"And then? Did he manage to convince Zeno not to erase their universe?" someone asked.
"I don't know what happened after that…" Future Gohanks gave a bitter smile, then his gaze hardened into steel. "But I believe Mr. Levos succeeded in resolving the crisis in the end!"
Time Patroller Pan frowned. "But this time is different. We don't know who the enemy is at all. Even the Supreme Kai of Time has fallen into a coma…"
"Don't worry. We'll find a way."
"This enemy's power is already beyond what we can even imagine, but that guy named Levos isn't much weaker either…" Gogeta analyzed calmly.
While they were still discussing
Outside Conton City, in the void beyond, a lone figure's eyes grew sharper and colder.
"This is what happens when you allow too many warped timelines to develop. My philosophy was always correct. These dangerous elements are the first that must be purged…"
The mysterious figure opened a purple brocade box in their hands. In an instant, countless scrolls erupted outward, floating behind them.
"So many…?"
A deep blue halo spilled down. Countless fine lines spread like rampaging vines, rooting themselves into the void.
"Time branches have increased so drastically that it's reached the point where they must be cut down."
As those words fell, an enormous energy vortex appeared above Conton City, vast enough to blot out the sky.
Every fighter snapped their head up, staring at the terrifying phenomenon overhead.
At the vortex's center, a petite figure emerged. She looked young, blue flames coiling around her body. Her short hair swayed at ear length, but her eyes held a cold, merciless sheen.
"History will be corrected. All branches must be eradicated completely!"
"Hey! Who are you? Why are you saying something like that?!" Time Patroller Gogeta flashed in front of her.
"A member of the Time Patrol?" The mysterious woman lifted her gaze and gave him a flat glance.
"That's right!"
"Warped timelines must be cleaned. All risks eliminated, to protect true history. As a Time Patrol member, you should understand that."
"I don't accept that!" Time Patroller Gogeta barked. "This is the Time Nest. We are the guardians of time and space. Don't you dare do something that monstrous!"
"Hmph. The rules have changed. No matter where you come from, you will obey my command."
"What do you mean?!"
Her voice turned glacial. "I am the previous Supreme Kai of Time Aeos!"
"The previous Supreme Kai of Time? That's impossible!"
Faces shifted. Aeos's words were hard for anyone to swallow.
Time Patroller Gogeta reacted first. "Even if you are the former Supreme Kai of Time, we will still stop you from erasing timelines at will. Every timeline has countless innocent lives!"
Aeos sneered. "Then come and try."
Time Patroller Gogeta's SS4 red hair whipped wildly in the raging currents. Along the edge of his golden aura, a faint layer of white radiance began to wrap itself.
Aeos's expression tightened. She stopped underestimating him and spread her arms.
"Release!"
Blue and gold auras carved the air into two distinct domains.
After releasing Time Power, Aeos transformed into a mature, long-haired woman. Behind her, a clock-shaped divine halo appeared, dyed with a blue glow.
The two charged
And instantly exploded into battle.
Boom boom boom!
Fists and kicks collided. Space shattered.
Shockwaves blasted outward. Ripples erupted across Conton City's barrier again and again.
"What an unbelievable fight!"
The warriors wanted to help, but they couldn't even insert themselves into combat at this level.
"Time Judgement !"
A violet beam shot from Aeos's fingertip, annihilating every spatial barrier along its path as it speared toward Time Patroller Gogeta.
Gogeta didn't flinch. He gathered a dazzling sphere of energy between his palms.
"Big Bang Kamehameha !"
The instant they collided, a blinding flash detonated at the impact point. Conton City's barrier shattered with a roar.
A time-space rift tore open across the heavens, like a wound split from horizon to horizon.
Before the chaos even cleared, a vicious, unknown laughter echoed faintly from the depths of the rift.
"So many powerful auras." Time Patroller Gogeta's jacket was shredded across the torso as he stared into the darkness, eyes heavy. "So that's the warped timeline from before…"
Aeos wiped blood from the corner of her mouth. "I should still have the stamina to erase it."
She was about to release her power and destroy the scroll corresponding to that timeline
When an eerie, rasping voice hooked every soul present.
"Heh heh… the taste of the Supreme Kai of Time is really something."
Everyone spun around in shock.
Chronoa, who had been lying in Conton City's plaza, was gone.
