At the other end of the battlefield.
The golden aura slowly receded, becoming gentle and warm.
Sun Wuxiu still held her around the waist with one arm, while Android 18 in his embrace had completely short-circuited.
Too close.
Far too close.
Android 18 could even clearly smell Sun Wuxiu's scent and feel the powerful heartbeat in his chest.
The large hand around her waist was scorching hot and strong, transmitting a reassuring warmth through her thin clothes.
She raised her head, her beautiful azure eyes staring fixedly at Sun Wuxiu's profile.
His sharply defined jawline, straight nose, and those emerald-green eyes that remained calm even in battle.
The image of that sunny older brother from over a decade ago gradually overlapped with the invincible Super Saiyan before her.
Thump, thump...
Android 18 felt as though her heart were about to leap out of her throat, her cheeks burning as if she had a fever.
As an Android, she should not have been capable of such intense emotional fluctuations.
Yet at this moment, she felt more like a real human girl than ever before.
"What's going on...?"
Sun Wuxiu did not notice the strange state of the girl in his arms.
His gaze was fixed on Cell in the distance, his brow furrowed as his heart filled with confusion.
"Strange..."
"The plot has already gone completely off the rails."
"Trunks just arrived. Logically, the Androids Saga should only be beginning. Why had Cell, the final boss, appeared already?"
"And... he's in his Perfect Form?"
Sun Wuxiu quickly analyzed the situation in his mind.
In the original story, Cell had failed to find Android 17 and Android 18 in the future of another timeline because Trunks had destroyed them. But because he was too large to fit inside the Time Machine, he