"I see now."
After watching those two demonstrations, Gran finally understood the principle behind how Chronoa healed other people's injuries.
"Alright then, let's go. I need to take you somewhere else if you want to comprehend temporal power faster."
"Where?"
"You'll find out soon enough."
Chronoa gave him a mischievous grin.
Then she turned toward Goku and the others.
"There probably won't be any more temporal disturbances for a while. You should all head back and get some proper rest. If anything else comes up, I'll contact you through your Time Rings."
With that said, Chronoa was just about to take Gran and leave the Time Realm.
Suddenly, Goku spoke up.
"Gran, I admit defeat this time. But I'm going to train even harder, so next time you have to accept my challenge again!"
"Sure."
Gran couldn't help but smile.
As expected—
no matter which timeline's Goku it was,
when facing a powerful opponent, he would never retreat and never give up.
"And him?"
Gran turned to look at Vegeta.
As if sensing Gran's gaze, Vegeta—who had only just regained consciousness—also spoke.
But what he said caught Gran by surprise.
"I'm glad to see that you from another timeline managed to become this strong."
Vegeta narrowed his eyes.
"But next time... I won't lose again."
After saying that, he waved his left hand.
The Time Ring on his middle finger instantly released a silver-white glow.
When the light faded—
Vegeta had completely disappeared.
"Dad."
Seeing his father leave, Trunks nodded once toward Gran.
Then he also departed from the Time Realm.
"This guy..."
Gran clicked his tongue.
"Grandpa Gran, I'm going home too. Bye-bye!"
A clear, cheerful voice reached Gran's ears.
He snapped back to attention.
It was that little brat Pan talking.
Pan stood beside Goku.
The grandfather and granddaughter waved as the Time Rings on their fingers began glowing.
Just before they completely vanished, Gran moved his lips and said:
"Kakarot—if you really want to become stronger, then when you get back, ask Old Supreme Kai something."
"Ask him if he knows Beerus and Whis."
In the GT anime timeline, events took place roughly fifteen to twenty years after Dragon Ball Super.
Yet despite over a decade of extra training—
even Super Saiyan 4 Goku only possessed fourth-stage divine power.
If Whis had trained him,
there was no way his strength would be limited to just this level.
Just look at Dragon Ball Super's Goku.
He had only received guidance from an angel for short periods of time,
yet his strength skyrocketed dramatically.
But...
There had once been a theory from Gran's previous life—
some people believed the GT timeline was an "abandoned timeline."
That its divine hierarchy was incomplete.
That was why there were no Gods of Destruction or Angels there.
After all, when Goku and the others saw Gran's God of Destruction outfit earlier,
none of them recognized it.
That alone suggested they had never even seen a God of Destruction before.
Still—
whether the GT timeline truly lacked Gods of Destruction and Angels,
Gran couldn't say for certain.
Those were only theories from his previous life.
Goku and the others would have to verify it themselves.
Because if the GT timeline did have Gods of Destruction and Angels—
then their future growth would absolutely take off.
After Gran finished speaking,
Goku and Pan both froze for a moment.
They wanted to ask more—
but the power of the Time Rings sent them back to the GT timeline.
Only Gran and Chronoa remained in the Time Realm.
"There's nothing else you want to say now, right? Can I finally take you away?" Chronoa said irritably.
They had wasted even more time.
"..."
Gran twitched at the corner of his mouth, but still asked:
"Supreme Kai of Time... Goku didn't even recognize the clothes I was wearing earlier."
"Does their timeline really not have Gods of Destruction or Angels?"
Since Chronoa was the Supreme Kai of Time,
Gran knew she definitely knew the answer.
"You guess!"
Chronoa stuck out her tongue playfully.
Then without another word—
she directly took Gran away from the Time Realm.
...
GT Timeline.
Supreme Kai World.
An old man and a younger man sat beneath a giant tree.
Beside them stood two green fox-like attendants.
These figures were none other than Old Supreme Kai and Kibito Kai of the GT timeline.
Suddenly...
two figures appeared behind the green attendants.
"Hm?"
Old Supreme Kai looked over and smiled.
"Goku, you're back from your Time Patrol mission?"
The newcomers were Goku and Pan.
But instead of answering,
Goku asked with a puzzled expression:
"Old Supreme Kai, I've got a question for you."
"????"
Old Supreme Kai and Kibito Kai exchanged looks.
Goku's serious tone completely threw them off.
"What happened?" Old Supreme Kai stood up with his hands behind his back.
Pan couldn't hold back anymore.
She quickly asked:
"Old Supreme Kai, do you know two people named Beerus and Whis?"
That question was something Grandpa Gran had specifically told them to ask back in the Time Realm.
Pan didn't understand why Gran wanted them to ask it.
But clearly—
those two people had to be very important to them.
However...
the instant Pan finished speaking—
"WHAT?!"
Old Supreme Kai jumped in fright.
He rushed right in front of Pan and tightly grabbed her shoulders.
"Where did you hear those two names?!"
Goku frowned.
"Old Supreme Kai, what's wrong with you?"
"Are those two some kind of bad guys?"
"Bad guys? You don't know a damn thing!"
Old Supreme Kai threw his head back and sighed dramatically.
"They're a God of Destruction and an Angel!"
...
As for what was happening in the GT timeline.
Gran knew nothing about it.
Right now, Chronoa had brought him into the cracks between space-time.
Gran had once been sucked into the chaotic currents of a temporal rift before.
Now that he was back here again—
he saw those temporal torrents once more.
And there wasn't just one.
Looking ahead—
Gran saw tens of thousands of them.
Packed densely together.
Just looking at them made his scalp tingle.
"If I get sucked into one of those again…"
Gran swallowed hard.
"I probably won't ever get out in this lifetime, huh?"
"It's not that exaggerated."
Chronoa covered her mouth and giggled.
"If your raw power reaches the level of the twelve Angels from Zeno's universes, you could still escape from them."
"Oh?"
Gran's interest was instantly piqued.
"So you know how strong Whis and the others are?"
He looked at her curiously.
"Then do you know what level their power is actually at?"
"And how far away am I from reaching them?"
...