Tempering the Edge

Suddenly, an aura erupted from the distance.

It was Yamcha's aura!

Jiang Ling was speechless.

Good heavens, it's Yamcha again. He's always lingering on the edge of danger.

Either he's participating in the martial arts tournament and gets eliminated the earliest...

"Jiang Ling, go..."

"Okay, you rest well."

Jiang Ling nodded and flew towards the direction where the aura came from.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Yamcha was passing by a cave when Android 20, Dr. Gero, arrived and struck him into the wall with a palm.

Dr. Gero then entered his research facility.

Seeing the research facility door close and knowing he couldn't defeat them alone, Yamcha directly unleashed his aura.

Soon, the others arrived.

They came to his side.

"Yoho, Yamcha found it first again. Looks like if our cow goes missing at home, we'll just have to find you!"

"Go away, stop joking. The Android is inside this cave."

Yamcha rolled his eyes and pointed at the cave.

Jiang Ling looked at the super-thickened steel door and said, "We can just blow it open."

Everyone nodded in unison, agreeing that this method was feasible.

On the other side.

Android 20, Dr. Gero, returned to the research facility in a panic.

Inside the research facility were several white stasis pods.

Dr. Gero said fiercely, "It seems I have to release these two ultimate weapons!"

As he spoke, his peripheral vision kept darting towards the entrance.

Chii—

The door of a hibernation pod opened.

Inside lay a youth with black hair, whose handsomeness was only slightly inferior to Jiang Ling's.

He slowly opened his eyes and looked at the old man, Dr. Gero, before him.

Dr. Gero quickly gripped the controller on the table. If the youth made any sudden moves, he would press the stop button on it!

Clearly, he could not perfectly control his creation.

"17, can you hear me?"

Dr. Gero said cautiously.

The youth named 17 had already spotted the remote control in Dr. Gero's hand, his eyes flickering.

He smiled slightly, "Respected Doctor, hello, is there anything I can do for you?"

"Are you talking to me?"

Dr. Gero was somewhat surprised.

He loosened his grip on the remote control.

17 maintained a polite smile, "Yes, Dr. Gero."

"It seems my modifications were successful!"

Dr. Gero became excited.

He then opened the adjacent hibernation pod.

Inside was a blonde maiden with fair and delicate cheeks and a beautiful face. Coupled with her tall figure, she looked very elegant.

She slowly opened her eyes.

The first thing she saw was Dr. Gero before her.

Then she looked at her brother, 17, beside her.

17 gave her a look, signaling that the Doctor had a controller in his hand and she shouldn't act rashly.

18 also saw the controller and gave a polite smile, nodding, "Hello, Doctor, is there anything you need?"

Dr. Gero tested her, half-believing, "Do you truly obey my commands?"

"Yes, Doctor, after all, you modified me," 18 replied with a smile.

Dr. Gero nodded.

Then he pointed outside and said to the two Androids, "I want you to kill the enemies outside."

"No problem, Gero..."

Before 17 could finish speaking, his black eyes flashed, and he kicked Dr. Gero's arm, breaking it...

Snap!

Dr. Gero's arm, along with the remote control, fell to the corner.

There was no blood on the interface, only dense wires, flickering with electric sparks.

"Wh...What!?"

Dr. Gero's eyes held disbelief.

"Didn't you... didn't you submit to me?"

17 let out a cold laugh, "That was a lie. If you hadn't held the remote control in your hand, you old bastard, why would I have bothered to trick you like this?"

"Damn it!"

Dr. Gero cursed angrily and rushed towards the corner, trying to grab the remote control.

But in the next moment, 18's hand pierced directly through his chest.

Zzzzt...

The electric sparks flickered intensely.

17 delivered the finishing blow, blowing Dr. Gero's head apart.

The actions were clean and swift, without any hesitation.

A famous genius bio-scientist of a generation had fallen!

Boom!!!

A roar came from outside.

The next moment, the laboratory door was blown apart.

The Earth warriors appeared outside the door.

17 and 18 exchanged a glance, paying them no mind.

Instead, they walked to a nearby stasis pod and opened the hatch.

Inside was a tall strong man.

His hairstyle was a bit peculiar.

Pineapple Head!

His eyes carried a deep philosophical aura...

It was 16.

Rumor had it that Dr. Gero had created him as a pure robot based on his son.

Outside, Krillin frowned.

"How was that skinny Android killed? Weren't they supposed to be together?"

"Probably not."

Yamcha gave his own judgment.

Gohan pondered for a moment and said, "Maybe the two of them didn't obey their boss, so they killed him and took over."

"What Gohan said makes sense."

"It's different when someone's read books."

Gohan scratched his head and chuckled, "I just watch a lot of TV usually..."

"..."

"Ugh..."

Jiang Ling stepped forward and explained, "Strictly speaking, that Dr. Gero just now was a bad guy who captured these two siblings from a young age and modified them."

"So that's how it is, I'm learning something new!"

"Good heavens!"

Hearing Jiang Ling's eloquent explanation, 16, 17, and 18 looked at him in surprise.

"Hmph! I don't care if they're good or bad people, they're my opponents anyway, you're not allowed to take them!" Vegeta said fiercely.

He seemed to be speaking to everyone, but in reality, he was speaking to Jiang Ling.

Jiang Ling shrugged.

Vegeta looked at the three Androids inside, a hint of viciousness flashing in his eyes.

He raised his hand and threw two Energy blasts inside.

Bang!!

Rumble!!

The energy blast exploded within the cave.

Everyone quickly retreated from inside to the sky outside.

The mountain body where the cave was located also crumbled.

Thick smoke billowed.

"How is it?"

Krillin asked nervously.

Jiang Ling waved his hand, "This little bit of damage won't hurt them."

As expected.

Three figures rushed out from the smoke.

They stood opposite Jiang Ling and the others, staring at them.

"You dirtied my clothes!"

18's beautiful eyes flashed with anger.

(She) stared directly at Vegeta.

"Hmph, so what!" Vegeta snorted coldly, dismissive.

Swish!!

18's figure disappeared and reappeared in front of Vegeta. With a whiplash kick, her long leg struck Vegeta!

Vegeta was caught off guard. Before he could even see her clearly, he felt a tremendous force.

His body then flew backward, smashing into a stone pillar.

The stone pillar immediately shattered, and crushed stone rained down on him.

Vegeta spat out a mouthful of blood!

Jiang Ling watched from the side with his arms crossed.

Because he felt Vegeta had become arrogant. Just transforming into a Super Saiyan had made him act like he was the best.

It was a good opportunity to deflate his ego.