Chapter 194: Encounter with the Time Patrol Again – Paragus's Death
In just that brief moment of distraction, Towa and Mira had already slipped into the space-time tunnel behind them.
"Damn it..." Lin Qi let out a furious roar and knocked Broly unconscious with a burst of ki.
"They sure know how to run!"
Just as Lin Qi turned back toward Broly, the space-time tunnel reappeared. Emerging from it was Trunks, dressed in the Time Patrol uniform and carrying a sword on his back.
"Trunks?" Lin Qi looked at the figure before him, a bit surprised.
He hadn't expected to see Trunks from the Time Patrol of the Supreme Kai of Time here in his own primary timeline.
"You're... Lin Qi?!" Time Patrol Trunks stared at Lin Qi in astonishment.
He couldn't believe he had actually chased them into a timeline where Lin Qi existed!
Time Patrol Trunks scanned Lin Qi in disbelief. "I'm not seeing things, am I? You're really Lin Qi? This timeline is unbelievable!"
"There are so few timelines that even have you in them!"
"Trunks, who are you talking to? I've searched the area—no sign of Mira or Towa!"
Time Patrol Vegeta descended from the sky and landed beside Trunks. "Time to go. We can't waste time—we still need to catch them!"
As he spoke, Time Patrol Vegeta turned and spotted Lin Qi, visibly surprised. "Lin Qi? What the hell are you doing here?"
"No need to be so shocked. Something happen with Chronoa again?" Lin Qi glanced at the still-unconscious Broly nearby.
"Same old mess. Stragglers from the Demon Realm—and that bastard Demigra's turned against us too!"
Time Patrol Vegeta let out a cold snort, summarizing the situation with clear disdain for their former ally, Demigra.
Trunks sighed in frustration. "Damn it! We were too late again. They got away!"
"There's no helping it. Looks like we'll have to report everything to the Supreme Kai of Time."
As he spoke, Trunks suddenly turned to Lin Qi. "Lin Qi, how about rejoining the Time Patrol?"
"No thanks, I've still got things to take care of here." Lin Qi shook his head, then paused, something occurring to him. He looked to both Vegeta and Trunks.
"Have either of you seen someone exactly like me—but not the current me?"
"You mean an alternate you?" Time Patrol Vegeta looked at Trunks, then shook his head. "Haven't run into him."
"Same here," Trunks replied. "Be careful, Lin Qi. Mira and Towa won't give up on this timeline so easily."
Vegeta, however, snorted again. "Hmph. Worry about yourself. Lin Qi doesn't need your concern."
"Haha... Fair enough. Even if they come back, I might just end up defeating them for you!" Lin Qi chuckled, though his eyes were filled with doubt.
Just who was that Super Saiyan Blue version of himself from another timeline? And how had he never crossed paths with the Time Patrol?
Could he be from Towa's side?
Vegeta didn't bother with pleasantries. "We're heading back. If Mira and Towa show up again, we'll return immediately."
And with that, a flash of white light enveloped both of them, and they vanished.
Once Vegeta and Trunks were gone, Broly stirred and began to wake.
He sat hunched on the ground in a daze, staring at the blood-soaked corpse of Paragus. "Father?!"
Abandoned since childhood, Broly probably never even grasped what death really meant...
Was he really this shaken by Paragus's death?
"You bastards... You killed my father!!" Broly's eyes locked onto Lin Qi, filled with hostility and on the verge of losing control again.
"That had nothing to do with me. He was already dead when I got here," Lin Qi replied coldly, frowning as he lifted off the ground.
The ruined terrain was still littered with the corpses of giant spiders—casualties of the earlier battle—reeking with a foul stench.
"Ugh..." Only now did Lin Qi realize how nauseating the battlefield was, both in sight and smell.
"Father... Haaaaargh!!"
Driven mad once again, Broly gave no warning before lunging at Lin Qi, his fist swinging like a scythe toward Lin Qi's flank.
"I said, it's not my fault! Tch..." Lin Qi leaned back with a quick step, the fist grazing the tip of his nose.
Damn Mira and Towa—setting him up like this?! What terrible timing...
Broly didn't listen to a word. As Lin Qi retreated, Broly's other fist shot straight into Lin Qi's unguarded abdomen.
Boom!
Lin Qi's body flew back from the blow, but Broly immediately launched a barrage of ki blasts at him.
But Lin Qi wasn't someone to be underestimated. That punch to the gut hadn't harmed him at all.
With a backflip, Lin Qi stabilized in the air, and with one hand, deflected all of Broly's incoming blasts.
"What a pain. Guess I'll just knock him out directly." Dodging another attack, Lin Qi blocked Broly's punch with his elbow, then quickly struck at his neck.
Smack!
The blow snapped Broly's head to the side, sending him crashing into a rocky cliff.
"Ugh..." But Broly didn't lose consciousness. He shook off the rubble with a burst of ki and shot into the air.
"Haaaah!!"
He roared once more and charged at Lin Qi. Blocking Broly's punch, Lin Qi raised an eyebrow.
"His power's rising with his rage..." Lin Qi was starting to feel a bit excited himself.
"He wasn't even at base form Goku or Vegeta's level earlier... Not bad at all. I knew I saw potential in you."
Lin Qi threw a punch at Broly's face, the force so immense it distorted Broly's features on impact.
As Broly was sent flying, Lin Qi pursued and followed up with a flying kick.
But Broly's reaction had clearly improved. He caught Lin Qi's leg mid-air and hurled him downward into a mountain peak.
With a roar, Lin Qi exploded his aura, obliterating the mountain and blasting Broly away with the shockwave.
In the next instant, Broly charged again. Their fists clashed—Broly's far larger, yet the strength behind them was evenly matched.
"Grr..." Broly gritted his teeth in fury, suddenly grabbing Lin Qi's arm and hurling him high into the sky.
Boom!
A massive ki blast engulfed Lin Qi's form, and the explosion shook the ground violently.
After all, Planet Vampa was only a small planet. Even this level of fighting was already more than it could take!
But Broly, lost in rage, couldn't care less.
He roared again, pouring even more power into his next blast, firing it into the churning smoke.