Up in the sky,
Because Lin Chuan had torn open space and created a black hole, everyone's attention was instantly drawn to it.
Fu's figure appeared, and aside from Vados and Whis, everyone else finally realized, the one pulling the strings behind everything... was him.
At that moment, Lin Chuan finally got a good look at the one hiding in the shadows!
So it was you! I should have figured.
Who else could control dark energy so effortlessly?
I didn't expect my timeline to be in such chaos already,
Even you've appeared. That means… my world is already exposed to those people…
Lin Chuan's gaze turned sharp and cold.
As a time traveler himself, he was now even more thankful for his relentless training and cultivation.
Otherwise, he would have stood no chance against these beings capable of traversing time and space.
And Fu?
How could Lin Chuan not recognize that guy?
In the original story, Fu was a pure troublemaker.
He roamed freely between timelines, but his true hobby was meddling,
using experiments as an excuse to test people and events he found interesting.
Just like now.
But this was merely part of his interests,
Fu's ultimate goal was to collect energy from space-time distortions.
To that end, he sought out and cultivated powerful fighters to battle for him and generate energy.
In the original series, he even created a special realm called Prison Planet, kidnapping strong warriors from different timelines and forcing them to fight until death.
Lin Chuan used to fear him somewhat.
Because Fu truly wielded powers beyond Lin Chuan's reach, and those powers could very well threaten his very existence.
But now?
With Lin Chuan in his current state,
Super Saiyan Blue Stage 3, Divine Perfection Realm,
his power had reached Tenth-Dimensional Level!
If he added Ultra Instinct on top of that, his strength would increase 100-fold, reaching the Eleventh Dimension at the kan level!
A threat like Fu?
If Lin Chuan had a chance, he would kill him here and now!
This Fu... he probably isn't the late-game version who had fused multiple powers.
Otherwise, there's no way I could've heavily injured him with one strike!
With that thought, Lin Chuan charged, no hesitation.
He brought both hands together, concentrating immense divine energy between his palms.
A massive divine pressure, like a raging tidal wave, spread outward, sweeping across the world like a storm.
A deep blue brilliance,
radiant as a galaxy, piercing through darkness.
"You who toy with the worlds of others… DIE!!"
With judgment in his voice, Lin Chuan swung with all his power.
A blazing deep blue aurora shot from his palm, heading straight for Fu at the center of the black hole vortex.
"Again?!!"
Fu panicked.
At this point, he no longer dared stay.
Things had gone way off course, he had nearly gotten himself killed!
He had no intention of dying in this godforsaken timeline.
Quickly, he activated time-based energy, slicing open a rift in space just before the blast hit.
At the last possible moment, he dove into the fissure.
BOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
An unimaginable explosion occurred.
The sky shattered, space itself breaking into countless shards that scattered across the void,
only to be absorbed moments later.
The vortex was obliterated, completely erased.
When the blinding light faded, Fu was gone.
In his place was a terrifying rift in space,
a gaping wound that stretched endlessly across the sky, surrounded by chaotic turbulence.
Lin Chuan's Tenth-Dimensional power, his Super Saiyan Blue Stage 3 Divine State, was too immense.
Had it not been for angelic power secretly restraining him,
the attack might have done far worse than merely tear open a world rift.
Time slowly passed.
Whether it was the angels repairing it or the world healing itself,
the rift gradually disappeared, as if nothing had ever happened.
"Hmph! You sure run fast.
Next time, you won't be so lucky!"
Lin Chuan frowned.
In his vast spiritual perception, Fu's presence was gone,
even the spatial mark he had placed could no longer be sensed.
The world barrier had blocked his perception, preventing him from tracking anything beyond.
If I'd known earlier, I should have used the space mark to teleport directly to him!
That guy is a huge threat if left alive…
Lin Chuan regretted it slightly.
He thought he had unleashed enough power to guarantee Fu's death,
but Fu still had a trump card.
That time-ripping move genuinely startled him.
Even with all his power, Lin Chuan couldn't do that yet.
But…
Power ≠ ability.
In direct combat, Fu wasn't his equal.
