"???"
Pan, Trunks, and Vegeta exchanged glances. They were having a hard time understanding what Gran was getting at.
Goku, however, reacted differently. A sharp glint flashed through his eyes.
"Gran, he's trying to lure us behind the rift!"
Gran froze for a moment. He hadn't expected Goku to be the first one to figure it out.
He took another careful look at the guy.
Goku's eyes were bright and focused, giving him the air of some great sage. And that aura of a martial arts master was even more pronounced than the Goku from Gran's own timeline!
Yet someone with such a masterful mindset had still been caught off guard by Putine during their battle?
Gran stared at Goku.
Goku flashed him a huge grin.
"..."
The corner of Gran's mouth twitched.
He understood now.
This guy had definitely done it on purpose.
He had clearly become so relaxed because Gran was standing behind him, which was exactly why he had allowed himself to be ambushed by someone as weak as Putine.
"Lure us behind the rift?"
Vegeta and Trunks immediately understood.
Demigra had claimed that a power capable of making someone invincible was hidden behind the rift. He was deliberately trying to tempt them into going inside.
After all, who wouldn't want to obtain power that could make them invincible?
Especially Saiyans like them, who were naturally obsessed with becoming stronger.
But…
If there really was a place containing power capable of making someone invincible, would that place actually be safe?
And if it were safe, why hadn't Demigra gone there himself?
"No wonder Gran said you were being way too obedient and wondered why you were telling us everything."
Vegeta's voice was ice-cold.
"So that's your plan. You wanted to leave us with a trap before you died, hoping we'd walk into the rift and kill ourselves!"
"That's right. I did it on purpose."
Demigra laughed loudly.
"I know I'm not getting out of this alive, but don't think you're going to have it easy either. I refuse to believe you aren't interested in what's behind that rift!"
As long as they became interested, his trap would succeed.
After all, there was definitely something extraordinary behind that rift!
"You…"
Pan and Trunks gritted their teeth.
Vegeta was furious enough to kill Demigra on the spot.
Because, despite everything, he really had developed a faint interest in what was behind the rift.
"Anything else?"
Gran folded his arms, his expression completely unchanged.
"If you're trying to lure us behind the rift, then you should tell us everything you know. That's the only way you'll be able to tempt us."
"..."
Demigra opened his mouth, but no words came out.
What the hell was this Gran guy?
Why wasn't he reacting at all?
Under normal circumstances, anyone who learned about his trap should have reacted just like Vegeta.
So why was Gran completely indifferent?
Demigra took a deep breath and stared intently at Gran.
"Just how powerful are you?"
"Does that matter?"
"It matters!"
Someone who could remain completely calm even after hearing about power capable of making a person invincible…
Demigra was becoming more and more convinced that Gran was no ordinary person.
"Since you've told me so much, I'll let you in on something too."
As soon as Gran said this, Goku and the others immediately perked up their ears.
They didn't even dare breathe too loudly, afraid they might miss Gran's next words.
"Your master is Mechikabura, right?"
"Yes!"
"I'm going to kill him next. Do you understand what that means?"
Gran's tone was incredibly calm.
Yet what he had just said was that he was going to kill Mechikabura.
Who was Mechikabura?
He was the one who created the Dark Demon Realm, and he even called himself its Supreme Kai.
The Dark power and black rings possessed by Demigra, Putine, and the others had all been bestowed upon them by Mechikabura.
As for Mechikabura's strength, even Demigra couldn't see through it.
Yet this guy was casually saying that he was going to kill Mechikabura.
Didn't that mean his strength had already surpassed Mechikabura's?
"You…"
Demigra's breathing instantly became ragged.
"Enough wasting time. What else do you know about that rift?"
"I…"
Demigra clenched his back teeth.
"Do you really think I'm going to tell you?"
Silence!!!
The entire area suddenly became frighteningly quiet!
Pan suddenly puffed up her cheeks angrily.
"Demigra, you're awful! Grandpa Gran already told you how strong he is, and now you're going back on your word!"
"Hahaha! When did I ever say I would definitely tell you everything?"
