The Powerful Android

Bang!

The heavy door slammed shut, and the figures of the men vanished from sight.

Sloan?

Uncle Sloan!

A brilliant smile broke through the tears on Dia's face.

This was the first time he had ever learned Uncle Sloan's name.

Ten years.

Every single time he had asked for the man's name in the past, he would always say that names didn't matter and that calling him "Uncle" was enough.

No one in the entire stronghold knew his name.

The older ones called him "Beard," while the younger ones simply called him "Uncle."

Ever since Uncle Sloan had pulled him from the ruins ten years ago, he had stayed by the man's side.

After all these years, he had long since come to view Sloan as his own father.

He wiped the tears from his face.

There was no time to be sentimental now.

They had to leave immediately.

Otherwise, the sacrifice of the men would be meaningless.

Dia raised the gun Uncle Sloan had given him and roared, "Move out!!"

Bulma pushed her sorrow aside, inwardly cursing her own uselessness.

As a genius scientist, her skill set was severely lopsided.

Even though she could build a machine to travel through time, she had never achieved any breakthroughs in weaponry.

On top of that, being constantly hunted by the Androids meant she never had access to the vast materials needed to research weapons.

Consequently, all she had been able to produce over the years were ordinary firearms.

Although the weapons she crafted were stronger than those of the past, they couldn't inflict even the slightest scratch on an Android.

Even if the Androids stood still and let them fire away, they couldn't be harmed.

In the end, these weapons were barely useful for anything more than hunting.

"BOOM!!"

The blonde girl and the black-haired boy fired beams of light from their hands.

Violent explosions erupted wherever the beams struck.

The firelight stained the world a blood-red hue.

The boy and girl watched the flames with faint smiles, as if they were enjoying a fireworks display.

Not far away, several weathered men hid behind rocks, occasionally popping their heads out to spray gunfire at them.

Their marksmanship was excellent; seven or eight out of every ten bullets hit their targets.

However, the bullets might as well have been striking impenetrable steel—they merely sparked off the Androids' skin without causing a shred of damage.

The boy and girl seemed annoyed by the pestering gunfire.

They raised their hands and unleashed several beams toward the men's hiding spot.

The fire flashed, leaving behind nothing but charred corpses.

"Damn you!!"

Sloan, having just emerged from the stronghold, saw this scene, his eyes widening until they nearly split.

Endless rage ignited in his heart.

He pulled a grenade and hurled it with all his might toward the Androids.

Android 17 saw the grenade flying toward him and offered a disdainful smirk.

Without a second thought, he swatted at the grenade with his hand, intending to knock it away.

However, the very moment his hand made contact with the grenade.

Countless cracks appeared on the surface of the grenade, and intense light shone through the fissures onto the faces of Android 17 and Android 18.

"BOOM!!"

A deafening explosion resounded across the heavens and earth.

A small mushroom cloud rose from the ground.

The shockwave generated by the explosion knocked Sloan and his men, who were hundreds of meters away, flat onto the ground.

"It's a hit!"

Sloan lay on the ground, staring at the mushroom cloud with a face full of hope.

This grenade was something Bulma had manufactured only after consuming a vast amount of resources.

Its power was a hundred times greater than that of an ordinary grenade.

Watching the massive explosion created by this grenade.

Although Sloan dared not claim that this grenade could wipe out the androids in one fell swoop, it should at least be able to injure them, right?

The dust and smoke began to dissipate bit by bit.

Sloan and his men stared intently at the center of the explosion.

As the thick smoke was gradually blown away by the wind, two dark silhouettes could be vaguely seen inside.

"How is this possible?!!"

After the smoke cleared, Sloan and his group looked in disbelief at the two people standing in their original positions.

The two androids stood there with their arms crossed, mocking smiles hanging on their faces.

Aside from their clothes being slightly tattered, there wasn't a single wound on their bodies.

Sloan and his group had never faced the androids directly, so while they had certain speculations about the androids' strength.

