Chapter 103: The Somewhat Unreliable Supreme Kai
Turles's words completely threw Supreme Kai and Kibito into confusion. Both stood with mouths agape, staring at Turles for ages without reacting.
Whis hadn't expected Turles to be so direct either. However, since he'd already said to let Turles persuade Supreme Kai Shin himself, he naturally wouldn't intervene. Just stood quietly aside, watching Turles's performance.
"Hello? Can you hear me?" Seeing Shin silent so long, Turles waved his hand before his eyes, finally rousing him.
After recovering, Shin first composed himself, taking a deep breath before asking Turles, "Sir, what did you just say? Could you repeat that?"
"Tch!" Hearing Shin say this, Turles looked at him with some disdain. However, he still patiently repeated, "It's like this—I'm here to 'apply' for the Supreme Kai candidate position. I hope the Supreme Kai will agree!" On the word "apply," Turles deliberately added emphasis.
Confirming he hadn't misheard, Shin took a deep breath, restraining Kibito who already wanted to chase them away, before speaking. "Sir, though I don't know how you and your companion reached Supreme Kai Realm, we have no intention of recruiting Supreme Kai candidates. So if there's nothing else, you may leave!"
"Supreme Kai-sama! These two people sneakily came to Supreme Kai Realm—they must have some ulterior motive! We can't just let them leave!"
The moment Shin finished speaking, Kibito impatiently jumped out again. After glaring harshly at Turles and Whis, he turned back to advise Shin.
Hearing Kibito's words, Shin also grew somewhat uncertain.
"Hehe!" Seeing their performance, Turles actually laughed.
From Shin's behavior, though this Supreme Kai wasn't particularly qualified, his nature seemed decent enough. Having such a "superior" in future wouldn't be bad.
Seeing both somewhat puzzled, Turles stopped playing riddles. He directly deployed his trump card. In a casual tone, he said leisurely, "What if I could help you solve the Majin Buu problem?"
"What?"
Though Turles spoke softly, his words struck Shin and Kibito's ears like thunderbolts.
Majin Buu had always been Supreme Kai Shin's nightmare. He dreamed of solving the Majin Buu problem.
Not only because he clearly understood Majin Buu's terror, but also to compensate for his guilt.
In that great battle with Majin Buu, the Grand Supreme Kai and the West, South, and North Supreme Kais successively sacrificed themselves. Only the youngest—him—survived under their protection.
These years, he'd never dared relax monitoring Majin Buu—fearing one day Majin Buu would break his seal again, bringing crisis to this universe once more.
But now Turles claimed he could solve the Majin Buu problem. How could this not shock Shin?
However, having been trained as East Supreme Kai, he recovered from shock. Watching the constantly silent Whis warily, he then asked Turles, "Who... exactly are you?"
"Ahem!"
Hearing Shin ask this, Turles fake-coughed once, then addressed Shin seriously. "Formal introduction—I'm Turles, current leader of Red Stone Planet's Saiyans, future Supreme Kai candidate and God of Destruction candidate!"
"Huh?" Shin was dumbfounded again!
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Beneath Supreme Kai Realm's only divine tree, Turles and Whis sat in chairs Whis conjured. Meanwhile, Shin and Kibito still hadn't recovered from what Turles just explained.
"Speaking of which, this Supreme Kai lives rather spartanly—doesn't even have a proper shrine. Do you think Lord Beerus is also like this?"
While drinking tea, Turles didn't forget quietly complaining to Whis.
"Of course not! How could Lord Beerus treat himself so poorly? You know, for the universe's most comfortable pillow, he even—"
Just starting to continue, Whis suddenly realized the person before him was a survivor from the planet Beerus destroyed over that pillow.
Naturally, Turles also knew what Whis's remaining words were. Rolling his eyes, he continued, "I also think not. A god who constantly sleeps—how could he mistreat himself by sleeping outdoors on the ground? Right, Supreme Kai-sama?"
"Perhaps. Haha!" Having recovered by now, Shin wanted to learn more from Turles. Just hearing Turles's complaint, he awkwardly scratched his head. However, inwardly he had some thoughts:
"Right—am I living too spartanly? At minimum, I should have a shrine to live in!"
Turles didn't know his single sentence started Shin thinking about building a shrine. He just looked at Shin, then asked, "Now, can I assume this Supreme Kai candidate position?"
Originally, Turles thought this matter could be settled. Unexpectedly, Shin looked at him with a twisted expression, saying:
"This... this... I'm afraid that still won't work!"
