Boom!
Android 17 crashed into the ruins like a discarded rag doll.
Before the dust could even rise, it was blown away by a streak of golden light.
The cheerful smile that was always on Goku's face was gone.
His expression was so dark it looked as if rain could fall from it.
He grabbed Android 17 by the collar and yanked him out of the pile of rubble.
"So it was you..."
"You were the ones who killed everyone in this world?"
Goku's voice was quiet.
Yet the icy fury within it seemed to freeze the very air.
Android 17 coughed up a mouthful of blood mixed with machine oil and was about to sneer back.
Then he realized his feet weren't touching the ground.
All he could see were the furious eyes of the golden-haired warrior before him.
"Let go, you..."
Bang!
Goku didn't waste a single word.
His uppercut slammed into Android 17's stomach.
There was no ki blast.
Only raw physical strength.
Android 17 felt as though his internal organs had been crushed inside a hydraulic press.
His eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets as his body folded in half.
"That punch..."
"...was for the future me."
Before Android 17 could even catch his breath, a violet energy beam blasted into his back from the side.
"AAAAAH!"
He screamed as he was launched across the battlefield, carving a massive trench through the ground.
Vegeta floated overhead with his arms crossed, an irritated scowl on his face.
"Kakarot, stop hogging all the fun!"
"That pile of scrap belongs to me too!"
He hated the idea of ganging up on one opponent.
But there were only two enemies.
If he didn't join in now, he wouldn't even get a proper warm-up.
Android 17 staggered back to his feet, wiping the blood from his mouth.
His eyes were filled with utter disbelief.
Something was wrong.
According to Dr. Gero's data, Son Goku should have died from a heart virus years ago.
Vegeta was only supposed to have a power level in the low millions.
Then what were these monsters standing before him?
That golden aura.
That overwhelming pressure.
Millions?
This was hundreds of millions.
Billions!
"What..."
"What are you people?!"
"None of this was in the data!"
"The data?"
Piccolo's cold voice sounded from behind him.
Android 17 spun around.
All he saw was a green hand rapidly filling his vision.
Smack!
Piccolo slapped him across the face, sending him spinning three full rotations through the air.
"Your information is outdated, idiot."
Piccolo tore off his weighted cape.
Boom!
The heavy garment smashed into the ground, leaving behind a huge crater.
His sharp eyes locked onto Android 17.
Buried deep within them was endless grief.
Trunks had just told them that, in this future...
Gohan died protecting everyone.
The boy who always followed him around calling him "Mr. Piccolo."
The kind-hearted child who couldn't even bear to step on an insect.
And those walking machines had left him to die alone.
Unforgivable.
"Gohan..."
"You killed him, didn't you?"
Piccolo's voice trembled.
The white aura surrounding him gradually transformed into a deep emerald glow.
The unique aura born from the fusion of Kami and Demon King Piccolo radiated overwhelming pressure.
Android 17 covered his swollen face and spat out a broken tooth before grinning viciously.
"You mean that one-armed brat?"
"Haha! He died miserably!"
"Android 18 and I kicked him around like a ball..."
Boom!
Before he could finish.
Piccolo vanished.
"One-armed...?"
Piccolo's face darkened even further.
A knee strike!
It smashed directly into Android 17's chin.
The sharp crack of shattering bones echoed across the battlefield.
Android 17 felt his jaw explode into fragments as he was launched high into the sky.
"So..."
"You like kicking people around?"
Vegeta appeared above him like a phantom.
His fists were clasped together.
He brought them crashing down.
"Then let's see how it feels..."
"...to be the ball!"
Thud!
Android 17 plummeted like a meteor.
Before he could hit the ground, Goku appeared beneath him.
"Ha!"
One powerful kick sent him soaring back into the air.
The three Super Warriors treated the Android who had plunged this future into endless despair like a living punching bag.
A punch from the left.
A kick from the right.
A ki blast from above.
Android 17 bounced helplessly between the three of them like a rubber ball.
He never even had the chance to touch the ground.
His Infinite Energy Reactor roared at full capacity, desperately trying to repair the damage.
But the destruction came far faster than the repairs.
"Damn it!"
"Damn it!"
"Damn it!"
He screamed inside his own mind.
He was supposed to be the ultimate Android!
The ruler of this world!
Humans were nothing more than livestock waiting for slaughter!
So why?
Why had these warriors, who should have been long dead, become this powerful?
"How is this possible?!"
"Dr. Gero lied to me!"
"AAAAAH!"
Goku appeared before him again, his gaze ice-cold.
"Stop screaming."
"No one's coming to save you."
"In this timeline, you've murdered countless innocent people."
"Today..."
"...is your judgment."
"Kame..."
"...Hame..."
"...HAAAA!"
Blue light gathered between Goku's palms.
Vegeta raised one hand from the opposite side.
"GALICK GUN!"
Piccolo placed two fingers against his forehead.
"SPECIAL BEAM CANNON!"
Three devastating attacks locked onto Android 17 simultaneously.
As he stared at the blinding light racing toward him, he experienced something for the first time.
Fear.
The same fear he had seen in the countless humans who had begged for mercy before dying.
"N..."
"No..."
BOOOOOOM!!!
The three beams struck him at the same instant.
The earth-shattering explosion erased several kilometers of ruined city from existence.
When the smoke finally cleared...
Android 17 lay at the bottom of a massive crater.
His body was charred black.
His limbs were twisted into unnatural angles.
He looked like a dying stray dog.
Barely breathing.
Only an Android's superhuman durability had kept him alive.
A normal person would have been reduced to ashes.
Goku landed lightly on the ground and looked into the crater.
"Tch."
"He's not much of a fighter."
Vegeta snorted.
"What a waste of time."
"I could crush a hundred pieces of trash like him with one hand."
Piccolo remained silent.
He simply gazed into the distance.
His eyes seemed to pierce through time itself.
As though he could still see that one-armed Gohan standing alone, fighting until his very last breath.
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