Facing Frieza's question, the Crown Prince raised his head and looked directly at his father for the first time.
Then he slowly spoke.
"On the day Beerus descended for the ceremony, Father claimed he was suppressing a rebellion, so he did not attend."
"But there was no rebellion that day. He simply needed the perfect excuse to make Broly face Beerus's wrath alone, so he could test the power of a God of Destruction."
"As for Cheelai and Lemo… Father ordered Kakarot to completely destroy the planet they were on."
"The story about Beerus venting his anger and killing them was a lie Father fabricated from beginning to end."
"It was all to frame Beerus at the crucial moment."
"Is… is that true?"
Broly's trembling hand loosened around Frieza's head.
His eyes bloodshot, he immediately roared at Emperor Vegeta.
"Tell me! Is what he said true or not?!"
Emperor Vegeta's incomparably cold gaze turned toward Broly.
"The words of a traitor prove nothing, Broly."
Frieza regained his freedom.
Feeling utterly wronged, he immediately flew far away from Broly, deciding that he would never get involved in this matter again.
But.
After flying only a short distance, he could not help stopping and continued watching from afar.
Because this was simply…
Interesting! Too interesting!
The Crown Prince took a deep breath and revealed an even heavier secret.
"Broly, your father Paragus was indeed killed by your own hands."
"But there was a reason you completely lost control and lost all reason. That was also my father's scheme…"
Broly's voice trembled faintly.
"You mean the day I accidentally killed Father… wasn't an accident?"
"That's right."
The Crown Prince nodded, shattering the last of his illusions.
"Broly, the wish Father made with the Dragon Balls was not simply to make you stronger…"
"Nor was it just a wish to exchange your remaining reason for even more violent power."
"It was a wish to make you completely lose control whenever you entered a battle state!"
"He knew your father Paragus always wanted to use you. He also knew Paragus intended to bind you with family affection."
"As long as Paragus existed, he could never fully control everything about you."
"So after dealing with your friends, he arranged that accident as well."
"He made you kill the only person who stood in the way of his total control over you, at the moment when you were most furious and most out of control."
"From that day on, your friends and your family were all dead. You had nowhere left to go except back to him."
Broly's aura began to fluctuate violently, as if it might collapse at any moment.
His expression shifted from anger, to confusion, to pain, until only endless emptiness remained.
He had once fallen into endless guilt and suffering because of the sin of killing his father.
And at that time, Emperor Vegeta had appeared as his only friend, his only family, comforting him, advising him…
So it had all been a lie.
The so-called family, the so-called friendship, had been nothing but an elaborately designed deception from beginning to end.
He was not a friend.
He was only… a perfect tool.
"Ah…"
A broken sound spilled from Broly's throat.
Then came a beast-like howl of despair.
"Aaaaaaaah!"
Silver-gray flames surged wildly from Broly's body. His reason was completely burned away.
Grief, regret, anger, despair… all emotions tangled together, transforming into a destructive urge powerful enough to annihilate everything.
An incomparably terrifying energy erupted.
The chaotic energy tore through the surrounding space, forming pitch-black cracks.
When Paragus saw this, wild joy rose in his heart.
The chance had come!
He immediately growled at his own son beside him.
"Broly! Do you see it? That is the vileness of Vegeta's royal bloodline!"
"They not only harmed us in another timeline, they used such vicious means to manipulate people's hearts!"
"Go, my son! Help him!"
"For him, and for ourselves, complete our revenge against King Vegeta!"
At that moment, Broly of this timeline also seemed to resonate with the other Broly's emotional collapse.
That overwhelming rage even affected his own heart. He pointed one finger at Emperor Vegeta.
"You are nothing but a despicable coward who relies on underhanded schemes. If we're talking about evil, I am the purest Saiyan!"
Boom!
Before this timeline's Broly could move, Super Saiyan 4 Beast Broly's fist had already slammed into Emperor Vegeta's cheek.
However.
Even after taking that terrifying blow, Emperor Vegeta did not move an inch.
Only his head tilted back slightly.
Then he slowly straightened his head, the corners of his mouth rising into a broad smile.
"Good. A Saiyan who betrays me has no value left."
