Vegeta Returns to the Future Timeline

After dinner, Bulma went inside to tidy up a room for him, while Future Trunks followed Vegeta to an open stretch of ground.

"Trunks, let me see your current energy."

"Okay."

After saying that, Future Trunks began gathering his ki.

After Goku withdrew from his meditative state, he sensed a familiar aura. He placed two fingers against his forehead and used Instant Transmission to arrive at Bulma's house. Looking at Future Trunks in front of him, Goku greeted him.

"Hey, Trunks."

"Uncle Goku."

Trunks had not even finished transforming before he returned to normal and greeted Goku.

"Kakarot, I can sense your energy has increased a lot. Compared to the energy I felt from you a few days ago, it's on a completely different level."

Goku smiled and scratched his head.

"I've been learning Jiren's meditation recently. Has my energy really increased that much?"

"Kakarot, you were training behind my back again!"

Vegeta folded his arms, a proud, tsundere expression on his face.

"Just you wait. I'll definitely surpass you!"

Vegeta was still as stubborn as ever, but that was the real Vegeta. No matter how Goku trained, Vegeta would definitely find a way to surpass him. That was also what made Vegeta so likable—he refused to admit defeat.

Because Vegeta had the Seed of Divine Wrath. That was also the confidence behind his claim that he would surpass Goku.

"Uncle Goku, could I trouble you with something?"

"Go ahead, Trunks."

"Could you lend me the Time Ring? I want to go back to the future timeline and see whether Mai is still alive."

Goku did not even think about it and was just about to take the Time Ring off his hand when Vegeta stopped him.

"Trunks, I'm going with you."

Vegeta still cared about his son, after all. Besides, the person they were going to save was not some stranger, but his daughter-in-law.

"Okay!" Trunks agreed very quickly.

With Vegeta taking Trunks there, he would at least have company. It was not that Goku did not want to go, but after he left, there would be no one left to protect Earth. If some powerful enemies appeared again, and both Goku and Vegeta were gone, it was hard to imagine what the consequences would be.

"Vegeta, if there are any powerful enemies, you have to come back and tell me right away. Don't take risks on your own."

"Tch. Are you saying there's an enemy even I can't handle?"

Vegeta was still as proud as ever. Ahahaha, that was normal too.

"Let's go, Trunks."

After saying that, Vegeta had already raised the hand wearing the Time Ring. After Trunks said goodbye to Bulma and Goku, he followed Vegeta away from this timeline to look for Mai.

They arrived at the Universe Prison where Trunks had been held. The place had already been wrecked beyond recognition. Every member of the Universe Patrol had been completely destroyed by the Dark Saiyan of this timeline.

Vegeta and Trunks split up to search for Mai. The entire prison resembled a Rubik's Cube in appearance and had four levels in total. Trunks had been imprisoned on the second level at the time, while the third and fourth levels mostly held powerful enemies.

The first level basically held people with ordinary combat strength. Logically speaking, Mai should have been imprisoned on this level, but Trunks searched everywhere and still could not find where Mai had been held.

Vegeta searched the second level by himself. The entire prison was already empty. The villains of the universe had basically all been released. Now this prison was nothing but an empty shell.

They had already searched the first and second floors clean and still found no one. Could she be on the third or fourth levels? Vegeta and Trunks went upstairs to search for Mai, hoping to find her there, yet also hoping they would not.

If they really found her on the third or fourth floor, then there was a ninety percent chance Mai had been injected with dark energy, just like Cumber.

Vegeta and Trunks searched for nearly half an hour, combing through the entire Universe Prison. It seemed they could only prepare for the worst.

But just then, when they reached the fourth floor and looked toward the very back, they actually discovered a place they had never noticed before. It looked like a pool. This pool was filled with gentle energy and looked very deep, but when they looked closely, the very bottom of the pool was not a floor or anything like that, but a black hole.

Perhaps there would be some secret here that they wanted to know.

