Galactic Patrol HQ
"Hey, Son Gohan, this is a bit out of line, isn't it?" Vegeta glared at Gohan.
"What, I line everything up for you and you still want to block me?" Gohan shot back, temper flaring.
Even Son Goku was standing on Vegeta's side this time.
"C'mon, Gohan," Goku said, scratching his cheek, "there are only so many missions. If you take these too, we've got nothing left to train on."
He wasn't wrong. In Universe 7, ever since Goku mastered Instant Transmission, every wanted poster in the Quadrant went down fast. There weren't enough bounties left for everyone to get proper experience.
If Gohan jumped in again, he really would be snatching the opportunities out of their hands.
The Galactic King never imagined the day would come when "too few criminals" would cause internal friction.
Thanks to Vegeta, Nappa, Goku and the rest, Universe 7 hadn't climbed in the rankings yet, but the reasons for lagging behind had basically disappeared. Next up was the rise. The universe was finally on the right track.
"Dad, that's pretty ruthless," Gohan grumbled.
"Gohan," Vegeta said, arms folded, "in this universe you're already unbeatable. Stop taking our fights."
"Yeah, what he said," Nappa chimed in, doing his best impression of a yes-man.
Goku just wore his usual vacant smile.
It was a brief spat, nothing that would dent their bond.
"Fine! Do whatever you want!" Gohan snapped and vanished with Instant Transmission.
Beerus's Planet
"Oh ho ho… the great Son Gohan, Universe Seven's number one Saiyan, got told no?" Whis couldn't resist the jab the moment he saw Gohan.
"Master Whis, please stop roasting me. These last two years, I've barely improved," Gohan sighed.
"You should've come sooner. I already found the right opponent for you. If you weren't busy studying," Whis said blandly, "your strength would've jumped several tiers by now."
"You know how it is. The strongest being on Earth isn't a Saiyan it's my mom. Skip my studies? Not if I value my life," Gohan said helplessly.
"Oh ho ho so filial," Whis laughed.
"Master Whis, enough talk. Two and a half years, and I'm going stir-crazy. I need a fight." Battle intent roared off Gohan in waves.
"Very well. Lord Beerus is still asleep. Let's go to Universe Eleven." Whis tapped his staff, and prismatic light flooded upward.
They left Universe Seven at a speed beyond light.
Universe 11
"Whis, dear, this is the genius you bragged about from Seven? Doesn't look like much." Marcarita's voice was sugar with a razor in it.
Marcarita, Angel of Universe 11 no one knew her true power, but her talent for mockery ranked near the top of the Angelic host.
"Oh ho ho, Marcarita, still so fond of teasing. Don't underestimate Son Gohan," Whis replied, unbothered.
Gohan couldn't help staring. The cool blue skin, that otherworldly beauty; the proud, magnificent curves on her chest only made it worse. Twin tails, a sharp tongue a woman who made him want to conquer her.
"Whis," drawled the clown-faced God of Destruction lounging nearby, "isn't this against Angel protocol?"
Belmod, God of Destruction of Universe 11, toyed with his wine glass as he spoke.
"Hehe, Lord Belmod, isn't this normal? Besides, I imagine Marcarita wouldn't mind 'training' him herself." Whis smiled. "And let's not pretend the rumor about a mortal surpassing a God of Destruction didn't come from your universe."
That tidbit a mortal stronger than a God of Destruction had shocked the whole multiverse when it spread. Whis had been surprised too.
A God of Destruction is no simple thing. Each one stands in the so-called Great God Realm. In the twelve universes, very few GoDs sit below the Fifth Heaven of that realm. Universe 9's Sidra, Universe 4's Quitela, Universe 3's Mosco by Whis's private reckoning, those were Fifth Heaven or under.
Sidra of Universe 9 was the weakest too indecisive to destroy unworthy planets and civilizations. In mental fortitude, he lagged even behind his own Kai, the scheming Roh. His strength? Roughly the Second Heaven.
Quitela of Universe 4 shared Roh's despicable streak; his heart was no sturdier, and his power hovered around the Fourth Heaven.
Universe 3 was the machine universe. Even its GoD, Mosco, relied on a mechanized shell; still, with its hyper-advanced science, that made Mosco a solid Fifth Heaven.
Back to the point Whis's estimate was that Universe 11's "mortal beyond a GoD" might exceed a weaker God of Destruction by a realm or two, but absolutely not anything close to the Ninth Heaven.
"Haha, Whis. The mortal who surpassed a GoD isn't just a rumor," Belmod said, delighted.
"Hehe. If you say so. Where's Toppo? Between your 'mortal prodigy' and Toppo of the Pride Troopers, I'm more interested in the one overflowing with justice," Whis waved off the argument.
"Marcarita. Call Toppo back," Belmod said.
"Yes, Lord Belmod." Marcarita tapped her staff.
Far away, on a world wracked by rebellion, Toppo received the message. Universe 11 might actually be more chaotic than Seven; villains outnumbered the righteous. The Pride Troopers never stopped moving.
"Understood, Lady Marcarita. I'll return at once," Toppo replied.
Three hours later, an orbship touched down on the Destroyer's planet. Toppo disembarked, massive frame looming.
"Lady Marcarita, what's the emergency?" he asked, frowning.
"Him," she pointed at Gohan. "A genius from Universe Seven. He wants to spar."
"What? You dragged me back for a duel?" Toppo's fanatical sense of justice was so extreme it bordered on pathological, and his fury surged instantly.
"You got a problem?" Gohan's face cooled. He knew Toppo's personality on paper, but meeting it head-on like this still rubbed him raw.
"Boy, do you know how many innocents were slaughtered by evildoers in the time I wasted returning here to indulge your challenge?" Toppo's voice boomed with righteous indignation as he looked down his nose at him.
"Boom." Gohan's fist smashed into Toppo's jaw and sent him flying.
"To hell with your attitude," he snarled. "You big dumb brute playing saint nauseating."
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