"Why? Don't you believe what I said?"
Hearing this, Turles immediately stood up, somewhat incredulously questioning loudly.
"Uh, no, no—I believe everything you just said." Seeing Turles somewhat agitated, Shin immediately stepped forward to appease him.
Speaking here, Shin carefully glanced at the quietly tea-drinking Whis. Then his face reddened slightly, voice lowering. "The main thing is... I don't know how to appoint a Supreme Kai candidate." By the end, Shin's voice was barely audible.
"What?"
Hearing this, Turles's eyes widened, looking at Shin incredulously.
Whis—hearing this—paused the teacup reaching his lips. Then continued drinking as if nothing happened.
"You're saying that as a Supreme Kai, you don't know how to appoint Supreme Kai candidates? Then how did Kibito become Supreme Kai candidate?"
Shin's unreliability again exceeded Turles's mental expectations.
"Uh, actually Kibito doesn't really count as a true Supreme Kai candidate. Though previously I thought just giving him Potara earrings was enough. But after hearing Whis-san's words, I learned he only counts as half a Supreme Kai candidate!"
Shin also felt somewhat embarrassed. But facing Turles's question, he still answered honestly.
"Uh!" This time Turles had no solution. But according to Whis, becoming Supreme Kai candidate wasn't simply adding earrings. The incumbent Supreme Kai needed to perform a ceremony for it to truly count.
Because only after this ceremony could Supreme Kai candidates exercise portions of Kai divine duties. This was also why Supreme Kai candidates were called apprentice Supreme Kais.
"Wait!"
Suddenly, Turles realized a problem—whether current Shin even counted as true Supreme Kai. Because Supreme Kai Realm still had another person who could be called Supreme Kai: the Old Kai sealed by Beerus.
Thinking this, Turles's heart tightened. He immediately looked seriously at Shin, asking, "Tell me—after becoming Supreme Kai, have you ever exercised Supreme Kai divine duties? Like creating planets?"
"Creating planets? I have that ability?" Hearing Turles's question, Shin froze. He reflexively questioned Turles back, then glanced at Whis.
"Smack!" Turles slapped his forehead, completely done talking.
"Hehe." This time Whis couldn't keep up the act. Could only awkwardly smile at Shin, helplessly nodding.
Seeing Whis nod, Shin completely couldn't hold it together. Face falling, voice tinged with gloom, "No one taught me these things! I never saw Grand Supreme Kai-sama create planets either!"
Only now did Shin discover how failed he was as Supreme Kai. He didn't even understand his own duties—requiring an outsider to tell him what to do.
"Alright, enough. Tell me—where's Supreme Kai Realm's divine sword? Take me there now!"
Turles truly couldn't take it anymore. Could only deploy his ultimate move.
Though not knowing why Turles suddenly wanted the divine sword, Shin—already overwhelmed by Turles's massive information dump—unconsciously looked toward Kibito.
Currently Kibito's mind was also dazed. But seeing Shin's gaze, he still reflexively extended his hand.
Swish!
Instant Transmission activated. Several figures vanished from place. Reappearing already on a stone platform in Supreme Kai Realm.
Just appearing, Turles saw a cross-shaped sword inverted in the ground. The blade had completely penetrated underground, leaving only the hilt exposed.
Turles walked before the sword, circling the hilt once. After stretching his body, he finally stopped. Extending his hand, he grasped the hilt.
"You... you... you're not trying to pull out this sword, are you? Impossible! No one can pull out this sword!"
Guessing Turles's intent from his actions, Shin immediately pointed at Turles, stuttering denials.
Turles ignored Shin's words. Just continuously adjusted his posture.
"Turles, are you really pulling out this sword? You know—this is Lord Beerus's seal. It contains Lord Beerus's power."
Just as Turles adjusted his posture preparing to exert force, Whis suddenly spoke.
Turles's movement paused. Then he continued exerting force.
Turles didn't immediately transform into Super Saiyan. He also wanted to test—with his current strength, could he directly pull out this sword?
As Turles exerted force, arm muscles tensed, veins bulging. But the divine sword seemed welded to the ground. Not the slightest movement.
Seeing this, Turles knew his current strength fell far short. Insufficient to pull out the Z Sword in normal state.
After releasing the divine sword, Turles retreated a step. Expression condensing, he directly activated humanoid Great Ape form, raising battle power directly to 50 million.