He couldn't even beat Broly from before.
At best, Fu was probably only early Ninth Dimension.
"Looks like I need to explore new powers next.
Rules… time… maybe even something beyond time itself…"
Finally dispelling the killing intent in his heart, Lin Chuan let out a deep breath, exhaling his pent-up energy.
His divine aura faded, and he returned to his normal state.
The oppressive divine might vanished, and the Earth once again returned to peace.
Broly was defeated.
Lin Chuan shifted his focus again, slowly descending to the ground.
"A lot happened today.
Even beings from other timelines got involved.
But the biggest surprise… is you."
"Even if you hadn't shown up, I would've come looking for you soon.
Your appearance, was a good thing for me."
He spoke as he looked down at the unconscious Broly, who had passed out from exhaustion.
Kill him?
Lin Chuan would never do that.
After all, this version of Broly, the new one, was pure-hearted by nature.
While his power was violent and could turn him into a bloodthirsty beast,
with proper guidance, once he mastered Legendary Super Saiyan power, he'd be something else entirely.
Truthfully, Broly possessed unfathomable potential.
Compared to Goku, Vegeta, or Raditz,
he might one day push Lin Chuan beyond his limits.
In the future, if Broly could perfectly control his power,
he might even create a new transformation level Lin Chuan didn't know existed.
Lifting the unconscious Broly with one hand, Lin Chuan used Instant Transmission and vanished from the battlefield.
Meanwhile...
Inside a tunnel at some time-space node,
the badly wounded Fu stood before the vast world rift, his face extremely grim.
Even though he'd escaped, his heart still pounded with fear.
He swallowed hard, overcome with helplessness.
This was the first time anyone had ever made him feel like this.
He'd roamed across countless timelines and universes,
he had seen every type of chaos imaginable.
But this time…
He almost lost everything.
"Damn that unknown Saiyan…
I'll remember today's humiliation!
I've already marked this timeline,
Next time, I'll make you my test subject!!"
Fu swore to himself.
Then, with his wounded body, he vanished into the space-time tunnel.
He had to find another timeline to recover,
one free from any threats.
Because in his current state,
even a random "fly" might be able to kill him.
Back on Earth…
As the situation finally stabilized, Whis and Vados couldn't help but express their awe.
"Such terrifying power…
Without us noticing, Lin Chuan has already become this strong…"
"That guy hiding in the shadows…
He's not someone you just 'find'.
But not only did Lin Chuan find him, he wounded him heavily."
Whis offered his analysis.
Though he was surprised, his expression remained calm, as expected of an angel.
Still, Whis's shock came from the fact that Lin Chuan's recent strike had even pierced the angelic barrier he had set up.
In the past, Lin Chuan couldn't have done that.
"Too bad… even though Lin Chuan's power is amazing,
he still let that guy get away."
Vados added seriously.
"That man…
He carried Demon Realm energy."
Her tone suddenly shifted to playful mockery,
"Speaking of which…
Lord Champa, are you scared right now?"
She even reached out and poked Champa's chubby cheek.
"Hmph! You think a God like me would be scared?! Don't joke!
And Vados! How many times have I told you? Stop poking my face!"
Champa's face turned red.
Clearly, it felt good, he just wouldn't admit it.
"Hai hai hai~"
Vados nodded and retracted her hand with a smile, humoring him.
"Tch! Like I'd believe you!
That brat Lin Chuan let the enemy get away, didn't he?"
Champa scoffed arrogantly and added,
"If I had acted,
that interdimensional guy would've been destroyed!"
"By the way, who exactly was that guy?
Do you two know?"
he asked.
The two angels simply listened to Champa brag and chose not to call him out.
Of course, in response to Champa's question, the two angels wanted to answer, but ultimately, they couldn't.
They exchanged a glance and both shook their heads.
Seeing this, Champa placed his hands on his hips and huffed in frustration.
Meanwhile, Piccolo stood to the side, silently deep in thought.
He had remained quiet throughout, but in his heart, speculation brewed,
That being… he seems to have the ability to traverse time and space at will!
