At the center of the Silver Core Space, the furnace that had consumed Otan's remaining life went out completely.
Apollo stood at the edge of the furnace and reached out, unable to feel even a trace of warmth.
Was that it?
Our mission... was over.
The other star gods wore equally conflicted expressions, momentarily at a loss.
"Your mission isn't over yet—
this universe has only just been born. It still needs your protection."
As though he had seen through the star gods' thoughts, Zhang Qi spoke again. Meanwhile, in the Dragon Ball World, at the Red Ribbon Army's No. 13 Underground Laboratory...
Zhang Qi stared listlessly at the fluorescent lights on the ceiling, then turned his gaze toward the old man in a white lab coat nearby.
This was the creator of his body and the Red Ribbon Army's chief scientist, Dr. Gero.
"Android 3, tell me. What are you thinking right now?"
Seemingly noticing Zhang Qi's gaze, Dr. Gero spoke.
"I was thinking, isn't it about time we replaced the ceiling?"
Zhang Qi answered. Dr. Gero was a lunatic, but he was also a genuine genius.
"Android 3, just how did you come into being?"
Hearing his answer, Dr. Gero frowned and looked at Zhang Qi with a conflicted expression.
This was a life he had created himself, using a martial artist's corpse and some mechanical components to turn it into an android.
According to his original design, Android 3 should have been a perfect machine that knew nothing but slaughter.
Yet during one mission, Android 3 had shown a strong aversion to killing.
An imperfect machine like that should have been disposed of, but afterward, Android 3 had actually displayed intelligence.
And this was not merely a computer's processing power, but intelligence like a human's.
Because of