"Can..."
Cell did not hesitate in the slightest. Enduring the intense pain, he said, "That idiot Dr. Gero never knew that the core command he set up couldn't restrain us at all. Android 17, the others, and I can disobey his orders!"
"Hahaha!"
Seeing Cell turn against Dr. Gero, Gran immediately burst into laughter.
That shriveled old man had toiled his entire life, only for every single one of his subordinates to betray him in the end. It was utterly ironic.
"My lord, are you going to spare me?"
Seeing the ruler of the universe laugh, Cell thought he had been saved.
"Who said I was going to spare you?"
Gran grabbed Cell by the head and lifted him up. Killing intent flashed through his eyes. "Didn't you say that a mysterious person had guided you to come to the third timeline?"
"Y-Yes."
"Then let me tell you something. If nothing unexpected happened, the mysterious person you mentioned was most likely the one who sent you here to cause trouble for me."
Gran curled his lips into a faint smile.
As for that mysterious person, Gran did not actually know who the other party was either.
However, according to Kronoa, Time Power surrounded that person, making it impossible to find his past. Clearly, he was guarding against Kronoa.
He was afraid that others would discover his identity!
That made his goal easy enough to guess!
First, he had sent Cell to wreak havoc in this timeline. Once Cell entered his strongest state, he possessed the power of the Divine Realm Second Tier.
Ordinary people simply could not deal with him. Even Goku would probably have met the same fate as in the anime if Whis had not protected Earth!
Under those circumstances, Goku would die, Golden Cell would revive, and