Manipulating time, manipulating worlds… all while keeping us in the dark!
Damn it! I'm still too weak!!!
He was filled with anger, but there was nothing he could do.
Piccolo even began to wonder if he'd been getting played all along.
Thankfully, the current crisis seemed to be over for now, and the one pulling the strings from behind the scenes had suffered the consequences.
Snapping back to reality, Piccolo looked over to Goku, Raditz, and Vegeta.
Lin Chuan's battle had ended, shocking them all,
but on the other side, the fight wasn't quite over yet.
Still, it was nearing the final stage.
Meanwhile...
Majin Buu, who had briefly escaped the brutal beatings from the three Saiyans,
was quickly caught again by Goku, Vegeta, and Raditz.
Even with Buu's incredible regeneration, being repeatedly pummeled and forced to recover had taken a toll.
His energy weakened each time, and his recovery became slower and slower.
Eventually, he reached his limit,
both mentally and physically, Majin Buu was on the verge of collapse.
"Stop… please, stop…"
"My body… my body's about to..AHHHHH!!!"
With Goku's final punch, Buu's body began to distort horrifically.
Realizing something was wrong, Goku, Raditz, and Vegeta quickly backed away.
It was clear, Buu's injuries were too severe, and he could no longer maintain his current form.
Suddenly, Fat Buu, whom he had previously absorbed, was expelled from his body due to its breakdown.
In essence, Fat Buu's power had regained dominance, and actively separated from him.
Without Fat Buu as a stabilizing core, the current form of Majin Buu could no longer be sustained.
"Wait, is that the fat Majin Buu from earlier?
Why does this feel so weird…"
Goku looked confused, not understanding what had just happened.
They were fighting Majin Buu… and now suddenly Fat Buu popped out?
"What's so weird about it?
He just absorbed that fat Buu not long ago,
and hadn't fully digested him yet.
We pushed him past the breaking point."
Vegeta explained calmly.
"His energy's dropped to rock bottom.
If I'm right, he's about to regress into that black-skinned version of himself."
Vegeta's keen senses detected the truth,
Majin Buu's energy was now so weak that any of them could finish him off with ease.
And now that his body was breaking apart, a regression seemed inevitable.
But Raditz wasn't so sure.
After everything they'd seen so far, he stayed on high alert.
Sure enough, without Fat Buu, something terrifying began to happen.
Instead of regressing into Kid Buu's black, slim form,
"No! He's not regressing,
his body is transforming again!"
Raditz shouted, frowning.
Before their eyes, Buu's body alternated between shrinking and expanding,
until it collapsed into a pile of pink sludge on the ground.
That sludge writhed violently, and finally reshaped into a new Majin Buu.
Though not as powerful as the last form,
this Buu radiated a deep, unsettling aura of pure evil.
That's right,
This was the purest, most original, and most malevolent form,
Kid Buu.
"He's not just changed form,
this energy… is different!"
Goku grew serious. He could tell something was off.
If the previous Majin Buu felt evil,
then this one was the embodiment of evil, the source of it.
His entire being exuded an overwhelming demonic aura,
like he was born to destroy, with no trace of anything else.
"Tch~! What's there to be afraid of?!
He just changed his look!
His power isn't even as strong as before.
I could kill him with one hand!"
Vegeta scoffed.
He had just wrecked the last version,
this one didn't scare him at all.
"Let's just finish this guy off.
No need to waste time! Lin Chuan's done over there, too."
Raditz had no patience for more nonsense.
To prevent any accidents, he raised his right hand,
a ball of destructive energy forming in his palm.
"GU-GI!!"
Sensing mortal danger, Kid Buu shrieked and leapt into the sky.
With arms raised, he quickly formed a massive evil energy bomb,
stretching over a hundred meters wide.
Its destructive force was enough to pulverize planets into cosmic dust.
But even this desperate counterattack,
filled with twisted power, was nothing more than a futile struggle in Raditz's eyes.
If this was all Kid Buu had,
any one of the three Saiyans could kill him.
"This ends now!"