Vegeta jumped into the water to take a look inside. The energy filling it quickly gathered in front of Vegeta, slowly forming a current of air that carried Vegeta forward.

"Is this... trying to show me the way?"

The current kept moving forward. Just then, Vegeta discovered a castle. Finding something was still better than finding nothing, and he quickly floated upward.

"Trunks, get over here, now."

Trunks quickened his pace and jumped straight into the pool. The two of them swam down one after another, arriving at the place the current had indicated earlier. This place had an appearance similar to a castle. There was a large gate outside the castle, and Vegeta and Trunks arrived at the entrance.

Trunks could also sense Mai's aura becoming clearer and clearer.

"This..."

A woman appeared in front of Vegeta and Trunks. The woman before them radiated a gentle aura all over. Her hair was blue, her ears were pointed, her upper body was also blue, and her lower body was a mermaid's tail.

"Who are you?"

Vegeta was the first to ask.

"I'm Mai."

"What? You're Mai?"

"Ha ha ha ha! I'm done teasing you. I'm the High Priestess of the Water Prison. Your Mai isn't here with me, so please leave at once."

"We haven't even said what we're here for. How would you know?"

Vegeta was filled with hostility toward her. After all, before they had even explained why they had come, she had already stated his and Trunks's purpose.

"I can listen in on your thoughts, so there are no secrets you can hide from me."

The High Priestess's face was also filled with disdain, as if she had seen right through the purpose of Vegeta and Trunks's trip.

"I can sense Mai's aura here."

Future Trunks said that, and the High Priestess smiled.

"That's right. She's here. And if I refuse to release her, what can you do to me?"

Trunks and Vegeta had already been infuriated by this so-called High Priestess before them, but they found that in this domain, they could not transform into Super Saiyans at all. Even their energy had been reduced to its most basic state.

"Saiyans, are you? I can feel the energy being suppressed within you."

At the mention of Saiyans, the High Priestess clenched her fists. She thought the two Saiyans before her were like Cumber outside, utterly wicked Saiyans beyond redemption.

But she quickly realized something. If they were evil Saiyans, Divine Flow would not have brought them here. The High Priestess calmed down and began questioning Trunks carefully.

"What is your purpose in looking for Mai?"

"Mai... she is my wife. I came here to take her away. She can't stay in this timeline."

"Oh? You're a Saiyan, and you have the ability to travel through time and space?"

The High Priestess burst out laughing, not noticing the Time Ring Vegeta wore on his hand at all. Vegeta raised his hand, letting her clearly see the Time Ring on it.

"That's a Time Ring? You went to Universe 10?"

"It was obtained through a wish to Super Shenron."

The High Priestess's face was filled with disbelief. After all, for someone like her, whose energy was not powerful, Super Shenron was far beyond reach, let alone using it to make a wish.

And she also sensed that Vegeta was not lying. She made a helpless expression. She did not let Vegeta and Trunks enter the castle, but instead opened the gate and released Mai.

Trunks, who had not seen Mai for a long time, saw her being released before him and sprinted over to her, pulling her into his arms. When Mai saw that Trunks was safe and sound, she also ran toward him, then held him and began to cry.

Vegeta asked the High Priestess why she had said at first that Mai was not here.

"Because there were several evil Saiyans before. I thought you were with them, so I didn't release Mai. Mai isn't the only one here. There are many innocent people, and members of the Universe Patrol are also recuperating here. Once they've recovered, they'll send these people back to their original universes."

"So that's how it is."

It seemed they could not wait any longer. If these members of the Universe Patrol discovered that Trunks and Vegeta were still using the Time Ring to travel through time and space, then there would definitely be another fierce battle. To avoid this unnecessary trouble, Vegeta walked over to Trunks's side.

He signaled for Trunks to leave this place quickly. Trunks let go of Mai, and Mai made a farewell gesture to the High Priestess. Vegeta did not hesitate in the slightest. He raised his hand, and the familiar black hole appeared before them. The three of them walked into the main timeline together.