Boom!
Broly threw another punch, smashing it into his chest.
A large hole burst through the front and back of Emperor Vegeta's red battle suit, exposing the solid chest and back muscles beneath.
"Is this all you have when driven to the peak of rage?"
"How disappointing."
Bang!
He threw a punch that pierced Broly's chest.
Destructive energy swirled around it, rapidly devouring any flesh it touched.
But the Broly who had fallen into madness no longer cared about any fatal attack from his opponent.
Driven purely by instinct, he swung his fists madly, again and again, hammering Emperor Vegeta's body.
"Die!"
Emperor Vegeta growled and formed his palm into a blade.
Swish!
Both of Broly's fists flew off. Before they even hit the ground, they were completely erased in midair.
Boom!
A headbutt smashed into Emperor Vegeta's nose bridge.
Then came a second. A third.
Both fighters' faces and heads were smeared with blood that no one could tell belonged to whom.
Everyone present was stunned silent by Broly's suicidal assault.
The aura Broly released had already surpassed the vast majority of those present.
But what chilled them even more was this: before Emperor Vegeta, the completely berserk Broly was as powerless as an infant.
"Just how strong is this guy…?"
Bardock's expression was grave to the extreme. He wanted to step forward and help, but reason told him this was an opponent they could not defeat.
Emperor Vegeta grew impatient and coldly spat out two words.
"Destruction."
Just then.
"Ve-ge-ta!"
Cumber's figure suddenly appeared. His heavy knee slammed straight toward Emperor Vegeta's neck from the side.
Emperor Vegeta raised a palm and casually blocked the attack.
"Hmph. No matter how many insects gather, how can they shake a mountain?"
Crack!
Cumber's knee let out a crisp sound.
His entire body flew backward even faster than he had arrived.
Before Emperor Vegeta could pursue, a massive purple figure arrived in an instant.
Purple hair hung down to his waist.
In his full-power Ultra Ego form, this timeline's Broly had already closed in with a fist wrapped in destructive power.
Emperor Vegeta was forced to meet the punch.
Destructive power clashed with destructive power!
Boom!
Space twisted violently.
A purple energy storm erupted from the two of them and swept across the sky.
Emperor Vegeta stood firm within the storm like an unmoving mountain.
As for this timeline's Broly, the muscles in his arm tore apart inch by inch. His entire body was blasted backward by an irresistible force, carving a shocking trench into the ground.
With just one clash, the difference was clear.
But the people fighting him showed no sign of retreat.
Emperor Vegeta frowned slightly and once again faced the opponents charging toward him.
The battlefield kept shifting through collapsing space.
Under such terrifying battle pressure, the Crown Prince was forced back to the edge of the battlefield.
He stared blankly at this earth-shaking battle.
He reexamined his own heart.
The Crown Prince remembered the younger brothers and sisters he had personally executed because of his father's tyranny.
Their lost, despairing eyes seemed as clear as yesterday.
"Brother, do we… really have to do this?"
"Brother, I'll be like you someday and take care of our younger siblings too."
"Brother…"
"I'm sorry."
The Crown Prince murmured in his heart.
"I'm sorry I couldn't protect you."
In the past, to prove himself before his father, he kept growing stronger and kept obeying orders that violated his heart.
In the end, all of it had become meaningless.
He remembered Begetina's roar.
"You should follow your own heart and become the person you truly want to be!"
That was right.
What kind of person did he truly want to become?
Was it the young boy who once longed for the warmth of family, or the executioner whose hands were stained with the blood of his own kin?
The answer had never been so clear.
His original heart had never changed.
It had only been twisted by the environment forced upon him.
Now, he understood.
What he needed was not recognition.
It was… protection.
To protect lives that had been ruthlessly erased, like his younger brothers and sisters.
To protect souls like his own, struggling in darkness yet still holding onto a trace of light.
That was the true desire buried deep in his heart!
He would no longer suffer because of the past, nor would he lose himself because of his father's coldness.
"Saiyans of this timeline… thank you…"
"Haaaaaaah!"
The Crown Prince threw his head back and roared.
A brand-new power surged wildly from within him.
