Chapter 11: The Omniverse Exclusive
Night had fallen over Capsule Corporation.
The excitement from earlier had finally settled.
After my transformation into a Super Saiyan, everyone had spent hours trying to process what they had witnessed.
Bulma was still confused.
Trunks was still shocked.
And Vegeta...
Vegeta had become strangely quiet.
Not angry.
Not worried.
Just thoughtful.
For someone like Vegeta, that was far more dangerous.
Because it meant he was thinking.
A lot.
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Inside my room, everything was silent.
The lights were off.
The moonlight filtered through the large window.
To anyone watching, I looked like a normal one-year-old child sleeping peacefully in his bed.
But I wasn't sleeping.
Not even close.
My eyes slowly opened.
The room remained silent.
Good.
Everyone was asleep.
Or at least they thought I was.
A small smile appeared on my face.
Finally.
Some free time.
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For the past year, I had only occasionally glanced through the System Mall.
Not because I couldn't use it.
But because there was simply no need.
I already possessed countless powers.
Adding more without understanding my current situation would be pointless.
But tonight...
I was curious.
The memory of the notification from earlier remained fresh in my mind.
The mysterious category I had briefly noticed before my transformation.
The category that shouldn't exist.
The category called...
Omniverse Exclusive.
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The system immediately appeared before me.
A familiar blue screen filled my vision.
[OMNIPOTENT SYSTEM]
User Status: Stable
Physical Synchronization: 25%
Current Transformation Access: Active
System Mall: Available
I mentally selected the Mall.
The interface instantly expanded.
Countless categories appeared before me.
Skills.
Bloodlines.
Weapons.
Worlds.
Artifacts.
Knowledge.
Concepts.
Reality Manipulation.
Creation Authorities.
Existence Authorities.
The list seemed endless.
Yet my attention wasn't focused on any of them.
It focused on a single category at the very top.
A category glowing with silver light.
Omniverse Exclusive.
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I selected it.
The screen changed.
Then...
For the first time since obtaining the system...
I became surprised.
Actually surprised.
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[OMNIVERSE EXCLUSIVE]
Items Available: ???
Access Level: Authorized
Price: Free
---
Only three lines.
No item list.
No explanation.
Nothing.
Just question marks.
I frowned.
That was unusual.
The system had never hidden information before.
Never.
Then another notification appeared.
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[NOTICE]
Current User Age Insufficient.
Additional Information Available At Future Milestones.
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I blinked.
Age?
Seriously?
So the system wasn't restricting me.
It was simply delaying information.
Interesting.
Very interesting.
---
Then something else appeared.
A single option.
Unlike the others.
This one actually had a name.
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[UNIVERSAL TRANSLATION PACKAGE]
Price: Free
Status: Available
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I tilted my head.
That seemed...
Unexpectedly normal.
Compared to everything else in the system.
Still.
Free was free.
I accepted.
Instantly, a warm sensation spread through my mind.
Then it vanished.
No explosion.
No dramatic changes.
Just understanding.
Languages.
Thousands of them.
Millions.
Knowledge flowed naturally into my memory.
Not painfully.
Not forcefully.
As if it had always been there.
Interesting.
Very useful.
---
Another notification appeared.
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[FREE STARTER BENEFIT CLAIMED]
Reward Received.
---
Wait.
Starter benefit?
Now?
After an entire year?
That seemed suspicious.
---
A small golden box appeared before me.
It floated silently.
I examined it carefully.
Then opened it.
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[REWARD OBTAINED]
Perfect Energy Control
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I froze.
For several seconds, I simply stared.
Perfect Energy Control.
Not more power.
Not another transformation.
Control.
Exactly what I needed most.
---
A smile slowly appeared on my face.
Now that...
Now that was useful.
Extremely useful.
---
At that exact moment—
Knock.
Knock.
Knock.
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I immediately dismissed the system.
The room returned to normal.
A moment later, the door opened.
Bulma stepped inside.
Her hair looked slightly messy.
As if she had only just woken up.
She blinked.
Then noticed I was awake.
"You're still awake?"
I immediately switched to my innocent baby expression.
The one that had worked for an entire year.
"Hehe."
Bulma sighed.
"Of course."
She walked over and gently picked me up.
For a few moments, neither of us spoke.
The room remained quiet.
Then she looked down at me.
"You know..."
Her voice became softer.
"Today was probably the strangest day of my life."
I remained silent.
Naturally.
I couldn't exactly answer.
---
Bulma smiled slightly.
"A one-year-old Super Saiyan."
She shook her head.
"If someone told me that a few years ago, I'd have called them crazy."
A small laugh escaped her.
Then she gently poked my forehead.
"And yet here you are."
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For some reason...
I didn't dislike this moment.
It felt peaceful.
Simple.
Normal.
Something I hadn't expected after reincarnating.
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Eventually Bulma carried me toward the window.
The stars filled the night sky.
Bright.
Endless.
Beautiful.
Neither of us noticed another figure standing on a distant balcony.
Watching silently.
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Vegeta.
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The Prince of All Saiyans stared toward the illuminated room.
Toward Bulma.
Toward his son.
His expression remained unreadable.
But his thoughts were anything but calm.
Because no matter how many times he replayed the scene from earlier...
The answer never changed.
A one-year-old Super Saiyan.
Impossible.
And yet...
It had happened.
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Vegeta slowly looked upward.
Toward the stars.
Toward the vast universe beyond.
A universe that suddenly felt much larger than before.
Much more unpredictable.
And for the first time in years...
The future felt uncertain.
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Inside the room, I also looked at the stars.
A faint smile appeared on my face.
Because unlike everyone else...
I knew something they didn't.
The universe wasn't the limit.
Not even close.
And someday...
I would prove it.
— End of Chapter 11: The Omniverse Exclusive —