But ideals were beautiful; reality was cruel.
Since Gine had agreed to that woman's request and accepted her power, she would have to bear all of this.
No matter how heavy the burden of a Supreme Kai was, Gine had no choice but to shoulder it.
In truth, a Supreme Kai's duties were quite simple. The problem was that Gine's son was an object of exclusion to the world.
Whoosh, whoosh...
The ruins all around them continued to collapse, turning into countless grains of sand and stone that gradually sank into the shattered void, vanishing without a trace.
The incessant buzzing in her ears told Gine that this void could no longer hold on. In one hour—just one hour—this place would cease to exist!
In the sky, Badas and Nero's battle continued. Having steeled his resolve, Nero no longer cared about what was happening around him. Though the power of burning rules was formidable, it was not permanent.
Badas had fused the Ancient Super Saiyan God powers of Kashius and Bardock. If Nero did not go all out, death would be his only path.
Nero was not afraid of death, but he feared becoming a sinner of this world—a sinner who destroyed this world. As an Executor, this world could tolerate his mistakes, but it could not tolerate him destroying it.
This was a rule, and an iron law!
"It can be done, it can be done—it definitely can be done!
As the conviction in his heart strengthened, Nero's fists became increasingly powerful. Every punch he threw made the buzzing of space sound as though it could shatter an entire planet.
There was none of his previous hesitation in such decisive action.
Yet every time Badas endured one of Nero's incoming punches, the arm he swung in retaliation grew sharper,