Demigra looked at Gran, then glanced at Goku and Vegeta surrounding him.
"My fate is obviously going to be the same as Putine and the others. Since I'm going to die anyway, why should I tell you all my secrets?"
He paused before looking toward Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks with a mocking smile.
"If nothing unexpected happens, my trap has already succeeded. You should all be interested in what's behind that rift by now…"
He wanted to continue tempting them.
As long as they crossed to the other side of the rift, they would definitely die without leaving a trace.
"Enough. If there's a next life, you can keep talking then."
Gran raised one finger and pointed it at Demigra.
Demigra's pupils suddenly contracted.
He instinctively tried to flee.
However, before anyone could react, brilliant purple light suddenly erupted from Gran's fingertip.
Buzz!!!
Before Demigra could even turn around, Gran's Second-Stage Destruction Rule instantly enveloped him.
"AAAAAAAH!!!"
Demigra felt his flesh and soul being violently torn apart by an overwhelming force.
Pain!!!
Anyone who had experienced Destruction knew that this kind of torment was among the most agonizing sensations in existence.
"AAAAAAAH!!!"
"JUST KILL ME!!!"
The same torture that Dabura had suffered earlier was now being inflicted upon Demigra.
Finally, when the purple starlight faded away, Demigra completely disappeared from this world.
Goku, Vegeta, and the others remained silent for a long time.
Demigra had been the mastermind behind the disruption of the history of time and space. They had pursued him for so long, yet he had died so effortlessly.
In reality, Demigra and the others weren't particularly powerful.
Even Sidra, the weakest God of Destruction of Universe 9, would have been more than enough to defeat Demigra.
The reason they had managed to survive until now was entirely because of the black rings in their possession.
There was another reason as well.
Chronoa couldn't summon any God of Destruction to help her because Gods of Destruction were forbidden from becoming Time Patrol members.
In the past, the only people she could rely on were Goku and the others!
But things were different now.
With Gran joining them, criminals like Demigra no longer had anywhere to run.
"Gran, Demigra was still hiding some secrets. Why did you kill him so quickly?"
Chronoa sighed.
She had hoped to learn more about the secrets behind the rift from Demigra, but Gran had simply killed him.
"Given the way he was acting just now, do you really think he would've told us anything if we'd kept asking?"
Gran looked at the little girl beside him.
"And even if he did tell us something, would you actually believe him?"
Chronoa:
"..."
He had a point.
If she were in Demigra's position, facing certain death, she definitely wouldn't allow her enemies to get what they wanted.
"Grandpa Gran, you killed Demigra even though he was so powerful! You're amazing!"
Pan clapped enthusiastically, bouncing up and down beside him.
The corners of Gran's lips curled upward again.
"Of course!"
Goku, Vegeta, and Trunks:
"..."
The edge of this timeline once again fell silent.
Everything here was pitch-black, but fortunately, the silver-white light radiating from Gran and Chronoa kept the surrounding area relatively illuminated.
Everyone's eyes remained fixed on Gran.
Gran had said that his next objective was to eliminate Mechikabura.
But now there was an additional rift at the edge of the GT timeline.
No one knew whether this rift would pose a threat to the GT timeline.
Goku and Pan in particular knew some of the hidden history. They were deeply worried that this rift might be connected to the disappearance of their God of Destruction.
If that were true, then there was undoubtedly an even more terrifying crisis hidden behind the rift.
Gran ignored everyone's gazes and flew toward it.
The rift stood vertically in the void. It was roughly a hundred meters long, while its width was incredibly narrow—like a tiny crack formed when a mirror was lightly struck.
Gran reached out toward it, wanting to touch the rift.
But he couldn't.
His hand simply passed straight through the middle of it.
The rift was like air.
Gran said nothing. He kept his hand suspended in midair and slowly closed his eyes, sensing something.
Everyone else stared at the rift as well.
"Grandpa Gran…"
Pan wanted to ask him about it.
Goku immediately covered his granddaughter's mouth.
"Don't say anything yet!"
Vegeta and Trunks held their breath.
