Goku Black looked grim, his voice trembling as he spoke to Vegeta.
"I... I can't transform yet."
"Hahaha! Exactly as I expected. How could you possibly wield Kakarot's full potential? Every single cell in that body was forged through his years of relentless training."
With a sudden flicker, Vegeta reappeared in front of him, burying a fist deep into the villain's stomach.
"To you, that power is nothing more than a borrowed toy!"
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
Vegeta continued his one-sided beatdown of Goku Black. "That Saiyan body can only be truly mastered by a pure-hearted dolt like him!"
WHAM!
With a brutal overhead strike, Vegeta slammed Goku Black into the pavement once more.
BOOM!
Goku Black hit the ground with crater-shattering force, spider-web cracks spreading across the ruins.
"Gah!"
He spat out a mouthful of blood, his face twisting into a mask of pure malice. "Curse you! A world ruled by mortals is a fundamental mistake! Mortals do nothing but fight and destroy without end!"
Goku Black struggled to his feet, screaming at the sky.
"The world doesn't need mortals! I exist solely to correct this error! I am justice! I am destiny itself!"
"HAA!"
Goku Black flared his Ki and lunged at Vegeta again, desperate to prove his twisted sense of justice.
"Hmph! What absolute garbage are you spewing? Justice? Destiny? You aren't worthy of those words!"
Vegeta laughed disdainfully, effortlessly weaving through the villain's frantic attacks.
"I may not be a god, but I know that a narrow-minded coward like you doesn't deserve the title!"
THWACK!
Vegeta's boot connected with Black's ribs, sending him hurtling through the air like a cannonball.
"Cough... I have defeated every god!" Goku Black spat back defiantly.
"Heh. You mean you ambushed the Supreme Kais because they're weak? Why didn't you try facing a God of Destruction?"
"What does it matter?! I am the only true god in this universe! This world belongs to me!"
Goku Black seemed lost in his own delusions of divine superiority. Watching him made Vegeta feel physically ill.
"Hmph! This world has no use for a god with a mind as warped as yours!"
BOOM!
Watching Vegeta continue to pummel his own likeness, Son Goku couldn't help but feel a strange sensation.
"It's really weird watching my own body get beaten up like that..."
Trunks turned to Goku, his expression grave. "Mr. Goku, I have a bad feeling. Goku Black's Super Saiyan power is growing faster than before. We should end this quickly."
"Is that so? Hey, Vegeta! Wrap it up! You don't have to save any for me!"
"Hmph! I wasn't planning to!"
Vegeta let out a cold laugh and kicked Goku Black high into the sky.
"It's a shame, but your little dream ends here!"
"Die! Final—"
"What?"
Suddenly, a sphere of energy hurtled toward Vegeta from the side.
Vegeta aborted his attack, spinning to swat the Ki blast away. As he saw the familiar figure stepping out of the smoke, the veins on his forehead throbbed.
"Zamasu! You're dead!"
"Is that... Vegeta?! There's a Vegeta Black too?!"
Son Goku stared in shock at the newcomer.
Indeed, another Zamasu had appeared, having stolen Vegeta's body. He was, quite literally, Vegeta Black.
"Heh heh heh. What a pity, Vegeta. Our dream will be realized, no matter what!"
Vegeta Black's lips curled into a sinister smirk as he mocked his counterpart.
"You bastard... you actually stole my body too? You're dead!"
"Heh, so what? Hey, are you alright?" Vegeta Black asked, looking at his counterpart.
"Cough... cough..." Goku Black wiped the blood from his lip. "Thanks to you, I'm fine. And thanks to Vegeta, I've finally fully acclimated to this body."
"Heh heh heh. With the power of this body and the soul of a god, I have everything I need!"
Goku Black clenched his fist, his confidence returning in full force.
"It seems we must execute the Zero Mortals Plan together after all!"
A third figure descended. He had a white mohawk, green skin, and wore the robes of a Supreme Kai. It was the Zamasu of this timeline.
Turles watched the arrival of Vegeta Black with a hint of surprise. "The timeline really has shifted... for a Vegeta Black to appear. I suppose we'll be seeing that man soon enough."
Bulma blinked. "Vegito?"
Turles nodded. "Yeah. Vegeta Black, Goku Black, and those Potara Earrings..."
Seeing the three enemies, Son Goku took to the sky to join Vegeta.
"This is getting interesting. Two of our bodies, and you must be the Zamasu of this timeline, right?"
Vegeta took a deep breath, his eyes icy as he stared at Zamasu. The fact that his body was being treated like a puppet was an unforgivable insult.
"You're dead, Zamasu! But it doesn't matter. You're just another piece of trash. How much of my power do you think you can actually use?"
Vegeta sneered at him. He was brimming with confidence; after all, he had mastered Super Saiyan 5, a transformation that far surpassed the multiplier of Super Saiyan Blue.
"You took your time," Goku Black said to the other two.
"I was confirming the state of the other parallel timelines," Zamasu replied.
"And?"
Zamasu's lips curled upward. "Compared to the world you were in, those worlds have no resistance at all. They were easily brought to heel."
He opened the small case containing the Time Rings.
"Hmm? Why are there two extra rings?" Zamasu asked, surprised.
"It seems our workload is increasing... new parallel universes have been created!"
Vegeta's smirk widened. "Heh. It looks like the 'you' from the past was erased by Beerus."
"What?!" Zamasu's face stiffened.
"Didn't you hear me? One of those rings is probably from a world where you no longer exist."
"As for the other one... I couldn't tell you."
"Curse you! You really did come from the past!"
"It doesn't matter. I will eliminate all of you here. There is no place for you in the future!"
"Hmph! You're the ones who are going to be eliminated!"
Vegeta erupted into a blue aura and lunged at Goku Black.
Son Goku ignited into Super Saiyan 4 and charged at Vegeta Black.
Vegeta Black was momentarily startled by the new form. How did a man suddenly turn into a red-furred beast? But he had no time to ponder as Goku's strike was already upon him.
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The four figures became blurs in the sky. A massive explosion rocked the air as they clashed, forcing all four to pull back for a moment.
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