Reconciliation

It all happened too suddenly.

Mo Yuan had originally seen that Lapis's combat power was so much higher than Son Goku's that he hadn't paid much attention to their fight after acquiring Instant Transmission.

He hadn't expected Son Goku to pull off a move like that in the end.

It truly caught them off guard.

Fortunately, Lapis was unharmed.

Mo Yuan appeared beside Lapis with an Instant Transmission.

He then used a healing spell to treat him.

It had to be said, Son Goku's final attack was truly ruthless.

An outburst of five billion in combat power, even if it only lasted for a mere five seconds, had still left Lapis severely injured.

On the other side, seeing Son Goku fall, Gohan and Trunks hurried over.

They took out a Senzu Bean and fed it to Son Goku.

After eating the Senzu Bean, Son Goku was instantly restored to full health.

No matter how many times he saw it, Mo Yuan couldn't help but marvel at how useful that stuff was.

It was no wonder they had to arrange for Yajirobe to use up the Senzu Beans.

Otherwise, if Son Goku and the others were carrying a hundred or so Senzu Beans in their pockets, they could just pop one whenever they were about to die.

Combined with the Saiyan trait of gaining a massive increase in combat power after recovering from the brink of death, what boss wouldn't be easily dealt with?

Just like now.

After Son Goku ate the Senzu Bean and recovered, his base combat power, which had been ten million, had already risen to fifteen million.

It was simply monstrous.

Mo Yuan's healing spell wasn't as powerful as a Senzu Bean.

It took about a minute to fully heal Lapis.

Seeing that Lapis was still a bit shaken, Mo Yuan put an arm around his shoulder and teased, "What? Scared?"

"Tch~ would I be scared?" Lapis curled his lip.

He then added, very unconvinced, "That guy Son Goku has no sense of honor, launching a sneak attack. If we fought head-on, believe me, I'd have his head twisted off in a minute."

"Sure, sure. Let's head back; your sister was nearly scared to death by you."

Mo Yuan brushed him off and dragged Lapis back.

The stubbornness of these two siblings must be hereditary.

Mo Yuan grumbled inwardly.

Upon returning to the Lookout, Lazuli carefully checked Lapis's body.

After all, Lapis was her only family, so she was naturally worried when something like this happened.

"Lazuli, I'm fine. Mo Yuan already healed me." Lapis sounded impatient, but he cooperated fully as Lazuli checked him over.

As twins, Lapis was only born a few minutes after Lazuli, so they didn't have the habit of calling each other brother or sister, instead calling each other by their names.

When they were younger, he had even often tried to flip the script and become the older brother.

But he was always ruthlessly suppressed by Lazuli in the end.

Once fully recovered, Son Goku walked over.

"Something up?" Mo Yuan asked.

Son Goku grinned. "The grudge is settled, so we're friends now."

Instantly, the three of them wore expressions of utter confusion.

How did they become friends?

"Who's friends with you?" Lapis said bluntly.

"Oh, don't be like that!" Son Goku waved his hands with an awkward laugh.

"Let me introduce myself, I'm Son Goku."

He then pointed to the two people beside him. "This is my son, Gohan, and this is Trunks."

He pointed toward Vegeta in the distance. "That over there is Vegeta."

He then extended his right hand, staring intently at the three of them.

Mo Yuan looked at Lazuli and Lapis, finding that they both seemed indifferent and were leaving the decision to him.

Mo Yuan understood what they meant.

So, he also extended his right hand and shook Son Goku's.

"I'm Mo Yuan, this is my girlfriend Lazuli, and the one who just sparred with you is my brother-in-law, Lapis."

Hearing Mo Yuan's introduction, Lazuli's pretty face flushed a rare shade of red.

Trunks was astonished: "Androids have names? Aren't you called Android 17 and Android 18?"

Trunks' words caused the expressions of Lazuli and Lapis to darken instantly.

"This is the last time. I don't want to hear the word 'android' from you again." Mo Yuan stared at Trunks, his eyes flashing with a cold light.

"You probably don't know how they were turned into androids, do you?"

Mo Yuan then recounted the experiences of Lazuli and Lapis to them.

After listening, Trunks and Son Goku bowed sincerely to Lazuli and Lapis and apologized: "I'm sorry!"

They truly hadn't expected that the androids were actually created by modifying living human beings.

Trunks also realized that the Lazuli and Lapis before him had retained their humanity because Dr. Gero had failed to completely erase it while trying to enhance their strength.

This was also the reason why they had killed Dr. Gero.

He had previously thought they were heartless for killing the man who created them.

Now, Trunks only felt that Dr. Gero deserved to die.

The androids of the future timeline, however, had clearly had their humanity completely erased.

They took pleasure in killing all day long.

Son Goku also hadn't realized that his own negligence had caused so many deaths.

Although it wasn't intentional, he felt deeply ashamed.

Lazuli and Lapis didn't speak, merely letting out a huff.

Mo Yuan saw their reaction and knew they had already forgiven them.

"By the way, A-Yuan, I heard them say you came out of the Underground Laboratory. Were you made by Dr. Gero using our cells?" Son Goku asked curiously.

A-Yuan??

Mo Yuan gave Son Goku a strange look.

As expected of you.

A thick-skinned, overly familiar guy.

"That's right." Mo Yuan didn't deny it, admitting it directly.

"That's amazing! I heard them say you were just a child a few days ago, and now you've grown so tall."

Son Goku gestured at Mo Yuan's height in amazement.

"But how come you look completely different from Cell?"

"It might be a mutation."

Mo Yuan didn't offer any further explanation.

"Mr. Mo Yuan, have you seen Cell?" Trunks asked urgently.

Mo Yuan nodded: "He came here once a few days ago, but we beat him off."

"Do you know where he went?" Trunks stared at Mo Yuan nervously.

Mo Yuan shook his head: "I don't know. I only saw him board a strange machine and then disappear."

Trunks' pupils dilated, his entire body trembling.

The thing he feared most had happened.

"Mother..."

Trunks looked as if he had lost his soul.

"No, I have to go back now..."

This news caused Trunks to lose his composure.

He instantly powered up, preparing to fly toward West City.

"Trunks, calm down."

Son Goku held Trunks down.

"Bulma hasn't finished repairing the Time Machine yet. Going back now won't do any good. You should follow Vegeta into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber to train first. Only when you become stronger will you be able to stand against Cell."

"But... I'm scared... Mother is all I have left... I can't lose her."

Trunks was in great pain, tears streaming down his face uncontrollably.