Aftermath

"Stop talking nonsense. No matter what you do, you can't escape my eyes."

Vegeta sneered in disdain.

His strength was already nothing like it used to be.

He didn't take Ji Yun seriously at all.

"Oh? Forget it. I can't be bothered to explain everything to you."

Ji Yun said indifferently.

To him, Vegeta was still nothing more than an ant.

There was no point explaining things he wouldn't understand.

"But how are you still alive?"

Ji Yun changed the subject and asked calmly.

He remembered that when he'd left, Vegeta had been beaten half to death.

With Earth's medical technology, it would probably have taken ten years or more for him to recover.

But with Senzu Beans, recovery would have been easy.

"Tch. The man who can kill me, the prince, hasn't been born yet!"

Vegeta said disdainfully.

"Uh... Well, Ji Yun..."

Goku had been watching from the side, and even he couldn't stand how arrogant Vegeta was.

He began explaining slowly. "Vegeta and I were together back then. I forgot about him when I left."

"At first, I kept feeling like I'd forgotten something."

"By the time I remembered Vegeta, he'd already been lying there for a month."

"Luckily, the guy's pretty tough. He'd managed to cling to life."

"I went to Karin and got a few Senzu Beans. That's what saved him."

"Oh, so that's what happened."

Ji Yun said with sudden understanding.

He had to admit, Vegeta had endured for a whole month with serious injuries, without food or water.

It seemed Vegeta had a pretty strong will to live.

"Shut up, Kakarot!"

Vegeta snapped angrily.

He'd never been able to let that incident go.

For over a month, he'd endured the wind and rain, as well as mosquitoes biting him.

If Kakarot hadn't found him in time, he, the great Prince Vegeta, would have died such a miserable death.

However, it was also because of that experience that Vegeta's strength had surged. Before long, he had broken through the Saiyan limits and become a Super Saiyan.

With his hard training, his strength was now nothing like it had been.

"Ji Yun, do you dare fight me?"

"Let me tell you, this form of mine is that of a Super Saiyan."

"And my strength has long surpassed that of an ordinary Super Saiyan."

"You're no match for me anymore."

Vegeta said proudly.

The first thing he'd wanted to do after becoming a Super Saiyan was challenge Ji Yun.

But he also knew that his power was only a little greater than Frieza's had been back then.

That still wasn't nearly enough to defeat Ji Yun.

So Vegeta had trained hard for a long time.

His strength had surged once again, and he arrogantly called himself a being who had surpassed the Super Saiyan level.

"You? I'm not interested."

Ji Yun spoke calmly, his expression unchanged.

Vegeta was strong now, but he'd chosen the wrong opponent.

Vegeta wouldn't have stood a chance against Ji Yun even before, let alone now.

"Are you afraid?"

Vegeta sneered.

Clearly, he'd mistaken Ji Yun's disdain for cowardice.

"Idiot..."

Ji Yun muttered quietly.

Then he ignored Vegeta.

"Goku, you've gotten a lot stronger too!"

Ji Yun faced Goku and smiled.

Hearing Ji Yun's praise, Goku rubbed the back of his head awkwardly and grinned. "I guess so. I really am a lot stronger than before!"

"But compared to you, I guess it's nothing..."

"When you just moved, I couldn't even tell when you'd done it..."

Goku had a good sense of his own abilities. He could tell that even though he'd grown much stronger,

he still didn't dare compare himself to Ji Yun.

Ji Yun was the strongest War God in his heart, and Goku still believed that challenging him would be like throwing an egg against a rock.

Hearing Goku's words, Ji Yun's lips curved slightly upward.

See? This was the difference between people.

This was the kind of quality a strong person should have. It was no wonder Goku always managed to stay one step ahead of Vegeta.

Ji Yun could tell that Goku and Vegeta were roughly equal in strength.

But all things considered, Goku still had the edge!

Seeing Ji Yun ignore him, Vegeta felt his anger rise again.

He'd gotten this strong, and Ji Yun still dared look down on him.

Vegeta clenched his fists, looking ready to lash out at any moment.

"What about them?"

"Piccolo must have told you that the androids weren't supposed to appear until a year from now, right?"

Ji Yun asked Goku curiously.

He pointed at Android 18 behind him, then at Cell, who still hadn't gotten up.

"I don't know either."

"Maybe history changed!"

"Half a year after you left, the androids appeared."

"At first, there was an old man and a fat guy. They were no match for us."

"That old man was Dr. Gero..."

Goku told him everything that had happened over the past few months.

Ji Yun listened, frowning.

Everything had happened just like in the original story, with only a few small differences. The biggest change was that events had happened much earlier.

Piccolo hadn't fused with Kami, but he'd still been able to hold his own against Android 17.

Cell had appeared early—or rather, he'd come to this timeline long ago and had been growing stronger by absorbing humans.

It was only this month that he'd suddenly appeared before everyone and absorbed Android 17.

Because the timeline had shifted, Goku's Heart Virus hadn't manifested yet, so he'd taken part in this battle.

At that point, Ji Yun suddenly remembered that there was still something he needed to take care of.

He pulled a small box of medicine from his pocket and tossed it to Goku.

"What's this?"

Goku hurriedly caught it and asked curiously.

"Medicine for the Heart Virus. There's something wrong with your heart, and the medical technology of this era can't treat it."

"I brought this from the future. In the future, you die from the Heart Virus."

"By my calculations, you should come down with it in about five months."

"You can take it in advance, or wait until you start feeling unwell. Either way is fine!"

Ji Yun explained slowly.

He didn't want Goku to die young because of his own oversight.

"Thank you, Ji Yun!"

Goku put the medicine away, still uncertain.

He wasn't doubting that Ji Yun was lying to him. It was just that he felt perfectly healthy right now.

He didn't feel sick at all.

Still, he thanked Ji Yun and decided to keep an eye on things.

If something really was wrong, he could take the medicine then.

"Now it's your turn. You came from another timeline, didn't you?"

Ji Yun looked down at Cell and said indifferently.

"What... You... You came here from the future too...?" Cell looked up at Ji Yun.