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Super Perfect Cell was eager to fight and could hardly wait any longer.
Trunks looked at the little fellow, a faint smile appearing at the corners of his mouth. He patted Super Perfect Cell lightly on the shoulder and said, "All right. If you can't beat them, I'll step in. Your stamina is better, so wear the opponent down first."
Super Perfect Cell pouted, placing his hands on his hips, and retorted, "What do you mean, boss? How could I possibly lose? Since you said that, I won't give you the chance to step in."
As he spoke, Super Perfect Cell shot into the air like an arrow released from a bow, preparing to find someone to fight. However, after looking around for a while, he didn't find anyone.
Super Perfect Cell sighed in disappointment. He turned to look at Trunks, confusion evident in his eyes, and muttered, "Strange... Boss, why is there no one here?"
At that moment, Trunks realized that, on this vast, snowy plain, they were alone. He frowned thoughtfully and said, "Maybe our universe was the first to finish teleporting."
Hearing this, Super Perfect Cell's eyes widened with excitement. "Then doesn't that mean we can explore this place first?"
Trunks smiled and nodded. "Yeah, but we still need to be careful. The contestants from the other universes should be teleporting here soon."
Super Perfect Cell looked extremely confident. He patted his solid chest vigorously and promised Trunks with absolute certainty, "Don't worry, boss! Leave this small matter to me. Nothing will go wrong!"
Before he finished speaking, he was already rubbing his fists together impatiently. Unable to contain his excitement, he broke into a run toward the front.
Watching Super Perfect Cell's departing figure, Trunks helplessly shook his head.
Trunks sped up and quickly followed Super Perfect Cell.
Meanwhile, atop another towering mountain nearby, a mysterious figure in a black robe stood silently. He seemed almost fused with the surrounding environment. Without careful observation, it would have been difficult to notice his presence.
His body was completely enveloped by the wide black robe, revealing only a face mostly hidden in shadow. Beneath the robe were deep eyes as still as dark pools of water, now fixed intently on Trunks.
Suddenly, the man in black moved.
With a light leap, he jumped down from the tall mountain peak like a swift eagle.
As he descended, his body rotated gracefully in midair, his hands folded across his chest. The entire movement flowed smoothly, without the slightest hint of clumsiness.
When he landed, he made no sound. Lightening his steps, he carefully followed the silhouettes of Trunks and Super Perfect Cell.
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"Boss, by the way, if we win this tournament, the prize is the Super Dragon Balls, right?" Super Perfect Cell suddenly asked.
"Yeah, that's right. Why are you asking about that all of a sudden?" Trunks replied.
Super Perfect Cell smiled. "Of course I want to know what wish you're going to make, boss!"
Trunks stopped walking. He had actually already discussed that question with Gohan.
The answer didn't matter much to Trunks, but Gohan's response was exactly what he had expected. Just like in the original story, Gohan hoped that, after winning, all the universes erased by Zen'ō, the King of All, could be restored.
Trunks raised his head and said to Super Perfect Cell, "To restore the universes that Lord Zen'ō erased."
As soon as he said that, Super Perfect Cell froze for a moment. His eyes widened, and then he exclaimed in surprise,
"I didn't expect you to be so great, boss! Truly worthy of being the boss!"
However, at that moment, a crisp crunching sound suddenly came from behind them. Both of them instantly turned back in alertness, but they didn't see any trace of anyone.
Super Perfect Cell shouted warily, "Who's there?! Come out!!"
Trunks closed his eyes and sharply sensed a dark figure rapidly moving not far away.
Without hesitation, he dashed toward that shadow.
"Boss! Wait for me!!" Super Perfect Cell chased after Trunks.
But at that very moment, three beams of light suddenly appeared beside Super Perfect Cell.
The light faded.
Super Perfect Cell's attention was immediately drawn to the three newcomers.
A lump of metal, a pink figure, and a green figure had just been teleported right next to him.
The metal lump waved its arms while muttering something to itself, but Super Perfect Cell couldn't understand a single word it was saying.
It was just a string of incomprehensible gibberish.
That's right, this guy was Magetta from Universe 6.
The two behind him were also from Universe 6: a Namekian and a Yardratian.
Super Perfect Cell looked at them and immediately felt delighted. His mind was no longer focused on catching up with Trunks.
He pointed at the babbling Magetta and said, "Hey! Big guy, what are you talking about? And who are you people?"
"Don't tell me… you're trying to surround me?"
The three of them looked at each other.
In fact, they had all been randomly teleported here as well.
They hadn't expected to run straight into Super Perfect Cell.
Suddenly, Super Perfect Cell's gaze fell on the Namekian.
"Oh? Someone who looks a lot like Uncle Piccolo. Interesting."
But in the next second, the Namekian cells inside Super Perfect Cell's body suddenly sensed something strange.
The Namekian in front of him contained many Namekians within him.
Yes, this guy was the result of Assimilation.
At the same time, that Namekian also seemed to notice that this little fellow in front of him had Namekian cells inside his body.
And just like him, he was also the product of Assimilation. Super Perfect Cell revealed a wicked grin as he looked over the three unlucky opponents.
"Hehe… you're really unlucky to have run into me. So I'll start by using the three of you to warm up!"
For some reason, after hearing Super Perfect Cell say that, the Namekian suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of pressure.
He warned the two companions behind him, "Be careful! This guy isn't simple!"
With that said, he prepared to enter a battle stance.
But in the very next second, something completely unexpected happened.
His arm suddenly stopped obeying him.
He looked down at it in shock, only to discover that his arm had already disappeared, it had fallen to the ground.
Terrified, he raised his head and saw that Super Perfect Cell was holding up his hand like a blade, preparing to strike his other arm next.
(End Of This Chapter)