"Think carefully—when did it fall off? How did it fall off?" Old Kai looked at Goku sideways.
"Now that Old Kai mentions it..." Goku stroked his chin thoughtfully for several seconds, then his eyes suddenly brightened. "I remember now! Kami said it! He said my tail was in the way, so he removed it! From then on, I never grew a tail again!"
"He who tied the bell must untie it." Old Kai smiled.
"You mean, asking Kami for help might regrow my tail?" Goku understood.
"More or less." Old Kai nodded, then asked, "So, your so-called Super Saiyan 4 transformation—how many times your current strength is it?"
"Seems like over 4000 times." Goku answered.
Old Kai: "..."
Old Kai's eyes widened immediately, his ears standing straight up.
Over 4000 times!
Are you joking?
"Kid, you're not joking with me, are you?" Old Kai was astonished.
"No, Old Kai, why would I joke?" Goku shook his head.
"If that's true... then your true future strength should be about 300,000 times your current self, right?" Old Kai exclaimed in wonder, sighing continuously.
"Although I don't know how you calculated that, it's probably about right." Goku didn't have much concept of these numbers.
"Kid, you're really remarkable!" Old Kai was shocked beyond measure, couldn't help muttering quietly, "A human of this strength level has almost touched the threshold of Gods of Destruction, hasn't he?"
"Gods of Destruction?" Goku was startled.
"Let me ask you something else." Old Kai's expression became more serious as he looked at Goku and asked, "You said that future guy called the Shadow Dragon—the negative energy released from his body had already affected the entire universe, is that right?"
"That's correct. The universe was almost swallowed by all the negative energy. If left unchecked, the entire universe would have faced a crisis." Goku nodded.
"So Beerus never appeared?" Old Kai asked somewhat strangely.
"Beerus? Who?" Goku scratched his head.
"Lord Beerus, the God of Destruction!" Old Kai answered.
"I've never heard of him... Later I defeated the Shadow Dragon with a Spirit Bomb, but I also consumed all my energy, and my soul came to this timeline with Shenron." Goku pondered. "As for this God of Destruction you mentioned, Old Kai, I don't know anything about him."
"This is strange. Logically, when such a major crisis appears in the universe, Lord Beerus should appear!" Old Kai held his forehead pensively. "Even if Lord Beerus doesn't appear, the final result might be that the Grand Zeno would personally erase this universe! What negative energy... isn't that something the Grand Zeno could handle with a wave of his hand?"
"Huh? Old Kai, what are you talking about? I can't understand a single sentence!" Goku listened in confusion.
"Let me ask you—did the future me ever mention how I ended up in that Z Sword?" Old Kai asked again.
"You said you were sealed inside by a very powerful guy. That guy, while not as strong as Majin Buu, was at least stronger than Old Kai." Goku replied truthfully.
"I said that?" Old Kai sighed, increasingly certain that his future self was an idiot.
"Yes." Goku nodded.
In the distance.
Supreme Kai and Kibito occasionally glanced over, both showing extreme shock on their faces.
"The Great Ancestor and this man called Son Goku are chatting quite happily!" Kibito felt a bit uncomfortable.
"It feels like they already knew each other." Supreme Kai pondered.
"How could that be? Logically it shouldn't be possible." Kibito expressed deep doubt.
"I don't know what they're talking about. They look quite serious." Supreme Kai's gaze was profound, wanting to eavesdrop but feeling it would be impolite.
Old Kai was quite speechless hearing Goku's account.
"So, did this guy who sealed me ever appear?" Old Kai asked.
"No." Goku answered.
"After all these years, he never appeared?" Old Kai increasingly felt something was wrong and paced back and forth on the ground again.
Logically, Lord Beerus has been asleep for so long, he should have woken up by now.
Although the possibility of going to Earth is extremely low.
But if this kid called Son Goku really became this strong, it would indeed attract Beerus's attention.
Even if it doesn't attract Beerus's attention, at least Whis should mention it to Beerus.
Something's wrong!
More and more wrong!
But I'm not going to tell you it was Beerus who sealed me!
Otherwise, where's my dignity!
"In other words, when that Shadow Dragon guy finally appeared, the future me, besides having you solve this matter, didn't seek help from other universes?" Old Kai asked another question.
"Other universes? What do you mean?" Goku was even more confused.
"I see. I think I understand something." Old Kai let out a long sigh.
"Old Kai, can you speak clearly?" Goku looked bewildered.
"I can tell you one thing with certainty!" Old Kai stepped forward and patted Goku's shoulder, smiling. "Your worries are probably unnecessary."
"Huh? What do you mean?" Goku scratched his head.
"There's a high probability that in our timeline, the Shadow Dragon you mentioned won't appear." Old Kai smiled mysteriously.
"The Shadow Dragon won't appear?" Goku was startled, then suddenly understood. "Is it because if we don't overuse the Dragon Balls, we can prevent this?"
"No, it's because someone more terrifying than the Shadow Dragon will appear here." Old Kai sighed toward the sky but was secretly pleased, and looked at Goku with a grave expression.
"Old Kai... you're saying someone more terrifying than the Shadow Dragon will appear?" Goku was astonished, his eyes widening.
"Yes, his name is Beerus!" Old Kai said in a low voice. "Known as the universe's strongest God of Destruction, Beerus!"
"God of Destruction Beerus?" Goku had never heard of him.
"That's right." Old Kai nodded.
"More terrifying than the Shadow Dragon?" Goku asked again.
"According to my estimation, Beerus is at least 10,000 times stronger than the Shadow Dragon you mentioned." Old Kai pondered.
Goku: "..."
Goku was completely stunned, unable to recover for quite some time.
10,000 times stronger than the Shadow Dragon...
"Old Kai, you're joking, right?" Goku didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Who's joking with you?" Old Kai huffed. "When I say 10,000 times stronger, that's a conservative estimate. After all, I don't know exactly how strong Lord Beerus is. It could be 100,000 times or even 1 million times."
Goku: "..."
To be continued…