"And you're laughing?" Caulifla snapped. "You Saiyans from Planet Vegeta just stood there watching. Not one of you helped!"
"You were the one who said the Saiyans from Planet Sadala had to save face," Vegeta said with a smirk. "Instead, you got tossed around by that Demon King."
"Kale is with us!" Caulifla immediately pulled Kale to her side.
"Whatever," Vegeta said calmly.
With Dabura dead, Cabba's petrification wore off while Kibito was still holding him.
"Why are you holding me like this?" Cabba panicked. "I'm not into men!"
Kibito went silent.
"I saved you! Do you have no shame at all? You were turned to stone just now. Did you forget?" Kibito snapped, putting him down.
"You warned me too late. By the time I understood what was happening, I was already stone," Cabba argued.
"Enough. Shut up and get that wizard out here first," Vegeta said. He aimed his hand at the spaceship buried deep underground, energy gathering in his palm.
"Wait! Vegeta! Are you trying to destroy the ship?" the Supreme Kai shouted in horror.
"What else would I be doing?" Vegeta said, the corner of his mouth lifting.
"Stop! If you destroy the ship, Majin Buu's seal might break from the shock!" The Supreme Kai panicked and flashed below Vegeta, using his own body to block the ground beneath him.
"Don't you get it? I want Majin Buu to come out and play with us." Vegeta grinned. "Move, or I'll wipe you out with it."
"You have no idea what you're doing! You're no match for Majin Buu!" the Supreme Kai shouted. "He's a hundred times stronger than Dabura!"
"Hmph. Only a hundred times?" Vegeta said, full of disdain. "One transformation is enough to pass that. Are you moving or not?"
"Kill me if you can," the Supreme Kai said through clenched teeth, refusing to move.
Majin Buu had haunted him for far too long.
He could not let Buu out.
If that monster woke up, no one would be able to stop him from rampaging across the universe.
"You really think I won't kill you?" Vegeta snapped. In an instant, he appeared right in front of the Supreme Kai.
"Supreme Kai, watch out!" Kibito shouted.
Bang!
Vegeta drove an uppercut into the Supreme Kai's stomach.
"Guh…"
The Supreme Kai coughed up bile, his face twisting from the pain.
Vegeta snorted again and dropped an energy blast straight into the ground below.
Boom!
Babidi's spaceship exploded underground. Fire shot into the sky, dust and smoke rolling everywhere.
The Supreme Kai's eyes went wide, his face turning worse than ever.
This is bad.
With that much shock, there's no way Majin Buu won't wake up.
Kibito and I worked so hard to seal him away.
And that bastard Vegeta just let him out!
"Vegeta! Do you understand what you've done? You may have put the whole universe in danger!" the Supreme Kai shouted.
"Oh?" Vegeta smiled coldly.
…
Universe 12, outer space.
Ken and Merus were flying toward the World of Void at high speed.
"So you're saying Buu waking up will be training for Goku and the others?" Merus asked.
"That's exactly what I mean," Ken said with a nod.
"I don't think Goku can beat Buu," Merus said, quietly wiping away sweat. "Buu has already reached the level of a God of Destruction."
"Goku can't beat him, and you probably can't either," Ken said with a smile.
Merus went silent.
That hurt.
You're right, but you didn't have to say it.
"That's why it's good training," Ken said. "They're not supposed to have an easy time."
"Fair enough. I'll go with you and watch," Merus said with a nod. "It's been a long time since I last saw Buu."
"We should make things a little more serious for them," Ken said after thinking it over. "If they treat this like a game, it won't feel dangerous enough."
He brought the crystal ball on his scepter closer.
"What are you adding?" Merus asked.
"Goku, it's Ken," Ken said, contacting him directly.
"Huh? Ken? Where are you?" Goku's voice came through right away.
"There's something I forgot to tell you. The Majin Buu you're dealing with is terrifying. Even Merus can't beat him," Ken said honestly.
Merus went silent.
Please don't drag me into this.
Even if it's true.
"Merus, am I wrong?" Ken turned to him on purpose.
Merus had no words. Ken had completely defeated him.
"Yes… Goku, it's true. I can't beat Majin Buu either," Merus said seriously.
"What? Even Merus can't beat him?" Goku cried out, then looked at the exploding spaceship with a growing headache. "That's bad. Vegeta just destroyed Babidi's spaceship. Majin Buu might wake up any second now!"
"Merus and I still need at least two days to get back, so be careful," Ken said seriously.
"Huh? That long? I'll come get you!" Goku volunteered at once. "Which universe are you in?"
"I'm in outer space. If you come here, you'll die," Ken said.
"Oh… right," Goku said with a nod.
"Majin Buu is strong and dangerous. Don't take him lightly," Ken said again.
"Even my dad can't beat him?" Goku asked.
"No," Ken said. Then he gave Goku a tiny bit of hope. "At least before Buu was sealed, Bardock couldn't beat him. But he's been sealed away for a long time, so his power should have dropped. You might still have a chance."
"That's good, then…" Goku breathed out in relief.
"That's all for now." Ken ended the call.
"Huh? Ken, you could find a planet with air, and I could come pick you up," Goku said quickly.
But Ken had already ended the call.
Goku went silent.
"Ken, have Goku and the others never met Buu?" Merus asked thoughtfully.
