Pulling Trunks to the Main Timeline

"Piccolo!"

Son Goku looked toward Piccolo.

"We Namekians have extremely sensitive hearing, so I happened to overhear your conversation just now."

"Rest assured, I won't say anything I shouldn't!"

"Very well, then!"

Seeing this, Piccolo immediately recounted what Trunks had just said.

However, he did not mention a single word regarding Trunks's true identity.

After listening, a look of excitement immediately appeared on Vegeta's face as he said.

"Interesting. Kakarot, none of you are to lay a hand on those two Androids three years from now; I can take care of both of them all by myself!"

"By yourself?"

Son Goku expressed his skepticism upon hearing this.

"Hmph!"

Vegeta let out a cold snort.

"Kakarot, although my strength is currently inferior to yours, three years from now, I will definitely surpass you!"

"Is that so!"

Son Goku smiled faintly at this.

Seeing this, Vegeta immediately turned and left.

Not long after Vegeta departed, Krillin and the others arrived and asked what had happened.

Consequently, Son Goku told Krillin and the others about the events that had just transpired.

After hearing the story, Krillin and the others all declared that they needed to train hard.

After all, no one wanted to die!

Future Timeline.

Trunks had now returned to the future timeline via the Time Machine.

After glancing around and discovering that the future timeline remained exactly as it had been before, Trunks immediately returned to his home in the future.

Seeing Trunks return, Bulma of the future timeline immediately wore a look of joy and said.

"Trunks, did you return to the past?"

"Yes!"

Trunks nodded.

"Then did you see Son Goku?"

"I did. I also saw Dad, Mom, Brother Gohan, and Uncle Piccolo!"

"You... you saw Vegeta!"

Trunks nodded.

"Mom, the past I returned to is different from the past you described!"

"Different?"

"Yes, I don't know if it's because I traveled back to the past!"

"Can you tell me about it?"

"Alright!"

Trunks nodded.

He then recounted everything he had learned from Son Goku to the Bulma of the future timeline.

"Trunks, the Gohan you speak of is different from the Gohan I know!"

"Yes!"

Trunks nodded.

Since the Son Gohan of the future timeline was his master, he naturally understood him well.

"Mom, could it be that the Time Machine took me to a different timeline?"

"I think that is highly unlikely, isn't it?"

"Then what could be going on?"

"Could the problem lie with Gohan?"

"Gohan?"

"Do you think he could be a reincarnator?"

"Rebirth?"

"Isn't that how it's always written in novels?"

Trunks let out a dry laugh after hearing this, unsure of how to respond for a moment.

"Mother, if the past is changed, can our future truly be altered?"

"I think... perhaps not!"

Future Bulma fell silent for a moment before speaking.

"I truly believed that as long as we changed the past, we could change the future, but judging by this trip of yours... I'm afraid we'll have to bring the Goku of the past to our future world!"

Trunks nodded.

However, because the Time Machine lacked sufficient energy, he would have to wait three years before returning to the past to find Son Goku and the others.

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three days had passed.

Ever since Son Goku and the others learned about the Androids, everyone had begun to train diligently.

In the future timeline, Trunks was currently in a ruined city, collecting the energy needed to power the Time Machine.

A hand suddenly appeared behind Trunks, pulling him into an invisible ripple.

By the time Trunks reacted, he had already appeared on a massive mountain.

Standing before him was a masked man dressed in black robes.

Upon seeing the man, Trunks immediately became extremely vigilant and asked, "Who are you? And where is this place?"

The man did not answer; instead, he suddenly launched himself into the sky.

Seeing this, Trunks immediately gave chase.

At that moment, the man suddenly descended rapidly, landing in a forest.

Trunks followed him down.

By the time Trunks landed in the forest, the man's figure had already vanished.

"He... he's gone!"

Trunks was startled.

He searched the surrounding area, but after confirming the man was nowhere to be found, he gave up the search.

"Where is this? I don't think I've ever seen this place before."

As Trunks spoke, he suddenly sensed the ki of Vegeta and the others.

"This... this is Father's ki. Could it be that I've returned to the past?"

On Mount Paozu, the black-robed man Trunks had been chasing was now standing in front of a large tree.

Standing before the man was a young child—it was Son Gohan.

However, this was not the real Son Gohan, but a clone conjured by him.

Poof!

Suddenly, a cloud of white mist rose from the black-robed man, and as it dissipated, his appearance shifted into that of Son Gohan.

The reason Son Gohan had disguised himself as the black-robed man was simply to avoid revealing his Heaven-Reaching Mirror.

The Heaven-Reaching Mirror was a heaven-defying treasure capable of traveling through the past and future, and even spying on Zeno at will.

Naturally, Son Gohan did not want others to know of such a treasure.

An innocent man may be innocent, but holding a jade ring makes him a target.

"System, this Heaven-Reaching Mirror is truly incredible; it was even able to pull Trunks from the future!"

"That goes without saying!"

Son Gohan chuckled.

"Then, is this Heaven-Reaching Mirror also convenient for stealing things?"

"How vulgar!" the system snorted coldly.

"I was just joking, you didn't actually take it seriously, did you?"

"But Master, why did you pull Trunks over from the future?"

Son Gohan smiled.

"I want to take him as my disciple!"

"Take a disciple? How old are you, Master? You actually want to take Trunks as your disciple!"

Son Gohan let out a cold snort.

"My body may be small, but my mental age has long since surpassed Trunks'!

Besides, isn't there a saying that the one who is more skilled is the teacher? Since my strength is greater than Trunks', why can't I teach him martial arts?"

"Fine, you're the boss, Master!"

"Mm!"

Son Gohan nodded.

West City, Bulma's home.

Upon learning that he might have returned to the past, Trunks went straight to his home.

"It's you!"

Seeing Trunks, Bulma recognized him at a glance.

Because Trunks could not reveal his real name to Bulma for fear of affecting his own birth, he had not told her his name before.

It seems I really have returned to twenty years ago, but why did that man in black bring me here?

Seeing that Bulma recognized him, Trunks nodded and thought to himself.