Subduing Cell

The tank fired a shell with a boom, blowing up a building. As the soldier basked in his triumph, an alien soldier in a Frieza Force uniform appeared in the sky and blasted the entire tank unit to smithereens with an energy blast.

Those self-important soldiers turned into clouds of smoke once more and returned to Other World.

"Kakarot, I'm back!"

A man who looked exactly like Sun Wukong flew through the air, laughing recklessly. He kept gathering energy in his hands and unleashed a barrage of blasts on the city below.

The already-ravaged city became a battlefield for everyone.

"Kakarot! You bastard!"

Raditz appeared and fired an energy blast at him. Turles turned and slapped the attack away, sneering.

"I'm not that bastard. My name is Turles!"

A bald Saiyan flew over as well. Looking at Turles and Raditz, he laughed.

"Who'd have thought we'd all come back to life? Hahaha! That bastard Vegeta—if I ever see him again, I'll kill him."

"We're all Saiyans. How about we form an alliance?"

Raditz agreed. He and Nappa had been on the same squad, after all, so naturally he had no objections.

Turles only sneered. "You two pieces of trash think you're worthy of standing as my equals? You're not even fit to shine my boots."

His words immediately enraged Nappa and Raditz. They had served in the Saiyan Prince's strongest squad, yet now a low-class warrior was mocking them.

After eating the Fruit of the Tree of Might, Turles had already reached a power level of over 60,000. By comparison, Nappa had less than 1,000, and Raditz less than 10,000. They really were no match for him.

As the three stood on the brink of a fight, a green figure appeared out of thin air.

"Saiyans!"

All three turned toward the newcomer. His body was covered in insect-like armor, green with black spots. He stood with his arms crossed, regarding them with amusement.

"Who are you?" the three asked in unison.

"My boss told me to bring you three in."

The newcomer was none other than Cell, who had temporarily submitted. He raised a hand, and the three were immobilized. Then he flew straight toward the Lookout with them.

On the Lookout, Gamos stood at its edge, gazing coldly at the scene below.

"What are you planning to do?" Kami asked.

Just moments earlier, Gamos had suddenly appeared and nearly startled Kami into a stumble. Then he had begun surveying the situation below.

"These people who've come back from the dead don't belong in the Living World."

As he spoke, Gamos raised a hand. A ten-meter-wide energy sphere shot into the sky. The next second, countless beams burst from it, each one homing in on its target as it fell.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! The beams fell like rain over the city, striking every person who had returned from the dead with pinpoint accuracy. In an instant, Earth became a living hell. Those who had been revived returned to Other World once more.

"You... you...!"

Kami stared at the boy in horror. He was so young, yet so cruel. He had killed hundreds of billions of living beings without a second thought.

"They weren't truly revived. The rules governing life and death were in disarray, which had brought them back temporarily. If they remained alive, they would only hurt or even kill those who were still living."

Kami sighed. He understood all that, of course. But seeing so many people killed at once still left him deeply moved.

After completing his task, Cell flew straight to the Lookout. Three incapacitated Saiyans followed behind him.

"Boss, these are the three, right? They've got tails, so they must be Saiyans."

Gamos nodded, then took out a Capsule and looked at Mr. Popo.

"Let me use the Hyperbolic Time Chamber."

"Please, follow me."

Mr. Popo sensed no evil aura from him, so he agreed to the request and led Gamos and Cell into the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

"The Hyperbolic Time Chamber can only be entered by two people at a time, and no one can stay inside for more than two days."

Gamos waved a hand. "Don't worry. With our strength, we can break through space and come out whenever we want."

Mr. Popo was speechless. All rules were meaningless to the strong, apparently. He'd just pretend he hadn't said anything.

Once the door to the Hyperbolic Time Chamber had closed, Mr. Popo looked at Kami with concern.

"Lord Kami, Earth is in chaos. Humanity nearly went extinct because of the Androids, and now we've suffered another calamity. You've only been revived temporarily, too. What are we going to do?"

"Don't worry. My evil half, Piccolo, has already started gathering the Dragon Balls. We can make a wish to Shenron and save Earth."

Inside the Hyperbolic Time Chamber, Gamos took out the entire laboratory, then turned to Cell, who stood beside him.

"Cell, come here!"

Cell jolted, then hurried over, putting on a fawning smile.

"Boss, what are we doing this time? Drawing blood, or peeling me and pulling out my tendons?"

At his cautious expression, Gamos's mouth twitched. It seemed he'd been too rough with him earlier.

"Ahem. Cell, what's your dream?"

Cell looked a little lost at the question. Did he even have a dream? He'd wanted to become perfect and the strongest being around, hadn't he? But he'd already achieved half of that goal—he really had become perfect. He just wasn't the strongest.

"I only used to think about becoming perfect. I didn't give it much thought beyond that."

Gamos looked at the computer screen on the wall, his hands flying over the keyboard as the images on it changed.

"Take a look at this."

Gamos opened a file and showed it to him.

Cell looked it over. It didn't seem like anything special.

"You're an artificial life-form created by Dr. Gero from the cells of many people. You possess the traits of Earthlings, Saiyans, Namekians, and the Frieza Race. Theoretically, you should be the strongest."

"You needed to absorb Android 17 and Android 18 to become perfect because the cells Dr. Gero collected were from adults, and they contained tremendous power. An embryo couldn't withstand it, so Dr. Gero extracted some of that energy and information and stored them inside Android 17 and Android 18."

"Now that you've absorbed them both, you've naturally evolved into your perfect form. But did you know they aren't dead? They're still inside you. With traits from so many species, you can become even stronger, but Android 17 and Android 18 inside you will only limit your growth."

"Cell, the universe is vast, and there are many powerful beings out there. Do you want to come with me, see a much broader world, and encounter even stronger beings in the universe?"

Gamos looked like a big bad wolf trying to lure a little rabbit. His words made Cell's blood boil.

"Yes!"

Cell answered without hesitation.

But the moment the words left his mouth, he suddenly shivered. Then he saw Gamos looking at him with an amused smile.

Before he could react, Gamos had already punched him.