Outside the silver-gray aura of his Beast form, a blue flame rose.
Blue was the hope born from the depths of his heart, his desire to protect his younger brothers and sisters.
Two completely different yet incomparably powerful forces fused within him.
Boom!
A terrifying aura, not inferior to Broly's, swept through the entire battlefield.
A trace of surprise flashed through Vados's eyes.
"A light of hope born from despair…"
Future Trunks looked at that familiar azure aura, his expression softening.
"That's the form I once briefly reached to protect the entire universe. He actually achieved it too…"
Emperor Vegeta's gaze sharpened.
"Impossible… I have mastered every Saiyan form. There is no transformation like this…"
A faint unease rose in his heart.
It was tiny, but still a threat.
"Interesting. A mere hybrid actually reached this level."
Father and son stared at each other across the battlefield.
The next second, the Crown Prince arrived in an instant.
Bang!
With a knife-hand strike, the Crown Prince chopped Emperor Vegeta's wrist.
The berserk Super Saiyan 4 Beast Broly was rescued from his grasp.
Although Broly's body was horribly damaged, his savage aura had not weakened in the slightest. He lunged at Emperor Vegeta once again.
Without fists, he used his legs. If his legs were destroyed, he used his head, his knees, his elbows.
To him in his complete madness, every part of his body that could be used to attack became a weapon to injure his opponent.
Facing such a dense assault, Emperor Vegeta remained calm and composed.
He even had the leisure to ask the Crown Prince a question.
"What is the name of that form? Why have I never seen it before?"
The Crown Prince looked straight at him.
"Hope… It represents everything I want to protect."
"Hope? Heh…"
A mocking look appeared in Emperor Vegeta's eyes.
"Then I will crush that pitiful hope with absolute power!"
Before his words had fully fallen, Emperor Vegeta vanished from the spot.
This time, his target was no longer either Broly, nor Cumber.
It was the Crown Prince!
He wanted to crush this newly kindled flame in front of everyone.
The Crown Prince did not retreat. Instead, he took one step forward and crossed his arms in front of himself.
Boom!
An indescribably terrifying force struck him.
The bones in the Crown Prince's arms were instantly crushed to powder.
His entire body flew backward like a kite with its string cut.
The interwoven azure and silver-gray flames around him flickered and nearly scattered.
"Too weak."
Emperor Vegeta's voice sounded beside the Crown Prince's ear.
He had somehow arrived even faster than the Crown Prince's flight path, and one hand easily seized the Crown Prince by the throat.
"Your hope is this fragile."
The Crown Prince madly drove the power within his body, trying to break free.
However, no matter how he struggled, Emperor Vegeta's hand did not waver in the slightest.
Boom!
Super Saiyan 4 Beast Broly and Ultra Ego Broly attacked from the left and right at the same time.
Cumber also swept in from behind with a heavy kick aimed at Emperor Vegeta's waist.
Facing the full-force pincer attack of so many top-level warriors, Emperor Vegeta did not even turn his head.
"Insects are insects."
He used the Crown Prince's body as a weapon and swept it around in a spin.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Three explosive impacts rang out almost at the same time.
The attacks of the two Brolys and Cumber all smashed into the Crown Prince's body.
"Gah!"
The Crown Prince's body convulsed violently. Three massive bloody holes burst open across his back, chest, and side.
Organs and blood sprayed out together.
"Do you see?"
Emperor Vegeta lifted the dying Crown Prince before him, his voice filled with mockery.
"These are the comrades you want to protect."
"They will only vent their anger on you. This is the result brought by your so-called hope."
This domineering scene plunged everyone watching the battle into silence.
Begetina's nails dug deep into her palms, and her entire body trembled.
"Bastard… that bastard!"
Time Patrol Vegeta's face turned livid. Another version of himself from another timeline had become powerful to such an extent.
Frieza's expression was extremely grave.
"This Vegeta's strength is absurdly excessive…"
"Fortunately, this king didn't provoke him."
The Earth warriors clenched their fists.
Their strength was still not enough to interfere in a battle like this.
"Is there really no one who can stop that guy?"
At this moment, the same thought rose in many people's hearts.
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