Compressing the destructive energy ball to its limit,
Raditz threw it at Kid Buu with a single wave of his hand.
Seeing this, Kid Buu didn't hesitate,
he hurled his own attack downward.
The two energies collided,
In the blink of an eye, Raditz's attack shattered Buu's.
The overwhelming power struck fear into Buu's heart.
Despite being pure evil, he now showed a terrified expression,
just like in the original, when Goku hurled the Spirit Bomb at him.
There was no escape.
No chance to defend.
The fearsome energy sphere slammed into him.
BOOM~~!!!!!!!!!!!!
The explosion was brilliant, dazzling, and blinding.
When the smoke and fire finally cleared,
Kid Buu was gone.
His energy, completely vanished.
He was utterly annihilated, not even a single cell left behind.
In the face of such a vast power gap,
no ability, no matter how outrageous, could save him.
"One down."
Raditz muttered, eyes already shifting to Fat Buu.
Though Fat Buu didn't radiate the same evil,
Raditz wasn't going to show mercy.
He was born a warrior, a survivor of countless battles across the galaxy.
Now more than ever, he understood the need to eliminate threats completely.
He aimed his right hand at Fat Buu, a ball of destructive energy forming again.
Vegeta didn't stop him,
he, too, believed in eradicating potential threats.
Had he been in Raditz's shoes,
he would've done the same.
But Goku… felt conflicted.
Even though they were both Majin Buu,
this Fat Buu didn't feel evil.
"Uh… Big Bro, do we really have to kill him?"
Goku tried to speak up,
but Vegeta saw right through him and mocked him.
"Hmph!! Of course. I knew you'd beg for this guy's life."
"After everything we've been through,
all this strength you've gained,
you're still that same indecisive soft-hearted fool."
"That kind of naive compassion…
means you'll never surpass me."
Vegeta sneered, then nodded to Raditz in approval.
"But…"
Goku began, only for Raditz to interrupt.
"Kakarot, he's still the enemy.
He's the Majin Buu that the Supreme Kai said destroyed countless planets."
"How many lives has he taken?
And if you let him go today,
how many will he kill in the future?!"
Raditz's words were harsh and critical.
Majin Buu was an unknown quantity.
Even if they could suppress him, could others?
In Raditz's eyes, his little brother was hopelessly naive.
He used to think Goku was just too kind from growing up on Earth,
But now he realized, it wasn't just kindness,
it was borderline saintly madness.
To want to spare even Majin Buu?
Madness.
Of course, if Raditz knew the original story,
his opinion might've changed a little.
Because Fat Buu did deserve to live,
once the evil was removed, he was essentially good, like a blank slate.
He just needed someone to guide him.
And most importantly,
Goku, as the protagonist, had never been wrong.
He might've seemed overly kind at times,
but reality always proved him right.
"I…"
Goku was speechless.
After Raditz's outburst,
he realized he really was being too soft.
With a heavy sigh, he fell silent,
and didn't stop Raditz from delivering the final blow.
"Good.
Glad you finally came to your senses.
Otherwise, I'd have had to teach you a lesson, Kakarot."
Vegeta smirked, glancing at Goku with mocking satisfaction.
As for Raditz,
He didn't hesitate.
The destructive energy condensed in his palm…
Just as he was about to strike,
Whis's voice rang out.
After his calm explanation,
Goku, Raditz, and Vegeta were all stunned.
Who would have thought,
Fat Buu's origin traced back to a remarkable god.
A god from millions of years ago,
The Grand Supreme Kai.
Through Whis's explanation, they realized,
The Grand Supreme Kai now lived on in another form.
In other words,
Fat Buu IS the Grand Supreme Kai.
"So… we have to let him live?
But… he's still Majin Buu in the end…"
Raditz looked to Whis for answers.
Vegeta followed,
"So what you're saying is… we can bring the Grand Supreme Kai back?"
Goku asked,
"You can really do that, Whis?!"
The minds of the three Saiyans truly worked in mysterious ways.
Raditz, always the realist.
But Goku and Vegeta, especially them,
were in a league of their own when it came to unexpected logic.