Even Chronoa looked somewhat nervous.
After all, she also knew that something had happened to the GT timeline long ago.
After a while, Gran slowly opened his eyes.
Chronoa immediately asked:
"Well?"
Everyone stared at him anxiously.
Gran swept his gaze across the group before finally looking at Chronoa.
"You try sensing it."
"Okay!"
Chronoa moved beside Gran and, just like he had done earlier, tried to touch the rift.
The more she sensed it, the worse her expression became.
"Supreme Kai of Time, what is it?" Goku asked anxiously.
Chronoa exchanged a glance with Gran before sighing.
"I can't sense what's behind it."
What she meant was that although the rift was clearly standing there, they could only see its existence.
They couldn't touch it, nor could they see through it to determine what lay on the other side.
"Grandpa Gran, that doesn't make sense. Didn't that mysterious aura Demigra was holding just now seep out from inside the rift? Then why can't you sense anything on the other side?"
Pan couldn't help asking.
"Because this isn't a temporal rift!"
Gran continued reaching toward the rift, trying to touch it.
"A normal temporal rift can be physically touched. And if a temporal current happens to be raging inside one, you can even be sucked into it."
"But!"
Gran paused, his expression becoming serious.
"We're currently at the edge of space-time. If we go any farther, we'll enter the space-time gap. You could say that this place itself is part of the space-time gap."
"Yet there's another rift here."
"Therefore, it cannot be a temporal rift!"
Gran's explanation was somewhat complicated, but everyone present was a member of the Time Patrol. They immediately understood what he meant.
Temporal rifts could only form inside a timeline.
Entering a temporal rift would lead into the space-time gap.
But this place was already part of the space-time gap, and yet another rift had appeared here.
Therefore, it couldn't possibly be a normal temporal rift.
"Then what exactly is this thing?!"
Goku and the others' expressions became grim.
They moved closer to the rift, wanting to investigate it for themselves.
But after a while…
The four of them were still completely baffled.
Goku even tried using his Time Ring to enter the rift.
But the method simply didn't work.
He could only use it to jump from the edge of this timeline to another timeline.
As for the mysterious rift…
It was as if it didn't even exist!
"Damn it, what the hell is this thing?"
Vegeta felt increasingly uneasy.
"Grandpa Gran, this is the edge of our timeline. It won't harm our timeline, will it?"
Pan looked genuinely worried.
Gran withdrew his hand, his expression equally solemn.
Would it harm the GT timeline?
Definitely.
At least, that was what he suspected.
The aura seeping from the rift carried the presence of monsters.
That meant the other side could very well be the lair of some monstrous creatures.
And Chronoa had said that the GT timeline had suffered a world-ending catastrophe long ago—a catastrophe that caused all of its Angels and Gods of Destruction to disappear!
Perhaps those monsters had been responsible!
If this rift ever broke open, the GT timeline would undoubtedly be the first to bear the brunt of the impact.
Of course, these were merely Gran's speculations.
"Whether it will harm this timeline or not, I don't know. If we want an answer, we'll have to investigate it thoroughly."
Gran shook his head.
Goku, Vegeta, Pan, and Trunks exchanged glances.
They could all see the concern in each other's eyes.
"Chronoa, I want to ask you something."
Gran suddenly spoke.
"What?"
Chronoa frowned.
"Didn't you possess enough power to seal Mechikabura? Why can't you even deal with Demigra now?"
"..."
Chronoa rolled her eyes.
She had thought this guy was going to say something important.
Everyone else also found Gran's question strange.
But they were genuinely curious about the answer, so they all perked up their ears.
Gran's sudden question eased the oppressive atmosphere surrounding them.
"You guys are seriously so nosy!"
Chronoa glared at them before sighing.
"It's true. I did seal Mechikabura back then. But after that battle, my strength was greatly weakened."
"I see!"
Gran finally understood.
It was similar to how the Grand Supreme Kai had used his divine power to seal Moro. The process severely weakened him, which later allowed Majin Buu to take advantage of his weakened state.
END OF CHAPTER
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