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"You're wrong!"
"The Tenfold Kamehameha is the strongest move I've got right now!"
"If even this can't hurt you, then I'm screwed!"
Super 17 let out a wild laugh. "Give it up, Son Goku!"
"When you launched that attack just now, I actually worried my body wouldn't be able to handle it. But now…" His grin widened. "Looks like my stamina has surpassed even my own expectations. Perfect! I've completely broken past my limits. I'm the ultimate android now!"
Goku's eyes widened in shock. "Say whatever you like!"
"But yeah, I can feel it too—your reactions are sharper, your energy's impossible to hide anymore!"
Super 17 thrust both hands forward, unleashing a downpour of golden blasts. Goku darted around the battlefield, slipping past each one with lightning speed.
But before he could catch a breath, Super 17 rocketed in close and drove an elbow deep into Goku's gut. A savage kick followed, hurling him backward through the air.
In a blink, Super 17 vanished and reappeared right in Goku's path.
"Die, Son Goku!"
Like a cannonball, he came tearing forward. Goku twisted midair, barely dodging the crushing strike. But the android's speed was relentless—he struck from behind, slamming Goku headfirst into a mountainside.
"Damn it! If I can't use the Kamehameha…"
Whoosh!
Super 17 materialized in front of him and blasted him point-blank with a golden wave. Goku was thrown even deeper into the mountain, smoke and debris swallowing the battlefield.
Tumbling backward through the rock, Goku clenched his teeth. No choice… I'll have to take him down hand-to-hand!
In an instant, he teleported out of the collapsing wall.
Super 17's hands glowed, summoning a swirling black energy sphere that radiated pure menace. He hurled it at Goku like a comet.
"I won't lose to you!" Goku roared, vanishing at the last second. He reappeared behind Super 17, locking his arms around the android's body.
No matter how violently Super 17 struggled, he couldn't shake Goku off. White-blue sparks flared from Goku's body.
BOOM!
A massive explosion detonated around them, painting the entire sky white and blue. Fire surged high above, shockwaves ripping across the land, hurling everything in sight.
When the smoke finally began to clear, Goku crawled out of the rubble, panting heavily, his power drained back to normal.
Dr. Myuu stared at the devastation in disbelief. "Super 17!"
From the ocean near the crater, a beam of golden light shot upward, brighter and brighter until Super 17 himself emerged from it, unharmed.
Dr. Myuu burst into gleeful laughter, dancing around like a madman.
Super 17, still smiling, looked straight at Goku. "I'll admit, that move of yours really scared me. If my barrier had activated a second later, you would've finished me."
Goku forced a sheepish grin. "Is that so? Guess that's a shame, then."
Super 17's expression darkened. "But because of you, my clothes are ruined."
Goku chuckled. "Honestly, that look suits you."
With a furious snarl, Super 17's aura flared, and another black sphere formed in his palm, swelling larger and larger as it bled darkness across the battlefield.
"This time, I won't miss. Go back to hell, Son Goku!"
But before he could unleash it, a sharp female voice rang out.
"Stop right there, 17!"
Android 18 stepped into view, planting herself protectively in front of Goku.
Super 17 froze, eyes wide. "Y–You're… 18!"
Her face twisted with rage. "You killed Krillin… You killed him! I'll never forgive you—never!"
The black energy cast twisted shadows across Super 17's smirk. "So you're still alive. Didn't expect that. You're lucky."
"You think I don't know?" she snapped back. "When you tried to kill me, you hesitated. You deliberately avoided a fatal hit."
"You were afraid of the failsafe bomb built inside me, weren't you?"
"If I exploded at that range, you wouldn't have survived either."
Goku blinked in confusion. "Wait—what's she talking about? Shenron removed that bomb ages ago! Oh… right. 17 doesn't know that. Clever, 18."
18's voice thundered as she raised her arm. "If you want to attack Goku, you'll have to go through me first! Go on—try it! But if I detonate here, we'll all be reduced to dust. Still feel like testing me, coward?"
Sweat rolled down Super 17's forehead as he faltered.
Dr. Myuu barked furiously, "What are you hesitating for? Even if she explodes, it won't hurt you now! She's nothing—turn her to ash!"
Dragon Ball—Real WorldDr. Gero's Laboratory
"18? Why is she there?" Gero muttered, watching through his monitor.
"Both 17 and 18 were my ultimate creations. So why is she protecting Son Goku? Why is she avenging a human? What in the future happened to cause this?"
Saint Seiya World
Seiya slammed his fist against the table. "Get up, Goku! You can't lose to trash like that! Burn your Cosmo—fight back with your rage!"
Shiryu gave a wry smile. "Seiya, that 17 really is detestable. But even Super Saiyan Goku looks at his limit. Unless he awakens something beyond, I doubt he can win."
Bleach World
Aizen smiled faintly at the screen. "As I thought… only power is eternal. Justice is nothing but an illusion."
Even Ulquiorra's cold face cracked into a small grin. "Super 17… impressive. That energy attack of yours feels almost like a Cero."
Back to the battlefield
Super 17's voice rang out coldly. "Don't flatter yourself. I'm not afraid of that bomb inside you."
Dr. Myuu snapped, "Then why don't you attack?! Stop making excuses and kill Son Goku already!"
But Super 17's eyes twisted in pain. "I'm no coward. I'm not worthless."
To everyone's shock, he turned and fired his black sphere—straight at Dr. Myuu!
The overwhelming blast swallowed the scientist whole, reducing him to dust in an instant.
When the smoke cleared, a giant crater smoldered where Myuu had stood.
Super 17 smirked, shifting his gaze back toward Goku and 18. Another black sphere crackled into existence in his palm.
"I told you—I'm no coward."
18 sneered. "Finally grew a backbone, huh? But don't think I'm just going to stand here and let you kill us."
A brilliant white wave erupted from her hand.
Super 17 immediately absorbed it, the black sphere vanishing from his palm as his body locked into its draining stance.
18 pressed the attack, hurling wave after wave of energy.
But one by one, every blast was sucked into Super 17's body without fail.
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