Unlike in the original history, Trunks could not immediately depart after delivering the heart medicine.
During his temporal jump, the time machine had suffered a minor technical malfunction that required repairs before it could be operated safely again.
Because Trunks lacked advanced engineering skills, he needed to seek out the machine's original inventor—his mother, Bulma.
Fortunately, Trunks had brought along detailed technical schematics and blueprints for the time machine. Even though current Bulma hadn't invented the machine yet, giving her the technical data should allow her to repair it with ease!
After his conversation with Lin Xuan, Trunks went to meet Bulma.
Looking at his mother, who appeared to be around his own age in this era, Trunks felt a wave of bittersweet emotion wash over him.
*'I wonder how Mom is faring back in the future after I left?'* he thought to himself.
Bulma looked at the handsome young man standing before her. At first, she had felt a bit flustered, but seeing him zone out while staring at her, she pouted annoyed. "How impolite! Thinking about other things while facing a beauty like me?"
Trunks snapped back to reality, rubbing his head embarrassedly. "Sorry, I zoned out for a moment!"
Internally, he couldn't help but sigh: *Yep, that fiery temper really is my mom!*
Trunks retrieved his capsule case, pulled out a Capsule, and tossed it gently onto the ground.
POOF!
The time machine he had arrived in materialized on the lawn.
Bulma's eyes widened when she saw the logo on the capsule case. "Isn't that my family's company logo?! How do you have Capsule Corporation capsules?!"
Trunks smiled gently. "This might be difficult to explain all at once, but I hope you can help me repair this machine."
Bulma inspected the strange vessel curiously. "What kind of machine is this?"
"It's a time machine," Trunks explained. "I traveled from the future to this era using this machine. As for my name, I'm sorry I can't reveal it to you just yet, but I can tell you that this machine was invented by you!"
Originally, Trunks hadn't intended to reveal future details to anyone to prevent unexpected butterfly effects, but to ask for Bulma's help in repairing the ship, revealing a few details was necessary.
"Wait a second! What did you say?!" Bulma gasped in shock. "What do you mean you're from the future?! And I built this machine?!"
Trunks nodded, pointing to the side of the hull. "Your signature is right here."
Bulma leaned in closer, following his finger. Sure enough, beside the Capsule Corp logo were a few stylized letters—the initials of her name!
"Unbelievable... I actually built a working time machine?! I succeeded in the future! Awesome! I knew time travel was possible!"
Trunks smiled. He knew that his mother had harbored the dream of creating a time-travel vessel since she was young. Due to technological limitations of this era, it had taken many years before she finally realized her concept.
"On my way here, the time machine suffered a minor glitch," Trunks said, producing a thick binder. "I brought your future research notes containing all technical data on the machine. With this, you should be able to fix it quickly."
Bulma's eyes lit up with intense scientific fever.
Grabbing the binder, she didn't even say another word to Trunks, running straight into her laboratory to immerse herself in research.
As for the "handsome young man" standing outside? She completely forgot about him. When a scientific breakthrough was at stake, who cared about handsome guys?!
Trunks wasn't offended at all. He knew his mother's personality inside out: normally laid-back and playful, but the moment science was involved, she turned into an absolute workaholic.
*'I heard Dad is a pure training maniac... I really wonder how Dad and Mom ever ended up together?'*
At that thought, Trunks felt another headache coming on.
The situation in this era diverged wildly from his timeline. His father hadn't even arrived on Earth yet. Would his mother really end up with his father in this timeline? Would he even be born here?!
***
Meanwhile, Lin Xuan was also examining a copy of the time machine notes that Trunks had brought along.
He was deeply interested in time travel technology. Mastering such technology could yield immense benefits—for instance, helping resolve the annoying time-dilation differences between different dimensions!
However, after skimming through the pages, Lin Xuan felt his mind go completely blank.
He simply possessed zero talent in hard sciences. Looking at dense mathematical formulas and quantum physics data made his head spin.
However, with Trunks' permission, Lin Xuan scanned the technical binder into digital data, packaging it into a Red Packet that he sent directly to Orochimaru and Vegapunk in the One Piece world!
Having Orochimaru and Vegapunk collaborate on researching a time machine?
Now *that* was a brilliant idea! Who knew what mind-blowing breakthroughs those two scientific geniuses might produce?
Ever since their upgraded God Tree and Super Saiyan breakthrough research succeeded, Lin Xuan had recognized the immense value of the Dimensional Guild's Research Division.
Relying solely on Orochimaru and Vegapunk felt a bit understaffed, though.
Lin Xuan mused that he should recruit Kisuke Urahara into his ranks soon, while scientific prodigies like Bulma and her father, Dr. Brief, could also be inducted into the Guild's R&D department!
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