The Cell of this world felt the terrifying power surging within him—so vast it seemed capable of tearing the sky apart.
He threw his head back and let out a triumphant roar.
"I succeeded!"
"I also… became Perfect!"
He examined his smooth, powerful body, his face filled with uncontrollable ecstasy.
Then he looked toward his counterpart not far away—arms crossed, expression indifferent.
That Perfect Cell from the future.
The one who had reached perfection one step earlier.
"We succeeded!"
"We are the most perfect beings in this universe!"
He declared excitedly.
"No."
The future Perfect Cell—no, what should now be called Ultimate Cell—slowly shook his head.
The faint smile on his lips carried an elegant, elusive cruelty.
"Only one Perfect being is necessary."
"Hm?"
The joy on this world's Cell froze.
He didn't understand.
"What do you mean?"
Ultimate Cell didn't answer.
He simply raised a finger and casually pointed it forward.
Whoosh—!
A thin, nearly invisible purple beam shot out, moving at unimaginable speed.
It pierced straight through this world's Cell's chest.
"Ugh…!"
His pupils shrank violently.
He looked down at the smoking hole in his torso, disbelief written across his face.
"Wh… why…?"
He struggled to lift his head and looked at Ultimate Cell, who remained calm and composed.
Weren't they comrades?
Allies?
Hadn't they destroyed this planet together?
Achieved perfection together?
Why?
"Why?!"
Ultimate Cell chuckled, as if he had just heard a joke.
"Did you really believe we were equals?"
He slowly walked forward, eyes filled with condescending pity.
"I absorbed Android 17, Android 18, Android 16…"
"And even the Goku, Vegeta, and Gohan of that world."
"My perfection was forged from the corpses of countless powerful beings."
"It is true perfection—power gathered from thousands into one."
"And you?"
"You merely relied on Shenron's power to take a shortcut."
"Your so-called perfection is flawed."
"It's cheap."
"It's fake."
"Your only purpose…"
"…is to become my final nourishment."
"Bastard—!"
Everything became clear.
From the very beginning, this had all been a lie.
There was no cooperation.
No alliance.
He had merely been used—to wipe out the weak, then saved as a final meal.
"ROOOOAAARRR—!!!"
Rage and humiliation detonated all the power within him!
His immense ki exploded outward!
"I'll kill you!"
He transformed into a streak of green lightning, smashing his fist toward Ultimate Cell's face.
This was his Perfect Form's full-power strike!
Ultimate Cell calmly raised one hand.
Crack.
A soft sound.
The fist—capable of shattering stars—was casually caught in his palm.
"What?!"
This world's Cell felt as if he had struck an unmovable wall.
"Too weak."
Ultimate Cell shook his head, disappointment clear in his voice.
"Your power."
"Your speed."
"Your control."
"All of it is crude."
"You're nothing more than…"
"…a defective product."
Crack!
Ultimate Cell tightened his grip.
The bones in Cell's hand shattered instantly.
"AAAH—!"
A shrill scream echoed across the wasteland.
"Let me show you…"
"What true…"
"Perfection is."
"What ultimate means."
Ultimate Cell stepped forward.
Just one step.
Then—
A punch.
BOOM—!!!
This world's Cell's abdomen collapsed inward.
His body was blasted away like a cannonball, smashing through the remaining mountains on the horizon.
Ultimate Cell followed like a shadow, instantly appearing ahead of him.
A brutal whip kick slammed into his back.
RUMBLE!
His body was driven straight down into the fractured earth.
The ground collapsed again.
A bottomless crater opened on the dead planet.
"Cough… pfft…"
Cell lay at the bottom, vomiting large mouthfuls of green blood, unable to move even a finger.
He had lost.
Completely.
Utterly.
His so-called Perfect body was a joke.
A shadow fell over him.
Ultimate Cell descended slowly, landing before his broken counterpart.
"It's over."
"Become part of me."
"This is your only value."
Behind Ultimate Cell, the wicked tail that had devoured countless warriors slowly opened.
"No… don't…"
Fear filled Cell's eyes.
Too late.
The tail enveloped him.
"AAAAAAAH—!!!"
BOOM—!!!
An unprecedented aura erupted—so terrifying it made the entire galaxy tremble!
Ultimate Cell's body transformed once again.
Even more perfect.
Even more absolute.
[Ultimate Lightning Cell]
[Combat Power: 35.0 Billion]
Ultimate Lightning Cell closed his eyes, savoring the god-like power flowing through him.
"This feeling…"
"It's magnificent."
"This universe no longer has any value."
"It's time…"
"…to go back."
A supremely evil smile curved across his lips.
…
At the same time—
West City, Capsule Corporation Headquarters.
"Ah—!"
A scream shattered the morning calm.
Bulma stared at her wrecked laboratory, her mind blank.
What terrified her most was this—
The time machine.
It was gone.
"This is bad—this is really bad!"
Bulma hurriedly contacted the others.
"Goku! Vegeta! Piccolo!"
"Something terrible has happened!"
"The time machine—it was stolen!"
"I was working on it last night! I even refilled it with enough energy for two round trips!"
"And now it's gone!"
...
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