The Masked Goku Black slowly turned around, an utterly mocking smile appearing on the face beneath his mask. He taunted Goku, “Well? Do you understand the disparity between our strength now, Goku?!”
The moment the Masked Goku Black finished speaking, Goku’s body began convulsing violently, and the flames of God Ki surrounding him went out completely.
“Puaaah!!” A stream of pure divine blood sprayed from his mouth.
The God Ki surrounding Goku dispersed, and the blood energy of 20x Kaio-ken and the power of Super Saiyan Blue Evolved vanished with it.
He reverted to his base form, signaling that the outcome of the battle had been decided.
This was the Masked Goku Black’s true strength. With just one punch, he had shattered Goku’s Super Saiyan Blue Evolved form!
“Kakarot!!” Seeing this, Vegeta’s eyes filled with alarm.
Even an attack combining Super Saiyan Blue Evolved with 20x Kaio-ken had been defeated in an instant.
Was this some kind of joke?!
After defeating Goku, the Masked Goku Black shifted his gaze, locking onto Vegeta as he watched from nearby.
The intimidation of that single glance made every cell in Vegeta’s body scream in unison, an intense warning of danger sweeping through him.
Before Vegeta could transform, the Masked Goku Black appeared before him, moving too fast for the naked eye to follow.
“Oh no!!!” Vegeta immediately sensed that he was in grave trouble. Instinctively, he tried to draw on his internal reserves of energy to transform, but it was already too late.
The Masked Goku Black’s fist, shrouded in dark God Ki, had already slammed into his stomach.
“Puaaah!!” Struck by the blow, Vegeta violently spat out a jet of blood. His aura dispersed, darkness engulfed his consciousness, and he collapsed to the ground.
Another one-hit KO!
“Clap, clap, clap!!!” Just then, crisp applause sounded from behind the Masked Goku Black.
Hearing it, the Masked Goku Black turned around. The one clapping was his other self, Black.
“Your power is the true power of a god. Tell me, what must I do to reach your level?!” Black’s desire for power had surpassed everything else.
He craved power beyond measure—power strong enough to surpass everything and look down upon all the gods!
“It’s very simple. You just need to keep fighting Goku to familiarize yourself with this body,” the Masked Goku Black answered calmly.
“Keep fighting Goku…” Hearing this, Black turned his gaze toward Goku, who lay motionless nearby.
“You mean… let them go?” Black asked.
“To truly realize the Zero Mortals Plan, we must possess immense power. They still have value. If you want to grow stronger, you must keep fighting. Besides, if we can defeat them once, we can defeat them a second and third time!! We can even remain forever beyond these original owners of our bodies!!” the Masked Goku Black declared with absolute arrogance.
That attitude of contempt for all living beings was the true bearing of a god.
His words immediately resonated with Black.
“Heh heh heh heh… Hahahahaha!! As expected of myself from another timeline. Your thinking and your understanding have reached a level far beyond mine. I must do more than cast mortals into the abyss. I must also show them what their bodies can accomplish in the hands of a god!” Black replied, his face twisted with madness.
Clearly, he was eager to swallow the grand promise the Masked Goku Black had dangled before him.
Little did he know that he had already slipped unnoticed into the trap the Masked Goku Black had so carefully prepared for him.
…
Meanwhile, over by Trunks’ side.
As he sensed Goku’s and Vegeta’s auras plummet, despair quietly crept in.
For a moment, Trunks had no idea what to do.
Besides Zamasu, there were also Black and the Masked Goku Black.
Were they truly going to die here today?
“Long time no see, Trunks.” Black’s voice suddenly came from behind him.
“When did you—?!” Every hair on Trunks’s body stood on end. He spun around and swung his fist as quickly as he could, only for Black to drive a heavy punch into his stomach.
The punch made Trunks feel as though he were going to die.
Under that single blow, he could no longer even maintain his Super Saiyan form and completely lost the ability to fight.
Seeing this, Black grabbed Trunks by the hair with one hand, lifted him up, and slapped him back and forth across the face.
Only after thoroughly tormenting Trunks did he toss him aside.
At this moment, Trunks’s heart was filled with hatred and fury.
He wanted revenge, but he was powerless.
He could not kill the immortal Zamasu. He could not defeat Super Saiyan Rosé Black. And he had even less hope of defeating the Masked Goku Black in Super Saiyan Rosé 3!
【Is the future world truly doomed?】
Trunks had already prepared himself to face death.
But to his surprise, Black did not kill him.
“Get lost, Trunks. Cling to your miserable life in despair and fear, then return to the future world to amuse me. Once I’ve had my fill, your time will be up,” Black sneered.
“Oh? We aren’t killing him?” Zamasu asked in surprise.
“There’s no need. He’s merely an ant. We’ll still need them to help us grow stronger. Killing them now would be such a waste. This is what our other self wants as well. Give them another chance,” Black replied.
“Our other self wants this?” Zamasu frowned, turning his gaze toward the Masked Goku Black, who had already reverted from Super Saiyan Rosé 3.
The three reached a silent understanding. In the next instant, they used Instant Transmission and vanished.
Left alive after that humiliation, Trunks could only suppress the fury in his heart and take out the time machine stored in his Hoi-Poi Capsule once again.
Finally, he brought the badly injured Goku and Vegeta aboard, activated the time machine, and returned to the past timeline.
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