"What... what exactly is going on? I was clearly just... This is my laboratory, isn't it?! But... what happened?!" Dr. Gero could not comprehend it. He stared around at the surroundings in horror. The familiar equipment, everything familiar—this was definitely not a dream.
It was beyond the limits of his understanding, leaving him utterly disoriented.
"Could I have been so absorbed in thought that I didn't even realize I had already returned? Or did my battle with Piccolo damage my neural transmission functions and cause memory loss?" Dr. Gero muttered to himself.
It was no wonder he was called a mad scientist if he could think like that at a time like this. He truly was insane.
Most unbelievably, Dr. Gero quickly accepted the current situation.
Rather than dwell on it any longer, he thought of quickly activating Android 17 and Android 18, who were sleeping in their capsules.
Otherwise, once those people came looking for him, he would be dead.
Dr. Gero hurried to the control panel, picked up the controller, but hesitated just as he was about to open the sleep chambers.
Did he really want to awaken them?
This was the question Dr. Gero asked himself every time he awakened Android 17 and Android 18.
Android 17 and Android 18 were too powerful—so powerful that they could refuse to obey his orders.
The previous two times, he had only managed to forcibly shut them down because he possessed the remote controller.
After pondering for a moment, Dr. Gero vigorously shook his head, casting aside all the chaotic thoughts in his mind.
This was not the time to think about such things.
Gritting his teeth, Dr. Gero pressed the activation button.
The sleep chamber belonging to Android 17 opened first. Android 17's eyes abruptly snapped open, and he