Powerful aura suddenly exploded from Turles's body. Gales blew outward from him as center.
Seeing Turles fail to pull the divine sword, Kibito—just about to mock—barely opened his mouth before getting choked by the gale.
"Cough cough cough!"
While Kibito continuously coughed, Turles again released a loud shout. His body also wrapped in red aura.
"Triple Kaio-ken! Ha!"
After activating transformation, Turles again bent down, extending his hand to grasp the hilt.
"Useless! Though your current battle power already counts as powerful among mortals, it's still insufficient to pull the divine sword. Back then, several Supreme Kais all tried. Couldn't pull it out at all. You—a mere human—how could you possibly pull it out?"
Having recovered, Kibito finally spoke his mocking words.
"Kibito, silence!" Shin spoke now. Eyes shining, he watched Turles, gaze filled with anticipation.
In Supreme Kai Realm legend, this divine sword contained tremendous power. If Turles could pull out the divine sword, then when dealing with Majin Buu later, they'd have greater assurance.
Right—Shin still obsessed over Majin Buu.
Turles gripped the divine sword, unmoving for ages. Just as Shin grew puzzled, Turles suddenly asked, "Right—if I blow up this mountain, would that count as pulling it out?"
"Eh?" Hearing this, Shin immediately froze. Before he could say anything, Kibito jumped out again, pointing at Turles and loudly scolding, "You... you... you mortal! This is the Z Sword! How can you be so casual? If you can't pull it out, just say so!"
"Hehe!" Whis was also amused by Turles's unique thought process. Covering his mouth laughing once, he then explained, "Useless. This sword's key isn't whether you can pull it out."
Hearing this, Turles thought briefly. Right—this sword wasn't just for pulling out. Pulling it out was merely the foundation. Only by breaking it could the Old Kai inside be released.
"What do you mean?"
"Ha!"
Before Shin could figure out the meaning, Turles suddenly shouted loudly. Both hands began exerting force again.
This time under Turles's force, the divine sword finally moved.
Rumble!
Rocks beneath the divine sword continuously fell. The hilt began shaking. Simultaneously, occasional sparks appeared.
"Ha!"
Turles again released a loud shout. Aura rising again, feet pushing off the ground, his entire body flew skyward with the divine sword.
"Pu... pulled out!" Kibito's jaw dropped to maximum, disbelievingly watching midair Turles.
"Huff. Huff. Huff."
Turles gasped heavily, not daring to relax his aura. Because this divine sword in his hands was extraordinarily heavy. By his estimate, probably over one hundred tons.
After evening his breathing, Turles descended from the air. Watching the disbelieving Kibito and excited Shin, he shook his head. "Supreme Kai-sama, better not celebrate too early."
After speaking, Turles held the sword horizontally before his chest. One hand gripping the hilt, the other pinching the tip, he began continuously applying downward force.
"You... what are you trying to do?"
Seeing Turles's actions, excitement immediately vanished from Shin's face. He looked at Turles with terror.
Turles turned deaf ears to Shin's words. Still continuously exerting force. The Z Sword also began gradually bending under Turles's tremendous strength.
Crack!
Accompanied by a sound, this divine sword—existing in Supreme Kai Realm for unknown ages—finally split with a fissure in the middle. Before Shin could feel heartache, next second the entire divine sword broke into two pieces.
"Bro... broken!"
Kibito—just recovering from shock and seeing this scene—eyes rolling back, completely fainted.
Turles tossed both sword pieces on the ground, directly smashing two large craters. Then he walked before Whis, puzzled. "Whis-san, why didn't I sense any of Lord Beerus's power?"
Whis was also somewhat confused. However, he quickly understood the mystery. "Perhaps Lord Beerus at the time only set restrictions targeting Supreme Kais?"
"Perhaps. But if so, Lord Beerus thought very thoroughly—actually anticipating later Supreme Kais wouldn't find mortals to try!" Turles grew somewhat curious about Beerus. Actually thinking of this.
Hearing this, Whis watched Turles with a peculiar gaze.
"Hmm? What's wrong? Did I say something incorrect?" Noticing Whis's expression, Turles looked puzzled.
"Correct! Lord Beerus at the time thought exactly that." Whis ultimately decided to preserve his lord's dignity. Could he really say Beerus's thought process wouldn't extend that far?
"Cough cough!"
Just as Turles and Whis chatted, an aged coughing sound rang out. Then white smoke emerged from the divine sword's break.
"I'm finally out!"
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