Lin Chen smiled. Before coming here, he had already guessed that Jiren would have this question.
Without hiding anything, Lin Chen explained why he had appeared there all those years ago.
Jiren's eyes widened at his words.
"So you were working for the Supreme Kai of Time?"
"That's right. Do you believe me now?"
Jiren nodded. "Now I finally understand. Actually, I had my doubts too, because back then, my power briefly became as strong as it is today. At the time, I thought my strength had surged because of my anger. I never imagined it was because someone had tampered with me..."
With the knot in his heart finally untied, Jiren looked at Lin Chen far more gently than before.
Seeing this, Lin Chen asked his question again.
"Jiren, can you tell me what really happened back then? Was the person who attacked your master really a Saiyan?"
Jiren nodded, his gaze falling on the tail wrapped around Lin Chen's waist. "Unless my eyes deceived me, or there's some other humanoid race with tails in this world, there's no mistake. The person who attacked my master was indeed a Saiyan!"
"A Saiyan?"
Lin Chen narrowed his eyes.
Beside him, Lazuli asked in puzzlement, "Lin Chen, aren't Saiyans only found in Universe 7 and Universe 6? Where would a Saiyan in Universe 11 have come from?"
"Exactly," Jiren agreed. "In fact, after that day, I searched every corner of Universe 11, but I never saw a trace of that Saiyan again. He vanished from the universe as though he had never existed."
"I also asked around for information about Saiyans. As far as I know, at least in Universe 11, there's no Saiyan race or any race resembling them. The closest would be humans like Kahseral."
"So I suspect that