"I don't really remember. Probably not," Ken said, shaking his head.
"Bardock has met Buu, right?" Merus asked.
"Bardock has met him, and Buu knows who he is," Ken said with a nod. "I should warn Bardock ahead of time so he doesn't interfere."
"That's probably best," Merus said.
Ken contacted Bardock and told him that if he saw Buu, he should act like nothing had happened.
Bardock naturally had no objection.
"Shouldn't you warn Buu too?" Merus asked with a laugh. "If Buu gets even a little serious, your future Supreme Kais and Gods of Destruction might get wiped out."
"Merus, you sound a little too happy about this," Ken said, giving him a sidelong look.
"I'm serious," Merus said at once.
"You're not wrong." Ken nodded and did not scold him further. Instead, he contacted Buu.
Buu was still sleeping soundly inside the ice flame, finding the place surprisingly comfortable.
All of a sudden, Ken appeared in his dream.
"Ken?" Buu froze, then burst into tears. "Do you know how hard things have been for me? Zeno-sama bullied me so much… Waaaah…"
"That's in the past now. When are you planning to wake up?" Ken asked with a smile.
"Let me sleep a little longer. I'm still tired." Buu yawned.
"Wake up already and play with the Supreme Kai for a bit. Otherwise, if Zeno-sama gets angry, he might drag you back again," Ken said, suddenly looking serious.
Buu jumped in fright. His body trembled, and his face went pale.
"The people the Supreme Kai brought should all be familiar to you from when you were Zeno-sama's mount," Ken added. "They're future Supreme Kais and Gods of Destruction. Teach them a lesson, but don't kill them."
"Uh…" Buu scratched his head.
"Do this properly, and I'll ask Zeno-sama to give you real freedom," Ken said.
Buu nodded again and again, bowing to Ken nonstop.
Then Ken's voice disappeared.
After that call, Ken and Merus kept flying.
…
Universe 6, Earth.
Inside Babidi's spaceship.
Babidi had just returned to the ship and was looking at Majin Buu's seal when a massive explosion tore through the place.
Boom!
Before Babidi even understood what had happened, the blast threw him high into the air.
Splat!
He crashed back down headfirst, landing flat on his face.
Pui Pui and Yakon were thrown out too, both sprawled on the ground and howling in pain.
As for Babidi's other underlings, the explosion from the ship and Vegeta's energy killed them instantly.
Majin Buu's seal was blasted upward as well. It fell from the sky and landed on the ground.
The Supreme Kai and Kibito saw it at once, their eyes widening in horror.
"That's… Majin Buu's seal!" Kibito said, his voice shaking.
"Vegeta, look what you did!" the Supreme Kai shouted furiously.
"Hmph. Which one is Buu's seal? That blue flame?" Vegeta asked, smiling.
"Vegeta, this is bad!" Goku said quickly. "Ken just contacted me. He said Buu is so strong even Merus can't beat him."
"What did you say?" Vegeta's face changed.
"Now you understand how terrifying Majin Buu is?" The Supreme Kai shook with anger, his face pale.
"Even Merus can't beat him?" Gohan's expression turned serious.
"Is he really that strong?" Kale said quietly, her face losing color.
"Caulifla, this guy they released sounds scary," Cabba whispered.
"Sounds fun to me," Caulifla said with a careless grin. "No point worrying now."
"Stronger than Merus…" Cold sweat ran down Piccolo's face. "This is worse than we thought."
"Ugh… my spaceship! Which idiot did this?" Babidi climbed up from the ground and shouted at Goku and the others in the sky.
"You shameless bastards!" Pui Pui shook with anger.
"Who did it? I'll make them pay!" Yakon shouted.
"Hm? Where's Dabura?" Babidi suddenly realized Dabura was gone.
"That idiot is dead," Piccolo said calmly.
"What? Impossible! That's impossible!" Babidi screamed, refusing to believe it.
Then he seemed to remember something and immediately searched around for Majin Buu's seal.
A moment later, his eyes locked onto the blue ice flame nearby.
It was called an ice flame, but by now it had condensed into something like a crystal.
A deep blue crystal.
Its color was so dark that no one could see what was inside. Cold air poured from it, dropping the temperature around it by more than ten degrees.
Babidi ran straight to it.
"My Buu, wake up! Hurry and wake up!" Babidi shouted. He aimed both hands at the seal and began chanting. "Papparapah!"
"No! We can't let him release Majin Buu!" the Supreme Kai shouted in horror and rushed toward Babidi.
Whoosh!
But something moved even faster.
Not a person.
A strange creature that looked like a monster.
Yakon.
Yakon appeared directly in front of the Supreme Kai at terrifying speed.
Slash!
He swung his long claws down.
The sharp claws cut across the Supreme Kai's chest like a scythe, leaving a long gash.
The Supreme Kai nearly lost his soul from fright. His eyes widened in terror.
"Y-You're Yakon?" the Supreme Kai said, stunned.
"Hmph. That's right," Yakon said with a cold laugh. "If you want Babidi, you'll have to get through me first."
"And me!" Pui Pui appeared beside Yakon, full of confidence.
Whoosh!
The moment Pui Pui finished speaking, an energy blast dropped from the sky and swallowed him.
"Aaagh…"
Pui Pui screamed once before his body was blown apart, leaving nothing behind.
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