They never expected that even a grenade of such immense power could not inflict the slightest bit of damage upon them.

At this moment, a sense of powerlessness welled up from within.

They couldn't help but wonder, could humanity truly defeat these two monsters?

Android 17 brushed the dust off his body and said listlessly, "Android 18, I don't want to keep playing; it's too boring."

Hearing this, Android 18 nodded slightly, "It really is boring enough."

"Right? Then let's wipe out all the humans and go play on another planet!"

Judging by their indifferent tone, it was as if exterminating humanity were a trivial, insignificant matter.

"Mm, let's go!"

Android 18 had no objections to Android 17's proposal.

She had been playing this game of hunting humans for twenty years and had long since grown tired of it.

It was time to switch to a different game.

For instance, exterminating humanity?

Or... destroying the Earth?

A cruel smile curled onto Android 18's pretty face.

Having decided to stop playing this game.

Neither Android 17 nor Android 18 wanted to waste any more time here.

They prepared to wipe out all humans on Earth as quickly as possible.

Let's start the first step with these few ants right before us!

Seeing the cruel expressions on the androids' faces, Sloan and his group knew without thinking that they harbored ill intent.

"Stop them!"

Sloan roared, pulling out a grenade and throwing it toward the androids.

The dozen or so people behind him also scrambled to pull out their grenades.

In an instant, a dense barrage of grenades pelted the androids.

Android 17 and Android 18 acted as if they didn't see these grenades at all.

They let the grenades strike them freely.

"BOOM!!"

"BOOM!!"

The explosions were continuous and incessant.

Watching the androids buried by the explosions, Sloan dared not relax for even a second.

Because he knew that these grenades were completely useless.

They never expected to actually destroy the Androids, though.

They only wanted to stall the Androids to buy everyone else a little more time to evacuate.

For some reason, Sloan was overcome by a bad premonition.

The mocking smile on the Androids' faces just before the grenades detonated kept surfacing in his mind like a nightmare.

"Throw them! Hurry up and throw all the grenades!"

"I'm out, I threw them all."

"Me too, they're all gone."

Everyone confirmed that their grenades were spent.

With the grenades gone, it meant they were completely devoid of weapons.

Sloan and his group braced themselves.

Now, they would have to face the Androids empty-handed.

"Get out of the way!"

Sloan shouted in alarm as he saw a glimmer of light flickering within the smoke.

In an instant, everyone scattered.

At the same time, a beam of light shot out from the smoke.

It struck the exact spot where they had been standing just moments before.

"BOOM!"

In an instant, a crater about ten meters wide was blasted into the ground.

Several men who were too slow to run were killed instantly by the blast.

Others had their legs blown off.

"Bastards!!"

Seeing the tragic state of his companions, Sloan was consumed by rage.

Android 17 and Android 18 quite enjoyed the expression on Sloan's face.

They loved seeing their prey fly into a helpless, furious rage.

It gave them an inexplicable sense of satisfaction.

Android 17 and Android 18 raised their hands again, their index fingers glowing.

"Dodge!!"

Sloan was struck with terror and shouted to warn his companions.

Android 17 and Android 18 watched the crowd scurrying in every direction with cold indifference, the corners of their mouths curling up.

Swish, swish, swish~

Beams of light shot from their fingertips, fast as lightning.

Sloan suddenly felt a sharp, stabbing pain in his chest.

Then, he saw a beam of light pierce through his chest.

He stumbled forward two more steps before finally collapsing, powerless.

In that moment, he felt as if he saw his parents beckoning to him.

Dad... Mom... are you finally here to take me home?

Sloan knew he wouldn't survive.

His heart had been shattered.

But it was fine; they had stalled for long enough.

Surely everyone had evacuated safely by now!

Now, he could finally rest.

So tired...

Sloan slowly closed his eyes.

A smile graced his face; there was no resentment, only relief.

Dia... you must live on!