larger, tearing his Turtle School uniform, sprouting black fur, and his mouth protruded with sharp canine teeth. He transformed into a giant ape, over ten meters tall, with blood-red eyes, radiating a sense of pure destruction.
The giant ape easily deflected Master Roshi’s Thunder Shock Surprise and broke free of control.
Then, it began to destroy the tournament arena, causing spectators to flee in panic.
Master Roshi took off his top, revealing his skinny body.
“Ugh… ha!” Master Roshi shouted, his muscles swelling to bodybuilder proportions. He placed his hands at his waist, assuming a stance.
A huge amount of energy gathered between his hands.
“Watch my full power Kamehameha, ah!” Master Roshi yelled, pushing his hands forward, launching a massive energy wave. The intense light blinded everyone.
After firing the attack, Master Roshi’s muscles shrank back. He looked up in shock, “What!”
The giant ape caught the Kamehameha, slowly dissipating it.
The giant ape was surrounded by a dark purple aura, its eyes glowing purple. It roared, gathering a purple beam in its mouth.
“Boom, boom…” The purple beam obliterated the surroundings.
“How, how is this possible?” Master Roshi exclaimed.
The scroll’s image turned black and white.
“As you can see… history… has been distorted by evil forces… The history we know is being altered,” Trunks said seriously.
Trunks handed the scroll to Pica, “We have no choice. We must prevent this from happening. We need to fix the altered history.”
“Understood,” Pica said. The time shown in the scroll seemed to be the first World Martial Arts Tournament. At that time, Goku’s power level was 120, and multiplying it by ten as a great ape made it 1200.
“Use your strength to help Grandpa Roshi and the others stop Uncle Goku. Please!” Trunks said.
Pica nodded, “Leave it to me.”
“Hold the scroll and sense the power on it. This power will take you through time to that place. Please stop Goku as the great ape.”
Pica gripped the scroll, sensing the power on it.
The scroll glowed, enveloping Pica, then gradually shrinking until Pica disappeared from the Scroll Library.
Pica opened his eyes to see countless bubbles emitting white light, each containing a light point of various colors. Upon closer inspection, the light points were the light emitted by stars.
‘Are these different timelines? Hmm?’ Pica saw a thin energy thread on the scroll, connecting to a distant white bubble.
‘Is that the time point I need to fix… Then, let’s go!’
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