In her place was a mass of pink matter, slowly writhing into shape, while Toki Toki flapped in panic nearby, terror plain in its eyes.
"Little Chronoa!" Aeos cried out.
The pink sludge swelled and twisted, and in the blink of an eye it became a Majin with three eyes.
He looked eight or nine parts similar to the gigantic monster from earlier only now he wasn't bloated.
He bowed slightly, as if politely greeting them, and smiled with pure malice.
"I've pretty much figured out your situation. In fact, I should thank you for opening a breach into that timeline…"
"Come now, delicious prey. Struggle all you want your fear will become the finest seasoning!"
Crack crack crack
Space peeled apart in layers, breaking and shedding like skins.
A furious figure appeared Cell Max and behind him, the outline of a colossal monster could still be seen, looming.
The super-giant Ozotto laughed wildly.
"Finally. I'm free. Time-space barriers are no longer an obstacle to my devouring of worlds!"
Inside, Levos felt like ten thousand alpacas were stampeding through his skull.
He fought with everything he had, finally seeing a sliver of hope
And then his home got robbed right out from under him.
"To keep Chronoa from dragging us down, I even knocked her out. And this is how you protected her?!"
Cell Max flashed forward, smashed the Ozotto on the plaza into unconsciousness, then absorbed him into his tail.
"Damn it… gone?! Chronoa isn't here?!" Levos's expression plunged.
The energy he absorbed from this Ozotto avatar was no different from the other ordinary copies.
"So he can transfer across space…" Levos's eyes narrowed.
Time Patroller Gogeta looked at him apologetically. "I'm really sorry. A lunatic showed up saying she'd destroy all timeline branches, so I had to stop her."
Another super villain? Levos's heart sank. His cold gaze swept toward the unfamiliar figure.
"Who is she?"
Aeos kept her surface calm, poised like she held all the cards, but inside she was rattled.
"I am the former Supreme Kai of Time, Aeos. My purpose is to stop dangerous people like you from warping history!"
Aeos… the former Supreme Kai of Time?
Levos snorted. He didn't care about her title in the slightest.
A fragment of memory surfaced. He vaguely recalled she and Chronoa being enemies.
Whatever. Enemy's an enemy. Deal with her first.
Cell Max flashed his tail whipping toward Aeos.
"What are you doing?!" Aeos snapped.
By some method Levos couldn't read, she slipped his lock at the critical instant and escaped.
"She's much stronger than Chronoa. And her abilities… I can't even map them out!"
But Levos wasn't afraid. With his current strength, even without godly techniques like Ultra Instinct, he could trade blows with an ordinary angel for a while.
Even if Aeos was stronger than Chronoa, he could still crush her on sheer combat power.
The problem was
Even at this level, he was still a long way from defeating Ozotto.
Worse, Zeno and the Grand Priest swallowed with no trace were still missing, and time was not on his side.
Now that Chronoa had been absorbed, the situation had tilted into a cliff-edge disaster.
"Aeos, releasing a monster like Ozotto is unforgivable! Do you have any idea how terrifying he is? Zeno and the Grand Priest are inside him!"
Aeos froze.
"So the 'former Supreme Kai of Time' is a joke," Levos said coldly. "In the end, you're the criminal who doomed all timelines."
A healing spell landed on Time Patroller Gogeta. Levos went all out, but he never stopped searching for openings in both Aeos and Ozotto.
Then
From the shattered rift, waves of horrifying auras surged like a tide.
Aeos grit her teeth, released Time Power, and destroyed the scroll that represented that warped timeline.
That entire timeline shattered like a bubble. Countless fragments of time scattered and were erased.
"Keh keh keh! Too late!"
The super-giant Ozotto had already charged out of the time passage.
And at his front
Chronoa, her Time Power released, clearing the way for him.
"Levos… Aeos-senpai… surrender." Her voice was flat, hollow. "Time scrolls are useless on this battlefield. Your resistance is meaningless…"
Aeos's pupils contracted. Her lashes trembled. Pain and despair seeped into her eyes.
Then she stared hard at Levos.
"No choice. I can only join forces with you…"
"You're not qualified." Levos's reply was pure disdain as his aura exploded.
"Time Power "
"Release!"
A clock-shaped divine halo the mark of the Supreme Kai of Time flickered into existence behind his back.
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